Posts with the category “rick-wenner-from-the-greek-vol-1-rick-renner”

Keep the Devil Where He Belongs — Under Your Feet! And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly....— Romans 16:20 Are you tired of the devil blocking your way and causing all kinds of disruptions and problems in your life, such as problems in your relationships, financial woes, or health problems? How would you like to lift your foot high and then slam it down as hard as you can...  Read More

The Most Essential Weapon In Your Spiritual Arsenal Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth.... — Ephesians 6:14 Roman soldiers were dressed in beautiful armor! From head to toe, they were covered with various pieces of weaponry that were designed to protect them and equip them for fighting. But of all these pieces, one piece was more important than all the others. That vital and ...  Read More

How Is Your Memory Working? I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day.— 2 Timothy 1:3 When Paul wrote these words, he was sitting in prison in Rome. Having been judged by the courts and sentenced to death, he was living his final days in prison as he awaited the day of his execution. The method of...  Read More

Doing Things Decently and in Order Let all things be done decently and in order. — 1 Corinthians 14:40 How does God want us to worship Him? This is a question that has been asked by different denominations throughout the centuries.In the church I grew up in, I remember what we thought of any church that had “wild” church services. We deemed those people “incorrect” because their services weren’t c...  Read More

Refuse To Ever Let Go Of Your Dream! Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;).— Hebrews 10:23 What do you want God to accomplish through you in this life? What are the dreams you think about every night when your head hits the pillow, or every day when no one else is around? Do you daydream about what you’d like to become or do in the years...  Read More

The Necessary Attitude for Success Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord....— 1 Corinthians 15:58 Today I want to talk to you about an attitude you must possess if you wish to achieve success in your life. If you study the lives of achievers and history-makers, you will find that all of them remarkably share certain attitudes that help...  Read More

Don’t Be A ‘Bone out of Joint’! From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling. — 1 Timothy 1:6 Have you ever been in a situation where you found it hard to submit graciously to the orders of the person in authority over you? Maybe you thought that the orders were unfair or that you had a better idea. Or can you think of a moment when a fellow employee, staff member, or volunt...  Read More

Stick Your Neck Out — Commit Yourself to Someone! And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. — 2 Timothy 2:2 Can you think of an occasion when you were hurt by someone so badly that you were tempted to think, That’s it! I’ll never give my heart to anyone like that ever again! This hurts too much to g...  Read More

Whose Faith Are You Following? That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. — Hebrews 6:12 Let me ask you a question today: Who is the most influential spiritual leader in your life right now? Is there one leader whom you respect and admire so exceptionally that you would want to emulate him and try to be like him in your own life? Is there on...  Read More

Are You Wearing Your Killer Shoes? Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace.— Ephesians 6:14,15 If you had seen the shoes of a Roman soldier, you’d have wanted to make sure you didn’t fall in front of him or get in his way where he might accidentally step on you. Those we...  Read More

Payday Is on the Way! Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. — Hebrews 10:35 If you have ever invested time, money, energy, and commitment into God’s Kingdom that no one knew about except you and the Lord, it did not go unnoticed. The Lord saw it all. And according to Hebrews 10:35, He plans on reimbursing you in full!The phrase “recompense of reward” is fr...  Read More

Hang In There And Don’t Give Up! My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.— James 1:2-4 In the earliest years of the Church, the believers faced unremitting persecution. Every day they were confronted by hostile powers t...  Read More

‘Perilous Times’ In the Last Days This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.— 2 Timothy 3:1 The Bible makes it unmistakably plain that in the last days, the world will be filled with difficulties, the like of which have never before been known in the history of mankind. In fact, the Holy Spirit was so committed to making sure we understand what will occur in the last days tha...  Read More

A Guaranteed Way To Infuriate the Holy Spirit! Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? — James 4:5 I know you want to please the Spirit of God with your life, so today I want to tell you about something that is guaranteed not to please Him. By knowing this, you can avoid grieving Him and can concentrate your attention on doing those things that...  Read More

