Need Healing?
In recent days, my heart has been so stirred to bring the message of God's healing power to a crying, sighing, dying generation. Even in the Church, you find many, many, many desperately in need of deliverance and freedom from pain, sickness, and suffering. And yet, ignorance of God's provision robs them of the readily available healing. Oh, how I wish I could personally sit down with each of these individuals, open our Bibles together, and spend time exploring these powerful healing provisions. Perhaps in the near future, I can share multiple posts to unpack the beauty of these expressions...
The Seed
I am a firm believer that you get what you prepare for. If a gardener tills the soil and then plants watermelon seeds, he can expect to grow watermelons, right? You won't expect to reap a harvest of carrots or squash. Watermelon seeds will always produce watermelons. I was reminded this morning of a time when Vickie and I were children's pastors and desired to "prepare" the "soil" and plant the "seeds" for a particular "produce" in our children’s ministry. We so desperately desired to see the gift promised by God to our children, the infilling of the Holy Spirit (Joel 2:28-29, Acts 2:38-39)....
He Promised, We Act, He Does!
Many years ago, I heard Charles Capps say, “The Gospel is so simple that we need a lot of help to misunderstand it.” He went on to say, “And believe me, we’ve had all of the help that we need to misunderstand the Word.” Ain’t that the truth! For example, over the years, I have been amazed at how preachers and teachers complicate the ministry of the infilling of the Holy Spirit. It's as though they want to specialize the deepenizing (I know that isn't a real word, but it really, really does describe what is happening) of what should be so obvious and simple to comprehend, accept, and receive....
A Message for the Clueless
Last Tuesday night, the small group that Vickie and I attend was going to look at the 8th, 9th, and 10th chapters of Acts. So, Tuesday morning, I opened the Bible app on my computer, and began to scan through the chapters. (Come on, you know what I'm talking about. You do it too. It wasn't like I was reading it for the first time.) By the time that I made it to the 10th chapter, I had my reading mode in high gear. You see, in my mind, I reasoned that I already knew everything about Cornelius and his angelic visitation. A few verses later, I got my usual excitement as I read, "And he became...
Let Me Tell You a Story
I absolutely love participating in the small-group ministry at our home church. In fact, I love it so much, this semester, I am leading two different groups, one on Wednesday mornings and the other on Friday mornings AND attending another group with Vickie on Tuesday evenings. Let me tell you about the groups, and then I'll get into the reason for this post. For the last four years, I've led a Wednesday morning men's group and used many books, which have included the Robert Morris book The God I Never Knew, and in another 13-week semester, Dr. David Jeremiah's book The Great Disappearance,...
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