Joel 2:28 “And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.” God clearly describes the importance of young generation (children and youth) in His plan. God wants them…
“And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.” Acts 2:47b We need to follow the lifestyle of the first churches if we long for the great things that happened to them also happen to us in these end times. The first churches experienced addition in their congregation daily and they…
“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8 After the Lord Jesus ascended to heaven, 120 of His disciples gathered together in the upper room in Jerusalem.…
“I will pour out My Spirit in those days. And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth.” Joel 2 : 28-30 In the times of the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit was only poured out to the prophets or certain people. When the Holy Spirit is poured out upon a person,…
Mark 7:28:” And she answered and said to Him, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs under the table eat from the children’s crumbs.” Mark 7:24-30 tells a story of Syro-Phoenician woman whose daughter was demon-possessed. She came to Jesus so he can heal her daughter. In the beginning, it seemed like Jesus did not…
Psalm 52:10: “But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.” An olive tree is a great tree. In the Bible, olive tree is often used to symbolize blessing, strength and peace. What kinds of qualities do olive trees have that differentiate them…
Daniel 1:8: “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.“ Daniel is one of the Bible characters whose life example we can…
A healthy teaching is truly needed in the growth of a church because in these end times many churches are being bombarded with false teachings. Maybe some people feel that we do not need to care about which teachings are right and which are not. “We only need to focus on the true teaching,” some…
Isaiah 49 : 6 : “….. I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles, that You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.” Exactly on May 17th, IBC reached its 20-year anniversary. Before we know it, time has quickly passed and we have gone through 20 years with the…
Matthew 20:28:” Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” Many of God’s children do not want to serve, or that in the beginning they were diligently serving and were brave to receive various ministries but as time passes…