8 Proclamations for 5780 & Beyond
Often at the head of the new Hebrew year, the Holy Spirit speaks concerning things to come. As I have prayed and sought the face of God, I have been given a series of [...]
The Prophet: Overcoming the Rejection Syndrome
Sensitive by Nature We prophetic people come in all shapes and sizes, and our upbringing and personal experiences vary widely. But in my view, many of us tend to be more sensitive by nature, [...]
10 Practical Keys to Help YOU Prophesy!
Prophecy is for EVERYONE! It is difficult to convey this concept enough in our world of superstars—both in the church and outside it. But Scripture is clear—every believer is prophetic, and every believer can prophesy [...]
Prophetic Wisdom Lessons: What To Do & What NOT To Do
Wisdom is invaluable for any believer and all the more when exercising your prophetic gift. We need all the wisdom we can get, particularly when we are handling words of revelation in these perilous [...]
God Encounters Ministries Update
Home E-Blast Archive Store Donate God Encounters Ministries Update September 9th, 2019 www.godencounters.com | 1-877-200-1604 From the Desk of James W. Goll Greetings in Jesus Great Name! We are approaching a time of a [...]
Why Prophecy Is for Everyone (…Including You!)
I am firmly convinced that the current prophetic empowering is intended for the many, for the rank and file “ordinary” members of the Body of Christ, not just the few, the prophetic “superstars.” Successive [...]
Shawn Bolz: God Is Restoring the Dignity of Prophets in Our Time
I was sitting on a plane and I had about 20 text messages come through, each one a more important testimony or story than the last about how different friends had encountered actual prophets [...]
Shifting the Nations: An Invitation to Partner with God
By James W. Goll with Jonathan Stidham Many prophets, intercessors and key leaders across the global Body of Christ all agree that we are in a critical time which the prophet Joel declared, “Multitudes [...]
Mike Bickle: Prayer Always Precedes God’s Promises and Purposes
Prayers that Strike the Mark are guided by and endowed with the power of the Holy Spirit to accomplish the will and the Word of God. As faithful prayer warriors align with God's heart, they focus [...]
Treasures from GEM
Have you ever been on a Treasure Hunt? Clues are left along and the way that lead to other clues that eventually leads to the prize? What fun! Today, innovative believer’s have turned that [...]
Healing the Wounded Spirit: God’s Remedy for Persistent Hurts
The Broken Condition Described Jesus has come to heal the inside as well as the outside! In my walk with the Lord since childhood and being in full time vocational ministry for over 45 [...]
My Revelatory Dream of a Glorious Eschatology
I received a vivid dream in which a roundtable of key national and international leaders in the body of Christ were discussing the end times or eschatology (the Biblical study of the final destiny [...]
How Mentoring Changed My Life
When I was new in the things of the Holy Spirit, at the height of the Jesus People and the Charismatic Movements, I found myself hungering to be mentored by someone. I was an [...]
The BIG SHIFT: From Victory, Not Towards Victory
You are not a loser. I am not a loser. None of us who belong to Jesus are losers. We do not labor toward victory, but from victory. In all reality, this one truth [...]
The Power of Coming into Agreement
Jesus told us to persist—continuously and tirelessly—in asking, seeking, and knocking on the doors of heaven.The New Living Translation emphasizes the ongoing action of Jesus’ words:“And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you [...]
First Nations Outreach
This summer, our GEM Missions mission focus is on our friends Charles and Siouxsan Robinson, founders The Red Road. They have ministered to the First Nations Peoples throughout the U.S. and Canada for many [...]
Removing All Common Ground with the Enemy
As a prayer warrior, would you consider yourself a good “wrestler?” Or do you run at the first sign of contention, having lost battles too often? In order to fight effectively, we must know clearly [...]
Praying in These 9 Locations Will Change the World
Across the world, the Spirit of God has been stirring intercessors to begin praying like this. Some pray while walking their cities, street by street, following pre-arranged plans. Others prayer walk only occasionally, under [...]
Exposing Demonic Gateways
Today it appears that the enemy’s fingerprints are on just about everything. We can become so accustomed to them that we allow him to carry on his dirty work unchallenged. Intercession Challenges the Devil’s Work [...]
7 Benefits of the Blood of Jesus
In the Scriptures, we can find at least seven benefits concerning what the blood of Jesus has done for us. We overcome the devil and his works when we testify to what Jesus’s blood [...]
Inviting God’s Glory to Strike the Mark
I awoke suddenly out of a vibrant dream that was filled with lightning. (Although this happened years ago, I remember it as if it were yesterday.) One lightning bolt after another exploded before my [...]
Releasing the 12 Sounds of Prayer
Each and every one of us has a part to play in God’s orchestra of prayer. What is your special sound? What instrument do you play? The Holy Spirit directs the movements of this [...]
Warring Over Your Prophetic Promises
“This command I entrust to you, Timothy, [my] son, in accordance with the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you fight the good fight.” I Timothy 1:18 Lessons in Victorious Spiritual Warfare [...]
First Nations Outreach
As a core value of God Encounters Ministries, we practice a “Culture of Honor.” For our ministry, one biblical expression of this value comes through Honoring the Host or First Nation’s People. As part [...]