After much prayer, careful study and reliance on the Holy Spirit, I have concluded this about Christ’s intercession for us. Jesus died on the cross to purchase peace with God for me – and He is in heaven now to maintain that peace, for me and in me.

The prophet Zechariah warns that any nation that touches Jerusalem will be cut off.

At its heart, legalism is a desire to appear holy. It is trying to be justified before men and not God.

We are blood-secured, delivered from the enemy’s power, and raised up into newness of life in God.

All these new methods of how to build the church has left me confused.

I have been playing since the third grade. It just makes me happy.

The Word says, ‘Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world’ (1 John 2:15). Jesus warned, ‘Beware of covetousness: for a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses’ (Luke 12:15). Things—our possessions—can tie us down to this world. While heaven and hell prepare for war, we go shopping. Eternal values are at stake! The end of all we know is near—and we are busy playing with our toys!