Through the tree of the knowledge of good and evil man attempted to find the life God promises by information, independent of God. The Tree of Life is where we experience the life God promised whether we understand it or not. The two trees reveal who and what we trust: knowledge or God Himself. Formula-based Christianity seeks to find life through knowledge; faith in God seeks to find life in God and knowledge follows the experience. That feeling that we need more information before we can trust...
Aug 30, 2018•29 min
Based on the meaning of the Hebrew Word for life, when Adam or Eve partook of the fruit of the tree of life they actually experienced the life, i.e. the solution they sought, and the knowledge and understanding followed. When we commune with, i.e. partake of, the fruit of Jesus’ resurrection, we too instantly experience our need being met in our heart. Having this experience gives us a knowing and understanding that cannot be had through intellectual knowledge. It is this tree of life experience...
Aug 23, 2018•29 min
Few believers realize that everything we seek through the miraculous is actually promised to those who walk in wisdom. I am thankful for the miracles that have saved my life, but many times I have struggled to believe for a miracle. But the one thing I can always believe is this: God will give me wisdom to lead me into a life based on His promises. Join me this week and acquaint yourself with the promise of wisdom, and when you face your next challenge go for the sure thing!
Aug 16, 2018•29 min
Anytime we face that which is beyond our capacity to resolve it is overwhelming and can be emotionally paralyzing. Once we become paralyzed our thinking becomes confused and fear-based. The starting place for all situations is to connect intimately to God. When we walk through the valley of the shadow of death we will either find security from having a plan, or from being with someone we trust. Connecting to our Shepherd is the starting place. When we sense and feel that connection we no longer ...
Aug 09, 2018•29 min
Every believer has a way they tend to respond to difficult situations. Some just “hunker-down,” grit their teeth, and try to survive. Others immediately begin to feel helpless, as if there is nothing they can do about it. Many pray for a miracle. This week I want to tell you what Everyone Needs and nearly no one wants when facing difficulty: wisdom. The Bible actually tells us when facing difficulty we should seek wisdom, not a miracle. But the paradox is this; wisdom will always lead you to a m...
Aug 02, 2018•29 min
When man partook of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil everything in the world changed. God had created man in His likeness and image. Man was God’s ambassador given the task of ruling planet earth. Up until the moment man rebelled he ruled the earth under the leadership and direction of God, which meant the end result of all decisions led to harmony with God. The moment man alienated himself from God he began to make his own determination of good and evil, thus the world ha...
Jul 26, 2018•29 min
Man was created to live in a pain free, drama free paradise in perfect harmony with God and His creation. Before the fall man’s soul, the place where we emotionally experience all things, was under the influence of his spirit. After the fall man became flesh, meaning that now his five natural senses dominated his soul. This means that man began to rely on the flesh for emotional gratification. The knowledge of good evil acquired by eating from the tree was knowledge without God’s wisdom revealin...
Jul 19, 2018•29 min
Do you pray in the name of Jesus? If so, why? Do you think repeating His name at the end of your prayer ensures God will hear and respond? If you do you’re no different than most 21st century Christians. Praying in the name of Jesus is for those who have faith in that name. That means you know what His names mean, and what they reveal about God, and what you can trust God to always do. Jesus was the exact representation of God; the word made flesh. His life and ministry revealed all the names of...
Jul 12, 2018•29 min
If I were to ask the average Christian how many of the names of God they knew, the number would probably be embarrassingly small. Some people respond with, “God is God; what difference does it make?” God revealed Himself to the world originally through His names. A worshipper could know what to expect from God by knowing His name. In fact, if we knew God’s names we would not blame Him for the bad things that happen in our life. Many of the promises of God are to those who know His name. It’s not...
Jul 05, 2018•28 min
About twenty years ago I was deeply moved by a story about a man who lived in dire poverty and distress all his life. He eventually sold the land he inherited from his family and was rendered homeless, dying in utter poverty. The person who bought his land discovered that, almost in plain sight, the land was filled with diamonds. He obviously became incredibly wealthy. Like the man who lived in lack and died in poverty, almost every married person I’ve talked to doesn’t realize that he or she ha...
