Devotions
Evergreen Faith
"Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree…" (Isa. 55:13). This is one of those "before and after" verses. It describes you and me before and after our conversion. It stresses the difference between life...
Leave Your Traditions Behind
"And he said unto them, full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition" (Mark 7:9). Are you stuck on some tradition that you have been doing all of your life? Well notice what God's Word said about those traditional folks. It said...
Look Inside
"What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also" (1 Cor. 14:15). In every crisis of life, I've learned to look to my spirit inside of me. I've...
Turn Up Your Hope
"May the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in believing - through the experience of your faith - that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound and be overflowing (bubbling over) with hope" (Rom. 15:13 AMP). You know, that's what I want to...
Attack Lack
Lack on any level is an enemy.We were not created by God to struggle with lack throughout our lives. This is seen in the way God placed Adam and Eve in a garden where every need was met. We see it in God’s covenants. The knowledge of those covenants caused David, a...
Born of God
"Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God" (1 John 3:9). People sometimes ask me, "How can I tell whether it is my own spirit or the Holy Spirit telling me to do something? It may just...
Faith Verses Works
"A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks" (Luke 6:45). Your heart must be established in faith in order to...
God Protects the Godly
Psalm 97:10-12 (NLT) You who love the Lord, hate evil! He protects the lives of his godly people and rescues them from the power of the wicked. Light shines on the godly, and joy on those who do right. May all who are godly be happy in the Lord and praise his holy...
An Outpouring of Heavenly Fire
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you...
You Are an ‘Anointed!
"You hold a sacred appointment, you have been given an unction - you have been anointed by the Holy One" (1 John 2:20 AMP). We've thrown around the word anointing in religious circles for years without really understanding what it means. But if we're to walk in the...