Let your imagination create in your mind the idea that you are sitting in a throne so large that Jesus is sitting in it, too, and yet there is room for more. Imagine that you can look at the face of Jesus and read His expressions of confidence and power as He observes everything that He has created, which is: […]
“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on the rock. The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of Mine and doesn’t […]
Psalm 121:1-2 I raise my eyes toward the mountains. Where will my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. We are prone to look up for help. I look to my employer for income, I look to the government of my county or city for the protection of police, and there are […]
Jesus told Nicodemus in effect that he could not see the Kingdom of Heaven until he had been born of God (John 3:3). Paul told the believers at Corinth that they could not know spiritual things until they were spiritual people (1 Corinthians 2:10-16). If I stated as a fact that you cannot purchase a home unless you have money, […]
We call a condition in which we are free to enjoy some scene or some gathering or rest in which we are not paying attention to our responsibilities or our income or our livelihood a “vacation.” If we were to properly evaluate our abilities to attend to all those things we vacation from, we could put our King in the […]
You are a person of faith. You would have to work very diligently to make that part of your nature inactive. The question – the challenge – is whether you will apply your faith optimistically or pessimistically. Will you have greater faith that your life will suffer decay and theft and destruction, or that the power of the cross will […]
Soldiers are trained to kill invaders and oppressors. Police are trained to maintain peace and protect citizens. Evangelists are trained to lay down their lives to make good news about salvation known to unbelievers. All three activities are potential assignments that the King of Heaven and Earth might give to any of His servants. Knowing your purpose is important. Knowing […]
As more believers learn to walk in the work they are ordained to, I believe that the unified obedience to the King in that picture can bring forth the power to change cities. Even cities that look like Sodom or Sidon. Matthew 11:20-24 We will be doing greater works than Jesus did. Some of that greater power will come through […]
When things are going wrong by earthly standards, it is time to take account of them from an eternal standard. When we seem to be losing, it is time to ask Jesus if He is losing. I would expect Him to always have the same answer. When Judas was at the table with Jesus and the disciples, Jesus sent him […]
Finding a burden can lead you to powerful prayer. Praying with the burden can lead you to effective prayer, because you are asking Yahweh to do what He wants done. Finding yourself as the answer to your prayer is discovering your calling – the matching of a yoke to the burden you have already accepted. What troubles you the most […]