Category: General

Jesus used this Greek term, ekklesia, [Greek word] in describing what He was building. He builds it on the Father’s revelation that He is the Son of God. That is, ecclesia [English word] is built upon the revelation of Jesus as God’s Son. The testimony of Jesus is the prophetic spirit: Who He is prophesies […]

I made a Facebook comment recently that “order will not limit the function of our gifts and anointings.” I was directing attention away from the idea that leadership and accountability are limiters in spiritual operations. Leadership accountability is as basic to spiritual gifts as receiving, activating, and functioning in those gifts in the first place. […]

Saul missed the what-God-wants of his life and generation by failing to wait. While we remember his failure for full obedience with regard to Agag and the Amelekites, Saul’s failure to wait for Samuel reset his whole life and leadership long before this more obvious failure occurred. Saul’s heart was revealed by his failure to […]

Never doubt God’s faithfulness because you need a miracle or healing. Paul was bitten by a snake after having been shipwrecked. He didn’t doubt God for failing to protect Him from being bitten at the very moment he needed God for a miracle! Some teach favor as if they never need a miracle or healing […]

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 […]

Anointing Hits the Target God has targeted Brasil for the Anointing. The Anointing always hits the target! On time. On center. The targets of God rest upon assignments God gives. The Anointing rests upon people and places where God is strategically focusing His attention to fulfill kingdom purpose. God targeted Brasil because He has given […]

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 […]

Jesus designed a strategy to advance His kingdom perfectly consistent with His thinking and, therefore, completely foreign to the thinking of this world order, or “the spirit of the world.” Paul reminds us that preaching and Gospel appear foolish to the world order. Combined, they appear radically foolish. The wisdom of this world order, its […]

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 […]

Acts chapter one reveals that Jesus spent time with His kingdom leaders before ascending to heaven in order to give them fresh orders (verse 2) and explain the kingdom of God to these emerging leaders. On the heels of His ascension, Peter stood up to discuss the empty place left by Judas’ betrayal. He explained […]