Miscellaneous

I remember the first prophetic word spoken over me when I was newly baptized in the Holy Spirit. It made me feel warm and excited on the inside, and I dutifully wrote down the gist of the words when I got home. Over time, I added to that entry the ensuing prophecies spoken over me…

Introduction: Three feast days were of prime importance to the Israelites:  The Feast of Unleavened Bread (Passover), which celebrated their deliverance from Egypt, The Feast of Harvests, the first fruits of their labors sown in the fields, and The Feast of Ingathering when they harvested the fruit of their labors in the fields. Today, the…

As I sat in the crowded waiting room of the Doctor’s office, I suddenly became aware of someone calling out. “Ma’am, maaa’aaamm!” As I looked around, I noticed an older woman in a wheel chair who was smiling at me as she waved her wrist, showing me her bracelet. “Our pearl bracelets – they are…

Introduction: Picture with me the throne room of God as described in the book of Revelation by the Apostle John.  Around the throne are four living creatures.  “Day and night they never stop saying, ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come” (Rev. 4:8).  Each time this…

Introduction: Like the disciples, we, too, need help and encouragement to be effective men and women of prayer.  And just as the Lord taught them to pray, so the Holy Spirit can help us to pray as we consider the principles Jesus taught in The Lord’s Prayer.  If we approach this familiar prayer as eager…

Introduction: Pride!  God has declared Himself to be a jealous God who will not tolerate our worship of any other gods.  Yet prideful man continues to arrogantly exalt himself rebelliously taking credit for what God has done.  Pride has been defined as “the sin of an uplifted heart against God and man.”   Is it any…

Introduction: In the first part of our study on pride, we concentrated on its ugliness and God’s attitude toward it.  In this next section, we will look at humility, the opposite of pride.  First, let’s see what God’s attitude is toward the humble. [ld_quiz quiz_id=”17180″] Downloadable PDF

After I had been serving as an Area Team President for a while, I felt I needed to go back and analyze our meeting agendas to see where our focus was, and what we were spending our time on. I was dismayed when my analysis showed over 90% of our Area Team meetings were spent…

Introduction: There are great rewards in following God’s commands, but most of His promises are conditional.  Before we can receive the great rewards offered, we must first obey the conditions.  No more is this more apparent than in this scripture from Matthew. [ld_quiz quiz_id=”20025″] Downloadable PDF

Introduction: Do you sometimes feel that living the Christian life is too hard?  That Satan and the forces of evil have the upper hand?  That as much as you try, you aren’t growing in the Lord and becoming more like Him?  If this sounds like you, there’s good news.  God didn’t command us to live…