Encouragement / Heavenly Minded

What does the Father Want? #3 of 3

Hi all,In the first 2 parts of this series, we looked at the Father seeking true worshippers and seeking a people after His own heart. There are other

What does the Father Want #2 of 3

Hi all,When King Saul was to be replaced, the Lord sent the prophet Samuel to the house of Jesse and his sons. Samuel says: "The Lord has sought

What does the Father Want? #1 of 3

Hi all,Modern church culture is very 'me' focused if you think about it. We've seen 'name it claim it', 'positive confessions', 'declarations and

How to be Independent of Circumstances #3 of 3

Hi all,What we want to look at today is how Paul got to be independent of circumstances. the place where he could feel iI shared our story in part 1,

How to be Independent of Circumstances #2 of 3

Hi all,Last week I shared transparently about the toughest time in our married lives, a 9 month period where everything precious to us was taken

How to be Independent of Circumstances #1 of 3

Hi all,Barb and I learned the lesson of these Thoughts many years ago: how to be independent of circumstances. The situation was intense. I was an

Final Thoughts, The Holy Spirit

Hi all,Some final thoughts on the Holy Spirit.On the day of Pentecost God moved out of the temple and into people. Can you imagine the

The Holy Spirit Does it All #4

Hi all,How do we live our lives flowing from revelation in our spirit outward into our busy lives? First, Jesus' example was to always do what we

The Holy Spirit Does it All #3

Hi all,Last week I shared 2 examples of how the Word and Spirit must be in agreement, for it is the Spirit that actually does the work. Let's pick it

The Holy Spirit Does it All #2

Hi all,Last week I shared from my heart about our lives dealing with what we believed of the Lord in Word of Faith (WOF) versus the reality of our

The Holy Spirit Does it all #1

Hi all,A widow of less than a year said to me: "I was believing so hard for my husband to be healed, but he wasn't, and I don't understand why. I

Reconciling the God of the Old with the God of the NT # 4 of 4

Hi all,Thus far we've covered how knowing the Father is a process of revelation over time. The Law of Moses was one level of revelation, but Jesus is

Reconciling the God of the Old with the God of the NT # 3 of 4

Hi all,In the first week I shared how revelation of the Father is progressive. I had quoted Hebrews 1: 1 but didn't give that reference. It says in

Reconciling the God of the Old with the God of the NT # 2 of 4

Hi all,We left last week talking about how the knowledge of God is progressive within the framework of who He is. That frame work never changes, but

Reconciling the God of the Old with the God of the NT # 1 of 4

Hi all,One of the biggest struggles Christians have is reconciling the God of the Old Testament with Jesus' claims of the goodness of the Father

The Name #3 of 3

Hi all,This installment is about unbelief, what it is, how to get rid of it.The word 'unbelief' is used several times in the New Testament, and is

The Name #2 of 3

Hi all,Let's pick it up where we left off last week. Peter's faith was focused....where? In Acts 3:16 Peter stood with the formerly lame man

The Name #1 of 3

Hi all,In many situations in the gospels as well as in our time, the reason people didn't see miracles in their lives was due to their