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Christmas is about the birth of a King - and the coming of a kingdom

Advent is a time of waiting and preparation. Advent comes from the Latin word adventus, which means "coming." In ancient Rome, the adventus was a ceremony in honor of the emperor, welcoming him into the city. The Christian season of Advent is a time of watching and welcoming that focuses on the coming of Jesus, God's Anointed King, into the world.

At Christmas, we celebrate the first coming of King Jesus, when He established the kingdom of God. But we also keep an eye toward the...

A manger, as someone succinctly put it, is a wooden structure large enough to hold the Bread of Life. See how this common stable fixture is lifted up to a place of sacred significance. But looming in the midnight shadows of the manger, there is the figure of the Cross. Like the manger, it is a wooden structure large enough to hold the Bread of Life. The manger is a symbol of joy, but a very peculiar joy, for even as we celebrate Christmas, we know that the day of Crucifixion is also at hand. In these meditations for Advent and Christmas, come and consider the King who was born in a stable,...

GOD WANTS YOU WELL

Someone has said that prayer is not about overcoming God's reluctance, but about laying hold of His willingness. This can also be said of healing ministry it is not about overcoming God's reluctance, but laying hold of His willingness to heal. God's willingness is seen in His Word, where He has repeatedly revealed His desire to heal His people. The format of healing Scriptures and healing prayers is designed to help you lay hold of God's willingness to heal you by laying hold of His Word and praying it back to Him in faith.

The Bible says that -Faith...

KEEP THE FAITH, CHANGE THE WORLD

When times are hard, it can be very tempting to hold on to the world and let go of the faith. The apostle Peter certainly knew what that was like when he denied Jesus three times, mere hours after pledging unshakeable faithfulness. But with the reality of the resurrection and the power of the Holy Spirit, he learned how to do just the opposite - to keep the faith and change the world

In his letter to Jesus believers scattered abroad, Peter reveals not only how to keep the faith in difficult circumstances but also how to change the world by...

GOD'S WORD IN YOUR MOUTH IS JUST AS POWERFUL AS IT IS IN HIS WHEN YOU SPEAK IT IN FAITH

Bold, expectant faith changes the world. It is how Joshua and Caleb succeeded where so many others failed, and ended up in the Promised Land. It is how Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego "quenched the violence of fire" and caused the king of Babylon to honor God. It is how Paul learned to overcome the challenges set before him and finished his race with joy. In this book, you will learn about the dynamics of faith that accomplished all these things, and more ...

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THERE IS ALWAYS JOY

Paul was in prison. The Jesus believers at Philippi were facing increasing persecution. Add to that an undercurrent of personal disagreements and division in the fellowship, and things were not looking very bright. Yet Paul said, "Rejoice in the Lord always." There is always joy, and in his letter to the church at Philippi, Paul shows us how to find it.

Joy saturates this letter. It shows up in unexpected turnarounds in the midst of difficult circumstances. It is found in knowing Jesus in His humble, self-giving servanthood, in the power of...

THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS HERE ON EARTH

JESUS began His ministry proclaiming, "The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand." In other words - it is now here Everywhere He went, He preached it, taught it and demonstrated it by signs and wonders, healing the sick and setting the spiritual captives free. He brought heaven to earth and taught His disciples how to do it, too.

The Kingdom of Heaven on Earth is a study of the nature and dynamics of the kingdom of Heaven on Earth, and how to live and operate effectively in its dominion. It is a motivational commentary on select...

RENEW YOUR HEART TO THE RHYTHMS OF GOD

The psalms of the Bible are powerful expressions of the heart of faith in covenant with God, and of the heart of God in covenant with His people. Confessing the psalms is simply speaking in agreement with them, and is a great way to meditate on, personalize and instruct your soul with the truths and promises they bring.

The personal confessions in this book are adapted from the psalms. They are defibrillations to shift your heart into the rhythms of faith, to recalibrate your thoughts and emotions with the promises of God and realign...

YOU CAN TURN YOUR WORLD UPSIDE DOWN WITH PRAYER

The New Testament apostles did. They prayed with passion and power and turned their world upside down. We are not all called to be apostles, but we are called to be apostolic people and help establish the work of God in others by our prayers.

In this book, you will discover the principles that made them so effective in their prayer life: a heart perfected in love, a habit of devotion, a deep confidence in God and His Word, and a reliance upon the Holy Spirit. You will also learn how to pray the prayers they prayed the...

Focus is important. The better your focus, the more clearly you can see. But it is important that your focus be on the right thing because your direction will follow your focus. When your focus is clear and on the right thing, then you will be heading in the right direction.

The gospel of our faith is the good news that the kingdom of God has come and Jesus is the Messiah, God's anointed King. He is the focus of our faith - not only the One upon whom we fix our attention but also the One through whom we view the whole world, to see more clearly and understand God's...

GOD HAS ALWAYS DONE MIRACLES IN HIS CHURCH AND STILL DOES

The Holy Spirit has never left the Church and neither have His supernatural gifts and manifestations. They have been available in every century - from the days of the Apostolic Fathers, to the desert monks of Egypt and Syria, to the missionary outreaches of the Middle Ages, to the Reformation era and the awakenings and revivals that followed, to the Pentecostal explosion of the Twentieth Century and the increase of signs and wonders in the Twenty-first.

Miracles, healings, deliverances, prophecies, dreams, visions -...