God loves sincerity. I have found, personally, that the prayers of a sincere heart are the ones that God sees, hears and answers. Earnest sincerity. If there’s anything left to receive, run after it with all your heart. I see two benefits of sincerity coming from the holy scriptures and God’s benevolent heart. The first [...]
Faith is a good thing. To believe in realities that you can’t see, but are nevertheless true — this is a good and admirable thing. Faith, even in it’s most infantile and earliest stages, is still faith. The substance is what’s important. If a baby boy, newly born, drinks from his mother’s breast — he [...]
What does it really mean to be “born-again?” Being born from above is not what many people suspect. It has nothing to do with joining a church, turning over a new leaf or anything along those lines.
Jacob was a runner. He wasn’t training for the track team though. He was running from a very real problem — his angry brother. Running from problems isn’t a pleasant experience. But imagine this — in the midst of all this craziness, God was with him. He was not only there, He graciously reached out [...]
The Heart of the Lord Speaks: Dear devoted one, don’t let smooth words and subtle talk trick you into thinking that real life consists in what we say. Because the kingdom of God doesn’t amount to talk, rather the power of a life energized by God. Instead, listen carefully to My words which set the heart [...]
The other night, an amazing thing happened. It all started when a friend and I decided to go out to pray for our city (San Clemente, CA), and to encounter people with God in the midst of town. As we stood on a mount overlooking the city praying, my friend did something that would later [...]
Today, as I was walking into Starbucks, something caught my eye in the parking lot. It was a dog sitting in the driver’s seat of this classic car. I was caught off guard because I didn’t expect that. I didn’t expect to see an animal in the place where man usually sits. Now, if he [...]
I am your God. I am your Father. But many don’t know Me as their Father. Just like a father has compassion on his children, I also have compassion on those who honor Me and respect Me. A long time ago, a man named Moses asked if he could see Me in person. I couldn’t [...]
Jesus was keen on quoting from Deuteronomy. But don’t let the title of that book scare you. It’s full of treasures. And it’s in this book of Deuteronomy that we learn one of the greatest, most simple and often overlooked phrases: “The Lord YOUR God.” Have you ever considered that? That you have the privilege [...]
What a thought. To receive a reward from God Himself. Is there any greater thought or aspiration? Is there anything more unfathomable than to have the Greatest of all even give thought or ear to us humans, even to go as far as to reward us? This needs to be pondered a bit before one [...]