SERMONS & LESSONS
VISIONS
Walking With God…. Moment By Moment
Being a child of the Living God gives us wonderful privileges and opportunities. God desires to walk beside us every moment of our day, even in the good and the bad. Below is an excerpt from As God Sees on how to keep holding onto our Lord's hand through it all. Stay daily in the Word of God - It alone is our standard of all truth, know it, love it, memorize it! Everything has to come back to Scripture. Stay in prayer - Seek God every day through prayer. Talk to God and give Him the opportunity to speak to you. Try to stay in constant prayer [...]
“Humility” Can It Become A Powerful Four Letter Word?
This advent season as I read, study and share the Christmas Story of Jesus, I am struck, once again, by the humility exemplified by the King of Glory. Jesus left the grandeur of eternity to be born an infant who was then placed in a manger. What a stark contrast. One moment Jesus was in the presence of God in Heaven, the next in the presence of livestock in a, for lack of a better word, barn. In that one iconic moment, God revealed to man
Fixing The Tough Times
Is life tough right now? Are you trying to find a way out, a way to make things right or comfortable? Our Lord has a word for us who are always trying to fix tough times in ours (and, ok, I admit it) others' lives. "Wait. Come to Me. The situations and people I bring to you are not always for you to escape from or try to fix. Much happens for your learning, testing and growing. Don't run away. Don't succumb to the circumstances. Come to Me. Stay with Me. Let Me show you what blessing and truth I have for you. You may just find the [...]
Situations Are Not Always As They Appear
Ever been in a situation where later you realized your perception of the events and people involved may have been skewed? The challenge is to not view the situation through your eyes, or even what others may be thinking, but from Jesus' perspective. "Situations are not always as they appear. The hearts of My people are found within Myself. To rise above the emotions or lies of challenges before you, come to Me. I alone know the fullness of truth and want to give to you wisdom, love and power to overcome the situations you face." - Jesus
Impossibilities with Men are Canvases for Jesus
"In the impossibilities I do My work. Most of My people think My work is when things are going well and view issues and problems as roadblocks they should not cross. The whole "shut door" teaching. Children, do you not know a whole crowd of witnesses are watching you? That your testimony and faithfulness in the impossibilities are proclamations of My power and majesty? No, you cannot do this project alone, but you can with Me. Impossibilities with men are canvases for Me. Do you not understand? I want to do miraculous work! I want to move and flow outside of man's physical reasoning! Look at My Word? [...]
God’s Priorities
God's priority is that we are right with Him. We are of more worth than anything we could value here in this life. It is easy to get caught off guard or swept away by the world and situations we find ourselves in. It seems to be almost a constant struggle to not let them control us or build within us an overwhelming anxiety. My life is filled with demands from what seems like every direction. And they all seem to press with an intensity that I cannot bear on my own. It is at those times Jesus gently reminds me of His priority - to be [...]