During a time of prayer and waiting on the Lord, I saw something like a vision of simply taking off a coat that I was wearing. The coat was filled with all kinds of clutter and negative ideas that I had about myself. And I was enabled to simply drop this coat off my shoulders...

John the Baptist did not know who the Messiah was, but he witnessed the Spirit descending like a dove and remaining on Him (John 1:32–34). Notice the process—descending and remaining. We are looking for the Spirit to be in us and remain because we are sons of God following the...

I am a literalist when it comes to the Scriptures. But every once in a while, I love the way The Message Bible makes you think differently about a passage, as with Isaiah 53:10–11. Here Isaiah says, “It's what God had in mind all along, to crush him with pain. The plan was that...

I keep feeling the reality of this word annihilation. That is really what the Jews faced during this time of Purim (Esther 3:8–9, 8:6). They were facing absolute total annihilation. In the story of Esther, the king gave Haman his signet ring and told him to do with the Jews as...

Yeshua (Jesus) did not just come to forgive us of our sin. He came to reconcile us into a relationship with the Father. Paul wrote, “For this reason, I bow my knees before the Father … that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power...

We know that Christ our Messiah came to earth, ascended to the Father, and will return. Likewise, the Jewish people are waiting eagerly for the Messiah to come. When He comes, the Kingdom of God will be established under the King Messiah who will rule forever and ever. Ezekiel...

The book of Hebrews says, “Christ … will appear a second time for salvation, without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him” (Hebrews 9:28).[1] When we talk about salvation, a lot of times we limit it to our initial salvation experience when Yeshua (Jesus) forgave us...

The root of Islamic terrorism is not political; it is religious. That root is a belief that it is the will of Allah, their god, that the Jews everywhere—not just in Israel, but everywhere—be annihilated. Naturally, this would end the existence of the State of Israel, which is...

God is our Father, and we are His children. Through Christ we are born as infants into the things of God (John 1:12–13). We begin as children, but we are supposed to grow up. When I think as a child, it is easy for me to get separated from the reality of who I am, what I am,...

The Kingdom of God is not religious. When religion gets involved, it always messes things up. We have wars that are fought in the name of religion. We have hatred that is expounded in the name of religion, and people are being killed today all in the name of religion....

Today we are seeing an unbelievable expression of anger and division in the news and on social media. And it is an expression of what is going on in the heart of man (Matthew 15:18). Something is really taking root in the thinking of this age. Young people may think, “Well,...

On November 1, 2005, the United Nations General Assembly designated January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, to be known as International Holocaust Remembrance Day (IHRD). This U.N. resolution 60/7 “condemns all forms of ‘religious intolerance,...

We are crossing a mystical line, and it is absolutely apparent that things are changing and different. It is like seeing a welcome sign on the highway as you enter a new city. Suddenly you realize that you are coming into Sonship City limits—only the spiritual battle is not...

Absolutely nothing is sacred to God other than you and your relationship with Him. I know that sounds strange but just think about it for a minute. God does not hold anything as sacred. And He is willing to allow its destruction if He does not have a relationship with His...

After telling the parable of the Ten Virgins, Yeshua (Jesus) said, “Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour that I will come” (see Matthew 25:13). We also read that Yeshua told His followers, “Be dressed in readiness, and keep your lamps lit. Be like men...

Whether you believe that Yeshua (Jesus) was born at Christmas or during the time of the Feast of Tabernacles or during the summer solstice or whenever, the point is that we know Yeshua was born. And we should always come back to this simple reality that the Father sent Yeshua...

God is Spirit. And when we come to Him, He gives us a spirit that is alive so He can communicate with us (1 Peter 3:18). We talk about spirit and about the Holy Spirit teaching us and guiding us, but we generally put that guidance on a natural level and expect the Spirit to...

The apostle Paul instructed, “With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints” (Ephesians 6:18).[1] It is necessary for us to grasp how important it is for us to exercise...