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

Pleasures Forevermore You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. ––Psalm 16:11 AMP Sometimes I think we’ve become allergic to pleasure. At least in my church background, “pleasure” was not a word to be trusted. As in, if your life is…

Second Milers 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 serving…

“Be it So” Versus Being Liked For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. ––Romans 10:10 St. Ignatius of Antioch (98-117 AD) was a Syrian who became a disciple of the Apostle John…

The Death of Truth? You’re going to find that there will be times when people will have no stomach for solid teaching, but will fill up on spiritual junk food—catchy opinions that tickle their fancy. They’ll turn their backs on truth and chase mirages. But you—keep your eye on what you’re…

His Vision for Your Life In all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. ––Proverbs 3:6 God’s vision for you is solid, invincible, and has been in place for a long time. It is an oak tree—rooted, grounded, and able to withstand very strong winds of…

Marked and Targeted Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. ––Ephesians 6:17 The fact is you do have this birth mark on your chest. You’ve been marked and labeled in the spiritual world just by virtue of your birth. If you…

When Iron Floats They went to the Jordan and began to cut down trees. As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead fell into the water. “Oh no, my lord!” he cried out. “It was borrowed!” The man of God [Elisha] asked, “Where did it fall?” When he…

Home vs. Hotel   And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood. Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore. For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.  ––Hebrews…

The Way of All the Earth When the time drew near for David to die, he gave a charge to Solomon his son. “I am about to go the way of all the earth,” he said. “So be strong, act like a man, and observe what the Lord your God requires: Walk in obedience to him, and…