A HIGHER WAY

We can go God’s way or our way when we deal with leaders. These are people who, like all of us, have limitations, faults, and errors. Some, however, are motivated by works of darkness. God’s way is to stand for what is good and right, to speak the truth in love, to...

OUR WORDS MATTER

From time to time, we need a reminder about how we speak about our leaders. It happened to Paul after his arrest when he declared he was a Roman citizen. An angry mob surrounded Paul and shouted that he was not fit to live.  Paul was brought before the high...

WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR

While we desire to have and exercise the freedom of speech, our greatest desire should be to hear a word from the Lord. Today, many are speaking freely but only a few are speaking from God’s heart.  In the coming days, while people are speaking freely, most of what we...

RUMOR DOESN’T HAVE IT

“Rumor Has It” is never an enticement we should follow to create conversations and form our opinions. Only something we know to be true is what we should allow to direct our lives and form our speech. This will keep us from following the lure of foolish and unfounded...

SPIRITUAL BODY BAGS

In prayer, an image developed that was shocking, to say the least. It was of a body bag, the kind used by a coroner to transport a dead body from a place of death to a morgue. As I continued to pray, the dead body within the bag began to rustle. Then I began to hear...