The Covenants before the Jesus Covenant, those of Noah, Abraham, Moses, and King David, could not rightly be called flexible. Worship happened in specified times and places with prescribed sacrifices given in great detail.
Listen to or Read Episode 122 – There will be a new normal as a result of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Whether that’s good or bad will depend on us. We can long for things to go back to the way they were or we can look for ways that God can work in the new normal.
You are God’s house of prayer! God has chosen to continually shape and create His world through the power of prayer. The more vibrant and active a singular house of prayer becomes, the better the world will be.
Like all the other times, it happened. The man’s frozen legs began to limber. Bones started popping so loud the people heard them. With a few stretches of his newly loosened limbs the man stood up to the amazement of the crowd.
The violence of their madness disturbed the peace of this formerly quiet village. No one could control them.
We are told only that he came to Jesus as a turning point in his life. “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”
The Bible makes it clear that Jesus is still the same today—He is still willing!
To follow Christ and live in relationship with Him is not to live a life without storms. Storms come to everyone. Rains descend on everyone. Winds beat against and flood waters rise on everyone. The difference is in the foundation.
If I were to offer any advice during this time of social distancing it would be this. Use this time to read the Bible. Y’all! There’s a wealth of truth and wisdom from the Lord inside those pages. Let them be a healing balm to your worried soul. Let them guide your decisions so that fear doesn’t lead you, but His peace sustains you.
”All of life is a stage.” So said Shakespeare and it is true. People present themselves to the world as if they occupied a permanent proscenium. For so many this is empty theatrics, a carefully choreographed illusion with no substance beyond self, no message except ”me” and no content but conceit.
Gold, the precious metal that can make fortunes or destroy lives, is also a metaphor for “priceless.” When we esteem something of the highest value, we call it “golden.” Strangely enough, a paraphrase of the words of Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount has been dubbed, ”The Golden Rule.” We often quote it this […]
According to statistics, eighty-eight percent of children raised in an evangelical Christian home will leave the church by the age of eighteen.
I couldn’t help but think how often we complicate the Gospel; tangling up in theological differences or wringing our hands over cultural application.
Like me, you might feel as though you are stuck in a chapter of waiting, and as a result, suffering shame. But know this, you and I won’t be ashamed.
My prayer continues. I lift my head. I look up beyond the moon, beyond the stars with my heart reaching further than my hands could ever stretch.
They will only listen when they sense earnest, sincere love combined with testimony and demonstration of the Holy Spirit’s power.
Come Holy Spirit as we seek, ask and knock for your presence.
Asking in faith, believing in Your promise, we come with expectation.
We reflect on the need for that journey and we confess our sins to you. We have fallen short of your glory and the perfection we had in Eden.
We ask for the windows of Heaven to be opened. Bring a shower of refreshing and a fresh wind of blessing to sweep across our lives.
Instead, we pray with gratitude because something in our own hearts shifts when we offer prayers with the joy of gratefulness.
As I wept in repentance over our slumber, He then told me to prophesy to the dry bones of the American Bride to come alive.
The Bible is filled with crazy characters who should have known better, but all struggled with questions. Jesus knows, and He doesn’t hold it against us.
We often don’t realize until later what’s happening as we pray. Only later do we begin to understand what our prayers put into motion.
Surely it must grieve the Spirit of God that so many pastors, and anyone for that matter, are suffering alone.
