June 2015

In Revelation 21:5, Jesus said, “I am making all things new.” The translation of the NASB is the correct one because the language is that He is “continually” making all things new. That is such a powerful thought. It’s not that He made you new when you became a Christian and if you’ve messed it

Rev. 8:3 -4 Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, so that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the

2Cor. 1:8-9  For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life; indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in

1Cor. 15:57 But thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory [making us conquerors] through our Lord Jesus Christ. Victory comes in a person and His victory is total. Of all that Christ is to us, one of the most precious and important is that He Is Our Victory. He didn’t come to improve

2Chr. 20:12 “O our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this great multitude who are coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are on You.” This verse has been one of those verses I’ve prayed again and again for years. It captures the heart

“If we believe not, He abides faithful….” 2 Timothy 2:13 KJV. There is so much teaching out there about faith that it can get rather confusing. Sadly, much of it magnifies faith instead of the One Who is faithful. Faith is like eyesight in that you don’t know it’s working until its focused on an

Paul, in Romans 6, tells us to consider ourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ. What if someone were talking to you about their sin and asked you if you struggled with the same thing? Would you say to them, “Na, I’m dead to that.” That would sound so arrogant and insensitive,

Joy is so healing and such a protector from emotional and physical weariness. The scripture says, ‘The joy of The Lord is our strength.’ Notice, it’s ‘The joy of The Lord.’ It’s BESTOWED joy and it’s His. How joyful is He? Once He bestows it, then it becomes my joy and it is a fullness