A key strategy in building the body of Christ is sending ambassador who share God’s word internationally. Breaking the curse of sin through God’s word enables people to walk in God’s ways for spiritual influence. Trust God across national and denominational lines by networking ambassadors in prayerful unity. Then people can return to God by…
Lack of love and disobedience prompt God’s judgment. He reveals His plans to stop injustice and destroy materialism. These things lead people to seek God by telling the truth, practicing justice, deny complacency to grieve over sin and hate pride. Understand God’s Wrath When People Lack Love Toward OthersAmos, a shepherd of Tekoa, said the…
Brian Walsh and J. Richard Middleton in their book, The Transforming Vision: Shaping a Christian World View, wrote that “we must abandon our idols, recognize the multi-dimensionality of life, respond in obedience to God’s norms for his creatures and begin to live in community with one another in a renewed way.” When you do justice,…
How does the church deal with spiritual, emotional, mental, social and physical devastation in every nation? Jeremiah taught in Jer. 1-6 that you must drink from rivers of living water to empower prayer and fasting for shepherds after God’s heart to disciple biblical illiterate people in every city and nation. Jer. 7-13 explained how to equip…
“Notice carefully every word here. It is not our prayer which draws Jesus into our hearts. Nor is it our prayer which moves Jesus to come in to us. All He needs is access. He enters in of His own accord, because He desires to come in. To pray is nothing more involved than to…
“When I find myself racing around, trying to fill a day with mindless tasks or petty entertainment, this is usually the time that God whispers to my heart to draw away with Him and to silence my heart as He wishes to speak” (Katherine Walden). Slow down your life as you trust, long, pray, feed,…
Spiritually battle through prayer and hearing God’s word to do His will. Follow God and renew your thinking in Christ to prevent worldliness and idols. Learn from the bad fruit of Israel’s history when they did not follow the Lord. These spiritual disciplines equip you to do God’s mission and discover your unique inheritance. Then…
Joel C. Rosenberg book, Implosion: Can America Recover From Its Economic & Spiritual Challenges in Time?, explains how the US is in the midst of unprecedented and skyrocketing federal debt, severe economic troubles, political uncertainty, declining morality, a weak church, growing spiritual apathy and apostasy, historic natural disasters and other daunting challenges that many wonder…
“For Christ is of those who are humble-minded and not of those who exalt themselves over His flock. Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Scepter of the majesty of God, did not come in the pomp of pride or arrogance, although He might have done so. But He came in a lowly condition, as the Holy…
“Christ is the wisdom of God; and in the knowledge of this Christ there is wisdom for you. Not wisdom only, but life, forgiveness, peace, glory, and an endless kingdom! Study Him! Acquaint yourself with Him! Whatever you are ignorant of, be not ignorant of Him. Whatever you overlook, overlook not Him. What ever you…
Because humankind is created in the image of God, justice must be rendered in the form of restitution that could be payment or even the death penalty. Righteous judgment applies even to possessions. God hears the cries of defenseless people when they are victims of immoral or oppressive acts. Giving back the first-fruits of His…
Have you ever experienced unfair working conditions because of your Christian convictions? I once worked at a job where my boss continued to intimidate and micro-manage me because I led a Bible study during the noon hour. He got very upset when one of the participants invited him to the study. Sometimes your working conditions…