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Last night, I was awakened by the Lord to pray and bind the hand of the devil regarding personal my safety. The Lord called to my memory an event from my distant family history and the vulnerability that history created in the present day. I hope that what happened to...
The phrase, “Unless you have been living in a cave...”, has been used to define someone who doesn’t see the larger issues taking place outside their narrow field of view of reality from within the cave of their perception. I was once told a Chinese proverb that...
Our obedience to God doesn’t cost us much - yet. If we live in the United States, we have a free pass to preach the Gospel, teach the way of truth, and come and go as we please offering our opinion. What if that changed and a real threat to our life accompanied our...
As we grow in our relationship with God we establish filters around our body, soul and spirit to filter out the negative things that want to enter our lives and pollute the pure deposit made by God. What caught in these filters will tell the story of how we chose to...
Well-meaning people will occasionally say things that are not true. One of those phrases is, “God will never give you more than you can handle.” These phrases are not evil or malicious – they are simply not true. We repeat them without thinking. They...
--> Making it hard for people to know God has never made sense to me. The barriers we put between people and God seem so out of touch with His heart. God is much larger than the seeds of fear and exclusion we plant in the garden of our relationships. This is...
For the last few days, I have been hearing the words, “a call to arms". The Oxford Dictionary defines the phrase as a call "to defend against a takeover". When I heard this call to arms, I saw a soldier in battle firing shots at an approaching enemy. The bullets...
When Jesus got into Simon's empty boat and asked him to go out into deep water to put down his nets, his partner's boat remained on shore. When Simon's boat took on a miraculous haul of fish his nets began to tear from the weight of the catch. Simon shouted for his...
You have wondered when – when will they come. In an unscheduled moment of time a divine encounter will take place. They will appear like a person who has stepped out from within the fog of your unexplored future. In that moment a seed of hope will be gently...
--> This morning in prayer, I saw the image of a person stepping off a curb. The picture was a freeze-frame image that captured the person mid-stride with one foot still on the sidewalk and the other foot in the air extended outward ready to step down onto the...
I have come to dislike the word "metrics" - a word used by organizations to measure people and the success of their efforts. It is a business term that has crept into conversations within the church, especially where organizations need to measure a certain level of...
When I played football for Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington, one of my teammates invited me home to spend a weekend with his family and have some home cooking. As a misplaced and lonely California kid I accepted this invitation with great joy. After...
A few nights ago, I had one of the most vivid dreams I have ever experienced. I was atop Mount Ashland dug into foxholes with other believers. We were involved in intense combat. Mount Ashland is a high mountain where I live that overlooks southern Oregon and...
For the last week, Jan and I have been getting impressions in prayer of a new birth. Jan saw a birth happen where the feet of a child came out first, instead of the head as is normal in a birthing process. When the child was birthed, she saw the child hit the...
(Note to reader: This article uses a graphic metaphor. It is not my intention to write for shock value. My only intention is to share what I believe the Lord asked of me. Please read what follows with that it mind.) Many years ago, I was a police officer. ...