Pentecost, where we celebrate the giving of the Law through the Spirit and not the letter. We are in or near Pentecost Sunday (depending on the year you use this reading schedule). Pentecost is the day Israel celebrates the giving of the Ten Commandments through Moses...
Last Tuesday, I was surprised by God. I went into our staff meeting last Tuesday expecting the normal and was surprised by many friends and colleagues as they sang, “Happy Birthday to you.” I was totally surprised! It wasn’t a party because Brian Rogers had said I...
All Scripture is given by the inspiration of God. As we read the scriptures given this week, we can expect that they will profit us for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, so that we—as matured sons and daughters of God—may be...
Hope that keeps us coming Enoch pleased God. His faith pleased God; His faith kept him coming to God. Enoch walked with God and one day the Lord took him to heaven. Enoch had a testimony that he pleased God. Faith is the testimony, and it carries two recognizable...
When we read our Bible aloud, faith comes from hearing the word of God. When we accept God’s word as truth and read it with the expectancy of meeting Jesus in it, we are ready to hear the word near us, in our mouths and our hearts. “But what does it say? ‘The word is...
If you feel fatigued, you are not alone. On Wednesday, 4/24/24, the Lord spoke to me. He said that He would meet me in the following numbers. It was our day of prayer, and as I sat in the Sanctuary the phrase, “Twenty-four elders” came to me. I knew it was in...
Prosperity and Success are linked to Bible meditation. When we keep the word of God in our mouths through meditation, speaking to ourselves, and reading aloud the scriptures, we are promised prosperity and success, along with the courage and strength to observe God’s...
To see rightly, we must see from heaven. Recently the Lord called me up to see from heaven what He is doing on earth. I found myself in Revelation Chapter Four. John, who had received the seven letters to the seven churches, now received the revelation of Jesus Christ...
We are building our house on the Rock to withstand life’s storms. Jesus said, “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and...
When we get stuck, it’s not the time to go backward. Peter only knew fishing as an income, and now with Jesus coming and going and things being thin at home, he decided to go back into the fishing business. But it wasn’t just Peter, Thomas, Nathaniel, James, John, and...