Your King
“Behold, your King is coming to you.” (Zech. 9:9, NKJV) The invitations have been printed and addressed. “’Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,’ says the LORD. “Many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and they shall become My […]
The Greatest Virtue
Nothing good in life comes easily. This is especially true about growing in our Christian life, and in particular, growing in love. Today’s excerpt from The Kingdom Turn is found on pages 161 and 162: “Love is the greatest of all Christian virtues, the overarching and overriding Kingdom practice. Love focuses faith and fuels hope, giving rise […]
There’s Hope
Hope for the Church (7) Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love. 1 Corinthians 16.13, 14 A struggling churchReading through 1 and 2 Corinthians can be a disappointing experience. This church had real problems. They had left off many of the things Paul taught them, and they were […]
The Value of the Kingdom
Matthew 13: Kingdom Extravaganza (5) Pray Psalm 138.7, 8.Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me;You will stretch out Your handAgainst the wrath of my enemies,And Your right hand will save me.The LORD will perfect that which concerns me;Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever;Do not forsake the works of Your hands.Sing Psalm 138.7, 8.Regent Square: Angels from […]
Heartache
Hosea 9:7–12 (NKJV) The days of punishment have come;The days of recompense have come.Israel knows!The prophet is a fool,The spiritual man is insane,Because of the greatness of your iniquity and great enmity.The watchman of Ephraim is with my God;But the prophet is a fowler’s snare in all his ways—Enmity in the house of his God.They are deeply corrupted,As in the days of Gibeah.He will remember their iniquity;He will […]