Church - Institution or Family?
Constantine, who was a Roman soldier, won victory in battle and became the Roman Emperor and contributed his success to the Christian God and immediately institutionalized Christianity. It became the religion on the Roman Empire.
Which you’d think that’d be good right? Institutionalize Christianity. Mandate faith.
No. It forced people to elevate man and the Arch Bishops and the Priests and “The Church” became a place where you went to get married, a place where you dedicate your child, a place and not a movement, an institution comprised of buildings and hierarchy instead of a family of God, children of God caring for one another. All across America today, we still have buildings where you…
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Words of Life
I recall giving a prophetic word to a young man about his prayer to impact men in his house in a men’s group. He was afraid he wasn’t good enough (but his wife “was good enough”) and simply hadn’t said yes. The Lord gave me a word of knowledge about it and I shared it with him. I told him “You ARE good enough because Jesus is good enough. You will lead men and you will…
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I Used To Go To Church
I used to go to church but just don’t want to go back. I was hurt when the pastor asked me to …
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In Between Me and Judgement
Jesus was poised. He took between her and judgment. He wasn’t shaken by the crowd of Pharisees who were circled around him, stones in the air. He could’ve been afraid that He too would be stoned to death. But He knew He could trust the Father to protect Him; He was doing the Father’s will.
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God Sees Me
There she was, the slave of a wealthy man named Abraham. He and Sarah had owned her for quite some time and she’d actually grown to love them. Her master and his wife were given a promise by God that in their old age, God would give them a miracle - and not just any miracle of one child but the miracle of a thousand miracles - they’d have more grandchildren than there are sand on the shore. Off in the distance ringing out the clothes is a woman named Hagar.
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Water Into Wine
Well, ok maybe it wasn't really a "party trick" but doesn't it seem odd that Jesus would simply make a party better for his debut appearance? I mean why not make a leg grow or open blind eyes? I think it's because …
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