A number of years ago we showed a film strip outdoors near the church we started in Valladolid, Spain. It was one of those old timers that had a cassette tape with it. There would be a clicking noise on the cassette when you were to change the slide on the filmstrip. Even then, it […]

In the New Testament we have an example of how principles can annul the will of God. Jesus was arguing with the Pharisees about the Sabbath, the day of rest. God wanted to bless His people with a day off. However, the Pharisees had created a series of obligations and prohibitions that stole all the […]

Generally those who live by Biblical principles are extremely sincere in their desire to please God. But I have observed that living by principles, even Biblical principles can have two different results. First, many times we depend so much on Biblical principles that we don’t really learn to recognize the voice of God. This is […]

Hey! Slow down! Put on the brakes! Sit down and take a deep breath. Don’t run…there’s no hurry. What’s the big rush anyway? Don’t the years fly by fast enough already? Waiting is something that’s hard for us to do. It isn’t easy to listen to boring music on the phone while we are on […]

Jesus said that the wind blows where it wants and even though we hear its sound, we don’t know where it comes from nor where it goes. He then compared this to people that are led by the Spirit.1 Have you ever heard a sermon on this verse? What is it trying to tell you? […]

The most repeated commandment in the Bible is “Do not be afraid.” However, in the last book — Revelation — the angel says, “Fear God, and give him glory.”1 And we know that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Obviously we are not talking about that fear which paralyzes us. But […]

One of the errors that legalists commit is to think that we have to figure out God’s will though Bible study and then strive to fulfill it. In Philippians 2:13 I discovered a verse that opened my eyes to God’s rest: “…it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to […]

I really believe that God wants us to know, on a deeply personal level, that He is a good God who loves us with all His heart, soul, mind and strength. He showed us this when He said, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you….thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to […]

“I am really tired of waiting for my father to die,” the son thought to himself. “I want my inheritance and I want it now.” Sadly, his father gave in to his son’s selfish plans and before the astonished eyes of everybody in the household, the son took off. He had plenty of money for […]

I was exhausted, confused, frightened and totally clueless. I had been born again in 1970. I was 16 years old at that time and for the first three years of my Christian life I did everything that I was taught: I went to church, read the Bible every day, prayed every day, fasted every week, […]