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Prophetic Activation
“To prophesy is to connect your tongue with God’s heart” (Pastor Les) This morning we experienced a small but powerful prophetic activation where Les spoke a ‘word’ over someone and then had 4 mothers ‘act’ out that word with hugs and whispers. It started (in Les) with an image, then an emotion and then morphed into a very short, sweet and powerful word of God moment for our friend. Pastor Les agrees with the Apostle Paul that all would…
What Does the Good Neighbor Give Away?
“Christians are not meant to be hiding in their homes hoping the world leaves them alone. We are called to be outside and changing our world one neighbor at a time” (Pastor Les) Many, maybe most, Christians believe that being a good neighbor is simply not being a bad, annoying neighbor. This idea that Jesus wants us to love our neighbors and that commandment is fulfilled by smiling, not getting drunk and yelling at 3:00 a.m. or keeping our yard…
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…
Walking with The Cross
“When we follow our compassion into the crowds, we will find Jesus there, doing amazing things thru us” (Pastor Les) I spent a 5-days in Costa Rica last week with my friend and Panamanian missionary Jim Sim. Each year, for years, we have set aside some days for prayer. I flew to Costa Rica and Jim travelled via bus from Boquete, Panama. The last few years God has been healing me in the area of my emotions. By healing I…
The Cross & Easter
“The Mother of All Bombs was dropped on the weight of sin that held us captive at the cross of Jesus. It obliterated my sins and they can no longer be found” (Pastor Les) The main point of the Easter story is that JESUS WAS DEAD BUT IS NOW ALIVE. The main point of the Easter story today, right now, it that I WAS DEAD BUT NOW I AM ALIVE! When we focus on The Cross without going to it…
The Cross & Palm Sunday
“When was the last time you went from praising Jesus to wanting him dead in your life? It probably wasn’t too long ago” (Pastor Les) It is so easy to give a cursory reading of Palm Sunday scripture and place ourselves in the camp of the people celebrating Jesus instead of the camp of the religious who were planning to kill Jesus. The angry religious people and the crowds crying Hosanna have a lot more in common than you might…