The term “discipline” describes any process or behavior that produces maturity. Self-discipline describes process or behaviors produced by strength of will. In one sense, all discipline is self-discipline even when the discipline received comes through a leader. Submission to that leadership or “following,” applies the discipline. Discipline and punishment differ in both intention and application. Discipline […]
Month: January 2025
Unity is Not Unifying: Your Place in the Ecclesia
1 – Unity in the Body derives from shared purpose. To move in oneness, the Body must be completely representative of the Head in all its spiritual systems. Unity occurs top down, not feet first. The Body cannot simply follow around the feet if it is to fulfill purpose. The Head provides all the spiritual […]
Foundational Leadership: Apostles and Prophets
The Chief Cornerstone and Foundation of the Ecclesia is Jesus Christ. He laid the foundational leaders into place, setting the height, breadth, and width of the structure, setting the only point of reference for the plumb lines of spiritual construction. Yet, Paul says that the apostles and prophets were foundations for the Ecclesia and others […]
David’s Tent
Does music and intercession establish the kingdom or the kingdom establish music and intercession? What comes first? Is one the effect of the other, or can one happen without the other? The Tent of David being rebuilt is international. When God opened the door of the kingdom to non-Jews, the prophetic fulfillment identified a greater […]
Kingdom Leadership Dynamics, Part 4, Five Spiritual Leadership Dynamics
All kingdom leadership dynamics function spiritually. The kingdom is a spiritual kingdom. The leadership has spiritual dynamics. The empowerment and authority is spiritual first but affects people, places, and things by spiritual power and authority. Kingdom leadership dynamics operate in contrast with leadership dynamics common to the kingdoms of man. Where there is contrast, competition, […]
Is “Two or Three Gathered” an Ecclesia?
No. The Ecclesia can function for a specific application of its authority with two or three kingdom citizens doing Ecclesia business, but the Ecclesia cannot be defined as “two or three gathered in His Name (or authority).” That phrase is not a misquote but the assumption that it defines “ekklesia” is a misapplication of the […]
Maturing Our Intercession: Purpose, Preparation, and Passion
The intercessors gathered even though it was so close to Christmas. We had tried to take some time off the previous year but learned that our post could not be empty in these strategic times. We felt God urging us to maintain our PrayerMountain commitment. We prayed in the Spirit for 45 minutes or so, […]
Kingdom Debt Cancellation: Followup to FirstFruits
Father promises provision to those who make His kingdom a priority. When you pursue heaven’s kingdom, Father becomes your Source. Father gets involved in the minute details of your life when you make His rule your primary passion. Notice how debt is a kingdom or dominion issue. Proverbs 22:7 says, “The rich have dominion over […]
The Apostolic Resource Center
For more than 15 years, we have been fully engaged in establishing apostolic resource centers in strategic locations internationally. We did not begin the present initiative as a “church.” Ecclesia should be built upon a kingdom foundation, called together into assembly to accomplish kingdom assignment. Ecclesia implements kingdom assignment. To begin an ARC, you have […]
Kingdom Leadership Dynamics, Part 3, Principles and Protocols
A kingdom always functions on principles and protocols. The principles of God’s kingdom rest upon an agreement or covenant, or I would say, “a covenant agreement.” The terms of the covenant speak to the way the covenant operates. Kingdom leaders respond to the covenant agreement, and the covenant agreement provides a context in which the […]