Dr. Don

A Prophetic Vision for North Florida

Isaiah 45:8 – “Distil, O heavens, and pour out your righteousness (norms of heavenly behavior). Let the earth open wide so both rescue that restores and heavenly norms can sprout up. I, the LORD, created them these norms and their restoration.” ra’aph and nazal, distil and pour out. The sense of “distill” is that the humidity turns into […]

Aligning With Kingdom Purpose

Alignment with Your Fathers God set things up so that He would be your Father. God set things up so you would have a natural father. God set things up so you would have spiritual fathers. So, you have, at least, three fathers, and God set things up that way. You didn’t have anything to […]

Leadership Functions in the Body

The spiritual Body is the ecclesia. The ecclesia is a spiritual Body. The two terms denote different ways of looking at how they operate. They are both spiritual because they are both kingdom. The kingdom is spiritual. Beginning with this understanding helps us avoid taking the analogies too far or attempting to make them too […]

Faithfulness Expands Authority

Faith has consequences. Our behavior and beliefs answer to one another. If we fail to act out the consequences of what we believe, we must ultimately deny or redefine our faith. Faithfulness speaks of our “fulfillment-of-faith,” of behavior and lifestyle that prioritizing life by arranging the highest and lowest and everything else in between. We […]

Inherited Purposes

God’s purposes are eternal. Nothing can destroy them. The power of the Cross, the life of the Resurrection, the authority of the Ascension, and the intercession of Jesus now guarantee that the purposes of the Father will be fulfilled and He will get everything He wants. No one in heaven or earth could do that […]

When God Acts Unusually…We Must Act Unusually

When God acts unusually, we must act unusually. In the story of Jesus walking on the water, we have a vivid illustration of both unusual Divine activity and unusual human response. Jesus walks on water, so Peter walks on water, too. Out-of-the-Ordinary Behavior The opposite of a stronghold is obedience. [See 2 Corinthians 10.] Obedience […]

The Mission of the Ecclesia

Today, I’m musing about how much energy, time, and emotional investment is wasted by God’s people attempting to make one facet of the church’s mission the dominate or total focus of its resources. Personal Mission – Gifts of the Spirit This effort can present itself simply as spiritual gifts on high octane fuel, so much […]

Nothing Will Be the Same…

A mystery is something hidden. God strategically hides things, keeps them hidden, and reveals them just as strategically as He hid them, in His time. As the head of the year arrives September 30, we can expect the revealing of things God has hidden. He has preserved and reserved inheritance for this time, anticipating a […]