God's Clay God's Way

The original " Israel Under Attack: The Real Battle ", was getting a bit long, so I broke it into two parts. This is Part 1. Click...

The original " Israel Under Attack: The Real Battle ", was getting a bit long, so I've broken it into two parts. This is Part ...

People tend to want things to stay the same. Even people who are in bad situations are often afraid of change. Fear has them paralyzed. But ...

This message is subtitled "Caught between The Rock and a Hard Place". I've never been responsible for a church staff or budg...

There are a variety of roles in the Body of Believers. He has a customized role for each of His children ( 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 ). Whateve...

A close, loving relationship with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is the key to an effective prayer life, much more so than ritualistic wor...

Being born-again is absolutely free, provided you're willing to pay the high price. That sounds like a contradiction, but it's not...

In this Bonus Episode, I'm sharing a Holy Spirit encounter that rolled over me in the early morning hours of August 4, 2024. The Holy Sp...

Today, my prayer is  Lord, let your people wake up before they have to be shaken awake. In Psalm 19:12 , David asks the Lord,  Who could p...

When you boil everything down, this creation really is all about Jesus and His plans. It's His story. We are simply characters in His pl...

While praying about the next God's Clay God's Way episode, in my spirit I heard the Lord say “Tell them I love them.” This is the ...

The Lord God Almighty, the Creator and Owner of it all, loves you. Yes, you. It's His nature to love. He can't help Himself. So, i...

If you're a born-again disciple of the Lord Jesus, His call is deep and ongoing, extending well beyond your time on this earth. He doe...

Jesus said that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is the unforgivable sin. Yes, that's what He said. It's recorded in Matthew chapte...

The Bible tells us to set our mind on things above, not on things on the earth. Colossians 3:2. To do that, the more we know about heaven, t...

God has always had a Master Plan, and that plan is glorious, generous, and gracious. It covers far more than people and angels. It inclu...

When faced with the cross, Jesus looked past it to the ultimate joy set before Him. He foresaw the magnificent outcome for Himself and the v...

Questions about God’s sovereignty have been on my plate recently. Is He in charge or isn’t He? The straight answer is that He is fully sov...

This life isn't just about this life. As big and as complicated as this life is, it's really just a set up for what God has planne...

This world is loaded—year after year, century after century--with evil, with demonic inhumanity, with spiritual corruption, with all kinds o...

God sees life and death very differently than we do. He is just as close to me now as He will be when I am in heaven. But for now, I’m onl...

God is the only creator, there is no other. He made it all, whatever it is and wherever it is, both the animate and the inanimate. If it e...

This is Brother Mark. I've titled today's message "Have It His Way." As the one and only Creator, God owns the creati...

In this episode, I want to talk about God's authority, rule, and ownership...of everything. Absolutely everything.  You may find thi...

Love is driven to express itself. Love demands an outlet. To be fulfilled, Love needs to give itself away. In a very real sense, the One w...

For several months, I've felt the Holy Spirit leading me to contemplate this question: What drives God? What is so important about human...

As people, we usually think either too much or too little of ourselves. I doubt we often get it right the way God sees it. So, what is your...

This is what I'm hearing this morning. I hope this comes across as the encouragement it's meant to be. I will always want the very b...

I've long had a very expansive view of God. He is huge in all possible ways. I'm not really talking about physical size, understand...

Tonight, this is what I hear the Lord telling me to share. He is especially fond of you. Yes, you. He is also especially fond of this Sist...

There are times when we're desperate for God’s intervention, help, and deliverance, but He doesn't seem to show up. When you turn...

I absolutely love songs that draw me to Him. Songs that touch my heart. Songs that make me cry in a good way. Here's a couple of songs ...

I am so grateful that our Father lets me pray the good things from His heart into your life. He is using all of the circumstances of your l...

Most of us know someone like this; maybe he's a relative or an acquaintance, or maybe you've only seen him on TV. Whichever, you...

Probably the most common human view is that it's God's role to make people's lives pleasant. Even many Christians see God that ...

I've been thinking a lot lately about the Big Time need the folks on this planet, this nation (oh, this nation!), my family!, ME!, are ...

This is about a strong sense I've had the last few days that, frankly, I don't recall ever having before. Here's what I'm f...

(I expand on these thoughts in the Post titled "Sanctification, the Middle Stage of Salvation". That Post will make more sense i...

(This Post will make more sense if you read its companion Post, "The Three Salvations", first.) I must say that one of the most...

We all have wish lists of things that we'd like. Take a moment now and think about what's on your wish list. Maybe your wish list...

God is not looking for ways to keep you or anyone else out of heaven. Quite the contrary: He's looking for ways to get you in. The Lo...

Sometimes I over-simplify things; sometimes I over-complicate things. With that in mind, I'm going to very briefly share what I think G...

God has always had a firm grip on things. I can't imagine that He's ever NOT been vigorous, but I've never sensed it like this...

These passages from Psalms speak to where my heart is this morning. May He grant us mercy! Psalm 130     Out of the depths I have cried...

