The Victor’s Heart

“According to your faith be it unto you.” Matthew 9:29 Dear Ones: What are we specifically trusting the Lord for?  James tells us in his epistle: “…You have not because you ask not.” (4:2)  He then adds:  “…(You) receive not because you ask amiss” (v.3).  The big thing to grasp here is that God DOES…


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The Overwhelming Privilege

“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.” Colossians 3:1 Dear Ones: Christianity begins with Christ’s cry of finality:  “It is finished.”  The work is done, cannot be added to or altered in any form or fashion.  It is as final…


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The Alpha And The Omega: Part One

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending…the first and the last.” Revelation 1:8,17 Dear Ones: Why did God give to John the Apostle, the specific revelation of the glorified Christ?  John had already conveyed to believers far and near “…what he had seen and heard…” concerning Christ in the flesh, even the…


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The Imperative Of Clarity

“For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?” 1 Corinthians 14:8 Dear Ones: Going to war, and more specifically going into battle, is not a light thing.  If a trumpet’s sound is that which is the convincing alert to prepare for battle, it must be clearly discerned.  The…


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The Stripes That Heal

“…And with His stripes we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5 Dear Ones: One of the most amazing things about John’s vision of the Lamb of God in the book of Revelation, chapter four, is that when he sees the Lord Jesus, he describes Him as “…a Lamb as it had been slain.” (v.6)  It is apparent…


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Unrelentingly Forward

“…Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 15:58 Dear Ones: How does one keep on going?  How does one with patient endurance, and steadfast hope, plow on in the face of adversity, difficulty, and opposition?  Perhaps if we look into the prison cell of…


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The God Of The Nations

“Why do the heathen (nations) rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?” Psalm 2:2 Dear Ones: One of the most difficult and complex issues of the Christian life is to reconcile the idea of the greatness of God with the littleness of “me.”  And yet, the Apostle Paul would write, speaking of Christ, “…who…


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