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The scary thing about prayer
When we pray we will learn to listen. That listening part gets scary. When I am listening I find the Lord challenging me for MORE. We need to hear from heaven. We need to hear HIS will. When he calls us out for more we need to respond. It is the work of prayer that scares me. The thing to…
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Prayer for Revival
It’s a song, really, but it’s on my heart: We praise Thee, O God! For the Son of Thy love, For Jesus who died, And is now gone above. Chorus: Hallelujah! Thine the glory, Hallelujah! Amen; Hallelujah! Thine the glory, Revive us again. Revive us again, For Thy Spirit of light, Who has shown us our Savior, And scattered our…
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Deep calling to deep
I experienced a type of prayer that I can’t remember going through (at least in quite some time). It was a deep calling to deep experience and I am so grateful for the Spirit walking me through it. When I went to bed I was mulling over yet another car repair and making sure we had enough money. Through the…
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Jesus will force you into some decision at some time
Faith isn’t simply an intellectual exercise. Faith is also about the heart… passion. When we truly understand our sins are forgiven, when all of that has truly hit us, the passion of thankfulness can be unleashed. It’s the picture of the woman washing Jesus’ feet with her tears (Luke 7:44-47). Dallas Willard puts it this way: “When we see Jesus as he…
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Is it YOUR vision or GOD’s vision?
Preparing for my message today out of Zechariah, this thought occurred to me: You can’t analyze your way to the fulfillment of a vision. It is GOD who fulfills the vision. We need God-sized thoughts and dreams that just can’t be fulfilled in our own power. I am praying for breakthrough in our lives for something so incredible, we will…
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It’s easy to have faith when the building is full
Who dares despise the day of small things, since the seven eyes of the LORD that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone in the hand of Zerubbabel? The New International Version. (2011). (Zec 4:10). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. In a day of mega everything, people find it easy to jump on board the train…
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The place of longing
There is a place of waiting God will take us. He will birth a dream in us and then it seems… the dream delays. The question at that point is this: “Will you keep pursuing? Will you keep asking? Will you keep longing for what God wants to do?” For there is still a vision for the appointed time; it…
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Praying for an Increase in Capacity for the Kingdom of God
2 Chron. 29:18-19 I have been challenged to pray for an INCREASE in capacity for the Kingdom of God. I am asking for my own life to be expanded so I can be more effective in my leadership as a pastor. There are so many things the Lord has given me in dreams for what is ahead, I know I…
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Why We Don’t Want Another Move of God
Call it revival, call it a “fresh outpouring,” call it a new move of God… What we generally want these days is the benefits of that move without the costs of that move. In the stories of Hezekiah and Josiah, the costs of a move of God aren’t just in prayer. If it was time in prayer, we would think about it… maybe. It’s the cost…
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Engaging the Kingdom — Ask, Seek, Knock
Matt. 7:7-11 Jesus seems to lay down the impossible before us when it comes to being in the Kingdom. The Sermon on the Mount can be read as incredibly demanding and grueling. The King doesn’t ask his disciples to do the impossible. He lays out the means to climb to what seems impossible. It lies in those very simple words:…
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