Demonization is an accurate word if demons are involved. It’s more than just a flippant label we place on something we don’t agree with. It’s the fruit of discernment. ________
THE FRUIT OF DISCERNMENT
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IT’S A MATTER OF TRUST
One of the most graphic instructions ever given in Scripture is when the Lord told the prophet Hosea to marry a prostitute to reflect how God saw the sins of the nation. The people had coupled themselves with anyone or anything to satiate their desires. When Hosea had...
THE DANGER OF PROTOCOLS
A protocol is the current and accepted system of rules that govern our behavior. It applies to medicine, science, our diet, and the medical procedures we choose to follow. It also applies to our faith. In medicine, it was once the accepted protocol to bloodlet a...
Chasing After the Wind of Social Demographics
Chasing after ever-fluctuating social demographics is the work of a political spirit. State and national demographics will always change as people with differing social views move in and out of an area. We can try to redraw voting districts and even state lines, but...
Blessing of Breakthrough
Jan sent this blessing to me this morning. If you need rest, read this and believe God has something better planned for you than the restrictions you are experiencing because of emotional and spiritual weariness. _____________________________ Blessing of...
Don’t Forget Who You Are
In and around our lives, spiritual warfare is constantly being waged. While we fight from a place of victory that never gives us an excuse to live naively disengaged from these battles. That choice will place us and our loved ones in great peril. Disengagement...
A Good Kind of Ornery
I have come to appreciate ornery people – ornery people with a good heart. For some of you who might not know what ornery means, the dictionary definition comes in two forms. One definition describes a person who is irritable, difficult to control, or combative. The...
A Barren Message
A message of contempt will always create barrenness in the life of those who are swayed by its content. No matter how strong an opinion or well-researched a position might be, a message of contempt does not contain the seed of life. A barren epitaph was...
Redeemed Failures
Recently, I was asked to write a contributing chapter to a book about prophecy. In my introductory remarks, I wanted to introduce the reader to the reality of my life in the Spirit. I wrote, “In this chapter, I have assembled some thoughts I hope will help you steward...
Discovering the Substance Behind Prophetic Predictions
Maybe it’s because I have been doing this for a long time, but I’m no longer impressed with stand-alone prophetic predictions no matter who gives them. What catches my attention is the heart and purpose of God behind the prophecy. If we are not careful, we can miss...
The Power of Inquiry
What made King David such an effective leader and a man after God’s own heart was his willingness to inquire of the Lord for direction before he took action. On the few occasions when David did not inquire of the Lord, death, sorrow, and heartache took place. Each of...
No Longer
A significant transition takes place in our relationship with God when we longer see ourselves as working FOR God, but WITH God. That transition takes place when we no longer see ourselves a - sinners, but as saints fully redeemed servants, but as friends of God...
Surviving Personal Earthquakes
When you are in the middle of a very erratic season of life where preferred outcomes and emotions rise and fall each day, that is not a good time to make life-altering decisions. If your life looks like a frenetic graph with up and down spikes resembling the needle...
The Checkmate of God
This morning in prayer, I saw an image of the Lord seated at a chessboard. The chess pieces were ornate and represented the nations of the earth. I looked to see who His opponent was and realized he was so insignificant in comparison to God that I could not even see...
The Next Generation of Revelation
While the faith once delivered to the Church is unchangeable and true, our ability to grasp the fullness of that faith may not happen in a single generation. What one generation considered either true or false based on personal or cultural interpretation might be...