Today and tonight, the Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead will be at work in people who are related to your future. For some readers, this may include a spouse. For some, a coworker in a business or other ministry. Some will include people who will be driving while you are driving, or cooking food that you will eat […]
One night, Jesus prayed through the night to discern which of His disciples would be the first of His apostles (Luke 6:12-16). He trained them to lead the ekklesia that He told them He was building. He prophesied over them that they would each rule over a tribe of Israel in His Kingdom. Even Judas. On the night before his […]
Health maintenance is a billions-dollars industry in the United States. Diets, Drugs, Diagnoses, Dollars. The industry includes people’s ideas about “natural” health aids. I worked for a physician for a few years. He needed a new Physicians’ Desk Reference volume each year. It included indications for which certain drugs were prescribed, prescription strengths based on weight and age, and interactions […]
A young friend of mine recently created several bits of online content with a video app because she was bored. That’s what the titles to the content indicated. The content was not really very interesting. It will likely make our lives improve in many ways if we turn to the Spirit in conversation when we are bored. He invented the […]
Most of the modern church happily exists in the same situation, condition & strength displayed by believers in Acts chapter 1, unaware of the differences they could experience in each of those categories if they were to live through the experiences in Acts chapter 2. We cannot believe and be saved from our sin if the Holy Spirit is not […]
Trees that grow in pine fields fight for sunlight at their tops and wither from lack of it at their bottoms. Planted in rows, they are usually pretty all alike, because their opportunities are pretty similar. The ones that are at the edge of the field, though, get sun down their sides. Their limbs and needles stay alive a bit […]
Just as Jesus turned water into wine, He is capable of turning wine into work and groceries and a home. He sets captives free to find life and purpose and family. Pray for someone who needs freedom from some slavery. Expect miracles.
Many test pilots have died because they were test pilots. Many people on commercial airline flights have been kept alive because test pilots tested the planes the people were carried by. Some things we think the Lord is leading us into or out of don’t work. Some things that look scary work perfectly and bring great benefits. How should we […]
How should we decide what we read in Scripture that should be considered “commands of Scripture” to us? Most of the people I hear using that phrase seem to have been taught which commands apply to us and which ones don’t. Everything that is recorded of Jesus commanding someone to do something can’t be an instruction to us. He spoke […]
When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.” He was afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! This is none other than the house of God. This is the gate of heaven.” Early in the morning Jacob took the stone that was near his head […]