There are times when trying to help God balance a move of His Spirit in another person's life, can have a negative effect. If we assume the role of “God’s Balancer” it will move us to do things that can cause death, not life. On one occasion, when the Ark was being...
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PROVEN WARRIORS
An attempt to initiate a radical social reset is unfolding. The Lord is beginning to reposition His people to stand for truth and challenge what is taking place. The Lord is assembling proven spiritual warriors who are skilled in both prayer and Spirit-led action....
GOD’S TROPHY ROOM
The kingdom of darkness wants our failures to become trophies in the temple of darkness. These temples are not physical temples, but mindsets of darkness where our failures support the accusations of hell. The life of Saul was a sad life. In his final battle...
Dissolving Assumptions
This morning, I was corresponding with a friend who is an American citizen living outside the United States. We were talking about life and faith. As I wrote to him, I remarked, "I realize now that I know less than my assumptions have led me to believe." Our...
Your Unknown Audience
Every life has an unknown audience. These are people who are being affected by your life. They are people you will most likely never meet. They will only be discovered in eternity. On this blog, I have an analytic device that tells me how many people read my blog each...
The Quiet Things
The quiet things speak the most profound messages. a cloud moving across a blue sky a mother looking at the face of her sleeping child a leaf falling in an autumn breeze a romantic glance between lovers a touch of the Spirit Press through the noise...
Uncluttering Our Faith – Preparing for the Next Move of God
I awoke this morning having experienced a dream that was a bit unusual. Without going into all the details, I was in a very dated place. The buildings looked like something out of a 1930’s movie. People were attired in fashions from eighty years ago. The style,...
A Poetic Life
I like the sound of creaky wood-framed screen doors. Streets without curbs and gutters. Old dogs. Rifles with wood stocks and the feel of a well worn genuine leather Bible. What I like about each of these things is the longevity they represent. There is nothing wrong...
The Power of the Pause
I use a writing program called Grammarly. Grammarly was suggested to me by a friend who is an accomplished, best-selling author. The program has been very helpful. It has revealed the places in my grammar that need improvement. Each month, I get a copy of...
Sailing the Vessel of Ministry
There are times when continuing to sail a ship without a retrofit is a recipe for disaster. Just as a sailing vessel needs some dry dock time to scrape off the barnacles and make sure all the fittings are seaworthy, so it is with a church, denomination or any...
Performing for the Presence
When I was a young cop, I worked security for some famous people. Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. Emmylou Harris. Credence Clearwater Revival, Merle Haggard and a few more I forgot over the years. I noticed something with every performer. Each had a stage presence...
Letting Go of Dead Things
There are moments in every relationship when we can allow ourselves to be motivated by the fear of loss. In these situations, we find ourselves trying to preserve a relationship that actually needs to die before it can live. Attempting to hold onto the status quo of...
Facts Aren’t Always Factual
Yesterday, I read a news article about a woman who was killed by a cougar while hiking on Mount Hood just east of Portland, Oregon. The reporter said it was the first documented fatal encounter with a cougar in the state's history. It is not surprising something like...
The Archaeology of Our Lives
It’s been almost 50 years since Woodstock took place on Yasgur’s farm on a grassy hillside in Bethel, New York. 400,000 people showed up to listen to Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead, and many others. It was an iconic moment in American history. I read a...
Crossing the Aisle
The greatest achievements do not come from conquest or control. These victories only come when the wise ones in the intransient crowd are willing to step forward and cross the aisle of division, many times in private, to form an alliance against what ultimately hurts...