Do you struggle with a sin or something that still controls your life? You know what the Bible says but the cultural influences on your heart are stronger. For example, maybe you are constantly driven by success and this affects your family and your time with God. Or maybe you spend a lot of time […]
A Red Indian Tale There is an old Red Indian tale about an Indian who found an eagle’s egg one day and decided to put it with his chickens. The egg hatched and the eaglet grew up among the chickens. In almost every way he behaved like a chicken. He clucked like a chicken and […]
Recently we have heard about the impact that Billy Graham had, probably the greatest of any single man of his generation. But today I want to share about George Whitefield, a preacher that brought revival in two continents. I have summarised insights from Dallimore’s books on Whitefield, Volumes 1 and 2. Who was George Whitefield? […]
Have you ever wondered what God’s Name “YAHWEH” means (translated “the LORD” in most Bibles)? “I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name YAHWEH I did not make myself fully known to them.” (Ex 6:3) To understand the meaning of this name of God we must first […]
Isa 53:5 “the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, by his wounds we are healed” Does this mean healing is in the cross? 1.It is much bigger than we thought These are two parallel lines in the hebrew. Punishment goes with wounds. Peace goes with healed. Healed is “rafa” in the hebrew and […]
Why is that when we face a difficult situation, God often makes us wait so long to answer our prayers? Until we are almost ready to give up? “We also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance character and character hope.”(Rom 5:3-4) 1.God wants us to press into knowing His […]
How does one prepare for a divine visitation? 5 ways from Jer 29: “When 70 years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you”(Jer 29:10) Literally in the Hebrew, “I will visit you”. This was the promise of a divine visitation that came in Neh 8. There are two parts: vs 4-9 about how […]
It is vital to disciple the next generation. They will help guide us in the present and lead us through the next incredible season to come for the Church. But how do we do this effectively? Here are 7 practical things. 1.We need to Father them Paul says in his letter to the Corinthians: “Even […]
Just two pioneers Daniel Berg and Gunnar Vinnagren, Swedish Baptist immigrants to the USA, started Assemblies of God in Brazil. Their church growth story has much relevance for us today and is found in a book about the Pentecostal movement in Brazil, called “One Hundred years of Pentecostals” (Alfredo Oliva). In 1910, Berg and Vinnagren […]
Have you ever thought what this friendship with God may have been like? Here are 7 aspects of this amazing friendship that can help with our own relationship with God: 1.Face to face (Num 12:8) That is coming very close, no hesitation, longing. He wanted to be with God, that’s why he demanded that God’s […]