Let me respond to a statement I’ve been hearing lately from some christians. “God saves people, not nations.” Usually, this is part of an effort to discount the idea that God is going to bring revival to America. I don’t hear it from other nations too much, but many Americans seem to like the idea […]
Spiritual Fire
John said, “I indeed baptize with water because of repentance, but Someone is coming after me who will baptize you with Holy Spirit and fire. His fan is in His hand and He will completely clean His threshing floor; the chaff will be thrown (by the wind of the fan) into a fire that cannot […]
Church Growth as the Accumulation of Believers
When we removed kingdom from ekklesia [church], we set upon a course of redefining Ecclesia in ways that minimize and manipulate the meaning of Jesus’ ministry, teaching, and strategy. It is rather easily discovered that we simply marginalize Him in terms of function while attempting to worship Him in terms of Redemption. In this way, […]
Leaders Who Make Leaders
Level 4 of FreedomMinistry International is entitled, “Leaders Who Make Leaders.” I am personally leading this level at present as I continue to prepare leaders who make leaders, so I am actively involved in proving the principles to see if they produce the purpose. Fundamentally, kingdom is about leadership. And, kingdom leaders prepare and position […]
Maturing the Prophetic, Part 3, “Extremities”
Prophets need stretching. They need to function at the extremities of their capacities in order to strengthen and stretch for expansion. Prophets, like apostles, must be risk takers.
Trials Are Not Strangers
Peter says something about our thinking and perception with respect to trials: “Do not think a stranger has come to your house or that the experience you are having is a stranger to your life when fiery trials arrive. Don’t sing ‘There a Stranger in My House’ because your communion with Christ checks some luggage […]
David’s Fatal Flaw
David wasn’t perfect. He was overwhelming successful because He had God’s heart for his assignment and generation, but he had extremes in terms of his aggression and anger, lapses in his leadership, and weaknesses that discredits his strengths in some situations. His “fatal” flaw was women. Not that David was a sex nut as much […]
Maturing the Prophetic, Part 2: Wisdom
Daniel functioned in wisdom. Paul speaks wisdom, a manner of communication: as Jesus says, “I speak to them in parables,” so Paul says, “I speak to the mature in wisdom.” The wisdom is, of course, from above, heavenly in origin, revelatory in distribution, and received by those with spiritual and functional maturity. Paul preaches the […]
Maturing the Prophetic Ministry
Defining terms, the “maturing” of ministry would involve moving it closer to its highest expression, effectiveness, and efficiency of design and intended purpose. Maturing moves us to a higher level of success when we define “success” by what the prophetic was design and bestowed upon the kingdom to provide in terms of leadership, revelation, and […]
Defining Ecclesia as “The Accumulation of Believers”
Previous spiritual generations have walked us through conflicts and clashes about the power of the Spirit, the authority of the Scriptures, the fundamentals of doctrine, the Providence of God. We are presently walking through clarifications about the original design and definition of “church.” Rifts dating back hundreds of years are being examined, and the very […]