Apr 19, 2012 | Prayer & Spiritual Warfare
I was raised in spiritual warfare. By that I mean, soon after I got saved I plugged into an apostolic church that vowed to run to the battle line to wrestle spirits of Jezebel, witchcraft, religion—and whatever else was opposing the purposes of God. My church...
Apr 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Although the Holy Spirit speaks expressly, we see through a glass darkly. Sure, it’s easy enough to understand the words of that still, small voice in your spirit. But impressions, dreams and visions aren’t always as clear as we’d like them to...
Apr 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Although the Holy Spirit speaks expressly, we see through a glass darkly. Sure, it’s easy enough to understand the words of that still, small voice in your spirit. But impressions, dreams and visions aren’t always as clear as we’d like them to...
Apr 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
I recently heard a prophetic word that described an angelic visitation. Of course, I am all for angelic visitations. Both the Old and New Testament offer plenty of examples of angels appearing to people to deliver heavenly messages. But this angel apparently had a...
Apr 19, 2012 | Jennifer LeClaire Exclusives, Prayer & Spiritual Warfare
Exhaustion; that’s the best word to describe how I’ve felt for the past two weeks. And there is no natural reason for it. I’ve been sleeping plenty. Drinking lots of water. Getting plenty of exercise. (Enjoying more than my quota of Starbucks!) Yet...
Apr 19, 2012 | Prophetic Insight
A young woman called me looking for a prophetic word. She was befuddled, sore vexed and all-out desperate to hear from God about a certain situation. This young, Spirit-filled woman, we’ll call her Tammy, insisted she just couldn’t hear from God. She had...
Apr 19, 2012 | Faith that Overcomes
I surrender … I found myself saying those words while talking with the Holy Spirit about my frustrations. Whether you are in ministry, in the marketplace or tackling the all-important task of raising a family—or perhaps, like me, doing all three at...
Apr 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s easy to despise the day of small beginnings. Small beginnings often come with hard work and little help. Small beginnings usually offer tall resistance and modest encouragement. Small beginnings typically see limited budgets and abundant setbacks. Nevertheless,...
Apr 19, 2012 | Spiritual Growth
As I was preparing a sermon for Palm Sunday, I was struck to the core by John 12. Jesus made a triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The Bible says a great multitude took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in...
Apr 19, 2012 | Apostolic
Many lessons will spring from Trayvon Martin’s tragic death. It has opened up new discussions on race relations in America and served as a catalyst for a renewed emphasis on unity in the body of Christ. Although I am grieved over Martin’s death, I am...
Mar 21, 2012 | Prayer & Spiritual Warfare
Never let the devil see you sweat. If your best friend betrays you, don’t put your disappointment on display. If you can’t pay your mortgage, don’t verbally doom your financial fate. If the doctor gives you a bad report, don’t speak death over...
Mar 18, 2012 | Jennifer LeClaire Exclusives, Prayer & Spiritual Warfare, Prophetic Insight
Exhaustion; that’s the best word to describe how I’ve felt for the past few weeks. And there is no natural reason for it. I’ve been sleeping plenty. Drinking lots of water. Getting plenty of exercise. (Enjoying more than my quota of Starbucks!) Yet...
Feb 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
If you don’t like what I write, agree to disagree or speak the truth in love. But don’t pronounce shame on me. If you don’t agree with your pastor’s theology, ask some honest questions in the right spirit or go to another church. But...
Feb 20, 2012 | Prayer & Spiritual Warfare
After more than a decade of watching the war on Christmas rage—we’ve seen everything from battles over “Xmas versus Christmas” to a ban on nativity scenes and beyond—I’ve concluded that we have to keep fighting. The war on Christmas...
Feb 10, 2012 | Spiritual Growth
The first and worst cause of error that prevails in our day is spiritual pride. So said Jonathan Edwards, a preacher, theologian and missionary to Native Americans who lived in the 1700s. Edwards went on to say that spiritual pride is the main door by which the devil...
Jan 17, 2012 | Prophetic Insight
God has given us the ability to reason—but too much mental reasoning blocks spiritual discernment and breeds plenty of confusion. With that in mind, is it possible that you are reasoning yourself out of prophetic wisdom that could be blocking your spiritual...
