Doesn’t God use hardship and testing to make us mature?
God uses His Word and His Spirit to cause us to grow. Unfortunately, we tend to recognize our need to listen and be taught when we are in trouble. God delivers us from trouble, some good comes into our lives and we ignorantly say, “See, God sent this problem so my...
Why does God want me to suffer?
Lucifer was the first to introduce the idea that God was not good. The temptation in the Garden revolved around the idea that God could not be trusted. From that time forward the core of all Luciferian doctrine revolves around the lie that God is not consistently...
Why does faith seem so hard?
Faith isn’t hard; we make it hard. We need it to be hard. When we make faith hard it justifies our giving up. But the truth is; we give up, not for a lack of faith but a lack of patience. In Deut 30:11 God introduces the concept of faith and begins by saying, it is...
If it’s a finished work, why do I have to have patience?
It’s undeniable that God has done His part… all of His part. It’s also undeniable that our part is to have faith. But our definition and concepts of faith are rooted in the Old Covenant, not the New. However, one co-factor for faith that receives is patience: the...
I hear you talk about sending away; what does that mean?
God has already given us all things that pertain to life and godliness through the knowledge of Him! That is the entire struggle of New Covenant faith. As believers we have the power to bind, declare unlawful or loose, and declare lawful based on what Jesus...
I’m trying to receive from God; I’m just not sure how that works!
Sadly, this is one of many areas where it’s all about how you define words. My very first pastor sat me down and said, “Jim, the Bible wasn’t written in English; don’t ever use a Webster’s Dictionary to look up the meaning of a word. Right there, as a new believer, I...
Sometimes it seems so hard to understand God.
One of our problems understanding God is our attempt to reduce Him to the limits of our finite mind. God is not limited to space and time as we are; He is able to work in our past, present and future. However, using those words to explain His eternal now makes it...
I just don’t have the faith to move God!
Many of us were made to believe faith is what moves God to action. I’m sure you’ve heard the saying “prayer moves the hand that moves the world.” As motivational as they can be at first glance, these types of unscriptural sayings become very un-motivational when we’re...
I have problems reconciling the God of the Old Testament with Jesus in the New Testament!
Nearly every believer alive has a degree of struggle with that. We must always read the Bible with a mindset that says, "If there seems to be a contradiction anywhere in God’s Word I must accept there’s something I don’t understand!" Until we reach that place we’re...
What do you believe about spiritual warfare? You don’t mention it very often.
Spiritual warfare is like so many other things that have been distorted by religion to rob us of our faith. Since Jesus completely defeated the devil and stripped him of all power and authority, and since we were in Him when He won that victory, it is our victory as...