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Second Corinthians, chapter 3, verses 16 to 18: "Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord." Christians aren't perfec...

The book of Acts, chapter 1, beginning at verse 6: "Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, 'Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?' And He said to them, 'It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusal...

There are a lot of hirelings in pulpits today people who are not truly shepherds after God's heart. Because of this, we see many people with an illegitimate comfort being led into what the Bible says will be a huge departure from biblical truth in the last days. Let me be clear today. Abortion used as a form of birth control to escape the consequences of pleasure is sin. Sex outside of marriage, w...

In Matthew, chapter six, verse seven, this is what Jesus said, "And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words." I had a chance to share the thought recently at a men's conference, that if our own children talked to us the same way that many of us talked with God, we'd have them taken for evaluation as to their soundnes...

In America today, there's a fig tree of deception that we are a righteous people, when our nation as a whole is becoming divided and anti-God. There's a mountain of unbelief and self-righteousness in our society that is blocking the path of fruitfulness in the body of Christ. We often want to move these mountains but don't want the process that has to take place before moving mountains becomes a r...

Acts, chapter 20, verses 29 and 30: "For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves." There are now packs of wolves rising up among God's people. They promise liberty by devouring the sacrifice of Christ and the promise of new lif...

Matthew, chapter 6, beginning at verse 31: "Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." There's so much today to be worried about...

Psalm 15, verses one to four: "Lord, who may abide in your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill? He who walks uprightly and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart; He who does not backbite with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor does he take up a reproach against his friend; In whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he honors those who fear the Lord. He who sw...

John, chapter 11, beginning halfway through verse 41: "And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, 'Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.'" It is true that scripture tells us that God knows what we need before we even ask Him. Knowing this, some might ask, "So why...

Sometimes we have to ask ourselves what it is we hold to be true. Is God's word more true than our circumstance? Look at it this way. You may say, "I'm not ready to take on this new challenge or go to the place or to the people that God is calling me to." But I want to encourage you that you are ready. God often uses the humble, the meek, or the quiet to bring His Word to others. He doesn't want t...

Second Corinthians, chapter four, verses nine and ten: "We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed. Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies" (NLT). Everyone who has life in Christ will be handed over to death so that the life of Jesus can be seen. In life, some...

Listen to these incredible words of Jesus Christ in Matthew, chapter 21, verse 22. He said, "And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive." What profound words. The apostle James left us three profound thoughts on prayer. Firstly, in James 1:6, it must be accompanied by faith without any doubting. Secondly, in James 4:3, prayer must not be self-seeking and motivated solely fo...

Ezekiel, chapter 36, verses 25 and 26: "Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols. And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart" (NLT). Some folks settle down as if there is no freedom. Some serve Chris...

In Psalms, chapter 90, beginning at verse 15, the psalmist says, "Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us, the years in which we have seen evil. Let Your work appear to Your servants, and Your glory to their children. And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands." Today, your prayers sh...

I have good news for you today. Our beginning starts at the point where Jesus says, "It is finished." That's phenomenal. That means being condemned is finished. Struggling is finished. Trying to change in our own strength is finished. The captivity in our lives is finished. The bruising of our hearts is finished. The devil sticking yours and my face in the failure of our past is finished. It's all...

Second Chronicles, chapter 26, verse 16: "But when he was strong his heart was lifted up, to his destruction, for he transgressed against the Lord his God by entering the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense." Like the king in this story, we start our Christian walk leaning on God for everything. But in the midst of God's blessing, if we're not careful, a transition can start...

I want to challenge you to let this year be a year where you appear at the throne of God. Not a year where you become a coward or go into a corner to preserve yourself. Come into the presence of God and say, "I'm here to fight for my family, to fight for my future. I'm here to fight for my city, my town, my nation, and those of my generation." Ask the Lord to do the work that He's done in the past...

Philippians, chapter one, verses 12 to 14: "But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel, so that it has become evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my chains are in Christ; and most of the brethren in the Lord, having become confident by my chains, are much more bold to speak the word with...

Let me remind you today that when you pray, God answers. Now He doesn't answer with mediocre answers; He has power. He has power to do whatever He wants to do when in sincerity, we bring our requests before Him. If you have something in your life that you're facing or you have something in your future that's really threatening to swallow you-a battle with drugs, a battle with depression, a self-im...

Luke, chapter 14, verse 16 to 18: "Then He said to him, 'A certain man gave a great supper and invited many, and sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, "Come, for all things are now ready." But they all with one accord began to make excuses.'" This parable is referring to Jesus who invites everyone to a great supper where no one is excluded. Yet, in this parable, we see...

John, chapter one, beginning at verse 14, "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John bore witness of Him." There's something just so wonderful in the knowledge that God, though He's fully complete in Himself, has manifested His love towards us in showing us that He longs to be part of our da...

Psalms, chapter 69, beginning at verse one: "Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. I am weary with my crying; my throat is dry; my eyes fail while I wait for my God." We all have seasons like this one that David writes about, times when we are shaken by what has come our w...

Exodus, chapter three, verses nine and ten: "Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt." It's amazing that God's answer to the cry of an entire nation of people was found in...

Psalms 103, verses one to ten: "Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits-who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagles. The Lord works rig...

In Luke, chapter 18, verse one, Jesus began a parable by saying, "Men ought always to pray and not lose heart." In our instant society, we've learned to push a button and expect things to instantly appear -a picture, a message, maybe a gift. We've adopted this same expectation with our prayer life. You may not see the answer to your prayer immediately the way you and I want to see it, but we must...