2023 June
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When Fear Keeps Others From Their Destiny
“No one else dared join them, even though they were highly regarded by the people. “– Acts 5:13 Every work day in thousands of offices across the globe, Christians testify of God’s grace in their lives in some way. Sometimes it comes through a subtle performance of their duties with a smile and peace that
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Jesus Was Tempted In 3 Areas – So Are You
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil (Matt 4:1). Jesus was led into the desert by the Spirit to be tempted by Satan! After 40 days of fasting, when Jesus was at his weakest physically, Satan came to Him. He tempted Him in 3 areas
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, rarely do I call a son or daughter to serve others until they can personally identify with the plight of those that I call them to serve. Such was the case with my son Paul who explained his calling in a similar way: “For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ,
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Paul’s Disagreement with the Prophet
“Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles’” (Acts 21:10,11). In Acts 21, we find an interesting scene involving
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, I marvel at the unbelief that many of my sons and daughters exhibit. They worry and fret over the smallest of matters. Can they not see how much order there is in the universe? Can they not see how my animal kingdom balances out life? Can they not see how the seas remain in
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God’s Authority
“I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold on Me, but the world must learn that I love the Father and that I do exactly what My Father has commanded Me….” – John 14:30-31 There is a constant war going on between our
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Hebraic Thought
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding” (Psalms 111:10). Education is a high priority in any society that wants to advance. Education should be sought after by every believer in Jesus Christ in order to better understand God’s ways. However, education that is not
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, when you were born into this world you were born as an orphan. This was your spiritual condition until I drew you into relationship to me through my Son. During those early years you sought to be a son through performance. You tried everything to gain acceptance from others. This led to frustration and
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Being Fully Persuaded
“Being fully persuaded that God had power to do what He had promised.” – Romans 4:21 Why did God consider Abraham a righteous man? It was because Abraham looked beyond his own limitations of age and strength and considered God as the one who could accomplish His own goals. Abraham came to a place in
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, I want you to imagine you are running a race. And now, notice that you have 100 pounds of brick tied to your back. Difficult, huh?! You would run out of steam before you knew it. You might lose your balance because of the weight and cause injury to yourself and others. You would
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The Strength of Brokenness
“The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength.” – 1 Samuel 2:4 There is an oxymoron throughout the Bible. It says that brokenness is strength. How can this be? How can brokenness be strength? In order to use men and women to their fullest extent, the Lord has
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Removing Hindrances
“But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. We love because he first loved us” (1 John 4:18-19). I was in another country and had just completed a teaching on how spiritual strongholds (2 Cor 10:4) can hinder us from
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, isn’t it a great feeling to have a buddy who is willing to cover your back? Someone who will defend you when others wrongfully judge you? In war, you must have cover when entering enemy lines. We all need brothers and sisters who will walk with us on our journey and stand with us
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Faithfulness in Our Calling
“He went out to meet Asa and said to him, ‘Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.’” – 2 Chronicles 15:2 Asa was the
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Making Decisions by Hearing God
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways” (Isaiah 55:8-9). God speaks to his children in many varied ways. God has said that his ways are not our ways. If left
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Learning to Stand
…”Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today….” – Exodus 14:13 The Israelites had just left 400 years of slavery in Egypt. They had fled to the desert, but they had come to a dead end at the Red Sea. Word reached them that Pharaoh had changed his mind.
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Moving Ahead of God
“The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her” (Gen 16:2). Have you ever felt that you were supposed to receive something from God but it just hasn’t materialized? You wait and wait until finally you decide that maybe God wants you to
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, do you remember the time you went to that wilderness training school in your twenties and was blindfolded and placed in the back of that pickup truck, then dropped off in the middle of Utah? You were told to find your way back to base camp. That was quite a scary adventure. You felt
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Are You Horizontal or Vertical?
“Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight” (Isaiah 5:21). Many of us have been trained to make decisions and respond to problems in a horizontal way instead of vertical. Operating from a horizontal basis means we try to fix the problem through our own self-efforts by
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Receiving Your Inheritance
“But the Danites had difficulty taking possession of their territory, so they went up and attacked Leshem, took it, put it to the sword and occupied it….” – Joshua 19:47 What is the spiritual inheritance God has reserved for you? When God told the Israelites they were going to receive the Promised Land, it was
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, one of the ways I encourage you is through my written word. You cannot imagine how complex it was to get all those sixty-six books written, compiled and put together in one volume. I inspired each writer in what they recorded so that my message was consistent between all of them. Then I had
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When God Speaks
…”The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.” – Judges 6:12 Has God ever spoken directly to you in such a way that you knew that it was actually His voice speaking to you specifically? I don’t mean just an appropriate verse of Scripture, or a circumstance that seemed probable that it was God. I am
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Resurrected Faith
“Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son” (Gen 22:10). There are times in our lives when God brings a test to see if we are ready to put to death the very thing that God promised we would have. Such was the case in the life of Abraham
