An utter dependence on God is a common trait that I’ve observed in almost every on-fire remnant believer I’ve known, and I bet you’ve found this to be true as well. The word that comes to mind is: yielding. It’s a yielding of our desires, ambitions, and plans to the will of God.

John prepared the way for Jesus. Similarly, there are men today preparing the way for Antichrist. Yuval Noah Harari is a history professor, best-selling author, and World Economic Forum speaker, who has a particular disdain for the Bible and any notion of a living God. We’ll see how he and others like him are deceiving and being deceived as they prepare the way for Antichrist.

The ministry of Jesus began in the streets, “as Jesus was going along.” The Holy Spirit moved from a place to a people on the day of Pentecost, but we keep trying to put the “kingdom” back into a building, where most of what we call “ministry” happens in the building.

For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overpowered, the last state has become worse for them than the first.

Typhoon Haiyan was one of the strongest storms on record and part of a growing number of extreme weather events reminding us of the nearness of Jesus’ return.

Instead of hearing the gospel that leads to heart transformation, many receive confirmation they really aren’t that bad, in fact, they are misled into believing they are pretty good people after all.