Skip to content
  • Log In
  • Register
Patrick Oben Ministries
Patrick Oben Ministries
  • Home
  • Devotional
    • Devotionals
    • What is a Devotional?
    • Verse of the Day
    • Bible
  • Resources
    • Articles
    • Messages
    • Bookstore
    • Deshen School
  • About
    • Who We Are
    • Our Beliefs
    • My Story
    • Support the Ministry
    • Contact Us
  • Community
    • Forums
    • Testimonies
  • Events
    • Events Calendar
    • Deshen Conferences
Patrick Oben Ministries
  • Home
  • Devotional
    • Devotionals
    • What is a Devotional?
    • Verse of the Day
    • Bible
  • Resources
    • Articles
    • Messages
    • Bookstore
    • Deshen School
  • About
    • Who We Are
    • Our Beliefs
    • My Story
    • Support the Ministry
    • Contact Us
  • Community
    • Forums
    • Testimonies
  • Events
    • Events Calendar
    • Deshen Conferences

Spiritual Growth

The Power to Change Hearts and Lives

by Patrick Oben
power to change hearts showing two hands holding the letters of the word power

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and …

Read more

Categories Spiritual Growth, The Word Tags Spiritual transformation, Word is Powerful Leave a comment

Spiritual Exercise to Develop Your Spiritual Muscles 

by Patrick Oben
spiritual warfare spiritual muscle

Exercise thyself rather unto godliness. For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things.. (1 Tim. 4:7-8 KJV) By the wisdom of God, Paul distinguishes two types …

Read more

Categories Spiritual Growth Tags Spiritual exercise 2 Comments

The Renewal of the New Man

by Patrick Oben
Spiritual renewal showing a butterfly in development

And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him (Col. 3:10 KJV) The new man is the new creation, …

Read more

Categories Spiritual Growth Tags Spiritual transformation Leave a comment

Three Key Characteristics of Babes in Christ 

by Patrick Oben
spiritual babes showing a baby on a pillow with cute glasses

And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ (1 Corinthians 3:1 KJV) We are born as babies …

Read more

Categories Spiritual Growth Tags Spiritual maturity Leave a comment

What is a Spiritual Veil?

by Patrick Oben
The veil showing a woman with a hat covering her face

And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished (2 Corinthians …

Read more

Categories Spiritual Growth Tags Spiritual eyes, The Veil 2 Comments

Three Steps to Increase Your Ability to Hear God’s Voice

by Patrick Oben
three steps hearing God's Word showing a man holding his ears

And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth  (1 Sam. 3:10 KJV) God spoke to the …

Read more

Categories Spiritual Growth Tags Discernment, Hearing God 2 Comments

How to Increase God’s Presence in Your life

by Patrick Oben
how to increase God's presence showing a happy man in the background of heavenly clouds

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen (2 Corinthians 13:14 KJV)  Though God’s presence, …

Read more

Categories God, Spiritual Growth Tags Fellowship, God's Presence 2 Comments

How to Increase Spiritually

by Patrick Oben
increase spiritually showing a graph with arrows point upwards

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man (Luke 2:52 KJV) Jesus, the Son of God, increased in wisdom after His birth as a …

Read more

Categories Spiritual Growth Tags Spiritual transformation Leave a comment
Post navigation
Older posts
Page1Page2…Page7Next →

Subscribe to Our Weekly Newsletter

Email(Required)
Devotional subscribe option
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Read our Spirit-filled devotionals from our App!

download from app store icon for deshen daily app
download from google play icon patrick oben ministries

Connect with us on Social Media!

About Us.

Patrick Oben Ministries Inc is the teaching ministry of Dr. Patrick Oben based in Ankeny, Iowa. Our singular purpose is to build the Body of Christ by the wisdom and power of the Word of God through the Holy Spirit.

Read more

Patrick Oben Ministries Inc
P.O. Box 379
Ankeny IA 50021

+1 515 446 8304

© Patrick Oben Ministries Inc

Privacy PolicyTerms of Service Disclaimer