A Pastor’s Prayer for Power “Father in heaven, I come before You just as I am. And I know it doesn’t come as a big shock, but I need Your power. You know I’m Your child and have accepted Jesus as my Savior and I love You. Lord, I have received Your Holy Spirit and […]
GOT SPIRITUAL POWER? How much battery power does your spiritual life contain? What if you got a line into your spiritual life on both the positive and the negative and tied it all into the lights of your city and pulled the switch? Would you light up the whole town? Or a single lamp in […]
LET JESUS LEAD Many remedies cure spiritual dullness. One big way includes removing faith roadblocks. Release the Holy Spirit through confessing sin. Tell Satan where to go. Remain faithful in prayer. And then, expose your faith. That is, let your faith show, in actions for hurting people, with quick and open response to Christ’s commands, […]
Clearing Spiritual Vitality Roadblocks Faith stagnation and doldrums . . . we all have them. But we hate to admit it. Sometimes we coast a bit before we realize we’ve hit a rather major roadblock to our spiritual vitality. The Lord said to Joshua (7:13 NASB), “You cannot stand before your enemies until you have […]
STRAIGHT SHOOTER LEADERS Here’s a visual aid to show you how to be a straight shooter for your personal life and as a ministry leader. I have a ’73 Winchester rifle hanging in my office and I actually pick it up and use it once in awhile. This particular .44/.40 caliber Winchester rifle was sent […]
NOTHING AT PEACE ABOUT HIM On a cool, April morning in the western mountains of north-central Idaho, I was surprised to see my neighbor, Dupree Davis, huffing beside his pickup truck, next to the gravel road, with sweat dripping off his face. He looked fit to be tied and all steamed up. Nothing at peace […]
Disciples and Nooning It The old journal I was reading told tales along the Oregon Trail in 1852. It said, “About twelve miles past the lower cutoff on the south side of the Snake River, we found a little shade and nooned it a couple hours.” Nooned it? A noun into a verb? What did […]
TO SEE THE ELEPHANT Of all the 400,000 people called ‘49ers who made it to the gold rush in California those first ten years, very few made any money. They knew they wouldn’t all get rich in the goldfields. But they traveled West anyway “to see the elephant.” The Farmer at the Circus Popular at […]
FOLLOW THE TONGUE An old-timer up our way left the high school basketball game in a snowstorm. He took a wrong turn, then ended up in a town three hours south. For a man who lived only a few miles from the gym, that must have been quite a surprise. I didn’t say too much […]
HOW CAN I EVER FORGIVE? by Author Stephen Bly True forgiveness takes divine assistance. If you can forgive without seeking God or down on your knees in prayer, it’s probably an insignificant thing. Real breaks in relationships require God’s help. You may feel overwhelmed. How can I ever forgive them or work this through? You […]
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