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If the truth sets us free, then half-truths and outright lies will keep us in bondage. Jesus said, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8: 31-32). Knowing the truth is what helps us...
In the Spirit, I was taken into a large secured room filled with multiple computer screens. In the natural, I would not be allowed entry into the room. Only people with the highest level of security clearance would be allowed to enter. Each computer screen represented...
What I am about to share is not intended to create suspicion or fear. Those two things are a work of hell. I write to address a sad, but true reality. Some within the Church who claim to follow Jesus are tares planted within the harvest. To ignore such a possibility...
The sunset you are experiencing is about to become a sunrise. What you thought was ending will become a beginning. God is the one in charge of the finality of all things. He alone has the final say – not you, your doubters or your circumstances. God is...
There is a fine line between truth and error. This is what makes deception so believable – it can look and sound like truth. When we think we have God figured out and we reduce Him down to the level of our limited understanding we are the most vulnerable. As you walk...
Just before you respond to a question there is always a pause. This is where you collect your thoughts to develop your answer. You can tell if the Spirit of God or the spirit of fear is in control based on what takes place in the pause. One kind of pause is...
Fifteen years ago Jan and I stepped off an airliner onto American soil after serving as missionaries in Europe. Our lives at that time were lived mostly on the road traveling throughout Europe strengthening and encouraging churches. We were perpetual visitors...
My skin is turning parchment. The years of my aging now yielding to familial DNA, to youthful days running bare in the sun. There is a coming to grips with this process of life and living, a reality check of sorts. All of this is good, this emerging gray and wrinkling...
As you grow older you will begin to think about the legacy you will leave behind. Many people who pursue a legacy of accomplishments and notoriety end up tired, bitter and alone. There is another legacy that has a far greater impact on those who will follow...
As you mature as a follower of Christ you will learn how to trust your gut instinct – your intuition. Some in the Church resist this kind of thinking because it lacks an outward image of spirituality. There are two kinds of intuition. There is a natural intuition...
Some of the goodness you are now experiencing can be traced back to a single decision someone made years ago not to compromise. Someone made a decision to believe for more and that choice has become a blessing in your life. God began to position His promise...
You are coming to a moment in time when what you have pursued will be overtaken. This has been a dream that has always been out in front of you – just out of reach, but now you will take hold of it. Your coming circumstance will be like that of the children of...
You have entered a season of unusual harvest. You thought that once you harvest this current crop you would need to plow again and sow more seed, but God has another plan. As you enter your field of labor and begin to harvest this current crop another crop will...
You just had one of those nudges of God’s Spirit that felt like a small wind disturbing a leaf and blowing it across your path. This kind of impression would not normally be anything of importance, but you are beginning to realize it was God speaking to you....
You jumped without considering the consequence. It was a reflex action that now has you airborne and you don’t know where you will land. As you fall you hear the Lord say, “Declare a landing zone”. His words seem strange because you know what you did was...