Circles in the Desert
A Sad Story
Faith beholds and is transformed. Flesh is ever counting steps and measuring distances. Calculating how far he has come, and how far he must go.
The reason God's children in the desert could never enter the promised land is because they gave more regard to the giants, the enemies and the obstacles they faced than the word of Him . . .
Set Up for Victory
The process of apprehending a promise gives you the strength to abide in its benefits.
God's promises set us up for certain victory. He declares a word of promise fully convinced that you will lay hold of what he has spoken. And when you do, the riches contained in that promise are all yours.
If you leave it lay, it will . . .
Something's Wrong
God's Not OK with Sickness and Disease
Something’s Wrong!
Everything was good. Now, something’s wrong!
What do you think when you see a child with cleft lip and palate? What feelings stir inside you?
Suppose you had a daughter all grown up, married and ready to deliver her first baby, but you were concerned about her spiritual condition. Would you wish . . .
Blessing - Scary Good
Recently, I had a sense of the Lord saying within me: “I am your blessing, Bobby, and the blessing of those you bless.”
Peter writes in his first letter (verse 9a)
. . . bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
Blessing is a seriously potent entity. It calls out from the . . .
Just a Name?
When God tells us His name. He declares a promise - that you are welcome to enter a world in which He swears to give you every facet and feature of what God means by that name. Each name is an entire realm of benefits, blessings, promises, rights and privileges. His name says He’ll be, for you, all that name implies.
God is . . .
Why this Fascination with Miracles?
Wilbur: ’There's more to the Gospel than just miracles.’
Jill: ’Just miracles! Did you really say, 'just miracles?’
Wilbur: ’Yeah, what's the big deal about healing? Why must we see miracles? The gospel is so much more than just signs and supernatural demonstrations.’
This conversation is not unusual. . . .
