Too many voices seem inclined to hijack God’s communication to declare to us, “THIS IS WHAT GOD IS SAYING RIGHT NOW!” The truth is that God is actually saying many things to His people, and there is not a singular Word that he is presently releasing that stands as the lone Word of the hour. We need a touch of wisdom from Heaven to discern the many things which the Lord is speaking to His Church in this hour. Among those communications from Heaven is a clear call to individuals, families, churches, and even cities to awaken and understand that God is offering the church an outpouring, rescue, and revival. Jesus’ ancient words over Jerusalem carry the exact same spirit of what He is speaking to His people today. If we fail to respond, it will not fare well for us in this present season. If we collectively answer it in faith, commitment, and consecration, there will be an opportunity to steward His outpouring of glory.

One of the most challenging dilemmas for Christians who strongly believe in God as our Healer is when the healing or miracle we are believing for has not yet arrived. Even more difficult is when the healing did not come and the person we prayed for passed away. For too long, Charismatic Christians have awkwardly avoided this issue of how we are to respond when healing has not come. Extreme responses like bitterness toward God or blaming others for not having enough faith are tragic. This episode of Truth Shots walks us through some considerations for believers in how they respond when healing has not yet come.

Most Christians understand the concept of Heavenly crowns and eternal rewards. But how many of us have ever sought understanding from the Bible about what those rewards actually are? From a famous parable of Jesus, we gain some insights about how Heavenly rewards might play out in eternity? There is also the possibility that the rewards we have earned thus far might not become ours in the end. Yes, we can lose our rewards by failing to finish well. This message reveals one of the most common ways believers can lose their rewards.

Can someone claim to be born again while habitually practicing sin? According to several extremely clear (And neglected!) passages of Scripture, the answer is a resounding NO. When God's seed—His very nature—dwells within us through the Holy Spirit, we cannot continue to live in perpetual, intentional sin. This isn't about perfection or never stumbling, but about the fundamental trajectory of our lives. Are we characterized by righteousness or by ongoing rebellion? The lists in these passages—sexual immorality, idolatry, drunkenness, greed, reviling—aren't meant to condemn us but to wake us up from a coma of deception. They function like spiritual pain receptors, alerting us to danger so we can change course. We are called to examine ourselves honestly: do we possess mere intellectual agreement with gospel facts, or has Jesus truly taken residence in our hearts, producing a new nature that cannot coexist with habitual sin? Eternity for so many professing Christians hangs in the balance and how they respond to these truths that lukewarm leaders avoid.

One of the clearest appointments mentioned in scripture is the day of reckoning which all Christians have with King Jesus. Individually, one by one, every child of God will stand before the gracious, merciful, and kind King who will then evaluate the eternal worth of the lives which we live don earth. Jesus promises reward for all who lived for Him! Interestingly, while salvation is equal and free, rewards are not. Salvation is freely given through faith in Christ, but rewards are all earned by the Christian. How we are living for Christ during this present life actually merits or forfeits eternal reward. This is incredible motivation for all Jesus-followers to live proactively for eternal things with pure, spiritual motivations. This message places before us that moment when we stand before the One who loves us most, and we then find out how much our lives mattered for His glory.

It is sometimes difficult for a Christian to wait upon the Lord’s timing. Deadlines approach, and God stands still. The window for a final decision is closing, and God exercises His right to remain silent. Danger is moving in, and it seems that the Father is busy with someone else helping out somewhere else. We have all had these crisis-moments of God making us wait when we are in no mood to do so. In the end, we are humbled and learn that you cannot hurry a King. This episode of Truth Shots unpacks a moment in Jesus’ life when his family was pressuring Him to act. His response empowers us to understand more about what it means to discern the timing of the Father and to crucify our panic instinct and internal impatience.

The vast majority of Christians live with an eager expectation of Jesus Christ returning to earth. This is our blessed hope. This event will begin the vindication of His holy name. Yet, Christians hold to different views concerning how and when the return of our King will take place. Many believe that Jesus will return and rapture the Church before the beginning of the Tribulation period. Because of this understanding, they do not live with much concern about what happens during the awful time period decried as the Great Tribulation. Their understanding births their expectation, and their expectation produces their preparation. But what if they are wrong? What if there is no rapture prior to the Tribulation? Because they expect to be gone, they have not prepared for what is coming. This message shares a deep concern that those who believe in a pre-trib rapture are not Biblically informed. Where does the Bible teach a secret catching away of the Church that immunizes the elect from the reign of the Antichrist? This message presents a biblical framework for a post-Triublaitonal rapture, and is filled with practical exhortations for believers at the end of the age to prepare for the trouble to come. In the end, we must remember the all-sufficient grace of God who knows how to preserve His people in times of warfare.

One of the clearest teachings in Scripture is the revelation that all true Christians will experience various levels and occurrences of suffering. Sadly, the modern expression of Christianity in America creates doctrines to deny this, presumes immunity from this, and takes offense when this arises in life. This episode of Truth Shots equips believers for their appointed times of suffering, explains why our suffering is permitted by God, and highlights the eternal benefits of our ability to endure suffering and emerge triumphant. Since we cannot avoid it, we must learn how to harness suffering as a follower of Christ.

The Church needs to get one thing straight and leave it settled forever: Jesus Christ plainly declared that nobody can predict the hour nor day of His return to Earth. Anybody that tries to do so is dishonoring Him. The sensationalized predictions of the date of the Second Coming, like the recent September 23rd rapture prediction, are not something Jesus signs off on. Yet…Jesus did say MUCH about the season surrounding His return. He also taught quite a bit about some precise things we should expect once that season begins to unfold. In this message, we take a look at what is going to be happening on earth just prior to the season in which Christ returns. Jesus connects this future season to one in the very distant past which caught humanity by surprise. Why does Jesus connect these two events? Because He does not want for the future generation to be unprepared like that past generation was. This message is a call to quit staring at the prophetic clocks and calendars and instead to start preparing our lives for His return - no matter how near or distant that may be.

Sometimes, in this hectic world that is our temporary home, we can easily lose sense of the fact that time is running out. Chronologically, we have less time today than we did yesterday. Beyond that, when we prophetically observe with discernment what is taking place globally, we can clearly see that the gap between today and the end of the age is rapidly narrowing. We are living in some of the final chapters of the book of this age. Wherever the Bible speaks plainly of the Second Coming of Christ, we find close by those verses other verses which place an urgent call on the Christian to get his/her life in line. We have many urgent callings from Heaven that we must not allow to go unanswered. This episode of Truth Shots presents four such callings from Romans Chapter 13 which, when answered by us, leave us prepared and eager for the return of our King. The alarm from Heaven is going off loudly. We dare not hit the snooze button.