"I will send my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run. I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way. But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the...

This week I will speak from an experience that I am currently going through.  About seven years ago I received a vision of what our Great and Awesome Lord wished for my life.  At that time I was an unreserved but unrestrained newer convert of Jesus Christ's.  I had no idea of my future and rarely...

What does it mean to “put the Lord to the test?” Chances are that many of us have done so and may not even realize what we have done. When being tempted by the devil Jesus quoted Deuteronomy 6:16 which states, “Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God.” Putting God to a test is sinful and wrong....

In our society there are many who are plagued with the “gotta haves.”  I’ve gotta have this. I have gotta have that.  Unfortunately, our “gotta haves” can get in the way of our true worship of the Lord.  In fact, it is the "gotta haves" that leaves many wanting to live with one foot in the...

I was reading the prophet Zephaniah recently and came across these words written about a prophesied judgment upon the children of Jerusalem.  The Lord declared, “At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those who are complacent, who are like wine left in its dregs, who think, ‘The...

This week as I have thought about America's “Independence” Day celebration coming on Saturday.  I have pondered much about how God has created us to be "in-dependence" upon His word.  This thought of being in dependence led me to a passage of scripture that Jesus quoted when being tempted by Satan...

In one of my favorite stories in the Bible the Prophet Elijah makes an amazing statement to the Israelites.  It was during this time that Elijah had the great duel with the 450 prophets of Baal to prove whose God was real.  Of course Yahweh ruled and was proven real.  However, I am drawn today...

HOW BIG IS YOUR GOD? This quote from Henry and Richard Blackaby recently caught my eye.  They write, "Perhaps the most significant times that God speaks to you are when He wants you to understand a new dimension of who He is.  You will never live a holy life without first understanding that...