Does Jesus Find You To Be Therapeutic, Refreshing, or Disgusting? So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.— Revelation 3:16 In Russia, it is a tradition for people to visit the sauna. People especially love to do this in the middle of the winter. This tradition is hundreds of years old, dating back to the time when people didn’t have running wa...  Read More

Laziness and Slothfulness— Don’t Allow Either in Your Life! That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. — Hebrews 6:12 I’ll never forget the day when the Lord suddenly spoke to my heart as I was praying and shocked me by what He told me. I heard the Holy Spirit say, “Rick, if you’re going to do what I’ve called you to do, it’s time for you to...  Read More

‘Filthy Stinking Rich!’ ...In every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you.— 1 Corinthians 1:5,6 My dictionary says that the word “rich” means to have goods, property, and money in abundance; to have possession of abundant resource, material goods, and significant wealth; or to have more than enough to gratify one’...  Read More

Stopping Satan At His Own Game Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. — 2 Corinthians 2:11 I don’t like talking about the devil, but time after time the Bible warns us that the devil is like a roaring lion who roams about, seeking whom he can destroy (1 Peter 5:8). Whether we like it or not, the devil is a real personality who is looking for ways to destr...  Read More

God’s Power Is Yours For the Taking! Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.— Ephesians 6:10 Many years ago, I was preaching in a series of meetings about the power of the Holy Spirit. At the end of one of the services, an invitation was given for people to come forward who wanted to be filled with the Spirit. I watched with great joy as nearly one hundred peopl...  Read More

Your Redemption Is a Done Deal! Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.— Galatians 3:13 Don’t you wish you could be free from sin and its consequences once and for all? Well, according to Galatians 3:13, you already are! You just haven’t comprehended it yet! Let me give you an illustration of this ...  Read More

A Picture of Who You Used To Be! Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. — Ephesians 2:2 Do you ever look through old photographs to reminisce about the past? When browsing through those old images, does it ever make you drift back to moments in the past that ...  Read More

Take Advantage Of All Kinds of Prayer Praying always with all prayer.... — Ephesians 6:18 If you want to grow in your spiritual walk, you need to make prayer a central part of your life. But in order for prayer to be the great adventure God wants it to be in your life, you must understand that there are all kinds of ways to pray. Don’t get stuck with just one form of prayer! The Bible tells us tha...  Read More

You Are a Shrine For the Holy Spirit What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s. — 1 Corinthians 6:19,20 Russia is a nation with more than one thousand years of Russian Orthodox religious history. One of the gr...  Read More

It’s Time for You To Lay Aside Every Unnecessary Weight Wherefore seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight...— Hebrews 12:1 What is it that keeps hindering you from living a life of obedience? Do you struggle with a particular sin, habit, attitude, or fear that keeps you from running your race of faith the way you ought? If so, you probably al...  Read More

The Holy Spirit — A Partner Who Wants To Take Responsibility For You in This Life! The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. — 2 Corinthians 13:14 Most all of us would say we want to live a victorious Christian life. But without daily communion with the Holy Spirit, it’s impossible to attain that goal. Communion with the Ho...  Read More

You Have a Two-Edged Sword! For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword... — Hebrews 4:12 What is the significance of the “two-edged sword” referred to in Hebrews 4:12? If you start looking, you’ll find out this phrase regarding a “two-edged sword” appears all over the New Testament, so it must be pretty important.For instance, when the apostle John received his...  Read More

Effective Spiritual Weapons Require Effective Spiritual Strategies For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds. — 2 Corinthians 10:4 In this powerful verse, Paul speaks to us about the subject of spiritual warfare. In fact, this is one of the foundational verses on this subject, so it is vital to understand what Paul is talking about. T...  Read More

