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Gentleness is one of the nine fruits of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). Gentleness is an important characteristic of Christians. Gentleness does not come naturally, but it is created in us by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit inside us will cause the life of Christ to be manifested through us. The Holy Spirit is gentle,Continue reading “Gentleness”

God is preparing us. He’s preparing us for eternity, and he’s also preparing us to fulfill our purpose on the earth. God prepares us when we go through challenges. Challenges without God can destroy us, but challenges we face with God’s help can make us stronger. A righteous man falls seven times but keeps gettingContinue reading “Count It All Joy”

Our thought life is very important. What we think helps determine who we are and who we can become. God wants us to think healthy thoughts so we are blessed. When we control our thoughts and conform our minds to God’s word, our lives will be full of peace. We are commanded to take ourContinue reading “Controlling our Thoughts”

Before the throne of God in heaven, there is a sea of glass.  This sea of glass is as clear as crystal (Revelation 4:6, Exodus 24:10, Ezekiel 1:22). This sea of glass is mixed with fire (Revelation 15:2). Fire purifies and makes holy. Everything is laid bare before God. He sees through everything. God’s eyesContinue reading “The Sea of Glass before God’s Throne”

God calls us all to walk in the Spirit so we can accomplish his will. We might know WHAT God’s will is, but we also need to know HOW to do it. Warfare is accomplished effectively by those who know HOW to fight. When we specifically do what God calls us to do, then miraclesContinue reading “Spiritual Strategies”

God is good, and he is love. Part of God’s goodness and love is his chastening. God chastens those whom he loves (Hebrews 12:6). When God chastens us, we may feel convicted by the Holy Spirit. We may lose our peace. We may have strained relationships or problems in our circumstances. We might even faceContinue reading “Chastening from God”

Walking is one of the best forms of exercise. In the Bible, walking is the primary means of transportation. It was a normal part of life. To walk means to go somewhere. It means to put forth effort to go from one place to another. God wants us to walk with him. When we walkContinue reading “Walking with God”

One of the fruits of the Spirit is kindness. It is important for Christians to show kindness to others. We learn kindness from God. “But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us”Continue reading “Kindness”

This is a message from Bobby: 2 Timothy 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. Please notice how apostle Paul uses the personal pronoun “I” – his personal suffering is contributing for the salvation of the people ofContinue reading “The Highest Goal”

It is possible to be completely free from condemnation. “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.” (Romans 8:1). Condemnation happens when someone is judged against for having committed a crime. Every person has sinned. God passesContinue reading “Freedom From Condemnation”

The Bible gives us the secrets to how to be truly happy.  The blessed or happy man is described in Psalm 1:1-3 “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is inContinue reading “True Happiness”

The word of God is like a seed, and it contains the life and power of God. When we believe in Jesus, the seed of God’s word is planted in the ground of our hearts.  This new life from God is to grow and become strong within us.  Sometimes as we go on in ourContinue reading “Don’t Let the Word be Choked”

God told Abraham to go out and look for a special city. So Abraham left his familiar surroundings and went out looking for this city. “By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he wasContinue reading “The Emerging City of God”

Throughout the Bible, the remnant is a small group of people who remain faithful to God when most of God’s people go astray from him. The remnant obeys God, overcomes opposition, and accomplishes God’s work on the earth. At the end of the age, God will have a remnant of people who will overcome. GodContinue reading “The Remnant”

Jesus said when people are baptized in the Holy Spirit, they are clothed with spiritual power (Luke 24:49). God can now do signs and wonders through them by the name of Jesus Christ. On the Day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit was poured out upon God’s people, and they were baptized in the Holy Spirit.Continue reading “Blood, Fire, and Pillars of Smoke”

A Message from Micah: “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the Cross, despising the shame, and has sat down a the right hand of God.” — Hebrews 12:2 David David received a promise that he would become king (1 Samuel 16:11-13), and heContinue reading “Faith – Looking Unto Jesus”

People live in different cities throughout the world. It’s often possible to tell what city or country a person is from by their clothes, their accent, or their behavior. There are two spiritual cities that dominate the world, Babylon and Zion. These are spiritual, not geographical cities. Wherever a person lives on the earth, heContinue reading “Living in Zion”

God calls his people to come out of Babylon (Revelation 18:4). All Christians should take this command seriously and obey it. In order to come out of Babylon, it is necessary to know what Babylon is. Babylon is literally a city in modern day Iraq. But in the Bible Babylon represents the world system thatContinue reading “Flee Babylon”

A message from Bobby: Man’s Dominance in the Garden of Eden God created man to have dominion over the whole earth and over all living things (Gen 1:25-28). However, one of the living things, the serpent, decided to deceive Eve and tempt Adam and Eve to sin against God (Gen 3:1). That serpent was SatanContinue reading “The Glorious Reversal”

The Old Testament contains many prophecies about Jesus Christ. One of these prophecies says that Jesus would be blind and deaf. Isaiah 42 has many verses that refer to Jesus, some of which are quoted in the New Testament. Isaiah 42 also contains this: “Who is blind but My servant, or deaf as My messengerContinue reading “Who is Blind as My Servant?”

