In Matthew 25, Jesus describes the Kingdom of Heaven like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. “Five of them were foolish, and five were prudent. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the prudent took oil in flasks along with their lamps. Now while the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and began to sleep. […]
There is a such a dire need for fathers to mentor young men and for seasoned fathers to mentor younger fathers. I am praying that men in the Body of Christ will step up to fulfill this desperate need. Godly fathers are out there somewhere! I’m currently reading, “Bringing Up Boys” by Dr. James Dobson. The statistics he presents are scary. Here’s just one, “Only 34 percent of all children […]
Oh, I’m agonizing over that title; it’s always the boy. Am I pointing fingers? Am I blaming? It may sound like it, but that is not my intent. My intent is to speak truth and to call out what’s going on right before our eyes. The truth is… It IS always a boy. There’s no way around it. It’s politically incorrect and some would say, downright sexist, but before something […]
You know that thing; that thing you’ve overcome; perhaps that circumstance, condition or event that nearly took you out? Well that thing you’ve OVERCOME is now under your feet. YOU now have authority over IT and you’re walk’n all over it every day. Friend, I need to know how you got there. I need to know the revelation that lifted you and the journey you took to overcome ’cause maybe, […]
There’s a stirring this morning; there’s a voice rising that must be heard. There’s a message and a word that is calling, beckoning and longing to release its freedom. Intercession bubbles; spirits groan. The Lord would say to you, “Don’t give in to deception. Don’t believe the lies of the enemy. Beware, he prowls around like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. Don’t be devoured by his lies. […]
Christian, you may have been sold a bill of goods. You may have been duped into believing lies about your physical body. Some mainline churches have been teaching that when we are saved our spirits are healed, born again and reconnected to God immediately, which is true but they have no expectation of our bodies being healed in this life at all. We have been told that we have to […]
A word in season. It is time to throw off restraint and praise and worship God like never before. Imagine you’ve been stranded on a deserted island without food and a small plane flies really low overhead. Can you see yourself trying to get its attention? Jumping, waving, yelling? That is how desperate we should be for God.
I am about to re-release a book about barrenness, called “Barren No More”. Even though natural barrenness is heart breaking, what’s even more tragic in our time is spiritual barrenness. What happens in the natural reflects what’s happening in the spirit. Natural barrenness is huge, it’s epidemic. I know of many couples who are in that situation but spiritual barrenness is also epidemic. Many Christians are stifled from bearing spiritual […]
Just in case you didn’t know, God has a sense of humor. And just in case you were wondering, He wants to play Hide and Seek. Yup, you heard me; Hide and Seek. It’s been a long time since you’ve played that, hasn’t it? Has God been elusive to you lately? He has me. He’s been strangely quiet. He’s provoking us. He’s provoking us to seek Him and then to […]