The hostility against Jesus mounted as it became more apparent who He was. The Honeymoon with Jesus and His enemies was over. He was a threat the them and everything they had built out of the bricks of religion and …
An eye for an eye does not promote the law of love. Satan is the god of this world. What would ever make us think that he would promote the justice due a man? Or that his administration of this …
The Lord instructs His people to have other gods before Him and that He is a jealous God visiting the iniquities of the fathers onto the children to the third and fourth generation. Unless we put the devil into the …
The symptoms of chaos in our lives are anxiety, depression and fear. Chaos comes as one of the after-effects of childhood trauma. The trauma has gotten us to permit disassociation and "I don't want to know" to rule in our …
Life is the place where love and fear meet and make war. It is the co-mingling of the two most powerful and compelling forces on earth. "Perfect love casts out fear." But what is love? We are told that God …
The dictionary defines pain as penalty, and suffering inflicted as punishment of an offense. This is a perfect lead in for the spirit of guilt to gets us to agree with the implication that we deserve to be punished for …
Only those written in the Lamb’s Book of Life will be permitted to enter into the temple. (Rev.21:27) Jesus told His disciples to rejoice that their names “were written in Heaven.” “And I saw the dead, small and great, standing …
There is not much glory in this Snake Pit down here. Atrocities, horrific injustices, vile hatred and sin rule the day. Jesus came to lay down His life in the Snake Pit to glorify the Father and redeem us from …
Isaiah said it well. Pits of despair, lies, caves of fear and confusion have locked up God’s people. It is time to come out of the strongholds Satan has set, the snares of hopelessness. “But this is a people robbed …
Be anxious for nothing. Fear not. God is for me. Fear makes us anxious. Perfect love casts out fear - if we know God is for us. What are the thoughts fear is putting in our minds to build its …
Emmanuel (Immanuel) means "God with us." God is above us. God is against us when we sin. God is among us. God is for us. God is in us. God is with us. And because Jesus came to be with …
Our foundations are in shambles, our minds have been overtaken, and our eyes blinded to see what is right in front of us. The snatcher (aka Satan) truly has done a magnificent job of distracting us from the liberating power …
Promises delayed are painful things. Will they ever come to pass or is this just another place for sadness and complacency to hide? Jesus did come the first time. The promise was kept. The second promise of His second coming …
Joseph and Mary were not sinless but they were holy, living in obedience to the Law as it had been brought to the Jewish people through Moses and the Prophets. The world was full of political unrest, injustice and power …
When will all this suffering end? The longing for things to change, the sorrow and loss of loved ones and the blatant injustice? In the fullness of time God sent His Son Jesus as the Ransom Redeemer to set us …
Not easy to do unless you know that the grace and goodness of God are going to make it right and repay those who trouble you. But wait, there is more. We get to live in and by the grace …
We are here in a dark place and commanded to be anxious for nothing and in everything to give thanks. The only way any of that can be done is through the power of the Holy Spirit and faith in …
When the jailer was awakened by the earth quake in the middle of the night he thought his two notorious prisoners, Paul and Silas had escaped. Seeing his only option was to kill himself the jailer drew his sword. Then …
The day of reckoning is drawing near. What is holding you back from giving your all to following Jesus Christ? It is time to declare your faith in the promises of the One True God. He is the only One …
No that is not a typo, it is the real source behind the sugary coated fear tactics of bullying and bribery that expose the roots of the devil’s dark holiday, Halloween. When we participate in the festivities of this “fun” …
How would our lives be different if we really knew we were loved by God? Not for what we do but for who we are. We would be less anxious and more confident in receiving answers to our prayers. We …
We have been raised to think love is based on performance and dependent upon our behavior. We are caught up on the torture racks of conditional love and project those concepts onto God our Father. We have a hard time …
There more than six wars described in the Bible that will occur in the "latter days." To many these would appear to be those days. The major concern would be how far will this war in Israel spread and how …
How do I know if I need deliverance? The false gospels preach getting rid of our sin which obscures power of the gospel of grace and good news. Getting rid of our sin and not realizing it is the demon …