30 plus years ago, at a chapel service at Queen’s Theological College in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, one of the students read the following passage out aloud as the Scripture reading for the day. Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders … [Continue reading]
May 03, 2013–The Certainty of Hope
Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath. 18 God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled … [Continue reading]
May 02, 2013–Do you understand Your Authority?
“All authority (all power of rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go then and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything that … [Continue reading]
April 30, 2013–Come Apart…so you won’t Fall Apart
“Be still and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46:10) There was a time when our vacations were so packed with frenetic activity that we would come back exhausted needing more time off to recuperate from the vacation! We would make a mad dash from … [Continue reading]
April 29, 2013–I Stand Corrected
Whoever learns from correction is wise. (Proverbs 15:5) It was one of the wittiest presentations of the entire three day Conference. Designed to impress upon the delegates the need to establish a full-time Youth Worker position for the entire … [Continue reading]
April 28, 2013–Character Trumps Charisma
“But as for you, O man of God...pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.” (I Timothy 6:11) The power of hearing God for others and delivering those words to others had just moved from being an interest to a passion … [Continue reading]
April 27, 2013–Drive Out Demons
“And in my name they will drive out demons.” (Mark 16:7) A month ago I was ministering in a town in central New York. There were about 40 people present in this meeting and I was prophesying over them. Off to the side I could see this woman … [Continue reading]
April 26, 2013–A Home-Based Missionary
As Jesus was getting into the boat, the demon-delivered man begged to go along, but he wouldn’t let him. Jesus said, “Go home to your own people. Tell them your story—what the Master did, how he had mercy on you.” The man went back and began to … [Continue reading]
April 25, 2013–Swift to Listen, Slow to Speak
“My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.” (James 1:19) In his classic book “How to Win Friends and Influence People”, Dale Carnegie tells of an evening he spent … [Continue reading]
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