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Power and the Church: Recovering a Biblical View

Power and the Church: Recovering a Biblical View

The Billy Graham Center recently hosted a conversation at the GC2 Summit about sexual assault and abuse, harassment, legal issues, consent, responses to abuse, the important role of governmental authorities, the rule of law and additional topics vital and urgent to...
Accurately Discerning God’s Timing

Accurately Discerning God’s Timing

When I choose the proper time, I will judge uprightly. Ps 75:2 NKJV It is time for You to act, O LORD, For they have regarded Your law as void. Ps 119:126 NKJV …until the Ancient of Days came, and a judgment was made in favor of the saints of the Most High, and...
Understanding The Father Heart of God

Understanding The Father Heart of God

Most of our understanding of Father God comes from our experiences with our earthly fathers. If we had a kind, loving earthly father, we tend to see our heavenly Father the same. But if our earthly father was distant, unkind, or absent, we have a harder time seeing...
Finding Prophetic Symbolism in Tattoos

Finding Prophetic Symbolism in Tattoos

God is speaking to you all the time. The more you understand His hidden voice, the better you will know your God-given destiny. As the Lord awakens our God-given creative spirit, we discover that He can speak through just about anything. There are so many ways to...
10 Signs of Prophetic Abuse and/or Manipulation

10 Signs of Prophetic Abuse and/or Manipulation

I have found the prophetic gift, including inspirational preaching, teaching, and prophetic words, to be the most edifying of all the gifts — as St Paul said in 1 Corinthians 14. However, with every true gift of God comes either a counterfeit and or an abuse. You can...
False Views of Love Diluting the Church’s Power

False Views of Love Diluting the Church’s Power

Years ago I was preaching a series of strong holiness messages in a particular church. After one of the meetings the pastor said something to me that I’ve never forgotten. “The Lord has dealt with me about preaching more on love than holiness,” he said. That statement...
The Secret to Solomon’s Wisdom

The Secret to Solomon’s Wisdom

Most of us recognize King Solomon for his legendary wisdom, and we know God is the one who gave him the gift. What is often overlooked, however, is when God imparted that supernatural gift. In First Kings 3:5-15, we discover it actually happened in a dream. We...
Prophetic Dream of the Remnant Rising

Prophetic Dream of the Remnant Rising

I can remember it like it was yesterday. I heard a knock at my door very late at night. It was a young pastor friend of mine who was seeking shelter because the police were looking for him to arrest him. His crime: helping a young woman escape her Muslim parents who...
Jesus’ Names in Revelation: The Lion and the Lamb

Jesus’ Names in Revelation: The Lion and the Lamb

I Am the Lion and the Lamb “One of the most interesting contrasts of names in Revelation occurs in chapter five, where in the same context I am called both ‘the Lion of the tribe of Judah’ and ‘a Lamb’ (5:5-6). If this combination sounds paradoxical in English, it is...
The Link Between Your Money and Your Destiny

The Link Between Your Money and Your Destiny

“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” —Matthew 6:24 (NIV) Jesus made it plain when He said, “You cannot serve both God and money.”...
Discovering the Power of Voice-Activated Breakthroughs

Discovering the Power of Voice-Activated Breakthroughs

God has destined us for victory. He has created us to be overcomers in this life. He who is born of God overcomes the world and our victory is intimately connected with our faith. (1 John 5:4) We realize that God has already given every man the measure of faith. (Rom....
Harnessing the Power of Dreams, a How-To Intro

Harnessing the Power of Dreams, a How-To Intro

Writing down 100 dreams is a well-known discipline, championed by many, including my hero Danny Silk. (Great listen here: http://podcasts.ibethel.org/en/podcasts/living-the-dream). But why write them down? Why should I bother? The power of written dreams (and...
What Does Prophetic Reformation Look Like?

What Does Prophetic Reformation Look Like?

I have been meditating on the changing role of the prophetic office in light of the reformation of the Church. I have been equipping prophetic people for 18 years, and suddenly I found myself reevaluating all that the Lord has so graciously entrusted me to do. It was...
Exposing Jezebel’s Influence

Exposing Jezebel’s Influence

We are in a Last Days battle for the true and pure prophetic to come forth. It is a battle between the demonic powers of Jezebel’s influence and the promised restoration of the spirit of Elijah. In the natural, Biblical setting, Queen Jezebel manipulated King Ahab and...
Beni Johnson: The Prophetic Act of Communion

Beni Johnson: The Prophetic Act of Communion

When I take Communion, I take it as a prophetic act, applying it to any situation that is weighing on my heart. A prophetic act is a Holy Spirit-inspired physical action that disrupts the atmosphere. Sometimes, I’ll feel as though God wants me to do something tangible...
A Desperate and Urgent Prophetic Warning

A Desperate and Urgent Prophetic Warning

The prophets of the Old Testament were desperate to awaken Israel from spiritual slumber in order to prepare for or avoid the troubled days about to come upon them. Their desperation flowed from a depth of love for God and for His people. If you read the prophets as...
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