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Perception of Evil They are like a lion hungry for prey, like a fierce lion crouching in cover. Psalm 17:12 Being with Jesus in the first century meant regular discussions about Satan and engaging evil forces. Imagine: for the disciples, being with Jesus was for the specific intention of gaining…

Food For Thought   Oil and perfume make the heart glad, so a man’s counsel is sweet to his friend. Proverbs 27:9   When we are in the midst of pressure and heavy circumstances, our ability to think clearly and see solutions is almost always clouded. The problem is that…

Ministry And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19 Gods calling to ministry is aided by honesty to specific questions regarding your uniqueness. What are the things I care about most as a man — What’s my natural…

Extending Our Boarders “Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. Isaiah 33:20 The ambition of God’s man to become like Christ requires aggressively pursuing that one ambition. We need to constantly stretch the borders of our…

Your Attitude and Your Stand Your attitude about evil reflects your stand against evil. The great men of faith understood this, and as God’s man, so must you.  To help you with this, we need to think about evil and our fight with it in uncomplicated terms that are consistent…

Are you Burdened? Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you.  Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke…

I Don’t Care Maybe you saw the remake of the movie The Fugitive starring Harrison Ford as Dr. Kimble and Tommy Lee Jones as U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard.  It’s an easy movie to like — innocent man gets the shaft in the courts and is wrongly convicted and sentenced to…

More Than a Dream My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as my will but as you will. Matthew 26:39 The dream of Jesus did not depend on His circumstances, His Rights, His parents, His friends, His critics, or His feelings.  It’s…

Satan Knows Who You Are But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. John 16:13 Satan knows who you are, get that.  Then, as every God’s man must do on a more consistent basis, we need to accept what that means.  What’s that, you…

Servant Warriors In Him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace. Ephesians 1:7 The Holy Spirit warriors of Pentecost reproduced the greatness Jesus spoke of by sacrificing themselves for the sake of others.  They boldly served the Lord by…