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Rande Greene “By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.” -John 15:8 If Genesis 3 teaches us anything it is that the enemy of your soul intends to distort the image and character of God in our minds. The goal of the serpent is to […]
Rande Greene “But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.” He said, “Who told you that you were naked?” -Genesis 3:9-11
Rande Greene ” For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same […]
Rande Greene “How lovely is Your tabernacle, O LORD of hosts! My soul longs, yes, even faints For the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Even the sparrow has found a home, And the swallow a nest for herself, Where she may lay her young– Even […]
Rande Greene “He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.” – John 1:11 Jesus was “Wounded in the house of his friends”. The indignity of the crucifixion reaches far beyond the violence and brutality. It is insult added to injury. The perpetrators of the act were the ones he was […]
Rande Greene “And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. And as he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road. As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives—the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise […]
Rande Greene “But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” -John 4:23-24 To seek true worshippers you must […]
Rande Greene “And the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day.” – Genesis 18:1 Notice it was in the “heat of the day” when the Lord came calling upon Abraham. The time of the day when you might […]
Rande Greene “remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.” – Ephesians 2:12 The question that must be asked of us is, are we sufficiently concerned for those who are lost […]
Rande Greene ““Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your […]
Rande Greene “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. “ – Matthew 6:33 Do we value what God has previously done in our lives? To reflect upon His blessings and express gratitude and praise for what He has done may be part of […]
Rande Greene “But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God” – John 1:12-13 A sinner, unworthy and unable to […]
Rande Greene “if my people who are called by my name humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” – 2 Chronicles 7:14 2019 needs to be a year of rekindled dedication to prayer. […]
Rande Greene “… if my people who are called by my name humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and forgive their sin and heal their land.” – 2 Chronicles 7:14 The way of the world can easily inhabit the church — […]
David Fuller “Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a […]
Garrison Greene And Mary said,“My soul magnifies the Lord,and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed;for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name His mercy is for […]
David Fuller “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” – Ecclesiastes 3:1 The word Kairos in scripture is used to indicate a moment of import. A moment of deep deep consequence. When Jesus began His ministry he said, “…my time (my kairos) is fulfilled.
Rande Greene “He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that […]
Rande Greene Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.…learn from me…” […]
Yoel Rodriguez Interpreted by Flor Yuhas God’s process looks different for each person. What He has for you may be completely different from what He has for your brother or sister. God’s process changes you; its many stages takes you to the place He wants you to be. God cares about your character. Joseph went […]
Tyler Greene “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” – Ephesians 5:1-2 At its root, our greatest problem is an identity crisis. The problem occurs when we confuse our calling with our identity. […]
Rande Greene “For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.” – Galatians 1:10 We become the servant of whomever we are trying to please. Our well-being is controlled […]
Rande Greene “Hear my prayer, O LORD; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness! “ – Psalm 143:1 Prayer is a spiritual discipline. It is a way that God communicated a measure of His grace to us. There are spiritual paths I won’t walk until I pray. […]
Rande Greene “Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to one […]
Rande Greene “Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus […]
Rande Greene “For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful.” – 1 Corinthians 14:14 “Unfruitful” has also been interpreted “barren”. The tongues speaker is blessed spiritually without any understanding of the words they spoke meant. Speaking in a Spirit-inspired language is not a product of the mind. The […]
Rande Greene “And he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded, 52 for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.” – Mark 6:51-52 They experienced the gracious help of God in people physically being fed. They had been nourished by the miraculous […]
Rande Greene The most important thing we can do is keep our eyes fixed upon Jesus. “Immediately after this, Jesus insisted that his disciples get back into the boat and cross to the other side of the lake, while he sent the people home. After sending them home, he went up into the hills by […]
Rande Greene Fear keeps us from obeying God. “What if it wasn’t really God speaking to me? If I step out and do this, what if I fail or it turns out badly for me? What if God doesn’t come through for me?” Some of the highest and longest bridges in the U.S. offer special […]
Garrison Greene God calls us to share the Gospel with those around us. We may feel inadequate to do so, or even disqualified because of our past. However, God supplies what He demands and His grace is sufficient for our apparent inadequacies.
