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1. The Hidden Opportunity Outward Pressure Offers You ...

... lacking (James 1:2–4 TPT). Outward pressure is always an opportunity to be inwardly transformed. An experiment was done in the Arizona desert called Biosphere 2. The goal was to create perfect growing ...

Created on 12 September 2018

2. How to Find Stability When Life Is Out of Control

Have you ever felt out of control? I have! When this happens, we have to run to the one who is in control. God is always in control. No matter what traumatic situation you're in. No matter what the kids ...

Created on 15 March 2018

3. Growing the Roses of Victory Despite Life's Painful Thorns

When I lived in Scotland, I had the most beautiful roses in my garden. I love God's creation. What starts out as an ugly thorn bush is transformed into a beautiful rose bush. Abraham Lincoln said, "We ...

Created on 12 December 2017

4. Holy Spirit's Answer When Your Best Isn't Good Enough

I'm doing the best that I can. Those seven words strung together created a little phrase that I started using in the past year. I like to put lots of pressure on myself to be Superwoman, have a perfec ...

Created on 05 June 2017

5. The Secret to Kathryn Kuhlman's Powerful Healing Ministry

Although many were praying for the sick in the charismatic renewal, perhaps the most prominent advocate for healing was Kathryn Kuhlman (1907-1976). During this era, she became "one of the best-known woman ...

Created on 24 February 2017

6. Why God Is Saying Slow Down Before You Burn Out, Man of God

Note: 25 years after prolific writer Jamie Buckingham passed away, this Charisma column from 1980 is still timely. Even my wife (especially my wife) knew I was going too fast. Like a speeding train, I ...

Created on 17 February 2017

7. Strategically Strengthening Your Spirit in the Middle of Maddening Chaos

David, the great Old Testament figure, was no stranger to discouragement, fatigue, fear, confusion, doubt, bad decisions and second chances. Like refreshing rain on parched ground, his raw humanity, disarming ...

Created on 20 January 2017

8. Take Advantage of This Stunningly Simple Secret to a Vibrant New Year

In the quiet of a holiday night, I whispered to Matt, "Our tree really is better than anyone else's." Of course, I would never say that to people, because it would be rude, but it was true. Cut by Matt's ...

Created on 04 January 2017

9. Clutch This Brilliant Hope to Rise Above Your Agonizing Wait

It's easy to believe God when a promise is new. It's hard when the years pass and nothing changes. It's even harder when desperation strikes, your plans backfire, and still God does not fill the emptiness. ...

Created on 27 December 2016

10. Your Prophetic Weapon To Disarm Post-Christmas Blues

Intense desires and expectations accompany the Christmas season. Beneath the smiles, lavish decorations and melancholy music, most people are longing for deeper meaning and validation.   In pursuing this, ...

Created on 27 December 2016

11. Tear Open These Perfect Presents Jesus Is Giving You Right Now

We all love to look at presents all wrapped up in pretty paper and tied with a fancy bow. We all love to get presents, too: the mystery of what may be inside, the knowing that someone thought enough of ...

Created on 22 December 2016

12. 10 Scriptures to Stand on Through Senseless Painful Trials

The surgery waiting room was packed with family and close-as-family special friends. We had been told the day before that my tall, dark, and handsome 23-year-old son's mass was cancer. This second surgery ...

Created on 14 December 2016

13. One Easy Way to Stop the Downward Spiral Into Despair

I was having some ridiculously petty thoughts yesterday, and do you mind if I don't tell you what they were? They swirled around disappointment and frustration, ending in a big pile of self-pity. (Just ...

Created on 13 December 2016

14. Vital Steps to Busting Your Healing Plateau

... s situation. Right now, I renounce gum disease in your mouth. I release the healing power of the Holy Spirit to flow into your jaws, gums and teeth. I command all pain, swelling, pressure and head and j ...

Created on 06 December 2016

15. Renewing Abundant Joy When Your Hope Is Deferred

According to the March of Dimes, somewhere between 15 and 25 percent of known pregnancies end in miscarriage. Despite the fact so many women share a common loss, they endure the grief of miscarriage alone ...

Created on 05 December 2016

16. This Worldly Deception Can Keep You Locked in Despair

Yesterday I was driving and asked my 18-year-old son, Alex, what he thought Jesus looked like. While he was thinking of an answer, I told him my thoughts. "I think Jesus is an unassuming, ordinary Arab ...

Created on 29 November 2016

17. 9 Faith-Filled Declarations to Stand Mightily in Turbulent Times

It's that time of year again—our office Christmas tree is decorated and Thanksgiving Day feasts are upon us. There's something special about the holidays. As the nation takes time to intentionally reflect ...

Created on 28 November 2016

18. Uprooting the World's Deceptions in Our National Crisis

Isaiah 5:20 says, "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who exchange darkness for light, and light for darkness; who exchange bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" America is going through ...

Created on 25 November 2016

19. Clearing Demonic Division Out of the Church

The election here in the U.S. is finally over. At least we thought it was. Half the country was disappointed and the other half rejoiced. Democracy happened. But then began the protests. And the riots. ...

Created on 18 November 2016

20. Redeeming Your Ugliest Moments Through Holy Spirit's Power

My fists clenched; my face scrunched and turned hot. Then noise like the screech of an old radio burst from my mouth: "You will eat those beans! You will eat them right now!" I uncurled one tight fist ...

Created on 18 November 2016