"His disciples came to point out to Him the buildings of the temple. But He answered them....Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another, that will not be thrown down." - Matthew 24:1,2

Jesus said, in effect, 'I am the temple of the new dispensation. I am going to take the place of this old temple and I am going to be ALL that that temple represented, but in a fuller and better way.'

POWER OF THE CROSS-LIFE

Let His...

Luke 23:44-46 - "By now it was about midday and a darkness fell over the whole land, which lasted until three in the afternoon; the sun's light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Then Jesus gave a loud cry and said, 'Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit'; and with these words he died."

When the veil of self cloaks our hearts, our perceptions are stained by the basic selfish orientation of our nature.
But when one turns to the Lord, the veil...

In Song of Solomon 2, the Lover (Jesus) is wooing His Beloved to a new place in verse 10, "Rise up, my beloved, my fair one, and come away," he invites.
He then goes on to declare that "the winter is past…the flowers are springing up, and the time of singing birds has come…the fig trees are budding, and the grapevines are in blossom," and then he repeats his invitation for her to arise and come away with him (Song of Solomon 2:13).

NEW THINGS AND NEW PLACES...

Too bad they cannot do it without killing trees. Do they allow open burning...

Revival is supernatural, therefore, you must pray, because when you pray, something happens on the inside of you. You silence your emotionally clogged soul in order to lean into the Holy Spirit. A transformation takes place as you experience the fire of God. Prayer is so much more than the spiritual action of invoking communication with God. Prayer is the intimate act of coming face-to-face with God, and that is what REVIVAL is all about – EXPERIENCING GOD.

In the Gospel of Luke,...