Does God Ever Cause Sickness?

Does God ever cause sickness? Is it ever His will not to heal? I love Bill Johnson‘s wisdom as he answers questions at one of Randy Clark‘s Healing Conferences.   What are your thoughts about this? Do you let your experience define your theology? Tweet Read more »

Why You Can’t Hope in Possibilities

It’s hard not to be excited at real possibilities and I’m not saying you should control your excitement. It may be wisdom to wait to truly celebrate, but the Father’s not into Stoicism. Sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel isn’t a train. It’s not fun going through life as a pessimist. But when the excitement at the possibilities becomes your hope for the future, you will be disappointed. We aren’t created to hope in temporal things. We [...] Read more »

16 Ways I Can Fear the Lord

16 Ways I’ve Found to Fear the Lord How can I fear the Lord? Fearing the Lord is not walking around being afraid you’re going to give account of all your past sins at the end of your days. You will do this if you haven’t asked  Him to forgive you in this life. But if you are washed, sanctified, and justified – which you are when you have Jesus as Lord of your life (1 Corinthians 6:9-11)- you’re only [...] Read more »

Why I Fear the Lord – 12 Benefits

Why should I Fear the Lord? It can’t be simply to get the good He has for us. In fact, it shouldn’t be for any of the benefits the Scripture tell us. We need to know how to fear Him because of who He is. The One who spoke the Worlds into existence is bigger than any “friend” box I can dream up for Him. I’m outlining the benefits to help increase the expectancy and therefore the desire to learn [...] Read more »

Savoring Self-Control – Day 17

Truth: So think clearly and exercise self-control. Look forward to the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world. 1 Peter 1:13 (New Living Translation) Thought: Self-control is a mark of wisdom. Proverbs 29:11 says, “A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control” (NIV). Self-control is one of the most difficult fruit to grow for some people. Our culture tells us to, “Buy now, pay [...] Read more »

Why Should we Seek the Lord?

It’s best I don’t assume everyone buys into a life of “following hard after God”. Every tribe of church has our own language and  assumptions and what makes perfect sense to one won’t mean a thing to the next. Truth be told, even if we think we know what “seek the Lord” means, chances are its not exactly how Scripture defines it. And so before I begin to show you how we are to seek the Lord as Scripture defines, [...] Read more »