"And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers" (Mal. 4:6, KJV).Recently, the Lord has been working overtime in many family relationships, especially between the parents and the children. Speaking as a...
I hear a cry from the battlefield ... another soldier down! Can you hear it? Or is your own wound screaming above your fellow soldiers for relief?I have never experienced such a time of woundedness in the body of Christ. Many victory flags have fallen. A retired army...
In the midst of all the noise, voices, chaos and gross darkness, it will be in our quiet moments with the Lord that we hear and experience His creativity and pioneering call to advance His kingdom. The most powerful command could be "Be still and know that I am God...
Recently I prayed, "Lord, let me read the Bible like it's the very first time. Open my eyes to behold wondrous things out of Thy law" (Ps. 119:18). It works! I am seeing things I never saw before, and it is going into my spirit. It's like I am being born again, again!...
Recently, as I was waking up, a dream slipped into the bedroom and curiously awakened me.In this dream, I was standing in a bathroom with several inches of water. As I looked down, I was barefoot. I then woke up wondering what that was about.I wanted to call someone...
There's a recommissioning call coming to us, the body of Christ—a call to follow on to know the Lord like never before. "Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as...
I keep hearing the phrase, "Go back to the drawing board. It's time to go back to the drawing board. The blueprint needs to be looked at again."I believe we are being recommissioned to follow Jesus, to follow on to know Him like never before."And He said to them,...
How many times have we said, "I'm broke, I'm sick, I'm catching a cold or virus," and watched it come to pass? Little do we realize that when we open our mouth we are prophesying!Why not say, "I have all the money I will ever need. I am catching another healing! Colds...
Our son, Joel, from early on has always been obsessed with broadcasting, cameras and microphones. He used to walk around humming the NBC theme song that foretells Tom Brokaw's appearance.He once made a TV camera out of a cardboard box with a microphone (built-in tape...
"The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water; He turns it to any place He will" (Prov. 21:1). "Joshua said to the people, 'Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will perform wondrous deeds among you'" (Josh. 3:5). The nation of Israel...
"If your heart is broken, you'll find God right there; if you're kicked in the gut, he'll help you catch your breath" (Ps. 34:18, MSG).Broken: having been fractured or damaged and no longer in one piece or in working order, (of a person) having given up all hope;...
"To whom He presented Himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, appearing to them for forty days, and speaking concerning the kingdom of God" (Acts 1:3).For several days, I kept hearing the Lord say, "I've got something up My sleeve."I said, "Lord,...
The Lord spoke an unusual prayer alert to me at this time: "Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength because of Your enemies, to silence the enemy and the avenger" (Ps. 8:2). I then heard the Lord say, "I'm pulling out all the stops!...
While on vacation, I was privileged to hear an astronaut share his experiences living on a space station and walking in outer space. He shared that all the training he went through for the launching of the spacecraft was nothing like the real thing when the launch pad...