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You Have an Anointing
“As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit – just as it has taught you, remain in him” (1 John 2:27). Do you know your
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Be As Little Children
“How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” 1 John 3:1a I want to share with you a conversation that happened between a man and his wife. “I have an important business meeting in the morning. Would you
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, I know these days it often seems like you are living a slow drip of a life. The isolation and silence feels as if I have left you alone. But that is simply not true. There is an appointed time for all things to come together. Like Abraham, you too must persevere through this
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A Joseph Story
“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”John 3:16 “I’d like you to help us develop our marketing program beginning in January,” said the CEO of a sports product company. The consultant was delighted to have the
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, I want you to distinguish between the various voices that speak to you during your day. Whenever you hear something, ask yourself, “Who said that?” If what you hear does not line up with my word, you can be sure I did not say it. The adversary uses deception as one of his greatest
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Adversity: Catalyst to a Call
“Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus. For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything” (Acts 9:8-9). It’s hard to find anyone in Christian history who became a great leader without earning
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, there is a difference between belief and trust. Belief in something does not mean you are trusting in it. You can give mental assent to an idea, but not place your faith in it. You might believe that someone could carry you across Niagara Falls on a tightrope in a wheelbarrow. But until you
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Situational Ethics
“Lord, who may dwell in Your sanctuary? Who may live on Your holy hill? He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart.” Psalm 15:1-2 “I cannot believe they are not going to honor my bonus agreement,” said the executive who was about to take another
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Forgiveness Ensures Freedom
“But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins” (Matthew 6:15). Corrie ten Boom (1892-1983) was born in Amsterdam and raised in the Dutch Reformed Church. When the Nazis came to power in the late 1930s, Corrie and her family hid Jews behind a false wall in Corrie’s
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A Shoe Salesman
“Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.’” Matthew 19:26 Dwight L. Moody was a poorly educated, unordained, shoe salesman who felt God’s call to preach the gospel. Early one morning he and some friends gathered in a hay field for a season of prayer,
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God is the God of Success
“If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth” (Deut 28:1-2). Our God is a God of success. You are created to be a success. Success is rooted in our relationship with
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, it is vital for you to know that you were born into a war zone. You cannot see the spiritual realm as I can see, but you should know the enemy of your soul desires to destroy you. The greater the impact of your assignment on others, the greater warfare you can expect. My
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, whenever I take a son or daughter to a low place, it is to accomplish something only that process can do. Job learned that “I reveal the deep things of darkness and bring deep shadows into the light” (Job 12:22). Job’s trials allowed him to learn things about me, himself and his friends. He
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God’s Messengers
“Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.” Amos 3:7 “You are called to free workplace believers from the Esau life.” Those were the words spoken to me years ago by someone God sent into my life. I had been in the midst of trying to understand some
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The Church
“Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you” (Lev 26:8). The Church is called to impact the world. The biblical definition “church” is not an institution or building, but rather it is made up of individuals. Jesus
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, I want you to know I am with you in your sorrow and grief. I understand sorrow. Sometimes it can be so heavy that you feel death itself upon your doorstep. My Son felt that in Gethsemane. He knew such anguish. “He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted
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Staying the Course
“Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. So David went up in obedience to the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the LORD” (1 Chron 21:18-19). In 1857, an American
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Your Irrevocable Calling
“For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.” Romans 11:29 It is dangerous to align your calling and your vocation as dependent on each other. God calls us into relationship with Him. That is our foremost calling. It is from this relationship that our “physical” calling results. Whether that is to be a teacher, a
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Empowering Others
“I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father” (John 14:12). The CEO was excited that he’d found the right man to be general manager of his growing enterprise. He had
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Is Perception Reality?
“Yet I have reserved seven thousand in Israel, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.” (1 Kings 19:18). One of the great acts of the prophet Elijah took place at Mount Carmel where he called down fire upon the altar of Baal and slaughtered 400 prophets
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, do you remember the story of the widow who cried out to the unjust judge to avenge her enemy? He finally answered her after she wore him down with her continual appeals. This is a picture of perseverance in prayer. This is where your battle will be won, rather than through your performance or
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When a Problem Turns Into a Calling
“As for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them; they have been found. And to whom is all the desire of Israel turned, if not to you and all your father’s family?” 1 Samuel 9:20 Saul and his servant were out seeking his father’s lost donkeys. This was symbolic of
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, shame is one of the enemy’s destructive tools designed to reduce our relationship to mere performance. Shame wants to bring condemnation and convince you that when you fail, you are one big Failure. On the other hand, guilt is my Holy Spirit designed to gently tell you when you miss the mark so that
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Modeling Christ to Your Employer
“Urge slaves to obey their masters and to try their best to satisfy them. They must not talk back, nor steal, but must show themselves to be entirely trustworthy. In this way they will make people want to believe in our Savior and God” (Titus 2:9-10 TLB). Sometimes I hear people say they don’t see
