How Can I Know God?
You Were Created To Know God Our Creator God has placed a need in us to know and be known by Him. This need can only be satisfied by a personal relationship with Him. Human beings attempt to fill this need for love, acceptance, and purpose in many ways in their life, but only God can fill the longing. In the beginning, Adam and Eve enjoyed a perfect relationship with God. They spoke with God face-to-face, and were not afraid. God loves you. His greatest desire is that you have a personal relationship with Him. T...
The Names of God Part 1
Introduction, Yahweh, Abba Father God. Lord. Jesus. Abba Father. Adonai. Christ. Elohim. El Shaddai. Yahweh. Yahweh Yireh… the titles of the Supreme Being. These names help us to know who He is. God created us to have an intimate personal relationship with Him. His purpose for us is that we bring Him glory by responding to Him with a life of reverence, praise, thanksgiving, obedience, and service. We can learn about God by observing His Creation. Having a relationship with Him requires that we study His inspired W...
Who is God?
The information below is taken from Our Beliefs, our statement of faith based on Bible truth. For additional information about God, see What The Bible Says — God Part 1. God and the Trinity There is only one true, living God. He is a Person and not a “force”. He has revealed Himself as Yahweh, or Jehovah, which means I AM. God is the Creator and Sustainer of the universe, our Redeemer, and Ruler of all things. He is infinitely holy, very great, and pure. He cannot lie or do wrong. He is a just ju...
Getting To Know God
01. A Supernatural Encounter With Death
I was baking a cake in the basement kitchen of my boyfriend’s fraternity house. It was a large building with white columns, built on a rock foundation. The kitchen itself was very small. There was a gas oven, some she...
02. No Longer Homeless
I was separating from my husband and had lost everything. My boys and I were in an extended stay hotel. I was paying regularly and had even gotten a few rides to church. I was disappointed when we had to move into a homel...
03. Life-Changing Encounter With Jesus
I was born into a Jewish family, lived for a year in Israel during the time of the Six Day War, and never had the slightest interest in Jesus or Christianity. However, in 1978, when I was on my way to report a teacher who w...
04. Pastor Receives Healing and Direction
I tell my testimony everywhere I minister because it reminds me of the greatness of God and my full calling in the ministry. In 1996, I had a heart attack and was paralyzed on the left side of my body. It happened one day a...
05. Delivered From Alcoholism
For years I indulged in drinking alcoholic beverages. It was a daily routine for me. I was an alcoholic. I know now that God was and always has been with me. My mother became very ill in 2004; and her illness took a great...
06. How I Discovered My Life’s Purpose
In early 2007, I had a strong sense that God wanted me to do something for Him, but had no idea what that was. I desperately sought the Lord’s leading. Finally, I made a commitment to add journaling to my daily devotion...
07. Cows Protected
In Kenya there was an outbreak of foot and mouth disease that was killing cows, and everyone was told to vaccinate their cows. I called my neighbor Mary and said, “Mary we need to get our cows vaccinated. We were told t...
08. God Speaks Through His Word
God really does work and speak through His powerful Word! Recently I felt depressed for two days. The first day, I read my Bible and felt better. The second day I did the same and felt much better. During my Bible reading,...
09. The Power of God’s Presence
Several years ago I was attending a miracle service in Fort Worth, Texas. The evangelist called out for people needing to have a hip or hips healed. The sanctuary was packed full. As soon as I heard the call, I made my...
10. Jesus Changes Hearts
When I went to England on a business trip I met 2 men from Senegal that were Muslim. I asked permission to share with them about Jesus after which they both made the decision to pray out loud with me to receive Christ and t...
11. God Fulfills His Promise
My neighbor Mary’s husband died when her oldest son was 10 and the youngest was four. They had been going to an expensive school to and from which her husband had driven every day in his small car. Mary wept after the h...
12. Delivered From Fear
I have had a deep-seated fear of snakes for as long as I can remember. The fear was debilitating, often keeping me from fully enjoying my garden and the beautiful yard just outside my back door. One morning two of my neighbor...
13. Sudden Turn-Around
It was only a few days before Christmas 2007 and my husband Larry had gotten back from Christmas shopping. It had been a big day and we went to bed a bit early only for me to be awaken a few hours later. I could hear my husba...
14. Breakthrough to Joy and Peace
I have great things happening in my life and I give ALL the glory to God. This is the year of great breakthroughs, great joy and great love. Through prayer and reading the Bible, I have found a wondrous peace that was missing...
My Mom Died When She Was Pregnant With Me
All of my life I had to fight. For me it was literal. When my mother was 7 months pregnant, she died from being beaten by her boyfriend. The devil tried to take me out, but the Lord was not going to let me die. Despite losing...
15. Set Free From Guilt!
I remember a specific time in the 80s when I had failed the Lord and was paralyzed by guilt. For weeks no amount of prayer, confession, repentance would lift the load. The accuser of the brethren (satan) was working overtime...