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As I was worshipping God on Christmas Eve in church, I was impressed to open my Bible, and what I found there, I knew was a message from God for each of the staff and volunteers at Answers2Prayer. The message came from Acts 28: “Paul gathered a pile of brushwood...
Have you noticed those who have the most to be forgiven are the ones who have the most trouble forgiving? Perhaps it is because they know, to what degree sins are possible. Perhaps it is because they have been there, done that, been to the pits themselves and know the...
The book of Acts gives examples of Christians who were filled with the Holy Spirit after they had been believers for some time. Questions: 1. Why did it happen that way? and 2. When am I filled with the Holy Spirit? If you recall, I said that the phrases "filled...
Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus Christ) spoke of the kingdom of God as being composed of treasures new and old. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Passover story where there are spiritual treasures both in the New Covenant and the Old Covenant. The story of Passover...
A friend of mine was upset because she had been unjustly released from her job...she wasn't sure how to react. This is what I shared with her..... FATHER FORGIVE THEM I know you are upset now in shock, but let me say this to you, the Word says that we should...
Forgiveness is so important for the believer in Jesus Christ. When someone mistreats us or sins against us, we have the hardest time forgiving him, let alone forgetting as God does. "He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins" (I John 1:9b). Then, why should we...
"Everything is permissible for me"--but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"--but I will not be mastered by anything." 1 Corinthians 6: 9-11 A year ago this month Sue and I visited a thirteen-year-old girl in the teen psychiatric unit at...
"For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry." (Habakkuk 2:3) How could we sing a song of the Lord in a foreign land? Ps: 137:4 The...
Text: Hab. 3:17-19, Job 13:15-16, II Cor. 12:7-10 Memory Scripture: "When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, there is a lifting up, and He shall save the humble person" (Job 22:29) INTRODUCTION: Naturally, one has a high tendency to be downcast discouraged and...
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." (Matt 5:6) As Christians, we are all familiar with the "good day/bad day" phenomenon. One day we feel "good" about ourselves, about our relationships, about our friendships with God,...
Today, Abraham is regarded as the father of faith. When all hope, as a human possibility, failed, Abraham placed his hope in God. Sure, Abraham had some anxious moments, but God did not count these against him. Abraham did not refuse to face reality. He chose to look...
Did you know that an eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks? The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the...
"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple." Luke 14:27 There is no way to make this "hard saying" softer. However, the context of this saying of Jesus in Luke gives us grounds to think about it in terms of mundane, practical advise...