We are lulled into thinking we don't quite need the Lord as much as: when we were sick; or when we were single; or when we were unemployed; or when we were under attack.
Most people think wouldn't it be nice to succeed, to make it, to win the lottery of life and have everything you've ever wanted. Actually, if you do a scientific study of those who have “made” it, most wish they hadn't. Many find that great success often ruins their lives.
The older we get, the harder it is to hide what is really going on inside our hearts and minds. We become more and more transparent with our feelings and fears. God designed it that way so that as this clay pot, this tent we live in cracks and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Have you ever felt so dirty that you just can't stand it any longer? There is nothing like a good hot bath after camping for a few days, or working in the attic or barn—when you feel dirty, completely grimy, sweaty and stinky.That was...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Serving God is what we were called to do, and a servant is what we are called to be. Salvation starts the process as we are transferred from satan's dominion and into God's. We receive a new heart (software for our operating system) and are...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I Pledge Allegiance to the Lamb! Jesus calls men and women, boys and girls to pledge to follow Him at all costs, never looking back, never turning back, always seeking Him more than anything else.Sacramentum was the Military oath of Roman...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Passover is not merely an Old Testament Jewish event, for Paul instructed the New Testament church to be familiar with all that the Passover portrayed when he wrote, “Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Communion is when we gather to honor our Lord’s command, “This do in remembrance of Me” (1 Cor. 11:24–25). The word translated “remembrance” means much more than “do this in memory of”. The word...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Jesus calls men and women, boys and girls to pledge to follow Him at all costs, never looking back, never turning back, always seeking Him more than anything else. Sacramentum was the Military oath of Roman soldiers of Caesar’s Legions, the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
That term Thyatira is usually a bit foreign to us outside of this chapter. To get our bearings we could also say, we are opening to the geographic area that received more of the books (epistles) of the New Testament than any other geographic...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The saints at Pergamum had gotten too close to the wickedness of the idol worship around them. They had slowly gotten comfortable going back to the old haunts of those idols they had been saved out of and away from. Then, overcome by the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
