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My pastor of many years ago was called to a meeting of disgruntled parishioners. He was young at the time. His church was growing under his apostolic leadership and teaching. This challenged some people within the congregation who wanted to remain in control and not...
There's a reason why the Lord will reduce our options for success. He does this so that we must rely on Him for our victory, not our ability, experience, or the resources we bring to the conflict. The Lord reduced Gideon's army from 32,000 warriors to only 300, "You...
Unforgiveness will take us to places we don’t want to go. It will also cause us to do things we would never imagine we would do. Our only safe way to live a life of faith when someone wrongs us is to forgive them, even when forgiveness is the last thing we want to do....
I've held off releasing this blessing written by Jan for a few days waiting for the right time. I sense today is the right time. Some have had challenging relationships with their earthly father or a father figure. Others are trying to help someone get healed...
God will deliver you into a destination you did not plan, one you could not even imagine. This will be an expression of His love and mercy extended to you through the veil of what you considered an impossibility. Your arrival will become a living testimony that...
In life, we will either be drawn deeper into the heart of God by the wind of the Spirit or drift farther away by the influencing currents of personal preference or popular culture. At no time are we floating in a spiritual doldrum without movement in either...
As God blesses you and your particular Kingdom assignment, it will be important to not claim ownership of anything God has done as the result of your faithfulness. These moments are a test of our hearts, especially when those who abandoned us amid a...
While something like the coronavirus is nothing to take lightly, the fear it creates is what we must prepare for even more than the virus itself. Fear can cause good people to abandon goodness and begin to act in ways they would never have imagined before fear was...
This morning, I sensed the Lord saying that unusual and unexpected interpretations of private prayer in the Spirit are coming. These interpretations are similar to an understanding that occurs when a tongue is offered in a public assembly followed by an...
The Lord is moving your finish line. What your weakness and the condemnation of others have declared as your ending will become your new beginning. Only the Lord has the right to define your life. He is inviting you to step over a false finish line. When you take this...
I just gave my editor the final OK on the book cover for my new book, BEYOND. When you read the book, you will know why we chose a map of Oregon as the background. The content of the book is transferrable across all life-assignments. We hope to have the book...
There are times when the environment of spiritual conflict is more deadly than the weapons wielded in actual battle. Environments, whether social, familial or work-related carry life and death potential. In II Samuel 18, David’s army entered a battle in the forest of...
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...
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...
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...