January 2, 2022
What Jesus is doing here is awakening His followers to the new reality of God’s plan for His people in the Church age. The reason God’s Kingdom will not be established at this time, is that in just a few days, the Holy Spirit is going to come upon them all, and the Church will come into existence. Now, through theChurch, God’s kingdom will take up residence in the hearts of ordinary men and women, and together they will have one purpose: to be His witnesses in the world!
April 21, 2020
You are a holy one. You bear the image of Christ! You are a new creation. The old you is gone, and the new has come! You are no longer your own. You were bought with a price. You belong to God. I’m reminded by this new reality that God often views us much higher than we view ourselves. When He sees you, He sees Jesus.
December 11, 2019
Counterfeit passions can quench God’s Spirit in us. They don’t give our hearts the satisfaction it desires. So what must we do? We must allow our hearts to be rekindled by God’s indwelling Holy Spirit. That’s what Paul means when he writes, “Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor.” And so we ask, how do we do that? The answer is simple: We need to turn up the heat of God’s Holy Spirit in our lives.
December 24, 2017
This world is not your true home. God has rescued you for something so much bigger than the American Dream. He has rescued you for His Kingdom Dream. And once that begins to sink in, once you begin to grasp the implications of what He rescued you FOR … then you will begin to see LIFE differently. You will begin to see TIME differently. You will begin to see PEOPLE differently.
September 22, 2015
Jesus connects us with one another. He is the craftsman who masterfully fits us into what He is building. What this tells me is that Jesus has a purpose in His Church for every person here. There are no misfits in His family! Every misfit actually does fit in with Jesus!
September 22, 2015
Jesus is our peace. There is now nothing separating us from God. He removed every barrier. He took away our sin and shame. Jesus brought us home.