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Some things a prophet will speak can seem out of time and do not align with current agreements among other prophets. These lone prophets will undergo scorn and dismissal until what they have prophesied comes to pass. For three years, there was no war between Aram and...
We are constantly being told who to hate and who to love – who to vote for and who to demean – who we should trust and those whom we should not trust. The Church has been called to stand alone with God in culture amidst all the strident voices and listen to God, not...
We can become too flippant about the failure of leaders within our nation and within the Church, thinking their failed leadership can simply be ignored. It can't. Permissive evil in any form and in any position will cause those who are being led to interpret their...
Every warning from the Lord brings with it a promise. For some, reading the Old Testament is a struggle as they read about the self-induced consequences of people’s sin. They get caught up in the consequences and miss the promises. In those challenging prophecies are...
My parents bought me a little stuffed puppy when I was an infant. I still have that puppy. It has been with us over the years through many travels and ministry assignments here and abroad. Just the other day, I noticed it atop a bookshelf in our guest room. I was...
Every promise of God has a heavenly storehouse of provision backing up what has been promised. Because of that stored provision, we can declare what God has promised with greater confidence. Haggai the prophet wrote, “I am giving you a promise now while the seed is...
The deepest insight does not come from the highest forms of human intellect. It comes from insight provided by the Spirit. We cannot educate ourselves into that insight or belong to some spiritual in-crowd to gain it. It is a revelation from God who shows no...
We can remain silent when the Lord asks us to speak. That silence will produce regret and self-condemnation. Here is an option when those times come. https://www.facebook.com/1442665059/videos/886075370069580
Everything God has done throughout history has been for redemptive purposes. Even in the challenging messages of the Old Testament prophets, the redemption of God’s people was foremost on His mind. At the end of Habakkuk’s prophecy, as his knees trembled and his lips...
Optimism without discernment will become a deception. Discernment will allow us to look through the veneer of what has been prepared for us to reveal God's perspective. We live in a world constantly trying to lead us away from the truth to embrace illusions...
Voting is not just casting a ballot for a preferred candidate. We also vote by the purchases we make, how we raise our families, and how we treat our fellow human beings. Life is a constant stream of the votes we cast. Thirty years ago, I was trained as an appraiser...
We talk a lot about setting boundaries for our lives. While setting good and positive boundaries is wholesome, some boundaries are set for us when we allow unconfessed sin to define our lives. Those boundaries define a life given over to sin and rebellion limiting the...
This morning, I prayed for the widows in my life. Each of these women had husbands who were friends of mine. They are living as women of God, each one serving the Lord in their unique way. When my father died, my mother lived another twenty years after his death. Jan...
Last week, I saw unusual photos from the city of Rancho Palos Verdes in Southern California. The landscape of the city has been moving dramatically up and down each week for the last year. Images of crumbled asphalt streets and homes tilted off their foundations were...
Most of us have lived our lives unaffected by the events of the world. There have been many personal tragedies of late, but overall, we in America have lived insulated from global wars and advancing armies. If we knew we were being surrounded by those who wanted to...