He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him (1 Kings 13:18 KJV) The story of the “man Read More
The Flourishing Christian Life
God working in you to will and do His good pleasure
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure (Philippians 2:13 KJV) Paul gives us a life-changing revelation of the workings of God in our lives in the verse above. He had told the Philippians to work out their own salvation with fear and trembling( verse Read More
Taking the Sword of the Spirit for spiritual warfare
And take the helmet of salvation, and the Sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God (Ephesians 6:17 KJV) In the classic figure of a Roman soldier dressed for war given to us in Ephesians 6, Paul urges us to take the Sword of the Spirit “which is the Word of God”. He Read More
Bearing with one another in love
With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love (Ephesians 4:2 ESV) The Apostle Paul by the Spirit reveals a fundamental aspect of brotherly love as he exhorts the Ephesians to bear with each other in love. What does this mean? The Amplified Translation gives us the insight needed to understand Read More
What the Spirit is saying about the last days
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons (1 Timothy 4:1 ESV) We are living in very troubling times. We do not know when Jesus is coming, but we know that the things He told us in the Read More
As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will Read More
The horse is prepared against the day of battle
The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the LORD (Proverbs 21:31 ESV) Solomon sums up the mystery of divine workings with men in the verse above. He says the horse is prepared against the day of battle. Military generals in Bible times preparing for any battle will Read More
Thou shalt both do great things, and shalt still prevail
Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place (1 Samuel 26:25 KJV) David was anointed as king when Saul was still king in the land. This is never a Read More