Continue reading Fasting and Spiritual discernment

Gen 3:2-7   Adam sins – eating fruit often depicted in popular literature as an apple. “When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the … Continue reading Be simple – what if the apple was just an apple?

Increase in spiritual power is in the middle ground – fear not!! We know that the power is in the truth, e.g. the truth concerning mission and that we must learn the truth in order to experience the power However, when we have experienced power we tend to guard the truth behind that power, not realizing that the power we have experienced can be increased … Continue reading Partnership

John 17:26 26 I have made you[e] known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.” Jesus wants to draw us into the Father’s love.  Because we are assured of His undying love, we don’t have to protect ourselves from whatever we have … Continue reading Valentine’s day devotional

Jeremiah 17:1-11 Verse 1 The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts …  and on the horns of their altars.  The sin of Judah was also written on the horns of their altars. Clearly Judah had embraced idolatry, which came with altars that looked like those used in the worship of God, … Continue reading The heart of man[2]

 Jeremiah 17:1-11 Excerpt from an exposition by Alexander MacLaren, quoted in the Bible Hub Verse 1 1“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts …” “Sin committed is indelibly written on the heart of the doer. ‘The heart,’ of course, in Hebrew means more than merely the supposed seat of the affections. … Continue reading The heart of man

Love means that I am so concerned with maintaining the value of someone else that I am not concerned about maintaining the value in myself.  “Greater love hath no man than this, than that a man laid down his life for his friends.”, plus other scriptures. This helps me to convert belief into faith [by taking action] much earlier – because fear is the restraint.  … Continue reading Faith that works by love: Gal 5:6

John 4:18 Jesus said, “you have five husbands”.    Much is made of the fact that people have a tendency of torturing themselves with guilt.  The approach of the psychologists of our day is to say to a human being, “It’s not your fault”.  This is an attempt to head people away from the dangerous area of self blame, which can lead to self destruction.  Instead, … Continue reading The human conscience

John 4:15 “Please, sir,” the woman said, “give me this water! Then I’ll never be thirsty again, and I won’t have to come here to get water.”  There is an old song that says this, “Fill my cup, Lord. I lift it up, Lord.  Come and quench this thirsting of my soul. Bread of heaven, feed me ‘till I want no more, Fill my cup, … Continue reading A well of water springing up

Romans 10:10 “for with the heart man believes … unto righteousness” The question is, what do we believe in our hearts?  What did Jesus teach, and was it simple to understand? Jesus said that the things we need to believe in our hearts are simple enough for a child to believe them, but difficult for an adult to understand.  The difference between an adult and … Continue reading For with the heart man believes