This Makes Me Wanna’ Shout!
The Word of God constantly amazes me. Like you, I've read and reread the Bible and, still to this day through the enablement of the Holy Spirit, I see things that I've never noticed before. It almost makes me want to double-check to see if the ink has dried since God slipped the update into His book. Here is an example ... "The former account, indeed, I made concerning all things, O Theophilus, that Jesus began both to do and to teach," Acts 1:1 (New Century Version) In my devotions, I've read this verse so, so many times. And, I've even included the verse in many sermons. I have usually...
The “No Gasp” Policy for Life and Ministry
I have come to this resolve ... there is no excuse for me to walk through this life with less than what has been provided for me. I don't want to arrive in heaven and gasp as I cry out, "Oh no, you mean that I could have had that or done that too?" In heaven, I don't want to look back at my life and see all that I could have done for the Kingdom and yet failed. In his book Christ the Healer, F.F. Bosworth gives the answer for avoiding this tragedy. "The failure of the Christians to live and walk in the Spirit, limits the Holy One of Israel; because our being filled with the Spirit is the...
A Total Transformation
This is too good not to share. It's taken from the April 2016 Reader's Digest "Laughter, the Best Medicine" ... A woman noticed her husband standing on the bathroom scale, sucking in his stomach. "Ha! That's not going to help," she said. "Sure, it does," he said. "It's the only way that I can see the numbers." I want to help you see something that is so, so important. (The good thing is that this will require no sucking in.) Ready? Being baptized in the Holy Spirit isn't a notch on your spiritual belt that propels you above those who have yet to be Spirit-baptized. Being baptized in the Holy...
The Samuels and Samuelettes Need You!
If you have been in the children's or student ministry for any length of time, you have probably heard comments from well-meaning people that minimize the importance of your ministry. You've heard the "it's just kids" or the "when are you going to get into the real ministry" or, even worse, instead of asking about spiritual results after your service, you hear the dreaded "Did you have fun today?". If we aren't careful, we can allow these comments to cause us to adopt what I call a "spiritual babysitter" mentality. Consequently, week after week, you just make it through a service until the...
Supernatural Signs Follow Me
For the past few weeks, the Holy Spirit has challenged my heart to make Mark 16:20 my expectation for each and every time that I have the privilege to minister. "And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen." Mark 16:20 As I stand up to proclaim the Good News, I can know that I am working side-by-side with Jesus Christ and, through the power of the Holy Spirit, the message will be confirmed by attesting signs and wonders. The signs that Jesus promised in March 16:17-18 should accompany or follow the preaching...
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