God’s Will – The “Open Door” Theory

Open Doors Let’s face it, in this day and age, Christians, all sorts of them, are concerned with what the will of God is for their life.  I heard it said many times that the number one question people ask there pastor is “What is the will of God in my life.”  Many teachings, sermons [...]

Spiritual Warfare In Our Relationships With Others

Spiritual Warfare In Our Relationships With Others “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rules, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6:12 Let’s face it, in this particular verse Paul isn’t saying that we enter [...]

The Bible Is Key

The Word “This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it, for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success.” Joshua 1:8 We [...]

Sorting Out God’s Will – Acts 21:4

Sorting Out God’s Will – Acts 21:4 “Finding the disciples there, we stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they urged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.” – Acts 21:4 Why did Paul go to Jerusalem?  Better yet, why did Paul go to Jerusalem when his ministry was for the gentiles (Romans 15:16)?  [...]

Testing The Heart

“Examine me, O LORD, and try me; Test my mind and my heart.” Psalm 26:2 How are you really doing with lusts of the flesh, with insecurity, with trusting in the Lord, with your thought life, with your anger, with your pride?  The key word in that sentence is “really”.  Sure we can all say [...]

Look Straight!

“Rest in the LORD and wait patiently for Him; Do no fret because of him who prospers in his way,  Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.  Cease from anger and forsake wrath, Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.  For evildoers will be cut off, But those who wait for the [...]

Making Choices Pt.2

Joel 2:25 The Lord says, “I will give you back what you lost to the swarming locusts, the hopping locusts, the stripping locusts, and the cutting locusts. It was I who sent this great destroying army against you. Last time, I talked about how we have to act out in complete faith and trust in [...]

Consequence or A Trial?

Consequence or a Trial? Psalm 34:19 – “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.” Going through some sort of trial?  Maybe you’ve lost a loved one, maybe you’re in a financial crisis.  Maybe there is some sort of illness you can’t seem to get over.  When [...]

Making Choices

Making Choices Romans 14:23 “But the man who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.” As I said in earlier entries, we are not to be concerned with the individual will for our lives; rather we should look [...]

Jonah Paid the Fare?

Jonah Paid the Fare “But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.  So he went down to Joppa, found a ship which was going to Tarshish, paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.”  – Jonah 1:3 In [...]

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