Within the Song of Songs there are several places where a serious shift happens. The first real shift that we see take place is in Song of Songs 4:6 where the bride finally agrees to start ascending the mountain of God. The second shift takes place in Song of Songs 4:16 when the bride calls […]
As you begin to look at Song of Songs 5:6-16 it is going to cause you to wrestle with many things concerning the activity of God in our lives. As we saw in the previous chapter, the bride was being called into a place of suffering, separation from her Beloved and the scorn of man […]
On Friday night, May 2nd 2014 at our Encountering God Service (EGS) Mike Bickle preached a message titled “The Power Of The Gospel: Walking In The Benefits Of The Cross.” In this message Mike shared some powerful truths related to the power of the Gospel and also the part we play in receiving freedom from […]
When you look at challenges from the front end, they aren’t very enticing. No one is jumping up and down saying, “I want to be challenged so much I might go a little crazy!” No one truly likes pain. I mean, come on. Who really, thoroughly enjoys God using a chisel and a hammer to […]
Within Song of Songs chapter 5 you are going to see the bride walk through the “greatest two-fold test” of her life, as she will be tried by fire and all under Jesus’ leadership. One preacher said, “If you’re walking through hell, don’t stop!” Though this is a funny one-liner, it’s exactly what the bride […]
We are now approaching what I believe to be the most pivotal verses in all of the Song of Songs. It’s here in the second half of Song of Songs chapter 4 that everything will change for the life of the bride. There are two key places in Song of Songs chapter 4. The first […]
In the storyline of the bride, here in Song of Songs 4:1-6, she is at a really good place in the grace of God. Leading up to this point in the story of God that He is writing with her life, the bride encountered the tender presence of God, she had lost His presence and was […]
In the previous chapter I mentioned the valley and mountain top experiences that we have in the Gospel. This chapter fits into the mountain top (exciting) category. The bride is on a progressive journey to encounter God and to grow into the full inheritance of being the bride whom Jesus has chosen. Though she lost […]
As with any well-written narrative, whether in the Bible, fictional, or factual from our life on earth, there is always great excitement and great disappointment. Some have called these exciting and disappointing experiences the valleys of hardship and the mountains of exceeding joy. This narrative reality we have defined is nothing different from that which […]
When looking at Song of Songs chapter two, there are what I have already labeled in the past chapter “Two Divines.” The first “Divine” is “The Divine Romance” where the bride sees both her unique beauty and His (Jesus Christ’s) beauty, among the many other things around them. But the second “Divine” is what I […]