Category: General

Home base is fundamental to kingdom. God establishes “home base” as part of His strategy for establishing and expanding kingdom. He chooses places, cities, regions, and nations to house remnants. Home base is strategic. David in exile is given Ziklag by his request, and Ziklag remained a kingdom location ever after. “Then Achish gave David […]

Taking the Giant’s Head “Finishing the job” in terms of spiritual ‘execution’ is a hallmark of David’s leadership and the glaring inadequacy of Saul’s. David had a greater understanding of protecting the sheep than merely defending them from disaster; he wouldn’t even allow the loss of one little lamb. He didn’t drive the bear and […]

God prepares you for a new weapon by having you perfect your expertise with the weapon you have in your hands. In the same thought profile as “God doesn’t prepare you for giants by having you face giants,” God doesn’t prepare you to swing a sword by swinging a sword. Practice for basketball was confusing […]

David’s glaring weaknesses was women. My good friends tell me David was born of a different mother than his brothers. In any case, he never seems to have his head on straight about the girls. Personally, I see the beginning of this problem with Saul breaking his promise to David, and perhaps breaking David’s heart. […]

The circumstances in which you receive vision, calling, and assignment will not be ideal. God won’t wait for everyone else in your life to be fully obedient, functional, mature, and submitted before He speaks. When the vision arrives, you may long for a father to help you understand and implement the vision only to discover […]

An “unforced error” in competition usually refers to something one participant does that has nothing to do with their opponent’s strategy, actions, or skill set. In tennis this could be a serve that faults: nothing the opponent does causes this to happen. Often, even great champions beat themselves more than a worthy opponent defeats them. […]

Revival and Riot I have been saying for five years that we are going to see revival and riot in America. Sometimes one will occur because of the other, or one will happen at the same time as the other. The contrast between light and darkness is more pronounced; the divisions are stronger in our […]

We are entering a rebuilding David’s Tent season of worship/intercession. This intercession and worship occurs in a way that we cannot tell the difference between the two. This is the revelation of intercession – by experiencing the revelation more than seeing or hearing it – that moves us beyond our limitations so Holy Spirit can […]

We could, perhaps, begin with David’s enemies – the human kind – by mentioning his father. When Samuel, the prophet, shows up to anoint a king among Jesse’s sons, David is conspicuously absent from the lineup. Now, this omission might be explained as simply as David’s location was too distant for a timely response to […]

I am preaching and writing a lot about purpose. Speaking into the context of doing “great things” yet failing to fulfill purpose. I believe this is the essence of what Jesus said about the “many” that will come to the day of ultimate accounting feeling really good about their accomplishments only to discover that Jesus […]