129 Prophecies Fulfilled: Jesus as Messiah
As I compose this message, there is a growing conviction in my heart—the body of Christ needs a fresh reintroduction to Jesus as Messiah! In the church at large in recent years, there has been a good deal of necessary teaching about the Holy Spirit's gifts and empowering activity. There has also been a resurgence of amazing revelation of God as a good, good Father. My own life has greatly benefited from both of these revelations and teaching emphases. But recently, my heart has been turned anew towards the man Christ Jesus—salvation, a burden for souls, and the “Great Harvest.” Many charismatic churches do not [...]
2017 Year in Review
Greetings in the Powerful Name of Jesus! Looking back over this past year, it is remarkable what God has enabled us to accomplish. Thank you for helping us to equip the body of Christ! We appreciate you investing your time, prayer and resources to make the name of Jesus famous in the earth! Here is a brief review of what has happened in 2017 with your help: January–March: Almost 500 people joined us for the 12-Session Webinar Discerning the Times and Seasons, with Cindy Jacobs, Patricia King, and others February: God Encounters Ministries with James W. Goll was launched with a new website [...]
5 Prophetic Words for 2018
As we approach 2018, these are five clear prophetic words that I hear the voice of the Lord declaring. Join me in believing that we are moving from the Great Reformation to the beginning of the Great Transformation in the earth. We have just shifted into the New Hebrew year 5778 and in the civil calendar we are headed into 2018. 5 is the number of “grace” and 7 is the number of completeness. 8 is the number of a new beginning. So, there is “grace to complete old tasks in order to proceed into the new things” that the Lord has for [...]
Miracles and Gifts: What They Have in Common & How to Receive Them
I've been reflecting lately on what miracles and gifts have in common. You do not earn them. You cannot perform well enough to deserve them. And they are freely given by the Holy Spirit. In fact, if the truth were to be told, a miracle is a gift. And like all of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, a miracle is a demonstration of the depths of God's immense love. The spiritual gifts are given to flow through us as acts of mercy, kindness, and love toward others. In other words, we cannot hoard them and keep them to ourselves. These grace [...]
Who Do You Say that I Am?
Who do you say that I am? This is the most important question of all time and history. Who is this man, Jesus? What are His claims? What did He do? What does He do today? As it was at that literal moment, so it is today. It takes God's help to know who God is! It takes the ministry of the Holy Spirit to reveal to us who this glorious man Christ Jesus really is. Upon entry into the district of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus began asking His disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” Some answered, “Some say you are [...]
Exposing the Religious and Political Spirit
The religious and political spirits are alive and well in the world today. We see their influence, but we Christians often cannot discern what is really going on. We cast blame right and left on a human level, failing to expose the demonic influences around us. We may even be part of the problem. Yet with the Spirit of Jesus Christ living inside us, we have both a responsibility to address these demonic influences and the ability to do so. Jesus is still in the captive-freeing business today, right where you live. It was no surprise when Jesus stood up in His [...]
4 Ways Evil Spirits Deceive—And How to Avoid Them!
Deceitful, unclean spirits are always lurking in the shadows, looking for some way to dissuade us from faithfully following God. We need to be on our guard at all times. Their insinuations are deceptive, manipulative, seductive, and alluring. Demons lure people from a position of stability into instability in an attempt to capture them in their web of lies. “The Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons.” —1Timothy 4:1 (NASB) We can count on the Holy Spirit to help us discern and detect the presence and tactics [...]
In Turbulent Times, One Simple Choice Changes Everything!
In today’s global society we continue to see an increase of violence, rampant shootings, riots, tumultuous weather patterns, racial strife, instability in North Korea, chaos in Syria and the Middle East, Russia’s re-emergence, and wars and rumors of wars (Matthew 24:3-14). How are we to respond in these perilous times? (2 Timothy 3:1) These events leave us with a simple choice that we must make. This one question must be answered: Will we respond in Fear or Faith? In a time of confusion, strife and fierce anti-Semitism, the stateswoman Corrie Ten Boom declared, “There is no panic in heaven! God has no [...]