In the Bible, the land represents God’s promises. He gave the Israelites the Promised Land not because of their righteousness, but because of His grace and faithfulness. God has already won the war, se we can fight the battles against the enemy from a position of victory!
Continue readingJoel 3:1-16 – Waxer Tipton (One Love Ministries)
Joel describes the day of the Lord when God will judge the nations. What are we doing to prepare?
Continue readingJoel 2:18-27 – Waxer Tipton (One Love Ministries)
The Lord is telling His people not to fear, to rejoice, and be glad because He is bringing about restoration – the grain, new wine & oil, which all point to Jesus, the ultimate restoration! The blessing of restoration is the people of God knowing who God is. Do you know Him?
Continue readingJoel 2:1-17 – Waxer Tipton (One Love Ministries)
Joel warns the Israelites of “The Day of the Lord” which refers to a future time when God will pour out His wrath on the nations because of their sins against Him and His people. It is a call to repentance so that God can deliver His people and restore their land. Let’s choose genuine repentance in our own lives so that God can restore us too!
Continue readingJoel 1:14-20 – Waxer Tipton (One Love Ministries)
One of the greatest temptations Christians face is to avert our eyes from the person of Jesus and place them on the things of Jesus – His doctrine, His people, His word, His mission. This is a great temptation because there is absolutely nothing wrong with any of these things. In fact, without serious attention to them we could not be His disciples. They are essential.
The fallacy that trips us up is our focus on these things as objective apart from living fellowship with the person of Jesus. We end up with zeal for a cause, but no fellowship with the spirit behind the cause. Jesus doesn’t call His disciples by saying “Follow My teachings,” or “Follow My example,” or “Follow My reasoning.” It is always personal. “Follow Me.”
Continue readingJoel 1:1-15 – Waxer Tipton (One Love Ministries)
God’s judgment on Israel through the locusts brought complete devastation. Even the priests were mourning because the grain and drink offerings required to worship the Lord were gone. As believers, we are the priesthood. Joel challenges us to ask ourselves, do we have “what it takes” to worship? Let God’s judgment, cause repentance, so He can bring restoration!
Continue readingImago Dei – Troy Newman (One Love Ministries)
The Bible tells us that we are created in the image of God (“Imago Dei”). President of Operation Rescue, Troy Newman, reminds us that God is pro-choice, but anti-abortion. Don’t let the enemy steal your money, kill your baby, and destroy your life through the lie of abortion. Let’s join with Operation Rescue as they resist the enemy in their fight to shut down abortion clinics across the nation and instead choose life!
Continue readingIntro to Joel – Waxer Tipton (One Love Ministries)
As we take a look into the prophet Joel and his ministry, his message from the Lord was for judgment, repentance, and bringing us into restoration. Let’s learn how to apply this to our lives today!
Continue readingPsalm 23 – Waxer Tipton (One Love Ministries)
In this psalm, King David proclaims God’s character and all that we have in Him – relationship, supply, rest, refreshment, healing, guidance, purpose, testing, protection, faithfulness, discipline, hope, consecration, abundance, blessing, security, & eternity. He truly is our Good Shepherd!
Continue readingDaniel 10 – Pt 1 – Jesse Showalter (One Love Ministries)
“A Revelation to the Apostle – ‘You’”
An introduction to Daniel’s fourth and final vision from the Lord.