Archive for January 2024
S205P4 – The posture of prayer: the selfless prayer for the self
Jam. 5:16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. When we were kids, we spent most of our time fighting like cats and dogs. There were moments of comradery and friendship, but…
Read MoreA sad but beautiful refinement
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-wfbtw-1558430 Before the return of Christ, a great apostasy will occur. Unpleasant but necessary, this is a stage of the Church’s purification that we cannot ignore or dispel as some future event too removed in time from us. The warning is there for all that great deception is ahead and that all are vulnerable.
Read MoreS205P3 – The posture of prayer: total realignment
1 Cor. 14:13-15 Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret. For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful. What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with…
Read MoreS205P2 – The posture of prayer: God’s desires prevail
Rom. 8:26-27 Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints…
Read MoreS205P1 – The posture of prayer: constant
1 Thes. 5:16-18 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. I remember being eighteen years old and thinking that I was in love. Some people are emotionally mature at that age, but I certainly was not. My current mature self…
Read MoreS204P9 – Our spiritual fuel: prophecy
1 Cor. 14:22-25 Thus tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is a sign not for unbelievers but for believers. If, therefore, the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your minds? But if…
Read MoreS204P8 – Our spiritual fuel: hope
Rom. 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. They did not have much as children. When you are young enough, however, you may not even realize this. To them, living with lack was…
Read MoreS204P7 – Our spiritual fuel: prayer
Jam. 5:16-18 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and…
Read MoreS204P6 – Our spiritual fuel: God’s wisdom
Acts 6:8-10 And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people. Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and disputed with Stephen.…
Read MoreMore on the great delusion(s)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-unpzm-154bed7 We have covered this general idea recently, but there is a specific delusion among us resulting from people’s desire to identify with anything other than God. As the Church, I believe our job is to pray against the deception and wickedness which leads to God releasing this delusion. He ultimately gives them what they…
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