Empowering Women Today
Today I want to give you an encouragement. Whether you are a man or woman, young or old. You can be part of the company being raised up today of those who will proclaim the word of the Lord. But I particularly want to focus on empowering women today! In the New King James version, Psalm 68:11 says, “The Lord gave the word; Great was the company of those who proclaimed it.” As powerful as this is, the New American Standard Version 1995 (as well as the Amplified Bible), provide a different rendering of this verse, “The Lord gives the command; The [...]
Dare to Dream
I want to issue this challenge to you: Dare to dream! We’ve got to be free to see, but we can’t see if we’re bound up in fear. Have you ever been introduced to someone and not caught his or her name because you were so concerned about what you were going to say in response? That’s intimidation. Once you are free of it, you can look at someone and think about that person rather than worrying about yourself. In that way, you can be God’s hands and God’s voice to people and build bridges of love, not fear. Getting rid of [...]
A Call to Mount the Walls For Jerusalem
"I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth." Isaiah 62:6-7 (NIV) Could we be living in a Historic Defining Moment right now? There is what can be called Defining Moments in a person's life, and even a Defining Moment in a Generation. I believe we are in the midst of one of those Defining Moments right now! Let me tell you a narrative that takes place 40 years [...]
Drop Your Anchor: 3 Essential Core Values
We all face uncertain times. The book of Hebrews uses pictorial language describing this as an anchor. “This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and reliable and one which enters within the veil.” Hebrews 6:19. Now, the imagery of an anchor obviously creates a picture of a boat that is going through winds and waves of uncertain circumstances. The sail, of course, is used to catch the wind to help drive us along in our course of direction. But the anchor is dropped through the tossing of the waves of uncertainty all the way down [...]
Revival: Lasting Change or a Passing Cloud
Wisdom is needed for any move of God to be sustained. When revival comes, the presence of these three components determines whether it will bring lasting change or be a passing cloud. They are the Holy Spirit’s: 1. Power, 2. Fruit, and 3. Wisdom. We have had revivals before, haven't we? We have had moves of the Spirit where people come and catch fire but the region or city where the move is taking place is left unchanged. And we have had renewals where a lot of people get filled and it does very little to bring any dimension of societal transformation [...]
Become the Revelation: Incarnate God’s Word
As a prophet and a teacher, I talk a lot about the subject of revelation. But in the pursuit of revelation, it is often easy to miss its purpose. The heart of God is that we become the revelation, and incarnate God’s word—in other words, for us to look like, sound like, and act like Jesus! One of the people I have the honor of working with is Jeffrey Thompson, who serves as a project director for God Encounters Ministries. Here he describes a revelatory experience he had with the Lord that expresses this theme well: “One day not long ago, I [...]
Do Not Despise the Days of Small Beginnings
Have you ever struggled with having a big dream but you weren’t sure where to start to see it fulfilled? You might feel stuck right now because you know that you have a God-sized dream on the inside of you. But… how do you get there? Whatever you do, do not despise the day of small beginnings. Scripture gives us a VERY important truth regarding this. Zachariah 4:10a says, “For who has despised the day of small things?” NKJV “Who [with reason] despises the day of small things (beginnings)?” AMP Every big dream you have ever seen fulfilled has started small (from [...]
Contending Altars of Worship
Just like in the times of Elijah and Jezebel, today we are contending for the altars of worship. As you may be aware, in the recent Grammy awards ceremony there was a performance that literally portrayed Satanic worship. In 1 Kings 18:21, Elijah is speaking to the people in his famous showdown with Ahab, Jezebel, and the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel. He says, “How long will you falter between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him and if Baal, then follow him.” Then the text notes an interesting observation, “But the people answered him not a word.” I [...]