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Joseph, the father of Jesus, was a carpenter. Joseph did not work for free. He earned a living from his carpentry trade. Joseph was able to choose how his income was spent. Joseph trained Jesus in the same trade. Joseph did not do his job for free without estimating...
A lot of what I hear spoken in the Church sounds like the title of a book written by Jerry Cook, “A Few Things I’ve Learned Since I Knew It All.” Jerry wrote this book deep into his life of faith when he had to unlearn some things and then learn new things about God...
Long before I was a pastor, I worked as a police officer assigned as an intelligence agent in an Organized Crime unit. Our most important discoveries were finding the connections between groups of criminals and the organizations they represented. Some of those...
The progression toward a miraculous lifestyle will go through different stages. At first, we will seek to add to what we have, either in relationships or results. We will live in that addition mindset until we come to realize the Great Commission will not be...
Some preachers and teachers are instructing people to not focus on the Cross of Christ because it creates a religious culture of death. That mistaken interpretation and its application is a grave error. I was recently hiking the trails above our home and stopped to...
Last night, I had a very vivid dream. I’ll ask the Lord when the timing is right to share its content. Perhaps it’s because of my age that the words of the Lord recorded by the prophet Joel caught my attention. “I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind, And your sons...
Whenever a personal life or a nation attempts to run on empty the outcome is never positive until an intervention takes place. Over the years I have spoken to people who were feeling tired and drained due to the demands of a busy season of life. They would ask me for...
The book of Judges is a study of human nature. It is also a study that will help us examine what is taking place in our world, our nation, and within the Church. A repeated theme in Judges is that people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes. The same is proving...
Scripture tells us the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. These “all kinds of evil” are only discerned by revelation. That revelation is enhanced by diligent research where information that was suppressed, censored, or masked by diversion, is finally...
Labels are descriptions that we attach to our lives. They can define a function, a season, or the memory of a person. No label offers an all-inclusive definition of someone's life. I sat down and reviewed the various labels that have been attached to my life. ...
There are certain things in a life of faith that until they are settled, we will continue to live in a state of unease swayed back and forth by doubt without ever finding a place of rest. Years ago, Jan shared with me a breakthrough that took place in her heart that...
Don’t lose heart no matter what you see taking place in the world. We have not yet seen God make His most significant move in this generation– a move that will be more impacting than the damage caused by a global black swan event. Black swan events occur...
When Samson, a morally compromised man, married outside his Israelite heritage, he would be manipulated by his conniving Philistine wife to gather intelligence to use against Israel. His parents were confused by their son's behavior and his lack of a moral compass....
This morning, I woke up hearing in my spirit the word “tottering.” After settling into my writing chair, I searched for the meaning of the word and found the following definition provided by an online Google search. “Tottering: 1 a: being in an unstable condition:...
The Lord is waiting for us to ask Him for more. The “more” is the revelation of those things happening in the realm of the Spirit that will invade our conscious mind and life experience and change us forever. This hunger for more will keep us from settling into a...