“Leave, leave, go out from there! Do not touch anything unclean; go out from her, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the Lord. For you will not leave in a hurry, and you will not have to take flight; because the Lord is going before you, and the God of Israel is your …
Tag: Kingdom
Sharpening my pencil
The Lord God has given me the tongue of the learned, that I may know how to sustain him who is weary with a word; He awakens me morning by morning; He awakens my ear to listen as the learned. Isaiah 50:4 No, its not an excuse or even a validation for my writings, but …
Silent Saturday
Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Silent Saturday, names so significant defining the days in the history of our faith! I try to understand the emotions and tension on the day of Jesus’ “death”. The pain of His family, the despair of His followers, the struggle of His betrayer... While death was the actual physical situation …
REST – The ultimate weapon
By Clay Sikes Is much chaos around you? Are you facing one challenge after another? Does hell seem to erupt against you in routine fashion? Do you see the world in greater levels of decay? The systems of men are dying; Babylon is falling and chaos spills over this planet is grand fashion. Could it …
The Restoration and Rise of Families!
By Katie Barker "I am raising up families who will minister together. These families will be markers of all I will bring forth in My Body, for I desire to see spiritual mothers and fathers equipping and releasing those coming after them into the fullness of the destiny I have for them. I desire to …
The Treasures of Africa
I am posting the last chapter of Vaughn Martin's book: Transforming the Heart of Africa and as far as I can see, the book is Out of Print and Limited Available. In the process of reconnecting the nation of Sweden to it's original calling, missions, sharing the love of God to the nations, God is helping us to focus …
So, how about Yesterday
As there will always be a yesterday, we are not so sure that there will be a tomorrow! But then what about yesterday, as we are so obviously being taught that looking back is a wrong thing to do. But reflecting yesterday from the perspective of approaching tomorrow is the wisest thing you can ever do. …
Nehemiah’s Concern
I wrote the header of this block some days ago and never finished as the title dropped in my spirit by seeing the efforts of so many beautiful young churches. Nehemiah was a man with an overview insight and a sensitive heart, which is a rare but essential combination. He saw the building efforts, heard …
Running Out of Oil?
The Parable of the 10 Virgins “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like 10 virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the groom. Five of them were foolish and five were sensible. When the foolish took their lamps, they didn’t take olive oil with them. But the sensible ones took oil …
Forerunners
GOD IS MAKING ALL THINGS EVIDENT IN THESE DAYS Words of prophecy: In these days, I am bringing my "forerunners" into perfect position - both spiritually and locationally. At times, this "transition" will cause you to experience a "seeming" disorientation that will lead you to feel a certain …
Teacher vs. Father
By Joshua Horak “For though you have countless guides [teachers] in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.” (1 Corinthians 4:15, ESV) It was my 13th birthday. Tragedy struck. My parents announced to my sister and I that they were getting a divorce. My father …
Songs of Ascents (13) – Resting Place
Psalm 132 David and Zion Chosen A song of ascents. 1 Lord, remember David and all the hardships he endured, 2 and how he swore an oath to the Lord, making a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob: 3 “I will not enter my house or get into my bed, 4 I will not allow my eyes to sleep …
Songs of Ascents (8) – Building the House
Psalm 127 The Blessing of the Lord A Solomonic song of ascents. 1 Unless the Lord builds a house, its builders labor over it in vain; unless the Lord watches over a city, the watchman stays alert in vain. In Vain 2 In vain you get up early and stay up late, working hard to have enough food— yes, He gives sleep …
As the System challenges me…
We have challenged the system and now the system (in us) is challenging us… Read 1 Peter 4 Following Christ 1 Therefore, since Christ suffered in the flesh, equip yourselves also with the same resolved — because the one who suffered in the flesh has finished with sin — 2 in order to live the remaining time in the flesh, no longer for human desires, but for God’s will. 3 For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the pagans choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry. 4 So they are surprised that …
Why Are My (Garden) Seeds Not Growing?
Have you ever wondered why your seeds failed to germinate properly? Seeding too deeply, planting in cold soil, extremes of watering, improper soil preparation, birds or squirrels and poor seed are the most common causes for seeds failing to germinate.Probably one of the most disappointing things in gardening is to have prepared the soil and …
This foreigner…
One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan. Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?” Then …
The Next Step
When the next step is too obvious, the chance of repeating the past is almost certain! But how come? We shout it out almost for decades, A New Thing Is Coming and as obvious is the repeating, so is the disappointment. Reading the post of my beloved "mentor" Ron McGatlin, could maybe help us to …
The Mother of us All (A MUST READ)
I really need to emphasise the significance of this message! A word in due season, a revealing and directive insight on where we are as the body of Christ today! PLEASE, TAKE TIME TO READ! By Ron McGatlin Sunday Morning May 11, 2014, around 3:30, I was awakened hearing a word from God. Fresh revelation of familiar …
What can we learn from Jesus about raising kids?
Struggling with the issue of culture and habits in the way we raise our children, being a "stranger" in an other culture, easily makes things the clash between different cultures. That's why I love this blog on raising it above our culture into His Culture!
The Message of The Kingdom (part 1)
In the coming week, I want to address the subject of The Kingdom of Heaven. When Jesus is learning us to pray, He teaches us this very important sentence: Let your Kingdom come and your will be done, on earth is it is in Heaven. We have seen kingdoms come and go. From secular, religious, …
From the heart of a father 