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 readingValue of a Soul – Franklin Graham & Waxer Tipton (One Love Ministries)
Three lives search for true worth as their worlds crumble. Follow their unexpected journeys as Franklin Graham addresses the real value of the soul.
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 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 readingThe Importance of Prayer
The third most important thing a Christian should know after the message of salvation and the abundant life, is the power of prayer. It is critical to understand what prayer is and isn’t, how & why, and when & where to pray, because it’s what made Jesus, “Jesus”!
Continue readingJames 5:12-20 – Waxer Tipton (One Love Ministries)
James is calling us to integrity. Anything less is evil. We need to be men & women of conviction, not convenience. The bottom line to our sin is not truly knowing the Father’s character. Ultimately, God wants to be spiritually healed and made whole in Jesus.
Continue readingJames 5:1-11 – Waxer Tipton (One Love Ministries)
In chapter 5, James is not calling out wealth, but greed. Are we using our resources responsibly? For the Kingdom of God, or for ourselves? Where do we place our trust, value, and happiness? On temporal or eternal things? The key is perspective! Let’s live with an eternal one!
Continue readingJames 4:11-17 – Waxer Tipton (One Love Ministries)
In chapter 4, James tells us that inner conflict is a result of a jealous, selfish spirit and concludes by saying that sin is anything contrary to God’s will. The whole Law is summed up in one word… Love. Thank God that He loves us and sent Jesus to fulfill the Law! Let’s not take that love for granted.
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