Wait and Trust Wait and trust are the two hardest words to put into practice. But until we learn to wait and trust we won’t be victorious in the attacks Satan launches against us. Consider Saul, and man chosen by God to be king over Israel. For a while things were going swimmingly. But then […]

Jesus Desires a United Church Jesus prays for our relationships with one another, and that we will be marked by unity, and through Jesus’ prayer He really sets the bar high. “I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in […]

Keeping Pure in an Impure World How can we stay pure in an impure world? If we just try to think pure thoughts, it doesn’t work. It’s like there are a hundred different channels vying for our attention, and while we want to stay on the Pure Channel, it feels like the remote is in […]

Easter’s Promise of the Holy Spirit Jesus said that even though He was leaving, He wasn’t leaving us alone; that He was sending us someone exactly like Himself to take His place. “I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper … the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive … […]

A Promised Future Because of Easter a future in heaven is promised. Jesus wanted the disciples to know that even though He was leaving He was coming back. “In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if […]

Heaven Our True Home Heaven is every believer’s life’s end and beginning. Every person who has given their heart to Jesus Christ has a new home, an eternal home, in heaven. Realizing that life on this side of eternity isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be, isn’t all there is to life, and is […]

God’s Power for our Present Need The men of Issachar understood the times and knew what to do. (1 Chronicles 12:32). In this world we need such understanding along with the knowledge of what to do. There’s never been a time like this with disease and violence ever increasing, people facing financial and moral crises […]

Having the Mind of Christ I’ve seen plenty of shows where people have had an MRI done on their brain, and I wondered, “If I had a spiritual MRI, what would it reveal?” In “Young Frankenstein,” Igor goes into the brain depositary to find the brain of a great scientist, but drops its. He then […]

The Benefits of Forgiveness “I can’t forgive them for …” This is a common theme in most people’s lives. Someone has done something hurtful and they can’t seem to forgive the offense. But not forgiving is one of the worst things we can do, because it withholds tremendous benefits from the Lord in which He […]

When God’s Fire Falls John Whitehead, president and founder of the Rutherford Institute said, “If there isn’t a revival in this country of some sort … we’re moving toward a state that would be very much like pagan Rome.” There’s a generally accepted truth that says that people left to their own devices and free […]