The Lord does not forgive excuses, He forgives sin.

Gifts are given, but fruit must be grown

In the times of darkness, the Glory will stand out even more.

I have often heard, "I love God but just don't like His people." This may sound glib, but as John explained, this is a basic deception as we do not really love God unless we also love His people. The Scriptures also go to great lengths to explain that love is not to be based on whether people are lovable or not.

We must realize that the ministries and gifts of the Spirit are for everyday life, not just meetings.

When I was commissioned with the purpose of helping to restore prophetic ministry to the Church for its last-day ministry, I was told that it would not be until the prophets and teachers learned to worship the Lord together as they did at Antioch that He would release true apostolic ministry in the Church again.

True revival can only be ignited by God, but God will always move through men.