The Bible tells us that all things were made through Jesus, by Jesus, and for Jesus (Colossians 1:16). All things. Everything. There's ...

My prayer is that His wonderful plans be what you walk in, that the purposes and transforming power behind those plans fill your soul, and ...

There's an old joke that goes "I love the human race; it's people I can't stand." That's funny because there'...

Heavenly Father, I’m here to renew and reaffirm my relationship with you. I want to be the person You want me to be, but I struggle with th...

It's great when your faith is strong and things are moving right along. God and you are together knocking down the barriers that arise....

Most Bible scholars believe that Isaiah 14:12-14 and Ezekiel 28:12-18 tell us about Lucifer's transformation from an incredibly beautif...

What is God's purpose and God's "end game"? Scripture gives us a partial view of Heaven and Hell, Judgement and Rescue, a...

Sometimes I get so tired, but then I remember that His agenda is rushing forward and carrying me with it whether I'm tired or not. Ther...

Here we are, the followers of Jesus, fully exposed before our Creator. I'd say warts and all, but that's not nearly strong enough....

I really want His best for you. I would love to hear your story someday, as much or as little as you wanted to share. Your story would be sa...

In the way I imagine God's story, eternity -- whatever it is and however it works -- goes both forwards and backwards. Now, I'm con...

God's heart is full of love, love that bubbles over and craves release, love that chuckles and sings and dances to its own rhythm. That...

It can't be helped: a stunted view of God results in stunted faith and a weak Christian walk. Here are some thoughts on that subject. ...

In this Post, the word "Church" refers to the Body of Christ (that is, people who are true followers of Jesus Christ), not the bu...

Church Traditions and Programs can be good. They can even be really good. But they can also be stinkers that keep God from doing what He wa...

There is a wonderful Fanny Crosby hymn written more than a hundred years ago titled "Blessed Assurance". The chorus says, "...

When I was a young man in the Lord, my devotion was strong but my limited understanding of His ways limited my walk with Him. It was as tho...

(This was originally published on April 2, 2013. This is a revision of that original Post.)  Folks who's hearts are hardened against ...

This statement may upset a few folks who prefer a more rigid theological discussion, but I can't think of a better way to say it. Whe...

Are you beyond forgiveness? Are you too far gone for God to fix or to even want to fix? Many feel like God's forgiveness is for other...

"All things work together for good..." Romans 8:28 is a frequently quoted, frequently preached passage of Scripture. Unfortunatel...

Have you ever noticed that when you pick up a coin, you pick up both sides? You can't pick up just the head's side, you can't p...

Sometimes, even the strongest of us need to be reminded that we are not alone. So remember this: Whatever else is going on in this physical...

Father, You know my needs and You know the list of things I'm concerned about. I give them all to You. Take my list and rewrite it as ...

Be an honest scholar. Have a heart that is tender towards Him and weigh everything by Scripture. What does it really say? You can't pic...

I sense that the Holy Spirit is saying something, right here and right now, to His people. I'm not getting word-for-word dialogue from ...

Warning: I use the word "radical" a lot in this post. I meant to.  At the time I'm writing this blog post, I've been as...

I've been reading Philippians the last couple of days. There's a passage in Chapter 2 that I feel like I'm supposed to post ...

I want to keep this Post as brief and to the point as possible. I think the Lord keeps speaking to my heart about these things because He w...

Sometimes I think of my Christian walk as a sort of partnership with God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It's a hugely weighted-towar...

We know that God is the Creator. When we say that, we are usually talking about "creating" as thought it's just something He ...

The Book of Job is easy to misunderstand and misuse. You just can't grab any verse out of the book and say that it's a clear statem...

A short collection of things I think about. He alone is the Creator. Everything else and every other being, no matter how angelic, othe...

In the previous post ("The Ultimate Ambition", July 28, 2013), I wrote about what it means to be truly in love with God. Here are...

It's now 4:00 AM on a Sunday morning. I've already been up for a couple of hours. It wasn't what I wanted, but the dog had othe...

Do you feel like God is angry with you? Believers often struggle with repetitive, unresolved sin issues in their personal lives, failings t...

It's Sunday morning. I'm ready for church a bit early and some verses I read an hour ago are still speaking to me. The first one is...

My mind and heart keep coming back to foundation thoughts. By now, you know that I've been a Believer for over 40 years, but I won'...

With a title like All or Nothing, the theme of this post is obvious. The Lord Jesus Christ, the soon coming King, doesn't want lukewar...

I celebrated my 62nd birthday a few days ago. Maybe celebrated is the wrong word for it, but you know what I mean. Frankly, I'm feeling...

In 2011, there was a movie titled "Warhorse". I didn't see it, but I've read that it was pretty good. That, however, is n...

The thoughts in this post apply only to those who truly belong to Jesus Christ, fulfilling all of His requirements to be with Him for etern...

God has a way of putting us in our place. He has to, if there's ever going to be any hope of us being what He wants us to be. Back in t...