Devotional: Devotional: Being In God’s Word To align ourselves with God’s call we first need to get aligned with His word. On this journey of faith we’re called to take there’s going to be times of darkness, uncertainty and doubt that only God’s word will light a pathway through. “Your word is a lamp to […]

Devotional: Serving God Through the parable of the sheep and the goats Jesus taught about the coming judgment in the End Times. And the determining factor the Lord will use to separate the sheep from the goats, the good from the bad is our service to others, because in serving other we are serving God. […]

Devotional: Growing in Our Faith God has designed all life to grow. To Adam and Eve He said, “Be fruitful and multiply.” (Genesis 1:28) From the moment we were conceived God designed us for growth. God designed us to grow physically, emotionally, mentally, socially, and spiritually. But our spiritual growth doesn’t begin at conception like […]

Be Holy God wants us to walk in His calling, but He’s not as interested in the calling as He is in our walk. God’s primary concern isn’t in the type of work we do, but rather in the type of worker we are. To be holy is all about Character over that of calling, […]

Devotional: Worshiping God Worship is an integral part of God’s calling. Whenever I think of our worship of God, the story of a 10-year-old boy’s birthday party comes to mind. He invited his eight best friends over. They played football and basketball, and ate hot dogs and hamburgers with a large birthday cake to top […]

Devotional: Being Missionary Whenever I bring up our need to be missionary people automatically think about the specific calling of being a missionary. It’s the same when I talk about being evangelist. To be missionary is the same thing as being evangelistic, and it’s literally the calling of every Christian. Jesus said, “Go therefore and […]

Devotional: Loving God To Love God is actually at the heart of what it means to be a believer in Jesus Christ. It is the greatest of all God’s commandment, and therefore it’s the statement of faith for all Jews, known as the “Shema,” or hearing. “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord […]

Devotional: Less Denominationalism I grew up my whole life under the Protestant wing of the faith. My family attended the Methodist church. I accepted the Lord in an Assembly of God church. I helped start the first Calvary Chapel in Las Vegas, which later became non-denominational. I then went to seminary and graduated with a […]

Forgiveness Proceeds Healing “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases.” (Psalm 103:2-3) Notice we are told that forgiveness proceeds healing. We see a beautiful example of this from Jesus’ healing of the paralyzed man. Jesus forgave his sins saying, “Your […]

God’s Representatives In business I would see at least one company representative a day. These were individuals who tried to get my business so I could sell their product. They generally carried the full weight of their company to make whatever deals necessary to secure my account. When God created humanity he endowed us with […]