“If a thing is free to be good, it is also free to be bad. And free will is what has made evil possible. Why, then, did God give them free will? Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth… Read More »
The World or Jesus?
“A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is… A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That… Read More »
Minding God’s Business
“Submission to the Scriptures is submission to God. Rebellion against the Scriptures is rebellion against God.” ~ Kevin DeYoung Humanity is obsessed with minding its own business and ignoring God’s business altogether. Humans go to any lengths to get what they can from the world, not even realizing they are delusional, believing they can rest… Read More »
The Voice of God
God gives every human being the ability to believe, but it takes an act of faith to engage this belief and become spiritually obedient to God’s principles. Two of the most common questions in the world of the Spirit are how do you hear the voice of God, and how do you know it’s the… Read More »
The Powerful Weapon of Prayer
“Prayer concerns God, whose purposes and plans are conditioned on prayer.” ~ E.M. Bounds Have you ever used prayer as a weapon against the principalities and powers at work in the world? 4 Our weapons that we fight with aren’t human, but instead, they are powered by God for the destruction of fortresses. They destroy arguments,5 and… Read More »
Acceptable Temptation
The world’s ways can quickly become our ways. The relentless temptations from Satan will indeed become acceptable to us unless we have the Holy Spirit living inside us. Jesus reminds us that the world is under the principalities and powers of the Prince of Darkness. If we are not living the kingdom life, then we… Read More »
Mind Bullies
When it comes to the subject of the mind, there are many theories as to what the mind is or is not. There is a Western approach to the mind and an Eastern approach to the mind. In the Western tradition, faculties’ complex involves perceiving, remembering, considering, evaluating, and deciding. In some sense, the mind… Read More »
Keep Your Eyes On The Kingdom
Many things in life will compete for our attention as kingdom people. America is stricken with extreme individualism and the quest for MORE, and MORE comes in many shapes and sizes. The moment we take our eyes off God, we open the door for doubt, fear, and temptation to come storming into our life. We… Read More »
Dream Weaver
How often do you dream? Do some of your dreams disturb you because they seem out of character, or at times even evil in nature? In our reading today, Joseph has the ability to dream prophecy, but not only is he able to dream it, but he can also interpret it too. His brothers envy… Read More »
Change Behavior, Save Your Mind
“We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.” ~ Albert Einstein What do you think? Do you have control over your thinking? Can you shut off your mind at will? Is your mind riddled with stinking thinking? These questions alone cause us to think even more, don’t they? Someone… Read More »
