The men of Issachar understood the times and knew what to do (1 Chronicles 12:32). It’s this same understanding and knowledge that we all need in order to navigate this evil world we live in. There’s never been a time like this. Disease and famine are on the increase, people are facing both financial and […]
It was on this day, 9/11, that America’s war on terror began, and it’s a war that will always continue because terror exists around the world with no clear lines or boundaries. Terror, however, isn’t a physical war, but a spiritual one, and Satan is its architect. “The thief does not come except to steal, […]
Making God our number one priority calls for some interior house cleaning. And the first thing we need to do is to clean up all that is cluttering our lives. Clutter can be just about anything that crowds Jesus out. You can look at it like a teenager’s bedroom. There comes a time when they […]
When faced with crisis, the last thing we end up doing is actually the first thing we ought to be doing. But this wasn’t the case with King Hezekiah. When Hezekiah was faced with the Assyrian crisis, He didn’t start by securing his borders and making preparations, instead he looked to the Lord God and […]
The Gospel Old Testament style is simple: Turn and Live. “‘Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin. Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel? […]
One of the most important and difficult phases in our journey towards spiritual transformation is the process is confession. This is where we admit we’ve got a problem. It’s where we stop blaming everything and everybody else and say, “The problem lies within me.” Until we do, there will be no change. The breakthrough happens […]
Today it all about image! Magazines sell it. Advertisers promote it. People crave it. But what they sell, promote, and crave is overrated, unfair, and does more harm to people’s sense of who God made them to be. This whole idea of image has created a multi-billion dollar cosmetic industry, transportation industry, construction industry, etc. […]
Far too often we judge ourselves by what we see in the mirror, or how others see and respond to us. We see ourselves as overweight, plain, unlovely, and no promise that things will be any different in the future. But our value isn’t based on what we see, or for that matter the actions […]
Makeovers are big business today. Don’t like the way you look, get a makeover. Change you’re wardrobe, the color of your eyes, your hair style or color, add volume to your lips, or take some inches off your waist. But God made you just as you are. There are no accidents. God created you and […]
If you are like me, you’ve probably started something and it’s still sitting waiting to be finished. But that isn’t the case with God. What He has started in you He will finish. It doesn’t mean that you are a finished product; that will only come when you stand in God’s presence in heaven. Right […]