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Dominate or Be Dominated

“…just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” Romans 6:4 Sin is anything outside of God and His life for us. Sin can bring a person to a low place, but God can lift us up to know His life. The life God intended for us is a life of knowing His glory, His...

Minster Life

“God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” John 3:17 The mission of the Christian and of the Church is the commission we received from Christ, our Head, who told us to go and make disciples. Similarly, the motive, message, and methods should reflect the ministry Christ had on the earth. His motivation was a deep...

Living in Resurrection Power

“… out of weakness were made strong…” Hebrews 11:34 God will take our weakness and make us strong – not by our power, but by His power. When we are weak, we realize we have limits. We know we are insufficient of for the kind of life God intends for us to have. The person of faith realizes that real life is living in reliance upon a loving and all-sufficient...

Snatched Out of Depression

“The Lord upholds all who fall, and raises up all who are bowed down.” Psalm 145:14 There is no doubt that depression brings a person down emotionally, but it also can drag someone downward mentally, physically, and spiritually as well. Depression is a lower condition from the higher position God has intended for us. Depression is not a product of life; it’s a result of our fallen world. Whether depression...

Lifter of My Head

“…My glory and the One who lifts up my head.” Psalm 3:3 There is a Hebrew word for poor that means to be needy, weak, and lowly (aniy, 6041). The root word (anah, 6031) has the idea of being bowed down, stooped over because of a heaviness or depression. If you can imagine, a person who is feeling low might have their head down, bent over with feelings that are...

Resurrected Health

“And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up…” James 5:15 There are three historical stories from the Bible that I want to share with you. In all three you will see people who were in a low position and could not get themselves up. The first is found in John 5. Jesus asked a lame man by a pool of water, “Do...

Lifted Into Position

“He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.” I Thessalonians 5:24 Is there anyone out there that is struggling to rise up to what you sense is your God-given destiny? You try your best and still you feel like you continually fall short of your purpose? Do you have that knowing on the inside of you that tells you there is so much more? John 15 says...

It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over

“…God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as through they did.” Romans 4:17 It can seem that dreams God gave to you have died or become stagnant. Maybe it’s because you failed, maybe it’s because people have failed you, or maybe it seems that the dream has expired. However, when a dream seems dead, don’t give up; God has been known to...

Resurrection Breakthroughs

“that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death.” Phil. 3:10 God offers you a supernatural life filled with power and breakthrough. This life of glory isn’t just for life after death; it is a life offered to us right now. It is a much different experience from the one the natural world offers; however, it is...

Life Has a Name

“I am the resurrection and the life…” John 11:25 Jesus told us, “I am the resurrection…” One meaning for this noun “resurrection” in the Greek New Testament means to be set into place like a stone. As a stone, some will use Christ to climb up, and others will run into Him and fall down. As the resurrection, if you receive Christ, you will be raised with Him. If you...

God’s Power to Resurrect

“…He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.” Romans 8:11 God not only has the power to create life; He also has the power to resurrect, or to bring back to life. Not only can God raise us from spiritual death to eternal life; but God can also raise someone from a lower position to a...

Jesus Won, Now We Win

“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world…” I John 5:4 Jesus To prevail over. When there is an enemy or an obstacle trying to gain predominance over you, When there is a struggle or conflict between you and an opponent for predominance, the one who overcomes is the one who To power over To ascend over To have strength over To have authority over. John 16:33 “… be...

Are You Going Over or Under?

“…Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.” Numbers 13:30 This past week I was shocked to hear our accountant say that Jerry and I owed a large amount of tax. It was unexpected, and the news came right before we were to close on a home. My eyes began to swell with tears, immediately recognizing that this tax bill would...

We Always Win

“Now thanks be to God who always leads us to triumph in Christ…” II Corinthians 2:14 God wants us to win in this life. God doesn’t want you to be defeated by anyone setting himself or herself in opposition to His plan for your life. He certainly doesn’t want Satan to win either. God is on your side, and He says He will always lead you to triumph in Christ!...

Forget About It

“I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; and I will not remember your sins.” Isaiah 43:25 One definition of the word, “forget” means, “to omit mentioning.” The word “forget” does not always mean the person forgetting has an inability to recollect past events or that they cannot retrieve information. For example, when someone uses the phrase, “forget about it,” they could mean, “don’t...