The “Formula” for Maximized Ministry
In a day where the church is driven by formulas, let me share a can't miss "formula" for filling a church to capacity, seeing altars lined with penitent sinners, having walls covered with no-longer-needed braces and wheelchairs, experiencing unprecedented worship where the people are passionate participators and not unengaged spectators, and inviting glorious demonstrations of the Holy Spirit's presence as seen throughout the Book of Acts. I'm taking this Book of Acts "formula" from a book that is a classic Christ the Healer written by a man that was mightily used of God in the area of...
Put Your Passion on Display
A few weeks ago, I was on an airplane sitting beside a stranger for one eternally long flight. After the usual small talk, he asked me about my occupation. (Big mistake!) It wasn't long into the conversation that he commented about my passion for seeing a move of God sweep across our nation. Recently while attending a luncheon, I sat across the table from a beautiful young couple that were children's pastors in a tremendous church. Again, after just a few minutes of talking about the need for churches to allow the Holy Spirit to be Himself, they too commented about my passion. If this was a...
The Hearing/Obeying Factor
Are you sitting down? Here's a shocker for you. This isn't going to be a lengthy post. In fact, it is probably one of the shortest blog postings that I have ever written. It's just a quick verse followed by an important thought. If you read through this just to say that you've read the blog, you'll be through in less than sixty seconds. But, if you meditate on these 167 words, it might become something that you will practice for a lifetime. Here's the verse ... "For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to ..." Acts 15:28 Here's one thing that I know to be a fact. The Holy Spirit that...
Blind No More!
Can I share something that I have discovered in our travels and ministry in Pentecostal/Charismatic churches across the nation? As I teach on "Why I Pray in the Spirit" in church after church, I am seeing over and over again that many Jesus-loving believers that claim to be Spirit-filled are absolutely clueless about the importance and benefits that come from daily praying in the Spirit. To many, speaking in other tongues as mentioned in the Book of Acts and Paul's letters to the Corinthians is a mystery. While praying in a heavenly prayer language was clearly seen at their initial infilling...
This Makes Me Wanna’ Shout!
The Word of God constantly amazes me. Like you, I've read and reread the Bible and, still to this day through the enablement of the Holy Spirit, I see things that I've never noticed before. It almost makes me want to double-check to see if the ink has dried since God slipped the update into His book. Here is an example ... "The former account, indeed, I made concerning all things, O Theophilus, that Jesus began both to do and to teach," Acts 1:1 (New Century Version) In my devotions, I've read this verse so, so many times. And, I've even included the verse in many sermons. I have usually...
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