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"I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may
give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better."
The Apostle Paul warned us to stay away from Christians who do not recognize the power of God.
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Your spiritual gift is from God.
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When we receive what seem like "negative" revelations about "bad things" that might happen, we might wonder if these revelations came from the devil; but the devil cannot give what he does not have.
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Should we seek spiritual gifts?
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Have you ever known something was going to happen before it actually happened?
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The Gospel is the most important message ever delivered to us.
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The message of salvation produces converts.
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“but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
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Throughout Jesus’ ministry, He focused on meeting the needs of the people He encountered.
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The full Gospel includes the Truth about eternal judgment that each of us will face.
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The full Gospel also includes complete freedom from sin.
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The Baptism of the Holy Spirit is an essential part of the Gospel message.
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The Gospel of Jesus Christ shows us the way of salvation, but the Gospel is much, much more than that.
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The Gospel message of Jesus Christ is not words only.
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Depending on the translation you use, the Bible speaks of the Gospel of the Kingdom (Matthew 4:23), and the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God (Mark 1:1), and the Gospel of peace (Romans 10:15), and the Gospel of God (Romans 15:16), and the Gospel of Christ (Romans 15:19), and the Gospel of your salvation (Ephesians 1:13).
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“To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
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“Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.
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“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot.
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The seventh letter in Revelation chapters 2 and 3 was written to the church in Laodicea.
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When I was much younger, there was a game show on television called Password.
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Here in His letter to the sixth church, with only one more letter to go, Jesus begins to speak of His soon coming.
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In addition to the restoration of the doctrine of sanctification through the “washing of water by the Word of God,” the Philadelphia Church Age also saw the restoration of Christian outreach and missions.
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Jesus began His message to each of the seven churches in Revelation in the same way:
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In His address to the Philadelphia church, Jesus declares that He holds the key of David.
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The messenger for each of the seven church ages in Revelation carried the message that was key for that particular age.
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We may wonder, “Why did God Create evil?
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“And to the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘These are the words of the Holy One, the True One’”—Revelation 3:7 (AMP)
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There are many pastors and teachers who assure the people in their congregations that all they have to do to ensure eternal salvation is to say a few words in a prayer.
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At the end of Jesus’ message to the church in Sardis, He gives us one of the most unsettling verses in all of Scripture.
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When Esther was preparing to enter into an intimate relationship with her king, she committed herself to an intense and thorough purification regime.
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When the Bride has prepared herself to meet the Bridegroom, she will be clothed in pure white linen.
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“Wake up!
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To the church in Sardis, Jesus issued a warning with His wake-up call that carried serious, eternal consequences if it was ignored.
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When Jesus dictated His message to the church in Sardis, the church was dead, as many churches are today.
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The church is Sardis was the 5th church that Jesus addressed in his messages to the seven churches in Revelation chapters 2 and 3.
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Jesus opens this fifth message in the same way that He begins all seven of these messages in Revelation chapters 2 and 3.
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Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of the great statue ended with the statue being struck by a stone and completely crushed.
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Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of the great statue ended with the statue being struck by a stone and completely crushed.
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In Revelation 17, an angel shows John the great harlot “who is seated on many waters [influencing nations], she with whom the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality, and the inhabitants of the earth have become intoxicated with the wine of her immorality” (Revelation 17:1-2 AMP)
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In Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, the final empire of man is represented by the statue’s two legs of iron and the feet of iron mixed with clay.
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The image in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream included four empires that have ruled the world since Nebuchadnezzar’s time.
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It is no accident that the statue in Nebuchadnezzar's dream representing world empires is in the image of a man.
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After Daniel received revelation from God about the dream that King Nebuchadnezzar had, along with its interpretation, Daniel was rushed into the presence of King Nebuchadnezzar.
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In Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, one of the first commands that Jesus emphasized was about name-calling.
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Daniel received some of the most profound revelations that anyone has ever received from the Lord.
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James wrote that “judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; but [to the one who has shown mercy] mercy triumphs [victoriously] over judgment” (James 2:13 AMP).
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Jesus concludes his message to the church in Thyatira (as He did in all seven of His messages to the churches) with promises to the one who overcomes.
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Your greatest superpower is the grace of God.
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The letters from the early apostles that are recorded in Scripture were written to be read aloud to the believers who received them.
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In His message to the church in Thyatira, Jesus focuses much of the message on Jezebel, who represents an evil and corrupting influence in the Church.
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“I know your record and what you are doing, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your recent works are more numerous and greater than your first ones.
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“And to the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Thyatira write .
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“But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.
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“And to the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Pergamum write:.
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“To the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Smyrna write: .
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“To the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Ephesus write: .
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One of the revelations that God gave to William Branham to share with the Church was that each of the seven letters to the seven churches in Revelation 2 and 3 represents a Church Age since the time of Pentecost.
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A Deeper Dive Into the Book of Revelation - Part 56
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In Revelation chapters 2 and 3, John wrote as Jesus dictated seven letters to seven churches that were in Asia Minor at the time of John’s writing.
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“At that time Jesus went through the wheat fields on the Sabbath.
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The Church received a profound revelation from God in 1960, but that revelation has largely been forgotten today.
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When John sees the end-time Jesus in all His glory, there is no strength left in his body.
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“Do not judge, or you too will be judged.
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Four times in the book of Revelation, Jesus called Himself Alpha and Omega.
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While John was on the Isle of Patmos, he was transported into the future to witness the Day of the Lord and the events at the end of this age.
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Jesus commanded us not to judge people, but we are also commanded to deal with sin and also to deal with error in doctrine or teaching when it becomes evident.
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“I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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The last book of the Bible, the Revelation of Jesus Christ, was given to John the Apostle, as we are told in the very beginning of the book:
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In the 1980’s, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker raised enough money through their PTL ministry to build a 500-room hotel and waterpark complex that they named Heritage USA.
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Jesus describes Himself four times in Scripture as the Alpha and the Omega.