How Do You Make A Dead Man See? And when he [the Holy Spirit] is come, he will reprove the world of sin... — John 16:8 Do you remember times as a child when you did something wrong and thought no one was watching — but then you got caught? Do you remember how it felt to realize that someone had been watching you all along? What horror and dread to be caught in the middle of the act!You couldn’t li...  Read More

Diligence Is Required For Success in God But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.— Hebrews 11:6 Some people are just lazy, which is why they never see anything accomplished with their lives. They blame their lack of success on this, that, and everything but themselves. But God is...  Read More

A Great Cloud of Witnesses Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses...— Hebrews 12:1 Do you see the word “cloud” in the verse above? It is taken from the Greek word nephos. It describes clouds — just like the clouds you see in the sky. When most people read this verse, they imagine big, fluffy white clouds with Old Testament saints scattered mystically throug...  Read More

Don’t Put Out The Spirit’s Fire! Quench not the Spirit. — 1 Thessalonians 5:19 Have you ever sensed the Holy Spirit leading you to do something, but because of fear you were afraid to do it? Even though you were sure it was God’s Spirit who was speaking to you, did you grit your teeth, dig in your heels, and decide that you would not do what He was leading you to do or say?If the answer is yes, it...  Read More

Be a ‘Holy Terror’ To the Kingdom of Darkness! For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh. — 2 Corinthians 10:3 You have been delivered from Satan’s power through the victorious, redemptive work of Jesus Christ. Make sure you keep that wonderful truth in mind the next time you have to deal with the devil’s attack on your life. And don’t try to defeat a spiritual enemy with fles...  Read More

The Holy Spirit Earnestly Yearns for You! Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, the spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? — James 4:5 Has there ever been anything you wanted so badly that you just couldn’t get it off your mind? Every time you tried to think about something else, your mind just kept drifting back over and over again to that thing you desired. Finally, your urge to pos...  Read More

‘X’ Marks the Spot! But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. — 2 Corinthians 4:7 When I was a small boy, the guys in our neighborhood loved to play like they were pirates. My friends and I would draw detailed maps with palm trees, waterfalls, lagoons, and, of course, buried treasure! The location of the buried treasure was always ...  Read More

He’s Still the Lord Of the Wind and the Waves! And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.... And He [Jesus] arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. — Mark 4:37,39 Anytime you are on the front lines of battle doing something significant for the Kingdom of God, the ene...  Read More

Set the Spiritual Hostages Free! ...For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.— 1 John 3:8 Multitudes of people in this world today are held hostage in their minds by the devil. They are incarcerated, locked up, and caged in their minds and emotions, held like slaves, prisoners, or detainees who are under arrest and live at the mercy of their conq...  Read More

God Will Make Sure You Get Rewarded For Your Work of Faith Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.— Hebrews 10:35 God has all kinds of ways to pay you for staying in faith and doing what He has called you to do. But one thing is for sure — Hebrews 10:35 proves that God wants you to receive a blessing for the services you have rendered in His Kingdom!The phra...  Read More

If You’re Feeling Unwanted, Abandoned, Or Rejected, It’s Time To Rejoice! And base things of the world,and things which are despised, hath God chosen....— 1 Corinthians 1:28 Have you ever felt unwanted, abandoned, or rejected? If your answer is yes, I relate to your feelings entirely. There was a time in my life when I felt very inferior to everyone else, even though I had no reason to feel this w...  Read More

The Holy Spirit Wants To Place A Razor-Sharp Sword in Your Hands And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.— Ephesians 6:17 How would you like God to give you a weapon that can rip to shreds the devil’s strategies against you? Well, that’s exactly what He has done! Ephesians 6:17 declares that God has given you “...the sword of the Spirit, which is the...  Read More

It’s Time for You To Stop Acting Like You’re a Victim! And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.— Colossians 2:15 We can count on the fact that there are unseen evil forces that have been assigned to kill, steal, and destroy everything good in our lives. The Bible clearly teaches that these devilish forces band together to commit acts ...  Read More