The modern church has learned to say a correct phrase in an incorrect spirit: “Christ has won.” It sounds triumphant, but in practice it often becomes a sedative, not a trumpet. It is used to excuse passivity, explain defeat, and avoid vigilance. I have even heard it used to justify spiritual negligence: “Whether the saints…
Series — Refined by Fire: Walking Through Suffering with Christ — Post 10 Why We Must Suffer With Him to Reign With Him “If we suffer, we shall also reign with him…” — 2 Timothy 2:12 The Pattern of the Overcomer The pattern is unmistakable throughout Scripture. Before glory, there is suffering. Before the crown, there is the…
The Ambush of the Cross — Post 4 “Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.”— Psalm 105:19 The enemy thought Joseph was finished. Betrayed by his brothers, falsely accused by Potiphar’s wife, and forgotten by those he helped in prison, Joseph looked buried. The dreams he once carried…
The Ambush of the Cross — Post 5“To obey is better than sacrifice.” — 1 Samuel 15:22 A King’s Ambush Saul didn’t fall because he was a pagan. He fell because he was religious. He had spiritual authority, prophetic encounters, victories in battle—and yet he lost the kingdom. Why? Because he walked in the flesh…
The Ambush of the Cross, Post 6 “The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’S anointed.”—1 Samuel 26:11 There is a kind of victory that does not come from taking — but from waiting. There is a kind of power that doesn’t strike first, but trusts first. And there is…
Series: Hard Questions, Holy Answers — Post 7 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you. — 1 Peter 4:12 Introduction No one walks the narrow way without encountering trials. They are not interruptions in the Christian life — they are part of it….
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. (2 Timothy 3:5) There is no spiritual victory without a reigning Christ. And there is no reigning Christ in your life if you do not believe He is reigning now. The tragic fruit of postponing Christ’s reign to a future millennium…
God’s refining tools often come in the form of people who rub us the wrong way. Introduction Sometimes the people who irritate us most are the ones God uses to refine us. They mock, accuse, and provoke — yet they are part of God’s process. Scripture shows us that the flesh persecutes the spirit (Gal….
Spiritual Truths Revealed Through Natural Patterns God has written His truth into the very structure of creation. The natural world—our relationships, seasons, hunger, light, labor, and inheritance—is not just physical. It is spiritual language. In this blog series, we explore how natural patterns reveal eternal realities, helping us apprehend Christ and walk in the fullness…
An Overcomer series “That was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.” — 1 Corinthians 15:46 (KJV) God, who is Spirit, has ordained that we—creatures of body and soul—should come to know Him through the very world He created. From the beginning, He designed the natural…