Jun 28, 2018•29 min
How many times have we heard someone say, “That person walked all over me”? That’s actually a phrase taken from the Bible. God’s Word warns that our heart can become chaotic and confused as a result of the footprints left on our heart by the people who have walked on it. These scars on our heart affect us at the deepest level of who we are; they affect our ability to see God as He is and to see ourselves as we really are! Everything Jesus taught was aimed at healing our broken hearts. Join me th...
Jun 21, 2018•29 min
God promises He will never leave us, fail us, or forsake us. If that is true why do we so often feel alone, struggling, and abandoned in our time of need? We have become so accustomed to living by our five senses that we have lost our capacity to realize any other reality! The ability to perceive God is something that occurs in our heart, yet sadly, we seem to have lost the ability to recognize this part of our being! Our heart is not a part of who we are; it IS WHO WE REALLY ARE. The reality is...
Jun 14, 2018•29 min
One of the most important things in any endeavor is to discover what the most important thing is. The most important factor in our relationship with God is having a real heart-to-heart relationship. In fact, when looking at verses about love, faith, identity, obedience, and pretty much every other aspect of our life the one common denominator is a reference to the heart! Sadly, the modern world has little concept of what it even means to believe in the heart, live from the heart, or connect to G...
Jun 07, 2018•29 min
There is only one way to conquer sin and the destruction it brings: faith in Jesus’ victory over sin through the resurrection. If you’re tired of struggling with sin and temptation, join me this week and place your faith in His victory over sin thereby experiencing the same power that gave Him victory over all sin! You can put an end to the struggle!
May 31, 2018•29 min
On the cross God reconciled the world to Himself. The word reconciled means to buy back, or to exchange one thing for something else. Jesus took our sin, sickness and disease, death and suffering; He offers us the opportunity to take His righteousness, life, health and healing. Paul said, we are ambassadors for Christ; we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God, 2 Cor. 5:20. Faith in the work of the cross: death, burial, and resurrection, is how we enter into Christ and participate ...
May 24, 2018•29 min
The power of salvation is based on our beliefs about Jesus’ resurrection; the aspects of salvation we experience are based on what we believe about the resurrection; and every New Covenant promise is based on what Jesus obtained through the resurrection! Therefore, our top priority for living by faith should be to learn everything we can about what Jesus accomplished through the resurrection. Join me this week to expand your faith and experience of resurrection power!
May 17, 2018•29 min
We are all called to live in resurrection life. This is the power that worked in Jesus to raise Him up conquering sin, death, and the devil. When your faith is rooted in Jesus’ resurrection it is that same power that will work in you to raise you up over all your circumstances. We attempt to win our victories with a general kind of faith, simply believing the promises. True faith trusts what Jesus accomplished through His death, burial, and resurrection and shares in that same power. Join me thi...
May 10, 2018•29 min
Every battle Jesus won for us on the cross and in the grave was won by His faith. He faced mental and physical opposition. After all, He had taken on our every mental and emotional pain and sickness. But He continued to believe and acknowledge God’s promises to Him in the face of all opposition, and He overcame it all! The resurrection power that worked in Him is the same power that works in us when we face opposition. Join me this week and discover how the very same resurrection power that work...
May 03, 2018•29 min
How long was Jesus in the grave? When asked that question almost every believer would day three days and three nights, because that is what Jesus said. But then if you ask them when Jesus was crucified the great majority of Christians would say Friday. Since the first day of the week began on Saturday afternoon at Sundown, this would mean that if He were raised on the first day of the week He would have only been in the grave one day and one night. We know what the scripture says, we know what J...
Apr 26, 2018•29 min
Fake news isn’t anything new; it’s been around since Lucifer made his appearance on planet earth and told Eve a partial truth. The thing about a partial truth is this: it usually appeals to our logical mind; it’s close enough to the truth that we stop searching for the truth, and we accept the circumstances created by a partial truth as acceptable. The partial truth about Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection has caused us to accept a substandard quality of life. Join me this week and raise you...
