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From time to time we need to top off our faith in spiritual warfare. No matter what we see around us, it’s important to keep our faith alive and functional should the need arrive to engage the enemy of our faith. Training people with a weapon requires that we do...
While there are many things to pray about in your life, keep an eye on Israel. This is a moment like it was for Gideon. Gideon had 22,000 soldiers, but only 300 chose to not drink the water with their heads buried in the water. The 300 drank while watching for the...
Last night, I had a dream. I was walking through my old neighborhood in Los Gatos, California. It was the place where all my childhood remembrances were created. The homes were now desolate and in disrepair. No one was living there. It was like something had moved...
“Then the Lord answered me and said: ‘Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it.’” Habakkuk 2:2 I used to think the words of Habakkuk were about simplicity. I am sure it can be interpreted that way, but today I see it more from the...
Jan and I were invited to lunch by our friends, Tim and April Matteson who live in Reno, Nevada. They wanted us to meet Graham Cooke. At lunch we talked about many things. One story really stuck in my mind. When Graham is in his hometown each day he frequents a local...
We are at a critical juncture in our national history. In these uneasy times knowing what motivates our response to the turmoil that is taking place will be an important discovery to make. Review your thoughts and actions to see if you are living with the mindset of...
I was just reading my bible and had to place it down in order to answer my phone. During the call I heard the pages begin to rustle as a fresh breeze blew through the window and into our living room. As the wind blew the pages began to turn one by one suddenly...
As a young boy, I grew up in a wonderful Baptist church in Los Gatos, California. Calvary Baptist Church was surrounded by the orchards that once filled the densely populated Silicon Valley of today. Our church had a traditional sanctuary with stained glass windows...
Pentecost was a launching point - not a destination. Once launched Pentecost became a reoccurring work of the Spirit continuously released over the course of the last 2,000 years. In each and every new season of the Church there will be a Pentecost moment. It is messy...
As a kid growing up in the 50’s and 60’s, I saw a lot of strange things advertised and purchased by American families. We were impressed with anything plastic. One of those plastic items was the clear plastic couch cover my parents had installed to save our family...
I watched an amazing video. It was about a fisherman kneeling on the deck of his fishing boat tossing scraps of food at a large group of beautiful bald eagles. The eagles flew onto the deck and hopped around this man as he threw morsels their way. The video...
There will come a point in your life when the net of your youth will no longer be able to hold the weight of your aging. Some fear this moment and spend their time and energy trying to prevent its arrival. There is another option. Engage the beauty of aging and the...
If someone were to ask me why Jan and I are walking in a place of convergence and blessing at this point in our lives, I would say we have tried to follow each nudge of God’s Spirit for the last 43 years. Those nudges were not always really clear forms of direction....
Have you ever wondered about the size of God’s love? In order to try and grasp that reality look with me at some facts about outer space – something God created with just the sound of His voice. Take our sun for example. It is huge. 1.3 million Earths could fit inside...
The gift of prophecy is not the equivalent of an energetic half-time pep talk from a coach. A coach will challenge his athletes to draw on the strength and training they possess in order to produce a win. The words of his half-time challenge are based on what he knows...