February 2026 | TFRC | The Faith Resource Community

2/26/26 Nurturing vs. Disciplining

Our Father God disciplines His children. All of His discipline is for our good in the end. He is also the kindest, most loving, most nurturing Father there is. His provisions to us as His children allow us to find a way out of any and all of our wrongdoings. His promises bring us hope. His Words envelop us in love.

Many earthly fathers have missed the mark in trying to carry out their role as a guide for their children, which causes separation between the father and his children. Continual correction and subsequent discipline in the form of consequences, without the corresponding love needed to balance it, brings despair and rebellion. No correction or guidance brings confusion and a spirit of abandonment.

Have you ever seen a true craftsman nurturing his apprentice to help him become a craftsman, too? He cares about the skills he’s imparting. He guides the hands of the apprentice, so they eventually function as his hands do. He passes on his wisdom in every area of the trade. He is always “in the corner” of the apprentice, knowing that only loving guidance will help the apprentice become the skilled craftsman he is called to be.

You are supposed to be a craftsman in the things of God, nurturing your children to become skilled in the things of God also. You are called to pass on those things you have learned from the lap of your Father in heaven. You are not called to be a disciplinarian only. Doing so allows the enemy of your family to plant irreversible inroads and insurmountable divisions between you and those you steward. Nurturing, however, is God’s way of imparting wealth. You can make your children wealthy craftsmen if you nurture them toward the love of God.

Let’s talk more!

Jim Corbett

2/25/26 Living Like Jesus

“I want you to hold up the arms of a friend. Do what it takes to help them through whatever challenges they might be facing. Pour yourself into his or her need with reckless abandon. That’s what Jesus did for you. Now you show others who He is by living the way He did.”

Exodus 17:12 AMP

But Moses’ hands were heavy and grew weary. So [the other men] took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side and one on the other side; so his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

John 15:12-14 NIV

12) “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

13) Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.

14) You are My friends if you do what I command.”

Have you ever felt the chill of someone who cares little or nothing about anything or anyone but himself/herself? On the other hand, have you ever basked in the warmth of Christ-like love that was limitless in its scope?

We, as followers of Jesus, are called to pour out all our life’s juices for the benefit of others, just as He did. If you feel that my last statement is a little extreme, ask the Lord to show you how He desires all of us to serve.

Show me how to live Your way, Lord,

Jim Corbett

2/25/26 Get with God’s Plan

In my years of working with adults, I’ve found that many of them are fighting inward fights from many years ago. Most of these people are living their lives trying to measure up to the expectations - real or perceived - of their fathers. Their lives are way out of control because of things that have happened between them and their dads.

When the father is out of line, generally the whole family goes south. Most fathers have little idea that in the process of directing their children, they assume the role of authoritarian. This role, when out of focus, can lead to many years of sorrow, pain, and confusion for their children. If the father was too harsh, the spirit of the child is broken. If he is absent, either physically or emotionally, the child replaces him with whatever role model he or she can find to fill the void, and so on.

Fathers, your role is very important to your children. I don’t mean the role of physical provider only, but the role of father, guide, and friend. God has placed your office as the covering over your household for good reason. If you have sold out to the Lord, your spiritual depth protects your household. If it is shallow, the lack of spiritual covering and discernment allows for destruction from the enemy to enter in. You hold the office because of God. You can’t possibly be the kind of father He intends you to be without Him.

It’s time to make some quite important decisions if your household is out of order, or if you are a new dad. You need to understand what is required of you by the Lord for the good of your family. You need to get with God’s plan. Your children are depending on it! Are you?

Let’s talk more!

Jim Corbett

2/24/26 No Desire to Be Seen

“I am calling for a new honesty from My people. I now require that you be honest with Me and honest with each other. Have you noticed that for many years, My power has been present in some of My children when their lives were tragically out of order? Many of you wondered how that could be. I did it so that you could learn to separate the holy from the defiled. You could see the foolish actions of those who were supposedly “anointed,” but then had to discern that the power in itself did not mean that I was with them. Their lives did not hold up to My standards. You set most of them aside, and rightfully so. What is important is a pure heart that follows only Jesus.

“Now, I have given “eyes to see” to those of you who have begun to separate yourselves unto Me. Most of you no longer follow the foolish because they seem to have power; you desire only truth. I have done that work in you. Power for the sake of power no longer means anything to the discerning. In fact, many ambassadors of the enemy will soon show great signs and wonders. Many of My people will not remember this lesson and will again be fooled. You must not be part of them.

