We have a wall built by God that surrounds us. We can walk into the arena of conflict with a smile and frustrate the devil. To have a wall of fire around us is to be empowered by the Holy Spirit. God’s ministry to us causes us to be surrounded...

God will not measure us by anything but His own gift, His own mercy, and His own grace. He will not deal with anything according to moral light. We are measured only according to how we respond to His life and light. When knowledge possesses us without God’s light, we...

There is a beautiful story in Exodus. The cloud came upon the just-completed tabernacle, and, as a result, Moses was not able to enter into the house of God to minister. Why? Because it was filled with the glory of the Lord. Just as the glory of the Lord filled...

Icannot perform God’s will through religious effort. I am not going to try to live the Christian life. It is impossible. Instead, I am going to receive from the Word of God and allow the mind of Christ and the Holy Spirit’s power to become the instruments to establish God’s...

Wherever light can get in, it will come in. Wherever darkness can enter, it will. Light always overcomes darkness, but darkness can also obscure light. If I turn the lights off in my house, the darkness fills the places once occupied by the light. But when I turn the switch,...

There is one thing I’m praying in these last days, and that is that God would keep me faithful. A great Russian believer who was in prison constantly prayed: “God, keep me faithful unto death. Keep me faithful! Don’t let me be anything but faithful.” Every child of God must...

As Christians, it is guaranteed that we will face many challenges as we walk with Christ. This is a turbulent era for the human race at large. Changes in governments, natural disasters, age-old conflicts, and debilitating diseases are bringing heartache to so many. Our natural response to such difficulties is...

During times of war, nations often reserve the right to summon young men into military service. It is difficult to imagine that someone would respond by saying, “I would rather not go, if that’s okay with you.” Although people do defer for various reasons, the call to military service is...

The words “be holy” are found thirty-nine times in the Scriptures. The first occurrence is in Exodus 22:31 when God said, “Ye shall be holy men unto me.” I can hear His voice saying this to me. He speaks so beautifully. I can hear the compassion in His voice, and...

God wants intimacy in prayer. He doesn’t want us praying out of religious duty. That is not prayer. There has never been a true work of God without an assembly that really grasps the subject of prayer. People will not be added to the Church daily, and there will never...