Whether it be faith for the healing of loved ones, or people God leads us to pray for, or faith for our own healing, this required and necessary faith for Christ's ongoing healing ministry can be fragile and sorely tested at times.

What is this word of righteousness and what is it about it that only mature disciples can grasp? I would like to venture that the word of righteousness is the message of righteousness from Genesis ch. 1 to Rev. ch. 22. And what separates the mature from the immature is the ability by the Spirit of God to see it and embrace it in its entirety.

"Loving God more than anyone or anything else is the very foundation of being a disciple. If you want to live your Christian life to its fullest, then love Jesus more than anyone or anything else." Greg Laurie Two things at least are driving me to put this post together – Jesus’s relationship with Father and Holy Spirit via the book of Deuteronomy (while on earth), and your relationship with the living God via the book of Deuteronomy while you are on earth. It is fairly eas

But God……is after a people…. and not just any people. He is after a people who have died with Christ to their entitlements, space, independence, secret lives, etc.; a people who increasingly “….walk in the light as He Himself is in the Light,…” so that we can have fellowship with Him and with each other,

"...there is no role in Christ’s church more important than that of the elder or overseer. This is why when Paul reached Miletus he called for the elders of the church in Ephesus to come to him (Acts 20:17). These are the men who would decide more than any other whether the church in Ephesus would grow and thrive and accomplish its God given purpose and mission….or not."

"... when God pours out His Spirit and thousands are swept into the church before Christ returns, who will shepherd them, who will disciple them, who will labor to present each of them complete in Christ with the character and motives that we see in Acts 20?"

Often rushing and hurrying about in a frenzy comes from unbelief. We rush and hurry because we think if we don’t get somewhere fast or get something done fast - bad or negative things will result.

The living God very much wants you to excel in prayer. He wants you to experience the joy of regularly seeing Him answer your prayers. Jesus revealed this when He said, “….ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full.” John 16:24

One of the greatest needs of the church in our day is for men to be more vocal in corporate worship gatherings whether big or small about who God is to them and who God is to others. This was never meant to be left to the ladies brethren!!

One of the things you are going to discover sooner or later is that any church that honors Jesus as its Head has some formidable enemies to deal with. Those enemies are: the flesh (every person’s sinful nature), this evil world system formed and run by the devil and his demons, and the devil himself and his horde of demons. They hate God, they hate Jesus His Son, and thus they hate His church.

God is doing a wonderful thing in the earth today and despite all the enemy’s tactics to keep this from happening, many are entering the doors of local churches or congregations – some for the very first time. If you are one of those, you probably have lots of questions and a mix of emotions.

Friends, only Jesus’s words lead us to and enable us to experience the life of God or eternal life. Peter and the other apostles had heard the best of the best of the Pharisees and Scribes and I’m sure some false prophets and false teachers along the way. Only Jesus spoke words that opened eyes, and changed hearts.

In these last days before He returns one of the things that will be thrilling for we Jesus followers to see and be a part of is an ever greater chorus of corporate prayer wherever His church/people can be found.

The apostle Paul said of Satan, “we are not ignorant of his schemes.” II Corinthians 2:11 Nor should we be. The following is merely an attempt to help us all be more aware of the unseen battles going on for the soul of our cities.

Paul never once sought the “..One true God and Jesus Christ whom You have sent..” (see John 17:3) on his own. He couldn’t and he wouldn’t. Rather Jesus intervened and invaded his life and stopped him in his tracks.

Please note especially for God’s children, He chastens, not condemns. He knows what in our lives is causing us to continue in sin, and thus prevents or hinders the intimacy He so desires with us. So He exposes those things through challenging circumstances He brings into our lives so that we can be freed from them and not waste any more of our lives.

Unless we grew up with Spirit filled/led parents who routinely sought to train and disciple us in how to live as disciples of Jesus Christ in this fallen, sin enslaved world, we most likely grew up living this more passive, knee jerk, defensive, reactive kind of life. It is not easy to shake because most of the people around us live this way and know nothing else.

It has been a very long time since I have posted a personal update. Some of you know me; many of you do not. So I thought with the New Year I would answer a handful of questions that you might have regarding our website and/or myself.

Because cities are going to be judged as single entities in the final judgment (see Matthew 10:11-15) and because the living God has sovereignly placed each of us in a particular city (Acts 17:26), and because He has commissioned us to “seek the welfare of the city we live in” (Jeremiah 29:7), it behooves we disciples of Jesus to fight for the eternal destiny of our cities.

People who love violence or tend to resort to violence as a way of life need to know God hates and is opposed to such people. Do you realize that the primary reason God flooded the earth is because of the corruption and violence that everyone to one degree or another were walking in?