Tullian Tchividjian, grandson of Billy Graham, inspires me with some of his teachings, particularly when he makes the unequivocal statement that ‘Jesus+nothing=Everything’ something inside of me erupts with truth-affirming joy. Apostles, Prophets and evangelists have to realise that as they set out their conferences and seminars, that those events are not a means to an end of establishing… Read More »
Here is a well known story that is loaded with meaning and lessons… “And when they (the sons of the prophets) came to the Jordan, they cut down trees. But as one was felling a log, his axe head fell into the water, and he cried out, “Alas, my master! It was borrowed”. Then the man of God said,… Read More »
And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. (Acts 2:42) The early church was close enough both to Jewish tradition and custom and also to the experiences of the apostles to know that high on the list of importance in devotional matters, was prayer. Obviously there was… Read More »
Prophetic ministry is known for its ability to hear what God is saying, but almost all the prophetic people I know would agree that you can’t always guarantee that you will hear God, or that you will hear him accurately. Sometimes God is simply not saying anything! Sometimes it is a matter of ‘hear what He is saying,… Read More »
After just experienced the most astonishing three years of his life, seeing miracle after miracle and hearing the most profound and life-transforming words to ever be uttered from the lips of man, Peter the fisherman, disciple, apostle is at a place where grace is about to define his future. God really loves us? Apart from Jesus, we have… Read More »
There is a reason why the pure in heart see God (Matthew 6) and probably, it’s not what you expect. In the great quest for intimacy that all mankind are encouraged to pursue there is something admirable for us to pursue, but it is set against much of what people, even leaders say, think or imagine. It actually… Read More »
It doesn’t matter what you have seen, heard, touched, tasted, felt or encountered in the most dynamic lifetime, it doesn’t end here. This is not the final chapter of the story. There is so much more, so much, much more to come. What has happened so far in a mere handful of thousands of years of history is… Read More »
Elijah appears suddenly on the pages of scripture and history with no introduction. His ministry was nothing short of phenomenal and faith-inspiring, and despite the insistence of James that Elijah was, ‘a man just like us’, (James 5:17) you are left wondering what it would have been like if both he and his successor, Elisha, had continued in… Read More »
Habakkuk’s cry in his prophecy is a stirring inspiration for prayer, “O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear?” Those words, “HOW LONG? are deeply emotive. I think God wants them in our peripheral vision. They are more than nostalgia, they are a cry for God’s intervention. It is a prayer that… Read More »
The pace of change today is simply breath-taking. Nothing and no-one is exempt, the only thing guaranteed for the future is there will be yet more change. In the face of the dark days we are in it is a grim and sobering venture as we face the challenges and opportunities of the years to come. The apostle Paul… Read More »
Do you know what the gospel is all about – do you understand it well? I’m not sure if Einstein actually made the assertion that, “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough”, but I do know that RC Sproul said something similar suggesting that sometimes the only way that you could fully grasp a… Read More »
There is a massive interest in visions worldwide. Enter the word ‘visions’ on the internet search engine and you will be presented with a staggering 13,600,000 entries. (‘Dreams’ was over 32 million!) ra’ ah A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively. What is it about visions that so impacts the prophetic, what does the Bible say about… Read More »
Our great source of comfort, and something that we have a tendency to forget quickly is the omnipresence of God. He is everywhere, at once, all the time. If you travel to the deepest depths of the oceans, or if you were able to lift a rock on the most distant planet in the universe, He is there.… Read More »
I’m not sure that we have fully understood the immense value of the God-given ability to speak in other tongues that has been bestowed graciously on the Spirit-filled believer in these days. In fact, I don’t believe that we have ever as the Church, fully grasped the overwhelming benefit and purpose of God-given ability to speak in tongues.… Read More »
It is a long time since the Church encountered an individual with fiery, burning vision like Wesley, Whitfield, Knox and Edwards. The radical and passionate cry of John Hyde “O God! Give me souls or I die” has long since been registered as one of the ‘brave-heart’ cry of leaders from another century, another time. Significantly, the Pentecostal revival… Read More »
God still uses people with bad character. Character is our commitment to doing the right thing regardless of the personal cost. It’s been said that character is defined by what you do when you think no one is watching. Character involves the will to respond to values, principles and core values, rather than to the huge onslaught of appetites,… Read More »
The Bible tells us about some extraordinary acts of faith and obedience exhibited in the lives of ordinary people in the face of adversity, hardship and persecution. It also tells stories of the encounters of prophets that many in modern society have sought to emulate, but very few have actually experienced, despite their claims. There is something strangely… Read More »
I can only think of two people that I have met in the last 34 years who wouldn’t say a hearty, “Yes!” to the question of having an increase in the anointing on their life and ministry. Who wouldn’t say yes to such an increase? What would you say – especially in this day and age? Interestingly, both… Read More »
I found it interesting that when I looked up the subject of interpretation of tongues on the internet, that most of the explanations come bouncing off of the screen with a fair degree of legalism. It has to be said that rules and regulations grip the heart of many, even those who are moving in the gifts of… Read More »
There is a chance that Flavius Josephus, the Jewish historian may be wrong when he states that between the time of Malachi and the birth of Christ that there was 400 years of prophetic silence. Between the canonical prophet, Malachi and the birth of Christ there was a long period of silence, but It is important for us… Read More »