Jan 15, 2012 | Prayer & Spiritual Warfare
Have you ever felt like you are living in a vicious circle? Even now you may be trying your best to solve a problem only to discover that every step you take is making the problem worse—or even creating new problems. If that’s you, stop and ask...
Jan 3, 2012 | Prophetic Words
While I was praying over 2012, I received impressions about many things—some warnings and some promises. But what burned most on my heart to share with the masses wasn’t a list of predictions or a prophetic directive. What burned most on my heart to share...
Dec 16, 2011 | Prayer & Spiritual Warfare, Prophetic Insight
There’s plenty of talk about prayer, prophetic intercession, standing in the gap, making up the hedge, prayer burdens, and, of course, spiritual warfare. But how do we discern the call to prayer? How do we recognize a proverbial prayer burden? These questions...
Nov 18, 2011 | Prayer & Spiritual Warfare
It’s irresponsible to loosely toss around emotionally charged accusations like “spiritual abuse,” “Christian cults” and “controlling ministries.” I wouldn’t want to stand before Jesus and give account for misspoken words...
Nov 11, 2011 | Faith that Overcomes
Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, the Author and Finisher of our faith. Notice that Jesus is the Finisher. He always finishes what He starts—and He wants us to finish the God-inspired initiatives we start, too. To be sure, one of the...
Oct 31, 2011 | Spiritual Growth
Stumbling blocks. You don’t want to be one. And you don’t want them in your life, either. But what do you do when the stumbling block comes from someone you love dearly, or from someone with whom you know you are called to labor in God’s Kingdom? In...
Oct 19, 2011 | Prophetic Insight
In yet another ridiculous end-of-the-world assertion, Harold Camping claims that people who accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior after May 21 aren’t really saved at all. If you didn’t believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord...
Oct 15, 2011 | Prayer & Spiritual Warfare
Don’t look back—unless you need to deal with demons from your past that continue to pull you out of God’s will and into sin. Some of us have dramatic testimonies of how God delivered us from dark places into which even your typical sinner...
Oct 14, 2011 | Spiritual Growth
I was reading a bit from RT Kendall's book called “All's Well That Ends Well.” It struck me, so I wanted to share it with you. Here it goes: Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. He said to Jacob,...
Oct 11, 2011 | Classic Sermons, Jennifer LeClaire Exclusives
By Hyman Appleman (1902-1983) In the first part of this article, Appleman looked at the three reasons for revival, as well as the personnel of revival. In this next part, he explores the price of revival. Let's listen in: We have considered the purpose and the...
Oct 10, 2011 | Classic Sermons
By Hyman Appleman (1902-1983) Some people think the need for a revival is a sign of decadence in a church. This is not always so. In the New Testament, in the Old Testament, in Christian history, revivals have been a part of God’s plan for the advancement of the...
Oct 7, 2011 | Spiritual Growth
For a soldier friend whom he encourages to trust in God. WE have a GOD who is infinitely gracious, and knows all our wants. I always thought that He would reduce you to extremity. He will come in His own time, and when you least expect it. Hope in Him more than ever:...
Oct 5, 2011 | Prophetic Insight
Did you know that about 17 percent of Americans believe the Bible is full of man-written fables and fairy tales? Only 30 percent believe the Word of God is the literal Word of God. So says a recent Gallup poll. Although fairy tale writers draw inspiration from the...
Oct 3, 2011 | Prayer & Spiritual Warfare
Last week, I started sharing about how to discern the call to prayer. You might also describe it as responding to spiritual prayer burdens. Talking to a prophet friend of mine in the Southwest about this topic this week because it's been happening to both of us in...
Sep 29, 2011 | Prayer & Spiritual Warfare
I enjoy reading anything from E.M. Bounds. He was a saint who lived from 1835 to 1913. He may or may not have known it, but he was prophetic. He was certainly a man of prayer. He said things like this: We have in the Holy Spirit an illustration and an enabler of what...
Sep 28, 2011 | Prayer & Spiritual Warfare
No one could help their son. Sanjeev Trivedi had been under the control of an evil spirit for two years. His parents, Bindusar and Vasanti, had taken him to witch doctors and sorcerers; they had sacrificed chickens and goats to their gods; they had spent large sums of...
