John 16:13 says, ‘However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth.’The Holy Spirit's duty to the believer is not to pick you up and carry you, but to guide you. Every believer has the responsibility to seek after truth. We are not to be led astray by every wind of doctrine or the trickery of man, according to Ephesians 4:14. We are also not to become consumed by g...  Read More

Seven times in the first three books of Revelation we find the statement, ‘he who has an ear to hear let him hear.’ This statement was made to all seven churches.The Hebrew writer says, ‘you have become dull of hearing.’One of the greatest pleasures in life a man can have is to hear the voice of God. So what has happened to our hearing? Has God stopped speaking, or has He nothing to say? Is He too...  Read More

The Bible says that God is a jealous God. That statement became clear to me as I slept and the Lord ministered to my spirit this morning. I never knew why certain statements set off an alarm in my spirit. Things such as, ‘you’re my favorite pastor.’ I have told people not to say that to me, and I would give many reasons why. This morning it became clear to me why: It’s because we are held accounta...  Read More

I used Acts, chapter two, for the foundation of fourteen sermons about the church. The basis of these sermons was what God meant for it to be, look like and act like in this wicked world. I love how Luke ended Acts chapter two. He said the true church was together continuing daily ‘breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,’ Acts 2:46. They had b...  Read More

James asks a question, and then answers his own question. James 4:14 For what is your life?  A dear friend of mine died last night. He was only 29 years old. As I sat on my porch alone and wept over the lost. I felt the Lord say something to my heart. This young man was a preacher of God’s word, he was on fire to serve God. He had started his own business and had so much potential and such a great...  Read More

THE BIRTH OF JESUS18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly. 20 But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to ...  Read More