I am repeatedly amazed at the myriad of methods the Lord will use to confirm His word and His will to us. If you have an open heart, He can – and most certainly will – use just about anything in your environment to capture your attention. I discovered this week that He will even…
Leaning Into Lent
Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective. Colossians 3:2(MSG) This week marks the beginning of Lent, a 40 day…
Discerning Divine Time
Luke 12:54-56He said to the crowd: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘It’s going to rain,’ and it does. And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and it is. Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you…
When the New Thing Looks Like the Old Thing
“Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past and present are certain to miss the future” -John F. Kennedy One of the great difficulties prophetic churches face is the actual implementation of the vision they proclaim. Within our social media universe, there is a tendency to quickly latch on…
We Need Prophetic Churches
Increasingly, hungry believers are gravitating towards local communities of worship that promote themselves as churches that are prophetic. What exactly is a prophetic church and why is it important to attend one? Having the gifts of the sprit, namely prophesy in operation is not the sole qualifying characteristics of a prophetic community. When we prioritize the presence…
Know As You Go
Have you ever had a clear word from the Lord, but struggle to advance because you do not have enough information? Do you find yourself anxiously nudging the Lord for more clarity and he is just not cooperating? If that is you, you are not alone! Abraham trusted God and when God told him to…
Prospering in Persecution
I Peter 4:14(TLB)Be happy if you are cursed and insulted for being a Christian, for when that happens the Spirit of God will come upon you with great glory. In light of the ramped up cultural opposition to the biblical beliefs held by a vast majority of Christians in America, it will serve us well…
Watch Your Words
Psalm 92:2(TPT)I will speak only what is right, guarding what I speak. Like a watchman guards against an attack of the enemy, I’ll guard and muzzle my mouth when the wicked are around me. The Church at large has yet to thoroughly grasp the power in our tongue to create our world. Our human ability…
Would Jesus Censor Us?
But He turned and rebuked and severely censored them. He said, “you do not know of what sort of spirit you are, for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them from the penalty of eternal death.”Luke 9:55 -56 (AMP) The unrestrained emotional expressions of anger, hatred, slander, and vengeance…
Beholding God’s Face in the Darkness
It has nearly become a tradition for Christians in our nation and around the world to launch into the new calendar year with a time of prayer and fasting. Many churches even engage in a period of corporate fasting to receive fresh spiritual and strategic vision for the coming year. Then of course, if we…