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The Invisible Presence Produces Tangible Change

Jesus said that if “we believe, then we will see”, making a case for this idea that IF we will do something ‘invisible’ within us then our eyesight will change. The Presence of God, which isn’t of earthly substance,  hovered over Mary, planted a supernatural seed within her and, over time produced a baby.  The Baby Jesus, Who grew up to be our Lord and Savior.  Something not of this world interacted with the biology of this world and changed…

3 Levels of Thanksgiving

Our working definition for Gratitude is: A tangible expression of thanksgiving that flows from our confident belief that God is Good. We begin with this startling idea that not being thankful is living life against the will of God and that your lack of gratitude is a great indicator of a wounded place in your heart.  Boom! All thanksgiving is not created equal!  The 3 levels of thanksgiving are… Being thankful for what you have Being thankful IN what you…

How Kingdom Reflects & Works in Church

“The Kingdom of God brings forth the church, not the church The Kingdom” (Jim Becton) Our friend and apostolic leader of Father’s Heart Ministries takes us on a deep and insightful journey of what the Kingdom of God is and how it is to work in the church. There is an Apostolic Process that God wants to utilize in order to advance the Kingdom of God and, in part, it looks like… Identifying gifts and callings of the body of…

The Kingdom of Heaven is Designed to Expand

“He (Jesus) also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.” (Mark 4:26 NIV) The Rule of God is like seed—when it is planted, it multiplies.  The Government of God is like seed—when it is planted, it expands and changes things.  The Ways of God in Heaven, when brought to earth, takes Dead things and brings them alive.  Think about seed and how much it produces, how much it changes the…

Breaking Poverty Thinking thru Prophetic Activation

“The most powerful act you can do to break the poverty mentality is to learn how to receive from God AND to receive things from God thru people. ”  (Pastor Les) Sunday, December 31, 2017,  the last Sunday of 2017, was the Sunday we handed out 15 $100 bills For about 4 weeks God had been telling me, “I want to break Poverty Thinking off of people.”  I know the rut of poverty thinking well and I have experienced the annoyance of a very…

How to Break Free from Poverty Thinking

“Is the Spirit of poverty a demonic influence or a pattern of thinking?” (Pastor Les) Do you want your children to live in poverty or prosperity?  Our nation to live in poverty or prosperity?  Of course you want your children to be prosperous in relationships, jobs, health and finances! Poverty is the state of being extremely poor; the state of being inferior in quality of insufficient in amount.   Prosperity is a successful, flourishing or thriving condition. Poverty thinking comes from a wrong view…

God Always Holds His Hand Out to Us

“There is not a single place in this world or in our heart where God will not travel with us if we would only invite Him” (Les) God is always offering His hand to us.  We have an image of Him pushing us around and forcing us to do what He wants us to do but that is not a true image of our Good Father. Would you put your hand out, offer it to God and believe that He…

Reclaiming Destiny with Clay Nash

“God wants us to tap into our righteous history and bring it forward” (Clay Nash) Pastor and author Clay Nash visited with us this past weekend and shared a challenging message of destiny.   The enemy comes along and seeks to steal, kill and destroy our destiny by doing four things… Questions our destiny Tries to get us to perform to prove identity Offers us power without process or pain Invites us to fall into the sin of presumption “IF…

The Art of Finding Vision

Lots of people struggle with admitting to having vision yet every one of us has vision.  Pastor Les breaks down Proverbs 29:18 and describes vision as both deeply spiritual and fiercely practical. The Bible teaches that we receive vision four different ways… Thru God and angels Thru experiences, such as prophecy, vision, etc. Thru scripture Thru natural functions You may be surprised to learn that Nehemiah did not have a vision to save the city but rather a deep desire.  And,…
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