Desperately Seeking Jesus – Part 2God is looking for a people who are desperate to hear His voice, to commune with Him, and to obey Him. The Holy Spirit resides within His people and communicates clearly through His own voice, the Bible, spiritual Fathers, prophetic gifts, and trustworthy believers who express God’s heart as they…
Freedom of an Attitude Adjustment – Our worship is so much more than our songs. Our songs summarize and reflect the heart of our lifestyle worship. Usually a struggling ability to express worship in God’s presence indicates a struggling desire in the lifestyle worship. So, approaching God’s presence to worship means aligning one’s attitude properly…
Seeking Wisdom from the One in Control — God generously gives wisdom to those who ask. He is pleased to give us Wisdom. He doesn’t require us to climb an impossible mountain to talk to a guru. When we first came to Christ, we were given a supernatural wisdom to understand an otherwise foolish message.…
Victory and Freedom from Jezebel — God does not dominate or control people, even though it is within His power to do so. Wherever and on whomever the Holy Spirit dwells, He is working toward our continued freedom. The broken nature of mankind is riddled with the need to control. However, our need to control…
Control — God does not dominate or control people, even though it is within His power to do so. Wherever and on whomever the Holy Spirit dwells, He is working toward our continued freedom. The broken nature of mankind is riddled with the need to control. However, our need to control occurs when we are…
Refinement in Forgiveness and Persecution – Persecution is a historical pattern. It takes on many forms, and it revisits society in various socially-acceptable ways. Persecution caused the Church of Acts to grow. It separated those who sought only blessing from those willing to deny self and minister life at their own personal expense. Part of…
Freely Receive, Freely Give — Disagreements can bring division or solutions. The end-result most often depends upon our commitment to each other and our love for Jesus over proving the winning and losing sides or the disagreement. Currently, the world is shouting various viewpoints very loudly. It is time for the Church to realize that…
God’s Building, Our Response — The Lord has the sovereignty in all things and can step into broken places to make a way whenever He desires. He knows how to make things work together for good. Christians were born for the day of adversity, not for luxary. We were designed to deploy into the hostility…
Wholehearted Prayer and Fasting — The Holy Spirit teaches us to pray and is in-sync with the Father’s will. The Holy Spirit shows us where the Bible should shape our prayers, just as the Bible has the power to shape our thoughts and perspectives. He leads us into fasting so that we can affect lasting…
The Spirit Leads Our Prayers — Prayer and faith are not a formula. Do we ever copy other people’s prayer styles or accept their perspective of God’s will simply because we have failed to experientially developed our own? Is the world affecting our prayer life instead of the other way around? Are we surrendered to…
