NEVER THE VICTIM

The redeemed are never the victim of anything. We live and move and have our being in the victory Jesus obtained for all who follow Him. To assume we are victims will cause us to draw on earthly solutions to solve the spiritual issues that are at the core of all human...

A SECOND TIME AROUND

The devil is never satisfied with a single run at implementing a plan to control and oppress individuals and nations. He uses fear to create a receptive audience for things we would never accept if viewed in retrospect.   We just came out of two years where...

WATCHING THE WATCHMEN

The content of a prophet’s message must have at its core, a passionate love for the ones who will hear the message, or what is spoken will not release the heart of God. Isaiah spoke of this passionate love after Israel went through a season of warning, pruning,...

CHERRY-PICKING OUR ENEMIES

We have been programmed to cherry-pick our enemies. If you have not yet discovered, our news media has become the official mouthpiece for a variety of agendas each attempting to form our interpretation of reality. Internet pundits offer garish and overstated opinions...

ASKING WHY

Bill Johnson, the Senior Leader of Bethel Church in Redding, California, a leader loved and respected by many of us, went through one of the most painful experiences anyone could imagine. His wife, Beni, passed away.  In a sermon offered only days after Beni’s...
SOON BUT NOT YET

SOON BUT NOT YET

What God has promised is not late or delayed. It is simply coming into its appointed season. Avoid a premature attempt to pull the promise from its place of timing and demand to taste its fullness before God has completed His work of ripening. Along the side fence in...