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 eyes—continual, splintering, powerful lightning bolts from heaven to earth. No people. No words. Just incessant light, action, sound. When I woke up from this intense, Holy Spirit-saturated dream, the whole room still crackled with God’s electric presence. I lingered in that presence for twenty minutes or so before it dissipated. Strike the Mark As I lay there musing, What in the world was that about? I saw “Job 36:32” [...]
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 divine symphony according to the score of God’s Word. I have identified twelve distinct “sounds” that come forth in the orchestra of prayer. How many of these sounds are part of your prayer arsenal? 1. Thanksgiving Prayers of thanksgiving are like the first movement in a symphony. They open the way to a concert of worship and intercession. The psalmist declares, “Enter His gates with thanksgiving” (Psalm 100:4 NASB), [...]
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 during that time frame is being offered once again. I call it the Prophetic 2.0—in which we build on what has gone before us. In recent weeks, I have written on “5 Prophetic Words for 2019: Fresh Bread from Heaven” that have fallen into the ground in [...]
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 Day of Prayer for the Cherokee. We gave away hundreds of our Christian books and gave towards food distribution and education. Today, we invite you to join us in holding up the hands of two ministries we have partnered with for over a decade! GEM Missions donations [...]
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 is the Judge and we have a rightful position to present our case through our advocate and lawyer, Jesus Christ, the righteous! Primary Scripture Reference A Look at Hebrews 12:22-24: “But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly [...]
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 of prayer?” This sentence captured my attention, but I did not have time to ponder it, as it was time for me to deliver my next statement. Then the words, “Remember, what goes up must come down!” burst into my conscience. What was the Lord trying to tell [...]
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 the Jezebel Spirit, the Holy Spirit is ready to anoint Godly leaders and consecrated believers with His grace and power to over throw and displace every spirit of wickedness in Jesus name! Remember, every mess is an opportunity for God’s next miracle. So let it be in [...]
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 in the exact same timeframe, the seer prophet John Paul Jackson suddenly departed from this world. In the next two years, we had yet two more very anointed seer prophets graduate from this world to their true eternal one: Kim Clement and John Sandford. Just a few [...]