Thursday, November 15, 2007

Addendum to Our November E-magazine

An Increase in God’s Presence


More than ever, I see the combination of worship, prayer and the prophetic powerfully working together. They are the “One-Two-Three” knock-out punch needed on the worship scene today. Signs and wonders will increase as this combination continues to surface in our worship services.

If you haven’t already done so, take a look at the latest posts on our e-devotional. There you will see a series I recently brought, entitled, “Eight Purposes for Signs and Wonders”.

We are currently involved in the gathering of the families of the nations to worship our King, Jesus! What a glorious hour! Even the prophets of old longed to be where we are – at this point in time and history. We encourage you to continually “press in” - with every opportunity you can – to receive all that heaven is sending your way. Set your expectation on God. You’ll never be sorry. I promise!

A City Set on a Hill


Much emphasis has been placed upon Church Growth in the couple of decades. To our own dismay, there has been limited fruit at best in most places. Much disappointment and disillusionment has set in and some have even fallen out of the race.

But if we examine closely Jesus’ words “You are city set on a hill, which cannot be hid”, we will see that “church growth” is God’s idea – done His way. He wants the Church to succeed; He wants the Church to flourish. However, “the way up is down” is still His way. If we will stay on our face (for this is the position a city is laid out upon the horizon), this position of intercession will bring out many new discoveries, such as: knowing exactly where the harvest is (for Jesus is the Lord of the Harvest); knowing how and when to go into spiritual warfare; and a hosts of other Kingdom of heaven strategies reserved for the end times.

More than ever, we have the opportunity to do things God’s way. When we do it His way, we will get His results! It’s time to contend for it. But contending begins with getting on our faces first. When the time is right, God will speak from His holy hill, saying, “Do you hear the rustling of the trees? Now is the time to move forward.” How cool is that?