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While one studies through the Old Testament, in the middle of all the texts that can offend our sensitivities in an isolated 21st-century representation of our faith, the more we will see the love of God. Some cannot move through the difficult sections of Scripture...
In this confused world, when we don’t know what to do in a confusing situation, it is always the wisest choice to do what is right in God’s eyes and then allow His truth to work out the details. Hosea told Israel in their time of confusion that led them to disobey...
Today, Jan and I will end a multi-day fast. It is a fast like the one I entered after the Lord first came to me in a Damascus Road experience in the middle of the night 45 years ago. In that encounter, He called me to serve Him. That original fast set the course of my...
For a couple of years our family lived in downtown Los Angeles. Echo Park to be exact. Jan and I directed part of a missions agency that sent ministry teams around the world. Two times a day Jan would drive our two kids to and from school in Pasadena. We had to...
Significant shifts are taking place in the spiritual realm. In this time of change allow the Holy Spirit to steer your narrative and your actions. An unwise and emotionally directed response could sideline the intended impact of your voice in this cycle of change. You...
Never underestimate the impact a single act of obedience can have on your life and on those who remember your time on Earth. A missionary friend of mine told me the following story. I hope it encourages some of you who are in a challenging season of life. Charlotte...
When God said, “Let there be light” the resulting light created by those words began traveling at 186,000 miles per second through the landscape of creation. It was like a wave of light began crashing into the realm of dark nothingness illuminating the will of...
My uncle owned a Texaco service station in Livermore, California in the 1950’s. It was back in the days when a car pulled in for gas four uniformed men would run out to meet the incoming customer. One attendant greeted the customer. Another checked air pressure in the...
Jan and I are part of a conference taking place for the pastors of the North Pacific District of Foursquare Churches. The conference is being held at Westside Church in Bend, Oregon. This is a beautiful part of the country to have a conference and a warm and...
A new group of apostolic leadership is about to emerge in the Church. I have held off for a few weeks writing this word. I knew the content, but not the timing. Some of you have not been included within the inner circle of certain teams of ministry. This has not been...
BREAKING NEWS What if in early in 2017, after a new President of the United States had been in office only a few short weeks, the following news headline was posted by the media? *************** AP) – The President of the United States suffered what appeared to...
Any form of rest that must be protected will eventually become a place of fatigue. The energy expended in an attempt to protect a situational form of rest will actually produce the very thing you are trying to avoid. The rest you have been given in Jesus Christ...
Any form of rest that must be protected will eventually become a place of fatigue. The energy expended in an attempt to protect a situational form of rest will actually produce the very thing you are trying to avoid. The rest you have been given in Jesus Christ...
Some of the people who study space believe the realms of outer space are expanding faster than the speed of light. That creative light is advancing into the undefined dimensions of nothingness creating new realms as it expands outward. We need light and the dimension...
In our small town we have 3 color choices for our garbage bins. The red one is for recycling. The green one is for yard clippings and the black one is for household garbage. The black garbage bin goes out each week. There is nothing to remember with the black one....