Genesis Six has one of the biggest buts in the Bible.
God was sorry that He had made man. He was grieved in his heart. Think about that. God was sorry he had made man. ouch.
So the Lord decides to destroy man. He decides to wipe out everyone because they’re so wicked. And not just destroy […]

My wife leads a prayer room team in the afternoons that has a strong focus on the power of the indwelling Christ, and communion with the Holy Spirt. She wrote up a handout debunking some myths concerning the person of the Holy Spirit, and I must say it’s outstanding.
Here are a few of the myths […]

I have recently been mowed over by my own ignorance. For years and years I have had grandiose aspirations of leadership within ministry and the Kingdom of God. I’ve gone through the “trick God by pretending you don’t want to be a leader, and then He’ll make you one” season and figured out that wasn’t […]

Revival is coming. I promise. It will come in ever-increasing waves before we see the height of what we are praying for. Those waves of revival will require a lot of us. They are the divine strategy of God to prepare us for the coming days ahead, when He pours out His Spirit like no […]

Intimacy with God is our only hope for maturity, power and happiness.
It was intended that we be friends of God
God is love—thus relating to Him in any other context is less than our highest invitation. He has invited, beckoned and even required us to love Him. To lean in and hear the secrets of His […]

Several months ago IHOP went through a season of being called higher by God. He called us come closer to Him and to grow in our maturity, intimacy and obedience.    I was in New Hampshire ruminating and hanging out with an old friend, and I remember Anna called me after the staff meeting where […]

I don’t know about you, but it is easy for me to get so focused on where I want to be that I forget about the whole in between part. You could call it the journey.
Most of us find our identity in who we want to be and we base our self-worth on the things […]

In context, this is a “take a step back” statement by Jesus.

Mr. Christ is talking with a young theologian about what is the greatest commandment. We all know how it goes;
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul mind and strength. And the 2nd is like it, love your neighbor as yourself.
So the […]

I AM CONTINUALLY meeting people or talking to old friends who have a sincere heart for God and are trying to live in wholeheartedness, but there’s something missing. They’re unwounded. The church is full of people who have not yet been wounded. They haven’t gotten the limp like Jacob; the coal like Isaiah; or been […]