We are always walking in faith. Sometimes what we have faith in is foolish, sometimes its awesome, sometimes it is pretty much antichrist. Faith in one thing is by default doubt in opposite things. We always are putting faith in something, though. Faith goes beyond trust. It is imparted to us by the Holy Spirit, and it is a spiritual […]
We can learn much from Jesus about how to accomplish our ministries by looking at how He accomplished His. This is partly true because while He was doing ministry in the earth, He used the same resources that He has made available to us. We can’t do any supernatural ministry apart from the Holy Spirit gifting us with power to […]
Until my fingers have experienced the appropriate amount of pain, I will not become able to speak through my guitar. It will continue to hate me until I have sufficient callous on my fingertips to bear the weight of speaking through it. It is a wild horse that has not yet been broken and has not yet begun to trust […]
One day, we will stand before Jesus, Who will be seated as a Judge. In Revelation 20:11-12, John saw that day in the spirit. Every dead person was judged according to records of their works, which were recorded in books. Based on Jesus’ story about a man who gave his servants measures of value while he was off in another […]
The religious protocol that says God is first, family is second, and ministry is third doesn’t line up with Scripture and on days doesn’t line up with clear instructions from the King. A few verses that seem to teach a different idea: Luke 18:29-30 So He said to them, “I assure you: There is no one who has left a […]
Sit still and think of at least two evidences that your life is currently proving the power of the cross of Jesus to the people who witness it. Pray over that power to be effective in their lives through your life. For to those who are perishing the message of the cross is foolishness, but to us who are being […]
How do we decide how to deal with adversaries? In the facebook culture, the two options seem to be public accusation of evil identity and deeds, and unfriending them. What about the culture which should be ours? The culture of the church is frequently not discernible from facebook or the dog fights Jerry Springer enjoyed displaying on TV. The culture […]
When we gather with others, how do we decide whose voice is heard first? It usually doesn’t matter whether we have good news or bad, we want to be the first to share when we meet with someone. One of our guiding principles, though, is that the person who loses her/his life for the sake of the Kingdom, finds his/her […]
Self-pity is a thief. It steals emotional energy. It steals purposeful work. It steals opportunities to manifest the Lord of the Cross in the earth. It steals revelation by distracting us from both asking for and being able to hear answers from the Lord of Wisdom. It cannot be converted to better behavior. Like the rationale from the wild west […]
One concept Yahweh taught Israel when He made them His nation was that unclean things touching clean things make the clean become unclean. When Jesus touched something unclean, He made it clean. He cleansed leprous people. He cleansed whores and traitors and religious and sick people of their sins and their demons. There is a teaching among Pentecostals and Charismatics […]