Measured You cannot give a teaspoon of time and expect a gallon of God’s glorious presence in return. There’s a universal law that says you’ll reap what you sow. If you sow a little time and energy in your relationship with God, then you’ll only reap a little of God’s presence, but if you sow […]

Rooted And Built Up “As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith.” (Colossians 2:6-7a) In the desert we are used to tumbleweeds. They grow fast and get really big, but when the heat of the summer comes they die, […]

Growing Deep; Growing Strong The word, “sanctification” is one of those 10-cent theological terms that is often preached about, but rarely understood. In general to sanctify means to set a person or thing apart for a specific use as intended by its designer. When something or someone is sanctified they are set apart for the […]

There’s Something Greater I can’t explain why some believers suffer more than others. What I do know is that this is a reality, and something Jesus Himself knew full well. The prophet Isaiah said He was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. (Isaiah 53:3) And Jesus tells us to expect the same. He […]

Creating Division There should never exist with the body of Christ, the church, an “us verses them” attitude or mentality. This is the root cause of division within the church. After they took possession of the Promise land there was already a conflict brewing underneath that caused an even greater problem of a potential civil […]

The Determining Factor In the parable of the sheep and the goats Jesus taught about the coming judgment at the end of times. And the determining factor the Lord will use to separate the good from the bad is in our service to others, because in serving other we are actually serving God. The teaching […]

Feast or Famine In Nehemiah chapter 8 we’re introduced to what God’s word can do when read and understood. After the work on the wall was completed, the Jews were hungry. But they didn’t call for a feast with food and drink; instead they were hungry for God’s word. They gathered together as one and […]

Being Holy God wants you to walk in His will, but God’s not as interested in the calling as He is in your walk. God’s primary concern isn’t in the type of work you do; rather it is in the type of worker you are. To be holy is all about character and maturity over […]

Filling The Need The more knowledge we gain, the less wisdom we seem to have. The richer we become, the less secure we are. The more pleasure we seek, the less content and satisfied we are in life. The Bible says that God has set eternity in all of our hearts, but even so we […]

Let’s Stop Counting Can we give to the Lord anything less than everything? Isn’t it amazing how meticulous we are when it comes in recounting to the Lord what we have given and what we have sacrificed? Even in our giving to God our tithes and offerings we’re all about trying to figure out how […]