I was recently discouraged about myself, frustrated at my lack of personal growth. I realized with a start that I had been living with a set of attitudes for a couple of weeks which were quite ugly. Unbelief in my heart was manifesting as irritability, isolation, and self pity. What discouraged me about this was […]
“…Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.” Peace that surpasses understanding, which smashes through our logic and drags us behind it as it blazes a trail into the land of faith. This is what Jesus, our
A giant of the faith has passed on to his reward, silently and without fanfair. Who will pick up the mantle that has been left behind? Why not you? A man named Bobby Martz, a man you may have never heard of, has died. I consider Bobby part of the “old guard” of ministers who
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“The woman said, ‘I know that Messiah’ (called Christ) ‘is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.’ Jesus answered, ‘I who speak to you am He’” (John 4:25–26 BSB). It is interesting to note that among the crowds of people who saw and heard Jesus, there were three responses to Him: The
What happened to George Floyd was a terrible wrong. It was evil. We are sickened to think that George Floyd, a brother in Christ, who was a model in his home city to other young men, has had his life taken so tragically and needlessly. The protests are important, and peaceful protests are part of
Elijah was a prophet. He stood against a wicked king and his wicked wife, and against all the corrupt culture around him. He prayed, and it stopped raining for three years. He prayed, and it rained again. He called down fire from heaven. Elijah was also human. James tells us he “was a man just
When we look at the history of moves of the Spirit, we see the founding fire often wanes to “middle-class acceptability. Quiet order replaces passion, and maintaining the respect of the community overrides caring for the outcast” Many divisions among churches and denominations have splits occurred over the concern that the Church had lost its
“Jesus is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” —Psalm 34:18 When Jesus walked the earth, he was drawn to the brokenhearted. His compassionate heart pulled him towards those who were hurting, alone, rejected and broken. Why? We could assume it was a hero complex, the need to fix things,
WE HEAR THE CRY OF REVIVAL. Prophetic words of harvest continue to come and focused prayer is increasing. In 2004, the Lord spoke to me about the coming revival showing massive fruit almost too large to handle. As Tom Jones says, “If we truly expect the Lord to come, we will prepare for His arrival.”
The global Church is facing tests that feel impossible. We are being confronted with situations that we are ill-equipped to solve absent from divine intervention, intercession and a relentless resolve to see His Kingdom come and His will be done on earth as it is in heaven. From the premature death of infants and contention