Devotions

Examine Your Faith

The enemy is a liar. Self has very limited perspective and is easily deceived by it's senses. God is faithful, all knowing, all seeing; full of wisdom and compassion! He knows the end from the beginning! So which are you putting your faith in? If you are swaying, falling, straying, uncertain, confused, confounded, discouraged, or shaken; it is because you have begun to put your faith in the wrong thing. Take some time to sit with Jesus and ask Him to help you examine where your faith is and refocus it.

Is Christ at Home in Your Heart?

A look at our hearts to see if we make a place for Christ in our life and invite Him to come and make us His dwelling. 

Looking Out for the Family

God's desire is to redeem as many into His family as He can and He has commissioned us to help Him do it! Let us do it with vigor and lookout for each other as we do the work of the kingdom to the best of our ability!

A Proven Power

God does not owe us anything. He does not have to prove Himself to men.  Yet He did, through Jesus, and still does, through us. What a demonstration of grace, mercy, and love. His power is proven!

Why the Truth Matters

The culture tries to tell you that truth is abstract and that we can each have our own version of it. That is simply not true, it is a lie meant to damn you to hell with the father of all lies and those who have fallen to the pride that you can be your own God and determine for yourself, what is right. The truth matters and believing it and breaking agreement with the error of the enemy will determine your eternity. That's why Jesus paid the highest price to give the truth to us. Let us not take that sacrifice for granted. Let us put our faith in the truth and the one who brought it to us. 

No Respecter of Persons

We read many times in scripture, that God is no respecter of persons. We need to understand what that means and take it very seriously. He will honor His promises. He will do what He says. No one can escape His righteous judgements. Yet likewise, no one is out of the reach of His love. Believe what He says and put your trust in it, there is a judgment for the rebellious and redemption for the repentant. It doesn't matter who you are or what you've done, for God is no respecter of persons. 

New Focus

Lord give us new vision, clarify the mission, and not deviate to the left or to the right from the destination and purpose that You have placed before us. The promise still stands, help us to see it again, as well as the path to pursue it with single minded determination! Bring it all back into focus! In the Mighty Name of Jesus!

Whatever It Takes

Whatever it takes to surrender to God. Whatever it takes to leave the world behind. Whatever it takes to be a servant at heart. Whatever it takes to pick up your cross and follow Jesus. Whatever it takes, it's more than worth it. 

A Ministry of Humility and Power

A look at one of those most humble, yet powerful ministries in scripture, the ministry of John the Baptizer. May we learn and aspire to something higher than what the world tells us that our faith should look like. God's ways are not our ways. They are better!

The Process

Our life of faith is a journey.  Yes there is a starting point and there is a destination, and a preparation for that destination! Therefore, there is a process that God takes us through as we progress in that preparation. Things that might seem pointless, do have a purpose far beyond our imagining, because the journey will take us far beyond our seeing or current comprehension. Season change, but His faithfulness remains the same. keep trusting. Keep going. 

Partaking in Christ Rewards

Grabbing hold of the reality that we have been given the opportunity to partake in Christ's rewards in eternity. That what Christ did and is still doing, we can be rewarded for, if we allow Him to abide in our heart and use our lives to continue His work! 

Ministry of Helps

A look at one of the most needed, most overlooked, and most rewarding callings mentioned in scripture.

Two or Three

Scripture gives us instructions for evangelism, prayer, prophecy, and all manner of ministry. It is good to look at the advise that scripture gives us so that we can be as effective as possible as we lean on God's great wisdom and not our own ability or understanding. 

Assignments

A look in scripture at the life of Jesus and the Apostles to see what ministry really looks like. The importance of the individual assignments and of seeing them through to completion. It is interesting what Jesus consider to be the success of His earthly ministry. 

More Like Jesus

A prayer to be more like our Jesus. More humble, more faithful, more selfless, more focused, more attentive, more passionate, more compassionate, more like Jesus.

Equipping in the Stripping II: The Wilderness

Continuing from our previous message where we looked more at the purpose of purification that the Holy Spirit came to lead us through, today we look a little father into the process by which He does it and what we have to gain by enduring it in faith!

Equipping in the Stripping: The Winnowing

A look at the purpose and process of receiving and being lead by the Holy Spirit according to scripture. What to expect and why...

A Sobering Message

A look at Israel's past to see patterns for the future. The God that steers history is the God of scripture, not the God of our imagination, or our own creation. God will not do what we want Him too, He will do what He said He will do. It's up to us to seek out that truth, believe it, and align ourselves with our proper place in it. So let's see what He is saying to us through the history of Zachariah chapter 7, because it is a very sobering message.

Burnout

A message on how to avoid spiritual and physical burnout. The enemy has many tactics and we need to seek God's wisdom on how to avoid all of them. Burnout is a real danger for those who labor in the harvest fields. Ask the Lord to help you pace your progress and make sure that you are walking with Him and not running up on ahead without Him. He will be your strength and carry you if need be, His yoke is easy, as long as you make sure that still are walking with Him.  

Apprehending Perfection

Paul and the New Testament Apostles spoke often about the perfecting of the saints. Paul speaks to us more specifically about apprehending that perfection, our attuites "towards it and "while' attaining it, how to go about pursuing it, what it even means and why we need to seek to achieve this perfecting. So today we look at what Paul had to say about Apprehending Perfection for a better understanding of our journey of sanctification. 

Avoiding the Fowler’s Snare

The enemy lays traps constantly, yet there is a way to avoid them. There is a way out of every temptation, but it takes humility to find it. Learn to humble your heart and seek the Lord and trust what He says no matter what it looks like in the moment. 

Blessed are the Poor in Spirit

God commanded His greatest blessings on those of a lowly spirit. Increasing in humility is key to increasing in grace. He trust His gifts, power, and revelation to those who are humble enough to know that they are nothing without Him. Those who seek will find. Those who hunger will be filled. Those who humble will be entrusted and empowered. Seek truth and walk humbly, and you will see God move in all of His glory. 

Compassion

Miracles, deliverance, salvation, all the works of God come from a place of compassion. To know compassion is to know God. To have it is to have God. To feel it is to feel the heart of God. To lack it is to lack the presence and leading voice of God's Holy Spirit. 

Waiting on the Word

Jesus is the Word made flesh. There is no greater gift then to be able to commune with Him and hear from Him. Let us be willing to wait on a word from the Word and then watch it do it's work.

The Truth About Righteousness

Laying aside the memes, mantras, and misunderstandings, we take to scripture to get a clearer understanding of what righteousness is and what the Bible really says about it.