“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race set before us.” – Hebr...  Read More

This week, I found myself in one of the smallest books in the New Testament—one that is easy to overlook. The Book of Jude is a short letter, written just a few decades after Jesus’ death and resurrec...  Read More

Prayer is the heartbeat of a Christian’s spiritual life, but one thing we have to remember is that it is not the act of prayer itself that manifests the power of God. God moves in accordance with His ...  Read More

As we discussed last week, the purpose of prayer is to unite heaven and earth. Jesus taught His people to pray “Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done” and the effect of that kind of prayer is power. The ...  Read More

We could never fully understand all that Jesus accomplished when He walked the earth. John said in his gospel that if everything Jesus did were to be written, “the world itself could not contain the b...  Read More

“You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You.” – Saint AugustineThis seemingly simple sentence was written over 1,600 years ago in Augustine’s Confessions...  Read More

Have you ever taken time to consider the cost of following Jesus? According to Him, it’s something we should all do before we decide to be His disciple. Luke 14:26-28; 33 says,“If anyone comes to me a...  Read More

Can you remember a time when you were very thirsty? The thirstiest I’ve ever been was on a hike when I didn’t pack enough water. I was rationing my last bottle and felt like I wasn’t going to make it....  Read More

If you ask Christians why Jesus came to the earth, most will answer, “to die on the cross for our sins.” John 3:16 says,“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in...  Read More

One of the great themes in the Word of God is the importance of being firmly established in God and in His Word and there is no better time to talk about that than during prayer and fasting.One of the...  Read More

One of the fascinating things about the Word of God is that you can read something that you’ve read many times before and suddenly see it with fresh eyes. That happened to me this week as I read Joshu...  Read More

As many of us begin the new year with a time of prayer and fasting, I want to share to some thoughts with you about faith. If you fast and pray as a religious necessity, without putting your faith tow...  Read More