CHRIST-CENTEREDNESS

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It is amazing how the focus of preaching and teaching has changed over the years in Christendom. Most Christians today are taught (consciously or unconsciously) to concentrate more on their needs and personal gratification than on anything else. It is always all about what you can get and how you can get it. It’s all about who you are, getting your needs met and achieving your dreams.

Now, all of these subjects are relevant and it's important for us to...

Intimacy with God

Intimacy with God is the only way to experiencing true fulfillment in life. Yet only a handful of Christians really experience that intimacy. And this explains why not too many of them really enjoy life – because life is a person, and enjoying it in abundance comes from knowing that person: Jesus. Everything outside of Him is vanity and deception.

Unfortunately, most Christians get discouraged whenever they hear about intimacy with God. Because they think it’s a long, t...

Words of Power

“...who being the shining splendor of His glory, and the express image of His essence, and upholding all things by the word of His power, through Himself cleansing of our sins, He sat down on the right of the Majesty on high” (Heb 1:3 ).

1:3: "Upholding all things by the Word of his power"

Christians are often encouraged to say things and to speak the word. But we realize that not much has been changing in their lives, in spite of all the talking. Their problem is not w...

Oil of Gladness

“You have loved righteousness and hated iniquity, therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows” (Heb 1:9). NKJV

You loved justice and hated evil, and so I, your God, have chosen you. I appointed you and made you happier than any of your friends.  CEV 

 There is a joy in the spirit that those who do not walk in holiness and intimacy with God can never experience. It is bliss that is deeper than laughing in the spirit (as it is...