Daniel’s three friends Mishael, Hananiah and Azariah (their demon-glorifying names were Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego) prayed for him to get revelation about the king’s dream so that they would not be killed. We need to expect such blessing, including such supernatural intervention in our lives: The king replied to the Chaldeans, “My word is final: If you don’t tell me […]
Anger, fear, insult – these and other powers can poke a pin in our self-control and expose things that surprise us as they burst forth. Just as Peter cursed as he denied knowing Jesus, we have all uttered curses and accusations and bitter insults when we found ourselves under pressure from attackers or accusers. Our responses can be worship of […]
The King of Glory calls some of His people to greater sacrifice. To some, He calls into greater revelation. Some find greater provision. The idea that any of these differences in callings have a line drawn between them that could be called “clergy” on one side and “laity” on the other is quite different from any of the writings we […]
People we don’t really love offend us. People we really love hurt us. Both of these responses must come to be surrendered to the power of the cross. Jesus was paying for our offenses and our harm of Him when He took the position of Priest and Sacrifice on the cross. When we take up our crosses, we become worthy […]
Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but don’t notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and look, there’s a log in your eye? Hypocrite! First take the log out of your eye, and then you will see clearly […]
Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different ministries, but the same Lord. And there are different activities, but the same God is active in everyone and everything. A manifestation of the Spirit is given to each person to produce what is beneficial: to one is given a message of wisdom through the Spirit,to another, a […]
Jairus’ daughter was sick. While he was believing that Jesus could heal his daughter, when worse news came to him – that his daughter was no longer sick because she was now dead – he was invited by Jesus to believe for something greater than healing. If you are believing for Jesus to heal, or save, or deliver, or bring […]
The Scriptures we call the Old Testament are valuable and powerful. The people who became the followers of Jesus only had those Scriptures and a few scattered letters and a few written testimonies that not all of them had access to for hundreds of years. Centuries. Twice as many centuries as the United States have seen. Pharisees had memorized the […]
For longer than I have been paying attention, people have been saying that the return of Jesus could be any day now, because all the signs have been fulfilled. Time is short. Peter seems to have encountered people who thought it should have happened already even while he was on the earth. He wrote that the Lord is only seeming […]
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God,and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.(1 John 4:7-8 Holman Christian Standard Bible ©®)