Look to the Father’s heart and desires and intentions for revelation about what to do next, not at the needs around you or the abundance or limits of your resources. Spend time resting in Him and listening to Him so that you can serve well with Him in you. As soon as they left the synagogue, they went into Simon […]
Our future includes the hope that when our flesh dies, we will be done with the earth and transition to life in heaven. Generally, that picture resembles in our minds the same thing as when we look at a future that includes retiring from work and taking a break to enjoy our final days. If our work is dislocated from […]
When his son was in need of exorcism, a man brought him to the disciples of Jesus. They could not convince the demon to leave the boy. The man then took him to Jesus. “How long has this been happening to him?” Jesus asked his father. “From childhood,” he said. “And many times it has thrown him into fire or […]
Enthusiasm literally means being filled by or possessed by a god. (EN= in; THUS=theos) Enthusiastic new believers lead more people to commitment to Jesus than seasoned evangelists do. Enthusiastic salesmen sell more products than salesmen who know more about the product and the customers by better education in those areas. Puritans made the term enthusiastic an insult because they didn’t […]
Are you afraid to argue with Jesus? There are days when He wants us to be so moved with compassion or faith or love that we press Him, like Abraham did with his intercession for his nephew in Sodom, or like the Gentile woman did for her daughter, who was possessed by a demon, or the persistent widow, who simply […]
The message we have received and which we hold onto and hold out to others is the word of LIFE. It has benefits of wisdom and health and love and joy and comfort and fellowship, but they are not the message. They are the results of holding fast to the Way, the Truth, and the Life. So then, my dear […]
As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow Me!” So he got up and followed Him. While He was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came as guests to eat with Jesus and His disciples. When the Pharisees saw […]
Every spiritual servant from Heaven is not an angel. “Angel” is a partial translation of what would be “messenger” in English if fully translated. Some spirits are powers, some are princes, some are “creatures.” Some are seraphs, cherubs, etc. Not all are messengers. In Acts 12:1-19, Peter was told what to do by a spirit Luke called an angel while […]
Charles Spurgeon once said that he could find ten men who would die for the Bible for every one who would read it. This is a portion of a book written by the Jewish historian Josephus (AGAINST APION: Section 8): It is true, our history hath been written since Artaxerxes very particularly, but hath not been esteemed of the like […]
When He entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible agony!” “I will come and heal him,” He told him. “Lord,” the centurion replied, “I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. But only say the word, and my servant will be cured. For I […]