Saul was a brand new Christian, and everybody was afraid of him. He was infamous as the leader in stoning Stephen to death. Saul led in a widespread persecution of Christians. In Acts chapters 8 and 9, he is making havoc of the church, searching houses to find Christians and ...
Read More »Are You Believing a Lie? Do You Want to Know the Truth?
“If what you believe to be true is not, would you want to know?” A friend posted this as her Facebook status after our pastor posed the question in church. Here were a handful of the responses: “It depends on what it was.” “Yes, I’d want to know.” “Probably not.” ...
Read More »Live in the Triumph of the Cross
Triumphant living does not always have the ring-tone we long to hear. Yet as Oswald Chambers says, “There is no majestic vitality and power of God in ‘suffering the will of the Lord.’ ” So, when life feels less than majestically alive and powerful, how do we align our reality ...
Read More »Don’t be Passive in Spiritual Warfare!
We were born into a war. Whether we realize it or not, there is a spiritual battle raging all around us. The Bible is clear that our battle is not a physical one, but a spiritual one. Our enemy is the devil and his kingdom of darkness. (Ephesians 6:10-18). In ...
Read More »Winning the Battle of the Mind
One of the keys for successfully overcoming the devil is winning the battle of the mind. Satan will very often seek to target us is in our thoughts. It is in the mind that his seeds are planted; seeds of doubt, lust, fear, anger, bitterness, or other assaults and temptations. ...
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