Priorities set by pressure empty the soul. In this world, you will have pressure. Pressure is constant. Need is a harsh, demanding cry in your eats. Jesus says, In this world, you will have pressure. Have great joy! I have overcome the world.” I was hoping He would overcome the pressure so it would go […]
Category: General
Kingdom Elders: Specialization
Increasing Specialization A leader becomes increasingly specialized as he matures in leadership. Modern preparation extends the scope of learning beyond that which education assumed in Bible times. “School” concerned itself with preparation to do something. Discipling was not much different. If one wished to be a scribe, you was discipled by a scribe. […]
Increase Corporate Passion
Moses led the people to a dead end. The route to the Promised Land went a different way. He turned them into a narrow pass between two mountain ranges. They arrived at the Red Sea with no way to go but back. Then, Pharoah changed his mind about letting them go. He rode the most […]
Do Apostles Boss Prophets?
Ecclesia is regional. A council of apostles and a company of prophets are the foundational leaders of a kingdom assignment. They are not the only representatives of the King, but they initiate and originate. Paul says both apostles and prophets function at the foundational level. They both operate as blueprint leaders. Oddly, some still assume […]
Your Life’s Work
Rees Howells pulled back from most of what we call “church” to give himself to intercession. When the demonic forces of Hitler would have overrun and destroyed his nation, he carried the burden on his shoulders. What if the decades of intercession have been your preparation for a spotlight season when you will carry kingdom […]
Do Apostles Boss Prophets, Part 2
To follow up the previous post, since the post was generalized. It lacked clarity with respect to the scope of leadership assignment. It addressed basic principles out of context of personal calling. It assumed authentic apostles and prophets. It ignored the myriad definitions of “apostle” and “prophet” that now make people something they are not […]
Elijah’s False Prophecy: God’s Reset
Elijah made a major life decision with a false prophecy. He prophesied to himself. He believed in the prophecy. He acted upon the prophecy. He attempted to make the prophecy come to pass. It was a false prophecy. Elijah prophesied to himself: “I am the only one.” This false prophecy led him to jump to false […]
Stop Wasting Inheritance
Malachi says joining a generation comes by turning hearts of fathers to inheritors and the hearts of inheritors to fathers. This breaks limitation off the inheritance. The land is the inheritance. The curse is the limitation. Joining a generation has nothing to do with preparing a successor. We do not prepare and position a successor. […]
Fathers Produce Endurance
Fathers Produce Strength of Will Hebrews 12 presupposes three fathering leaders: Father in Heaven, natural fathers, and spiritual fathers. The chapter addresses natural and spiritual fathers and those for whom they provide fathering leadership. It compares Father’s approach to maturing inheritors with physical and spiritual fathers. It sets Father’s discipline as the context for natural and […]
A Hero Generation: Fathers and Millennials
We heard a thought-provoking and prophetic message from Hannah Sheets at the NEI Conference in Colorado Springs. The meeting is part of the Appeal to Heaven series. The next Appeal to Heaven Conference is in Chattanooga, TN October 11-13, 2018. (For more information go to www.dutchsheets.org.) Hannah discussed Millennials within a context of generational studies […]