Jesus said "follow Me". What does that actually mean in practical spiritual terms? Lots of opinions, books, and schools of theology have tried to extract the essences and deeper meaning out of those two little words. It is really very …
Fear and anxiety are on every side and yet Jesus tells us to be anxious for nothing. How do we obey His command to be “anxious for nothing” when fear is on every hand? God is our ever present help …
Demons gain control over us through incremental agreements. They do not just show up and jump into us. The permissions they need must come through invitation of the host (us). Many of these permissions have already been given by our …
The lost book of Enoch gives us the backstory on the primal origin of the demons and lays a deeper foundation for the things we are told in the Scripture. Knowing our enemy is the first step to taking authority …
Jesus laid out the overview for His disciples as to what they could expect in following Him. The course would be filled with obstacles. Just as the gospel was going to be resisted, they, as the carriers of the Gospel …
Jesus called the twelve disciples and gave them power to deal with disease and demons. The briefing also included an overview of the persecution, the strategy for bringing the message of the gospel, the types of resistance, the divisiveness of …
What was He thinking? Didn't He know all the bad things that were going to happen in carrying out His plan to save the world? Yes, He already knew the world would degenerate into darkness and depravity. He knew He …
Satan has mixed the Gospel of Jesus Christ with many other gospels. These counterfeit gospels mix law with grace to deceive us. His intention is to bring us back under the bondage of trying to be good enough to get …
Oh foolish Galatians, Paul declared, “Who has bewitched you?” Foolishness is like a cancer that eats its way into the very fabric of our lives, relationships and the moral order of everything. Foolishness as bound in the child is not …
The Hebrew word for a fool is the word “bellows.” Our English equivalent would be “windbag!” The fool has said in his heart, “there is no God.” We have degenerated into a generation of blind rebellion against God that we …
It is time to be diligent to do the work to which we were called. To repent and set the captives free. This can be our greatest hours, hours of victory and deliverance and seeing the hand of the Lord …
Not only has the Enemy turned this world into a heap of rubble, he has also blocked any rescue efforts on the part of the righteous. He has snatched the power of the Word of God, promoted a survival and …
If the foundations be destroyed what can the righteous do? The foundations of almost everything are being or have been destroyed by the Evil One. In his attempt to take over the world, nothing has been left un touched. Our …
Without the resurrection there is no gospel, no remission of sin and no eternal life. And yet, we have buried the power of God, His victory over sin and death with rabbits that lay colored eggs! What is harder to …
Jesus came the first time to declare unto us the way of salvation. The second time to defeat the Kingdom of Darkness forever. The first time He entered Jerusalem for the last time riding on a donkey's colt, many were …
Everything was broken, the people, their bodies, their hopes, their simple lives were torn and shattered. He found the people like sheep scattered and without a shepherd. The tragedies they had suffered had left them blind and unable to see …
Suffering has flooded the earth with pain, longing, waiting, injustice, lack, and human conflict. Few have not tasted its bitter visitation into their lives, relationships, health and hopes. What is the purpose of suffering? The fiery trials are to r...
Suffering is part of this fallen world. Can it be avoided? Is there any redeeming merit to it? Is there such a thing as suffering needlessly? What does it mean to suffer for Christ? As common as suffering is among …
Great expectations in life and in God can be the source of great disappointment. The ways of God do not work like the ways of the world. Many of us think our ideas of how things should work in this …
To Love or not to Love - that is the question. Is it possible to love at all times, and under all circumstances or are there times to turn away from love? Is our love really about keeping the rules, …
Is your love life like a box of chocolates? Never knowing what you're going to get? The biblical definition of love is " to know and be known". But is being vulnerable safe in real life? We become afraid to …
Before we can cast out a demon we must understand how these things, the works of the flesh, and demonic activity fit together. Error and misunderstanding have hindered the church from effectively ministering to the needs of the sick and …
Recognizing what we are dealing with is essential to dealing with it, that includes recognizing and dealing with demons. In our modern systems of diagnosing, everything has been relabeled a bad behavior, an addiction, depression, etc. Nothing is take...
Believe it or not, we hate sin! We are built by God, created in his image. God hates sin and so do we. Sin separates us from God and His plan to reunite us with Him. The Devil has used …