Devotions
Sickness Is Not Your Teacher
"Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls" (Matt. 11:29). How do we learn about the things of God? By spending time in prayer and fellowship with the Holy Spirit and in study of God's Word. I...
Attaining The Fullness Of Joy
"In Your presence is fullness of joy..." (Psalm 16:11 NKJ). The Hebrew word translated presence in this verse is paneh (paw-neh') which has several interesting meanings. One of these is "to turn one's face in a certain direction." The image is that determination...
Revelation Knowledge For Your Spirit Only
"Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God" (1 Cor. 2:12). Revelation knowledge is the very foundation upon which the church of the Lord Jesus Christ is built....
El Shaddai
"And when Abram was 90 years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect" (Gen. 17:1). The original Hebrew of this Old Testament verse reads that God said, "I am El Shaddai." God was...
Don’t Buy a Lie
"And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God" (Deut. 28:2). Well, Brother, in the end I'm sure you'll see these financial problems are actually a blessing in disguise. Have you ever heard...
Moving Forward or Slipping Back?
"Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip" (Heb. 2:1). It's happened to all of us. We get a little of the Word of God under our spiritual belts. We have a few victories. Our lives...
Unlocking the Power To Redefine Your Life
We are in Christ; now we must discover what that means. James 1:22-25 says, But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he...
Receiving the Holy Spirit is for You
During the time of Jesus, Pentecost was an annual Jewish festival, also known as the "Feast of Weeks," or the "Day of Firstfruits," a celebration of the first buds of the harvest. Jewish men were required by law to go to Jerusalem three times each year to celebrate...
Getting Stronger
The strong spirit of a man sustains him in bodily pain or trouble, but a weak and broken spirit who can raise up or bear? Proverbs 18:14 Amp Many believers find it very difficult to get in the spirit because they struggle to bring their bodies and their minds into...
Act Wise and Serve the Lord with Reverent Fear
Psalm 2:10-11 (NLT) Now then, you kings, act wisely! Be warned, you rulers of the earth! Serve the Lord with reverent fear, and rejoice with trembling. Even though the verse above was directed to kings and rulers of the earth, we are all leaders of some people at...