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We were at a street festival in large American city, It was about 10:00pm.
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The journey of Ruth is the journey of the Overcomers.
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As far as I can see in Scripture, there are only three situations in which it is appropriate to judge the behavior of people, and these all must be done within the context of the Church body and the oversight of Church authority:
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In the last chapter of Ruth’s story, we see the birth of Obed restore life and purpose to Naomi in fulfillment of the blessings that the women of Bethlehem spoke over them.
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People point out that the Apostle Paul actually directed the Corinthian church to judge people.
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“So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife.
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“So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he had relations with her.
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“We know the God who said, ‘I am the God who judges people.
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After the unnamed kinsman redeemer rejected his responsibility to marry Ruth and to raise up children to continue his brother’s family line, Boaz gladly accepted this responsibility.
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We are commanded by Jesus not to judge people.
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Immediately after Ruth submitted herself to Boaz, declaring herself to be his maidservant and asking him to redeem her, Boaz immediately began to focus on meeting her needs.
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In the story of Ruth, there are two redeemers.
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Anyone who pursues the high calling of God will eventually be required to lay down their reputation.
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Immediately after Ruth declared herself to be a maidservant to Boaz, she declared her desire to marry him.
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“And after Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was cheerful, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain; and she came softly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.
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“Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to Ruth, ‘My daughter, shall I not look for security and a home for you, so that it may be well with you?
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“So wash and anoint yourself [with olive oil], then put on your [best] clothes, and go down to the threshing floor; but stay out of the man’s sight until he has finished eating and drinking.
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The Feast of Pentecost speaks to us of bridal preparation.
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Naomi represents the “thorny ground” believers in Jesus’ parable of the Sower.
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Symbolically, Ruth represents a new believer with a good heart who seems to have an insatiable hunger for the things of God.
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Ruth represents the Overcomers that Jesus addressed in the letters to the seven churches in Revelation chapters 2 and 3.
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A Deeper Dive Into the Book of Revelation - Part 31
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“So Naomi returned from the country of Moab, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law.
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In the first chapter of Ruth, Naomi tries to discourage Orpah and Ruth from making the journey with her to the Promised Land of God’s people.
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Continuing on with the story of Ruth, God gives us some good insights into the three groups of believers represented by Naomi, Orpah, and Ruth.
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The book of Ruth in the Old Testament gives us deep insights into the end-time harvest.
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It has never been God’s will to keep us from all suffering and tribulation.
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God allows persecution, suffering, and tribulation so that His purposes might be accomplished.
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We have already seen that Christians will go through the Great Tribulation period.
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The Apostle Paul told us that Jesus would not come back and gather the believers to Himself until “the falling away comes first.
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In the Old Testament, King Solomon took all of the materials provided for him by His father, David, and built the temple of God.
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We cannot understand why God would allow some Christians to escape the Great Tribulation while leaving others to go through it until we understand God’s ultimate goal for His Church.
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In the 1960s and 70s, Walter Cronkite was a highly respected news reporter for the CBS Evening News.
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I have been asked, “When you ask God to speak to you, how do you know that it won’t be the devil speaking to you instead?
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Hearing God’s voice more clearly and accurately is a lifelong pursuit.
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Settle it in your mind that it is God’s will to speak to you.
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Growing in maturity as a disciple of Christ includes growing in our ability to recognize God’s voice, and to hear Him more clearly and accurately.
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The Bible tells us in the Old and New Testaments that hearing God’s voice is essential to our lives.
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God desires to speak to you more than you desire to hear His voice.
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In the book of Revelation, we see that some believers remain on earth through the time of the Great Tribulation, while others escape and are taken to Heaven before that time of Great Tribulation begins.
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To understand why the 144,000s are called “firstfruits” in Revelation 14:4, we need to understand God’s instructions for the harvest that were given to Israel.
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When God’s Spirit breathes on a passage of Scripture that you may have read 1,000 times, then it comes alive to you and it becomes, not just the written word anymore but it transcends the written text to become the living word to you.
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We see the main harvest of the Church in Revelation 14:14-16.
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The Left Behind film series gets its name from the presumption that the believers (wheat) are taken first in the great harvest at the end of this age, and the unbelievers (tares) are left behind, but is that what Jesus told us in the parable of the Wheat and the Tares?
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In the parable of the Wheat and the Tares, the master commanded His servants to “Let the weeds and the wheat grow together until the harvest time” (Matthew 13:30 ERV).
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Jesus taught us in the parable of the Wheat and the Tares that there are people among us who are masquerading as children of God, but really are children of the devil.
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In Matthew 13, Jesus gave us a profound prophecy in seven parables that described the Church Age from its beginning during His own ministry to its culmination in the Harvest at the end of this age.
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In Matthew chapter 13, Jesus gave us seven parables of the Kingdom of Heaven.
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A real key to understanding the book of Revelation is to realize that it is not written as one story in chronological order.
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We can see the 3 persons of the Triune Godhead (the Trinity) in the 3 areas of Moses’ Tabernacle.
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Revelation is a book that is characterized by two numbers: 3 and 7.
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“[This is] the revelation of Jesus Christ [His unveiling of the divine mysteries].
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The restoration of God’s Truth continued in the 1900s with the restoration of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.
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After the restoration of the foundational principles of salvation by faith in Jesus Christ and water baptism for believers during the Reformation of the 1500s, God continued to restore foundational Truth to His Church in the 1700s with significant prayer revivals.
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Over time, the Church lost much of the power and the truth that God had given it from the time of Jesus' ministry on earth, even losing the foundational doctrines of salvation by faith and water baptism for believers.
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The Church began when Jesus was physically here with us on Earth.
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The book of Revelation opens in this way:
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One of the most avoided books in the Bible is the book of Revelation.
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Very soon, you will face the most important moment in your life.
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After the last of the rebels are consumed by the fire of God, focus shifts to the great white throne of Almighty God.
