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There's a reason why the Lord will reduce our options for success. He does this so that we must rely on Him for our victory, not our ability, experience, or the resources we bring to the conflict. The Lord reduced Gideon's army from 32,000 warriors to only 300, "You...
Unforgiveness will take us to places we don’t want to go. It will also cause us to do things we would never imagine we would do. Our only safe way to live a life of faith when someone wrongs us is to forgive them, even when forgiveness is the last thing we want to do....
In prayer, I saw an image of bowls in Heaven filled with the prayers of God’s people. Because the prayers were aligned with God’s will, they gave off the fragrance of incense. Scripture tells us about those bowls. It describes the Lamb of God approaching the...
In the week leading up to Easter Sunday, a swarm of 3,000 earth tremors took place in Northern California, in a very confined area between Medford, Oregon, and Redding California. To a lesser, but still significant number, swarms of tremors also occurred in the...
When I twenty-three, I soloed for the first time as a Private Pilot trainee. My instructor was not much older than me. One day after practicing a few touch and go landings, he signed me off and let me fly solo. That first time around the pattern alone was a...
Years ago, while still pastoring a local church, I was preparing a message to preach on Easter morning. During the week as I studied, the Spirit spoke a profound sentence to me that became the core of my Easter message then and continues to this day. “The Cross is...
Possessing peace in our lives is quite possibly one of the greatest gifts a follower of Christ can possess. The peace God offers is not determined by the absence or presence of external influences. Peace is a gift from God that can be deposited into any life at any...
There are seasons when certain elements of our lives will begin to decompose before our eyes. Relationships die and begin to decompose. Ways of thinking can decompose along with aspects of our faith built upon assumption or misunderstanding. This process of...
In each generation, the truth of Jesus and His word will be used to define, and in some cases, redefine the Church. This defining/redefining comes from reengaging historic biblical truth, not our opinions, interpretations, or preferences. When this happens a faith...
While each believer has a life of value in the eyes of God, not all who profess Christ will leave behind a healthy spiritual legacy. Good people can pursue what seem to be good things, but in the end, they failed to live a life that had a Kingdom impact. Paul wrote to...
In the image, I saw a group of prophets being led into a public square to be waterboarded. This event was taking place because a word they shared seemed to have failed according to the human measurement – a measurement determined by their accusers. The prophets...
Change of leadership at the top of an organization does not always guarantee the kind of change required to bring a group to its full potential. Every new leader will at some point make structural or personnel changes in hopes of implementing a new direction. None of...
On this day of Passover, I am reminded of the unique assemblage of disciples who sat at the table with Jesus during the Last Supper. Even His betrayer was breaking bread with Him. During that meal, Jesus made a profound statement, “Your love for one another will prove...
A few days ago, I had to pull into the right lane of the freeway to make an upcoming exit. When I pulled over, I found myself behind a truck transporting two portable outhouses. My imagination began to wander. I was glad I was not driving a convertible on a sunny day...
The Church is more diverse than our favored theology or modes of fellowship could imagine. We are at our strongest and most impactful when we do not walk in lockstep with each other, but as one, afford each other the freedom to become a unique manifestation of God’s...