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Security from Yesterday – Oswald Chambers
“You shall not go out with haste,…for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.” —Isaiah 52:12 Security from Yesterday. “…God requires an account of what is past” (Ecclesiastes 3:15). At the end of the year we turn with eagerness to all that God has for the future, and yet anxiety is apt to arise when we remember our yesterdays. Our present enjoyment of God’s grace tends to be lessened by the…
Validation & Acceptance
Validation & Acceptance — by Daniel Burke We have a deep need to be validated. Probably very intentional from God’s perspective. I liken it to a implanted ‘checking-system’ that forces me to check my motives before I go out and conquer relentlessly without any consideration of the consequences. Validation is defined as ‘to check or prove the validity or accuracy of something’, so my very need for it highlights a desire to bring truth and purpose to my endeavors. And…
My Utmost for His Highest – devotional
Look Again And Consecrate — by Oswald Chambers — “If God so clothe the grass of the field . . . shall He not much more clothe you?” — Matthew 6:30 A simple statement of Jesus is always a puzzle to us if we are not simple. How are we going to be simple with the simplicity of Jesus? By receiving His Spirit, recognizing and relying on Him, obeying Him as He brings the word of God, and life will…
Who is Responsible? – by Wynn Cameron Thompson
Ezekiel 3:20 – NIV “Again, when a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling-block before them, they will die. Since you did not warn them, they will die for their sin. The righteous things that person did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.” Seems like the more I hear many people talk the more I hear excuses. I for one am one of those people. At least I…
Ministry to Families with Gay Parents
MINISTRY TO FAMILIES with GAY PARENTS by Ginger Haan – Why such a controversial topic? How likely is this to happen in your church? Any church? My interest in this subject began some years ago. My husband Don and I both had Pentecostal backgrounds, having been raised in Assemblies of God churches and meeting each other in an Assemblies of God college. He became a licensed minister with the Assemblies. During our fourteenth year of marriage I found evidence that…
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