Entering His Rest
“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Mt. 11:28, NKJV).
“Come to Me.” Come to Me. Not a church. Not a man of God. Not a teaching. Not a group. Come to Me, and learn of Me. I will give you rest. No one [...]
Don't Look Back!
“He who puts his hand to the plow, and looks back, is not fit for the Kingdom of God” (Lk. 9:62)
I want to share an experience with you that taught me to never go backward, never compromise with what God has shown you. I think it has some prophetic significance for you as well.
A few [...]
Christ: The Secret Place of the Most High
“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty” (Ps. 91:1)
If the Bible is primarily a spiritual book, inspired by the Holy Spirit, and to be interpreted and discerned by spiritual men and women, then the natural explanation of things is insufficient to get at [...]
Ziklag: The Test of Kings
Early in my Christian walk I somehow reached the erroneous conclusion that if you love God and do what His Word says then nothing bad will ever happen to you. This idea was reinforced by teachers and preachers who claimed that people who knew how to exercise their faith and operate under the anointing and [...]
When You Pray
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites… but when you pray, enter into your closet and pray in secret… and when you pray, do not use vain repetitions… after this manner therefore, pray… (Matthew 6:5-9ff).”
For too long we have practiced and preached prayer as a means towards our own ends. I [...]
When You Fast
“But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that your fasting is not evident to others, but is evident to your Father who sees everything which is done secretly; and your Father, who sees what you do secretly, will reward you openly (Matthew 6:18).”
We have sensed a need for some [...]
The Way of Cain
“Woe unto them! They have gone in the way of Cain…” (Jude 11a)
From the beginning of recorded history we find two paths, two principles of relating to the Lord. There is the way of Cain, and there is the way of Abel.
Cain was the firstborn son of Adam and Eve. Abel was [...]
To Him That Overcomes
“And they overcame [the dragon] by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their Testimony, and they loved not their own lives unto the death” (Revelation 12:11).
Whenever I speak or write on the subject of the Overcomers I always preface my remarks by saying that overcoming is the normal Christian life. [...]
Three Enemies
“And they overcame [the dragon] by the blood of the Lamb, by the word of their Testimony, having loved not their own lives unto the death (Revelation 12:11).”
How many Christians would like to be described as overcomers? Here we see that there are three main characteristics of the one who overcomes. To overcome is [...]
The Seed of Apostasy
“…these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation become offended and fall away (Luke 8:13b).”
What did you expect? is more than the rhetorical question of an alleged cynic, but an axiom for determining just why you get so frustrated and disappointed with others. In every case, it [...]
