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A wise pastor once said, "If you want to discover what motivates a person, look at their checkbook." That truth was shared with me years ago before online banking and financial apps became widely available. The same principle holds true today, as many are using...
Most of us are aware of Paul's warning to Timothy about what will happen in the last days, "Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times, some will turn away from the true faith" (I Timothy 4:1). We quote this verse with regularity but fail to realize...
A reminder of past prophetic words spoken over someone is of greater value than hours of counseling. Counseling is primarily about helping individuals manage their emotions and respond effectively to life's challenges. A prophetic word is different. It leads us like a...
When great sorrow occurs and what we love is cut down, in that place of deep and unimagined sorrow, hope is always present waiting to be revealed. At first, hope is difficult to see while we stand together before the stump of someone or something that was once alive...
It's nothing new that people would call evil good and good evil or that something known throughout the history of the Church as darkness would now be celebrated as light. In some circles of faith, it might even be considered unloving to define something as evil or a...
One of the expressions of our faith that tells the world we are followers of Jesus Christ is our ability to rest in the midst of turmoil. Jesus said, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28). Finding that rest requires...
The prophets of God are warning the Church about what will take place in the coming months. Their messages are not being issued to create alarm. Prophetic announcements are being released to prepare our souls to live in peace, not fear. Those who carry that peace will...
Throughout history, there has always been a policing presence used by governments or coalitions of governments to enforce the dictates of an invading power. The Babylonians and Romans used their governors and soldiers to occupy and force the compliance and submission...
God can hit a moving target even if the target is moving away from Him. God’s aim is not focused on the challenging circumstance of a person's life. His target is always the heart. No matter how fast and how far a prodigal is moving away from God, how far a spouse has...
There are times when the truth will create division among God's people. This division is a Spirit-led process that divides truth from error much like the incision made by a physician’s scalpel cutting away rotted flesh from healthy flesh. Trying to avoid that kind of...
When parts of the body of Christ align more with the standards of an unredeemed culture and allow a government to enforce and impose those standards on all who dissent, a dangerous intersection is crossed. We are currently navigating through that intersection. The...
I just saw a dramatic image in the Spirit. Because it was so graphic and visual, I took note of the time - 6:19 am on the West Coast. I saw our nation begin a freefall toward a place of destruction. In the midst of the freefall, I saw the hand of God reach into the...
In this unusual time in history, our generation is beginning to see things take place we have not seen in our lifetimes. To navigate through those developing scenarios with faith, not fear, will require a fresh encounter with the power of God’s Spirit. Those...
There’s a saying in the self-defense world that “The winner of a knife fight goes to the hospital.” The implication is the loser goes to the graveyard. There is another kind of knife fight that takes place in a different realm than on the mean streets of a city. That...
When I was a young boy growing up in a Baptist church, the format of our Sunday morning service was programmed and predictable. In the weekly sameness, something did take place that would occasionally interrupt the placid flow of our Sunday gathering. When it...