I had the privilege of attending a conference where Jentezen Franklin – pastor of the famous Free Chapel congregation in Gainesville, Georgia – was a guest speaker. He took his text from Genesis 29:15-30, the story chronicling Jacob’s weddings to Leah and Rachel. He highlighted the fact that Jacob was …
The average kid has grown up imbibing the notion of superheroes through comic books, television, and in recent years, a series of successful blockbuster movies. Their imaginations are thus well primed and sensibilities attuned to the situations that provoke the timely and rescue-ready appearances of these beloved champions. To the …
Oftentimes, we want to influence God (by applying the pressure of prayer), change people (by applying the pressure of persuasion, coercion and/or manipulation), and conform to the status quo (by submitting to apathy, passivity & mediocrity), …. rather than conforming to God (by submitting to His authority and purpose), influencing people (by accurately reflecting God’s person, precepts and power), and changing the status quo (by living courageously and …
💫The hustle and bustle of the fast lane all know, Is our microwave world running at a pace just too slow! “Instant this, jiffy that!” – is the timesaver’s bait, In all of life’s briskness Lord, teach me to wait! 💫Turbo subways outrun buses, Uber timelines mimic planes, Lightning-fast conveyances …
Candidates for enlistment into the cutting edge of God’s end-time move are people of an insatiable hunger for His presence. They are a people not satisfied by the outer workings of religion, success, appearances or activity, but who possess a raw, pure desire and constant craving for deeper dimensions of …
You cannot be on the cutting edge of God’s end-time move and live in the outer cusps of compromise, corruption, carnality, camouflage or the conundrum of sin’s captivity. The exigency of our times requires an unrelenting stance against all of such – to become or remain a relevant force of impact …
Few gifts are as powerful as the gift of words. Inherently evocative, words are like swords which must be carefully honed & well-wielded to yield godly influence, righteous revolution, and world-changing views, paradigms & quantum leaps – all by the skillful art of thoughtful precision. (See Proverbs 25:11)
THE FORCE CALLED LOVE💞🌹💐🥀💐🌹💐🥀💐🌹💐🥀💐💞 If I speak with tongues of angels and of men, Give away my earthly goods again and again, If I operate and flow in every spiritual gift, But have not love, I’m but a gong adrift. 🥀If I have great faith, large mountains move, My body …
“Keep Me As the Apple of Your Eye; hide me under the shadow of your wings ……..He encircled him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye ……. He that dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the …
True Biblical Revival is NOT: A flurry of increased religious activity …. with little corresponding rise in spiritual pedigree ….. An appearance of religious piety …. with little evidence of personal integrity A show of religious zeal & proclivities ….. with unrefined motives & character anomalies Premature conferment of positions …