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EAGLE OR CHICKEN? THE EAGLE RENEWS, THE CHICKEN BECOMES DINNER    The average life span of an eagle is about 70 years. That is a long time for a bird of prey to live. However, at about 40 years of age, the Eagle has some life-threatening things he has to deal with. His decisions now will determine if he gets a second chance at life. By now, the Eagle's beak is old and useless, and their claws are worthless for hunting. Add to that the feathers that are old and thick and not doing their job anymore. The Eagle decides to fly to the high mountain, where he begins his renewal process. He beats his beak against the rocks until it falls off, and another grows in his place. He scratches until his claws fall away, and new ones come in their place. When that is done, he pulls all of his feathers out, and a fresh new crop of feathers comes back in. This process takes 150 days. Then, a new life begins for another 30 years. The price the Eagle pays is the same one that you and I face as we process through the different s

LOVE AND MARRIAGE, THE FOUNDATION OF THE NATION   Happy anniversary, Dr. George and Arlis, number 56. How did the number get so high so quickly? It seems like only yesterday, as they say, that this all started. Many of you have heard my favorite story of how the Lord led me to meet my darling wife. A small church in a remote town on the coast of Washington state. Sunday dinner and a picture on the mantle turned my life around and set me on the course of 56 years of joyful marriage. As you know, if you've been married for a season, some of that joy has to be acted out by faith when you go through struggles and adjustments. Put the investments you give to a marriage more than compensate for the rewards that come back to you over your lifetime. God said it is not good for a man to be alone oh how true that is. Love and marriage is the foundation of a nation. Because God-centered families are based on the commitment of a husband and a wife to each other, children who obey their parents strengthen their communitie

TAKE YOUR REVELATION OF GOD, THE FATHER OUT OF THE BOX   Understanding the Trinity, a divine mystery, requires a revelation that only the Holy Spirit can bestow. In our quest to comprehend this profound truth, we are often confronted with the diverse opinions of gospel teachers. How can our natural reasoning, shaped by our western minds, grasp the concept of three in one and one in three? In the 17th chapter of the Gospel of John, Jesus prayed: “so that they all may be one just as you father are in me and I and you that they also may be one in us so that the world may be leave and be convinced that you have sent me.” This prayer is a profound revelation of the unity within the Trinity. Indeed, this is one of the most potent verses in the Scriptures, a testament to the power and unity of the Trinity. Yet, we often find ourselves walking in a lack of understanding, unaware of the immense power and unity that is available to us.  Consider this: just as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are one, a unique blend of

EMPTY TRASH CANS   Gone gone, gone gone. Yes, my sins are gone. Buried in the deepest sea. Yes, that's good enough for me. I shall live eternally, praise God; my sins are G O N E gone. Some of you may have sung that song in Sunday school, but I know I did. It took a few years to understand the Father's love for us and what Christ did on the cross to realize the full meaning of that simple song. Yesterday was trash day in our neighborhood, and as I drove away from my house this morning, a gray can was in front of every house as far as I could see.  In the spirit of God spoke to me and said empty, trash, cans, son.  I knew he reminded me of the power of the cross to remove the stain of sin and the curse that went with it.  The phrase from that song Buried in the Deepest Sea. It refers to the scriptures that tell us God has buried our sins in the sea of his forgetfulness, never to be remembered against us anymore. Just think about the mystery of how God could empty our trashcan and make us worthy of becoming chi

THERE IS NO REVERSE TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD-IT JUST KEEPS EXPANDING   In Matthew 6 from the Passion Bible, Jesus teaches the disciples how to pray. We call this the lord's prayer. We should refer to it as the disciple's prayer.   Our beloved Father, dwelling in the heavenly realms, May the glory of your name be the center on which our lives turn. Manifest your kingdom realm, And cause your every purpose is to be fulfilled on earth. We acknowledge you as our provider of all we need each day. Forgive us the wrong as we have done as we are self release, forgiveness to those who have wronged us. Rescue us every time we face tribulation, and set us free from evil. For you are the king who rules with power and glory forever. Amen. Then Jesus goes on in the 14th verse And when you pray, make sure you forgive the fault of others so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you. But if you withhold forgiveness from others, your Father with holes forgiveness from you. What you have just read is part of the bylaws of t

THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE BREATH OF GOD   Take a snapshot of Genesis 2:7. There, we see Adam's creation when God breathed the breath of life into him, and he became a living soul. That was the beginning of God's new creation of mankind. God commissioned this new creation to take what they had in the Garden of Eden to the rest of God's creation, including the cosmos. Adam and Eve were created in God's image with the ability to reproduce their kind into God's newly created world. The great tragedy of Adam and Eve's failure in the garden was that it short-circuited God's plans to manifest himself and the very spirit of heaven into this created world. Over the following centuries, there were several restarts where God gave mankind the opportunity to do it again. The most obvious to us is when the flood came, and Noah and his family had the opportunity that Adam and Eve had to reproduce, subdue, and bring heaven to Earth. Again, at the Tower of Babel, where the nations were scattered, he gave Israel the unique distin

BORN FOR THE STORM   Are you looking for a boat to go fishing? I suggest you get one that can withstand a storm. Do your research to see if it was made to resist High Winds and rough Waters. It needs to be constructed strong enough to withstand the pressures and dangers of the storm. In this life that God has placed us in, he promised us that there would be storms in our lives. However, he spoke piece to us when he said to be unafraid, for I will never leave you, nor for the sake of you. I love the story of Peter walking on the water with Jesus in Matthew 14. The disciples were caught in a sudden storm and had rowed the boat four miles in the middle of the night, trying to rescue themselves from danger. Suddenly, they saw what they thought was a ghost walking by and cried out in fear.  It was then they heard the familiar voice of Jesus when he said fear not. It is I been on afraid. One thing you can guarantee about a storm. It always brings fear at some level. Because you and I were made in God's image, we ha

DO YOU KNOW JESUS IN THE PRESENT?   It's a simple question that I am asking today, and by doing so, I am bringing our attention to what it means to walk in the light as he is in the light. When we learn the practice of being in his presence as a daily habit, we know what it means to know Jesus in this present time. Too many Christians know the Jesus who walked the shores of Galilee, healing the sick and feeding the 5,000. They have gone to Sunday school and learned where he was born and how he died. They are well-versed in the Jesus of the past. On the other hand, a disproportionate number of people study the Jesus of the future—the one who is coming someday to rescue them and take them to heaven. There are lengthy and repetitive teachings on the end times and what will happen someday, somewhere, somehow. It's not unusual for Christians to tell me. Oh yes, Pastor, someday when we get to heaven, we'll have joy, be at peace, and be healed. The challenge that the Holy Spirit gives us is to know Jesus of the pres

HEAVENLY GOLD, DISCOVERED BY THOSE WHO SEEK HIS FACE   The revelation of Jesus Christ and what he has done for us and through us is the greatest discovery you will ever dig out of the Scriptures. That revelation does not come from the wisdom or the intelligence of human thinking; it comes from the revelation of the Holy Spirit to our spirit. Heavenly gold has to be mined out of the Scriptures just like earthly gold is dug out of the dirt and rocks. And as it is in the natural, so it is in the spiritual that heat must be put to the rocks and the dirt to refine the gold so that it may be useful. Heavenly gold is no different. To receive revelation from the scriptures you read, you must apply the heat of the glory of God's presence to understand the hidden secrets of God's kingdom. Isaiah 45:3 tells us that God will give us the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of the secret places. Psalms 91 says that we must dwell in the secret place of the most high to receive the revelation of those hidden places. Wher

AT EVERY CHALLENGE, GOD CHALLENGES, THE CHALLENGER-WE WIN BY DEFAULT   The key ingredient in living a life of faith is exercising the muscle called obedience to the word of God that has been revealed to you. The revelation of the word of God is different than the information in the Bible. The scriptures tell us that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Rom 10:17 When Jesus said to those around him," he that hath ears to hear, let him hear." He was referring to that inner ear, the ear of the spirit, which gives revelation of the word of God. When you hear with that ear and respond to what you hear, faith is born in your heart, and you receive what God has promised in the word that you Heard. Romans 10: 8-10 illustrates this action of faith: when you hear and believe, you receive salvation and eternal life. From that point, your faith grows stronger each time you will be what you hear with your heart, that inner ear. When we have that foundation of trust in the Lord, we know that when the enem

