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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...
In the late 90s, Jan and I were visiting missionaries in Tirana, Albania. We attended a Sunday church service held in a large multi-story government building. Outside, unknown to us, was a large crowd estimated by CNN to be over 30,000 people. They were protesting...
This morning, one of my Facebook friends wrote to me and said she was searching for words regarding the spirit of Goliath that prowls through culture as an intimidator. She went on The Elijah List to do a word search and found something I wrote in 2015 that seems to...
When I was a young SWAT cop, our team was deployed during a county-wide strike where emotions were tense, and the possibility of violence was real. Our days off and vacations were canceled, and we worked 12-hour shifts. This situation went on for seven long weeks...
The first generation of believers did not think it unusual or strange to talk about angels or their ministry on Earth. Only when people were so taken with angels in an unhealthy way that diminished the Lordship of Jesus Christ was a correction needed. The existence...
The Lord can speak a simple sentence that seems to come out of nowhere, and the content of those sentences can reorder a person’s thinking. Yesterday I heard the Lord say, “I am casting a net wider than your imagination.” Later in the day, I shared the word with Jan,...
God does His greatest work when it seems like all hope is lost. In a hopeless place, no human effort can accomplish the impossible. When a child seems so lost that a parent finally gives up all hope of a joyful reunion or when a financial situation has so collapsed...
Early this morning, I shared a word on my social media platforms and my website under the title “A Single Domino Will Fall.” A couple of hours later, I felt impressed to research the etymology of two words – domino and dominion. What I discovered was very interesting....
Last night was one of those nights. Just before 2:00 am, I awakened and realized I wasn't going back to sleep, no matter how hard I tried. A few things came to mind from the day before that was of concern to me, so I lay in bed praying. As I prayed, I saw an...
A subtle shift in thinking is taking place. People are waking up and seeing their reality from a new and different perspective. Those who at first saw the restrictions of our government as reasonable and even defended their implementation now realize a change of...
Perhaps it is because I am now living in my 7th decade of life that I listen more intently to the older ones who went before me to know how to navigate the last season of my life. This morning, I was reading II Timothy. This letter from Paul was written from a Roman...
I listened to a seismologist talking about earthquakes. After the broadcast, I considered the spiritual parallels between natural quaking and the shaking events in our lives. Earthquakes rupture along a fault line and move away from the epicenter of the original event...
Most of us have heard the phrase “fringe element.” Typically, those words are used negatively, describing a group of people outside the mainstream. Not all who are on the fringe are negative. Jesus and first-century believers were called a sect, a fringe element of...
This morning, I experienced a sensation like I did the first time I rode a roller coaster. I believe the Lord brought the memory back to prepare me for the future. The first time I rode a rollercoaster was on the Santa Cruz Boardwalk in California. I was about eight...