Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years (Revelation 20:1-2). The 1,000-year Millennium defines Christian theology about the end-times. Some claim amillennialism (the 1,000 […]
There is a time to arise and build. Something broken, a relationship ruined, a business bankrupted, a sudden death. It’s good to take time to grieve and evaluate, but one day you will wake up in the morning and think… I must move on! The book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament gives great advice
Yes, God uses your sadness. I have found there is a joy of the Lord and a sadness of God as well. In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his
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The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away (Psalm 90: 10). I’m almost 70. I live with little guilt for my past. No regrets! Psalm 90 teaches us to live our days without regrets.
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They have conquered the evil one by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony (Revelation 12:10-11). All testimonies of God’s grace are incredible. But I have a category of “amazing testimonies” for which I have kept a file through the years. To qualify for my list, the person must be
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And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone” (Matthew 8:3-4). I have noticed many prayers answered for healing during the past decade and the healings are increasing. However, the healings, unless you have faith, might not be noticed as healing. I call them shadow healings. In the
I’m writing my “Reading” posts to help you understand books of the Bible. Today it is Reading Ephesians. After today’s post, I hope that you get an actual paper Bible and read aloud the entire Book of Ephesians. When Paul wrote this book, he meant it to be read out loud in one session. The
The effective prayer of the righteous accomplishes many things (James 5:16 OGV). I want to be more effective in praying. I believe all of us do. How? Along with wanting to be more effective, all of us would also admit to ineffectiveness. What can we do? Three things. First: Practice! Effectiveness comes through training and
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Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves have gone over me (Psalm 42:7). I want the deep things of God. We all do. However, Psalm 42 says that deep calls to deep during a storm. Waves breaking over us leads to the deeper things of God. Many
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Psalm 34 summarizes the promises of God found in the other 149 Psalms – and also the rest of the Bible. Live the following promise to snuff out modern-day anxiety: ~ I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears (v. 4). Read this verse over and over while considering COVID
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