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Freedom and Boundaries
“Now the serpent was craftier than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Did God really say, “You must not eat from any tree in the garden”?’” – Genesis 3:1 God is big on giving man freedom and boundaries-freedom to manage what He has entrusted to us,
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Enlarging Your Territory
…”Oh, that You would bless me and enlarge my territory!….” – 1 Chronicles 4:10 He is mentioned only once in a brief description in the Old Testament, yet what he says and what his life bespeaks could fill volumes. He was a man whom God saw as worthy of a request that had significant consequences
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, Satan wants to keep you in slavery. His desire is to block your intimacy with me. Bondage often comes through deceptions you picked up in your early years. When arrows lodge in the heart, the infection of deceit can take root. From your damaged perspective, you begin to choose counterfeits designed by the enemy
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“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness” (2 Peter 1:3-4). During my career in advertising I worked with many well known companies such as American Express and Steinway Pianos. We also created direct response TV
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Check Under the Hood
“But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.” – Colossians 3:8 “The root issue you are dealing with is fear. The physical symptom is control, and when you cannot control, you get angry because of unmet expectations.” These were the words
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Complete the Work
“Tell Archippus: ‘see to it that you complete the work you have received in the Lord.’” (Col 4:17). Have you ever driven by a construction project that was half finished but was now abandoned? It is a lasting testimony of something that had a vision, often with significant money invested, but something happened that killed
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, one of the most difficult things my sons and daughters struggle with is how to allow my Son’s life to flow through their natural worklife. Some walk in constant fear they are not yielding their talents to me. Others take little thought to my involvement in their daily activities. Both will keep my children
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Recognizing the Source of Success
“Now then, tell my servant David, ‘this is what the Lord Almighty says: I took you from the pasture and from following the flock to be ruler over my people Israel’” (2 Samuel 7:8). David was nearing the end of his life. The prophet Nathan was responding to David’s idea to build a temple where
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, sometimes my sons and daughters can get to a place in life where their heart becomes hardened and you are drawn into sins of the flesh. You have heard that I chose my son David because he was a young man who sought me with his whole heart (Acts 13:22). Even so, over time
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Good Things Versus God-Things
“Because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.” – Romans 8:14 The greatest sign that you and I are maturing in our walk with God is when we can discern the difference between “good things” and “God-things.” When the people of Israel journeyed out of Egypt through the desert,
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, I want you to understand the power of 220. Most of your electrical systems are wired for 110 power. However, there is a spiritual 220 channel that has more power. You will find it in my words in Ephesians 2:20. Son, much of my church is being established through the offices of pastor and
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A Question of Ownership
“Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.” – Matthew 10:39 Otto Koning was a missionary in New Guinea. He worked among a native tribe that had known only their village ways. One of those village ways was stealing from others. When Otto and his
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Discerning Road Blocks
“You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised” (Heb 10:36-37). How do you know when God has placed obstacles in your path to protect you or that Satan is hindering God’s purposes in your affairs? I was in California traveling four hours
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A Business Problem Leads to a Call
Now the donkeys belonging to Saul’s father Kish were lost, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants with you and go and look for the donkeys.” – 1 Samuel 9:3 The people of Israel wanted a king. God finally agreed. Samuel was the prophet of Israel who was to anoint
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Check Your Armor
“That is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies…. ” (Joshua 7:12). Battle commanders want to know the vulnerabilities of their enemies. Companies want to know the vulnerabilities of their competition. We also need to know our spiritual vulnerability. This is the message God told Joshua when he attempted to go against a small
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, one of the great strategies the enemy of your soul uses is to deceive people into thinking he does not exist (1 Pet 5:8,9). He suggests that all things have a logical reason for existence and there is no higher power. Remember two things: I give enough evidence of my existence to reveal myself
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Starting Over
The brother in humble circumstances ought to take pride in his high position. – James 1:9 Do you find yourself in humble circumstances? If so, James tells us that we are to take pride in this “high” position. These two things would seem to be an oxymoron. Most of us would not consider humble circumstances
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
All of my sons and daughters have a deep desire to be known by their earthly fathers and by me, their heavenly Father. If your earthly father fails to affirm his love for you through words and affection, you will live your entire life seeking to fill this void in inappropriate ways. For daughters, they
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Two Pillars
“He erected the pillars in the front of the temple, one to the south and one to the north. The one to the south he named Jakin and the one to the north Boaz” (Chron 3:15-17). In 2003, I took my first trip to Israel. I visited the Wailing Wall, the only thing left of
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Are You a Romans 8:14 Christian?
For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. – Romans 8:13-14 Joshua and Caleb are described in Scripture as men
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Listening To The Father’s Heart
Son, there are two types of people when it comes to how my sons and daughters relate to me. I considered Moses my friend. I spoke to him face to face (Ex 33:11). However, the Israelites he was leading only knew my acts. They related to me from a distance. They heard of my ways
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Made for Heights
“The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights” (Hab 3:19). The book of Habakkuk inspired Martin Luther’s reformation and the book “Hinds Feet on High Places” by Hannah Hunnard. Habakkuk encourages us to question what God is doing in
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Come Out of the Stronghold
“…Do not stay in the stronghold. Go into the land of Judah …” (1 Samuel 22:5). David and his fighting men had been hiding in the cave of Adullam. He was fleeing Saul. Many of life’s down-and-out had come and joined David’s army. David was content to stay in the stronghold of safety. Then, God’s
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Fulfilling Vows
When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow. – Ecclesiastes 5:4 Have you ever had a business relationship with someone who made a commitment but later said, “Well, things changed, so I cannot honor our original agreement.” Sometimes this may be
