Don’t Let Hindrances Stop You “Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert … Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.” (Luke 4:1, 14) Jesus was well received throughout the whole countryside, […]

Order My Steps “Guide my steps by your word, so I will not be overcome by any evil.” (Psalms119:133) A popular gospel song, “Order My Steps,” comes from this verse. The chorus line reads, Order my steps in Your Word, Dear Lord Lead me, guide me every day Send Your anointing, Father, I pray Order […]

The Joy of God’s Discipline As parents we discipline our children, not out of hate or anger, but because of our love for them, and because we want to protect them from future wrong and dangerous behavior. But our discipline needs to be measured with the spirit of compassion. And once the discipline is over, […]

It’s Time To Get Right The Lord desires that we do some heart changing and soul cleansing in a beautiful and haunting Scripture. It’s a Scripture that speaks as powerfully as the one we often quote in bringing revival to the land. “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and […]

The Planted of God God spoke a parable through the prophet Ezekiel of two eagles and a vine. These were eagles of great stature and pomp. The first eagle, Nebuchadnezzar, came and plucked off the top portion and planted it in the city of merchants (Babylon), but instead of growing into a cedar, it grew […]

What Is Love? Love is not what we think. In our society there are many definitions for love. There’s a passionate love, where our emotions go wild. There’s a familial love where we say that blood is thicker than water. There is also a love for others; sometimes this is described as “brotherly love.” But […]

Silence Can Be Golden If we would just keep silent for a moment, long enough to stop all the questioning and doubt about what is going on inside, and if we would just silence our hearts and listen, then we would be amazed at what we would hear and learn from God. When Jesus came […]

Mean What You Say Do we really mean what we say? The people came to Jeremiah saying, “Pray that the LORD your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do.” (Jeremiah 42:3) Jeremiah said, “I will certainly pray to the LORD your God as you have requested; I will tell […]

No Nullifying God’s Grace “For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life, which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of […]

When The Going Get’s Tough I don’t know about you, but when things start going south while I’m still going north, I just want to run and hide. The truth is, I don’t like difficulties, but when they start to overwhelm, I just want to find a hole to crawl through, or a cave to […]