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God’s Got a Breakthrough for You!

GOD’S GOT A BREAKTHROUGH FOR YOU!

“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Mt. 6:19-21 underlining added

Shortly after a beloved friend shared how she was hanging onto the Lord with all her might through a tough t...

To Whom Are You Listening?

To Whom Are You Listening?

“My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.” Proverbs 2:1-5 bold and underlining added

We were created to love, obey,...

What Do You Desire?

What Do You Desire?

“Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” Psalm 37:4

I was walking down my little country road one day with one of the ministry’s dogs singing to the Lord aloud, offering up a mix of prayer, chit chat, and praise when I found myself declaring to Him the desires of my heart aloud. After years of waving my magic wand at God and essentially begging Him for this or that, for whatever on earth I felt would fulfill my desires at the t...

Land of Treasures

Land of Treasures

“Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots: Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:…And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. And the idols he shall utterly abolish.” Isaiah 2:7-1...

Sweet Mercy

Sweet Mercy

“Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.” Matthew 5:7

Some people hurt us. Some people hurt us so badly we can’t fathom we would ever forgive them let alone want to talk to them again not to mention do something nice for them least of all pray for them with a pure heart filled with love for them – and with the Lord Jesus’ sweet mercy.

“Thank you for praying for me,” a loved one told me over the telephone as he lay in his hospital bed. “And thank you for not judging...

Standing on the Outside

Standing on the Outside

My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.” Song of Solomon 2:10

I stood on the outside of a relationship with God. I believed in Him, studied the Bible, went to church, talked about Him, prayed to Him, and listened for His voice. I had a relationship with Christianity – with pastors, churches, the Bible, Christians. I didn’t have a relationship with Him. A relationship involves two. How could I have one standing on the outside?

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Is God Testing You?

Is God Testing You?

“And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth [tests per the concordance]you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.” Deut. 13:2-3 underlining added

“I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the...

Are You Wearying God?

Are You Wearying God?

“Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?” Malachi 2:17

God may initially have been speaking to people from long ago in Malachi 2:17, but He gave us His Word, the Bible, because He is still speaking to us today. That said, is He speaking to you? In these very words, He may be speaking to some of us...

Just How Rich Are You?

Just How RICH Are You?

“Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.” Rev. 3:17-18

“Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say u...

Name It Claim It

Name It. Claim It.

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:” Ephesians 1:3

Name it. Claim it. Claim this. Claim that. Money. Stuff. Healing. A house. A job. A changed husband. Whatever I wanted. I named it. I waved my hot pink magic wand. Then I exclaimed emphatically with all the “faith” I could muster, “I claim it!” I tossed my wand aside and marched off to my wand-waving friends and pronounced,...