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“When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison”—Revelation 20:7 (NASB)
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When Jesus reigns for 1,000 years from Jerusalem, all of God’s creation will finally begin to experience the fullness of God’s purposes and His goodness.
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The standard for the Bride of Christ is very high.
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Traditional belief is that the whole church will be the Bride of Christ, but it seems obvious from Scripture that those who are accounted worthy to be included in this bridal company will only include those who have prepared themselves to meet the Bridegroom.
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"Your eyes will shine, and your heart will thrill with joy, for merchants from around the world will come to you.
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Earth will be governed in perfect justice during the 1,000-year reign of Jesus Christ.
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The Apostle Paul spent the latter part of His life preparing disciples to be ready to meet the Heavenly Bridegroom—the Lord Jesus Christ.
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“Jerusalem, get up and shine!
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"In that day, says the Lord, I will assemble the lame, and I will gather those who have been driven away and those whom I have afflicted.
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After the Battle of Armageddon, there will be a complete regime change as the Antichrist and his False Prophet, who formerly ruled the world, are summarily tossed alive into the Lake of Fire to suffer everlasting punishment (See Revelation 19:20 and Daniel 7:11.
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Jesus will take His rightful throne in Jerusalem after winning complete victory over His enemies at the Battle of Armageddon.
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After the defeat of the unholy trinity at the battle of Armageddon, the Antichrist and the False Prophet will be hurled into the Lake of Fire (Revelation 19:20), and Satan will be imprisoned in the bottomless pit for 1,000 years (Revelation 20:2).
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After the seventy-five days of God’s wrath on the earth and Satan's forces are defeated at the battle of Armageddon, Satan will be bound.
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We see two great harvests take place in Revelation chapter 14.
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We see two great harvests take place in Revelation chapter 14.
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We see that when Jesus returns in the clouds of Heaven, it will be time for the two great end-of-the-age harvests to finally take place.
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As Jesus ascended into Heaven after His resurrection, two men dressed all in white spoke to His disciples saying, “This [same] Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will return in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.
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This age will come to a close at the end of the Great Tribulation period.
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“Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is keeping the commandments of God.
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In Matthew chapter 23, Jesus contrasted the professional religious ministers of His time with those who are truly great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
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Did you know that believers are assigned ranks in the Kingdom of Heaven?
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“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”—Matthew 28:19 (NKJV)
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Jesus concluded His earthly ministry by commanding His disciples to reach out to people beyond the walls of the Church and to make disciples of all nations.
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We may struggle to forgive our offenders at times because even if we forgive them, the damage remains.
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We often put up barriers in our own thinking that hinder us from forgiving our offenders.
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We often put up barriers in our own thinking that hinder us from forgiving our offenders.
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Bitterness is a signal from God.
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Bitterness is often the first consequence of resisting God’s grace and rejecting His signals.
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In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve had a choice.
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The root of our problems is not our parents, or our spouses, or our bosses, or our leaders, or our circumstances.
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I tell people now that I feel we are pastors to the people we encounter on our outreach adventures.
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I still remember this encounter vividly—not because of what was said, but because of the physical reactions of the two ladies we encountered.
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In the 3rd chapter of Acts, Peter fastened his eyes on a lame man and said, “In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk” (Acts 3:6 KJV).
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“For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; but [to the one who has shown mercy] mercy triumphs [victoriously] over judgment.
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Almost a year ago, a couple from our outreach group went into the store where Ginger worked at the shopping mall and told her that they were learning to interpret dreams.
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Power, ability, and motivation is available from God when you need it.
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Your greatest superpower is the grace of God because it is God’s grace that gives you the motivation, the power, and the ability to fulfill your purpose in life according to God’s will.
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In addition to the light of God’s Truth to guide us on our journeys in life, God has given us His own vital superpower to enable us to live according to His light and to follow the best path for our lives.
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“You are my God.
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The most destructive counterfeit of all is experienced when we turn away, even in part, from the Truth of God in the Bible and give ourselves over to a different philosophy of life in any area, whether it is a personal belief that we invent in our own minds, or any one of the organized religions or philosophies that the world offers, or any combination that does not accept the full Truth of Jesus Christ as detailed in the Bible.
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“He taught them by telling many stories in the form of parables“—Mark 4:2 (NLT)
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We all experience signals from God every single day.
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In Deuteronomy chapter 28, God exhorts all of us to make sure that we are very careful to obey all of His instructions to us.
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A few years ago, I was walking through a shopping mall with some friends.
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God never intended for us to live dismal lives filled with disappointment, hopelessness, and depression; being tormented daily by negative thoughts and feelings.
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On the evening of July 24, 2013, a high-speed train was traveling from Madrid to Ferrol, in northwest Spain.
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Your circumstances do not determine the quality and the direction of your life.
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If you really want your life to count .
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"Until a coaching client accepts responsibility for where they are in life, including their own health, there is little movement toward improvement.
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"Until a coaching client accepts responsibility for where they are in life, including their own health, there is little movement toward improvement.
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Many months ago, I had a dream.
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I remember attending two days of meetings in which Heidi Baker was speaking.
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Jesus gave us a key to conquering covetousness in his encounter with the rich young ruler.
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There is nothing wrong with wealth and power.
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“Again, the devil took Him up on a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory [splendor, magnificence, and excellence] of them; and he said to Him, ‘All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me.
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The first Adam fell, along with his wife, when they deviated from what God had directed them to do, and decided to go their own way, convincing themselves that they knew better than God about what was best for them.
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We must all learn to wait on God and not to jump ahead of Him.
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At this point in time, the third chapter of Isaiah seems to be an accurate description of the current state of affairs in America.
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The second temptation tries to get us to move out of sync with God—either to move ahead of God, or to move in a different direction from God, or to stay where we are when God is moving.
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The second temptation often comes to us at times when we feel pressure to make something happen, and God does not seem to be doing anything.
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"Then the devil took Him into the holy city and placed Him on a turret (pinnacle, gable) of the temple sanctuary.
