Prayer…a weapon? Seriously?
Spiritual Warfare Part 10 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. (Ephesians...
View ArticleUnforgiving—A Weapon Formed Against You
Spiritual Warfare Part 11 And even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and turns to you seven times and says, I repent [I am sorry], you must forgive him (give up resentment and consider the...
View ArticleWords–Powerful Weapons
Spiritual Warfare Part 12 They [believers] triumphed over him [the accuser of the brethren] by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to...
View ArticleWho’s Inhabiting Your Atmosphere?
Spiritual Warfare Part 13 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. (Psalms 22:3 KJV) Atmosphere Created by You. Have you ever noticed when you complain about one small thing,...
View ArticleTo Whom do You Submit?
Spiritual Warfare Part 14 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (James 4:7 KJV) Submit to the Lord as a child submits to her father We are submissive-bound...
View ArticleDraw Near to God? What Does That Even Look Like?
Spiritual Warfare Part 15 And since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings … (Hebrews 10:21:22a) Draw...
View ArticlePurity is What You Think
Spiritual Warfare Part 16 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. (James 4:5 NIV) In high school, I had a friend who...
View ArticleBut It’s Only a Tiny Stretch of the Truth
Spiritual Warfare Part 18 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in...
View ArticleLies in the Christian Camp
Spiritual Warfare Part 19 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ....
View ArticleLies Shatter Relationships
Spiritual Warfare Part 20 The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness. (Jeremiah 31:3) Several years ago, I caught...
View ArticleI’m a Prisoner and so are You
Spiritual Warfare Part 21 So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. (Genesis 3:23) Remember high school? Fun, excitement, zeal for life...
View ArticlePrison or Training
Spiritual Warfare Part 22 But while Joseph was there in the prison, the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. So the warden put Joseph in...
View ArticleThis Little Light
Natural and manmade light enhances our world. Without it, darkness prevails. Nothing good exists in the absence of light, especially not color. Is it any wonder that darkness is synonymous with the...
View ArticleRe-patterning Thoughts for Thanksgiving
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. (Romans...
View ArticleThe Gift
Advent 2014 Day 1 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of...
View ArticleInto Every Life–a Mary-moment
Advent 2014 Day Two “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her. (Luke 1:38) “Do Not Be Afraid” If an angel appeared to you, how would you...
View ArticleLearning from Joseph’s Dilemma
Advent 2014 Day 3 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. (Matthew 1:24) God seems to talk to me more just before I fall asleep or...
View ArticleSeeking Reassurance
Advent Day 4 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. (Luke 1:39) Sisters When my husband and I...
View ArticleThe Journey
Advent 2014 Day 5 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register...
View ArticleThe Skeptical Shepherd
Advent 2014 Day 6 Do You See What I See? As the night closed in around us, I pulled a sheepskin around shoulders. The fire dwindled to a few ember coals. Snores and snorts rumbled from the lucky...
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