WHAT LABEL DO YOU LIVE UNDER?   What's wrong with this picture? The Protestant Reformation happened around 1500 years ago. It was a separation from the Catholic Church based on Martin Luther's revelation that the "just shall live by faith" and not by the rule of a church or under the control of a pope. Today, 30,000+ different labels of groups of people are trying to express what a Protestant is.  That's a lot of heavy bondage on the body of Christ. Unfortunately, human nature was still in control, and it wasn't long until the protestants wanted to kill the suspected heretics just like the Catholics had done. It was the same Spirit that Jesus contented with when the disciples came to him in Mark 9:38 and complained that someone outside their camp was casting out devils. They're anxious question to Jesus was we've got to do something about that. Jesus had quite a simple rule about unity. He answered them and said well, fellas, if they're not against us, they must be for us, so leave them alone. In 1906, there

POCKETS OF WISDOM AND REVELATION   Why do some people in a large or small gathering who are listening to the word of God not hear the same thing? After a life of pastoring multiple churches, it's still beyond frustrating that someone can sit in the same congregation, hear the same message, and miss the point completely. I conclude that the problem is not in the seed that's sown; according to the Book of Mark, the fourth chapter, it's the ground that makes the difference. Jesus repeated this phrase many times: "He that has ears to hear, let him hear." That tells me that everyone has the ability to hear, but they also make choices about whether to hear. In the thousands of church services I have conducted, someone has a breakthrough, a revelation of heaven, a divine encounter, yet the one next to them walks out the back door, angry at God and the church. Jesus chose 12 disciples to train and leave the kingdom of God in their hands. These 12 disciples sat with him after the mass crusades, and he taught them the

WHAT'S NEXT FOR US IN THE BODY OF CHRIST?   HERE'S A FLASH FOR YOU! You can expect change. It is part of God's nature that he injected into everything he created. If it's not growing, it's dying. You can see that principle working in your garden or the landscape around your house. What isn't rooted in healthy soil is on the way to being a dead plant. The plan of God has continued to grow in the long journey from Adam and Eve's creation in the Garden of Eden to the present. The parts of that plan that lost their roots in every generation of past history died and disappeared. Today, we face the same challenges that every person in the body of Christ had to deal with: Do we grow and develop into God's will and exhibit his plans, or do we fade away into the shadows of history? What's next for us as people of God and those who believe in the plan he laid out for the human race? It's a twofold answer. First of all, it's an individual choice. What will you do with the challenges? God has given you as a believer. Sec

NOW THAT YOU HAVE ASK HIM-DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE ANSWER?   The scriptures clearly tell us that if we ask anything in prayer believing, we shall receive it. That being true because the Scriptures do not lie, how many times can we ask for the same thing without being in unbelief? I know that we always have the illustration of the woman who was dealing with the unjust judge. Because of that, she kept coming back until he, out of frustration, gave her the answer. According to the scriptures that Jesus gave us, it does not represent my heavenly father.  Our heavenly father is so tuned into us that he hears us before we ask, and while we are speaking, the answer is on the way.  That's fast, real fast, even faster than Amazon. So, here's my question: now that you have asked, how are you expecting to recognize the answer? You may have asked him to open your eyes so that you may see more clearly into the spiritual world. Or you have, perhaps, asked for wisdom, the spirit of wisdom to give you an answer to a problem. And

GOD DOES NOT TEMPT ANYONE    The original sin of Adam and Eve seems to set a standard for others to follow. Two things stand out that have been identifiable throughout history. Number one, I am a victim.  Number two, it wasn't my fault it was yours. Listen to Adam as God is confronting him in the garden. "He said, "This woman you gave me, she caused me to sin." Our society today has certainly taken that to new heights. Everybody is a victim, and it's not their fault—everything from the government, climate change, the Republicans, the Democrats, and the preacher. Of course, we tend to blame God when we mess up. Some say God knew what I was going to do, so why didn't he stop it? It was probably God who tempted me to see if I would fail. Just to set the record straight. The book of James 1:13 tells us, "God does not tempt us with evil. But every man or woman is tempted by their desires." Because that is true, we must focus on the Holy Spirit's work within our soul and thought life. If we don't take control throu

