Psalm 71:6 By You I have been upheld from birth; You are He who took me out of my mother’s womb. My praise shall be continually of You. As I was waking this morning I heard the Lord say that his hand has been on my life since I was born and then a prophetic person sent this verse to me today. I think this is not coincidence but a way that God often speaks. I sense that this is a word for our generation. God has protected us for the hour at hand. Our destiny is about

The gift of prophecy is a powerful gift from the Lord. I have operated in this gift for about 14 years. When it first started operating I was a little overwhelmed. I understood by revelation that God was restoring the gift of Elijah in this hour. I knew that the heart of God was being revealed for people’s lives. The way this gift operated for me in the beginning is that I sort of had a knowing of things in people’s lives. I remember sitting with a friend and knowing t

Speaking in tongues is so powerful. I speak in tongues more than I am aware. There are many times that suddenly I find myself just pouring my heart out in praises in a tongue that I am not familiar with. I grew up Pentecostal. It was the tradition that my forefathers adhered to. I find myself inspired by their faith, but I consider myself Christian more than Pentecostal now. But speaking in tongues was something that I learned when I was still a teenager. In fact, it

Oh the Love of Jesus that comes in his presence. There is such acceptance and feeling of fire inside his drawing. It is this warmth that God uses to bring us into the embrace of his loving arms. If you don’t know what I am talking about then there is another encounter for you in Jesus. The peace of God that transcends understanding is the fire that I speak of. Many of you have had encounters with this love. Perhaps there have been many storms that you have gone through

Many places where I go to minister I encounter people who have loved ones that do not know Jesus. We live in a prodigal generation. We live in a time when the darkness is very dark, when people call evil good and good evil. Modern morality and its definition of sexuality could not be further from what the gospel teaches as purity. We live in a generation when the political powers are trying to condemn through the law the Christian idea of sex and family. As Christia

The Shalom of God is the most amazing encounter that you will ever have. It really is what brought me into the kingdom and kept me in the Kingdom. It was the encounter with his manifest presence: His joy, well-being, kindness and love – that I remember when I was a boy and what I remember when I finally gave my heart to Jesus at the age of 32. I grew up in the church, dedicated my life to Christ at 7, and then again at 15, and I went to bible school and became a pastor by

Last summer my friend Kathy Walters posted a picture on Facebook of two gemstones that appeared in her house. One appeared on her husband David’s desk and an exact stone appeared near her grandson. These two stones were marvelous in beauty. There were two or three colors inside of each of them and they looked just alike. Well I felt this intense desire to see the same thing. Another friend of mine, Jeff Jansen tells a story of an angel handing him a red ruby. In fact,