Some criticism needs to be ignored to death. No doubt about it! It is petty, unfounded, and more properly called “random opinion syndrome.” Some people just rattle on about things they know little or nothing about as if the world can’t wait for them to turn their brains inside out and dump the dust. Perhaps […]
Category: General
Kingdom Champions Focus on Purpose
Meeting with precious people engaged in preparation for destiny is one of my primary pursuits. This is one of my priorities because of my own destiny. Patterns emerge from these experiences that relate to the growth and maturity of champions. Destiny You must hammer out destiny from the raw ore of personal potential. You cannot […]
Blessed Beyond the Curse
Blessing is so kingdom! So New Testament! So powerful! So Jesus! Jesus blessed and cursed. Blessing repositions the blessed in the crosshairs of the target of blessing, a place where curse is broken, where limitation is broken down and broken through. On the other hands, things blessed can suddenly experience limitation because they have failed […]
Stepping Up
Recently I ran into a friend waiting tables at an upscale, white-tablecloth restaurant. She had waited on me many times at a local cafe, a hole-in-the-wall that had great fish where I would go to get away and write…anyway, that little cafe closed, so she landed this new job at a high-end establishment. Relating the […]
Oasis Living – Blessed beyond the Curse
God dwells with His people as an oasis in the desert. God is not concerned about moving His people into a wilderness because He intends to go with them and bless them! Israel multiplied in Egypt Israel moved into a desert strategy Israel multiplied in the desert, Deuteronomy 1:11, “And may God, the God-of-Your-Fathers, keep […]
Do You Feel Blessed or Lucky?
We could paraphrase Clint Eastwood’s famous line out of context: “You gotta ask yourself this question, saint, Do you feel lucky? Well, saint, do ya?” Blessing speaks directly to Sovereignty of God. Luck doesn’t exist at all. Blessing is reality. Luck is deceptive fantasy. God doesn’t order anything with randomness. God doesn’t do everything, cause […]
Excuse Me, You’re Stronghold is Showing
Strongholds occur when your enemy takes advantage of your vulnerability. The wound, trauma, terror, or source experience “takes on a life of its own.” When I overreact, overcompensate, and overdo mundane life and living, I am exhibiting the residuals of that stronghold. Having a bad experience with one dog isn’t a good reason to fear […]
Non-controlling Leadership
Leadership of a group is different from fathering leadership, yet the two function in tandem; that is, leadership of a group is a fathering function that sets a backdrop for fathering individuals within the group. Each person within the group may experience leadership uniquely with leadership functions personalized to individual destiny, but this individualization maintains […]
Equip
You will be hilariously surprised when you discover what Jesus designed for you in kingdom leadership. Since I really believe the Scriptures and really reveal God so I can recognize His immediate involvement in life on earth, I really believe Jesus bestowed five functions and foundations of leadership upon His called together assembly, the Body […]
The Passion of the Christ(ian)
Without passion for dying we lack passion for living. The passion of the Christ is for dying, being poured out like wine, broken like bread, a burning desire to finish His assignment, an assignment that costs Him everything in order to gain everything. He is pushed to the limit, and His passion for what Father’s […]