Our Heart Condition

Our Heart Condition

There are spiritual laws in our lives that God operates through.  Just like how God works through His physical laws God must work through His spiritual laws.  For example God can only minister to the glory of God in us that we have allowed Him to develop in us.  Many...
God’s Vineyards

God’s Vineyards

Jesus was a master with the use of symbolism as he shared with the common people of His day.  He knew picture messages and easy to understand illustrations where key to understanding, but so profound with spiritual significance and revelation.  Jesus often talked...
Real Power

Real Power

I do not know about you, but I have grown up in church all of my life and when I look back at what I remember and what I see in churches today I ask myself  what has happened to the power of God?  I can remember the sovereign power of God falling in services and...
Casual Worship

Casual Worship

Karen and I were passing through Kitty Hawk on the outer banks of North Carolina on our way home from Corolla (after spending a day with John, Mary (Karen’s sister), their two wonderful girls, and another couple and their three kids. John and Mary like to drive down...
God’s Longsuffering

God’s Longsuffering

Jeff and Connie have moved in with us for about a month before they leave for Okinawa, Japan Jeff is one of those real American heroes a U.S. Marine. With their luggage, excess food and “stuff” from their home here in Jacksonville they also brought a five month old...
Real Power

Called Unto Glory

I remember Charles Haun asking two pastors from Africa what is the best commentary on the Bible?  Both pastors debated awhile among themselves and finally said Strong’s Concordance.  With a little twinkle in his eye Charles shook his head and said, “no the Bible.”  I...
Be Not Deceived

Be Not Deceived

One of the biggest warnings all throughout the Bible is to take heed to ourselves not to be deceived. Deception is one of the biggest stumbling blocks in our lives that will cause us to fall out of the way God would have us go. Paul, John, Peter, even Jesus time and...
God’s Eternal Habitation

God’s Eternal Habitation

While I was waiting before the Lord preparing for our monthly Home Group Meeting the Lord impressed upon me Ephesians 2:18-22. I really love it when the Holy Spirit opens up the Scriptures to me in revelation, especially when He opens up something I have been holding...