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When the Lord gives us a word to speak, there will always be those who disagree with what we say. Some will even condemn us. When this happens, we need to move past those objections and condemnations and hold true to what the Lord asked us to share. Moving past those...
Some things a prophet will speak can seem out of time and do not align with current agreements among other prophets. These lone prophets will undergo scorn and dismissal until what they have prophesied comes to pass. For three years, there was no war between Aram and...
We are constantly being told who to hate and who to love – who to vote for and who to demean – who we should trust and those whom we should not trust. The Church has been called to stand alone with God in culture amidst all the strident voices and listen to God, not...
There are some spiritual disciplines we are being offered that need a closer examination than just a cursory look. Take, for example, Eastern meditation. Some are trying to mix Eastern meditation with Christianity inviting people to seek a mind empty of all thought....
The Lord is raising the spirit of Gideon within the Church and the wider culture to demonstrate His power and authority. At first, those receiving this assignment will be reluctant because they think they do not have the qualifications to carry out the assignment....
Those living off the fat of personal gain at the expense of those they are assigned to sacrificially lead will eventually be challenged by God. The Lord will raise truth-tellers who will thrust truth into the gut of these abusers to set His people free from their...
Integrity in all its forms, whether it is spiritual, sexual, or financial integrity creates a protective layer. It keeps us from selling our souls to the highest bidder or being blackmailed into silence when we should speak the truth in love. The stage where our...
Every life has spiritual boundaries. The Lord sets these boundaries. They are not limitations; they are definitions where our spiritual authority functions best in concert with God’s empowerment. To not know the boundary of our Kingdom assignment will cause us to...
A faithful wife is a gift from God. A spiritually faithful wife is an even greater gift. Jan has always been faithful to never let me self-describe myself as anyone less than the man God created me to be. Whenever I allow myself to think less of myself, Jan will say,...
Our faith can be reduced to a point where we no longer expect God to do something amazing in the cosmos that would dramatically change our world. We can accept dogmatic interpretations of the end of time that remove the possibility of cosmos-shifting events occurring...
I saw a news clip where reporters were all declaring the same phrase. It started with one reporter appearing on the screen, then a second one appeared followed by more reporters until the screen became a concert of images all saying the same prepared line. There was a...
The life of each believer is marked by the blood of Jesus Christ. When evil passes our way, His blood covering becomes our shield of protection. Of all the things that cause the devil concern, the blood of Jesus Christ is at the top of his list. The blood marks us as...
Of all the gifts God gives to us, intimacy with Him is the greatest gift of all. From an intimate face-to-face relationship with the Lord, everything else that matters in our life will flow. The very short yet profound last chapter of Exodus notes the last days of the...
For twenty-plus years, I’ve walked the trails above our home. Last week something unexpected happened. As I walked along, I glanced uphill and saw an old, abandoned plow. It was out of my normal line of sight and could easily be missed. A plow sitting in the middle of...
Recently, I wrote something that I was led to delete. My most trusted advisor, my wife Jan, helped me come to that decision. Her comment, “What you wrote doesn’t fully represent the love of God”, is what caused me to delete the article. When Jan first brought this to...