Most Christians act like thermometers, reflecting the ambient spiritual temperature. If it is cold, they are cold. If the spiritual atmosphere is open, they are open. If the prevailing spiritual climate is conducive to growth, they grow. But God has not called us to...
When you think about the Jewish blood sacrifices, do they suggest death and destruction to you? Do you imagine that people offered these sacrifices just to earn God?s forgiveness and favour? If this were true, what would it say about the cross? That it was a place of...
God speaks to us through dreams and visions. How often have you felt an impulse of the Spirit touch your heart and direct you towards Himself? God is constantly speaking to us, revealing His heart, mind and will. Many years ago, God gave me a dream...
Divine joy is at the heart of Jesus? life. Luke 2:10 reports that he entered the world on a note of great jubilation; Luke 19:37 describes the people?s joy when he entered Jerusalem; and John 15:11 shows him bequeathing his joy to the disciples as he prepares to leave...
Have you ever wondered what you can do to get God’s attention? The truth is he is always giving us his full attention. He is always at the peak of his capacity and willingness to shine his goodness on us. The issue is already settled. We are his beloved children...
John F. Kennedy told the American people in his famous address in January 1961, “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” He spoke these words during what is regarded as one of the finest inauguration speeches...
