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Living a life that pleases God has powerful implications. When Scripture tells us that God covers His people with His hand, it means His hand becomes a protective covering for us if we live a life that pleases Him. If we choose to step away from His extended hand and...
The quality of our faith will be revealed by the choices we make or what we allow to happen when we are asked to follow a failed leader. In the books of I and II Kings, the various kings listed in those books who ruled over Israel and Judah were described. The...
A few years ago, the Lord told me to look at the subject of finances for prophetic insight. The root of all kinds of evil is found in how our finances are handled. The opposite is true. Goodness can also be discovered in how we handle our finances. We are standing...
When Jan and I lived in Billings, Montana, our home bordered an irrigation ditch. I would hike along the ditch several times a week. One day, I felt impressed to veer off the path to look around. As I walked through the sagebrush, I came upon something unusual. I saw...
While we are free to live and travel at will, knowing the boundary of our calling is important. To travel outside that boundary must be done with permission from the Lord. Wherever I travel and see a sign denoting a city, county, or state boundary, I pray these words,...
The sources from which we gather our news have changed. It is even evidenced in the church how we gather information about our culture and how to respond to what we see and hear. https://www.facebook.com/1442665059/videos/567723492666464
There is a saying among Navy Seals, “Under pressure you don’t rise to the occasion, you sink to the level of your training.” In other words, our basic training is what we will fall back on in an emergency. If our training was not sufficient enough, the false hopes of...
On a cold Oregon morning, our cat knew where she belonged.
We never know when this life will end. Our passing can come from a variety of issues and in unexpected ways. Some of us will live for many years. Others will die young, What we need to possess in the years of life we have been allotted is a willingness to keep...
While it is God’s mercy that saves us at the beginning of our life of faith, something else happens when our faith matures. In that place of mature faith, our obedience to the voice of the Lord is an act of trust. Trust allows the Lord to come and accomplish...
There's a great deal of evidence that hell can provide to convince us of a deception. The evidence will look and sound convincing on the surface. If we fail to inquire of the Lord to discern the validity and truthfulness of the evidence provided, we will fail to see...
Some of you are walking along a lonesome road of truth. Don’t become discouraged and give up. A great reward is waiting for you. https://www.facebook.com/1442665059/videos/1537077510280182
It can sound extreme to say an entire system of disbelief can collapse in a day, but it's not extreme. The Lord can collapse these systems quickly and in ways that are beyond human imagination. Our best efforts cannot bring about a complete collapse of anything. We...
I was talking with someone who had an important decision to make. They had gathered several options from trusted advisors. They asked me, “What should I do?" I said, “Follow the scarlet thread.” After taking a moment to digest what I said, I explained what I meant. I...
This morning, I was reading the last chapters of John where the crucifixion of Jesus was described. The Lord had been arrested like a common criminal after Pilate yielded to the demands of an angry religious mob and nailed Jesus to a Cross. Jesus was mocked, beaten,...