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Learning how to rest in God is one of the most powerful experiences we can have in our lives of faith. The more we learn how to rest in God, the things we pursued to fill the void of our emotional and spiritual restlessness will diminish their influence on our lives....
Yesterday, I wrote about the need to pray for our judges. Later that same day, I had an encounter on a trail in the forest, which was a confirmation of the word I wrote. For the last 23 years, I have always wondered where a particular trail went. I always assumed it...
For the courts of any nation to extend true justice, those sitting as judges in the courts must experience a change of heart – they must hate evil and love what is good. The prophet Amos expressed what happens before a judge can adjudicate true justice, "Hate evil and...
In the Church, we all see things through different tribal visions of the same thing. It is all about love, just a different image. Some are peaceful. Others are more intense. By understanding a larger image of love, something we may not yet realize, we can become...
The current manifestations of evil we see happening in our world are the revelation of ancient spirits. They are not something new. We need to look past the current colloquial application of these spirits to see their first mention and application in history as...
It has been announced that President Biden will travel to Israel on Wednesday to meet with Benjamin Netanyahu. Apart from the obvious prayers offered for his safety and the safety of others in the meeting, we need to pray against something I sensed this morning that...
The words Jacob spoke, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I wasn’t even aware of it!” (Genesis 28:16) are words many of you will declare in the next season of your unfolding personal history. Jacob uttered these words when he awoke one morning while on his journey...
At some point, after all the opinions are shared and all the evidence is supplied to oppose what we know is true, we simply need to move on from the opposition and do what God has called us to do.
In the West, we have created and exported to the nations of the world theologies and interpretations of God and His Kingdom that are like wax figurines standing in the sanctuary of a religious museum. They are untested by times of trouble and turmoil and will not be...
Prepare yourself to see the hand of God demonstrated in ways we have not seen in our generation. The impossible will become possible. As global tensions increase people are hardening their hearts and fortifying their opinions. While this hardening appears to be...
Awareness is very different from suspicion. Suspicion is a leash attached to our thoughts and emotions leading us to places where fear is in control. Awareness is an awakened state of preparedness. It wisely helps us see into the depths of what is happening in the...
When an individual, family, or nation appears surrounded by evil, the Lord's faithfulness for what He has promised to fulfill will establish a greater perimeter of hope. That greater perimeter of God’s presence stands outside human history. It holds all evil plans...
For the last few days, I’ve experienced emotions like the ones I felt on the morning of 9/11. When that attack took place, my mind went back to my days on SWAT duty. I found myself preparing emotionally and tactically for what might follow the attack. The same thing...
The attacks on Israel have made many of us ask the question, “What if this happened in America? What if suddenly, a surprise terrorist attack took place against the civilian population releasing terror in our cities? Of late, our porous borders have allowed people to...
For the last three days, I have been away from home speaking in two different locations, a men’s retreat, and a church. During both worship settings, those leading worship sensed the Spirit’s presence come in a very tangible way when they began to sing words...