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“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God…. For nothing will be impossible with God” (Luke 1:35, 37). The Ancient of Days became a newborn. […]

“You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you. There I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the […]

The statement “which is the first commandment with a promise” has always caught my attention as a parent and has been a primary motivating factor in the discipline and instruction of my children. The phrase I’m referring to is recorded in Ephesians 6:2 (NASB), where Paul is […]

I don’t know about you, but the past three weeks have been some of the worst I have seen in my lifetime. Rarely have I witnessed so much unrestrained hate and vitriol on social media. Shouting matches, offensive retorts, and extreme profanity were not an uncommon sight. […]

Things change when Jesus arrives. Always. His presence alters the atmosphere. Notice what happened when Jesus came into the land of the Gedera, a small town on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee. He encountered a man who was completely filled with a legion of […]

One of the greatest accomplishments in all of human history occurred through Nehemiah and the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem in 52 days. Nehemiah was a slave, in bondage in a foreign land. But he was connected through prayer to the God who made and controls […]

Most of us are familiar with a church that has good intentions about starting a prayer meeting. Often those good intentions fizzle after a short period of time. I was recently a guest preacher for one Sunday morning at a church in Mississippi. This is a solid […]

John the Baptist had a unique role in the economy of God. Luke records that John was sent to “make ready a people prepared for the Lord” (Luke 1:17 NASB). God knew they needed this—that somehow this prophet was vital to help people get ready for the […]

“Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God” (Acts 12:5 NASB). It is tragic that we rarely understand or utilize the power of united prayer. We fail to realize that prayer can do anything God can […]

I remember a Ugandan pastor who came to the U.S. years ago who said that his message to America was “Desperation or Devastation.” That was a riveting thought. And of course, coming from Uganda, they had lived that in their country. It reminded me that desperation is […]