“Holiness must be your pursuit. A holy life will mirror the life of Jesus. There will be no fleshly, flashy exhibitions that supposedly demonstrate that I am there. There will, however, be wonders to behold at My hand by trusted servants in the midst of the deception. I will place My presence in those who have no desire to be seen and are not building their own “ministry.” Big cars, big houses, big names are part of the past. Now I require honesty.”

1 Thes. 4:7-8 AMP

7) For God has not called us to impurity but to consecration [to dedicate ourselves to the most thorough purity].

8) Therefore whoever disregards (sets aside and rejects this) disregards not man but God, Whose [very] Spirit [Whom] He gives to you is holy (chaste, pure).

2 Thes. 2:9-12 AMP

9) The coming [of the lawless one, the antichrist] is through the activity and working of Satan and will be attended by great power and with all sorts of [pretended] miracles and signs and delusive marvels—[all of them] lying wonders—

10) And by unlimited seduction to evil and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing (going to perdition) because they did not welcome the Truth but refused to love it that they might be saved.

11) Therefore God sends upon them a misleading influence, a working of error and a strong delusion to make them believe what is false.

12) In order that all may be judged and condemned who did not believe in [who refused to adhere to, trust in, and rely on] the Truth, but [instead] took pleasure in unrighteousness.

Everywhere I turn, I encounter believers who are sick and tired of the side-show religion that is masquerading as Christianity. They are finally rejecting the false influences of slick operators and charismatic personalities that supposedly represent God’s power. More and more people are walking away from and holding God’s money from showboat artists who do “wonders”- supposedly in the Name of Jesus - while living lifestyles that do not resemble Him.

In my early years of walking with the Lord, I had the privilege of participating in signs, healings, and wonders. While all of those things were happening, my life was far from being holy. I loved God as best I could; but I was so undone that much sin was still prevalent in my life.

In my quest for what I thought was important at the time, and because I had seen His power, I asked the Lord why I couldn’t be used to start at one end of a hospital hallway and heal everyone in every room. His answer was somewhat surprising then, but after many years it has allowed me to separate truth from make-believe when it comes to the gymnastics that are sold to the unaware as God’s power supposedly at work.

He said that He would not allow me to walk from one end of the hall to the other because “you would not be the same person at the end of the hall that you were at the beginning.” He was right. As soon as I would have seen all those people get out of their hospital beds, thanking me for being such of a spiritual guy, I would have gone down to the first print shop and had “Jim’s Healing Services” cards printed up. Nothing or no one - possibly not even God - would have been able to talk me out of taking my “gifts” on the road - band, singers, and the whole enchilada. I could have hurt a lot of people. I simply couldn’t be trusted.

Over the years, I have seen a whole bunch of characters, like I could have been, doing “stuff” that was accepted as “anointed,” but was light-years from having the Lord as part of it. We, as a church, have swallowed almost everything that someone said was from God and anointed by Him. A lot of people have been discouraged, disillusioned, and hurt badly because of their inability to see through the religious-sounding talk.

I’m convinced, however, that new eyes are being given to be able to walk away from the hype and wait for and want only the Lord. I also believe we are entering into a time when God’s honest anointing will again be with His people.

Wanting to get really honest with God,

Jim Corbett

2/24/26 The Dog and Pony Show

For many years, the errant, undiscerning church has embraced various ways that they interpret as the presence of God being with them. False prophets, so-called evangelists whose agenda is to build a following, and even just plain, honest people needing to hear from God have manipulated the Word, tapped into the wrong source of supernatural power, and even flat out lied in their claims of supernatural intervention – some trying to convince their audience that God is real, others to make themselves look credible and important. The world has watched this dog and pony show for so long, that they’ve cast aside any need for this kind of foolishness in their lives.

Make no mistake. God is real, and He is about to separate make-believe religion from the cross-won relationship given to us by Jesus. I believe that He is about to clearly define Himself to the true church and to the world. In fact, He has already been proving Himself strong in other parts of the world, and beginning to do the same here in America.

As a husband and father, you need to become very discerning in the days ahead. Business-as-usual policies will not be an answer to the needs and challenges on the horizon. Only a real relationship with Jesus and a determination to walk in the world as He did will allow you to overcome as He did.

It’s time to stay away from the dog and pony shows and seek out honest believers, who are only concerned with the souls of men and women, the truth of the Word going forth, and glorifying the Lord. Hang with them and you will walk right into an atmosphere ripe and prepared for the overwhelming, wonderful presence of our majestic God and Father. It’s a good place to be.

Let’s talk more!

Jim Corbett

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