“The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech (Proverbs 8:13, NAS).” “All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another (I Peter 5:5, NAS).” Pride was the… Read More ›
Holy Spirit
Lend Me Your Hope
By Neil Anderson December 14 Romans 15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit Lend me your hope… Read More ›
Seeing Life From God’s Perspective
By Neil Anderson December 1 Proverbs 3:7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil Wisdom was certainly the way of the Old Testament as the Book of Proverbs and other… Read More ›
The Full Armor Of God
By Neil Anderson November 23 Ephesians 6:13 Therefore, take up the full armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm A primary element in our protection… Read More ›
Prophetic Messages
By Neil Anderson November 22 Jeremiah 23:29 “Is not My word like fire?” declares the LORD, and like a hammer which shatters a rock?” If you attend a Christian fellowship where prophecies are part of public worship, I… Read More ›
How Does the Fruit of the Spirit Grow?
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23 (NKJV) “GOODNESS and KINDNESS live in the hearts of those who have suffered greatly, as the wounded… Read More ›
Showing Yourself Faithful
By Neil Anderson November 5 1 Timothy 1:12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into service When D.L. Moody found his life in Christ, he looked for… Read More ›
Make More Room for the Holy Spirit
“Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” Romans 5:5 (NKJV) “And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled… Read More ›
According To the Spirit
By Neil Anderson October 2 Romans 8:5 For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit The… Read More ›
How to Know if You are a Good Person or Not
Vine of Life News Copyright© πίστις 2013 Photo art courtesy of Darrell Creswell Goodness, who defines that and what does it mean to be good anyway? If you go by the world’s definition of goodness depending on who you ask,… Read More ›
WHO’S RESPONSIBLE FOR CONVICTION?
By Neil Anderson September 29 Romans 14:13 Let us not judge one another anymore, but rather determine this–not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother’s way. I grew up with a good, moral background, and… Read More ›
So Why Do Christians Get Confused?
Vine of Life News / Cherylz1961 “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” John 10:27 “He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.”… Read More ›
SPIRITUAL IDENTITY
By Neil Anderson September 19 Galatians 4:7 Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God As you consider the importance of your spiritual identity and the… Read More ›
RIGHTING WRONGS
By Neil Anderson September 17 John 15:8 By this is My Father glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples How can you know if you’re being led by the Spirit or the flesh?… Read More ›
Practice Your Discernment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM5ILOsHLnw “Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.” 1 John 4:1 (NKJV) “Having a form of godliness but denying its… Read More ›
THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH
By Neil Anderson September 11 John 16:13 When He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth It’s not hard to know the truth if You are the truth, and speaking with authority would come… Read More ›
INDISCRIMINATE EXPRESSION OF EMOTIONS
By Neil Anderson September 7 James 1:19, 20 Let everyone be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God Another unhealthy way to respond to emotions… Read More ›
In Praise of our Father When Times are Hard
How is your day going today? Good, ok, maybe just plain bad? It is easy to praise God when all is well, no problem to lift up your voice and worship. How about when your day is awful? How about… Read More ›
Obeying God When It Makes No Sense
Originally posted on Vine of Life News by Lyn Leahz ©By Lyn Leahz | 7-20-2013 When Noah was building the ark, no one had ever seen or heard of rain. The earth was watered from a mist that came up… Read More ›
A Love Letter For My Father
Originally posted on Vine of Life News by Lyn Leahz “Why do you complain, Ya’akov; why do you say, Isra’el, “My way is hidden from Adonai, my rights are ignored by my God”? Haven’t you known, haven’t you heard that… Read More ›
Winter: A Spiritual Season
“To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck what is planted.” Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 (NKjV) When my spiritual… Read More ›
A Warning in the Spirit…Take Heed or Perish
©Copyright πίστις 2013 Originally published on Vine Of Life News Our time is short, more so than many understand. The Church of today is asleep, refusing to acknowledge the grave danger on the very near horizon. Many in the… Read More ›
Do You Want To Fall Head Over Heals In Love Today?
Lyn Leahz ©2012 Sadness and loneliness weighed heavy on my heart that evening a few years ago as I sat on the edge of my bed talking with the Father about some things that were on my mind. It was… Read More ›
The Absolute Necessity of REAL Worship
I have written much on this topic, worship and its proper form and function. I guess it would be fair to say that worship not given its proper place really annoys me…it should upset you as well. In the first… Read More ›
Seek Scripture And Pray When You Are Confused
“For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints.” 1 Corinthians 14:33 (ESV) “But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth. He will… Read More ›
Mysteries; Great and small
WOW! Mysteries – I love em!! – Well sometimes anyway – I must admit that the mysteries of the computer make me frustrated, angry and despairing!! But other mysteries well that’s another matter; the mystery of creation; the universe; the… Read More ›
NEW AGE DECEPTION: New Age Thinking part 2
By Neil Anderson April 19 1 Timothy 2:5 There is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus The fourth unifying factor of the New Age Movement is a cosmic evolutionary optimism… Read More ›
Way way down deep!
Don’t you just love computer viruses?? A few weeks ago – the old laptop started to do strange and amazing things – like not shutting down – then shutting down 1/2 way through something! Then it started dropping things off… Read More ›
The Real Warfare is Spiritual
Human beings live in an active spiritual war zone. All humans live on enemy held territory. How did this happen? First, a quick word about “Dualism” so that you do not get confused. Dualism is the view that two equal but… Read More ›
Why do I keep on sinning??!!!
At the time of our accepting Jesus as our Lord and Saviour – we were given the gift of the Holy Spirit. God replaced our old hearts and our old longings which were always rebelling against Him and put inside… Read More ›