The Sovereignty of God
3 John 2 – 'Beloved, I pray that you will prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.' Prosperity has to be understood from God's point of view: sound emotional responses to life, a sound mind, discipline so that life will be continually filled with joy and blessings. The fundamental principle of any Christian life is the
CHANGED INTO HIS LIKENESS
God calls us to something beyond ourselves; when we are saved, the Spirit of God urges us into different kinds of actions that would renew our minds, so we no longer think as we did when we were in the world. Ego is self-centred behaviour that propels us towards a materialistic view of happiness. This leads to inadequacy and misery
YOUR MOMENT IN HISTORY
by Jim Durkin Over many years of serving the Lord, I have seen high times and low times. To keep from riding through life on a roller coaster, though, I have had to ask myself this important question: "What is it that keeps us moving forward and in the right direction when life seems to go wrong?" Many of us have had
THE BREEZE, BALMY CHRISTIAN LIFE
I have often thought how easy it would be to make the message of God's Word to Christians appealing to the natural man. There's just one thing you'd have to do to have a breezy, balmy Christian experience: keep yourself away from the "forward edge." Don't get too involved in witnessing to people; don't get overly involved in church life
1. THE BOLD CONFESSION: INTRO
"You are coming against me with sword and spear, but I am coming against you in the name of the Lord of Hosts, whom you have defied. For the battle is the Lord’s --- and it is He who will deliver you into our hand !!” Jim Durkin of Eureka, California was well-known for his work with young people, particularly those
