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 want to be like John the Beloved, leaning my head on His chest, and then telling others about Him. Do you love Him? If you love Him, your heart will overflow with words about Him. In loving Him, none of us will be exactly like Anna, because [...]
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 new breed of radical, fierce, yet humble and broken intercessors is emerging on the scene? Remember Psalm 24:1: “The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains.” We are seeing a joining together of the offices of priest and prophet. After years of observing the ravages of the serpent’s [...]
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 that we receive for accuracy, authority, and validity. The following truths are for all of us—whether you are an acknowledged seer prophet or everyday believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. Let’s drop the plumb line of God’s Word in our lives! Does the revelation edify, exhort, or console? [...]
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 astounding transformations that still affect that region and the world at large. Most significantly, from the moment the Iron Curtain began to unravel, the number of Jewish immigrants making “aliyah” to their biblical homeland increased dramatically. Before the beginning of the end, Russian Jews were rarely allowed [...]
Parenting and the Prophetic: Lessons Learned
Family BackgroundFor years, I have wanted to share some of our family's personal pilgrimage as it pertained to raising children in a highly prophetic culture and attempting to be naturally supernatural. Michal Ann and I had the honor of bringing four wonderful children into the world: Justin, GraceAnn, Tyler, and Rachel. They were miracle children as we were told it was impossible for us to have our own biological children naturally. But then there was God and this was how we learned the art of Prophetic Intercession.With each child came amazing dreams and visions from the Lord, open visitations from angels, and messages [...]
A History of the Watch of the Lord
LESSONS FROM THE MORAVIANS A Prayer Meeting that Lasted 100 Years by Leslie K. Tarr FACT: The Moravian community of Hernnhut, Saxony, in 1727, commenced an around-the-clock “prayer watch” that continued non-stop for over a hundred years. FACT: By 1792, 65 years after commencement of that prayer vigil, the small Moravian community had sent 300 missionaries to the ends of the earth! Could it be that there is some relationship between those two facts? Is fervent intercession a basic component in world evangelization? The answer to both questions is surely an unqualified “yes.” The heroic eighteenth century evangelization thrust of the Moravians [...]
A Tribute to Seer Prophet Bob Jones
On February 14th, 2014, Valentine's Day, heaven gave a shout as Bob Jones, prophetic Papa to many a friend of Jesus, graduated from this earthbound life, sprouted wings, and flew through the OPEN DOOR. After all, this is the Year of the Open Door! How fitting for this giant to ascend on the day set aside to express love. He is now forever joined with his first love - Jesus. I first met Bob Jones during Mike Bickle's infamous Joel's Army 21 Fast in May of 1983 in Kansas City, Missouri. I had already prayed for ten years for the School of the [...]
ACPE Word of the Lord for 2014
Untitled Document www.generals.org Each year, as we have since 1999, the Apostolic Council of Prophetic Elders meets before the New Year to pray and seek the Lord for a word. In 2011 we added a group of emerging prophetic leaders that, this year, we consider fully seasoned members of our round table and we include their input as well into the word of the Lord. The ACPE carries the conviction that we are to function as an Acts 13:1-3 group. This passage notes that it was the Holy Spirit releasing a prophetic word as a consensus of the prophets as opposed [...]