Romans 11:22 exhorts us to, “Behold then the kindness and severity of God….” This does not imply that God is kind one day and severe the next. He does not change. He is both kind and severe all the time. Many are only able to behold His kindness, and because of this, they become open to distorted,...

There is a ditch on either side of the path of life, and there are extremes on both sides of every truth. The faith and confidence needed to be decisive can easily drift into presumption at times. Still, it is better to err on the side of extreme faith than too little faith. God can correct...

The first thing the Lord required of Abraham to become the “father of faith” was to leave his home in Ur of the Chaldees, the Babylonians. As we are told in Hebrews 11:8-10: By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went...

We have been addressing the manifest presence of the Lord, and its relationship to koinonia fellowship. We will now cover some of the basics that enable this, and that can inhibit or rob us of this basic and crucial part of our inheritance in Christ. We will begin with the mentality of fallen man,...

As I have shared, I have had many prophetic experiences in the heavenly realm. I have met with the Lord face to face several times, but I don’t think there is anything in the Lord or in this life that we can experience like His manifest presence. In almost all my prophetic experiences I was alone,...

The Book of Revelation reveals a harlot church that marries the spirit of the world instead of waiting for Christ as a pure, chaste virgin. As we see in Revelation 18:4-5, a voice will come from heaven, saying, "Come out of her, My people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive of...

Christian maturity is growing up into the Lord. When we become disciples, by seeking Him and His kingdom above all else, day and night, in all we do, we are building our life on the Rock which cannot be shaken when storms come. Those who have been so trained will not fear the increasing shakings of...

After the believers in Acts were scattered, they started leading, boldly preaching the gospel, and making disciples. They may not all have been apostles, but they started churches that produced apostles, like at Antioch. This is the nature of Christian maturity. Leaders produce leadership in those...

As the world gets closer to having the ultimate totalitarian control through a one-world government, and with the increasing darkness, every act of faith will be an increasingly bright light. Keep in mind: God does His best work when things seem most impossible to us. Jesus predicted the end of...

The first thing God said about His creation that was “not good” (see Genesis 2:18 ) was for man to be alone. Loneliness is not good, and it is not the normal state for anyone. We were not created to navigate through this life alone. We can learn to endure it, and even prefer it, but we can never...