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Learning how to rest in God is one of the most powerful experiences we can have in our lives of faith. The more we learn how to rest in God, the things we pursued to fill the void of our emotional and spiritual restlessness will diminish their influence on our lives....
Yesterday, I wrote about the need to pray for our judges. Later that same day, I had an encounter on a trail in the forest, which was a confirmation of the word I wrote. For the last 23 years, I have always wondered where a particular trail went. I always assumed it...
For the courts of any nation to extend true justice, those sitting as judges in the courts must experience a change of heart – they must hate evil and love what is good. The prophet Amos expressed what happens before a judge can adjudicate true justice, "Hate evil and...
There's a word we use to describe something that is too horrible to consider. We call it unthinkable. It’s unthinkable because if it happened to our family, our church, or our nation we would experience something so painful, life as we know it would radically change...
As our world enters the narrow and dangerous waters of social unrest, as major world powers move closer to WWIII, and when institutions we once considered stable are now in jeopardy, it is important to reestablish our understanding that God will forever be faithful to...
The Church can be weakened when we begin to think our personal opinions are the opinion of the Lord. If we are not careful, we can assume our limited, and at times ignorant, interpretation of reality is the only way the Lord will accomplish His will on Earth. When a...
As attempts at governmental control appear to be ramping up, it is critical that we understand what it means to be truly free. I am not talking about the freedom offered by a historic experiment of democracy or the ability to live as we please unhindered by government...
The following verse is the reason why the Church must speak uncomfortable truths to those in power and to the institutions that wield their power creating bondage, not freedom in the lives of people. “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure...
Every revival will experience a moment of dispersal. Dispersal is not the end of a move of God. It must take place to keep the fruit of revival healthy and always expanding by moving a revival beyond its place of inception to ignite other revivals among God’s people...
I took this photo through the window of a display case located along a sidewalk in our small town. The window displays photos from a gifted photographer. Each month throughout the year the photo in the window changes. The photo currently displayed is of Jan and me and...
Yesterday, Jan and I spent some time with friends. During our conversation, one of our friends spoke about loyalty and faithfulness and said that faithfulness was a greater virtue than loyalty. I had to agree. Our conversation continued not as an exercise of...
As the presence of the Lord increases in our nation resulting in revivals like we are seeing at Asbury University and beyond, we will see a revival unfold without form or formula. It will be a borderless movement. God will use this revival to dismantle our current...
Only a pure and simple faith will survive and prosper in the coming days. A faith encumbered by anything other than a devotion to Jesus Christ will stall and leave us stranded on a road of despair. Recently, I saw an interview with a “prepper.” He was preparing to...
As a young pastor, an early mentor of mine, Roy Hicks, Jr. of Faith Center in Eugene, Oregon, shared the two signs of revival with a group of us. He said revival has two components – repentance and young faces. The revival at Asbury University in Kentucky began when...
There may come a time in your life when what you are hearing from the Lord will run contrary to the advice offered by longtime friends and advisors. At that point, you will need to ask yourself a question – who has my ear? Who has your ear will determine your next...