The Holy Spirit – Our Guarantee
The Holy Spirit—Our Guarantee Living in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, I’m accustomed to seeing dry riverbeds. Most of the year, these desert washes have no water running in them. However, as the snow melts in the mountains, or during summer monsoon rains, these dry...
God’s Faithfulness
God’s Faithfulness It’s a New year and new decade; metaphorically, there are blank pages before us. With the start of every year, we are given 365 blank page days—use them to the fullest! 2019 was a good year, but if we have faith to believe it, 2020 can be a great...
When God Changes Your Plan
When God Changes Your Plan Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! It truly is the most wonderful time of the year! We remember the birth of our Savior, celebrate with family and friends, and look expectantly toward the New Year. As we gaze toward 2020, we also anticipate...
Seeing the Signs
Seeing the Signs Wise Men from the East In Matthew’s gospel (Matt. 2:1-12), wise men see a star in the eastern sky and somehow know that the King of the Jews has been born in Israel. They travel to Jerusalem inquiring where they might find this newborn king, Jesus, to...
United with Christ
United with Christ Several years ago, I ministered in the Baja of Mexico with Dick Joyce. He asked me to travel with him to teach and minister in a local church on healing and deliverance ministry. It was quite an honor, as for 50 years Dick ministered in Mexico, and...
Maintain Your Fire, Part 3
Maintain Your Fire Part 3 The Zeal of the Lord I asked these questions last week, “Is Jesus your passion, and desire? Do you love him with every ounce of your heart? How desperate are you “to know the love of Christ that passes knowledge?” (Eph. 3:19...
Maintain Your Fire, Part 2
Maintain Your Fire Part 2 A Life Set Ablaze John Wesley is one of my heroes of the faith. His eighteenth-century life affected the course of church history. Along with his brother Charles, George Whitfield, and others, they ignited a revival movement in London,...
Maintain Your Fire
Maintain Your Fire Fan into Flames For the Christian, our first love is Jesus. When He is our first love, we are influential to the world around us. When you return to “first love,” God quickly honors your fresh commitment to Him. You are responsible to pursue and...
Abraham’s Faith and Obedience
Abraham’s Faith & Obedience In the last two weeks, I have examined the lives and faith of Abraham and Sarah. We read in Genesis that God promised that from Abraham’s descendants, all the families of the earth would be blessed. But twenty-four years have passed...
Sing O Barren!
Sing O Barren! I continue this week looking at Abraham and Sarah’s journey of faith. We pick up our story in Genesis 17 with God’s renewing of His covenant and promises to Abraham. It’s been about 23 years since the Lord first spoke to Abraham in Genesis 12 to leave...
