Posts with the category “year-on-fire”

The essence of sin is walking away from the manifest presence of God.  Read More

On this day, November 7, in the Year of our Lord, 1918, William Franklin Graham, Jr. was born. Billy Graham would go on to become not only the greatest American evangelist, but the person who would preach the Gospel to more people than anyone else in history—2.2 billion people (including live audiences, radio and television broadcasts).  Read More

There is no safer place on earth to hide than in the manifest presence of Christ.  Read More

We have all heard the statement, “Don’t just stand there, do something”. Often, however, God says, “Don’t just do something, stand there”. Face it, God’s kingdom is often counter intuitive.  Read More

Every child of God can hear the voice of God. It’s simple! When we initially respond to the Holy Spirit and cry out, “Daddy! Papa! Father!”, it is God’s Spirit talking to our human spirit, convincing us that we are His child. If you want to learn to consistently hear God’s voice, this is where you start. This is Hearing 101.  Read More

No one seeks for God. This is a foundational reality that is essential to fully realize—our internal ability to desire God and to seek after God is broken beyond repair.  Read More

There is no better way to start the day than by being awakened by the voice of God speaking in your ear. Sometimes minutes before your alarm goes off, and sometimes in the middle of the night, God will awaken you to pray  Read More

On this date, November 1, in the Year of our Lord 1934, Billy Graham received Christ as His Savior. He was 16 years of age.  Read More

On this day, October 31, in the year of Lord 1904, the manifest presence of Christ was poured out on Evan Roberts and the seventeen young adults who stayed with him to pray in Moriah Chapel in New Qua, Wales (where he would later be buried at the age of seventy-three.)  Read More

When you pray Your kingdom come you have authority to pray down righteousness, peace, and joy not only on yourself, but on your family, church family, and community. Think about it. What a high calling and privilege!  Read More

When you pray Your kingdom come, you are praying the power of God to be expressed in signs and wonders. It is all too easy to talk about the kingdom, but talk is cheap. Your children want more than words; they want to see power.  Read More

When you pray Your kingdom come you are praying for salvation. Is it not a great blessing to know that you have authority to pray for the salvation of your loved ones? It is part of your nobility as a son or daughter of the King to be able to effectively pray for the salvation of family members and friends. Don’t ever stop.  Read More

As you pray Your kingdom come, whether you know it or not, you are inviting God to shake up the spiritual realm around you. You are inviting the kingdom of Christ to evict and overthrow the kingdom of darkness.  Read More

The more you pray the kingdom the more your strength of spirit will increase. You will be praying with greater and greater passion and intensity because those who pray the kingdom receive the kingdom.  Read More

God wants to not only teach you what to look for in order to recognize His kingdom, He wants you to pray with your eyes open so that you know how to recognize the kingdom when it comes.  Read More

It is essential to have an accurate view of Christ when you pray.   Read More

When the Apostle John saw the risen, ascended, glorified, exalted Christ, he saw Him standing in the middle of seven flame holders. The Greek word used here is LUXNOS, which represented a freestanding piece of furniture that held oil and was continuously lit as a flame holder. This means that the church exists for one primary purpose: to hold out the flame of the manifest presence of Christ.  Read More

No one knew Jesus better than the Apostle John who was called the beloved disciple. John laid his head against Jesus’ chest. He had been invited into Jesus’ closest circle of friends, and when His mother stood at the foot of the cross watching Jesus die, the Lord said to John, Here is your mother.  Read More

The Apostle John was a political prisoner of Rome on the island of Patmos when he was conspicuously re-filled with the Holy Spirit. Within moments he encountered the manifest presence of Christ in a way he had never encountered Him before.  Read More

Every encounter with the manifest presence of Christ thrusts you more forcefully on mission with God. When the Apostle John was utterly ravaged by encountering the glorified, ascended, exalted Christ and was reduced to a heap of ashes in true, on-your-face worship, Jesus didn’t leave him there on the floor.  Read More

Fear is often the natural response when you encounter the manifest presence of Christ because you are encountering the unknown.  Read More

Imagine feeling the hand of God on your shoulder, or on your forehead. Most of us will never experience that sensation, but the Apostle John did. You can know, however, the reality of what God’s hand transmitted to John.  Read More

You always want to be battle-ready to face the day. Since both your authority and your identity are in Christ, you can confidently put on your battle-ready armor right now.  Read More

Every morning when you get out of bed, no matter what else you will face that day, your two most significant battles are these: 1) Will you praise the Lord? 2) Will you encounter the steadfast love of God? If you can win these two battles, you can win every other issue you face.  Read More

Every promise God gives to us in the Bible is a means by which He intends us to encounter His manifest presence and to actually become partakers of the divine nature.  Read More

When King David was in crisis mode following his lapse in judgment and moral failure, he took firm hold of the attributes of God in prayer—His steadfast love and abundant mercy.  Read More

On this day, October 13, in the year of our Lord 1971, God wonderfully manifested His presence in Saskatchewan, Canada. Pastor Bill McLeod invited evangelists Ralph and Lou Sutera to speak at his church.  Read More

It is in the act of being worshipped that God often chooses to reveal Himself.   Read More

All true worship rises out of an encounter with Christ; it expresses itself in a profound appreciation of God’s Name. In these two verses from Psalm 18, King David declares no fewer than ten distinct names of God. Powerful!  Read More

On this day, October 10, in the year of our Lord 1821, Charles Finney encountered the manifest presence of Christ. He fell weeping at Jesus’ feet and cried out, “‘I receive the mighty baptism of the Holy Ghost’…without expecting it,  Read More

Tomorrow marks a significant anniversary. On October 10, in the year of our Lord 1942, a revival broke out at the Missionary Training Institute in Nyack, New York. A.W. Tozer was the speaker.   Read More

King David often began his prayer by appropriately declaring the Name of God . He teaches us an important principle—the Name of God is given to us as a powerful weapon for us to use in prayer as we enter into God’s presence and advance His kingdom.  Read More

When you pray, don’t waste your time praying from a spirit of rejection. The orphan spirit has no place in your prayer life. God the Holy Spirit has not given you a spirit of slavery so that you fall back into fear of rejection.  Read More

To be filled with the Holy Spirit is to be filled with the love of God.  Read More

On this day, October 5, in the Year of our Lord 1703, Jonathan Edwards was born to the Reverend and Mrs. Timothy Edwards. The young Jonathan quickly distinguished himself as a child prodigy, learning to read Latin by the age of six and writing remarkable treatises on insects, botany and science by the age of eleven.  Read More

If you lose contact with the love of God, your prayer life will shrivel up like a dead frog on an expressway. The fastest way to revive your prayer life is to begin your time of Christ-encountering prayer each day by receiving a fresh infilling of His overwhelming love for you.  Read More

Too many people have turned their prayer lives into an anxiety session. They pray themselves into a nervous frenzy. They are more upset and worried about life after they are finished praying than when they started. This is messed up.  Read More

If your prayer life has become dry and boring, I can almost guarantee why. Most likely, you have made your prayer time more about your love for Him than about His love for you. It’s time to reverse your focus.  Read More

Let’s not make prayer too complicated. The greatest commandment is love. God is love. What motivates all true prayer is love.  Read More

Christ invites you to frequently spend an hour with Him in prayer just as He invited His disciples. Why? Very simply, because He loves you and He wants to spend time with you.  Read More