Peggy Joyce Ruth

This is a very foundational teaching that every believer needs to hear. God's character is love, and Satan's character is fear. It is truly that simple. Jesus must reveal God's nature to us so that we can overcome and destroy the works of the enemy, following in Jesus' footsteps. Moses understood the ways of God, while the children of Israel only understood His acts. To truly know God's character,...

From the Archive : Does God send evil? Does He allow evil? Does he use it to teach us a lesson? Or does He give Satan permission? These are questions that we have to get settled deep within us to truly know who God is. 

From the Archive: Does God send evil? Does He allow evil? Does he use it to teach us a lesson? Or does He give Satan permission? These are questions that we have to get settled deep within us to truly know who God is. 

Nothing can truly fill you except God. There is a thirst inside every person. And so many times, we try to fill that void with everything but God. Those things only offer temporary satisfaction, but the things of God last and satisfy forever. 

For in Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. -Colossians 1:16-17. Angels are created beings, but with a different purpose than man. God's angels are much more powerful than the devil's de...

Do you know the difference between a promise in the Word and a conditional covenant? There are very few promises in the scripture that are not conditional. Meaning there is something each of us must do to see God's promise come about in our lives. So the question becomes, how do we meet the conditions? 

We can miss God when we have a preconceived idea of how God is going to do something. Very seldom, if ever, does God do something our way. His ways don't line up with our reasoning, but when we learn to trust God with all our heart, peace comes. God always comes through, but He seems to work differently each time. 

What are we supposed to do to enter into the deeper things of God? Many times, we get our roles reversed. We start out trusting God, but get lost between point A and point B, when God comes through. Our thinking needs to be reprogrammed to believe without a shadow of a doubt that God will do exactly what He has promised to do. 

Passive faith does not deny the truth. It is quick to say – ‘Yes, I believe the Word’, but passive faith too often believes that God can, but not necessarily that He will. Passive faith is a bigger enemy of victory in our lives than doubt itself. Faith can become such a common word that it loses its significance. The Lord wants us in ACTIVE faith and not PASSIVE faith.    

How do we turn loose of fear and the world's thinking, and securely grab hold of God's promises? We must become like a child . We cannot approach Psalm 91 or the promises of God from adulthood. We are not to become childish but childlike. As adults, we wrestle with the knowledge of good and evil because of Adam and Eve's choice to sin, but to receive only from the Tree of Life, we must again becom...

When we let offense set in our hearts, it can become deadly. How you handle opportunities to be offended will determine whether you continue to grow spiritually. Offense can trip us, cause us to stumble, and ultimately entice us into sin. Offense is something we need to eliminate completely. Ask the Lord if there is any area where you have been offended, and then repent to the Lord until you feel...

It is time to overcome the past disappointments in your life. Peter 2:6 tells us, "And he who believes in Him will not be disappointed." Subconsciously, we can become disappointed with God, and it sets us up to stumble. But God wants to deal with all the areas of disappointment. The first step to getting rid of the disappointment is to actively trust God again in the same area where we have been d...

Pride is the covering that keeps deception hidden in our lives. If we are going to stay out of deception, everything in our lives must be backed up by the Word of God. We cannot live our lives based on someone else's word or beliefs. Truth must become personal to us as we humbly search out the Word. In the end, everything we believe and live by must line up with the Word of God. 

Do you know the fullness of God's love? 1st John tells us that God is love and God wants His love to be tangible in our lives. We can miss the fullness of God's love when we fall for the world's substitute. When Jesus healed the multitudes, the bible says He was moved by compassion. So God's compassion is greater than the "love" or empathy we are used to. Many times, we mistake human empathy or sy...

Jesus came to carry the load. Many times, we are carrying weights that Jesus promised to carry for us. Sin, sickness, and everything that came as a consequence of sin fell on Jesus on the cross. We don't need to continually pay for things that Jesus paid for on the cross. Jesus died so that we might live. He carried what we deserved to break the power of the curse. So we can live a life of freedom...

Once you receive wisdom it is something to be guarded. Because even godly wisdom can become corrupted. The Word tells us these 4 things can corrupt wisdom: pride, sin, alcohol and drugs, and compromising the Word.

What is wisdom? There is a godly wisdom and a natural wordly wisdom. James 3:15 says the world's wisom "is earthly, natural, demonic." The world's wisdom sounds good, there is a seduction to it but leads to a demonic end. But true wisdom comes from above and is more precious than gold. 

Unfortunately, today there seem to be so many people serving the great I was. But that is not how God revealed Himself to Moses. God revealed Himself as the great I AM. God is working and moving NOW in the present, not just in past history. The problem with faith is that God confirms His Promise to us after we step out in obedience, not before. So we will never fully see the result of God's Promis...

The potential of the anointing in our lives is limitless, but we must protect what God has given. Humility before God is the key to protecting the anointing. We cannot operate in the anointing and do it our own way. Samson failed to seek God in his years of strength. It took him being imprisoned before he cried out to God. We can save ourselves a lot of trouble by crying out to God and seeking Him...

It's important that we don't waste what God has given us. When we don't value the anointing and call God has put on our lives, we end up taking what is most important for granted. Whatever we take for granted, we waste. God has put His anointing on us for a purpose to see His kingdom grow throughout the earth. 

The anointing is the supernatural ability to fulfill your God-given assignment. In the Old Testament, the anointing would come on a prophet or leader for an assignment, but might not remain. But now, since the book of Acts, the Holy Spirit has been poured out on all flesh, and we have received the Holy Spirit inside of us when we are born again. The anointing is a gift from God. A precious gift, w...

But I have this against you, that you have left your first love. -Revelation 2:4. Do you remember your first love? You couldn't eat. You couldn't sleep. You couldn't think or talk about anything else. That is how it should be with the Lord. The passion between the Lord and us is the foundation for everything. Don't ever lose what brought you to Jesus. 

Waiting is a hopeful anticipation and a deliberate alignment of our will with God’s perfect will. It is the beginning of our total dependency on God. Because He can do what no human can accomplish. Waiting shows God we are willing to be obedient and that we are sensitive to God’s guidance.  But those who wait in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles. They will run...

God revealed His covenant progressively throughout the Old Testament, and these agreements reached their ultimate fulfillment in the person of Jesus. Thankfully, our New Covenant is so special because it is sealed by the blood of Jesus, which creates a permanent bond between God and us. His blood gives us the ability to inherit all the promises of God, and boldness and confidence when we seek Him....

Throughout the Old Testament, there was a progression of covenants with the Fathers of our Faith, leading up to our final covenant with Jesus.  Even though we don't think in terms of covenants much today in the Old Testament, a covenant, specifically a blood covenant, was the most powerful and binding agreement known to man. It was a permanent joining of two people, two families, or two groups of...