The people who know their God shall stand firm and take action. (Daniel 11:32 ESV) How much do you depend upon conferences and teachers to keep you going? Must you attend meetings just because you feel that the last lot you got has been used up and you must get a fresh supply? Or have you been emancipated from all human props and put into a place of glorious independence, because you KNOW YOUR GOD? It doesn't matter if you are plunged into the middle of the Sahara, you know your God and can stand independently of…Read more

I've received different insights over the years from the story told in 3 of the gospels traditionally called "The Rich Young Ruler" (Matt. 19:16-22, Mark 10:17-22, Luke 18:18-23). On a sidenote, this last time looking at it I realized no where does the text actually say that he was young but that "a ruler" came to Jesus and said that he wanted to inherit more in his life, this thing called "eternal" life and that he had kept all the commands Jesus mentioned since his youth. So he may be better titled as…Read more

To you who believe, He is precious. (1 Peter 2:7) If you or I claim to have more light, more revelation – God forbid that we should ever make claims like that! – but if we should think that it is so, the proof and the value is – do people see more of Christ in us than others? For God never moves beyond His Son, He never moves to theories or teachings or doctrines or things that we call revelations. He only keeps within the compass of His living Son in manifestation.... Let us…Read more

Right now when I think of the word inexhaustible I think of my almost 3 year old son's ENERGY. But back the matter at hand... Jesus says of Himself in John 10:9 - "I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved..." Often this is where we leave Jesus. He is the door that opens us up to this salvation life called being a Christian. But He who refers to Himself as the gate also calls Himself the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Often times in our gatherings together as…Read more

Looking to Jesus.... (Hebrews 12:2 ESV) There is a real touch of Paul in this Letter to the Hebrews – "Looking off unto Jesus." Whoever actually wrote this Letter, the shadow of Paul is over it. His influence is everywhere. And certainly he was called upon to look off unto Jesus. Now that is a very vital lesson for us to learn. We have to do that again and again in our Christian life. If we get our eyes upon anything but the Lord Jesus we just go to pieces. Have all respect…Read more

It was Sicily, I think the year 2000. I went with a group of good friends/youth from Malta to a conference called "Revolution" (I think that was the popular conference theme for that year). The main speaker was a man that had a Dr. in front of his name and had been one of the leaders in the midst of a famous revival in the States in the mid-to-late 90's. I was looking forward to hearing him, coming from the experience that he had been a part of. But as I listened to…Read more

I was watching the movie, V for Vendetta, some time ago and the last words of the movie struck me very deeply (and haunt me still). They were uttered by the character, Evey, who said, "No one will ever forget that night and what it meant for this country. But I will never forget the man and what he meant to me." You see, typically the first group would, over time, start to dissipate and be relegated to celebrating that night as a yearly remembrance and holiday (as we do with all important…Read more