Repentance and the Way God Calls Holy

By Francis Frangipane Many are calling for prayer for our nation. To that message I would like to add a call to repentance as well. Indeed, 2 Chronicles 7:14 not only calls us to pray but to follow through by humbling ourselves and aggressively turning away from evil....

A Jealous God

By Francis Frangipane Have you ever sensed spiritual resistance, as though some power much greater than you was deliberately opposing your success? We often assume it is the devil who is fighting us. Allow me to suggest that, on some occasions, what is standing in...

Standing After the Storm

By Francis Frangipane “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” (Ps. 11:3) Just as there are foundations that are dug and laid for buildings, so there are spiritual foundations upon which we can build a strong and unshakeable spiritual...

The True Foundation: Christlikeness

By Francis Frangipane Christ Himself is the eternal blueprint for our lives. Only in studying Him, in measuring ourselves by Him, do we grow securely upon the foundation of God. Beloved, we were created to become like Christ. God’s plan has not faded or become...

The Harvest is Plentiful

By Francis Frangipane It is amazing how Jesus stayed riveted upon His life’s goals. We never read of Jesus being distracted by the turbulent conditions of the world around Him. Indeed, reaching and saving the lost was always the vivid center of His focus. I...

What Are You Becoming?

By Francis Frangipane It is insightful to me that when Luke listed the twelve apostles, when he came to Judas Iscariot, he identified him as the apostle “who became a traitor” (Luke 6:16). Let me start with a question, a sincere question that may be the...

The Afflictions of Love

By Francis Frangipane Wounding is inevitable if we are following Christ. Jesus was both “marred” (Isa. 52:14) and “wounded” (Zech. 13:6), and if we are sincere in our pursuit of His nature, we will suffer as well. How else can love be...

A Heart Without Idols

By Francis Frangipane When we first come to Jesus, He accepts us just as we are: problems, sins and all. As our needs are met, however, we gradually discover that God is seeking something from our lives. What He seeks is our worship. But true worship is the...

Deliverance From Bitterness

By Francis Frangipane There are two conditions of the heart no one can hide: one is when the heart is filled with love and the other when we are infected with bitterness. Either condition can take over our thoughts and both can filter our entire view of life. As...

Bitterness in the Garden of Our Hearts

By Francis Frangipane “See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled” (Heb. 12:15). It is impossible to pass through this world without being struck by injustice or...

“Thy Face, Oh Lord, I Shall Seek”

By Francis Frangipane There are some things in life that cannot be attained cheaply or superficially.  Scores of scriptures call us to something much more consuming and fulfilling than just having a religion about Jesus Christ.  Yet, the challenge is to focus and...

The Intensifying Presence

By Francis Frangipane We all know the unrepentant world is destined for the Great Tribulation, but as far as the living, praying church is concerned, if we continue to climb toward the standard of Christlikeness, prior to the rapture there will be a season of great...

What You Give Over, God Will Take Over

By Francis Frangipane Early this morning the Lord gave me a special word that I hope will be as living to you as it was to me. At the moment of my awakening, the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart, “What you give over, I will take over.” The Marriage of Faith...

The Love Motivated War Mode

By Francis Frangipane If we will succeed in these difficult days, it will be, in part, because we have renounced the seductive limitations that accompany a peace-time mentality.  Indeed, we must embrace an aspect of spirituality that is unfamiliar to many...

When the Lord Guards the City

By Francis Frangipane “Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman keeps awake in vain” (Ps. 127:1). Before we speak on this verse, it is important to explain a particular characteristic...