Today, we are looking at Using Wisdom in Your Speech. Words are powerful! They can be used for good or evil. Sometimes, without realizing it, we are serving the devil by the things that we say. In this video, we look at using godly wisdom in the things that we say in order to produce peace and healing. This … Read more>>>
Psalm 103 tells us to not forget the benefits of the Lord. One of the greatest benefits of knowing Jesus is godly wisdom. When you receive Jesus, you receive wisdom. However, you must learn to draw upon that wisdom in order for it to help you. Wisdom will help you in so many areas, including your finances, your health, your … Read more>>>
Many times we think that God is not answering our prayers. But could it be that we are not allowing Him to answer the way that He wants to answer them? We think we need one thing, but God knows we need something else in order to receive what we are asking for. Solomon asked for wisdom, and God gave Him an understanding … Read more>>>
I was a born again, Spirit filled, faith-believing, on-fire Christian. I tithed and gave offerings. I had been pastor of two churches, traveled on the missions field, and I had a genuine experience with God. Yet at the same time, I was in debt up above my eyebrows. All because of lack of wisdom about money. The Bible says … Read more>>>
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. (2Corinthians 2:14, AV). What a powerful Word of God!!! God ALWAYS causes us to triumph! Not sometime. Half the time. Once in a while. ALWAYS! Think of it. Total victory. All the time. That … Read more>>>
This article was published in the January 2024 issue of Healing for the Nations, the monthly publication Tom Shanklin Ministries. This issue celebrated 40 years of ministry from 1993-2023. By Susan Shanklin Since we are celebrating 40 years of ministry, I thought I would write about 40 years of the miraculous from my perspective. When you read Tom’s article, you … Read more>>>
We think of the grace of God as God’s unmerited favor through which we have the forgiveness of sins. It is, but it is also God’s ability working in us to make us different. Grace helps us to live right, and you can appropriate that grace through prayer whenever you need it! Podcast Notes: GRACE HELPS US TO LIVE … Read more>>>
By Tom Shanklin The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? (Proverbs 18:14, AV) We all experience hurts in life and emotional pain, but in the case of a wounded spirit, the hurt is much deeper and more devastating. The scripture says that the spirit of man will sustain his infirmity. … Read more>>>
By Susan Shanklin As many of you know, Tom and I moved from a farm site in Mankato, Minnesota, full of lilacs and flowering perennials with gardens that were started from scratch to, well, would you say, a desert of destruction in Scandia, Minnesota, about one year and 9 months ago. I really have a true love of plants and … Read more>>>
“The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD.” (Luke 4:18-19, … Read more>>>
By Tom Shanklin Recently, I heard the Lord say, “My glory is coming to the earth! For though you see great darkness, remember, I am greater than the darkness. And I shall arise upon my people, and my glory shall be seen in the earth. So tell My people to focus on Me and pray for the glory. Pray that … Read more>>>
Look what the Lord has done! This week, I am at Trinity-Bergen Lutheran Church in Starkweather, ND for four days of revival meetings. On Sunday night I was blessed to see Kimberly Blake and her husband Karl at the meeting. Six years ago, we did a video interview with Kimberly in which she gave a powerful testimony of being healed … Read more>>>
By Susan Shanklin “My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber.” (Psalms 121:2-3, AMP15) Goodness, that is sweet water to remember in our days of trouble and anxiety. Water for your soul. Misplaced trust can lead all of us to dark places, … Read more>>>
Human beings are naturally resistant to change both in natural things and spiritual things. That is why many Christians and even entire denominations are stuck in a rut of a past move of God and are not moving forward with the new things that God is doing today. Acts 10 is the story of two men who needed change in … Read more>>>
Today, God is pouring out His Spirit on those that are thirsty. There are many problems in the world that man can’t solve, but the Spirit of God has all the answers and the power to bring lasting change in the hearts of mankind. In this message, God is encouraging us to be a light in this dark world and … Read more>>>
For you have not received the spirit of slavery again to fear. But you have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirits that we are the children of God, and if children, then heirs: heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that … Read more>>>
By Susan Shanklin There is a saying, “Out with the old, in with the new.” Kind of harsh for us grayheads. People sometimes don’t see the value of old things. Some people have to have the new and fastest on the market. Now, I’m not knocking technology, seeing I’m typing on an Apple computer and own an iPhone, but sometimes … Read more>>>
By Tom Shanklin The scribes and Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery. When they had put her in the middle, they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery. Now Moses in the law commanded us to stone such, but what do You say?” They said this, testing Him, that they might have … Read more>>>
This poem written by Kim Ellison expresses the cry of God’s people. It is only from the Lord that we can find the help that we need in these desperate times. Tom God, Will You Help Us? By Kim Ellison The day has darkened With a cloud of despair. The shadow of death Lingers everywhere. God, will you help us? … Read more>>>
Many people are talking about the Asbury Revival, a spiritual awakening occurring on the campus of Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. The excitement about this move of God has been so great that people from all over the country and even other nations began to flock to experience the presence of God and to be a part of this move … Read more>>>
