God took the divine risk of creating beings who could say "no" to Him. And then He made plans to redeem them and make them once again part of His heavenly family.

The relationship with your blessed Lord, when he’s Lord of your life and the Holy Spirit of God fills your life and you are living day by day in obedience to your Lord.

God works when you let Him, the effectual working of His power to us who believe. Believing is not just a mental attitude. Believing is commitment.

Now about this matter of a mystery, it doesn’t represent something you cannot know. When the Bible uses the word mystery, it’s something that you can’t know by yourself but which God wants to open up to you.

Look to your heavenly Father for special grace within the parameters of whatever gifts He may have given you. What gifts do you have?

Paul said, “I’m the prisoner of Jesus Christ, not Caesar. I belong to Jesus. And He has me here for His purposes.”

Did you know that when people pray together, they get along better? Did you know that when the church gets on its knees, church politics seem to diminish, and if not, disappear altogether?

What is the basis for healthy Christian growth? Well, you know, don’t you? It's the Word of God, “Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.”

So if you want access into the very presence of God, number one, you have to want to; number two, you have to ask God for it through the Lord Jesus; number three, you have to go to the place where God speaks to you, and that’s in His word.

What is the key to getting direct access into the presence of Almighty God? The indwelling Holy Spirit, praying through you, brings you right straight into the very presence of God, and there your petitions are heard and answered.