God Wants Us to Know His Voice
Some time ago, I had an unusual experience while in meditation with the Lord. His still, small voice asked me, “Do you still believe? Do you still believe I love you unconditionally…that you are right now being led by the Holy Spirit…that I bottle every tear you shed…that you are right now in this place,…
Inviting God’s Glory Inside
Once, there were three young men reading the Book of Acts together. They saw how the Spirit of God fell on the early church and how it changed everything. So these three young men went to their pastor one Sunday and said to him, “Pastor, we’re reading the Book of Acts, and it says that…
An Apostle and a Servant
When I was young, I went to a church that had a bishop, and everyone in the audience had to stand when he entered the room. Now I remember that and think about how Jesus went down on his knees to wash his disciples’ feet. Let’s look at one of Peter’s letters to the church.…
Our Father Has a Plan for You
God has a preordained plan to deliver us out of our fiery trials. No matter what you are going through, he has a plan tailored for every difficulty, one that could never be conceived by the human mind. For example, take the trials that Israel faced in the desert. There was no bread or food…
A Message to Overwhelmed Believers
Today I want to speak to believers who are overwhelmed by accumulating afflictions. You are not alone. In the psalms, David tells of being nearly crushed by unbearable troubles. “My heart is severely pained within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror has…
The Invitation into Faith
Faith is a command. Without faith, it is impossible to please God. It is written, “Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him” (Hebrews 10:38, NKJV). Unbelief is a bottomless pit of fear and discouragement. It begins with fearing what we cannot see. One…
The Danger of Unbelief
God has embedded in me a dread of unbelief. This dread is the result of searching the scriptures for examples of the dire consequences of unbelief. I thank him for revealing to me the harm and ruin caused by unbelief. We believers have taken this matter too lightly, thinking that God overlooks the doubt of…
The Truest Answer to Prayer
Disappointment with God is a topic dear to my heart. Growing up in a Christian home, I heard many stories about answered prayers. We heard of desperate people calling out to God when it seemed there was no hope. We saw his miraculous healing, deliverance and provision. Over the years, my faith matured. Our family…
God’s Purpose in Our Wounds
In The Root of the Righteous, A. W. Tozer wrote, “It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until he has hurt him deeply.” God is smart. He’ll tell you what’s ahead, but he won’t tell you how you’re going to get there. He gave Joseph a dream where he saw sheaths of…
God Is with Them
“Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus” (Acts 4:13 NKJV). We see in Acts 4 that as Peter and John stood waiting for judgment to be pronounced, the man who had just…