There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother (Proverbs 18:24, NASB1995). I found this photograph recently while reviewing some archives of the One-Way House ministry that became Fellowship Christian Church. We were standing in front of an old farmhouse that served as our Jesus Freak headquarters in the early 1970s. My thought at seeing this […]
Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; and confirm for us the work of our hands; Yes, confirm the work of our hands (Psalm 90:17, NASB 1995). Work can be fun, and work can be a pain. Sometimes in the same hour. But do we enjoy our work? I believe all of us want
When you see all these things, you can know his return is very near, right at the door (Matthew 24:33, NLT). Prophecies have a time-release mechanism to them. In other words, when they happen, we notice a prophecy has just been fulfilled. The prophecies seem non-descript in Scripture, and then an event occurs, and we
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Summer approaches, and it’s time to get over the winter slump of no exercise, over-eating, and hibernating with large bowls of nachos while binge-watching The Chosen. It’s time to try some self-control. Especially before we put on our cycling spandex (like me) or go to a beach. We use the phrase “self-control” in our conversations
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The Lord is king! Let the nations tremble! He sits on his throne between the cherubim. Let the whole earth quake! (v. 1, NLT) Psalm 99 is about the throne of God. We might think this Psalm is antiquated as thrones went out of style with the Magna Carta. But the throne in Psalm 99 represents rule
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For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome (1 John 5:3, NASB1995). How does love grow? We can’t talk our love into growing. If we say in the morning, “Today, I’m going to grow at love,” we will fail, as we can’t “will” ourselves to feel better. And we
We desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end (Hebrews 6:11, NASB 1995). There are four foundational disciplines of the Christian faith. They are Bible, prayer, fellowship, and disciple-making. Jesus taught in Matthew 7 that a house must be founded upon a rock to
The leader’s responsibility is to equip God’s people to do His work and build up the church, the body of Christ (Ephesians 4:12, OGV). Recently, I looked at a Facebook post from a former member of Fellowship who had left thirty years ago to build a church in Africa. This church now has thousands in
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Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a word spoken in right circumstances (Proverbs 25:11, ESV). We all have conversations each day. Lots of them. I’ve heard that women speak 20,000 words a day but men only 7,000 words a day. But that’s wrong! Northwestern University conducted a study using what they called a “sociometer” that
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But you, Daniel, keep this prophecy a secret; seal up the book until the time of the end, when many will rush here and there, and knowledge will increase (Daniel 12:4, NLT). Some of you have heard of AI, which is an acronym for Artificial Intelligence. And with the onset of AI, I admit to
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