Suffering, tribulation, not getting what you want.
Recorded August 28, 1988 (588)
Between the Straits (2)
Being between the straits is to show you that no one can give you light or relief from your bondage except the Holy One of Israel.
2 Samuel 12:1-23, Isaiah 26:11-14, Ezra 9:1-10:1, Zechariah 8:1-19
Recorded August 24, 1988 (586)
Between the Straits (1)
Lamentations 1:1-3, Ezekiel 13:1-23, Colossians 2:4-6
Recorded August 22, 1988 (584)
Tammuz (9)
The function of the fast is to reveal the breaches in your own wall of protection. That wall is the greatest enemy of faith.
Bel and the Dragon
Recorded August 14, 1988 (580)
Surrender of Self
Commitment vs. surrender.
Surrender comes only when you know you’ve lost.
Recorded August 7, 1988 (576)
Stewardship
Being stewards of the mystery.
Say what’s there.
Matthew 24:35-51, 1 Peter 4:1-11, 1 Corinthians 4:1-2, Luke 12:22-48
Recorded August 2, 1988 (573)
Tammuz (8)
The bars of your prison are your words.
It’s never the circumstances that try the hearts and souls of men. It’s the judgments you make about those circumstances.
Revelation 7:9-8:1, 2 Chronicles 6:5, 6:40-7:16, Isaiah 61:1-62:7
Recorded July 26, 1988 (572)
Condemn Not Yourself
When you condemn yourself in the thing you approve, it’s the evidence you’re not abiding.
You can only be careful for nothing when you know God is daddy.
You have been bought with a price. There are no more standards of behavior.
Matthew 13:1-23, Romans 14:17-15:1
Recorded July 24, 1988 (570)
Tammuz (7)
Our compulsive behavior keeps us in apathy, the opposite of love.
Isaiah 30:1-3
Recorded July 21, 1988 (569)
Tammuz (6)
You are a walled city. The Fast of Tammuz is a celebration of a break in that wall.
Jude 1-25, Ezekiel 8:1-9:11
Recorded July 19, 1988 (567)