For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding (Colossians 1:9, KJV) Paul prayed that the Colossians would be filled with the knowledge of the will Read More
Understanding
My son attend unto my words
My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings (Proverbs 4:20, KJV) Solomon was speaking as a father to a son. This piece of counsel applies to every one of us today, whether a daughter or a son. Solomon’s counsel was not mere human advice to listen to the wise instructions he Read More
Washed through the Word
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you (John 15:3, KJV) Jesus made the remarkable statement above that the disciples were clean through the word He had spoken to them. In other words, the words they heard from Jesus had washed them from uncleanliness and made them clean. Remember He Read More
What it Means to Receive the Word of God into our Hearts
For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me (John 17:8 KJV) We often use the phrase “receive the word” in Christian circles, and it is important to Read More
Can the Spirit Realm be Understood?
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit (John 3:8, KJV) There are few things more mysterious and difficult to grasp as this six-letter word “spirit”, in all its meanings Read More
The Importance of Understanding
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side (Matthew 13:19, KJV) The parable of the sower lays the foundational principles guiding the operation of the Read More
Seeing Jesus in the Word
And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread (Lk. 24:35 KJV) I grew up extremely discouraged as a young Christian because I was not seeing visions of Angels, Jesus or spiritual things as some others who were around me. I thought something Read More
To Everything There is a Season
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven (Ecclesiastes 3:1 KJV) Life presents itself to us in seasons and even more importantly, God operates in seasons. There is a time and a season for every single one of His purposes and plans. The Lord visited the Jews when Read More