Overcoming Strongholds In ancient days strongholds were walled cities preventing the enemy from advancing and taking captive the inhabitance. But with the modernization of warfare, these became obsolete. Strongholds today are points of operations where offensives take shape and launched. They are hard to defeat and only the most concerted effort can remove them. Paul […]

The Devil’s All About Opportunity We are told to make the most of every opportunity that comes our way because the days are filled with evil. “See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:15-16 NKJV) Let me throw this out there. […]

Stopping Satan’s Sneak Attacks In the parable of the Tares, Jesus is talking kingdom of heaven stuff, and how Satan has sown his people in the midst of God’s people. In the story God allows Satan’s emissaries to remain lest some of His own people get uprooted in the process. God knows them and in […]

Measured You cannot give a teaspoon of time and expect a gallon of God’s presence in return. There’s a universal law saying 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 a lot, […]

Who’s Pursuing Who Remember how fun it was playing “Tag, you’re it?” The game, however, has serious ramifications when it comes to our relationship with God, and that’s because God’s it and you need to let yourself get caught. While we think we’re pursuing God, the truth is that God is pursuing us, and He’s […]

God’s Presence in our Present Whenever I read Jesus’ description of what it means to abide, where He is the true vine, we are the branches, and the heavenly Father as the vine grower (John 15:1-5), my mind races to understand it’s meaning for my present reality. Such a calm and serene scene bears little […]

Don’t Forget God While Living Life If we just let life happen, we could miss out on eternity. Knowing the end could come at any time, Jesus gave this piece of advice. “But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come […]

Our Need For God’s Presence After the crucifixion, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, two disciples were traveling to the village of Emmaus. While on their way they were discussing the events of the past week, which concluded with several women saying Jesus had risen from the dead and was alive. As they were pondering the […]

God’s Greater Purpose The Bible says that while we take great effort to plan our ways, God is the one who eventually gets His way. Solomon said, “We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps.” (Proverbs 16:9 NLT) God’s plans and purposes are not always what we want or what we are […]

Don’t Give Up – You’ll Reap a Reward in the End King David said to Solomon, “Indeed I have taken much trouble to prepare for the house of the Lord.” (1 Chronicles 22:14a NKJV) It would seem there was a lot of trouble and opposition to David in getting everything ready for Solomon to build […]