Don't Let Your Hearts Be Troubled - Crosswalk the Devotional   God's Reminder for Today: Don’t Let Your Hearts Be Troubled"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, trust also in me." John 14:1Sometimes we face circumstances in life that are just out of our control. No amount of our own planning and effort can make it better, or could have even prevented it from occurring. Hard things happ...  Read More

2 Chronicles 5:11-14"When the priests came forth from the holy place (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, without regard to divisions), and all the Levitical singers, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and kinsmen, clothed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps and lyres, standing east of the altar, and with them one hundred and twenty priests blowing trumpets in unison...  Read More

Labor To Be Filled With the Spirit at All TimesYour giftings, your talents, and the things that you do so well have nothing to do with you. They have to do with the Spirit of God, the power of God, and the gifting of God that He has given you.Your life can be filled with power only if you are filled with the Holy Spirit.I know a lot of talented people who have no power because they don't know the ...  Read More

Resist the First Stirring of TemptationNo one is exempt from temptation. How do we know this? Because Jesus was in all manner tempted as we are, and yet he didn’t sin. Therefore, none of us is an exception to the rule: you WILL be tempted.When we’re tempted, however, we have to resist the first stirring of temptation.It doesn’t matter where you’re standing or what you’re doing. This applies to eve...  Read More

God Promises His ComfortThere is only one constant in this ever-changing world, and that’s the character of our heavenly Father. The very earth itself is undergoing changes constantly. What seems the most immovable now will one day be done away with. But God is unchanging. God is unwavering. He’s completely faithful and committed to seeing through the promises he’s made you. As we look this week a...  Read More

2 Chronicles 7:13-22"If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people, and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.  Now My eyes will be open and My ears attent...  Read More

Work Hard Toward WisdomTo live outside the grasp of the devil, we need to labor for wisdom.In 1 Kings 3, Solomon's attitude was, "I don't need all of the stuff. I just need wisdom. I know that, more than anything, I'm going to need the wisdom of heaven. I'm going to need the knowledge of heaven; and yet, wisdom is of the utmost importance."There is a great difference between knowledge and wisdom. ...  Read More

Beware of Grieving the Holy SpiritIf you want to live outside the grasp of the enemy, then always beware of grieving the Holy Spirit.When I say, "Beware of grieving the Holy Spirit," I mean: "Don't offend the Spirit. Don't insult Him or make Him sad."Quenching the Holy Spirit is not the same as the unpardonable sin.A lot of the time, people freak out and get afraid they have permanently grieved th...  Read More

Construction Underway - Encouragement for TodayConstruction Underwayby: CORRIE GERBATZ“Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be, has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.” 1 John 3:2-3 (NIV)Construction zones. We see them everywhere...  Read More

 Be Ruled by the Word of GodThe first key that will keep you out of the grasp of the enemy is to be ruled by the Word. The Word of God-the Bible-is our final authority. Make the Word of God your rule and your authority, and live in obedience to all it says.We teach this every week at the church I pastor-Dwelling Place Church International. We teach that, if you're not under the authority of the Wo...  Read More

Type your new text here.  The Prerequisite for Spiritual SafetyOne of the greatest promises in all of Scripture is that the devil will flee from us. When James 4:7-8 says that the devil will run away from you when you resist him, it means he will scoot away like a dog with his tail between his legs.When the enemy runs, he runs in terror. When you resist him, he flees from you and runs away in abje...  Read More

Imagine a large room, beautifully decorated and spotless. A King makes His home in this room and is pleased with the perfection of His surroundings. Around the perimeter of the room are a number of doors. Beyond the doors are dirt, debris, and pollutants that would defile this space if the doors were opened. You are called to be the doorkeeper to this room.This picture illustrates the life of ever...  Read More