Our God is worthy. To be worthy means to be assign the matching value to something. It’s like balancing something out on a scale. When God is on one side of a scale, it takes a lot on the other side to balance it out. God is worthy of a lot, because he is infinitelyContinue reading “God is Worthy”

One of Jesus’ most astounding miracles was when he multiplied loaves and fish and fed 5,000 people (John 6:10-14). When the people saw this happen, they were amazed. Their tummies were full with the best bread and fish they had ever eaten, and it was all created out of thin air. Not surprisingly, they wantedContinue reading “Bread and Fish, or God?”

Sin means doing something contrary to God’s will. Sin is one of the biggest problems we all face, and it is the great enemy of the Christian life. Sin destroys lives, separates from God, causes decay and destruction, and ultimately kills. Jesus is the solution for all sin. He died on the cross as aContinue reading “The Mechanism of Sin”

“Think not that I have come to send peace. I came not to send peace but a sword” (Matthew 10:34). It’s easy to think that Jesus came to bring peace. After all, Jesus is called the Prince of Peace, and when he was born, the angels sang, “Peace on earth!” He sent the Holy SpiritContinue reading “Jesus Didn’t Come to Send Peace, But a Sword”

“Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7). This verse contains both a command and a promise. The command is to resist the devil. We are God’s children, and he doesn’t want Satan sitting in our lives causing unnecessary trouble. Satan comes to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10). Satan wants toContinue reading “Resist the Devil, He Will Flee”

“Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one” (Matthew 6:13). This is one of the most important things that Jesus taught us to pray.  This prayer is about the leading of God. God leads us by his Holy Spirit – “as many as are led by the Spirit of God theyContinue reading “Lead Us Not Into Temptation”

A message from Micah: David and Saul were two men who were called by God to be kings in Israel. But they lived their lives very differently and had different priorities. Saul operated in the flesh, but David operated in the Spirit. Their lives give us important insights about how we are to follow GodContinue reading “David and Saul”

God says, “When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned” (Isaiah 43:2) Fire represents challenges and troubles. This world is full of trouble, and our lives can be full of challenges. But God promises to be with us in these challenges and bring us through safely, as long as we keep trustingContinue reading “Going Through the Fire, Not Being Burned”

Sometimes God’s people become tired and bored of God (Isaiah 43:22). They don’t want to serve God any more, and their hearts are not in it (Malachi 1:13). They just go through the motions.  God is the most amazing and powerful person in our lives. He is an infinite fountain of life. It doesn’t makeContinue reading “Weariness of the Law”

Sometimes we work for a long time and have no fruit. This is because we’ve been doing things in our own strength. But when we hear from God and do what he wants us to do, then we will have an abundant harvest. When Jesus first called his disciples to follow him, they had beenContinue reading “Fishers of Men”

Jesus wants us to share the gospel with others. Jesus commanded us to make disciples of all nations, teaching them to do whatever he commanded (Matt. 28:19-20). Sharing the gospel means not only telling people to believe in Jesus but also telling them to obey him. This is the responsibility of every Christian. Jesus expectedContinue reading “Share the Gospel”

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life” (Proverbs 13:12). When we hope for something that takes a long time to occur, our hearts can become sick. We become disappointed, thinking it will never happen, and our hearts become corrupt, doubting God.  God doesn’t want usContinue reading “Keeping a Strong Heart When Hope is Delayed”

“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD” (Malachi 4:5). Before Jesus returns, the spirit of Elijah will operate on the earth through God’s servants. The spirit of Elijah is an operation of the Holy Spirit that will prepare the way for theContinue reading “Spirit of Elijah”

The first and most important commandment is to love God (Mark 12:30). This is the most important responsibility we have as Christians.  We love God because he first loved us (1 John 4:19). God’s love is poured into our hearts through Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:5). The Holy Spirit will enable usContinue reading “Loving God”

