INDEX OF
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TOPICS
Adultery
Affliction
Angels
Backsliding
Covetousness
Creationism
Deity of
Jesus
Deliverance
Depression
Drunkenness
Environmentalism
Euthanasia
Evolution
Fasting
Fornication
The
Godhead
Gratitude
Guidance
Hell
The Holy
Spirit
Humanity
of Jesus
Intercession
Loneliness
Marriage
Ministry of Music
Miracles
Obedience
Occultism
Old Age
Prayer
The
Resurrection
Revelation
Satan,
Demons
Sex
Signs &
Wonders
Spiritual
Warfare
Temptation
The
"Trinity"
Unanswered
Prayer:
Why?
The
Weather
The
Written Word
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Fruit of the Spirit
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Love
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Second
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" ...that I may dwell
among them." |
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From "Essentials of Revival," by Diane S.
Dew Copyright
© 1977, 1997
Throughout
the ages, down through the corridors of time, can be heard the echo of the
cry of God's heart for a people in whom He might dwell. Since before the
foundations of the earth were laid, it has been the desire of His heart:
that man might be the dwelling place of God.
The Lord purposed that through the building of the tabernacle (Exodus 25:8; 29:45; Leviticus 26:11-12) and the construction of the temple (1 Kings 6:13, 14; 2 Chronicles 6:18) there might be an outward expression of His incessant desire to dwell with man. However, these were only temporary provisions. God does not dwell "in temples made with hands." (Isaiah 66:1-2; Acts 7:48-50; 17:24, 25 cp. Jeremiah 7:4; Matthew 24:1, 2) "But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee; how much less this house that I have builded?" (1 Kings 8:27)
Primarily, it was in Jesus that the intent of God's heart found fulfillment. "The Word was made flesh, and dwelt (or, tabernacled) among us..." (John 1:14) His name was called "Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God With Us." (Matthew 1:23) The tabernacle of Moses was only a type of "the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man..." (Hebrews 8:2, 5; 9:25) "... Behold, the tabernacle (the abode) of God is with man, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people ..." (Revelation 21:3)
God's ultimate intention, however, has been to make His abode within the heart of every believer. (John 14:23) Jesus promised that the same Spirit that "dwelleth with you ... shall be in you." (John 14:17) His place of habitation is within His people: "Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord." (Zechariah 2:10)
In Old Testament times the Spirit of God would "come and go" – His Presence would enter, bless, and depart. (Numbers 9:15-23; 11:25; 2Chronicles 5:13-14) Yet the Lord longed for a place in which He might continually dwell, or make His abode. "For the Lord hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for His habitation ... here will I dwell; for I have desired it." (Psalms 132:13, 14)
We pray earnestly for "the visitation of God" in our lives. It is a phrase used freely in reference to the manifestation of His Presence. However, God wants to do more than "visit" the lives of His people: He wants to move in! "Abide in Me," Jesus said, "and I in you." (John 15:4) To abide means "to continue, to dwell." (John 8:31; 15:9)
The test of genuine revival is in whether or not there have been changed lives – and often this becomes evident only afterwards. If the Lord is "just visiting," then things will go back to usual when the glory leaves. But when an eternal work has taken place in those lives, the individual will no longer be content to return to his former state of affairs, as before. He has tasted of eternity and shall find satisfaction in nothing less. Revival does not come cheap; it will cost us our lives. But only as we lay our lives down can we know the fullness of His Life in us.
So we see that, although in Old Testament times God "inhabited the praises of Israel" (Psalms 22:3), under the New Covenant by His Spirit He seeks to inhabit us – His people. "In Him we live, and move, and have our being." (Acts 17:28)
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God . . . In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit." (Ephesians 2:19-22) " . . . and the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord Is There." (Ezekiel 48:35)
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Choice Has a Name Unemployed, uninsured, evicted, totally broke, clinging to a violent, failing marriage ... and (mis)diagnosed as possibly carrying a deformed baby ... abortion was still no option. Even Jesus was not born into the best of circumstances: For His mother, young and unmarried, the timing was inconvenient. (It being "the year of the census," they were "on the road.") And a barn was not the most sanitary of places to give birth. Yet, Scripture says, "In the fulness of time, God sent his Son..." A message of faith, on trusting the faithfulness of God when everything seems to be going wrong. Published in the Milwaukee Journal, 2/21/92 and numerous other publications.
Home Street Home The true story of how faith in God can carry us through every situation in life, including unemployment, poverty, rejection of family and friends, even homelessness. "The poor will always be with you," Jesus said. He himself was born in a barn, had no where to lay his head and, even in death, was buried in a borrowed tomb. This story challenges the church to reach out to the needy, the stranger, the widow and the orphan. Cover story, Moody magazine, Feb. 1990.
Loneliness: A Study in the Scriptures Over 23.6 million people in the U.S. live alone, according to US Census Bureau figures. (38% are elderly.) So if you feel lonely, you are not alone! It was God (not a complaining Adam) who declared, "It is not good for the man to be alone..." From the prophet's "I sat alone," and the psalmist's "I am lonely," to Paul's "every man forsook me" - the Bible says much on the subject of solitude. This 12-page study examines, from a Biblical perspective, the causes and effects of loneliness - and some Biblical solutions. Some of the insights may surprise you!
'The Backslider in Heart' Falling away, leaving your first love, departing from the faith, putting a hand to the plow and looking back, salt that has "lost its savour," "a dog returning to his vomit" ...Scripture is very descriptive of the wayward walk. This article and outline incorporate into one study every verse on the topic. Included are: The causes of backsliding. Consequences for continually refusing to return. The conditional aspects of Christianity. Backsliders in Scripture. Safeguards. The recovery process. Responsibility to the backslider. God's call to return.
A Love I Could Not Deny How one suicidal teen met God in her darkest hour. Published in Moody magazine, Feb. 1987.