A Whack-A-Mole Thought
Ready for a crazy way of thinking? I have this crazy idea that suggests that at times, reading God's Word is like playing the Whack-A-Mole game. Come on, you know the game I am talking about, don't you? Whack-A-Mole In my times of reading a scripture, a certain word will pop up in the verse and I've got to get ahold of it before it gets away. This morning was one of those Whack-A-Mole times. I was reading this scripture. "And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high." Luke 24:49 The Whack-A-Mole word...
Armed and Ready
Here's a short but gigantic question - are you memorizing the Word? Wait. Stop. Don't leave! The word "memorizing" may cause a few people to quit reading. For those who are still with me, I am quite certain that you read the Word and possibly even study the Word, but that's not my question. Here it is again. Are you memorizing the "quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword" (Hebrews 4:12) Word? Let me share three reasons why I am still memorizing scriptures today. Memorized scriptures: Provide me with an instant, rock-solid defense and offense to Satan's lies and deceptions. ...
God’s Answer to a Stage 4 Diagnosis
I absolutely love the opportunities that Vickie and I have had recently to minister the Jesus the Healer Rallies. In each service, I am reminded that when we magnify the truth that Jesus is the healer, He shows up to demonstrate and validate the claim...and believe me, He does show up! As great as these single services are, I wish, I wish, I wish that I had more than one service to share about the healing Jesus. Among the extra services, I would love to have a service to minister to those who have heard the death sentence words "I'm sorry to inform you that your condition is at a Stage 4...
Multiply the Message
Without fail, the days or even weeks after we have the opportunity to minister a Holy Spirit Rally or a Jesus the Healer Rally, I often lay in bed at night thinking about what happened in the service. I love, love, love getting the opportunity to open the Word and work together with the Holy Spirit through preaching and teaching. It's through this ministry that faith begins to arise and the door is opened to God's wonder-working power. And, if it is humanly possible, that measurement of love is exponentially multiplied as I think about the things that happened during the altar ministry....
Let Me Check Your Hearing
Before I make the following statement, let me preface it by saying that I am not a physician and have no expertise in the medical field. I am Billy Burns and there are no medical credentials attached to my name. With that being established, here is my statement - one of the greatest problems in today's church is that those within the church have a hearing problem. This hearing problem shouldn't be taken lightly because it is literally at an epidemic level in all 31 flavors of Baskin-Robbins Christianity! This hearing epidemic might be news to you but it really isn't something that just...
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