The Light and Power House

10/02/2025

My friends, please watch and listen. For this man's preaching will bring you back to reality. And, the reality is that it is the cross that saves us. It is what Christ did on the cross that gives us hope. Apart from the man on the middle cross, we have no hope.

09/08/2025

This is the simplest and best explanations of the Gospel I've ever heard. If we were to explain it in this way around the world, how many might we win for Christ?
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07/31/2025

06/27/2025

This, my friends, is about as clear and as simple an explanation of the Gospel as it gets! It's "the Man on the middle cross" who made it possible for us all.

06/14/2025

Pastor Keith Moore, laying down the faith "gauntlet" on this one...

06/10/2025

06/07/2025

This is an encouraging word right here. It reminds me of my earthly Father. There were times he didn't have much. But I knew that if he had it, then I had it. I am reminded of this, "And my God will liberally supply (fill to the full) your every need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:19 AMPC) If my Heavenly Father has it, then I have it! All that He has is mine, in Jesus Name!

05/01/2025

Habakkuk 2:2-3 KJV — "And the LORD answered me, and said, 'Write the vision, and make it plain...For the vision is yet for an appointed time,... though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come,' ".

What Steve Harvey's father instilled in him was a Spiritual law, a principle and a promise of God that CANNOT fail. If God has given you a vision of what you CAN be, write it down. Bring it before your eyes and read it, preferably aloud so that you can hear it in your own voice. Read it every morning and every evening. Steve Harvey's vision came to pass. And, so will yours!

03/27/2025

"If you believe God is everything the Bible says He is, you must believe you're everything the Bible says you are." - Mark Hankins

09/07/2024

1 John 1:9 (NASB) — "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

I love that verse! It declares to us that in Him there is both forgiveness AND cleansing. Forgiveness is an act of grace, while cleansing goes much deeper than forgiveness. That word "cleanse" in the original Greek means, "to make clean; to purify; to free from defilement; TO FREE FROM GUILT." I emphasized that last one because it may be the most important. When He cleanses us He frees us from the guilt and shame that sin leaves behind, even when we know we are forgiven. We are also free of the defilement, or stain, of our sin. To sum it up, cleansing removes any evidence that our sin ever existed. The blood of Jesus is our "stain remover"! The Psalmist said, "Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow." (Psalm 51:7 NASB) Isaiah declares, “Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the LORD, "Though your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They will be like wool." (Isaiah 1:18 NASB)
Did you ever notice that when Peter preached that magnificent Spirit-filled sermon in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost, where 3,000 souls were saved, he never once mentioned that just fifty days prior, He had denied that he ever knew the Lord, not once, not twice, but three times? Cleansing removes the stain, removes the defilement, removes the guilt, even removes the memory of sin! God, Himself, said it. "For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more." (Jeremiah 31:34 NASB) If He can forget it, once it's confessed, forgiven, and cleansed, shouldn't we? Hallelujah!

10/30/2022

"He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become (or, 'be made') the righteousness of God in Him." 2 Corinthians 5:21 (NASB)

We conquer sin, feelings of guilt, shame and unworthiness through a revelation of righteousness. Until we receive that revelation and consider it true, we are constantly striving to live up to what we think God expects of us. Gaining this understanding frees us to be what He has made us in Christ. Mark Hankins explains it further here:

For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. (Romans 1:17) God sees you in Christ, but you must see yourself in Him.Mark Han…

10/06/2022

Often overlooked, something that happened on the Cross is what I call, "The Great Exchange". Described by the Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 5:21, this simple drawing illustrates it magnificently. I discovered it on my Facebook News Feed, shared by a friend. On the Cross, our sin (both the nature of sin and the punishment for sins committed past, present and future) was taken voluntarily by Jesus on our behalf, and exchanged for His own righteousness. This miraculous process resulted in the justification of all and the reconciliation of all to God the Father (Romans 5:17; 2 Corinthians 5:19-20). Therefore, this "not guilty" verdict and this reconciliation is available to ALL who will believe in it and receive it. It is God's wonderful, everlasting gift to you! Will you accept it? "..if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;" (Romans 10:9 NASB) It really is that simple. Do it NOW!