PREPPING FOR WHAT IS TO COME

For the last three days, I have been away from home speaking in two different locations, a men’s retreat, and a church. During both worship settings, those leading worship sensed the Spirit’s presence come in a very tangible way when they began to sing words...

THE ENEMY WITHIN

We can learn a great deal about how the devil attacks and destroys the faith of a believer from observing the tactics displayed in natural warfare. Just as it was in Israel two days ago, when the rocket attack signaled the beginning of a much larger planned attack,...

HISTORY SHAPING EVENTS

A state of war has been declared in Israel on the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The war was triggered by attacks from Hamas who began the war by firing 5,000 rockets into southern Israel. Terrorist teams have been sent over the border into Israel by...

AN IMPACTING FAITH

An impacting faith requires two things – tension and traction. The tension happens when we discover the difference between good and evil. Traction occurs when we take our faith outside the sanctuary into the streets of the real world and apply it to the very practical...

UNCOMFORTABLE IMAGES

A single image projected to others that captured a single moment or season of our life is not always what we want other people to use to interpret our lives. It’s like being caught in a moment of undress or a situation lacking decorum. To capture such images and...

OLD MEN HITTING HOMERS

Too many older saints have stepped off the field of play and checked out thinking age is a restriction regarding their service in God’s Kingdom. That’s just what hell wants us to think as we grow older. It removes us from a place of service where we can offer the...