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After the wedding of the Lamb, Heaven is opened, and we see Jesus as we have never seen Him before.
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Recently I visited my cousin and spent some time with her family.
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Our appetites must always be kept in subjection to the higher call of God.
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In His first temptation in the wilderness, the devil tempted Jesus to satisfy His needs, but it was not in God’s way, and it was not in God’s time, and so it was not in God’s will.
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There have been many believers who have fallen to the first temptation.
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The Bride of Christ has a destiny that is nothing less than overwhelmingly awesome!
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Samson was the most gifted minister on the face of the Earth in his day.
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“And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.
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There are three temptations that we must overcome in order to be entrusted with God's ministry and prove ourselves faithful in it.
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I watched for several minutes as my outreach partner used different angles and arguments trying to persuade a New Age practitioner to make a decision to put his faith in Jesus Christ.
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Another of the most common causes of failure in mission work is failing to make a sincere effort to understand the people we are trying to reach.
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When there is a pattern of opposition to our outreach ministry, I've learned to look at who is opposing us.
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Mission work is very demanding.
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At the end of this age, there will be two great women who will finally receive the fruit of their labors and enter into their eternal rewards.
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Martin Luther reluctantly realized, after years of trying, that the Roman Catholic Church would not be reformed.
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“The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is being trampled and prepared; Yet in a little while the time of harvest will come for her.
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They said, “Come, let us build a city for ourselves, and a tower whose top will reach into the heavens, and let us make a [famous] name for ourselves, so that we will not be scattered [into separate groups] and be dispersed over the surface of the entire earth [as the Lord instructed].
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They said, “Come, let us build a city for ourselves, and a tower whose top will reach into the heavens, and let us make a [famous] name for ourselves, so that we will not be scattered [into separate groups] and be dispersed over the surface of the entire earth [as the Lord instructed].
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They said, “Come, let us build a city for ourselves, and a tower whose top will reach into the heavens, and let us make a [famous] name for ourselves, so that we will not be scattered [into separate groups] and be dispersed over the surface of the entire earth [as the Lord instructed].
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They said, “Come, let us build a city for ourselves, and a tower whose top will reach into the heavens, and let us make a [famous] name for ourselves, so that we will not be scattered [into separate groups] and be dispersed over the surface of the entire earth [as the Lord instructed].
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They said, “Come, let us build a city for ourselves, and a tower whose top will reach into the heavens, and let us make a [famous] name for ourselves, so that we will not be scattered [into separate groups] and be dispersed over the surface of the entire earth [as the Lord instructed].
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They said, “Come, let us build a city for ourselves, and a tower whose top will reach into the heavens, and let us make a [famous] name for ourselves, so that we will not be scattered [into separate groups] and be dispersed over the surface of the entire earth [as the Lord instructed].
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They said, “Come, let us build a city for ourselves, and a tower whose top will reach into the heavens, and let us make a [famous] name for ourselves, so that we will not be scattered [into separate groups] and be dispersed over the surface of the entire earth [as the Lord instructed].
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They said, “Come, let us build a city for ourselves, and a tower whose top will reach into the heavens, and let us make a [famous] name for ourselves, so that we will not be scattered [into separate groups] and be dispersed over the surface of the entire earth [as the Lord instructed].
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“And they said, ‘Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven’”—Genesis 11:4 (NASB)
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“And they said, ‘Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven’”—Genesis 11:4 (NASB)
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The six characteristics of the religious spirit of Babylon are the same today as they were when they were first recorded in Scripture in Genesis 11.
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The six characteristics of the religious spirit of Babylon are the same today as they were when they were first recorded in Scripture in Genesis 11.
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The six characteristics of the religious spirit of Babylon are the same today as they were when they were first recorded in Scripture in Genesis 11.
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The six characteristics of the religious spirit of Babylon are the same today as they were when they were first recorded in Scripture in Genesis 11.
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The six characteristics of the religious spirit of Babylon are the same today as they were when they were first recorded in Scripture in Genesis 11.
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The six characteristics of the religious spirit of Babylon are the same today as they were when they were first recorded in Scripture in Genesis 11.
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The six characteristics of the religious spirit of Babylon are the same today as they were when they were first recorded in Scripture in Genesis 11.
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The six characteristics of the religious spirit of Babylon are the same today as they were when they were first recorded in Scripture in Genesis 11.
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The six characteristics of the religious spirit of Babylon are the same today as they were when they were first recorded in Scripture in Genesis 11.
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The six characteristics of the religious spirit of Babylon are the same today as they were when they were first recorded in Scripture in Genesis 11.
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The six characteristics of the religious spirit of Babylon are the same today as they were when they were first recorded in Scripture in Genesis 11.
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The six characteristics of the religious spirit of Babylon are the same today as they were when they were first recorded in Scripture in Genesis 11.
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The six characteristics of the religious spirit of Babylon are the same today as they were when they were first recorded in Scripture in Genesis 11.
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The six characteristics of the religious spirit of Babylon are the same today as they were when they were first recorded in Scripture in Genesis 11.
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The six characteristics of the religious spirit of Babylon are the same today as they were when they were first recorded in Scripture in Genesis 11.
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"The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy.
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Human trafficking is an enormous problem in the world today because it is an enormous problem in the Church.
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Whenever Jesus experienced the slightest hint of temptation, He instantly sprang into action with the shield of faith and the sword of the Spirit to protect Himself from the lies and to overcome them by believing and asserting the Truth of Scripture.
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In general, Christians have a wrong concept about what temptation is.
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Jesus is very wise.
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“Do not lie to each other.
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In his Victory Seminar, Jamie Lash shared a dialog that he had with God.
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Romans 6-8 are key chapters for anyone who wants to overcome bad habits and addictions.
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In Moses' Tabernacle and also in Solomon's Temple, fire was sent from God, and the glorious presence of God filled the Tabernacle and the Temple.
