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Today, division and separation are taking place in the Church. This is a spiritual battle that some believers are not seeing. Some division and separation from evil in our ranks is needed to keep the Church pure and unsullied by human pride and ambition. The greater...
People are always looking for the key to live a life of faith. What matters most can appear so simple that we can miss it. We want to do something to prove our faithfulness. In our haste, we will make premature decisions and take courses of action that will not honor...
When a ministry or a denomination demands NDA’s (Non-Disclosure Agreements) be set in place with all involved parties, it reveals that attorneys, not the Spirit of God is at work to protect the interests of the guilty and to protect corporate interests. Perhaps this...
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,...
We all deny the Lord in different ways. The worst kind of denial comes when we are overconfident in our faith, relying more on our strength than on the Spirit. This is what happened to Peter when he denied the Lord three times. The setting for Peter’s denial is...
We don’t like to consider the fact that the world hates us because we believe in Jesus, but it does. Jesus said the world would hate the message of His salvation and those who carry it. This sounds very strident to our tenderized ears, but it’s true. When Jesus told...
One of my favorite holiday treats comes from the leftover pieces of pie dough that Jan forms into little rolls filled with brown sugar and cinnamon. They are an anticipated joy that appears each year at this time when Jan makes the crusts for her holiday pies. She has...