Christian Edification

1 Corinthians 3:9 - "For we are co-workers in God's service; you are God's field, God's building." Man was made in the likeness and image of God (Genesis 1:26) with the purpose to create with God. Our Father doesn't need us but He desires to partner with His family. Man was created to work in...

"For God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control." (2 Timothy 1:7) What you're going through right now is getting you ready for what's about to happen to you next in 2022! In fact, your 'next' is your 'now.' This is your season to be creative. You will design...

"Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, 'Look now, the place where we live near you is too small for us. Please let us go to the Jordan [River] and let each man take from there a beam [for the building]; and let us make a place there for ourselves where we may live.' And he answered, 'Go.'...

"And we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now. Not only that, but we also who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body." (Romans 8:22-23) The creation is...

“Do not call to mind the former things, Or ponder things of the past." - Isaiah 43:18 It is time to shake off the discouragement, shake off the hopelessness, and shake off the despair. Shake it all off by getting into His presence and praising Him and moving into the expectation of a new glory...

We must not look at the pressures of our times as though they were obstacles set to restrict us. For in the hands of the Almighty, these are the very tools He is using to perfect us. But the same Spirit that predicted the perilous conditions at the end of the age also forecasts that, in spite...

Romans 12:2 -- "Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect." The renewing of the mind is not merely that we can be positive thinkers. It is because God is wanting to build...

Philippians 3:14 - "I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." A season of trials is a SEASON of promotion. You will triumph if you don't quit, because God only allows you to face what you are prepared to face with Him. That measuring line is almost...

As we celebrate the wonder of His birth in Bethlehem, we also celebrate His gift of our rebirth into eternal life. This everlasting gift was the sole purpose of His entering our sin-stained world. We let peace rule in our heart as we allow thankfulness to flow freely in response to His...

From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era wrote this carol as a catechism song for young Catholics. It has two levels of meaning: the surface meaning plus a hidden meaning known only to members of their church...

Hebrews 4:15 - "For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been tempted in all things like as we are, yet without sin." What comfort and strength comes at such a time to a soul, when it sees that Jesus is able to sympathize and...

"Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee...." - 1 Timothy 4:14 For too long, Christians have been motivated by guilt, instead of responding to the unction of the Holy Spirit. As each of us yields to what God has CALLED us to be, then God will bring each part to fulfillment...

Hebrews 4:14 -- "Having, then, a great High Priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession." A GREAT HIGH PRIEST, JESUS THE SON OF GOD The name SON OF GOD speaks of His divinity, and His power as High Priest, really to bring us to God, into...

People want to be happy and understand life logically. People understand happiness over materialism and money. Also many people pray for sucess, career, material thinks. But God is love and love is not material, but emotion. People cannot understand, that hapiness can give you God and even nice...

Forenote: These are only my personal wonderings about covid. Please don't think I am telling anyone else what to do re whether to be vaccinated or not etc. Do your own research of all sides of the debate/issue (especially praying and seeking and reading bible) and decide for yourselves. But it...

Jesus' friends will draw close to His chest to hear His very heart beat. The lifestyle of the believer that is marked with an intimate life with Christ is available to you. Jesus is looking for new recruits who will hear the passionate sound of His love beating through their beings. Do you...

It's time for the Bride to make herself ready and there is a haste of the hour to do this. It's really a time to hear what the Spirit is saying and move on HIS direction, HIS voice (Isaiah 55:11), and not the voice of the world that comes from fear or the wisdom of man – which is opposite to...

(continued from "Why Jesus Had to Die" - Part 1) If the Pharisees had shown excellent judgment in warmly receiving Jesus Christ, acknowledging that Christ was who he said he was, and accepted that he did the things he said he did - wouldn't man have a more charitable perception of our own will...

The Book of Isaiah, written ~740 years before the birth of Jesus Christ, prophesied Jesus's coming and also his death. Because Jesus died for our sins, we have a connection to the Most-High God through Jesus, our high-priest. And we were blessed with the Holy Spirit who dwells within...

Exodus 16:4 - The the Lord said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may test them, whether or not they will walk in My instruction." This is the test of whether we will get up first thing every day...