Sometime around the end of the summer, as the days were turning crisper, the leaves more golden, and the nights shortening, I found myself at a small Bible camp of faithful Christians. I had been invited to speak by friends and was anticipating the event.

The Lord has been challenging me lately to believe in myself. In Isaiah 45:3, God states that He will give His anointed one the hidden riches of the secret place...

No one in the early church age that had notable influence cared for the recognition that healing would bring. All shunned it.

“When the longing for God comes…do not allow yourself to destroy it, but take the utmost care, so as to give it full opportunity to remain within you as long as possible." Theophan the Recluse

It is one thing to esteem those that you love.  It is another thing to esteem those that you care about.  It is still another thing to esteem other Christians.  Yet it is quite another thing entirely to esteem others as greater than yourself.