Rande Greene Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the LORD had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. Now the Syrians on one of their raids had carried […]
Rande Greene Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to […]
Rande Greene “To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, […]
Rande Greene “Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. Let us know; […]
Rande Greene “But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you” – Acts 26:16 The call was to “rise”. The first […]
Rande Greene “With what shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the […]
Rande Greene “I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit—that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to […]
Rande Greene “Once when he was eating with them, he commanded them, “Do not leave Jerusalem until the Father sends you the gift he promised, as I told you before. John baptized with water, but in just a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” – Acts 1:4-5 God has gifts for […]
Rande Greene “Jesus answered, “Scripture says, A person cannot live on bread alone but on every word that God speaks.'” – Matthew 4:4 This was a clarification of value. Bread is a good thing. Bread is a blessing from God. God gave His covenant people bread in the wilderness. We are taught by our Lord […]
Rande Greene “Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.” – John 13:1 We must continue to “look to Jesus”. He is our salvation. […]
Rande Greene “Rejoice always,pray without ceasing,give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Rejoicing, praying and giving thanks were not part of the Gentile cultural mindset as they were among Jews, especially prayer and giving thanks. You remember the Law included a […]
Rande Greene “In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.” – 2 Samuel 11:1 Responsibility and love. These are the two pillars of godly masculinity. […]
Rande Greene “and every day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. Also, you shall purify the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall anoint it to consecrate it.” – Exodus 29:36 Sin is a corruption of what God has made. Sin distorts the creation. Atonement is needed to […]
Rande Greene “Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a […]
Rande Greene “While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 19 And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” – Matthew 4:18-19 They owned boats and […]
Tyler Greene “Vanity of vanities,says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.” – Ecclesiastes 1:2 “The whole idea of me being the master of my own destiny runs counter, in many ways, to the wisdom of scripture. So in response to the idea set forth in the poem Invictus, by William Ernest Henley, we […]
Rande Greene But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” – John 4:32 Food is a good thing. Jesus often ate with people. The early church believers ate together on a daily basis. Food is good. It is God’s provision and blessing to us. Pray, “Give us […]
Rande Greene “Fathers (parents), do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” Ephesians 6:4 (ESV) This states our parental purpose. I know it is addressed to “fathers”. Fathers are ultimately responsible for their children but that does not change the purpose of the mother […]
Pete Spardella “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” – Matthew 4:1 … the Spirit of the Lord actually led Jesus into the wilderness. Everyone goes through seasons of wilderness from time to time. Sometimes we begin to believe we have done something to upset […]
Rande Greene “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.” – John 14:25-26 It is clear what […]
Rande Greene All through Scripture we see the anger of God kindled against divine purpose unfulfilled or corrupted. Divine purpose will always be focused upon the lost sheep and the lost son. Compassion and justice for the hurting, broken and downtrodden are high priority for God. “The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and […]
Rande Greene There is a profound temptation for even good people to be religious without true holiness. “But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, […]
Rande Greene “For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” – 2 Corinthians 12:10 This does not sound like a man lamenting his weakness and struggles. It sounds as if he is rejoicing in them. We as Christians […]
Rande Greene “And if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless, and you are still guilty of your sins. In that case, all who have died believing in Christ are lost! And if our hope in Christ […]
Rande Greene “So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!” – Hebrews 5:7 They left the city and went to where Jesus was. Mark’s Gospel records threw their “cloaks” on the […]
Jason Rose Jason Rose is a missionary to Israel, working with Chosen People Ministries. This teaching is from the 10am service wherein he discussed and taught about the factual basis for the bible – both the Old Testament and the New Testament. Jason encourages us to speak boldly and with confidence regarding the Bible. He […]
Rande Greene Jesus’ death by love shamed and humiliated the powers who were originally created for the sake of humanity. The “powers” failed in their assigned task; Jesus didn’t. His self-sacrificing love revealed on the cross shows how self-serving the fallen and rebellious powers are. The fallen powers are self-oriented to the core.
