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The Heart of Prophecy

“I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be edified.” (I Corinthians 14:5) God has given us spiritual gifts to bless the world around us yet we spend so much time explaining them away.  Why do we fight so hard against these things? Is pride or false humility keeping you from…

Recovering Destiny with Cherie Bosch

“We are so frequently stolen from that we don’t even know what is stolen!”  (Cherie Bosch) Did you know that in scripture a thief is to pay 7x’s what was stolen?  Did you know that you can chase down the enemy and recover your destiny plus more?  How many of you want back what the enemy has stolen plus a heavy interest payment? Every one of us has been hijacked in some area of our destiny.  Our friend Cherie Bosch…

Prophecy is Our Tongue Connected to God’s Heart

“Prophecy is the love language of God”   (Kris Vallottoon) Pastor Les takes us thru a small portion of Ezekiel 37 at a time when God takes Ezekiel on a walk thru a valley of dry bones.  We discover that… God doesn’t ask Ezekiel for his opinion but his faith We never get to decide what is dead If we don’t speak then things will remain dead We speak God’s heart, not our opinions Les challenges us to prophesy scripture…

You Can Prophesy Today

“Why did the Prophetic nature of Jesus wreck the Religious? Not because it pointed out their sin but because it highlighted God’s love for the Sinner!” (Pastor Les) We assume that the Fruit of the Spirit is to be manifest in our daily lives but rarely do we imagine that the Gifts of the Spirit are to be manifest regularly in our lives. The Apostle Paul says that he would like everyone in the Church at Corinth to speak in…

3 Faith Increasing Beliefs

“If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given unto him.  But he must ask in faith, without doubting…” (James 1:5-6a) We are called Believers, not Feelers.  We are a Faith-Based Community and not a community of Thinkers.   Our feelings, thoughts and actions are meant to follow our FAITH.  Instead, we allow our thoughts, emotions and experiences shape our faith.   When we believe God’s…

A Culture of Faith & Risk

Faith is confidence in God–that God is who He says He is and that we are who He says we are.  Faith is confidence in the voice that comes from the One we cannot see.  Without faith it is impossible to please God, yet we almost always see faith as the way to see miracles instead of the way to enter into a deeper, more trusting relationship with a Good Dad (see Hebrews 11:6).  It is from the midst of…

A Culture of Joy

 God says, “I made you awesome and unique, to bring glory to My name!” and then we add in the fine print “And you will be miserable and unhappy and won’t have any fun at all”. (Pastor Les) Whenever joy is brought up really good Christians often go on a rant about how God doesn’t care about us being happy or about having fun.  It is almost as if any conversation exploring joy must be shut down before someone smiles…