Posts with the category “year-on-fire”

Every Christ-encountering upper room is designed to not only touch heaven, but also to touch the nations.  Read More

The Christ-encountering upper room is not just any prayer meeting. The single factor that sets apart the upper room is that it exists not to ask for God to meet our needs; it exists just to minister to God Himself.  Read More

Virtually every encounter with the manifest presence of God recorded in the Bible results in reaching the nations. No sooner did Isaiah see the Lord high and lifted up, than he is commissioned into his prophetic ministry.  Read More

God wants you to pray for the harvest and to pray for the harvesters.  Read More

There may be no greater privilege extended to us by God than the privilege of asking for the nations. Not only are we encouraged to ask for the nations, but God promises that He will give them to us.  Read More

You and I are part of “the generation of those who seek Him.” What an honor!  Read More

Our God is not only a Savior; He is also a Warrior. He is mighty in battle. He has never lost a fight. And He is not about to start now. He is always victorious.  Read More

Declarative prayer is a privilege you are invited to exercise. When God establishes people on earth who love His manifest presence and who ascend the hill of the Lord, He then puts within them a prophetic intercession to take authority over the governmental gates of their world.  Read More

Don’t waste your life climbing the wrong mountain. If you want to fulfill your life purpose, ascend the hill of the Lord.  Read More

Declaring with prayer the rightful ownership of Christ over the earth is not only appropriate; it is strategic. Psalm 24 is one of the great revival songs in the Bible. We will learn to declare Psalm 24 the way it was meant to be prayed.  Read More

The early disciples came to know Jesus better following His ascension into heaven than they did when they lived with Him for three years. The words, "He is not here, for He has risen," pointed them to the new normal. Think about it.  Read More

Today is a unique day on the Christian calendar-- the day between the Friday of Christ’s crucifixion and the Sunday of His resurrection.  Read More

Today is known as Good Friday, the day on the Christian calendar when we pause to honor the crucified Christ. At 12 noon that day, darkness was over the entire land until 3 PM.   Read More

On the Christian calendar, today is what is known as Maunday Thursday, or the Thursday prior to the crucifixion when Jesus gave the mandate to love one another. This was a major upper room encounter for Jesus and his disciples.  Read More

Christ is the Door and the Doorkeeper. He shuts doors that are impossible to open, and He opens doors that are impossible to shut. Of the seven “I AM” self disclosures Jesus gives in the Gospel of John, this Name has strategic significance for us as we pray.  Read More

On this day, April 15, in the year of our Lord 1906, God profoundly manifested His presence in the New Testament Church in Los Angeles pastored by Joseph Smale.  Read More

When you pray in the Name of Jesus, you are praying in the Name of the great I AM. Dating all the way back to Father God’s encounter with Moses in Exodus 3:14 when He declared, “I AM who I AM,” Jesus is now revealing Himself as one-in-the-same I AM.   Read More

In one way or another, effective prayer always leads by declaring the supremacy of Jesus’ Name.  Read More

When you pray, do you lead with Jesus’ Name? Or do you tack it on the end?  Read More

Declaring the deity of Christ in prayer is absolutely essential. Without it, our prayers will never get off the ground.  Read More

On this day, April 10, in the year of our Lord 1852, William Booth not only celebrated his twenty-third birthday, he became a full-time preacher in Clapham, England. William Booth went on to become one of the greatest evangelists and soul winners of his generation.  Read More

The Holy Spirit can pray up a storm in the weakest vessel. Do you qualify? Can you sincerely say, I do not know what to pray for as I ought?  Read More

The Name of Jesus is more than a password that gives you access to God in prayer. Jesus is a person who wants to take you by the hand today and give you access into the presence of your loving Father.  Read More

There is no more empowering name than the Name of Jesus. As you declare His Name in prayer today, remember, you are declaring the great I AM.  Read More

We are sheep and we need a shepherd; without a shepherd, we are lost.  Read More

Healthy Christians long for the visible, bodily return of Christ. They live in anticipation of His second coming. They even pray for His soon appearing.  Read More

When Jesus invites you to come, His invitation is instantly empowering. The full force of the resurrection is available when God says come.  Read More

When Jesus invites stressed out people to come to Him, He not only promises them His presence, He promises them peace and rest as well.  Read More

When God invites you to come to Him, He is not only giving you permission, He is giving you divine empowerment. Never walk away from God’s invitation to come, or you will be missing out on an opportunity of a lifetime.  Read More

On this day, April 1, in the year of our Lord 1906, William Seymour received his own personal Pentecost. Within eight days he would welcome the great Azusa Street Revival that would rock the nations. On this day, he received his own personal revival that rocked his soul.  Read More

On this day, March 31, in the year of our Lord 1739, John Wesley preached his first sermon. He stood in an open field as he preached his heart out.  Read More

As you pray for your pastor today, would you ask God to set him on fire?  Read More

As you pray today, it is important to declare the supremacy of Christ.  Read More

If you are having trouble loving someone, the problem may be more of a spiritual issue than a relational issue.  Read More

There are not many times in the Gospels where we find Jesus this impressed with someone’s faith.  Read More

God loves faith. He looks for faith. When Christ was physically here on earth, He was able to spot faith a mile away. It was as if He had a faith-Geiger counter inside His chest that would start to vibrate whenever He got close to faith.  Read More

Faith is not self generated; it is God-given. Most of us have faced dark moments when we have beaten ourselves up for having weak faith. We reason that since faith is required in order to get anything from God, when we are desperate for a miracle, we think we need to pump up our faith into a heightened state of optimism.  Read More

As you grow in Christ, you grow in faith and as you grow in faith, you grow in Christ. It’s not one without the other, but it is one in front of the other. When it comes to faith-building, you want Jesus to go first.  Read More

There is nothing more robust than new faith, and there is nothing more faith-building than the promises of God.  Read More

On this day, March 22, in the year of our Lord 1758, Jonathan Edwards died. He has been called by many the greatest American theologian who ever lived.  Read More