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God's word confronts those who fail to teach in clear terms what offends God. These teachers refuse to say what needs to be said. This happened in the history of Israel just as it continues to happen in our day. By bringing the content of this word, what I am writing...
With yet again another conflict taking place in the Middle East and various parts of the Church trying to define the conflict and its perpetrators, the Lord still honors His pledge to Israel. We talk about the civil government of Israel as being different than the...
On a recent hike, I discovered the discarded door from an old, abandoned car. Over the years, the door had become a target. It was filled with bullet holes. The shot-up door resembles some of you who feel discarded and shot through by betrayal and abandonment. The...
Bill Johnson, the Senior Leader of Bethel Church in Redding, California, a leader loved and respected by many of us, went through one of the most painful experiences anyone could imagine. His wife, Beni, passed away. In a sermon offered only days after Beni’s...
What God has promised is not late or delayed. It is simply coming into its appointed season. Avoid a premature attempt to pull the promise from its place of timing and demand to taste its fullness before God has completed His work of ripening. Along the side fence in...
Within the first few months of becoming pastors, Jan and I got to drive across Montana with the prophet Dick Mills. It was a unique opportunity to spend time with a man of deep prophetic revelation. As we drove through the night, I listened to the seasoned prophet...
An unfamiliar path is approaching – a path we have not walked upon in this generation. The Lord has prepared His Church with an abundance of encouraging words to strengthen us for what is to come. The season of encouragement is expanding to include warnings needed to...
While fools lead nations toward disastrous destinations following maps of deception, the Lord is leading His Church into a bright and hope-filled future along a path that grows brighter and brighter until the fullness of time. Today, recalibrate your heart to...
Early this morning I saw the image of a safe being opened. In the image, the hand of God reached out toward the safe’s lock and began to turn the dial. The movement of God’s hand was taking place at a precise and planned moment. When the final turn of the dial was...
The Lord has led me to study some of the financial issues that affect nations and ultimately the citizens of those nations. It has been a study that has revealed once again how important it is to understand the issue of wealth, both natural and spiritual wealth, and...
Yesterday, I purchased some potted flowers and transplanted them in our backyard. Among the purchase were a couple of sunflowers. Sunflowers are some of Jan’s favorites. As I was transplanting one of the sunflowers, I noticed several small insects and a bee had landed...
A missionary working in Central Africa in the 1950s spoke of what were called “talking drums.” Talking drums were relay stations that used the sound of drums to deliver messages across distant valleys and through dense jungles. The drumbeat of the Spirit, the sound of...
Be careful. A very subtle and powerful spirit of deception is slithering through the pews of the Church. Discern what you are being taught. Nothing is new under the sun. God has not changed across time and covenants. Truth is not moldable in our hands, neither is what...
As I look out across the landscape of personal lives, businesses, and ministries I am seeing a shedding taking place. Where once there was an abundance, I now see an off-loading taking place of all but the necessary cargo required for the continuance of the journey. ...
If we are to accurately interpret what is taking place in our world and speak in the name of God regarding those issues, we need to reposition our lives so we can see what is developing from a heavenly perspective. This week something unique happened - twice. In two...