by Cindy Bergenback | Feb 15, 2013
God and Mental Health I am going to write a lot about mental and emotional health in the coming months, but I want to share this testimony now, because it reveals how our perception of God changes when we become mentally and emotionally free. I met with this 13 year...
by Cindy Bergenback | Feb 14, 2013
The Glory Came Down Suppose you were the president of a major corporation, and you found out that a janitor was having problems at home. His wife was very ill and they couldn’t afford someone to take care of her. The janitor was torn, because he needed the job to put...
by Cindy Bergenback | Feb 13, 2013
God is Holy Of all the words used to describe God, “holy” speaks most directly to His deity. “For I am God, and not man — the Holy One among you” (Hosea 11:9). “The holy God will show himself holy by his righteousness” (Is. 5:16). “He is exalted over all the...
by Cindy Bergenback | Feb 12, 2013
God is Good Two experiences helped shape my thinking about knowing God. The first happened when I was studying in Israel. I was alone in my room when I awoke one night to an overwhelming sense of God’s presence. I saw nothing and heard nothing, but there was no...
by Cindy Bergenback | Feb 11, 2013
Knowing God If anybody could qualify to have a relationship with God based on their Jewish heritage under the Old Covenant, Paul would be the leading candidate. He was a “Hebrew of Hebrews” (Phil. 3:5), and “as for legalistic righteousness, faultless” (vs. 6). Paul...
by Cindy Bergenback | Feb 8, 2013
Seated in the Heavenlies Every missionary knows Matt. 28: 19,20, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am...
by Cindy Bergenback | Feb 7, 2013
Power and Authority Our Lord’s model of discipleship was to prayerfully choose twelve disciples. He invited them to come with Him and observe. The next step was to do ministry together. The third step of discipleship is to have them do the ministry, and He would...
by Cindy Bergenback | Feb 6, 2013
Knowing Your Place In Luke 10 we read the amazing account of how the seventy two appointed disciples were successful in their mission. Knowing that demons are subject to us can be a heady experience for some, so the Lord said to them; “I saw Satan fall like lightening...
by Cindy Bergenback | Feb 5, 2013
The Right To Rule When Adam sinned, he forfeited his right to rule over God’s creation, and Satan became the rebel holder of authority. Jesus referred to Satan as the “ruler of this world” (Jn. 12:31; 16:11), and the apostle John would later write that “the whole...
by Cindy Bergenback | Feb 4, 2013
Free at Last I have been explaining the whole gospel for a month, which includes forgiveness and new life in Christ. The latter means that true believers are children of God. This week I will share the third part of the gospel, which is the disarming of Satan. “The...
