Building Up, Praying, and Remaining in God’s Love Introduction: The Context of Jude 1:20 The New Testament letter of Jude is a brief yet powerful message written to believers facing challenges from false teachers and growing immorality. In Jude 1:20, the apostle urges, “But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit…”…
How Genuine Faith Shows Up in Our Choices, Attitudes, and Relationships Introduction: Faith as Assurance and Certainty Faith isn’t just a feeling or a wishful thought—it’s a confident trust that shapes how we live. The Bible puts it this way in Hebrews 11:1: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” And 2 Corinthians 5:7 reminds…
Understanding How Everyday Experiences Shape the Spirit Every moment and every event in our lives has the power to influence who we are deep inside. It’s like everywhere we go, everything we experience—whether good or bad—plants something in our souls, a bit like how the wind carries seeds and scatters them all around. Some seeds are visible, some aren’t, but they all have…
Discovering the Nourishment Your Soul Needs “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” –Psalm 119:103 We all understand the importance of natural food. Our bodies depend on a steady supply of essential nutrients—found in fruits such as apples and oranges, lean meat, poultry, fish, eggs, grains like cereal and wholegrain bread, as well…
Why Knowing God Matters in Our Everyday Lives Our neighborhoods, families, and communities often feel like they are “under siege”—full of stress, conflict, and uncertainty. In times like these, the most important thing we can do is to know God, not just know about Him. What Does It Mean to “Know God”? Years ago at a time when a I…
“Look at the nations and watch— and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told” (Hab. 1:5 NIV) “… You’ve been given the intimate experience of insight into the hidden mysteries of the realm of the realm of heaven’s kingdom, but they have not. For…
The sower sows the word. Mark 4:14 (NKJV) I have great concern for the church at this time in the midst of the ongoing shaking and turmoil. We are in desperate times. America is in immense turmoil. I’ve been calling out to the church at the direction of the Holy Spirit, to awaken from its slumber for a number of…
“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” Matthew 5:6 When I first started walking with God, there was such a hunger on the inside of me! I still have that hunger for the things of God. When spent time reading the Word, prayer and receiving revelation through the Holy Spirit it develop a…
