Because worship is a function of the heart, there really are no formulas for worship. Worship is a lifestyle of bringing pleasure to God through the way we live. Jesus said that all worship must take place “in spirit and in truth” (John 4:24). Rick Warren wrote, “Every activity can be transformed into an act [...]
When our oldest daughter, Katrina, was about three years old, she could not hear properly in her right ear, so we took her to our family doctor. After giving her a thorough examination, he took a tube of water and shot it into her ear. Would you believe that a wad of paper came out?! [...]
St. Augustine of Hippo once said, “He who sings, prays twice.” When we sing and praise God from the heart, something happens. Our song and posture of praise help us see and understand God in a deeper way! We take our eyes off of our circumstances and put them on the Creator of all things. [...]
Meditating on the Word of God is powerful! Someone once said the mind is like a tree full of monkeys jumping from branch to branch. The whirl of distractions that clamor for our attention when we try to quiet ourselves often involve the usual cast of characters—our “to do” list, a chore we should have [...]
I have a dream—that our God will visit His people in our generation, both young and old together, in a way that we will experience His power and presence in our families, our churches, our communities and our nations like never before. This is a dream that I share with millions of God’s people in [...]
Twenty-five years ago, during a personal time with God, I felt an impression from the Lord that a man from Japan was coming to help me. I wrote this in my journal. Nearly every day for many years, I asked God for a “man from Japan” to come into my life. More than 10 years [...]
When I was a new believer, I had often read the verse from John 10:10: “I came that they might have life, and might have it abundantly” (NASB). I knew this verse of Scripture to be true; but one day it became alive to me. I realized that God actually wanted me to experience His [...]
The most important day in all of history is the day our Lord Jesus Christ rose from the dead. Jesus is alive, and because He was resurrected over 2000 years ago, we will live for all eternity, and we can face anything with Him in this life! The Bible tells us clearly, “For what I [...]
One evening, after putting his children to bed, a friend of mine was heading for the TV, but for some reason he picked up his Bible instead. He opened the Scriptures and read his psalm for the day. When he got to verse 5 of Psalm 30, “weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing [...]
From the very beginning of time, God desired a two-way communication between Himself and mankind. Adam and Eve were tuned to God as they “heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day” (Gen. 3:8). This is how God wants to relate to us [...]