Not Just Waiting but Expecting!

Not Just Waiting but Expecting!

“Waaait for iiit!” I can still hear in my mind the drawn-out warning of the drill sergeant when I moved my foot on hearing him bark, “Squaaad..!”  My mind had known what was coming and my foot just wouldn’t wait. Jesus once said to me:...
We Don’t Need to Know Everything

We Don’t Need to Know Everything

Do we need to know everything? King David didn’t think so. “LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty. Neither do I concern myself with great matters, nor with things too profound for me. Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child...
Keys to Discerning Spirits

Keys to Discerning Spirits

First impressions count because they are intuitive snapshots. When a woman distrusts a man whom she has met for the first time, her character assessment is usually correct. “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” I discerned a...
A Good Question

A Good Question

Why blame the Jewish people of today for the unjust torture and crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth — a crime for which their ancestors were responsible — and severely punished — 2000 years ago? Many years ago, I was led by the Lord to study the...
Whatever Happened to the Dove?

Whatever Happened to the Dove?

“You don’t know the kind of spirit that is influencing you.” (Luke 9:55) Do you know what influences you? The Lord’s rebuke followed the offer by James and John to destroy an inhospitable Samaritan village by calling down “fire from heaven” as the prophet Elijah...
What’s in Your Spirit?

What’s in Your Spirit?

This blog addresses the importance of the Human Spirit, as taught in the Book of Proverbs. It compares the texts — at times contrasts — of two translations on the subject from the King James Version and from The Living Bible: Proverbs 11:13 — “A...

Peter E. Barfoot