The Bible shows many examples of God's just judgment of ancient nations as whole units. National judgments have continued through the centuries since Biblical times, but have become especially common in the last 70 years as nation after nation has come under atheistic communism or another dominating spiritual darkness. As with individuals, a nation that has sinned badly can be justly blessed by joining itself to the Lord Jesus and receiving His sacrifice for sinful mankind. For a nation to receive this blessing, believers in Jesus need to help the people in their land to want Jesus in their...

God's powerful promises to us who abide in Christ have been mostly unfulfilled because of strongholds in our hearts. In this book we see that God gave stability to the spiritual heart by making it naturally fearful of being changed. It often protects itself against perceived dangers without the mind being aware - including God's work in the heart until it really learns that it can trust Him. It deceives oneself, which has let the devil manipulate us out of most of our boundless power of staying in Christ. Here we see how experiences and demons can create highly protected strongholds that work...

This Mt. Zion is the one in Hebrews 12:22-24, which is also called the Holy of Holies in heaven and the Lord's holy throne room. This book shows how the whole book of Hebrews is really a brief exhortation for believers in Jesus Christ to draw near to God in the Holy of Holies in heaven through our great High Priest, Jesus. The Bible shows that God imparts true life to His people there as we come intimately before Him. We can also see how God allows and equips His people to participate in His government of all the earth. It becomes clear that God's people -- Christians -- have missed taking...

FEELINGS: God created us with a natural signal system to alert us to issues that we need to evaluate and handle well with our wise, loving Creator. He gives us some other emotions for us to enjoy as they help us grow in Christ Jesus. Too often we handle our feelings in worse ways. I write to believers in Jesus who know God and His love well enough to want Him to lead them at all times. Many do like I have done: I want this until something happens that "gets to me," and then I find myself doing my own thing instead of letting God lead me. In this book we consider our Creator's good purposes...

The Bible shows God's plan to work through the Body of Christ to heal people and even whole nations. God gives His plan especially in Ephesians, John, 2Chron. 7:13-14, and Romans 8. Every nation today is sick because the Church there has not yet followed His plan, which goes far beyond our imaginations or anything that has been accomplished up to now. Nevertheless, Ephesians shows God's commitment to fulfill His plan. This book shows all these things, specifically including how the Body of Christ is to heal nations and deliver people from moral corruption through Jesus Christ. This book also...

This book shows the boundless power available to us who abide in Christ Jesus. We also see how we believers have rarely lived in this power. Life experiences can get into our hearts and come out unconsciously in other situations where they do not belong. A Biblical picture of the spiritual heart reveals our problem. The heart naturally and unconsciously protects itself against anything it perceives to be a danger. This specifically includes the heart's owner -deceiving oneself - and includes God's work in the heart until it really learns that He can be trusted. Realizing the nature of...

We can easily see a great need for many nations and churches to repent in order to get healthy and stay healthy. If we have taken this need seriously, then most likely we have already found that real progress seems disappointingly hard or impossible. We can be greatly encouraged by seeing in the Bible that God plans to transform huge groups of people through His believers in Jesus: whole localities, lands, nations, and people groups. We can also see that this repentance begins with a great repentance of His people in these groups. Producing corporate repentance causes special problems that...

Romans 8 in the Bible reveals that God has a plan to transform creation. His plan has been used so little that no locality has received much of the freedom from corruption He offers. His children in Christ Jesus need to learn how to work with Him, with each other, and with His ways to fulfill His plan. This book shows key features of His plan that can help His children to enter into it with Him.