Strategic Turning Points
THESE ARE THE BEGINNING OF THOSE DAYS! Acts 4: 29 – 31 – “And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and grant that Your bond-servants may speak Your word with all confidence, while You extend Your hand to heal, and signs and wonders take place through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.” And […]
Angelic Intervention through Intercession
When God hears prayers from His people, He responds. What happens is that He dispatches His angels before, during, and after our prayers. It’s a dynamic, living sequence, repeated over and over: Angels usher in God’s presence and declare His intentions to people. As a result, Spirit-inspired intercession rises from believers. In response to the […]
Rumble in Nineveh
This past week has seen the collapse of central U.S. strategies in the Middle East. Ayatollah Khomeini’s fateful plane ride from Paris to Tehran in 1979 generated a spiritual earthquake in the region. Current events in Iraq are a similar major shock. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS – a group spiritually connected […]
Properly Interpreting Dreams
Where are the Josephs and Daniels for our Day? An Experience in Germany When traveling by train from the Frankfurt, Germany region to Rossenheim in southern Bavaria in the middle of the night, I kept hearing the Holy Spirit speak to me over and over, “Where are the Daniels, the Josephs and the Esthers?” As […]
Soaking in His Presence
The following article is an excerpt from chapter six of Prayer Storm. Other materials to build on your understanding come from The Lost Art of Practicing His Presence Book and Consecrated, Contemplative Prayer Study Guide. Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you […]
Adventures in Prophetic Diversity
I would love for it to be said of me that I was “like Anna,” (Luke 2:36-38) someone who focused on nothing and nobody except Jesus. In every prophetic word, long ones or short ones; every vision; every dream; every inspired prayer, I want to be declaring the testimony of Jesus (see Revelation 19:10). I […]
The Art of Prophetic Intercession
“The great serpent has coiled himself around the globe, and who shall set the world free from him?” This was the message from the “prince of preachers,” Charles Spurgeon. If the serpent had a strong grip in Spurgeon’s day, what can be said about our own? Is the grip of the enemy the reason a […]
Nine Scriptural Tests for Spiritual Experiences
We need to be anchored by the Word of God! In today’s increase of supernatural activity, we need to make sure our foundation is sure and that the plumb line of God’s Word is our standard. With this in mind, here is a list of nine scriptural tests by which we can test every revelation […]
Prayer Releases Altered States of Affairs
Then it will happen on that day that the Lord will again recover the second time with His hand the remnant of His people, who will remain, from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath and from the islands of the sea. Isaiah 11:11 The collapse of the Soviet Union’s suffocating curtain of terror brought […]