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Using Discernment in the 2016 Election
But can you not discern the signs of the times? ~Matt. 16:3 I have been pondering what to say about the current elections in America. It is a presidential battle like none that I have experienced since beginning to follow politics in the late 1960’s. Control of the U.S. Senate is also at stake. Christians are very divided. The division is about the destiny and role of the USA in the world and in the Kingdom of God. But I believe…
The US Gathering 2016
A few of the group of leaders who gathered. Gather together and come; assemble you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry about idols of wood, who pray to gods that cannot save. Declare what is to be, present it—let them take counsel together. Is. 45:20, 21a I am processing the many things that happened last weekend in Woodland Park, Colorado. We had a 3-day gathering of leaders from states and nations to do the Father’s will for…
The Bridge from Soul to Spirit
For the word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature] exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging, the very thoughts and purposes of the heart. Heb. 4:12 Amplified The amplified version of Hebrews 4:12 brings forth the unfathomable…
What was…and What Will Be
“New wine is being released into those with a new wineskin, a wineskin that is pliable, flexible, and willing to be stretched by kingdom dynamics at work in the church.” Ezra 3:12 But many of the older priests and Levites and family heads, who had seen the former temple, wept aloud when they saw the foundation of the temple being laid, while many others shouted for joy. We live in a day when many in the church are praying and…
From The Shaking, There is a Shifting
The commissioning of a new Apostle into the Kingdom! Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire. Heb. 12:28, 29 NIV I’ve just returned from 3 weeks in Nepal. I’m getting my ‘head in the game’ here on US soil and recovering from a 12 hour jet lag. Such is life in international ministry! A word in…
Overcoming Persecution With The Warrior Spirit
But the Lord is with me like a mighty warrior; so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. Jeremiah 15:11 The words of the prophet Jeremiah remind me of the people of Nepal. I am now in the mountains of Nepal, a country steeped in spirituality and proud in cultural traditions. Nepal is a cross-section of aboriginal Nepali culture, Tibetan Buddhist influence from the north and Indian Hindu influence from the south. Traditionally a Hindu monarchy that persecuted Christians, it…
Stop Kicking…
We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ Acts 26:14 I’ve grown accustomed to living life and ministering in a certain way. The Holy Spirit has helped me come into a fuller dimension of expressing His purposes and call in my life. But in my humanity, I like routine, comfort, and not having to change. …
Somewhere It’s Snowing…
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins, to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. ~ Gal. 1:3 As I sit at my desk this Sunday, it is still snowing after 36 hours of white stuff falling from the sky. It’s beautiful yet hard to believe that it continues,…
Feast or Foolishness?
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 1 Cor. 2:14 KJV Paul authored this scripture to a church that was spiritually challenged; that is, many in Corinth came from a pagan and Greek influenced intellectual culture. People embraced philosophy and multi-theistic beliefs. Paul’s message of one God, represented by one Savior in bodily form, and empowered by one…
Discerning the Things of the Spirit
“We can discern the snow storm coming, but cannot discern the spiritual storm now swirling.” The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven. He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’ and in the morning, ‘today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret (discern) the appearance of the sky, but…
Keep Christ In Your Compassion
The Lord is full of compassion and mercy. James 5:11b ‘Compassion’…a powerful word reflecting deep emotion, sympathy, and a desire to relieve some kind of suffering or injustice. Believers and non-believers alike feel compassion. The Lord Himself feels compassion. The church often appeals to our compassion to fund humanitarian projects. Political voices appeal to our compassion to advance humanitarian policies and government programs. Non-profit groups draw upon our emotions to advocate their brand of social justice. So, what does this…