Jesus, The Witness of the Father

Day 4 of the What Child is This Advent Devotional by Larry Sparks

Day 4 of the “What Child is This?” Advent Devotional Jesus Christ, the faithful witness… (Revelation 1:5) Jesus is a witness in two dimensions. Today, we are going to explore the first dimension, and this involves Jesus being the faithful witness of the Father. No one sees God the Father more closely and more clearly [...]

Jesus, The Incarnate One

Jesus, The Incarnate One by Larry Sparks from the What Child is This Advent Devotional

Day Three of the “What Child is This?” Advent Devotional “The supreme mystery with which the gospel confronts us lies not in the Good Friday message of atonement, nor in the Easter message of resurrection, but in the Christmas message of incarnation. The really staggering Christian claim is that Jesus of Nazareth became the ‘second [...]

Jesus, The Model Man

Day Two of the What Child is This? Advent Devotional by Larry Sparks

Day Two of the “What Child is This?” Advent Devotional “As the sample man, He is showing what kind of man He can make. He is the model man after which you and I are patterned.” A.W. Tozer, Experiencing the Presence of God I absolutely love Advent season. It reminds me of the two-fold purpose [...]

Jesus, The Barrier Breaker to the Supernatural Life

What Child is This Advent Devotional by Larry Sparks Day One

Day One of the “What Child is This?” Advent Devotional Jesus’ shed blood at Calvary dealt with the sin issue, and Pentecost unleashed the Holy Spirit upon all believers, from generation to generation (see Acts 2:39). Are you a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ? If so, I have good news for you. It’s legal [...]

The Book that Almost Wasn’t

The Book the Almost Wasn't

A LOOMING TASK WITH A SUPERNATURAL DEADLINE. The Final Conflict is coming! That is the name of the fifth and final book of the Tears of Heaven series. The previous four books took us on an incredible journey to witness the wonders of Heaven and the horrors of Hell. It showed us just how much one man [...]

The Unspoken Word

The Unspoken Word

Increasing Your Understanding of God’s Vocabulary The rhema or living word of God can be conveyed beyond words. God is not limited to using mere words or the Bible, for that matter, in the ways that He wants to communicate to us. When Elijah threw his mantle over Elisha, not a word was spoken, but in that [...]

The Restored Life

The Restored Life by Thom Gardener

We are more literate, more filled with data, than at any time in the history of the Church.  We have more books or ebooks, more teaching, webinars, powerful conferences; yet our hearts, our families, and indeed the world around us remain unchanged. There must be a further transformation, a greater becoming of who we are in Christ. [...]

Will You Walk In Supernatural Favor?

Walking in Supernatural Favor by Kynan Bridges

Different from the World All of my life, I was told that I was different from everyone around me. I spoke differently, walked differently, and even thought differently from those in my environment. This became even more evident when I became born again in the early 1990s. Throughout my Christian journey, I discovered what set me apart from my peers—the [...]

Stop Running to the Wrong Cave! Part 4

Stop Running to the Wrong Cave Part 4 by Jeff Voth

If you haven’t checked out Part 1, Part 2 or Part 3 you should start there. The Third D: The State of Discontentment Some of the men who met David at the cave were in debt and some were distressed. But probably all of them were discontented. The Hebrew word for discontent is mar, which means “to make bitter”; [...]

Can Dry Bones Live?

Can Dry Bones Live by Larry Sparks

The Holy Spirit has a very specific mandate for us in this hour, Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. (Ezekiel 37:4) Recently, the Lord told me that I am to pursue activation over affirmation. I want to be real and raw with you. At [...]