Introduction A few years ago, my high school class from San Leandro High School in San Leandro, California celebrated its 40th reunion. When I heard about it, I planned to go until the Lord convicted me that I was attending with the wrong motives. So in obedience, I chose to stay home and instead bear…
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In this article, I'm going to address a question crucial to our dealing with any aspect of Christian doctrine: how do we correctly interpret what the Bible is actually saying to us? What I'm about to share is how I examine the Scriptures when I am seeking what God has to say as I write.…
Pray for me again, I’m awake now! “Pray for Carolyn!” The inner voice was clear. Carolyn was a neighbor that LCU graduate, LeAnna Eldridge, had spoken with briefly. Carolyn was spiritual, but in a New Age kind of way. She had been battling brain cancer, and LeAnna had prayed with her for healing several months…
Her young secretary was in a coma and expected to die. Her boss called a company meeting to inform everyone and he asked Rev. Deb to “say a prayer.” He had no idea what he was asking for! LCU graduate, Rev. Deborah Smith immediately sought God: “Lord, I don’t know how to pray for her.…
When LCU graduate Pastor Israel Cabrera laid hands on Sarely, he could tell the Holy Spirit was doing something amazing in her body. Little did he know how desperately Sarely needed a touch from the Lord! As Pastor Israel prayed, she was miraculously and instantly healed – after the service she told him, “I believe…
Caesar was a young man who had visited Pastor Gilberto’s church a few times for the youth service. Caesar had gone up for prayer at the altar call, but had not made a solid commitment to follow Jesus. Pastor Gilberto received news that Cesar was in a terrible accident – a pole fell on the…
After someone is born again, the next step for a new believer is to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. Jesus told His disciples not to leave Jerusalem until they were endued with power from on high (Luke 24:49). This is an actual ministry session demonstrating how to prepare someone receive the Baptism of the…
LCU graduate Pastor Luis Perez had witnessed to his coworker Charlie, a landscaper, on many occasions, but Charlie was not interested. One day he even told Luis, “I’m going to go with the devil. I’m going to cut the devil’s grass in Hell.” Then one evening, Charlie was waiting at the time clock for Luis.…
As ministers of faith, it is incumbent upon us to continue to seek deeper understanding of God’s Word in order to relay the truths that we find to others. We do this in order to help them in their Christian walk. With that in mind, I returned once again to Mark 11:22-26, but made sure…
Something unique happened while my family and I were vacationing at our North Carolina lake house for a few weeks. This was my parents’ happy place, the final home that they built after 35 years of developing land in the Smokey Mountains. After my sisters and I inherited it, we turned it into a vacation…
We all know how blessed we are to have been exposed to the faith message and to come into the knowledge that God has a solution in His Word for every problem we face in life. In fact, most of us feel that we were actually part of a great revival, a move of God…
Every Christian has a divine purpose in the earth that the Lord has positioned them to fulfill. We must keep in mind, however, that life on this earth is not really about life on this earth. This life is just a test to determine how we will be positioned with the Lord concerning rewards and…