Are you part of the born again people? Did you know it is a journey? Did you know it isn’t a once done decision to follow Jesus Christ. It is a relationship with Him. A relationship requires interaction. Communication. Jesus Christ is a person to follow, to adore. He is fascinating. We want to know more about what He is like. What He thinks. What He feels. What are His goals,His purpose. It is a private relationship between you and…
Another reason we might not be conquerors is we haven’t come to the place where we truly don’t trust ourselves. When we come to the place where we know that we can’t do life. That needs to be the premise of our life if we are to have victory. We fail because we trust ourselves. There needs to be a time when we say,”I can’t do life.” Period. Permanent. It must be a trusted and settled fact from that day…
Do you feel that if there is a God He has abandoned you? Where does that feeling come from? He has created you to be inhabited by His Spirit. Without His presence we are empty souls. World full of empty souls trying to make sense out of life. Trying to do the best we can, yet never feeling quite satisfied. What is missing? He is. Does religion solve the emptiness? We were meant for Him. Not for any religion. No….
Kingdom success is completely different from our concept of success. It is backward. Jesus said, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:3 “God, I need You. I am poor in spirit.” Can you pray that with me? Or are you doing alright on your own? Why is an attitude of poverty important in the kingdom of heaven? Personal poverty is crucial in God’s kingdom It is for those who recognize their need…
Do you want God’s smile? You know He is the supreme creator of the universe, and He created in our DNA the need for His approval. Wouldn’t it be nice to know that He approves of you? That He smiles at you? Would you like the right to be called His child? Good news! There is a way. It is exclusive, yet welcomes all who come. Although God has created every person, not all are His children. Not all have…
Behavior or Birth? What Determines Your Identity? We can train a bird to “speak” or sing a song with a human-like voice, but the bird is still a bird. His behavior might be human-like, but he is still a bird. We can teach humans to be better humans, but they are still human. A better human is no more connected to God than a bad human. Both are separated from God by birth. We can behave like a Christian, but…
Power – potential, capability, Ability to do or act; capability, to give power, to make powerful If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you…Romans 8:11 Did you know the power that set the sun on fire lives in us? We house the presence of God. We are His temple. Do you feel the vibrating, quivering, life-giving power coursing through your being? It is there. “All the worry and fret of God’s children would end…
Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies it won’t produce fruit. John 12:20-26. To have resurrected life it is essential we follow Christ To participate in a new and resurrected life we need to follow in the footsteps of Jesus. We need to follow Jesus Christ if we want His resurrected Life in us. It is only in Him that we find this life. Where did Jesus go? Matthew 16:21; 17:22-23; 20:17-19 Do you get an…
“A whole person is God in a person,” Norman P. Grubb* The Liberating Secret by Norman P. Grubb, Zerubbabel Press, Blowing Rock, North Carolina, (1955) 2010, pg. 52. Not whole apart from God We were created with the ability to communicate with God and be in close friendship with Him. That connection was severed. Cut off. No life. Dead. We are not whole and can never be whole apart from God. God wants to restore it. However, we must admit…
Let me share with you what I discovered about my new identity. Like many born-again believers, I thought I was essentially the same person just saved and forgiven. Then it was up to me to live the Christian life the best I could and maybe over time I would develop a better character. I didn’t understand that I wasn’t the same person I was before my new birth, that all was new. My past influenced my life. Now I know…
