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Some so many people are in a wilderness time in their lives. Would you be surprised if I told you that the Lord drew you there? In Jeremiah 31, in a season of terrible difficulty for the people of God, the prophet writes these words in verses two and three: Thus says the Lord, the

Proverbs 1:5 says, "A wise man will hear and increase learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel." In 2 Timothy 2:15, the Apostle Paul exhorted a younger believer to study and know the Word of God so he could have the strength to withstand the false reasonings sent to subvert his faith.

Psalm 150, beginning at verse 3, says this: Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet. Praise Him with the lute and harp. Praise Him with the timbrel and dance. Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes. Praise Him with the loud cymbals. Praise Him with clashing cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the

Psalm 74:4 8: "Your enemies roar in the midst of your meeting place. They set up their banners for signs. They seem like men who lift up axes among the thick trees, and now they break down its carved work all at once with axes and hammers. They've set fire to your sanctuary. They defiled the

We need the knowledge of Christ in these troubling times. If you don't know who you are in Christ, you will not make a difference and won't be able to stand. There's a storm coming into this world that will be beyond anything we will ever see again in our lifetime. God promises that He

Isaiah chapter 40, beginning at verse 29, says, "He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might he increases strength. Even the youth shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall. But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint." We all get to places w...

If the enemy cannot convince you that God is against you, he'll try to take the promises of God away by saying that they don't apply to you. He will try to take away your victory, your future, your testimony, your hope, and ultimately, your influence. He'll come to where you are and try to steal your promises, but I want you to remember what the apostle Paul said in 2 Corinthians 10: 3-5: "For tho...

I don't want to take another step without God's Holy Spirit. I don't want to speak without the empowerment of the Holy Spirit. What's the point, if it's just empty clatter and noise? You and I should ask God now for the empowerment of His Spirit. Let's pray that we may not be just a whimper in the dust in this last hour of time, but that you and I might be a warrior church, yielding the sword of t...

2 Kings 6:14 says, "Therefore he sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city." Have you ever woken up already surrounded, whether it's by a struggle in your mind, a sudden change in circumstances, or even a change in your relationships? During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have been visited by depression due to job loss or many other circums...

Psalm 19, beginning at verse 1: The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork. Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night reveals knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. It is true that the heavens declare the glory of God. In Psalm 8, King David, while studying the majesty of God s works in the sky, wondered out loud, why He w...

Psalm 119, verse 11: I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you (NIV). You and I have to make a transition from reading and memorizing the Bible to embracing it. When we don't esteem the Word of God, when we don't let the Word of God govern our thinking and our lives, we are literally taken out of the way. We become a religious noise in an ever-degenerating society. We b...

Psalm 96, beginning at verse 7: "Give to the Lord, O families of the peoples, give to the Lord glory and strength. Give to the Lord the glory due His name. Bring an offering and come into His courts. Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness! Tremble before Him, all the earth." I am tired of the name of Jesus not being glorified in this generation. I'm weary of the lethargy and self-focus of...

As Christians, we have to represent the love of God in this dark generation. That means that there cannot be walls between us in the church of God. You and I need to be role models of what love and unity looks like in our society. By the grace of God, may we fulfill the commandment that Jesus gave to us when He said, "A new command I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you...

2 Corinthians 5:17: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things are passed away; behold, all things have become new." This passage of Scripture is either true or it's not. But if Christ is in you, these old ways of thinking, these old ways of doing, the old bondages, the old wildernesses in your life, they lose their hold and they lose their strength. They're called, in a...

Romans, chapter 13, beginning at verse 11: And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness and let us put on the armor of light. I have felt the Lord speaking to me for many months that America was going to be given...

Matthew, chapter 6, verse 12 says, "And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." "As we forgive." There's an implication here that as we receive forgiveness, we will naturally extend it. We're living in a time where people are taking up offenses on the most trivial of matters. The spirit of offense is very active, even in the church. We will have to be a forgiving people, if we're going t...

Psalm 23: The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul. Who can doubt we are living in a storm today? From the collective waves of unrest in our cities, to the inner winds of fear in our own hearts. Many feel, as the disciples once did, overwhelmed. Today your promise is that Jesus will give you all t...

Matthew, chapter 18, verses 29 and 30: "His fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you all.' And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt." There's a river of unforgiveness flowing through our world today. Sometimes we lock people out of our lives with unforgiveness. We cut people off and we cancel the...

John 11:4: "When Jesus heard that, He said, 'This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.'" It seems to me that the greatest miracles of God seemed to occur in places where death has accomplished all that it's capable of doing. I'm talking about places, just like the cross, where there's no longer any natural hope. It's a place where a...

Acts 2:1 2: When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. What was in that room that set the precedent for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit of God? They were forgiven by Jesus and they forgave each other. They prayed together with...

Hebrews, chapter 13, verse eight says, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever." We're talking about the Welsh Revival. From an article by Oliver Price, the Times noted that David Lloyd George, who later became the British prime minister, said the Welsh Revival gave hope that at the next election, Wales would declare with no uncertain sound against the corruption in high places, wh...

Remember today that God is the only one who can light our path. We have to recognize that we don't have the strength within ourselves; He is the only source of strength that we have, to do what we know in our hearts is right. We have natural things inside of our lives that have to be supernaturally overpowered by God's Holy Spirit. We have to ask God to give us the strength to rise above the tide...

Today, I am reading to you a portion of one of my favorite psalms, Psalm 133. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, running down to the edge of his garments. It is like the dew of Hermon, descending upon the mountains of Zion; for there, the Lord commanded the blessi...

Psalm 126, beginning at verse 1: When the Lord brought back the captivity of Zion, we were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them. We re talking about the Welsh Revival. According to the Oliver Price account, more was accomplished by the Spirit of God in one month than in...

The Gospel of John, chapter 13, verse 35 says, By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another. What's the sign by which people will know that we belong to Jesus Christ? It's simply this: we love one another. This love is not something the world can produce. It's a love found at the cross, that's poured into our very hearts through salvation and marks our lives as...