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Amid the growing national division and turmoil taking place in America, the Church has been planted in each city to reverse a descent into greater expressions of evil. Our presence and witness have the power to turn the spiritual tide and bring hope for a better...
We are living in a time when expressing an opinion can make us a target for an insult. No one will be immune to these assaults. Some insults are expressed by a passive-aggressive personality that may sound legitimate at first, but were created to confront, not to...
Whenever we speak or write something, we must ask ourselves a series of questions; without asking those questions, what we say or write will not come from a deeper place of personal introspection. First and foremost is the question, "How does this apply to me?"...
Yesterday, I wrote a single sentence that had an error. A couple of friends who are part of my Facebook wall let me know. I always appreciate those responses. I thought I had corrected the mistake but missed it. It was like the error was off my personal radar, even...
Whatever is in your future, after many failures and for the sake of holiness, God’s calling will eventually come into existence. Wait and continue to love God with all your heart; you will eventually see what God has called you to become. Two things began to take...
In the Church, we all see things through different tribal visions of the same thing. It is all about love, just a different image. Some are peaceful. Others are more intense. By understanding a larger image of love, something we may not yet realize, we can become...
The current manifestations of evil we see happening in our world are the revelation of ancient spirits. They are not something new. We need to look past the current colloquial application of these spirits to see their first mention and application in history as...
It has been announced that President Biden will travel to Israel on Wednesday to meet with Benjamin Netanyahu. Apart from the obvious prayers offered for his safety and the safety of others in the meeting, we need to pray against something I sensed this morning that...
The words Jacob spoke, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I wasn’t even aware of it!” (Genesis 28:16) are words many of you will declare in the next season of your unfolding personal history. Jacob uttered these words when he awoke one morning while on his journey...
At some point, after all the opinions are shared and all the evidence is supplied to oppose what we know is true, we simply need to move on from the opposition and do what God has called us to do.
In the West, we have created and exported to the nations of the world theologies and interpretations of God and His Kingdom that are like wax figurines standing in the sanctuary of a religious museum. They are untested by times of trouble and turmoil and will not be...
Prepare yourself to see the hand of God demonstrated in ways we have not seen in our generation. The impossible will become possible. As global tensions increase people are hardening their hearts and fortifying their opinions. While this hardening appears to be...
Awareness is very different from suspicion. Suspicion is a leash attached to our thoughts and emotions leading us to places where fear is in control. Awareness is an awakened state of preparedness. It wisely helps us see into the depths of what is happening in the...
When an individual, family, or nation appears surrounded by evil, the Lord's faithfulness for what He has promised to fulfill will establish a greater perimeter of hope. That greater perimeter of God’s presence stands outside human history. It holds all evil plans...
For the last few days, I’ve experienced emotions like the ones I felt on the morning of 9/11. When that attack took place, my mind went back to my days on SWAT duty. I found myself preparing emotionally and tactically for what might follow the attack. The same thing...