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...
Approximately 2,000 years ago Joseph was feeling very out of place, because he could not find lodging in Bethlehem for his pregnant wife. There is Good News for those who feel out of place in today’s world. Those who feel like they have misplaced their...
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....
There is a debate as to whether Jesus always knew who He was. Some think that Jesus was all knowing in the flesh, but think for a moment. He was born a baby and had all the limitations of a baby. For 30 years you...
Jesus came to reveal not only Who God is, but who we are! Here are a few revelations that the Scriptures give us about Who Jesus is and how much we—all of us—are like Him: [Now] He [Christ] is the exact likeness of the unseen God...
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...
The church has settled for a knowledge of the miracle worker without the miracles. Years ago there was a Wendy's Hamburgers commercial where a little white haired lady famously demanded: "WHERE'S THE BEEF??" Where are the works? Have we settled for a meatless hamburger? If Jesus needed...
When I enrolled in Bible school I only had three dollars in my pocket and no job. The idea came to me to apply at the tennis club called Shadow Mountain. When I applied the manager said there were no openings. The next day the same...