REMOVING THE PACIFIERS

Over the years, I’ve had conversations with believers that sounded more like a conversation with an unbeliever than someone who claims to know the Lord. The same doubts and deceptions were present in those conversations as a conversation taking place in the larger...

OUT OF CONTACT AND ALONE

Some of you have been given an assignment by the Lord that will take you outside the perimeter of your comfort zone. You are out of contact with what has been familiar. What you have relied on in the past is no longer available. This kind of assignment is not for the...

STARTLED AND AFRAID

Last night something happened in our home that was a mix of both fear and humor. In the middle of the night, I woke up. For some reason, my right hand itched. To relieve the itch, I extended my arm out into the darkness and began scratching. What I didn’t...

THE SPIRIT OF DESPAIR

Despair is a thief of our joy. It robs us of hope while we are waiting for God to fulfill what He has promised. Our battle in these times is not the resolution of the issues used to create our despair. The battle is against a spirit that needs to be addressed and...

ANOTHER KIND OF SUDDENLY

We like to talk, even prophesy, about the sudden moves of God. The consideration of those sudden moves produces hope-filled conversations and raises our eyes to the horizon of the future in expectancy of what God might do. There is another kind of suddenly.  That...