A Message from Bobby: Matthew 5: 44-48 (NKJV) But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sunContinue reading “Towards Maturity in the Faith”

Love is foundational for the Christian life. Love is the essence of Christianity. God is love (1 John 4:8). Before we knew God, we didn’t know true love, but after knowing God, now we can know what true love is. Love is more important than spiritual gifts (1 Cor. 12:31). Without love, spiritual gifts areContinue reading “God’s Love”

Spiritual gifts are vital for the building of the church and the accomplishment of God’s work on the earth. Each Christian has at least one spiritual gift. Each Christian is called to function in their spiritual gift so the body of Christ can grow properly. Sometimes Christians have never operated in a spiritual gift. TheyContinue reading “Receiving Spiritual Gifts”

There are 21 spiritual gifts listed in the New Testament. Spiritual gifts are manifestations of the grace of Christ given to believers. Spiritual gifts are given so the church can be built, and each believer in Jesus has at least one spiritual gift. When believers operate their spiritual gifts, the body of Christ grows. TheContinue reading “List of Spiritual Gifts”

Every Christian has received a spiritual gift from God. These spiritual gifts are the operation of the Holy Spirit within us. They are a manifestation of the grace of God, and they are the way that we serve God here on the earth. We are commanded to minister these gifts one to another (1 PeterContinue reading “The Purpose of Spiritual Gifts”

The sons of Isaachar knew the times, and they knew what Israel should do (1 Chronicles 12:32). It’s important for us to know the time we are living in. When we understand the spiritual season we’re living in, then we can know what God wants us to do. Jesus rebuked people for not recognizing theContinue reading “Knowing the Times and Knowing What To Do”

“Do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise” (Hebrews 10:35-36). God is talking to people who had started out well in their Christian life but had begun to falter. He told themContinue reading “Endurance”

God desires his people to be changed into the image of his Son. This is one of God’s great goals for our lives. Being conformed to the image of Jesus is one of the primary reasons he came, died on the cross, and rose up again. Jesus Christ is the firstborn among many brethren (RomansContinue reading “The Coming Harvest of Saints”

One of the main characteristics of God is mercy. God is full of mercy (Psalm 145:8). His mercies are new every morning (Lamentations 3:22-23). That’s a good thing, because we all need mercy. Mercy is defined as kindness or good will toward the miserable and afflicted, including a desire to help them. The New TestamentContinue reading “Mercy”

All our personal preferences must be submitted to God and his word. Some people adopt the preferences of the culture around them, while others pride themselves on being more individualistic. But for Christians, we need to adopt the preferences of God. When a person decides to be a Christian, his life is supposed to radicallyContinue reading “Submitting the Soul to God”

The Scriptures contain inexorable power to unleash the kingdom of God all over the earth. The Scriptures must be fulfilled, and nothing can stop their power. The word Scripture is graphe in Greek which specifically means writings. Scripture is the writings of God. Throughout the New Testament, the word Scripture is used many times to refer toContinue reading “Inexorable Power of Scripture”

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction (Proverbs 1:7). According to the Bible, we need to fear God. This doesn’t mean we need to run away from him because he will strike us down for all our mistakes. That’s not the Biblical fear of God. Instead,Continue reading “Fear God”

Many people in the world, particularly in Asia and the Middle East, believe in the spiritual power of the evil eye. Approximately 40% of the world population has superstitious beliefs about the evil eye. Generally, they believe that if someone has an evil eye toward them, that they may be harmed, and they believe theyContinue reading “The Evil Eye”

We have a rich inheritance in Christ. Jesus Christ had all the riches of the heavenly Father, and then he died on the cross. When a person dies, his last will and testament comes into effect. Jesus’ last will and testament is the New Testament which bestows the riches of the Holy Spirit upon everyoneContinue reading “Our Inheritance of Healing”

“Don’t follow a crowd to do evil” (Exodus 23:2). Crowds can have a powerful effect on people. It’s easy to go along with the crowd, and it’s hard to go against a crowd. But Christians sometimes need to stand against a crowd to be faithful to God. “That which is highly esteemed among men isContinue reading “Don’t Follow a Crowd to Do Evil”

“Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you” (1 John 3:13). The Bible says that we should not be surprised if the world hates us. Hate is a powerful emotion. Hatred leads to slander, mocking, and misunderstandings. Hatred can lead to false accusations, being arrested, being sued, and even being killed. The New TestamentContinue reading “Marvel Not if the World Hates You”