The Power of Your Spoken Words

One of the greatest stewardship responsibilities God has given us is the stewardship of our words. Most people think of words as nothing more than vocabulary—letters arranged into sounds, sounds arranged into sentences. But Scripture teaches something far deeper. Words are not merely literary. Words are containers. They carry spiritual substance.

Every time we speak, we are filling our words with something. Just like a cup can hold water, coffee, or poison, a word can hold

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Speaking Life: Resetting Your Words in the New Year

As we step into a new year, many people focus on changing habits, improving routines, or setting new goals. Those things have value, but Scripture points us to a far more powerful place to begin: our words. Proverbs 18:21 tells us plainly, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue.” If death and life are in the tongue, then the direction of our year is shaped not first by what we do with our hands, but by what we release from our mouths.

Every believer has been given a

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God's Word Accomplishes What It Is Sent to Do

As a youngster, my mom dragged me to church, usually kicking, pouting, and full of attitude. I sat under years and years of sermons, hearing scripture after scripture being read. Week after week, month after month, year after year—it seemed like those words went in one ear and out the other. By the time I turned eighteen, I made a bold declaration to myself: I wasn’t going to church ever again. At the time, it looked as if all the Word spoken over me had done absolutely n

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Christmas Truth

I love Christmas for many reasons. First and foremost, Christmas is the time of year that the church celebrates the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Although we know that Jesus was not born in the last week of December, it is still wonderful that the church and the secular world commemorate His birth during this time. 

Secondly, it’s a time when friends and families gather together for food, fellowship, and the exchanging of gifts. The great joy that Christmas al

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Why Jesus Was Born

Jesus is truly the Savior of the world. Celebrating His birth is a time of great love, peace, joy, and compassion. The reality is, however, Christmas is just the symbolic time we celebrate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. We know that Jesus was not born on December 25, but we use this date as our annual time to celebrate His coming into the world.

As Christians, we know that Jesus is the Son of God (Mark 1:1). We know that God loved mankind so much that He sent Jesus to this

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Removing Mount Trauma

Our minds are fragile and mysterious things. One traumatic event can turn our whole theology upside down! To say a Christian never gets hit would be a big, old, fat lie. This is why Paul tells us in Ephesians 6:11: “Put on the whole armor of God, so we can stand against the devil’s shenanigans!” Trust me—you continually NEED to be wearing the whole armor of God. We don’t take it off and put it back on each day.

What happens is, if we don’t keep things tight by continually r

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Better Than Healing - Walking in the Blessing (Part 3 of 3)

Through the first two parts of this article, we have basically established that the same Blessing that was on Abraham has passed on to us through inheritance. Scripture also shows that sickness does not exist in that Blessing. This is actually reinforced in Colossians 1:13 (KJV): “Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness (where the curse exists) and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.” (Where the Blessing exists, there is no sickness—for there is n

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Better Than Healing - Walking in the Blessing (Part 2 of 3)

In Part 1, we began to investigate the Good News of the promise of healing that God has for His people. Remember, there are two very important things that are requisite for us to understand in order to possess God’s provision. These principles are so powerful that if you begin to see and implement them in your life, you’ll realize you don’t even have to wait for gifts of the Spirit or the laying on of hands to receive your healing. 

Let’s take a look at the first one. 

The B

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Better Than Healing - Walking in the Blessing (Part 1 of 3)

Luke 13:10-16 (KJV) 10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with i

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Healing for Today - The Trial Will Change You!

Anyone who knows me and the trial that I was facing in the past year, has heard me refer to this time as my “fiery trial.” My faith was tested in more than one way and over a relatively long period of time. The Scriptures tell us many things about trials—and they are good! 

Many years ago, I taught a course at work about stress management. The one thing that everyone should realize about a stressful event (a trigger, an overwhelming or negative circumstance), is that the le

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Discipline of the Lord

I had a good dad growing up. I know that is not a true statement for everyone. Was I afraid of my dad? No. Did my dad ever whip or discipline me? Yes. Did that mean he didn’t love me? Absolutely not.In fact, it meant that he did love me, and he wanted to correct me so I would grow up right.

I can only remember a few times when I got a whipping. After that, all he had to do was give me that look or call my name, and I straightened up.

Now, God is our Father. And just like a g

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What You Say...

There is a true story about a young man waiting in a railroad station who noticed an elderly gentleman reading the signs posted high on the wall—signs printed in very small type. The young man thought to himself, How can someone that old read such tiny print? 

Then he noticed that the man’s hair was still a thick, rich black. When the gentleman turned and smiled, the young observer could tell his teeth were still his own. Intrigued and impressed, the young man finally appro

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Determine Your Field

A few years ago, in the middle of a financially tough time, I began praying for seed to sow because the Bible says in 2 Corinthians 9:10 (NKJV), “God supplies seed to the sower.”

As I prayed and believed for seed according to Mark 11:24 — “Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them” — I heard the Holy Spirit whisper, “Determine your field!”

The field you choose to sow in determines the outcome. Scriptu

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Keep Your Mind Guarded

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. – Romans 12:2

Where you set your thoughts determines the kind of life you experience. Fixing your gaze on worry and fear will always draw you into heaviness, but setting your mind on the Spirit will lift you into life and peace. Paul says it directly: “To be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded

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Pride Avenue Leads Nowhere

While on our way to Kansas City, we came upon a college town. As we were driving, we noticed an exit sign labeled “Pride Ave.” I thought, “That’s a strange name for a street. I hope it doesn’t lead to destruction!” Suddenly, I thought about Proverbs 16:18 in a whole new light:“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”Lucifer is a perfect example of this scripture. Satan allowed others to exalt him into something he wasn’t. The kings of the earth s

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