PRAYERS THAT CAN CHANGE OUR WORLD

Years ago, on a flight from Los Angeles to Seattle, I had a window seat as we flew over the Pacific Northwest. As we crossed Springfield, Oregon, a place where our family once lived, I looked down and could see familiar landmarks—the streets, parks, shopping malls,...

BREAKING CAMP

The trumpet of the Lord is announcing to God’s people that it’s time to move on from where we had previously camped. He is moving us beyond our current confusion about failed leaders and beyond old ways of thinking that do not reveal His glory. The Lord has a new...

MAKING PLANS

Yesterday, I asked Jan, “How do you feel about our lives?” Her answer was wise. It was a wisdom built on years of following the Lord. She said, “We will follow Him wherever he leads, no matter what He asks of us. He’s the one who has always had...

THE POWER OF A BELIEVING REMNANT

The prophecy from Zephaniah is only three chapters long, but it is a panoramic view of what happens to a nation that abandons the Lord. Though their days were dark and foreboding because of their disobedience, with God, there would be hope for their future if they...

PREDICTION VS. REVELATION

Predictions are different than revelation. Revelation comes from God and can run contrary to the wide variety of human predictions of what people think will happen in the future. Many times, revelation will stand alone, enduring the mockery and dismissal of the...