What Now?

“Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceeds.” Habakkuk 1:4 Dear Ones: The Lord revealed to Habakkuk that an impending invasion by the Chaldeans was coming.  He even spoke of this event by declaring, “…I will work a work in…


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And We Shall Be Changed

“The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.” 1 Corinthians 15:45 Dear Ones: In the book of Deuteronomy, we find Moses who had been told by God, that he was about to die.  He was to climb Mount Nebo, look over into the promised land of…


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The Greatest Race

“I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air.” 1 Corinthians 9:26 Dear Ones: The Apostle Paul writes a good deal about a race, and how to run it.  He defines it as an effort, discipline, and engagement that is not only wholehearted, but where every faculty…


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The Power Of The New Beginning

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature (creation): old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 Dear Ones: True “newness,” from heaven’s standpoint, can only be explained by determining WHERE one is living. When the Israelites passed through the Red Sea, and the Jordan,…


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Power To Live

“‘You are My witnesses,’ says the Lord, ‘and My servant whom I have chosen:  that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He.’” Isaiah 43:10 Dear Ones: When the Lord confronted Nicodemus about the necessity of being born again, He made it very clear that the power to BE born again…


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The Prelude To Victory

“I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron.”  Isaiah 45:2 Dear Ones: What is victory?  What is it from heaven’s standpoint?  If the believer is to understand victory aright, he must look at Christ, and…


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