I WILL WATCH OVER WHAT I HAVE PLANTED   As I was preparing myself for my night, watch and a good nights sleep, I heard the voice of the Lord that said,” I will watch over what I have planted.” Then I realized that the spirit of God was not talking about himself, he was talking about me. An uncomfortable portion of the Christian community depends on God to do everything for them. Most of us in our early days of prayer spent our time directing God to go do this or do that. Somehow our prayers sounded like a traffic cop directing traffic in a busy intersection. However, when we begin to understand what happened at the cross in the resurrection, we know that we are now coal laborers with our heavenly father. When Jesus ascended to the father, he said he would send the Holy Spirit who would be your helper. Many of us may think that the Holy Spirit helps us in our personal life only with problems and pressures. I believe the scriptures clearly tell us that the responsibility for this earth, and the way it functions

WE CAME FROM ABOVE, AND CHRIST TOOK US HOME   If I wanted to capture the mission of Jesus to earth in simple terms, I would call it. Gods rescue mission. The fathers plan from the beginning was to have created sons and daughters in his image. I like to refer to them as gods imagers. Because Janice is 126 tells us that's what God intended when he created mankind that he would make them in his image. So you and I are imagers. However, you know the story Adam got sidetracked, and he followed his own way, and the whole human race followed behind him. Gods, imagers on earth became captive to another master. Matthew the fourth chapter, says that they were in darkness and bound up all their lives. That's when a great light came, and begin to illuminate the world around them, and leave them out in the freedom. Jesus lead a rescue team into this earth. Ephesians 4 describes it that he descended to the Earth from heavenly places. Then it tells us that he ascended and lead the captives that he had rescued in triumphant

JESUS IS NOT THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD-YOU ARE As shocking as that may sound to the ear of the religious Christian, in all reality, it's true. When God said to the sons of God around him at the time, let us make man in our image, and let him have dominion multiply and fill the whole earth. It could only mean one thing: we are created with God's DNA in the very core of our spirit.  The scriptures tell us that God is light. So buy that deduction you and I have been made in his image. We must be light also. Even our modern scientific technology can detect you and me emanating the light from our bodies. However, let's see that in the spiritual sense. Jesus said in John 8:12 I am the light of the world, and those who embrace me will experience life-giving light, and they will never walk in darkness. Jesus told us in John 9:5 that as long as I am with you, my life is the light that pierces the world's darkness. In Philippians 2:15, the passion Bible tells us, for then you will be seen as innocent faultless and pure ch

WHY THE APOSTLE PAUL DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW ANYONE AFTER THE FLESH? Some would consider Paul's statement to be one of a hermit, or at best, a mystic who wanted to live in a cave. However, both of those thoughts are not true because Paul knew what it would take to make the bridge between Jesus, the man, and Jesus, the Christ, the son of God. In the book of Ephesians 3:3, Paul makes the statement. This wonderful mystery, which I briefly described, was given to me by divine revelation so that whenever you read it, you will be able to understand my revelation and insight into the secret mystery of the Messiah. The Holy Spirit knew that if Paul had gone directly to Jerusalem, after his supernatural experience, on the road to Damascus, he would've learned and been trained in the outward expressions of Jesus, the man. If the New Testament church were anything like today's church, they would've taken Paul to all the hotspots and pointed out where Jesus healed the sick. He would've met Jesus, his mother, and his brothers

THE UNIVERSITY OF ANGELS-AND EVERYONE IS A PROFESSOR I love Angels. As a matter of fact, I love everything that has to do with God's world. I love angels because God loves angels. I love angels because they have been created by the same God who created me. That makes us a unique family because we have the same father. However, I am also aware that even the angels remind us that we don't worship them because they have been given to us as ministering spirits to bring us to our destiny. In reality, we are the professors at the University of Angels. The Scriptures tell us nothing: angels are baffled at the grace of God toward former rebels that he has brought back into the family. How could that be? That those who betrayed him were now back at the top tier of authority in the kingdom of God? First, Peter 1:12 tells us that the angels are curious about this because they look into and study our lives to see what it means to have. This kind of grace is given to us. You and I are living examples of a mystery that has