
A New Look At An Old Photo
“Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness.” Isaiah 43:19 Earlier this week, I was looking at an old photo of myself that was taken when I was about 16 years old. Looking intently at the...

Emmanuel God With Us
"Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Emmanuel." Isaiah 7:14 “Emmanuel is a Hebrew word that means ‘God is with us.’ How do we relate to this today? What does it mean that God...

Receiving God’s Plan For Your Life
“I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling…” Ephesians 1:17-18...

How to Redeem the Time
“See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” Ephesians 5:15-16 This subject is more involved than time permits here, but perhaps a good way to start is to look at three phrases in this scripture, and...

How Giving Effects The Unseen World
“But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.” Matthew 6:20 After reading this verse, the immediate question in my mind was, “How do I go about laying up treasure for myself...

My Spirit Prays
“For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.”. I...

The Return Process
“So shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11 Praying the Word of God is vital to an effective prayer life. God’s...

The Starting Line
“And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed. Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on...

Heirs of God
“The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ” Romans 8:16-17 If you knew you were an heir to the greatest fortune of the most powerful Person in this world,...

Maintain Your Identity in Christ
“…the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Beloved, now we are children of God.” I John 3:1-2 One of the realities of the new birth is that we are now identified by heaven as being “In Christ!” Although we were born in Adam, once we receive Christ as...