He does not relent, continuing to insist upon our full fervency and entire devotion, irrespective of what unfolds in our lives. To demand less would not be love. This is not His being unreasonable. No, it’s simply His being unwilling to deny us our full inheritance and His full inheritance in us. We were made for wholehearted love, and He refuses to relent in establishing that in us.
Read MoreAmos says, “Surely the Lord God does nothing unless He reveals His secrets to His servants the prophets.” God is looking to partner with people to bring to fruition the fullness of His kingdom and His purposes. That is why there is almost always a prophetic witness somewhere somehow. The torch of the testimony of the glory of God and His saving plan for His people passes through history and is never lost.
Read MoreIn any hour, God only has a limited number of people that will respond to Him in obedience. That fact may startle you! We would like to think that we would all do what God asks of us, but on the ground, in real time, that is not actually the case. Utter obedience to God has always been a relatively rare commodity. Thank God that will not always be the case, but in this era it is.
Read MoreThere is a biblical principle that we must “go down to come up,” that we must be planted in the earth to grow into the light, that night comes before day, that resurrection only comes after death. The devil can try to destroy us, but God means to bless not only us, but others, in our trials. Through our trials, pain, and deepest despair comes a path of salvation for us, for our family, and, as we shall see, for God’s nation.
Read More"Costly," the third and final single in Stephanie Quick's 'the costly ep,' dropped this week. In this article, she explores perhaps the deepest depths of Scripture, what the apostles knew as "the law of Christ," and discusses the formative convictions that birthed "Galilee," "Costly," and "Redwood." The EP is now available on all platforms.
Read MoreSon. Cousin. Prophet. Nazarite. Spectacle.
John the Baptist was many things, but a few he was not. What kind of backbone did he forge in the wilderness, and what should we learn from him? How do we “take the Kingdom of Heaven by force”?
Read MoreNo one can enter eternity and sit at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, the feast for union with Him slain before the foundation of the world, harboring offense at another sinner in their heart. Such bitterness will damn you to eternity apart from the just Judge of the ages. So Jesus’ words to Peter were those of a sage and sober wisdom: Forgive every day, until the last day. You forgive and keep forgiving till the end of the age; the welfare of your very soul is at stake. You love till the end.
Read MoreWhat we call the “Great Commission” tasked us with the holy dignity of bearing incarnate witness to the Incarnate God. Indeed, “let this mind be in [us] also.” As we meditate on the Incarnation this week—and we should—may we look towards the rest of the story, and may we give ourselves to hasten the Day it’ll happen.
Read MoreA curse was placed upon the traitorous mirrors in the Garden of God, and He hung Himself on a tree to shatter it. Thankfully, the story does not end there. It ends in another garden. But blood will spill before we get there.
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