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Water Baptism is received by faith as a part of our Salvation experience.
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We have seen that the two main qualifications that believers will need to have in their lives to pass God’s tests on the Day of Atonement are humility and an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ.
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Many have entered into the Outer Court experience of Salvation.
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The three compartments of the Tabernacle of Moses illustrate Jesus’ declaration to Thomas:
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The first qualification to enter into this last great move of God—the fulfillment of the Feast of Tabernacles—will be humility.
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Throughout His teachings, Jesus referred to three types of believers, which could correspond to the three compartments of the Tabernacle and the three great Feasts of the Lord.
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The Outer Court experiences of salvation and water baptism are wonderful, but God never planned for us to stay there.
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The Day of Atonement on God’s calendar happens in autumn, near harvest time.
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The Feast of Trumpets is the first event that sets in motion the culminating activities of the seventh month.
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The Feast of Passover was celebrated in the first month of the calendar that God gave to the Jewish people.
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There are always qualifications for entering into any transforming experience with God.
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When we are looking for examples of what it is like to enter into the fullness of the Feast of Tabernacles experience and have the God of the Universe residing in our bodies with His authority and power, we are not limited to the testimonies from Scripture.
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We can also look at the lives of people who entered into the Feast of Tabernacles experience to see glimpses of what it will be like when we enter into the fullness of transfiguration and experience this ourselves.
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You can also look to the Ark of the Covenant to discover what it will be like when you experience the third transformation because when you enter into this experience, you will become a living Ark of the Covenant.
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What does it look like when we enter into the fullness of the Feast of Tabernacles and experience our own personal transfiguration?
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These three transforming experiences affect us in different ways.
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Salvation and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit are wonderful transforming experiences, but God has provided a third transforming experience for every believer that is illustrated in the third great Feast of the Lord—The Feast of Tabernacles.
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The second great Feast of the Lord, the Feast of Pentecost, was originally observed to commemorate a landmark event in the history of the people of Israel when God descended onto Mt Sinai in the sight of all the people and gave the law and commandments to Israel through Moses.
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These three transforming experiences can also be clearly seen in the three main Feasts of the Lord:
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There are three transforming experiences that God has made available to every believer.
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Strongholds are lies that have taken the place of truth in our personal beliefs.
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Years ago, I contacted Jamie Lash to ask permission to include links in my writings to his teachings about freedom in Christ.
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If you have been born again to new life in Jesus and your heart and mind are filled with truth, there is no way for bad habits and addictions to have any power to enslave you.
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Speaking to people who were not born again, Jesus said,
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Any thoughts or actions that used to lead you to engage in bad habits in the past need to be replaced with thoughts and actions that lead you in a positive, healthy direction.
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A wonderful exchange happened at the time of your baptism in water.
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When you receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, you receive power to do what you could not do before and to be what you could not be before.
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Years ago, I worked in a department where almost all of the employees were professing Christians.
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Once you are born again, it is especially important that you are baptized.
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To be completely free of all bad habits and addictions, along with the cravings that keep you bound to them, you must be born again.
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Jesus said, “I tell you the truth: John the Baptist is greater than any other man who has ever lived.
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When William Branham was a 7-year-old boy, as he was carrying buckets of water across his family’s property, he was captivated by a whirlwind that seemed to be caught in a particular tree.
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Keeping yourself clean from anything that would defile your body may not seem very important, but it is actually a key to living a godly spiritual life and qualifying for God’s higher purposes.
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Samuel became a highly respected prophet and priest to the nation of Israel, accomplishing great things for his people.
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In a time of corrupt governmental and religious leaders, a baby was born to a woman named Hannah.
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Choice is a powerful thing.
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(I have been asked to provide messages for disciples who did not come from a Christian culture.
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“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked.
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“Everything is permissible for me, but not all things are beneficial.
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“Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved (tested by trial), a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately dividing [rightly handling and skillfully teaching] the Word of Truth.
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Most people who teach and write books to explain the events of the End Times teach that there will be a 7-year Tribulation.
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Do you ever doubt that you can hear God clearly?
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Understanding Revelation chapter 12 is a key that unlocks the entire book.
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We have already seen that the Great Tribulation is necessary as a final effort on God's part to bring the church to full maturity, without spot or wrinkle, lacking nothing, and prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
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Many believers resist the idea that the Church will experience the Great Tribulation because they confuse the Tribulation with the wrath of God.
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During the Great Tribulation period, the Church—the Sun-Clothed woman of Revelation 12—flees for her life into the wilderness.
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We saw that the Overcomers, the Firstfruits of the end-time harvest, were caught up to God in Revelation 12:5, before the time of the Great Tribulation.
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In Revelation 12:2, we find out that the sun-clothed woman, the Church, is pregnant.
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“And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:”—Revelation 12:1 (KJV)
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It is only when you realize that God deals with the Church as three distinct groups of believers in the book of Revelation that you can begin to make sense of the book as you track the progress of each of the three groups.
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We’ve looked at the resurrection of the dead, but what about the living?
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The overcomers will experience greater rewards, greater privileges, greater authority, and greater responsibilities than other believers. Jesus clearly stated this in each of His letters to the…
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We have a lot of distractions in our lives today.
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There are two Hebrew words in the Old Testament for "servant.
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There are at least two kinds of servants listed in Scripture, and there are two kinds of servants to God.
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For years I have wondered why some people seem to have a fairly good grasp of the book of Revelation, while others seem to have no clue about how to even begin to understand it.
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I remember sitting in a meeting a few years ago with John Paul Jackson when he told us that the person who would become the Antichrist was already alive and was probably in his late teens.
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Abram’s story in Genesis 14 is valuable because it teaches us who we should give our tithes to.
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“Jesus looked at him and said, You are Simon son of John.
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"Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, ‘You are Simon the son of Jonah.
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"Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, ‘You are Simon the son of Jonah.
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The foundation of effective evangelism is love.