Apr 19, 2018•29 min
Religion talks about the resurrection of Jesus, but never really tells you the real news about the resurrection. Exactly what happened on the cross? What happened for three days and three nights in death? What happened at the resurrection? And most importantly, why did those things have to happen? Without answers to these questions we limit our faith and the degree to which we can experience the resurrection life of Jesus. Every aspect of salvation and its benefits to the believer are based on o...
Apr 12, 2018•29 min
The religious leaders of Jesus’ day had determined certain miracles that they said only the Messiah could perform. Jesus performed all of the Messianic miracles and they still didn’t follow Him as the Messiah. But then Jesus performed the one Messianic miracle foretold in the scripture and still they refused to believe. Jesus gave them the sign of Jonah, which He offers to every human being. He offers to give us the proof of His resurrection which serves as the security for every promise God has...
Apr 05, 2018•28 min
Reconnecting to God should never be driven by the hope to get back to where you were. It should be about connecting to God in a way you never have before. We’ve got to have the hope and expectation of connecting to God in a way we never have before. If what we had was so good we wouldn’t feel distant and isolated. The Hebrew language draws a picture of mercy and goodness pursuing us to draw us to the heart of God; not a mere forgiveness and blessing, but a restoration and renewing, that like the...
Mar 29, 2018•29 min
The story of the prodigal son reveals much about every person involved in Kingdom living. The elder brother is self-righteous and doesn’t want the younger brother to get better than he deserves. The younger brother finally comes to his senses, repents, and returns to his father’s house. Then, there is the loving father who is patiently waiting for his rebellious son’s return. God is always waiting for our return, not to scold and condemn, but to restore us to our place in the Kingdom. Join me th...
Mar 22, 2018•29 min
I know God says He’ll never leave us, but what good is it if I don’t feel it? The truth is: that which we cannot feel or experience is of no value in this life. We are emotional beings and our capacity to enjoy life is all about what we feel and experience. Ironically, God has made a way for us to connect to Him and others. It is one of those truths hidden in plain sight. The only thing that keeps us from seeing it is we are so sure that what we think should work, we can’t admit when it doesn’t,...
Mar 15, 2018•29 min
I do so much for other people and it seems so unappreciated. One of the great deceptions about giving and sacrificing for others is the idea that it will cause them to love and value us more. There are situations when that is true, but few people know how to identify those who will be grateful and those who will take us for granted. The truth is giving and sacrifices don’t make others value us more, it makes us value them more. When we give to or sacrifice for others it is our emotional bond to ...
Mar 08, 2018•29 min
Help! I have an incredibly difficult time emotionally connecting. We were created to be social, emotional, relationship-oriented beings. Any number of familial, cultural, or social factors can make it difficult, however, for us to actually make emotional connections. The rise in the need for drugs, alcohol, physical and sexual activity could in part be due to the rise in people who are desperate for emotional stimulation. One thing is sure: you can develop the ability to connect with others rela...
Mar 01, 2018•29 min
What if I told you I knew the secret to bringing love into your life, to attracting and keeping true love alive in your life? Would you do it? Everyone says they will; they say they’ll do anything to save their marriage and have passionate love. I’ve shared this secret with hundreds of people in personal counseling sessions. The ones who applied it never failed to find true love; those who didn’t continued doing what they were doing and found themselves alone and angry. Join me this week and I’l...
Feb 22, 2018•29 min
Whether we realize it or not unforgiveness keeps us under a burden; it violates our conscience, it corrupts our righteousness, but possibly the worst factor is it makes us vulnerable to temptation. Join me this week and we will explore Jesus’ teaching about lifting the burden of unforgiveness from our heart and living free from temptation.
Feb 15, 2018•28 min
The most basic concept of prayer is when the believer makes a determination based on the finished work of Jesus and then uses his or her authority to reconcile any situation which is incongruent with the finished work of Jesus. Instead, we often beg God to do what He has already done through Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection. Join me this week and equip yourself to take actions of authority: the way Jesus taught it and the way Jesus modeled it!
Feb 08, 2018•28 min
