March is more than a month. It’s a verb. A call to action. A military command. A mission given to His church by the supreme commander of the armies of heaven. Christian soldier, you are compelled to follow this order unless you’re a deserter. And I know you’re not… I had previously thought we were […]
God richly blesses us in many ways: providence, giftings, anointings, healings, prosperity. But the reason for those blessings is not just for us personally. February is the month we celebrate love, and our Lord exemplifies love in a way far beyond anything we can completely reproduce. Yet we are made in His image, and we
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As the calendar flips the page into a new year, I’m reminded Paul gave us his example in Philippians 3:13-14 that we should forget the past and strain forward to the future, reaching for the prize of the call of God in Jesus Christ. It’s been a challenging two years. This has been our generation’s
Scripture informs the observant that Jesus was certainly not born on Christmas Day, and there is no mention of Yuletide celebration, decorations, gift-giving, and twinkling lights. But, as Christians, it is so very appropriate we participate in these. It matters far less when Jesus was born and far more that he was born. Jesus descended
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Scripture instructs in Psalm 100, a sacred hymn only five verses long, that we are to enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. We are to give thanks to Him and bless His holy name! We conform to this framework not only in worship service, but this structure must be implanted into
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As Halloween approaches, something I’ve thought of for years is the existence of vampires and werewolves. Not the fictional book and Hollywood types, but the spiritual equivalents of these mythological monsters which do NOT appear in scripture. These fantastical creatures originated in early European imagination but have gained a strong foothold in modern society as
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As I write this, today’s verse-of-the-day on the YouVersion Bible app is Isaiah 54:17. What an appropriately timed reminder in these days that we live that weapons aimed our way are ineffective and powerless. Our Godly inheritance is vindication from judgmental attacks and ridiculing tongues. We live on the side of righteousness and holiness in
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Turn on the TV, tune in the radio, or flip through a newspaper or magazine, and you’ll be assaulted by a slew of experts telling you how to live and how to maximize that life. The problem is they are often wrong and give direction and advice leading down a slippery slope to ruin. This
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We’ve all heard the saying, “I can tell by the look on your face,” and we’ve certainly made that observation. Being social creatures, it’s pretty easy to tell what’s going through someone’s mind by their expressions. Scripture teaches us our face radiates a happy heart to others. But Jesus also warned against false prophets saying,
Agreement is powerful. No one stands alone without high risk of being overpowered by natural or supernatural enemies. Ecclesiastes reminds us, Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken. (Ecc 4:12 ESV). The second of that cord is our alliance with one another. The
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