Seated in Heavenly Places
“Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God....
The Mystery of Sharing in God’s Power
The Mystery of Sharing in God’s Power Beloved Family… if you ponder the tremendous depths of meaning in chapter 11 of John’s Gospel, about what took place between Lazarus, who was dead in his tomb, and the Lord of Glory, it will help you understand what I’d like to...
Only in the Wilderness
Only in the Wilderness Beloved Family… a long time ago, in 1965, I seriously began to study the Bible. And that is when the Lord began to show me something about what Scripture refers to as, ‘The Wilderness.’ I would repeatedly see a vast panorama in my mind’s eye… of...
Yeshua (Jesus) Is Everything To Us
Beloved Family… One major habitual trait that must be instilled in all recruits as they go through boot camp training, is the trait of being relentlessly aggressively focused in attacking their enemy on the field of battle. And that is also a major trait that our...
Thy Kingdom Come
Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done Beloved, the title of this article is part of a very familiar prayer most commonly known as The Lord’s Prayer or The Disciple’s Prayer. Most probably, each of us has prayed these very words countless times. In fact, it may well be...
Is Your God for Real?
Beloved Family... I’d like to encourage us all to take stock of our current understanding and knowledge of our wonderful Creator and Provider, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I point this out because of this obvious fact: The degree and depth of your personal...
Unimaginably Glorious News
Beloved Family... here’s another text that we would do well to ponder... and ponder... and ponder again... with utmost sincerity. Let’s begin with these verses: Isaiah 55:6-9 “Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him [for salvation] while He is near. Let the...
The Proper Disciple Response to All Things (Part 2)
Beloved Family... let’s unpack more of the meaning that is in the text we consider so often in our material. By now, this text should be extremely familiar to our FMM Family: Colossians 3:1-4 “Therefore if you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, sharing in...
The Proper Disciple Response to All Things (Part 1)
Beloved Family... you’ll surely recognize the following Scripture text when you read it. That’s because I refer to it many times in my writings. I never tire of delving into it. Nor can I ponder it enough, because, no matter how often I try to penetrate its depths,...
O Lord, Enable Us To See!
Beloved Family... In this message, I ask you to use a bit of imagination. Picture a circle in your mind. Within that circle is the entire spectrum of what we call Creation... every level and particle of physical created reality that took place in the past, and is...
Dare to Come Closer
Beloved Family... I’m still pondering the meaning of the Eternal Blood Covenant into which our awesome God has included us. There is so much significance and good news embedded within it, that not even in eternity will we be able to finish plumbing the depths and the...
Overcoming in the Arena
Beloved Family... I feel led to share something the Lord has been taking great pains to get me to understand during my own recent boot camp training sessions. It will serve as a reminder that it’s important to pay close attention to the paradigms in which our minds...
The Fork in Our Road
Beloved Family... I’m sure we all realize by now that we’ve entered a tremendous, monumental watershed era in human history. At this moment, the nations of the world are forced to ponder and make some excruciating choices. Mankind has reached a fork in the road, so to...
Becoming Combat-Ready
Genesis 3:1 “Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the...
Are We For Real? Part 2
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 “Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them...