All Talk
For the kingdom of God is not in talk but in power. (1 Corinthians 4:20 Holman Christian Standard Bible ©®) We use it as an insult to say that someone is “all talk.” What do we declare …
Category: Ministry
Expectable Behavior
How do you expect carnal, immature believers and unbelievers to treat you? Should they be nice and generous and forgiving and tolerant and happy to see you? Will they? If you have discovered that you don’t like …
Dread Hurts my Head
I have noticed lately that I am more likely to get headaches when my attitude toward projects or people includes dread. Dread is a soup made from various portions of fear, anger, laziness, unforgiveness, and more. Sometimes …
Co-Heirs With Christ
Yahweh likes it when we build and create. We were born of the Spirit in the image of Jesus, and everything that has been created in the universe was created by Him, through Him, and for Him. …
Awesome Goals
Jesus died to give you the life you are living. What are the goals you have for it? Do you hope to overcome sin? To become free of fear? Are pride, stinginess, offendability the hurdles you hope …
Fruitful Work
Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, …
Outside Help Inside
My strength cannot find its source in my self. It has to find strength that is like gravity or light or heat. If my ability to stand or to be settled or be committed is from within …
Out of Egypt
One of the most powerful hindrances to our ability to hear the Spirit speaking to us and to our strength to thereafter obey what He says is our religious heritage. We are programmed to believe certain religious …
Eyes Wide Open
The king of Aram was enraged because of this matter, and he called his servants and demanded of them, “Tell me, which one of us is for the king of Israel?” One of his servants said, “No …
Consistency
I have been intending to play guitar for a bit more than a decade. By that, I mean that I have been working at it – learning chords, and how to tune it, and how to string …