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The massive fires in Los Angeles have revealed failed policies that have hampered firefighters' duties. Those called to protect and serve have not been able to fully protect and serve their community in its time of need. The same can be true within the Church. Those...
Until the time comes to fulfill God’s promises in our lives, we will enter seasons of testing to see if our character is aligned with God's promise. Some of those tests can derail the fulfillment of God’s promises if our character has not been aligned with God’s word....
Knowing where we stand with God when we have been forgiven is critical to our faith. Without that understanding, we will be trapped in a prison of self-condemnation and fear. Gaining that understanding will remind us what the Lord did when He redeemed us. “Praise...
Many times, when someone thanks me for some insight or point of wisdom I offer, if I am alone, I get down on my knees and thank the Lord. I thank Him because just moments before either writing or speaking something, what I shared was not in my mind. It was delivered...
We can walk right by truth or a perception of reality and not perceive its existence. Only when it is revealed to us does it become a personal discovery. In 1853, a mule owned by a gold prospector named John. W. Hillman led him to the rim of Crater Lake in southern...
Daniel and Joseph allowed the Lord to use their voices to influence the political leaders of their day. I am also glad to see the same thing taking place in our day when it is done under the leading of God's Spirit and with a heart of humility. The Gospel is strong...
Romans 8:5 tells us: “But those who live by the impulses of the Holy Spirit are motivated to pursue spiritual realities” (TPT). The word “impulses” jumped out at me and captured in words what I have been experiencing as I learn how God prompts us to live. Jan and...
This morning, as I look at the flowers and card I got for Jan, I think back to an evening fifty-one years ago when I took Jan on a spontaneous date. I entered our college cafeteria and saw her. We had been introduced a week or so earlier so I wasn't a stranger. I...
Last night, Jan and I watched one of those end-of-the-world, apocalyptic films titled Greenland. In the film, a comet is on a collision course with Earth promising to create a near-extinction level event. It was standard and predictable disaster film fare. In...
In the last few months, I’ve had conversations with several friends who are able to see and interpret where the Church and culture stand in this particular moment in history. The word “era” is used in these conversations to describe what is transpiring historically....
Each of us collects evidence to support our bias. We tend to move toward individuals and groups who think the same way as we do. It is human nature to seek out this bolstering of personal opinion. The problem with this way of living is that it creates an intellectual...
The great moves of God arrive unexpectedly. They are like an earthquake that begins to shake a city without warning. While God will speak to His prophets some elements of what is to come, the knowledge of the precise timing, effect, and location of these moves of the...
I have traveled a lot – hundreds of thousands of air miles. The thought of travel is no longer a joy. It is work. Recently, I received a ministry invitation. I wanted to say no but knew it was a Kingdom assignment, so it required my honoring the request before the...
For the last few weeks, I keep hearing in my spirit the words “like a deer caught in the headlights.” These words create an image of a deer caught in the middle of a road blinded by the headlights of an approaching vehicle, unable to move and sadly becoming the victim...
Never allow despair to overcome your faith. Every breakthrough no matter how farfetched it might appear has a capacity of prayer that must be reached before the breakthrough can take place. Each time we offer up a prayer in faith it is added to the cup of that...