Did you vote? More importantly, have you prepared for victory? As a citizen of the United States, you have an inheritance of freedom! As a child of God, you have an inherence of grace and victory! Have you set your heart for victory? Paul writes this astonishing statement in 1 Corinthians 15:57: “But thanks be…
Everywhere we turn, the atmosphere of life permeates with desperation—in politics, business, airports, homes, yes, even church, and you. It is one week until the U.S. elections, and COVID-19 is like a haunting cloud over the entire planet. Instead of a season of hope, there is a feeling of darkness as we enter the winter…
I have listened to powerful messages on learning to hold life loosely so it will not break. But what I have experienced whether I hold on to life forcefully or lightly; it falls apart. But I want to testify in my brokenness and surrender. The Lord is faithful to reveal His greatness in those broken…
Business leaders take inventory daily, and their ability to act on that review determines success or failure. The store windows may be inviting, the website may be the latest and greatest, and the sales staff is prepared and on time, but everything is headed for absolute failure without inventory. Could you imagine a company that…
Is the church taming the Holy Spirit? I mean this in the classic sense of the word: “Make less powerful and easier to control.” It is easy to slip into depersonalizing the third member of the Trinity, God of the Holy Spirit. I see today’s church, and I wonder if we still value baptism in…
Opportunity: “A set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something.” I cannot escape this thought: The year 2020 is birthing the church’s most significant opportunity since the New Testament. This is not a time to hide, pull down the shades or run, but pray and believe for Holy Spirit boldness! I believe we…
“It feels like we are starting all over.” I hear this statement from pastors, businesses and educators from all over the world. During my devotion time this week, listening to the Holy Spirit, God brought a powerful thought to my heart and mind. When I was crying out to God in the morning, I used…
One morning, as I stood in the kitchen preparing my favorite drink, iced tea, my lovely wife, Marsha, walked in and saw the seriousness across my face. She gently asked, “What’s wrong?” My typical male response was “Nothing.” “What are you thinking about?” She asked again. “Nothing,” I repeated. Marsha then commented about my solemnity,…
How do we unlock extraordinary prophecy and promise? Unlocking the power on “high” from within must first come from surrendering to God. The cross of Jesus deals with our past. The infilling of the Holy Spirit is vital in us to release hope to those who hear our testimony. When we surrender to Jesus and…
In this atmosphere of heaviness, have you ever experienced anxiety, fear, worry or anger? One of the Bible’s specific characteristics of the end times is the “distress of nations.” This passage of Scripture in Luke 21:25 is referring to problems that have no apparent solutions. Issues so big, so significant and so overwhelming that if…