Rande Greene “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.” – Proverbs 9:10 The best life one can live is a life guided by God’s wisdom. Wisdom would typically be defined as “the ability to discern or judge what is true, right or lasting”. […]
Rande Greene One of the most wonderful things about walking with Jesus is the cleansing of the conscience. Coming to the Lord Jesus in faith allows the Holy Spirit to wash our conscience and remove the pain of guilt and shame. The doctrine of substitution: Jesus became our substitute in death. He died the death […]
Rande Greene One of the most difficult things to do in our materialistic culture is to become and stay otherworldly. It is difficult because of the relentless pressure to live for now only. The anti-spiritual bias surrounds us. It is like the air we breathe. “Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off […]
Rande Greene “let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.” – Hebrews 10:22-23 The offering of Jesus […]
Rande Greene “Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a […]
Rande Greene To see the Bible the way we should we must be aware of the worldview the ancient Israelite held as they Bible was given to them. They viewed the Creation as more than a physical reality. They were fully convinced the spiritual realm was a reality and was directly involved and influential in […]
Rande Greene “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on the house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the […]
Rande Greene “In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.” – Hebrews 5:7 Jesus prayed. It is amazing that God in the flesh was put in the position […]
Rande Greene “Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” – Psalms 37:3-4 This is the truth of bringing our wants and needs to God in prayer. We submit to Him and He gives […]
Rande Greene God is recognized as being great more than anything because He became a helpless newborn for the sake of lost humanity. Bringing us in from the cold; being a Savior; being the substitute and taking on our sin; living and dying in our place; loving us enough to do that. That is unparalleled […]
Rande Greene “And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 4:19 We have the promise. God always meets us in our frailty and weakness with a life-saving promise. We are called to uncompromising trust in God. When God calls us to give, serve, […]
Rande Greene “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.” – John 5:39-40 If I recognize certain things about Jesus and really accept those facts as true, I […]
Rande Greene “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and […]
Rande Greene “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:34-35
Rande Greene “Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.” – Hebrews 12:3 It is common for people to see God as our heavenly benefactor instead of our heavenly Father. When we think God’s reason for existing is to make us comfortable and happy […]
Rande Greene “…if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” – 2 Chronicles 7:14
Rande Greene “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.” – 1 Peter 2:24 Why did Christ Jesus suffer for us? God takes sin very seriously. It is not an issue that a just and holy God can just sweep under the […]
Rande Greene The narrative throughout the entire Bible reveals a spiritual power grasping for control and domination of people. Consider, for example: the serpent in the Garden seizing control over Adam and Eve by deception, Pharaoh and the Egyptian taskmasters exercising complete control over God’s people, Queen Jezebel was a notorious control freak and her […]
Rande Greene “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” – Ephesians 6:12 We cannot avoid the arena of spiritual realities. Just because we cannot see the realm of […]
David Fuller And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.– Mark 12:34 [excerpt] After 6 grueling months of mining beneath a mountain, a man, discouraged by minimal yields, buries his pick, candles, and dynamite a mere 6 inches from one of the […]
David Fuller “Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. Unto whom […]
Rande Greene “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.”– Revelation 3:20
Rande Greene “Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?” – Psalms 85:6 The connection here between spiritual revival and rejoicing is obvious and must not be overlooked. Spiritual revival will cause rejoicing in the Lord. Revival is in the simplest definition a renewed awareness of God; a fresh awareness […]
Rande Greene “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.” Prov 18:21 “Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.” Matt 10:32
Rande Greene Christ died for us while we were yet sinners. We were helpless and dead in trespasses and sins. We were not able to raise ourselves to life. God in Christ Jesus came to raise us when we were yet in our sinful state and were without strength. He met us were we were […]
Rande Greene “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s […]
Rande Greene Jesus knew he would be betrayed and forsaken yet he was not bitter and hardened by it. He was tender hearted. One must be tough-minded to be tender-hearted in a world of betrayal.