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As the angel of the Lord met with Neville Johnson, he said, “You do not understand that giving gives you power in spiritual warfare.
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Some people argue that tithing was part of the law of Moses, and now that we are living under a new covenant we are not subject to the “old tithing requirement.
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John Alexander Dowie had an amazing healing and evangelistic ministry decades before the healing revival of the 1940’s and 50’s.
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Herod, Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, Lucifer .
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A lot of what I've written about tithing comes from conversations I had with my friend, Julia.
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Years ago, when I was just beginning to learn to obey God, I got myself into financial trouble.
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It is important for us to give 10% of our income to God, but what does that include?
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God commands us to give tithes and offerings, not so that the church organization may fatten itself and become rich, but so that there will be provision for others.
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God directs us, in no uncertain terms, to give 10% of all of our income to Him.
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“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
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For generations, people have tried to find some way to prove that God is real; that He really exists, and that He really is Who He says He is.
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Spending time with God, nourishing that relationship with Him, is not a waste of time.
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The Lord and his disciples were traveling along and came to a village.
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How can we become people who can have a significant impact on people's lives just by living our lives in their presence?
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"You are the light that shines for the world to see.
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When John pointed out Jesus as He was passing by and declared him to be the Lamb of God in John 1:35, it got the attention of Andrew and another disciple of John.
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“Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples, And he looked at Jesus as He walked along, and said, Look!
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After a lifelong Christian friend of mine survived his second suicide attempt, he was checked in to a hospital for a period of time and only allowed limited visitation.
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We are to be Fishers of Men.
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Listening with the intention to really understand the other person is therapeutic in itself.
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My friend Mark is a leader in the Street Pastors ministry in Scotland.
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It happened two weeks ago.
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For ministry purposes, if we really want to make a difference, we've got to change the way we interact with people.
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I recently lost a good friend.
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Each of us is called to be a “good soldier of Jesus Christ” and to endure the hardships and suffering that come with that calling (2 Timothy 2:3).
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Jesus’ actions as a 12-year-old in the temple created chaos and distress for his authorities.
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John Paul Jackson taught us that if we insist on pursuing what we are gifted to do, while disregarding the limits that our authorities have placed upon us, then we are exalting our gifts above our character.
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It really doesn’t matter how gifted you are, how much education you have received, how close to God you are, or how much wisdom and insight you have.
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“But if I submit to my parents or my church authorities, I will never be able to enter into God’s calling for my life!
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We usually think that Jesus’ first real test came after His baptism when He was tempted by the devil in the wilderness, but actually, the first testing of Jesus that is recorded in Scripture happened eighteen years before He was baptized.
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Many people are called by God for special ministry assignments.
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Believers want God to welcome them with open arms and greet them with, “Well done” at the conclusion of their life’s journey, just as the Lord said to his faithful servants in the parable of the talents in Matthew 25.
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In my previous book, Doing the Works of Jesus: Becoming a Disciple Who Loves, certain principles were presented that were fundamental to Jesus’ ministry.
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We may think that we are unqualified in some way to enter into God's high calling. God doesn’t seem to care about that. He seems to prefer it that way. It is almost impossible for God to use a…
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Jesus' life was the ultimate demonstration of God’s love and power in ministry, but after His ascension, the Church slowly began to lose touch with that. Finally, the Church lost sight of almost…
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We have been focusing on basic principles that guided Jesus’ ministry and that should guide our own lives and ministries as well:
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Opportunities for ministry often arise within the context of relationships. A person rarely ever reveals deep, personal problems to a stranger.
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After your life is changed, you may feel an urgency to tell others about Jesus and about the change that He has made in your life. It is natural to want to share Jesus, especially with those you…
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After your life is changed, you may want to spend more time with people who have also experienced this transformation in their lives. You may want to seek out others who believe in Jesus and spend…
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Becoming a believer in Jesus Christ does not mean that your life will suddenly become easier. In fact, you may begin to face challenges that you have never had to deal with before!
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You may feel an urge to change the lifestyle you’ve been living and follow God’s commands. That makes perfect sense because the Bible teaches us that when you accept Jesus Christ into your life…
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As a new believer, you may feel a hunger for God’s word, like a hunger for daily food. You may feel drawn to read your Bible often. This is a normal desire that many new believers experience.…
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As a new believer in Jesus, you may feel like you are sinning more now than you were before you accepted Christ! You may have what Bill Gothard calls a new awareness of right and wrong. You may…
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"The Lord knows those who belong to him."—2 Timothy 2:19 (ERV)
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"[and He did this] so that in the ages to come He might [clearly] show the immeasurable and unsurpassed riches of His grace in [His] kindness toward us in Christ Jesus [by providing for our…
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We must realize, first, that we cannot save ourselves. It is utterly impossible.
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The Book of Life may be the most critical book, as it relates to our ultimate judgment because, as God’s Word declares, anyone whose name is not written in this Book of Life will be forever…
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After this life is finished, we will all have to give account for the lives that we lived.
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It is essential to understand that death is not the end. In fact, the reality is that there is no end to life. Our lives will go on for all eternity. But where will we spend eternity? What is…
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Since the age of 12, Oscar-winning actor Yul Brynner had been a smoker. At times, he smoked five packs of cigarettes a day. At age 63, he was diagnosed with lung cancer.
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As a boy, I had many sports heroes. I looked up to them, watched them on TV, read their biographies, and wrote letters to them. Many of them sent me autographed photos in answer to my letters. One…
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When I was much younger, after graduating from high school, I started thinking about college, trying to decide on my next move. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with my life. I had been…
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"But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves."—James 1:22 (ESV)
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Herod, Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, Lucifer . . . all brought down because of pride. But do these stories have any relevance for us?
