Dear brothers and sisters,when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing. James 1:2-4 NLT A friendContinue reading “Discipleship”
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“Man/Woman of God”
As it happened, there was an old prophet living in Bethel, and his sons came home and told him what the man of Godhad done in Bethel that day. 1 Kings 13:11 NLTOne of the troubling passages of scripture is 1 Kings 13, where a true prophet dies because hebelieves the lies of a falseContinue reading ““Man/Woman of God””
Why We Need the Old Testament
“Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not even the smallest detail of God’s law will disappear until its purpose is achieved. SoContinue reading “Why We Need the Old Testament”
When We Have Seen God
Then I heard the Lord asking, “Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?” I said, “Here I am. Send me.” Isaiah 6:8 NLT I suspect that none of us really sees ourselves except in the light of the Lord. I am a past grand masterContinue reading “When We Have Seen God”
I Saw the Lord
It was in the year that King Uzziah died, that I saw the Lord Isaiah 6:1a In this great chapter of Isaiah is the pattern for all of us when we are caught in the convulsions of shaking human society: “I saw the Lord.” That has to happen to you and me againContinue reading “I Saw the Lord”
Turn Back Their Hearts
Answer me so these people will know that you, O LORD, are God and that you have brought them back to yourself [Heb. you have turned their heart back again].” 1 Kings 18:37 NLT What a moment that must have been! All the day the prophets of Baal had been beseeching theirContinue reading “Turn Back Their Hearts”
“O Give Me That Book”
Fear of the LORD is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. Proverbs 1:7 NLT) John Wesley said these words, “I have thought I am creature of a day, passing through life as an arrow through the air. I am a spirit come from God and returning to God; just hoveringContinue reading ““O Give Me That Book””
Guard Your Heart
Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. Proverbs 4:23 NLT That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers…. Let your heart therefore be perfectContinue reading “Guard Your Heart”
Faith
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his unfailing love is eternal and his faithfulness is to all generations. Psalm 100:5 Author’s translation We are told that people in their twenties are leaving the church in unprecedented numbers. (Is it possible that all those millions that we put into entertainingContinue reading “Faith”
Abomination
Those of crooked heart are an abomination to the LORD, but those of blameless ways are his delight. Proverbs 11:20 ESV The Hebrew word translated with “abomination(s)” in the KJV and “detestable thing(s)” by the NIV occurs 112 times in the Bible with fully 80 of those occurrences appearing in just three books: Ezekiel (42);Continue reading “Abomination”
Called To Be Transformed 