"And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?” (Acts 19:15)There is an unseen, spiritual realm that is always surrounding us, sometimes overtaking us, and regularly having influence on our lives. Furthermore, there are evil spirits working with the devil that seek to hit us with fiery darts of doubt, distress, and deception. Meanwhile, God is with us and ...  Read More

Everyone follows, trusts, and worships someone or something in their lives, but the real question is always, "WHO?" Once it can be determined WHO you are actually trusting in and following, there is the need to keep growing and learning and yearning for more.Jesus said, "For whoever has, to him MORE will be given; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him" (Mark 4:25)...  Read More

LESSONS LEARNED BY LOOKING UP-LIFT!Yesterday, millions of people repeatedly looked up at the sky to catch a glimpse of “The Great American Eclipse”, to see the sun and moon in perfect alignment. The tragedy in this is how many of those same people do not know and do not marvel at the God who made them, nor do they recognize all that they point us to and reveal to us. But our God has some crucial l...  Read More

Jesus Christ overcame the grave! "Impossible?" It is always a possible impossibility when you factor in the power of God, since it is He who creates all things by speaking them into existence!The greatest feat in human history had taken place when Jesus Christ suffered, died, and rose again but those who should have been most expectant of this were fearing for their own lives and suffering from sp...  Read More

UPLIFT - The Righteous Shall Enter"Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go through them,And I will praise the LORD. This is the gate of the LORD,Through which the righteous shall enter.Save now, I pray, O LORD; O LORD, I pray, send now prosperity.Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD!We have blessed you from the house of the LORD." (Psalm 118:19-20, 25-26)The LORD has ALL power ...  Read More

Acts 18:18, 26 So Paul still remained a good while. Then he took leave of the brethren and sailed for Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila were with him. He had hishair cut off at Cenchrea, for he had taken a vow... So he [Apollos] began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.There Christian life sho...  Read More

"And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us" (Acts 17:26-27)When Paul the Apostle wrote a letter to a church, he knew that he was united t...  Read More

"Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious; for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, HIM I proclaim to you" - Acts 17:22-23The Lord is near. These are such beautiful ...  Read More

"Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.” - Acts 17:2-3There is power in the spoken word of God. When God speaks, light follows.  From the very beginning, God said, "Let there be li...  Read More

"And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And he came out that very hour...But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immedi...  Read More

"Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia. After they had come to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them. So passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas." (Acts 16:6-8)Jesus never expected His followers to do anything or go anywhere without the leading and enabling of the Hol...  Read More

UPLIFT - Diffusing Conflict With Space"Now Barnabas was determined to take with them John called Mark. But Paul insisted that they should not take with them the one who had departed from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work. Then the contention became so sharp that they parted from one another." (Acts 15:37-39)The Lord's heart for His people is that we love one another in such...  Read More