God tests you; He never tempts you. When testing comes it is because God sees that you have an idol that needs removed from your life. God exposes where you have put your faith in something or someone other than Him. This allows His refining fire to work in your life producing silver and gold.

Paul tells the Philippians that they need to rejoice despite their circumstances. You also need to rejoice despite your circumstances. When you start rejoicing, your circumstances will not be so impactful because your focus is now on Jesus.

Jesus breaths on His disciples on the day of resurrection and says, "Receive the Holy Spirit." Yet, He tells them to wait in Jerusalem until the day of Pentecost to be baptized with the Holy Spirit. Why two fillings? The first is for life and authority, the second and ongoing one is for power. We need both to do what Jesus has commissioned us to do; to continue His work and ministry.

Why did Jesus tell Mary Magdalene to stop touching Him, holding on to Him, or clinging to Him, but Thomas was invited to reach out and touch Jesus? These contrasting stories, of the resurrection appearances of Jesus, provide us with some profound insight into who Jesus is and how we should respond to the risen Jesus.

The day Jesus was raised from the dead is the day everyone was invited to be justified, saved, healed, forgiven, and raised to eternal life with Him. Jesus is alive!

On the cross of Calvary, Jesus Christ won the cosmic battle of the ages. In His death, He defeated sin, death, and the grave.

As Jesus' disciples He calls us to love as He loves. So how did He love us? He gave up His life in love for us.

In John 14 Jesus is with His disciples at the Last Supper. Jesus is preparing His followers for what is about to take place, and in doing so, He makes some profound truth claims about Himself and the promised Holy Spirit. If you reject the claims of Jesus from John 14, you reject Jesus, but to see their truth and embrace them will bring you into the family of God.

After Jesus enter Jerusalem as a servant king, He weeps for the people. Jesus weeps for those who reject Him because they do not believe His Word. He knows what is coming. He knows how bad it will be for those who rejected Him then, and those who reject Him now. Jesus weeps for the lost.

Jesus said you must have faith like a little child to receive the Kingdom of God. Then He blessed the children. Do you have childlike faith to receive the blessing of Jesus?

Does the fear or rejection control you? Are you afraid to stand out or be known as different? You need Christian courage. You need the integrity to say and do the right thing, regardless of the earthly cost. Christian courage is necessary for spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ and living and eternally victorious life.

Like the lady's parrot needed food, your spirit needs to be fed. If you are not feeding your spirit, your spirit will shrivel and your relationship with Jesus will be distant at best, and most likely non-existent, dead. You need to Feed the Parrot!

We are told that we need to fear God, but what does that mean? Are we sacred to enter His presence? Do we ignore it because God is our buddy? There is a proper fear of God that you need to have, and it starts with awe at who God is and what He has done for you.

Do you know the Accuser's lies and how to defeat them? To defeat the lies of the Accuser, you must call upon the wealth of God available to you through Jeus Christ. Listening to the Second Advocate, the Holy Spirit, tell you about all the First Advocate, Jesus Christ, has done for you. Victory is assured, because the battle is the Lord's, but the fight is yours.