Scripture says, “My speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom but in demonstration of the spirit and of power” (1 Corinthians 2:4). In our early years of global ministry, Leslie and I opened up an event in southern Philippines. Only one...
How many have had a moment of inspiration for an invention that would bless the world, but talked themselves out of it because of age, education, or fear and never took the step to make it a reality? How many saw an illness ravage a...
Every child knows about show and tell in school, but God wants us to demonstrate it in real life. We have thought in the past that the witness of God was a good sermon, but that's only half the story. Paul said what needs to be...
Today as international travel plans unfold, our team is remembering the goodness of God in covering all of our personal, travel and outreach costs. Several years ago Kevin and I were involved in a grueling yet very rewarding Tent Outreach schedule in Eurasia. At the end...
If we could get God’s perspective of people then we would win the world, but we see people through our own eyes. We like to keep records on people and hold the books. We know who is a sinner and who is a saint. God...
If people are not your purpose then you don't have God’s plan. People are God’s number one concern. God not only put eternity in our heart but a burden to share that eternal life with others. I remember in 1991 when we were preaching on the...
Paul wrote a letter to the Corinthian church and tried to capture the idea of what God has done for them. He was grasping for the best idea to convey how God saw them in the earth today, and of all the ways he examined,...
When your motive is love the world will listen to you. Love is the most talked about subject on TV. Love is the theme of most movies in Hollywood. Love is what the world is drawn to, yet they are looking in the wrong places....
The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John yesterday, have now become the Gospel of you today. Christ in human flesh in the Gospels has become Jesus in your flesh today! Much of the modern church would think this is an extreme goal that is too...
Matthew 18:20 promises that where two or three are gathered together in the name of Jesus —He is there in our midst. When the Word is preached, His presence is preached, and His presence fills the atmosphere around us. In Luke chapter 4 Jesus says, “The...