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A persecuted faith does not fade away. It grows stronger. The persecuted Church demonstrates that reality under oppressive regimes like Nigeria and Iran, among others. Under the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights, we carry the heritage of a godly justice...
This morning, as Jan and I prayed for our nation and for the nations of the world, the Lord spoke. He said we need to pray for His intervention, not the short-sighted conclusions we think need to happen. Those short-sighted conclusions apply at personal, social,...
I remember the day I led my Dad to the Lord. I was awakened in the early hours of the morning with a strong sense of urgency to get to his hospital bed. At eighty-one years of age, Dad was still sharp of mind and healthy. Suddenly, for no apparent reason, within...
In God’s Kingdom, the innocent pay for the guilty. Only then is restoration possible. Jesus modeled this for us when He offered Himself on the Cross on our behalf. One of the most beautiful and powerful stories of reconciliation occurred between Esau and Jacob. Esau...
When we have been cheated and abused, the Lord has a plan to release us from our suffering by redeeming the pain we have experienced. It may take longer than we thought to reach a final resolution, but the waiting is worth the outcome. One of the most dishonoring...
We can too easily forget the magnitude and breadth of our faith. None of us are insignificant. We are part of a long history of relationships with God, first established with Abraham and continuing to the present. That relationship revealed its fullness in the person...
As a young boy, I didn’t care much for school. I wanted to be somewhere else. I remember reading books in the school library about what was then known as Navy Frogmen, who later became the UDT (Underwater Demolition Team). The UDT would become its current...
Some believers have abandoned their birthright as a child of God because they have followed the desires of their flesh and allowed those desires to satisfy their soulish needs. Yielding to those desires has caused some to sell their birthright and follow the flesh....
Battlefield commissions are being awarded in God’s Kingdom. Most of these commissions will be given to people without a formal religious education or the pedigrees those educations create. While a formal education and training can have some benefit, they don’t qualify...
Our two cats like to sit on top of our couch that overlooks our front yard and street. From that position, they can see and discern their environment. It's a vigilant perspective. If they huddle in their bed all the time, they would be unaware of their surroundings....
This morning, Jan and I will be ministering at a church in another part of the state. Before we go and speak somewhere, we ask the Lord: “What's on this house?” The word I got for today was "peace." Gaining an understanding helps us determine how to engage with...
The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah teach us something about God's nature. While He judged their sin, He also rescued the righteous remnant. The Lord told Abraham, “I have heard a great outcry from Sodom and Gomorrah, because their sin is so flagrant” (Genesis 18:20)....
We are navigating through a time in history where the Church, more than ever, needs to reconsider the name the Lord has given to each of us. He called us His friends: “You are my friends if you do what I command, I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t...
Whatever God offers to us as a promise will require a sacrifice of faith on our part. That sacrifice must be protected from disbelief. These sacrifices are sacred acts of faith that require our surveillance and protection until the time of their fulfillment. As a...
Unity with the world systems was never God's original intent for His people. True unity is only possible in Christ. Building the Tower of Babel was an early example of a failed expression of unity. The people had come together in one place to build a “monument to our...