“You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit!” (Acts 7:51) The greatest commandment is to “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” (Deuteronomy 6:5) Love has distinct characteristics. “If… Continue reading Love by Holy Spirit
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Believing in Yeshua
Thomas demanded to see before he would believe. Yeshua said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” (John 20:29) There are many things to believe regarding Yeshua, God and the Holy Spirit. I distinguish the three persons of the One True… Continue reading Believing in Yeshua
A Clarion Call
“He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me. They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the Lord was my support. He brought me out into a… Continue reading A Clarion Call
Response to Biden
Ted Cruz just released his book “Unwoke” which he said explains how Obama/Biden took over American institutions and how to take them back. I haven't read this book, but for two days I have contemplated what I heard within my spirit regarding woke intrusion. I don’t think Joe Biden has decided anything during his presidency,… Continue reading Response to Biden
Solutions From Heaven
“If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” (Luke 11:13) The things we need are in the hands of a loving God who has provided for us up until this… Continue reading Solutions From Heaven
God Answered
The one true God answered my prayer. He has revealed His goodness and loving kindness a thousand ways, ten thousand times. I know it has been limited by my dull senses and excess regard to self, but He reaches down through Holy Spirit affirming His presence Spirit to Spirit. (1 Cor. 2:11) The first century… Continue reading God Answered
Mercy’s Majesty
The small things we never planned, couldn’t or wouldn’t pursue amidst our ceaseless desires, God gives as a glimpse of His unconditional love awaiting us in His presence. Just as God has never ceased loving Israel, He stands ready to receive us, set us free from every failure, weakness, blemish, imperfection, and shame that weighs… Continue reading Mercy’s Majesty
Sinful Desires and Repentance
"Whoever abides in Him does not sin.... Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God." I John 3:6,9 "Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but… Continue reading Sinful Desires and Repentance
Mistrust Warranted
You wouldn’t trust the devil if you were thinking right and you shouldn’t trust your own independent thinking all the time either. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;” (Proverbs 3:5) One may question, how are we to live, God gave us an intellect to use? We… Continue reading Mistrust Warranted
Prayer Debriefing 14
The Lord is working and His Kingdom is growing. He invites us to join His work through prayer. Holy Spirit teach us and lead us to pray according to the Father’s will. Yeshua is destroying the works of the devil, prayer is involved tearing down strongholds and everything that exalts itself against the knowledge of… Continue reading Prayer Debriefing 14
Preparation For Heaven
Was your first thought about this title getting right, repenting, and/or somehow pleasing God? These can be appropriate considerations in certain circumstances, but think about what Yeshua has done and been doing throughout our lives, then we take our last breath and give up our sprit to God as Yeshua did on the cross. He… Continue reading Preparation For Heaven
Day Dawns
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The… Continue reading Day Dawns
Born of God
"Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God." I John 3:9 "...to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the… Continue reading Born of God
Prayer
The scriptures encourage prayer and this is what the congregation of Believers has been about since Yeshua departed in the first century. (Acts 1:14) We don't always feel like praying, particularly when we have turned away from God’s face in self interest. Nevertheless, He is there with us as He was when David brought Bathsheba… Continue reading Prayer
Perfection’s Design
“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11) The Holy Spirit is God, perfect, eternal, infinite, unfathomable, omniscient - everything and more. He has been imparted to men and women who… Continue reading Perfection’s Design
Coming Revival
“What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him—” (1 Corinthians 2:9) The last major revival in America was the “Jesus Movement” revival in the early 1970’s. The name is appropriate as denominationalism began to decline in… Continue reading Coming Revival
Peace, Quietness and Trust
"And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever. My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places." Isaiah 32:17-18 "For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit." Romans 14:17 Although… Continue reading Peace, Quietness and Trust
War And Judgment
“See, the storm of the Lord will burst out in wrath, a driving wind swirling down on the heads of the wicked. The fierce anger of the Lord will not turn back until he fully accomplishes the purposes of his heart. In days to come you will understand this.” (Jeremiah 30:23-24) God possesses supreme authority… Continue reading War And Judgment
Worldly Influence
In the book of judges we read about the Israeli tribes failing to secure their entire inheritance. This caused associations with pagans and idolatrous influence, resulting in discipline from God in the form of bondage. Then they would seek and cry out to God for help. He sent judges with His prevailing power of deliverance. … Continue reading Worldly Influence
Books About Books
The authors “argue for a midway approach, neither falling into the ditch of overemphasizing the Holy Spirit and his gifts today, nor falling into the ditch where “theology” is purely factually correct head knowledge whereby we forgo any practical loving works toward others.” - Spoiledmilks.com, review of “The Holy Spirit” (TFPG) by Allison/Köstenberger A book… Continue reading Books About Books
The Narrow Way
“For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake… But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” (2 Corinthians 4:5, 7) World systems have creeped into our organizations, such as… Continue reading The Narrow Way
Desires
"Let no one say when he is tempted, 'I am being tempted by God,' for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when… Continue reading Desires
Revile Not
"For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. For… Continue reading Revile Not
Anxiety
Are you conscious that God is aware of everything that concerns you? You may quickly reply, “God knows everything.” The paramount question to each of us is, “Can we rely upon His help and love?” Consider all the variables, constraints, alternatives and possibilities which relate to this life, God’s purposes and what is best. With… Continue reading Anxiety
Bondage to Infirmity
“and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” Then he put his hands on her, and immediately… Continue reading Bondage to Infirmity
