Five Words Rather than Ten Thousand

Practice Spiritual Disciplines - Meditation (scripture parts) 10 minutes daily - Prayer daily - Worship daily - Bible reading and listening - Service - Solitude - Fasting Meditation I will meditate on all Your work and muse on Your deeds. Psalm 77:12 (NASB95) I will meditate on Your precepts And regard Your ways. I shall delight in Your statutes; I shall not forget Your word. Psalm 119:15–16 (NASB95) On the glorious splendor of Your majesty And on Your wonderful works, I will meditate. Psalm 145:5 (NASB95) Here are some visuals to help you meditate. Spend time daily on the scripture parts located at the top of your reading calendar. “Names of God” “He is” Prayer Prayer services Prayer Monday-Saturday 6-7 pm Sunday 5-6 pm 3rd Friday of January - all night prayer service with Lupe Bernal Pray daily. Here are some scriptural models of prayer and useful for meditation also: - Hannah prayer, 1 Sam 1:1-18 - Daniel’s Prayer of Confession, Daniel 9:1...

Hey everybody it's that time to start thinking about January and Spiritual Emphasis Month. I think I have gone overboard with plans this time. Below is my "Manifesto" which needs to be refined and rewritten in a more pleasing format no doubt. Please head and comment to help me get this into a workable format and better hone this into something that is challenging but not overwhelming. I will enclose a link to download for those who would like to play their hand at editing. Download in Word Spiritual Emphasis Month A Walk with the Lord January 1-31, 2016 Weekly scripture parts Week 1 Galatians 5:16–17 (NASB95) But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please. Week 2 Deuteronomy 10:12–13 (NASB95) Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require f...

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A look at the deception of Jacob. Who's fault? What's right? Who's wrong. It boils down the the relationships this dysfunctional family had.

The Cessationalist claim that tongues, prophecy, healing and many other gifts are not for today. Here is part of their thinking: The nature of the New Testament miraculous gifts . If the Spirit was still moving as he was in the first century, then you would expect that the gifts would be of the same type. Consider the speaking of tongues. At Pentecost, the languages spoken were already existing, understandable languages. The New Testament gift was speaking in a known language and dialect, not an ecstatic language like you see people speaking in today. I’m still looking for a citation on this one (all the others too!) Some may point to 1 Corinthians 13:10 and say that the “perfect has come” in the form of the complete cannon of scripture and that “tongues will cease.” All spiritual gifts are partial. The perfect comes with the full revelation of the church under the personal and direct control of Jesus Christ. This was the belief of all the Apostolic and early chu...

Spiritual Gifts are for Today This is a refutation of the article “7 Biblical Arguments for Cessationism,” the first point for a discontinuation of spiritual gifts was that miracles were only for certain periods in the Bible and  states for his first argument that miracles don’t happen anymore. “ The unique role of miracles . There were only 3 primary periods in which God worked miracles through unique men. The first was with Moses; the second was during the ministries of Elijah and Elisha; the third was with Christ and his apostles. The primary purpose of miracles has always been to establish the credibility of one who speaks the word of God—not just any teacher, but those who had been given direct words by God.” The writer invokes the fuzzy phrase “primary periods.” Yes these men’s ministries were distinguished by miracles, but to try to confine to certain periods does not take into account the full counsel of the scriptures concerning workers of miracles. The m...

I came across an article some years ago stating that the gifts of the Holy Spirit had ceased to operate for around 1,900 years. You can imagine my surprise. So I formulated my response mentally and filed it away for future use. Well lo and behold I have come across this phenomenon again and it’s called Cessationism. This time I’ll put my thoughts down for your enrichment or perhaps your aggravation. I was intrigued by the title of the article, “7 Biblical Arguments for Cessationism.”   I expected a frenzy of scriptures and proof texting but sadly there was none. I will summarize their points and offer my counter to their arguments based on the principle of the witness of 2 or 3 scriptures. This should take a couple of days. Today I will issue my primary answer to these arguments and it will be based on Acts 2:17-21; 38-39. Peter on the day of Pentecost started his sermon with, “And it shall be in the last days,’ God says, ‘That I will pour forth of My Spirit on all manki...

Many people get bogged down in reading the Bible because they read the narratives first. Unfortunately, sometimes, reading the same stories from the Gospels causes them to become bored. Don't feel guilty, the order of the books are not inspired. They are grouped together thematically. Try breaking up the New Testament into groups about 6, to 9 books.  Here are my groupings: 1) Mathew, Romans, Galatians, Hebrews, James and Jude. 2) Mark, Philippians, Colossians, Titus, and 1 & 2 Peter 3) John, 1 & 2 Corinthians, 1 & 2 Timothy  1, 2 & 3 John and Revelation 4) Luke, Acts, Ephesians, 1 & 2 Thessalonians, and Philemon. I hope you enjoy this plan. Remember 30 minutes a day completes the New Testament in 40 days!

Here's a simple way to keep track of your Bible reading. It's a list of the books of the Bible including the chapters for each. Just cross off the appropriate chapter when you are done. I've used one for years and thought I would share it. As always it is free but if you would like to help support my ministry please feel free. Bible Reading List

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