God’s Difficult Answers

By Patrick Roberts The lagging spiritual fruit of our religious efforts are glaringly evident. We seek God religiously more than we seek Him by His Spirit. We say “yes” with our mouths but down deep in our soul and convictions (all the things that God really cares about), we are disobediently reserved. We suppose that [...]
That Christ Would Use Us

By Patrick Roberts God is determined to accomplish His otherworldly goals. He has always and will always prevail over mankind’s mortal restraints. For us who follow Christ, this means that His unshakable holiness (set-apartness) is our most fundamental, daily source of hope as we continue to live in this sinful world. God must be independent [...]
The Fivefold Action Plan God Wants from Us

Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth … 13 Gird yourselves and lament, you priests; wail, you who minister before the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, you who minister to my God; for the grain offering and the drink offering are withheld from the house of your [...]
Manna from Heaven

By Pam Vernon It was that time again. The Prayer meeting tonight at church and afterwards, supper. There was an expectation that everybody bring a plate of food but the housekeeping funds barely made it around the kids’ school needs, their clothing and some of those little extras the kids always appreciated, let alone food [...]