We fail to reach into God enough. As Christians, we need to spend more time listening to God than anything else. When we do hear the Lord, creative power and life flow through His words.

Determine in your heart that you want to reach the highest place in God -- learning how to live each day in pure, loving oneness with Him. And once you have set your heart on this upward path, you will have to choose it every day.

DRAWN AND EMPOWERED

The Holy Spirit...

Numbers 2:9 -- "All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were.......These shall FIRST set forth."

Throughout the Old Testament, the Israelites conquered their foes with the ultimate weapon – praise and worship. We know this because of the recorded fact that – of the 12 tribes of Israel – the tribe of Judah was the one that was usually sent first.

The very name Judah means "praise" (see Genesis 29:35). The divisions from the tribe of Judah,...