“And He said to them, Go into all the world and preach and publish openly the good news (the Gospel) to every creature [of the whole human race].” – Mark 16:15 (AMP) After his death and resurrection, Jesus issued a commission to the disciples commanding them to go into all the earth to preach the Gospel […]

“Then Elijah said to Ahab, ‘Go and enjoy a good meal! For I hear a mighty rainstorm coming!’ So Ahab prepared a feast. But Elijah climbed to the top of Mount Carmel and fell to the ground and prayed.” – 1 Kings 18:41-42 (NLT) We’ve all been there. The place of dryness. Maybe it’s a […]

“Oh, that we might know the LORD! Let us press on to know him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring.” – Hosea 6:3 (NLT) This is one of my favorite verses to meditate on when I enter into a place of […]

“Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.” – Malachi 3:10b (NIV) Floodgates are the conduits of the blessing of God from heaven to earth. But what […]

“Then Elijah said to Ahab, ‘Go and enjoy a good meal! For I hear a mighty rainstorm coming!’ So Ahab prepared a feast. But Elijah climbed to the top of Mount Carmel and fell to the ground and prayed.” – 1 Kings 18:41-42 (NLT) We’ve all been there. The place of dryness. Maybe it’s a […]

“And you will defile your graven images overlaid with silver, and your molten images plated with gold. You will scatter them as an impure thing, and say to them, ‘Be gone!’ Then He will give you rain for the seed which you will sow in the ground, and bread from the yield of the ground, […]

“But the land into which you are about to cross to possess it, a land of hills and valleys, drinks water from the rain of heaven, a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning even to the end of the […]

“When all the Israelites saw the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD coming into the camp, their shout of joy was so loud it made the ground shake!” – 1 Samuel 4:5 (NLT) Joy and happiness are not the same thing. Most dictionaries define joy as the ultimate state of happiness, but in life […]

“And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had. They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those in need. They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity.” – Acts 2:44-46 […]