We are living in a time when men and women who say they know God are pushing themselves into places that God has not ordained for them. When human effort and human reasoning take us to the end of ourselves God will visit us by His Holy Spirit and the ordinary man will do extraordinary things. Uzziah had God's vision and could see what God saw and the Lord made him to prosper until he became wise in his own eyes and put himself in the place of God. Not soon after that he was moved out and became a leper.

What happens when lust is not dealt with?

Every true Christian desires the baptism of the Holy Spirit, but are we aware of where the baptism will lead us? When the Holy Spirit consumes our heart we will have a compassion that causes us to look away from self and look to the needs of others. When the Holy Spirit comes down a dedication comes to the House of God there is corporate worship and wholehearted fellowship with other believers. We will be totally abandoned to God and fellow man. Ask for the Holy Spirit to give you the testimony of Jesus Christ to be alive in your heart so Pentecost can move outside the church.

Have you ever been in a situation that was so perplexing where you knew that God was able to deliver you but nothing happened? When we lose sight of the promises of God we can't see our way out of spiritual depression. There is a deep compassion that is worked in us when we experience the valley of the shadow of death. Until we suffer we can't hear the cry of the suffering. We need the old time compassion of Christ and the old time burden for the lost. If we begin to thank God in the midst of our struggle Jesus Christ will be glorified.

We must not set our hand to bring about our own justice. God will stop us when we are going down the road of bitterness and unforgiveness. When He leads us in the direction to love our enemies, He will provide what we need to do it. God will simply put His hand of supernatural mercy in our hand and He will give us the power and love to wash the feet of our enemies. The Lord will fight our battles and bring about justice for us, but will He find a willing heart to be merciful to our betrayers?

So many Christians don’t know the mind of Christ because they are not willing to live a selfless life. A person who has the mind of Christ makes himself of no reputation and is a servant. When we delight to do God's will and we are willing to be poured out for the betterment of others God's thoughts will be revealed to us through the Holy Spirit.

What is it that causes so many young people to leave the house of God today? It is the older brother syndrome, when service in the house of God becomes hard labor from an angry joyless heart. It is the Father that meets His children with love and mercy. God almighty will bring His sons and daughter back home and we need to be prepared to celebrate their home coming.