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 In the current Global Prophetic Movement there is an increase of activity like there was 30 years ago. What was offered […]
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 of our regular contributions to various First Nations Ministries, we helped with onsite locational prayer ventures and participated in the National […]
The Judicial Courts of Heaven
“Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?” Genesis 18:25 God Presented as the Judge of All As New Testament believers in Christ Jesus, we have a scriptural privilege to enter into the judicial courts of heaven in prayer and spiritual warfare. To do so, we must first have a revelation that God […]
Prayer, Fire and Incense: What Goes Up Must Come Down
In January 1993, I traveled to the Czech Republic with a group of intercessors to join the believers there in “christening” their new nation to the Lord. While standing on the platform before Don Drapal’s Christian Fellowship of Prague, a series of words seemed to fall into my mind. “Have you considered the multidirectional dimension […]
The Ahab Problem & the Jehu Solution
“You [Jehu] shall strike the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Jezebel.” 2 Kings 9:7 NASB For every problem God has a Hope Solution. Even in our Last Days Battle with […]
Changing of the Guard: The Convergence of Prophecy and Evangelism
We are postured at yet another major crossroads in the body of Christ, which includes a strategic “Changing of the Guard.” In the last five years, we have had five major seer prophets all ascend to their heavenly reward. On February 14, 2014, the heavenly minded seer prophet Bob Jones passed into Glory. The following year […]
Exposing Jezebel’s Influence
We are in a Last Days battle for the true and pure prophetic to come forth. It is a battle between the demonic powers of Jezebel’s influence and the promised restoration of the spirit of Elijah. In the natural, Biblical setting, Queen Jezebel manipulated King Ahab and pressured the prophets into hiding. Elijah came forth […]
3 Vital Aspects of Testing the Spirits
Testing the spirits deals with all three aspects of discernment: revelation, interpretation, and application, although a different kind of spiritual filter needs to be applied to each aspect. I might pick up a revelation accurately only to interpret it incorrectly. Or I might get a revelation and its interpretation right, only to get stuck on […]
Confronting and Deaf and Dumb Spirit
God wants you to hear clearly and declare the Word of the Lord freely. But there are forces of darkness that you must confront in order to be effective in your mission. Jesus told His disciples as recorded in Matthew 13:43, “Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the Kingdom of their […]