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Heidi and Rolland Baker of Iris Ministries have adopted this focus of meeting the needs of individuals they encounter, and they demonstrate this in many ways. They constantly reinforce this focus…
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The ultimate example of the tragic consequences of pride is found in the fall of Lucifer in Ezekiel 28 and Isaiah 14. When Lucifer was created by God, he was blessed beyond imagination. Lucifer…
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As the angel told Roland Buck, if we want to see what God’s interests really are, we can find them in the fifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah:
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"The writing is on the wall!"
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Jesus makes it clear in John 6:26 that it is not demonstrations of the miraculous that cause people to become disciples. People are searching for something that will meet their needs.
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We are in the middle of a powerful spiritual battle for the future of our nation and the world. As our nation begins to return to its spiritual roots and seek again the righteousness of God, the…
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Sometimes, the needs that people have are obvious. Other needs are more difficult to pinpoint. Often behavior signals a need in someone’s life, but it may still be a challenge to link that signal…
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Assassination attempts can take many forms, as the Games in Catching Fire showed. First, the victors encountered an electric force field that knocked Peeta on his back, stopping his heart and…
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"But you have not so learned Christ, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus."—Ephesians 4:20–21 (NKJV)
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After Katniss was declared the victor in the 74th annual Hunger Games, something happened that none of the other victors had experienced, at least not to the same degree. She was targeted for…
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Appropriate preparation is essential to maximize our effectiveness in ministry. Jesus did not send out the twelve on the first day of their discipleship; and He did not send them out without…
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Any presidential candidate has campaign staffers. It was no different for Donald Trump. In the Hunger Games films, there seemed to be three people who filled these roles for Katniss and her…
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Appropriate preparation is essential to maximize our effectiveness in ministry. Jesus did not send out the twelve on the first day of their discipleship; and He did not send them out without…
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Appropriate preparation is essential to maximize our effectiveness in ministry. Jesus did not send out the twelve on the first day of their discipleship; and He did not send them out without…
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Katniss Everdeen was launched into her calling through a prophetic dream. It was not her own dream, but a dream that her sister Primrose had. This dream that Prim experienced at the beginning of…
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Appropriate preparation is essential to maximize our effectiveness in ministry. Jesus did not send out the twelve on the first day of their discipleship; and He did not send them out without…
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Until now, we have focused on the system that was in place at the time of the 2016 American presidential campaign. Now, as we turn our focus to the rise of the Mockingjay, we begin to see clear…
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Appropriate preparation is essential to maximize our effectiveness in ministry. Jesus did not send out the twelve on the first day of their discipleship; and He did not send them out without…
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In the second Hunger Games film, Catching Fire, just as the Games are starting, we see Head Gamemaker Plutarch, and the media powers who are controlling the Games, in the same building with President Snow.
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Appropriate preparation is essential to maximize our effectiveness in ministry. Jesus did not send out the twelve on the first day of their discipleship; and He did not send them out without…
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The first Hunger Games film, which was released in 2012, may have prophesied, in remarkable detail, the events leading up to the American presidential election of 2016, with the Games themselves…
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In Jesus’ ministry, part of the reason for His great impact was the contrast of bringing such great light into a place of such great darkness.
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The first Hunger Games film, which was released in 2012, may have prophesied, in remarkable detail, the events leading up to the American presidential election of 2016, with the Games themselves…
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The first Hunger Games film, which was released in 2012, may have prophesied, in remarkable detail, the events leading up to the American presidential election of 2016, with the Games themselves…
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The first Hunger Games film, which was released in 2012, may have prophesied, in remarkable detail, the events leading up to the American presidential election of 2016, with the Games themselves…
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During Jesus’ ministry on earth, He often told parables, or stories, which seemed simple on the surface, but contained deep, hidden spiritual truth. Jesus still speaks in parables, whether those…
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The last newsletter was on the topic of how we can hear God’s voice more clearly. It concluded by saying that you can be as close to God as Moses was! You can hear God as clearly and as often as…
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God still speaks today. He speaks in a variety of different ways, using a variety of different means and media. He speaks through believers and non-believers. He speaks often. If we are not…
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The more I watched, the clearer it became.
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In some outreach events, we consistently have people lined up, waiting for their chance to receive ministry, sometimes waiting for over an hour in unpleasant conditions. When we've offered…
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During our ministry encounters with people outside the walls of the church, we build rapport. We accept and love people as they are. We don’t require them to change in any way before we minister…
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During our ministry encounters with people outside the walls of the church, we build rapport. We accept and love people as they are. We don’t require them to change in any way before we minister…
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We have noticed that when people come to us in outreach settings, they tend to open up to us. They let their defensive “walls” and barriers down. They share openly with us about their problems and…
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When Jesus commissioned his disciples, he did not send them into churches. Jesus sent them out into the cities and towns, after His example.
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If you believe that we are supposed to love everybody, look again. Surprisingly, God never commanded us to love everybody. That’s God’s job. He’s big enough to handle it.
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In the last few minutes of the last CD of his teaching series entitled “Entering His Glory”, Paul Keith Davis tells the story of a distinguished-looking man with white hair, a white beard, and…
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The premature death of Abel in Genesis 4 shows us what God provides when we experience unjust loss; in this case, the unjust loss of a child. Immediately, God provides for two things to happen:…
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God’s justice provides compensation packages for our pain and losses that more than make up for the losses that we’ve suffered, even if we’ve suffered the devastating loss of a child. If we have…
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Years ago, I was asked to lead a dream interpretation team at an outreach event. One dear lady came to our team to share a dream she’d had years earlier but had never understood. In the dream,…
Read more →The focus of the morning sessions on the final day of our conference was on forgiveness and freedom from bitterness.
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Years ago, I was on a bus trip from Dallas to Charlevoix, Michigan to play guitar. I had a lot of time to think on the trip, and at one point I took time to inventory all of the major areas of my…
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Years ago, I was on a bus trip from Dallas to Charlevoix, Michigan to play guitar. I had a lot of time to think on the trip, and at one point I took time to inventory all of the major areas of my…
Read more →Our three-day conference for pastors and leaders began on Wednesday with a rousing time of worship lead by a young and enthusiastic team of musicians and singers.
