So when facing a problem or attack, God’s strategy is not always to start rebuking the devil.  Sometimes it’s not even His will to start praying about the immediate problem.  Often the best thing to do is worship until we get a fresh vision of God...

Rest comes when we give our burdens to God in prayer.  After He lifts heavy concerns from our hearts, He replaces them with His supernatural peace. “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your...

The New Testament tells us to be diligent to enter God’s rest. That means Sabbath rest is worth fighting for. In fact, it’s worth dying for. Jesus died on Friday and rested on the Sabbath, awaiting resurrection. While lying in the grave, Jesus was enjoying the...

One of the keys to a thriving, spiritual life is to enter God’s rest. But some of us have “lost” our peace, and struggle to regain it. So here are five habits of the heart that are crucial to restoring our internal peace in Christ. Not all of these will apply to...

A Guaranteed Way to Get You in Your Prayer Closet “Secret prayer is the springtime of life.”  ~Evan Roberts Spring is the perfect season to refresh our prayer lives.  The return of the earth’s color and flora announces a new beginning in nature’s cycle of...

Last night Passover began.  While Jews remember their exodus from the bondage of Egypt, we Jesus-followers remember our exodus from the bondage of sin.  The Bible gives us this season.  It helps keep our minds renewed, our faith-culture strong, and our...

When we started King’s People a few years ago, we identified a working motto: “Discovering the way of powerful living in Jesus Christ.” Our conviction was that, when we truly practiced church as “family on mission,” we would grow as disciples and “be strengthened...

A little advice for fellow leaders in the church – especially those in their 20s and 30s. Read 1 Timothy and Titus carefully.  Pay attention to what Paul actually says, follow the flow of his thought, look up the words, and take his instruction seriously. ...

We need a revolution in the church. “Christianity” needs a fundamental return to Jesus as King, and to all the practical implications of His “Kingdom.”  It may be hard to admit, but parts of the church in the western world have become more loyal to the...

“One who speaks in a tongue edifies himself; but one who prophesies edifies the church” (1 Cor 14:4). Literally, the one who speaks in a tongue “constructs” himself. The one who prophesies “constructs” the church. Just as prophecy builds the church – both inwardly and...

I thought Noah was fantastic!  Too many Christians have judged it without really seeing it. And those who have taken the time to see it and still criticize it have not, in my view, seen it closely enough. As true followers of Jesus, we simply should not be so...