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Psalm 91:1 -- "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." Jesus lived a life of prayer, and when He needed dedicated prayer time He would send crowds and, most likely, potential resources away so that He could be with the...

In Song of Solomon 2, the Lover (Jesus) is wooing His Beloved to a new place in verse 10, "Rise up, my beloved, my fair one, and come away," he invites. He then goes on to declare that "the winter is past…the flowers are springing up, and the time of singing birds has come…the fig trees are...

Genesis 1:26 - "Let Us make man in Our image, to be like Ourselves; let man have dominion...over all the earth." It has always been the Lord's intent to have a "people" who would have dominion authority on the earth. The word "dominion" (Hebrew - radah) means to prevail, rule, reign, to tread...

Your desire to live a riskless life is a form of unbelief. Your longing to live close to Jesus is at odds with your attempts to minimize risk. Be willing to go out on a limb with Him. If that is where He is leading you, it is the safest place to be. In order to follow Him wholeheartedly, you...

"Long before He laid down earth's foundations, He had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of His love, to be made whole and holy by His love. - Ephesians 1:4 The Message Today He is calling you unto Himself. He is overshadowing you with His Presence; and you will come into a new...

My soul blesses the Holy Name of the Lord and forgets none of His benefits. (Psalm 103:1,2) He pardons all of my sins, heals all my diseases, and redeems my life from the pit. (Psalm 103:3,4) He crowns me with lovingkindness and compassion and satisfies my years with grace and favor so that my...

"...Because His heart was focused on the joy of knowing that you would be His, He endured the agony of the Cross and conquered its humiliation..." (Hebrews 12:2 TPT) Before Christ endured His final wrestling match on the Cross, He learned obedience through the things He suffered. He grew His...

Matthew 5:13,14,16 -- "You are the salt of the earth......You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven." The entire world is poised for swift, radical...

John 15:1,2,4 - "I am the Real Vine and my Father is the Farmer. He cuts off every branch of Me that doesn't bear grapes. And every branch that is grape-bearing he prunes back so it will bear even more....Make your home in Me just as I do in you.....When you're joined with Me and I with you...

2 Peter 1:4 - "By which He (God) has granted to us His precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire." Each of us has a promised land for our lives (our...

We are to desire God, to secure ourselves to Him. We are to desire His presence, to turn toward Him, and to remove anything that would stop us from being in His presence. That is what God means by seeking His face. It is easy to pray a short prayer and go about your day. Often, it is much more...

"Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds His life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake...

Holy is the Lord who answers my prayers when I call upon Him. (Psalm 99:6,9) I exalt the name of Jesus and His precious blood and declare His testimonies. (Psalm 99:7,9) I come before the Lord with joyful singing as I celebrate His everlasting lovingkindness and faithfulness. (Psalm 100:2,5)...

Jesus prophesied, "I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father" (John 14:12). By listening to the Holy Spirit and then casting our nets where He tells us to, we will be able to haul in a miraculous...

Exodus 3:8 - "And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey." Observation: . The Jews were called, not just to know about the promised land but...

The Holy Spirit is "the Helper" not "the Doer." He will do His part, but He expects us to do ours. It is good to be able to recognize the work of the Holy Spirit, but we must not stop there. We must go on to seek Him for what our part is and then do it. We must constantly seek to understand...

Hebrews 3:7 - "Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, TODAY, if you shall hear His voice, harden not your hearts." The Holy Spirit says, TODAY. What does this mean? God is the Eternal One. With Him there is no yesterday or tomorrow; what we call past and future are with Him an...

Since I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, I flourish like a palm tree as I am planted in the house of the Lord. (Psalm 92:12,13) I yield fruit and flourish in the courts of God throughout my lifetime. (Psalm 92:13,14) I give thanks to the Lord and sing praises to His name as He is...

Revelation 4:1 - "After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, 'Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things."' That voice is still...

"The Lord blessed the latter part of Job's life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys." - Job 42:12 NIV From time to time we actually have to come out of one project completely before God can transition us...