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Seeing Interruptions as God Sees Them
Read more →Think of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the book of Daniel.
Read more →If we can get a glimpse of how God orchestrates the seemingly insignificant circumstances of our lives on a daily basis, we would feel a great sense of security and peace, knowing that God has everything under control.
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Divine appointments come disguised as interruptions.
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One thing that you may notice as you study the significant events in Jesus’ ministry is that very few of them were scheduled.
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As we examine the ministry of Jesus, it is remarkable to realize that most of the significant events in Jesus’ ministry happened outside of the “church” meetings of His day—meetings in the synagogues and meetings in the temple.
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We may be motivated with a desire to help others, but how can we best do that? What should we look to as our model for ministry? I believe it can be found in Jesus' words in John 14:12 (NKJV):
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"Jesus was walking by Lake Galilee. He saw Simon and his brother Andrew. These two men were fishermen, and they were throwing a net into the lake to catch fish. Jesus said to them, 'Come, follow…
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Some people claim to have “invented themselves” or become “self-made men.” That may be an indication of the determination that drives them to succeed, but to a large extent, your identity and your…
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There are two questions in life that you must find answers to, or else your life will have little meaning. These two questions are:
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If you will put God first in your life, seeking his Kingdom, doing His will, and giving priority to His concerns, you will see that He will honor that by personally taking care of you in return.…
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In every situation of pain and great loss, God provides a compensation package that more than makes up for the pain and loss that was suffered. We must learn to view pain and loss in that context.…
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If you will put God first in your life, seeking his Kingdom, doing His will, and giving priority to His concerns, you will see that He will honor that by personally taking care of you in return.…
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In Romans 1, Paul describes a progression of degenerative consequences which has caught many people in its grip. It can happen to any of us who, in our pride, reject the reality of a God Who has…
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When God described the future of Abram’s descendants to him, He put it all in context. He not only described their enslavement in Egypt, but God also described the repayment they would receive for…
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You may have a desire to do God's work and to serve Him in ministry, but other needs may seem to be taking priority. You may have thought, "How can I get involved in ministry to others when I have…
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You Will Be Brought Low
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We tend to view incidents of great pain and loss in an isolated bubble. That is, we don’t always connect the painful incident with the payback that comes later from a just God, to recompense us…
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In our cultures, and in daily lives, pride is often extolled as a virtue.
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After the tornado in Moore, OK, ripped through Plaza Towers Elementary School on May 20, 2013, first responders rescued several children and returned them to the safety of their parents. But they…
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Early in December, I sat down to watch the film, "Where Was God? Stories of Hope After the Storm", expecting it to be an intellectual argument for the existence of God. I have little patience for…
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God has only pure love for you! No condemnation. No accusations. No memory of your past failures! Only love and acceptance.
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“Now there was a day when the sons (the angels) of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan (the adversary and accuser) also came among them.”—Job 1:6 (AMP)
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“Job’s sons would take turns preparing feasts in their homes, and they would also invite their three sisters to celebrate with them.”—Job 1:4 (NLT)
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“That man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.”—Job 1:1 (NRSV)
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When you’ve experienced great loss and reached the lowest pit of hopelessness, you need encouragement. You need comfort. You need friends to talk to—friends who will stick with you and listen…
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Adam Brown died a hero, admired even by elite members of the US Navy SEALs; but in his darkest days, he looked nothing like a hero.
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Our journey through life can be compared to traveling on a train. Circumstances in life seem to place us in particular locations, with particular collections of people, as we travel through life…
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(An updated excerpt from Doing the Works of Jesus: Book 1: Becoming a Disciple Who Loves)
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This Tuesday night of October 7-8, 2014, there will be a “blood moon”. This blood moon will mark the first day of the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.
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My grandmother passed away in 2001—just a few days after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon—at the age of 97.
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One of my good Ukrainian friends challenged me (in a good way) about a statement that I made in my last newsletter. I wish that would happen more often because when my writings are challenged, it…
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There's a scene in the movie The Bourne Identity that really struck me and has stayed with me ever since. At one point in the movie, Jason Bourne realizes that the police are closing in on him. In…
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The story of the Tower of Babel. Is it just a simple narration included in the Bible solely to explain why there are so many different languages in the world, or is there more to it than that? I…
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It happened years ago when I was in my 20’s. I was on a long cross-country bus trip. I was traveling from my home in Dallas, Texas, to participate in a classical guitar master class in Charlevoix,…
Read more →"Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God."
I spent my career as a professional educator, with over 30 years of experience in public education, but that’s not why I write.
Since I was in my 20s, I have journaled insights that came to me as a read the Bible or other books. I still have a drawer full of spiral notebooks filled with ideas insights, trains of thought, and study notes.
In my later years, I have been sharing some of these trains of thought that I feel might be of interest to others. I especially have a desire to provide good quality resources to people in cultures outside of the American, English-speaking, Christian culture.
I was inspired to do this partly because of a visit to a very large, multi-story bookstore in Berlin, Germany. In contrast to the American Christian culture, where whole bookstore chains are devoted to Christian resources, in this bookstore, (after quite a bit of searching,) I found the Christian book shelf (not section) lumped in with every other religion. On that Christian bookshelf, there were three Bibles and a smattering of what might loosely be called “Christian” books with plenty of room to spare on the shelf.
That was it!
How could anyone really develop their knowledge and progress in the Christian faith if that was all they had access to?
(Ok, stepping off of my soapbox now.)
As a teacher, I understand that people learn in a variety of ways, through a variety of media, techniques, approaches and presentation methods. My goal is to communicate timeless principles of Truth and Wisdom in the most effective means possible, in a variety of formats, in order to maximize the benefit for each individual who may be engaged in the content.
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Ultimately, I’d like to think that I am helping to equip, enable, and empower you to fulfill your unique purpose in life. (Maybe I’m overly optimistic, but that’s what I aspire to.)
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