"Rebuke is hard enough.... even worse is when someone loves another but refuses to say so." Better is open rebuke than hidden love. - Proverbs 27:5 Nobody enjoys being rebuked openly, publicly. Rebuke is hard enough; but for it to be done publicly is humiliating on a whole other lever. But even worse is when someone loves another but refuses to say so. “Hidden love” has no power or effect. We need to hear and see that we are loved. Those whom we love need to hear and and

"God wants to do a new thing. First, we must stop waiting for Him to do an old thing. Move forward brothers and sisters...." Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this. ~ Ecclesiastes 6:10 Looking back at what was doesn’t change what is now. The former days weren’t better simply because of time. No blessing, no power, no Spiritual awakening or revival is reserved for times past. God is the same yesterday, today,

"God has always been after something far greater. He wants a love relationship with you greater than all other relationships in your life..." But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. (Revelation 2:4) In Revelation 2:4, the church in Ephesus was rebuked for abandoning their love for Christ. This is in stark contrast to what Paul had said about this same church 35 years earlier. You might remember in Ephesians 1:15-16 that Paul said he “ne

"It is not necessary for a person to fully understand how God causes us to be born again. It is only necessary to know that God does cause us to be born again. God gives us a new life. When a person is born again God gives that person a new nature with new desires..." Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” – John 3:3 There is only one way to heaven for all of mankind. You must be born again. There i

"Remember brothers and sisters, this is God speaking. This is His Holy Word. Be quick to hear. Slow to speak. Slow to anger. This is no command to take lightly..." Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger. – James 1:19 God created us with two ears and one mouth. This is His divine design and no doubt there is a purpose for it. Interestingly, God has to tell us to be quick to hear, because we are not. He has to tel

"Throughout the years God spoke through His prophets specific details of the Messiah...." And He said to them, But who do you say that I am? And Peter answered and said, You are the Christ. (Mark 8:27-29) Who is Jesus? Let us consider the fact He was the prophesied One. When Adam and Eve rebelled in the garden of Eden, God's plan was already in place. When He cursed the serpent, He also pointed ahead to redemption. Genesis 3:15 is the first prophecy of the Messiah. God

"And I would be horrified to be part of a church that was not being built by Jesus Christ, but rather by the minds and hands of men. If you’re part of such a place you need to..." For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. (1st Corinthians 3:11) What does it mean that there is “no…foundation other than…Jesus Christ”? Have you ever pondered that statement? Any personal faith, any ministry, any life, or any church built upon anythi

"You pray… and fast… and read the word… and go to church… and beg God to take away every temptation. If you’re ever going to win the war over temptation in your life..." “And Jesus full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil.” – Luke 4:1-2 “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet wi

Most seem to be afraid to even dare to think this thought, but God loves you, and joys over you... Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength. - Nehemiah 8:10 As a born-again believer, have you ever considered the Lord joys over you? That He truly loves you and rejoices over you? Most seem to be afraid to

What a difference there is between the early church and the Americanized church today. The early church was not out to make friends, but...

The question we must ask ourselves is, Is God and the salvation He purchased for us enough? If there was no other blessing...