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When we act as agents of redemption, we open the door for the Lord to do amazing things for all concerned. The book of Ruth is a beautiful story of redemption that emerged from tragic events. Both she and her mother-in-law, Naomi, were stricken with the grief of...
I just finished reading through the book of Judges. I was emotionally exhausted, having read through the multiple times God’s people reject Him and lose their way. Ultimately, their way always ended in violence and death. The last verse in the book of Judges...
While Jan and I were in prayer for the nations, I saw an image in the Spirit. I saw a sound set of a motion picture being filmed. I saw the stage props, camera booms, and the support staff doing their duties to produce the movie. I immediately saw how we can view...
In the New Covenant life, we are supposed to be encouragers. That’s not all of our assignment. There are times when encouragement will be displaced by a warning. These warnings have occurred across the timeline of Scripture, from Genesis to the end of Revelation. What...
In prayer, I saw an image. The image was of an underground river that flowed beneath the surface turmoil and obstacles of life. The person in the image jumped into an opening on the surface, allowing themselves to be carried by the current to an unknown destination....
Because of what is happening in the Church where forms of deception are becoming visible, we can learn something from how David was able to lead faithfully in private and in public. When David was king, he led his home the same way he ruled the nation. There was no...
Occasionally, I will read things written or spoken by a follower of Jesus that sound more like an alignment with the spirit of the age than a word of revelation. We are seeing this taking place on a global scale as a result of Shawn Bolz’s sin and the impact it’s...
Those who lead a family, a business, a congregation, or a movement of churches may need to hear a word that contradicts and confronts an accepted narrative that is leading those they serve in the wrong direction. I once had a pastor tell me that all prophetic words...
Something has come to mind several times in the last week. It just came to mind again, interrupting my normal morning routine. I thought it was time to speak about what I was sensing. The Lord asked me to pray a prayer of prevention. The USS Abraham Lincoln, an...
In recent days, when controversy in the prophetic movement has surfaced, we need to understand what happened along the way that led us to this place. It’s not a complicated issue if we understand what happened to those involved. It’s also a safeguard for the rest of...
It’s too easy to view human opposition to the will of God as an insurmountable obstacle. What we can also too easily forget is that any form of human defiance to God's will eventually become a weapon the Lord will use against the defiers to protect His people and...
After years of working in international missions, I learned how to adapt to long flights across oceans and continents. What I did on long flights was go into what I called airplane mode. In airplane mode, I trained myself to adapt my mind and body to experience a...
A resetting of the prophetic movement is taking place. The Lord continually resets the Church to its original purpose because we have a tendency to wander. Resets are not comfortable. They challenge our assumptions and return us to God’s original purposes. Some are...
King David had become frustrated at what he was seeing and experiencing in the city where he lived. In his desperation, he cried out to God, “Please listen and answer me, for I am overwhelmed by my trouble” (Psalm 55:2). While the historical context is different, the...
One thing that Spirit-led prayer provides is sight. The Lord will show us things we need to know or what He intends to do when our prayers are answered. As Jan and I were taking communion and praying, at one point we began praying in the Spirit, using the language of...