God Gave Me an Unexpected Message
One night during a prayer meeting, God told me something about our church I was not expecting to hear. The Lord whispered to me, “This church needs shock treatment! Too many have grown satisfied and complacent. You feel safe and secure from all the winds and waves of false doctrines sweeping over the land, but…
The Hour of Isolation
I know what it is like to face divine silence, to not hear God’s voice for a season. I have walked through periods of total confusion with no apparent guidance, the still small voice behind me completely silent. There were times when I had no friend nearby to satisfy my heart with a word of…
Walking as Servants in Life
I’ve been around people who want the gifts of healing and prophesy and miracles so they could be famous, so they could get invited places and get nice honorariums. It wasn’t about honoring God. It wasn’t about serving other people, their growth and edification. This is why Paul says, “Now, brothers, if I come to…
We Are God’s in Life or Death
Because God loves you, he will work to cleanse you, but it is a loving chastening upon those who repent and return to him. You may feel God’s arrows in your soul because of your past and present sins, but if you have a repentant heart and want to turn from error, you can call…
Why the Lord Delays His Answer
Most of us pray as David did, “Do not hide your face from me in the day of my trouble; incline your ear to me; in the day that I call, answer me speedily” (Psalm 102:2, NKJV). The Hebrew word for ‘speedily’ suggests “right now, hurry up, in the very hour I call on you,…
The Lord Will Provide
History tells us that the mountain Abraham took Isaac up onto was in a land owned by a king named Melchizedek. He was the king of Salem, the king of peace. Abraham had already met with him before, but the Patriarch is back on this mountain in the land of a man who ruled in…
Joy that Radiates in Your Home
I would like to share with you a simple principle that is powerful and yet often forgotten or neglected: A strong and radiant family is a family whose members have fun and know how to laugh together. I want to highlight the spiritual gift of joy. Scripture tells us, “I commend joy, for man has…
The Witness of the Spirit
The Holy Spirit abides in us to reveal what is true and what is false. He speaks with a still, small voice, deep within the heart. Many of our holy forefathers believed in this operation of the Spirit within believers. They preached much about “having the witness.” I don’t hear this truth being preached much…
Knowing the Voice of God
Those who truly know God have learned how to recognize his voice. I believe that three things are required of those who would hear God’s voice: 1. Unshakable confidence that God is wanting to speak to you. You have to be fully persuaded and convinced of this. Indeed, he wants you to know his voice…
Satisfied with Too Little
God has so much he wants to give you. “’And try me now in this,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it’” (Malachi 3:10, NKJV). He stands in a…