Rande Greene “For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds […]
Rande Greene “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, […]
Rande Greene Freedom is a spiritual matter. Christian freedom is centered upon deliverance by the power of the risen Christ. What Christ has done is appropriated by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Freedom is available to anyone who comes to Christ in faith. When we come to a place of saving faith in Jesus […]
Rande Greene “Seek the Lord” or “seek His face” is a Biblical phrase and also a spiritual principle. What does it mean to seek His face? To seek His face means to seek to be in the presence of the Lord. ‘Being in the presence of the Lord’ means being in the manifest presence of […]
Rande Greene “Hear, my son, your father’s instruction…” – Proverbs 1:8 A father has incredible potential for good or bad. It is because of the influence a father can wield in the lives of his children. Fathers have great responsibility to use the influence we have been given to the glory of God and to […]
Rande Greene “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” – Proverbs 3:5-6 Jesus’ prayer in the Garden included “not my will but thine be done”. That was letting go of power, autonomy and […]
Rande Greene As Christ-followers, we should love Jesus with a consuming love. It is right to be mesmerized and fascinated with Jesus Christ. Only as we are ravenously smitten with Jesus will we live the way a Christian can. If anything or anyone, including ourselves, becomes more important than Jesus, we have gloriously failed, no […]
Rande Greene “Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can […]
Rande Greene “Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.” – 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NLT)
Rande Greene “And I commend joy, for man has no good thing under the sun but to eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun. – Eccl 8:15 (ESV) Mothers have endless responsibilities and […]
Rande Greene "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?" – Jeremiah 17:9 Sexuality is God-given. Unfortunately we live in an over-sexualized culture. Sex is not the problem; true sexuality practiced within Biblical parameters is nurturing. The problem is when sex leaves its boundaries established by the Creator and […]
Rande Greene Money, sex and power are the general categories of idolatry. Of the three the one that we are most inclined to find a sense of safety and security in is money. The level of trust that is given to money is inordinate. Money and wealth does not deserve the level of confidence we […]
Rande Greene “And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. Little children, keep yourselves from idols.” -1 John […]
Rande Greene 1 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you— unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what […]
Rande Greene “The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!”. – John […]
Landon Galloway Acts 8:26-38 The Lost people of the world need us to meet them where they are. Philip left relative comfort and success to meet an Ethiopian eunuch in the desert and minister to him. The Word was so ingrained in Philip that he could take this passage from Isaiah and reveal Jesus to […]
Rande Greene “ 19 We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in […]
Rande Greene “17 Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. 18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. 19 They have […]
Rande Greene If you want to live a fully formed Christian life you must have a balance of experience and thoughtfulness.
Rande Greene We become a kingdom citizen by becoming a disciple of Jesus; a follower of Jesus. Jesus was the embodiment of the kingdom; he was the consummate example of what a kingdom citizen looks like. Following Jesus means an increasing likeness to him. A disciple of Jesus by following him grows in kingdom characteristics.
Rande Greene To pray and fast are a confession that we are woefully inadequate for today’s vast challenges and needs. Prayer and fasting are a declaration that we know we cannot live on our own resources. We are in desperate need of God.
Rande Greene “Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray.” – James 5:13 (ESV) We are to exercise faithfulness by praying. Our faithfulness to God is found in our appeal to Him in our suffering or trouble.
Rande Greene “You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; 18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.” 2 Peter 3:17-18 […]
Rande Greene Because He paid the price I now belong to Jesus. “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in […]
Rande Greene Jesus loves His bride and wants what is best for her. He wants her to grow and become more like Him. God’s people speaking to one another, speaking the truth in love is a means of growing the body into Christ-likeness.
Rande Greene Christians belong to Jesus; how does it happen that a person belongs to Christ? And what are the implications of that? A person who belongs to Jesus does so because of Jesus. We are incapable of saving ourselves. We are dead in sin.
Don Reinert Ahithophel – who was he. What would drive him to suicide? Not forgiving and trying to exact revenge demonstrates a lack of faith. If we believe that God is just then we don’t have to take matters into our own hands. When we are wronged, God is our avenger.
Rande Greene Prayer without faith is an exercise in futility and accomplishes very little. However, even faith the size of a mustard seed will accomplish great things in the action of prayer. Faith is not complete without prayer.
Rande Greene ‘What does Jesus mean to us?’ is too great and big for us to presently know but the Scriptures do reveal truth about it. It is our responsibility to search it out even if it is beyond our present comprehension. The more deeply we search and diligently apply what we learn about this […]
Rande Greene The life we crave is found by complete surrender to Jesus. Obedience to the word of God brings us into the life of God. The goal is not to master the word of God but to be mastered by it. Treasures are found in His word. When the word of God speaks authoritatively […]
Rande Greene “This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.” Ephesians 4:1-13 “Christianity that doesn’t begin with the individual doesn’t begin; Christianity that ends with the individual […]