Hedonism is the philosophy which makes pleasure-seeking the main point of life. Everything is about trying to feel good and pursuing anything that promises us pleasure and enjoyment. This may sound like Scrooge, the Charles Dickens character from A Christmas Carol,...
Tucked away in a tiny verse in the book of Ephesians we find an amazing truth. Almost as an aside, the apostle Paul gives us a glimpse of the amazing love exhibited in God’s great rescue mission for humanity. “He ascended… but… he also first...
If you really want to experience a deeper life with God, you need to answer three questions honestly. The first is, “What are you pursuing most in life?” This will reveal what you really are living for. Most people assume that because they are believers in...
“The water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of living water springing up into everlasting life.” (John 4:14) Being filled with the Spirit is more than experiencing his touch upon your life. It is far more profound than that. As temples...
You may not feel particularly attracted by the thought of an octopus. Perhaps your only interest in one is when you eat Calamari, made from one the octopus’ closest cousins, or if you are especially wild about some Chinese specialty dishes. But can a female...
(Psalm 130:1) The beginning of this Psalm touches a familiar experience for us all. Of course it?s natural and right to turn to the Lord in times of deep distress. We?ve all done that at one time or another. He always draws close to listen and answer. During times of...
Have you ever felt a longing inside you so deep, so profound, that sometimes you barely notice its existence? And yet you know it is there. It is like an aching void within that you long to fill but don’t always know how. You believe that you have been made for...
God has given to you the ministry of reconciliation! You are an ambassador for Jesus, and he has given you the task of introducing him to people through your testimony. In Acts 1:8 Jesus says, ?But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and...
Jesus said to them, ?It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the...
In the Old Testament, a staff was a symbol of prophetic authority. When Elisha sent his servant Gehazi to resuscitate a dead boy, he equipped him with his staff as the sign that Gehazi was acting in the name and authority of a true prophet. Gehazi had previously...
