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Listening To The Father’s Heart
- by: Os Hillman
- April 24, 2024
Son, you are about to enter a season of great shaking on the earth. I am shaking all things that have a faulty foundation, including the economic systems of your world (Heb 12:27). My sons and daughters who have avoided getting into debt will have great opportunities. They will not be slave to the lender,
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Understanding the Roadblock
- by: Os Hillman
- April 23, 2024
“And Joshua said, ‘Ah, Sovereign Lord, why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!’” – Joshua 7:7 Have you ever felt like you were doing what
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What’s Your Brand?
- by: Os Hillman
- April 23, 2024
“The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it” (1 Thess 5:24). Coca-Cola is the number one “brand” in the world. Companies spend millions of dollars making their brands known in business. They want you to recognize their brand. When you think of their brand they hope you will have positive thoughts
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Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing
- by: Charis Brown
- April 23, 2024
“Then He asked them, ‘But who do you say I am?’ Simon Peter answered, ‘You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.’ Jesus replied, ‘You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being.’” -Matthew 16:15-17 How
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
- by: Os Hillman
- April 23, 2024
Son, be careful not to despise your birthright in me. Do you remember my son Esau? I had such great plans for him. However, he decided that his worldly passions were of greater value than the destiny I planned for him. I could have made him a great nation, but in a matter of a
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
- by: Os Hillman
- April 22, 2024
Son, do you remember the time I sent you to Barbados to speak to that very small group of followers? You questioned whether you should take three days of your time to do this because you thought you would not be compensated adequately for your time. You were right. You were not paid what your
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Hearing God on the Job
- by: Os Hillman
- April 22, 2024
“But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong” (1 Cor 1:26-27). God is raising up a new kind of workplace believer who is experiencing the power of God in their daily work life. My friend, Emeka Nywankpa, was
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Hearing His Voice
- by: Os Hillman
- April 22, 2024
“He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.” – John 8:47 Jesus said that the key to being able to hear God’s voice is first to be one of His children. One of the great mysteries of the universe to
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Developing An Attitude of Boldness
- by: Charis Brown
- April 22, 2024
“According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.” -Philippians 1:20 I love how God empowers us in the Bible. It says in Proverbs
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Mustard Seed Faith in Business
- by: Os Hillman
- April 21, 2024
Mustard Seed Faith In Jesus’ parable of the mustard seed, “He replied, ‘Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, “Move from here to there” and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.’” –
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The Washing of the Word
- by: Charis Brown
- April 21, 2024
“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light unto my path.” -Psalm 119:105 “I don’t know how people do it,” said my friend. “I don’t know how people do it without the word of God to sustain them. It’s my lifeline.” My friend had recently taken on a job in a large accounting
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
- by: Os Hillman
- April 21, 2024
Son, I make even the most bitter things in life sweet. Yes, some things are very difficult in your life and tough to understand. Some of those things can be attributed to the evil one, but others come from my own pruning hand. You have learned that I only prune my choicest vines, those that
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What Is Your Promised Land?
- by: Os Hillman
- April 21, 2024
“So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities you did not build; and you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant” (Josh 24:13). God called the people of Israel to leave Egypt and come out of slavery in order to enter
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Unprofitable Anger
- by: Os Hillman
- April 20, 2024
“Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.” – Ecclesiastes 7:9 Every day of our lives we are placed in situations that engage us with other people, whether it is in the office, our homes, or in public places. Do you recall the last time someone cut
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
- by: Os Hillman
- April 20, 2024
Son, the degree of the depth and width of your identification with my Son’s cross is the degree of my glory and joy you will experience. It is a kind of joy you have not known. However, when you enter this “Holy of Holies” place of communion, you will experience it with me. Few of
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Risky Business
- by: Charis Brown
- April 20, 2024
His master replied, “I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow? Why then didn’t you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I
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Sitting at His Feet
- by: Os Hillman
- April 20, 2024
“So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah” (Ruth 2:17-18). The story of Ruth provides an excellent illustration of the connection between spending time in the presence of God and receiving physical provision. Naomi was married to Elimelech. They had
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Absolute Truth
- by: Charis Brown
- April 19, 2024
“Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me’”. -John 14:6 Sometimes I have a difficult time talking to friends who question God’s goodness because they believe in something other than, or in addition to, the gospel. “Why would God send good people
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Possessions of the Kingdom
- by: Os Hillman
- April 19, 2024
“But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions.” – Genesis 15:14 Whenever God brings you through a time of great adversity, you can expect to come out of that experience with great possessions, if you have been faithful through the trial. This is a
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Lydia, A Workplace Minister
- by: Os Hillman
- April 19, 2024
“One of those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God” (Acts 16:14). There was a business woman whom Paul encountered in Philippi named Lydia. She was an early church entrepreneur dealing in purple cloth, the most expensive type in the
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
- by: Os Hillman
- April 19, 2024
Son, do you recall when my son Saul disobeyed Samuel, my prophet? I had such wonderful plans for Saul. I handpicked him for the assignment of being the first king of Israel. However, over time his insecurities led him to make poor choices. At first, they were small acts of disobedience, but these acts led
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
- by: Os Hillman
- April 18, 2024
Son, there is a kingdom principle you have learned that I want you to share with my sons and daughters. When you are thrust into a time of great adversity and pain, the only way to heal is to begin to focus on others. Staying focused on yourself internalizes your pain. Your healing comes as
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God Speaks to Us Where We Are
- by: Charis Brown
- April 18, 2024
“When Jesus came by, He looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by name. ‘Zacchaeus!’ He said. ‘Quick, come down! I must be a guest in your home today.’” -Luke 19:5 Has God ever spoken to you right where you are? I heard a funny joke one time that a pastor shared. “Do you think
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Beware of Unusual Circumstances
- by: Os Hillman
- April 18, 2024
“Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit?” (1 Cor 12:7-9). Whenever something unusual happens in daily life, these are often signs that God
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Losing Your Life for His Purposes
- by: Os Hillman
- April 18, 2024
“For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for Me will save it.” – Luke 9:24 When the time came for God to fulfill Joseph’s dreams, Joseph himself had virtually no interest at all in it. Jesus said, “For whoever wants to save his life will lose it,
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City Transformation Begins in Two Places
- by: Os Hillman
- April 17, 2024
“While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there” (Acts 17:16-18). In order to
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Wanted: Dead or Alive!
- by: Os Hillman
- April 17, 2024
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms” (Eph 6:12). In the old west it was common to see a poster on the wall of the town jail or
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Daily Bread
- by: Charis Brown
- April 17, 2024
Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” -Matthew 4:4 What does the phrase mean, “our daily bread?” When Jesus was tempted in the wilderness by Satan after 40 days of fasting, he replied, “Man shall not live on bread
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
- by: Os Hillman
- April 17, 2024
Son, you have learned an important principle in my kingdom. Act with authority, but never reach for power. My Son had all the power of heaven behind him. But he never reached for earthly power. He humbled himself and allowed my power to work through him. As you humble yourself, I will work through you
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The Graduate-Level Test: Self-Defense
- by: Os Hillman
- April 16, 2024
“He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.” – Psalm 37:6 As a believer grows in trusting obedience and love, God often brings a test that seems uncharacteristically cruel. The test: being wrongfully judged by those close to you. It is not for the reactionary.
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Dumbing Down Sin
- by: Charis Brown
- April 16, 2024
“When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of