A moment a Christian is born again in God’s kingdom, His growth process begins, but his life is seldom free from pulls of flesh, world and devil’s fiefdom There is a constant battle with these three formidable foes And to resist them successfully he has to be on his...
Kingdom builders know that the temple is within each and every one of you who are God's children and that it can only be built by discovering the passions of your soul, listening for the Spirit, then believing God; providing the necessary tools (to the...
John 15:13 “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” The Iraqi war weighs heavy on my heart. All those poor soldiers! The poor people of Bagdad! I rejoice though for the many who have accepted Jesus in their life...
Ever wonder why when something does not go right and negative circumstances come about? It is not so much that I have been on the receiving end, because I have no control over the actions of people. I do however have to control how I am going to react. God expects us...
"No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace." — Hebrews 12:11 (NIV) As a natural childbirth instructor, each week I had the pleasure to view the faithfulness of the couples as they came...
“Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.” (Isa. 59:1,2) At first I thought I was imagining it; but when...
There was a virtual reality television show where six men and six women were chosen to go through training to see which ones would be chosen to be spies. When they first came to "The Farm" for their training they were given new clothes to wear and told to take...
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in...
I was looking out on the woods that surround my house today as I walked through the melting snow. It seemed so strange to see how the trees looked in the middle of winter. Their black, gray, and brown trunks were twisted, wet, and gnarled. They were full of chipped...
“Thanks be to God – through Jesus Christ our Lord!” (Rom. 7:25). They were everywhere. In the cereal boxes, crawling over the countertops, drowning in the sinks, buried in the sofas, falling from the ceiling . . . It seemed like the more I squished, the...