The meaning of “holy” is often defined by the culture around us, but the ancient Biblical culture gives us a different perspective. Merriam-Webster defines holy as a “religious or morally good; exalted or worthy of complete devotion as one perfect in goodness and righteousness.” For this reason, when we read about people like holy priests …
The Lord has been impressing upon me lately to consider writing an article on being “set apart for God.” I asked a few of my co-workers what they thought it meant and here are a few of their thoughts. To be set apart means that God has His hand on you for a specific purpose. …
In five years it won’t matter if he was cute. It won’t matter if he was well-dressed, if he said all the right words, if he was funny or trendy or cool. The pictures won’t matter. The “likes”, the status, the #relationshipgoals achieved – they’ll just be ripples on the surface of a newfound depth. There is so much relationship advice out there and …
The Man You Overlooked While You Were Searching for the Perfect Husband Read More »
“Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.” (2 Corinthians 12:7, NIV) There has been much speculation on what Paul’s “thorn in the flesh” was. Some have speculated that it was a chronic medical condition, a human adversary or some …
Years ago, an old saint shared with me 12 prayer principles from the life of Jesus Christ. It made such a difference in my personal prayer life. There are only 17 references to Jesus praying and most of them are in the book of Luke. 1. The principle of ILLUMINATION. Luke 3:21-22 says, “When all the people were being baptized, …
12 Keys to a More Powerful Prayer Life by Rick Warren Read More »
Jesus’ encounter with the rich young man has always unsettled me. I’m an American. I’m as middle-class as Americans go, which means I live in a level of affluence and abundance unknown by most of my co-inhabitants of this world today, and by a far, far lower percentage of people in history. In global and …
On December 8, 1941, a joint session of congress convened in Washington D.C. The President of the United States, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, stood before them and declared a short seven-minute speech. The most memorable line from it was the first. Most of you have heard it… Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live …
The devil does everything in his power to make his voice heard in this world. At one point he even had the audacity to interupt Jesus while the Lord was speaking in the synagogue: “And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day He entered into the synagogue, and taught… And there was in …
God Wants You to Know His Voice by David Wilkerson Read More »
1 God is renowned in Judah; in Israel his name is great.2 His tent is in Salem, his dwelling place in Zion.3 There he broke the flashing arrows, the shields and the swords, the weapons of war.[b 4 You are radiant with light, more majestic than mountains rich with game.5 The valiant lie plundered, they sleep their last sleep;not one of the warriors can lift his hands.6 At …
