It is insightful to me that when Luke listed the twelve apostles, when he came to Judas Iscariot, he identified him as the apostle “who became a traitor” (Luke 6:16). Let me start with a question, a sincere question that may be the most important question you can ask yourself: What are you becoming? Judas Iscariot was an apostle “who became a traitor.” This was a man who had been used mightily by the Lord to “heal the sick, raise…
I’m going to be honest with you. I’m upset right now! Upset at all the ways that so many people are experiencing deep hurts and devastation in their lives because of the wrong choices of others. I’m angry at the way Satan has bound so many and has built strongholds that are gripping lives. My heart is aching for the hurting people we’ve been meeting who are stumbling around with a spirit of heaviness, when they should be experiencing joy….
by Nancy Missler Why do we bring up the subject of spiritual warfare? We do so because if we are going to be true worshipers of God, now more than ever before we need to be knowledgeable in the art of spiritual warfare. We need to know the enemy — his tactics and his ways — because, believe me, we are going to need this wisdom! If we want to survive these “end times,” we really have no other option…
By Henry Wright Passion grows out of our vision for the future. It gives us a good reason to get up in the morning even when trials and tribulations come our way. Passion can be destroyed by passivity. Passivity requires no action or faith. It is first cousin to faithlessness and hopelessness. Habakkuk 2:2 instructs us to write the vision based on our desire for something to happen. Habakkuk 2:2-4 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision,…