Never separate yourself into spirit, soul, and body in ways that perpetuate the myth that what happens physically is secular and what happens spiritually is sacred. Such a false dichotomy causes limitations at every level of your life. Perhaps these limitations advertise a false dichotomy most obviously in the area of giving. Understand that giving entails […]
Month: January 2025
Feed Passion, Test Submission
Leaders learn deeper submission through passion-motivated endurance. Feed passion in emerging leaders. Let passion be the motivating impetus of their leadership. Feeding passion does not produce rebellion or pride. Feeding passion without confronting rebellion and pride will result in train wreck, but passion isn’t the problem nor does passion produce the problem. Passion will help […]
Apostolic and Prophetic Maturity
Apostles and prophets are foundational leaders. They function in foundational ways. They are continuously involved in the process just as Jesus the Chief Cornerstone remains the One who sets length, breadth, and height. The marker or plumb line is always set to Jesus, but the expansion of His building strategy comes through foundational, blueprint leaders. […]
Is America Under Judgment?
Considerable discussion is arising about judgment. Why this is a controversial subject escapes me. It would seem about as straightforward as grace…oh, wait, that is controversial as well! One of the reasons we get caught up in these discussions: the desire to make our systematic thinking walk on all fours, to reach a universal application […]
Live and Lead as God’s Remnant
Understanding remnant thinking begins with God’s definition of the term, His strategic purpose. Don’t apply the meaning of modern culture to the word “remnant” to discover God’s strategy. [Remnants are never leftovers even if they were “left in the land” after everyone was taken into captivity: these remnants had purpose but were overwhelmed with sorrow […]
Leadership Tests
Testing leaders mirrors God’s strategy for advancing leaders. God tests leaders. Leaders test leaders the leaders they father. Discipling tests measure progress in ways appearances cannot. Paul certainly engaged in this practice with his emerging leaders, learning from Jesus the practice of testing disciples on their leadership maturity. First, set a baseline of behavior and […]
Passion for God’s Purpose: The Sacrifice of Destiny
When we read the story of Jesus and His disciples, we observe personal passion in conflict with Divine purpose. Jesus calls the disciples to join in His assignment, but they continue to measure their involvement in His assignment in terms of “what’s in it for me?” This is the Judas spirit in action, a spiritual condition […]
Generations
God designed Creation with generations as a fundamental aspect of history. Purpose is established in all that exists by Creation, and the generations are designed to allow the movement of Divine purpose through history. To understand the ancient meaning of the word, “generations,” we begin with the pictorial expressions of the letters. The first letter […]
Born to Lead
In answer to the question – “How does God choose leaders?” – we might review revelation fundamentals about God and how He does stuff. Our Biblical worldview should include the presuppositions of Creation, Redemption, and Restoration; for outside the context of Bible revelation, we usually fail to filter out humanism, animism, and occultism, creeping confusions […]
Kingdom Dynamics: Honor
Honor Releases Anointing Honoring the one sent releases what God sent through the one He sent. This sense of sending and releasing is fundamental to kingdom dynamics. Honor releases anointing when releases calling which releases created destiny. Everything in the kingdom functions SpiritFirst, and anointing is spiritual power and authority. God targets kingdom people with […]