But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith (I Timothy 1:5 NASB) We end our letters of correspondence with the salutation, “sincerely.” We want to end our communication with a tone of cordiality and authenticity. What does the Bible mean when it […]
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I want to tell you a story. This tale is not all from the Scriptures, but it is scriptural. It did not originate with me; I have just rewritten it. I am not sure who first told it, but I believe it came straight from God’s heart. Lord, How Can I? The Lord came to […]
Their king is the angel from the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon—the Destroyer. (Revelation 9:11 NLT). The Apostle Paul labels Satan as the Destroyer. His purpose is to kill and destroy God’s people. One of his most effective tools he has to accomplish his evil plan is […]
Dutch Sheets A Man With a Burden to Pray Dutch Sheets has been one of the foremost leaders of the prayer movement in the Body of Christ in recent US history. Until recently he has been the Executive Director of Christ for the Nations Institute in Dallas, Texas. Once in a great while a […]
The Truth Will Set You Free So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” (John 8:31-32 NASB) Modern Culture and the Truth Tim Keller in his sermon “Absolutism” defines how much […]
How blessed is the man whose strength is in You, in whose heart are the highways to Zion (Psalms 84:5 NASB) David was a man whose heart was set on pilgrimage, a man on a heavenly journey. But interestingly, for a man on such a quest, he found himself banished from public worship at […]
I cry aloud with my voice to the Lord; I make supplication with my voice to the Lord (Psalms 142:1 NASB). Much can be learned from this prayer of David which he called Maskil, or instruction. It seems that our best life lessons most always come from the hard place. The setting for this […]
And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those who have understanding (Daniel 2:21 NKJV). Christianity by its very nature seeks to preserve the sacred Scriptures and the traditions of the past, and rightly so. But sometimes our greatest strength can […]
“Do not call to mind the former things, Or ponder things of the past.“ “Behold, I will do something new, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert (Isaiah 43:18-19 NASB). God is always on the move. He is continually creating new […]
Insert the Urim and Thummim into the sacred chestpiece so they will be carried over Aaron’s heart when he goes into the Lord’s presence. In this way, Aaron will always carry over his heart the objects used to determine the Lord’s will for his people whenever he goes in before the Lord (Exodus 28:30 NLT). […]