The reasons you can exalt God’s word in worship are:1. Response to martyrs’ victory over the antichrist2. Know God’s judgment amplifies His grace in the heavenly temple3. Know God’s physical, ecological and celestial judgments often harden peoples’ hearts4. Clothe yourself with Jesus during natural disasters to prepare for Christ’s second coming5. Celebrate man’s destruction of idolatrous, religious system 6….
How are you inspired to preach the gospel of the kingdom? Rev. 6-8 explains the need to prepare for end time events knowing Satan’s plan, recognize God’s sovereignty in death and martyr of believers, expect cosmic disruption, embrace Christ as shepherd, let devastating events lead you to fervent prayer and recognize God’s judgment in disrupting…
To prepare for kingdom work, fight bravely knowing God defeats spiritual enemies. Trust in His resources, build people up through His word, organize kingdom work in holiness and prayer, share ministry among various generations, let God choose workers without distinction between secular and sacred work, listen to God for practical details in ministry, and receive…
We wonder why people don’t obey God’s word after hearing it. Certain things must be in place for people to be doers of the word. For disciples to receive God’s word, they must consider His holiness, experience forgiveness of sin, trust God’s protection and presence and reject faith in humankind and their strategies. Consider God’s HolinessIn…
Many events in your life don’t make sense. Many of the routines you face seem useless. God doesn’t waste anythings. Each experience He uses to craft your destiny so your life has meaning and purpose. Every detail–parents God selects for you, place where you are born, those seemingly random events and job you have taken–are…
A person can’t predict how God might use them. Tough times may seem to disqualify you from effective service. It’s those frustrating and seemly “wasted” circumstances that God redeems for ministry in your city. Joseph thought his life was over while serving prison time for a crime he didn’t commit. Two years later, he unexpectedly…
When life makes no sense, I have a tendency to question God. When people went behind my back in a hostile take over of my ministry, I wondered what was going on. Could God really use this in my life? Yes! Tests like these develop patience and integrity as preparation for future usefulness. Trusting God’s…
Reading the newspaper headlines about natural disasters, terrorist attacks and relational unrest throughout the world have tendency to create fear. Remember these are birth pangs for Christ’s Second Coming. Instead of being anxious, prepare yourself spiritually by putting your hope in Christ, not in things of this world. Christ comforts and encourages, while the world…
While in college, we spent endless hours debating various prophetic schemes trying to figure out from Scripture the right one. Was it amillennial or one of the pre-millennial views: pre-tribulational, mid-tribulational or post-tribulational? It may be none of the above. Many books have been written predicting the time of Christ’s return and all are wrong….
I remember the sinking feeling taking tests in schools when I hadn’t studied sufficiently. Not being prepared gets us in trouble. Most experts agree the federal government wasn’t prepared to help the multitudes of hungry, thirsty and desperate victims of Hurricane Katrina. It scrimped on storm spending and shifted its attention from dealing with natural…