Power. There is an incomparable touch on our lives when we accept the ALL-SURPASSING power from God. His is an outstanding power that exceeds all other powers. You may have dealt with powerful people. You may have come up against powerful principalities too. But God, His power surpasses all. He’s superior, beyond excellent. He transcends our range of capability. If we are not moving in faith beyond our abilities, we are not seeing passed what humans can do. If we have an active spiritual life, resurrection life of a risen Savior, can be shown in us when we get back up from the world’s hard hits. To the glory of…

At the end of a mundane prayer time recently, I asked God for the rare. I had been going through prayers for people that I’ve prayed before. It just seemed to be a lot of the same. When I prayed for rare things to happen, for rare doors to open, for specific rare things to take place, I felt God say: “Why not ask for the rare?!” Things got exciting and I left the dark, nightly lit room eager to see what will come of such a simple request. Rare things aren’t found in large numbers of mass quantity. You can seldom find something rare because it is uncommon. That’s…

“I’ve heard it said, ‘One touch of favor is worth more than a lifetime of labor’. Noah continually followed God’s will, did what was right and found favor with the Lord. Favor didn’t keep Daniel out of trouble. The trouble was a setup for God to endorse Daniel, to bring him into prominence. When David defeated Goliath, that one good break, that one endorsement, launched him into a new level of his destiny, and it made up for all those lonely years. Joseph had favor in everything he did.” Joel tells us one thing he’s learned: “…you can’t keep a favored man or woman down. You may have some obstacles,…