“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.” MALACHI 3:10 Those of you that know me know …
Psa. 85:6 Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you? About twenty years ago I became strangely enamored with the years just preceding the American Revolution. It was characterized by the birth of American evangelicalism by an outpouring of God’s Spirit on our land. Historians call this the Great Awakening. …
Ezek. 47:3 ¶ And when the man went out to the east with the line in his hand, he measured one thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the water came up to my ankles. Ezek. 47:4 Again he measured one thousand and brought me through the waters; the water came up to …
1Pet. 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, ¶ To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, It’s easy to misunderstand the significance of regeneration. The born again experience changes many things in our lives. Peter went so far as to call us elect exiles or temporary …
MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS BAILEY “So take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen your week knees.” HEB 12:12 Recently, I literally woke up to horrible pain. After a series of doctor visits, emergency room, Chiro’s and physical therapists the MRI showed a herniated disk pressing on the sciatica nerve causing all sorts …
John 16:13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth… I love this title or description of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth. In the original language of the New Testament the word translated truth is aletheia. It’s meaning is quite descriptive. This word truth means more than …
John 4:14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you …
“The love of Christ constrains us.” —2 Corinthians 5:14 Our actions are directly related to what we love. One example of this is the crazy crimes that take place in our city every day. People do unthinkable things because of their passion for narcotics. Home invasions, car jackings, bank robberies; they all are directly related …
And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will. ROMANS 8:27 Prayer is an interesting phenomenon. The fact that the Almighty God listens to the requests of one of His created beings is hard to wrap your head around. For …
“Our Father in heaven …” MATTHEW 6:9 I love the simplicity of the teachings of Jesus. ”Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and the door will be opened;” and this, “give and it shall be given to you”. These words are simple yet open us up to an incredible life that …
