God's Signals in Life

God gives us many signals to guide us on life's journey. These articles focus on revealing those signals — and how to best respond to them.

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Beware of Powerless Christians

Beware of Powerless Christians

The Apostle Paul warned us to stay away from Christians who do not recognize the power of God.

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How Satan Tries to Neutralize Your Gift

How Satan Tries to Neutralize Your Gift

Your spiritual gift is from God. There is no doubt about that.

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What If We Have Revelations of Bad Things?

What If We Have Revelations of Bad Things?

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…

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Should We Seek Spiritual Gifts?

Should We Seek Spiritual Gifts?

Should we seek spiritual gifts?

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Is Your Gift from God or the Devil?

Is Your Gift from God or the Devil?

Have you ever known something was going to happen before it actually happened?

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Forgiveness is an Act of Overcoming

Forgiveness is an Act of Overcoming

We may struggle to forgive our offenders at times because even if we forgive them, the damage remains. They may have caused real damage to our lives that seems irreparable. They may have caused…

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Barriers to Forgiveness - Part 2

Barriers to Forgiveness - Part 2

We often put up barriers in our own thinking that hinder us from forgiving our offenders. Of course, Satan is happy with this, and he reinforces this resistance in hopes of preventing us from…

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Barriers to Forgiveness - Part 1

Barriers to Forgiveness - Part 1

We often put up barriers in our own thinking that hinder us from forgiving our offenders. Of course, Satan is happy with this, and he reinforces this resistance in hopes of preventing us from…

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Freedom from Bitterness

Freedom from Bitterness

Bitterness is a signal from God. Bitterness takes root in our lives because of our refusal to forgive those who offended us.

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Signs of a Root of Bitterness

Signs of a Root of Bitterness

Bitterness is often the first consequence of resisting God’s grace and rejecting His signals. There may be many other harmful attitudes and consequences that spring from that, but bitterness is…

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Your Root Determines Your Fruit

Your Root Determines Your Fruit

In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve had a choice. They could choose the Tree of Life, or the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, which brought death.

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The Root of Our Problems

The Root of Our Problems

The root of our problems is not our parents, or our spouses, or our bosses, or our leaders, or our circumstances. The root of our problems is not anyone or anything that we might blame for our…

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Be Empowered!

Be Empowered!

Power, ability, and motivation is available from God when you need it. Sometimes we know we need help, and in those situations, God urges us to come before his throne and to receive the grace that…

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Keys to Fulfilling Your Purpose in Life

Keys to Fulfilling Your Purpose in Life

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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Claim Repayment for Your Unjust Losses

Claim Repayment for Your Unjust Losses

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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Justice and Restoration

Justice and Restoration

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 Wants You to Know Why

God Wants You to Know Why

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,…

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The Ultimate Payoff

The Ultimate Payoff

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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Seeing the Full Justice of God

Seeing the Full Justice of God

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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Pain, Loss and the Justice of God

Pain, Loss and the Justice of God

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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The Accuser at Work

The Accuser at Work

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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God Pulls Back the Curtains

God Pulls Back the Curtains

“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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God's Discipline

God's Discipline

“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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Suffering Does Not Equal Punishment

Suffering Does Not Equal Punishment

“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’re in the Lowest Pit of Hopelessness

When You’re in the Lowest Pit of Hopelessness

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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Overcoming Every Setback

Overcoming Every Setback

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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Switching Tracks

Switching Tracks

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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