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On occasion, God will perform a miracle so astounding that natural science cannot accurately explain what really happens. A miracle like this happened during one of Israel’s battles. “On the day the Lord gave the Israelites victory over the Amorites, Joshua prayed to...
Just one degree off course while sailing across an expansive ocean will take us to destinations that will be off course by as much as 500 miles. That miscalculation means we could set sail from Hawaii, intending to land in San Francisco and land at Coos Bay, Oregon,...
Just before taking Communion together this morning, Jan and I were praying in the Spirit. I saw an image. President Trump was standing alone in a hallway. An attacker came from behind him with a raised weapon aimed at the president's head in an attempt to deliver a...
As a young boy, when our family went camping, I watched how my father set up our campsite. Everything had a place and purpose, from the stacking of firewood and the maintenance of the fire to the placement of cooking utensils and the disposal of our trash. Each item...
No matter the visible failures being exposed in the leadership of the Church, the Lord remains forever true and faithful to His promises. He will never fail us. People will. A simple reading of Scripture reveals that these failures will occur in our time because they...
On the trail system above our home, new trail signs have been placed on the entrances to each trail. In the last few years, the old signs had become worn, some of them unreadable. The trail names haven’t changed. The new signs were put in place to make sure...
From time to time, we can slip into a subtle kind of pride. That pride makes us think we are better than those whom we condemn. We become stubborn and unchanging when our pride takes hold of our thinking. It’s a slippery slope that must be checked because on...
In the prosperity the Lord has given to all of us who live in the United States, we should never forget why we enjoy such prosperity. If we forget that it was the Lord who gave us so many blessings, we will wander into ways of thinking that lack the gratitude and...
When God begins to move among His people, His presence will reveal things we had not considered before the fire of God fell. The revelation of God’s fire is a cleansing fire. It is a revelation of His love for His people. The Lord’s consuming love will expose our...
Today, division and separation are taking place in the Church. This is a spiritual battle that some believers are not seeing. Some division and separation from evil in our ranks is needed to keep the Church pure and unsullied by human pride and ambition. The greater...
People are always looking for the key to live a life of faith. What matters most can appear so simple that we can miss it. We want to do something to prove our faithfulness. In our haste, we will make premature decisions and take courses of action that will not honor...
When a ministry or a denomination demands NDA’s (Non-Disclosure Agreements) be set in place with all involved parties, it reveals that attorneys, not the Spirit of God is at work to protect the interests of the guilty and to protect corporate interests. Perhaps this...
Some forms of ministry don’t go deep enough. They fail to go to the root of an issue – the cause and effect of what is happening on the surface of a person’s life. In our attempts to help a person, if we do not address the root issues, we leave people with the root...
As nations gather for a possible war in the Middle East, we need to be reminded of something. God is the only one we can trust when these conflicts take place. That reminder will keep us safe as conflicts multiply. Where we place our trust will reveal that God is our...
Any unconfessed sin we tolerate in our lives will have terrible consequences. These hidden sins have destroyed the reputations of individuals, the legacy of a family, and, sadly, they mar the Lord's reputation among His people and become a sad witness before the...