I think we are ready for the next level, the next breakthrough. Consider the former years: Five years ago were your song services different? Was the seating arrangement different? Were the services different? Before there is the creativity of God, there is the chaos (Genesis 1:2). The devastation has to come to an existing order… Continue reading The challenge of change
Category: Body ministry
An exhortation on worship
This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24, KJV. I find my heart singing, bubbling, looking up to the Lord continually. This is a day for all of us to be especially alerted to encourage one another (I Thessalonians 5:8–11). Too many people are… Continue reading An exhortation on worship
To wean or not to wean? that is the question
Sometimes we find that over the course of the last few years, people have come into this walk with God without really knowing the basic principles which had been taught before. It is good to review these basic foundations. It helps keep us within the divine order that the Lord revealed to us and directs… Continue reading To wean or not to wean? that is the question
“One answer for a thousand problems”
This Word sets forth a vision, a revelation from the Scriptures, which will combine the relationship of worship and warfare with certain requirements God wants from each of us in Body ministry. In Colossians 3:16–17 we find truths which are very necessary for our hearts in relationship to our walk with the Lord and our… Continue reading “One answer for a thousand problems”
Encouraging the father’s family
This is a Word to the Heavenly Father’s family. It emphasizes two ingredients, opportunity and encouragement, which are necessary for our ministry and function as members of the Body of Christ, members of the Father’s family. The Scriptures show us how to give encouragement to our brothers and sisters right at the moment when it… Continue reading Encouraging the father’s family
The burden we don’t share
In the spiritual battles that we face in our walk with God, we must choose the area of conflict and the weapons we are going to use. We do not battle in the area of emotions or reason, but in the area of the will of God. What does God say? What does He want… Continue reading The burden we don’t share
The burden we share
When the captain of a ship sees an iceberg, he knows that he must be very careful so that it does not wreck his ship. He knows that he is only looking at the tip of the iceberg, which comprises a small part of the total mass. The invisible portion under the surface presents the… Continue reading The burden we share
I am responsible for you
One of the most important things in the Body of Christ is learning to relate to one another. The basic problem is not that we do not love Christ or that we do not believe His Word, for we cherish all that He has brought to us. The big problem is that we still do… Continue reading I am responsible for you
I will not smite you
When the people of the Lord look for the men who will be the apostles, prophets, and elders to lead them in this day of restoration, they may find it is natural to look for those who stand head and shoulders above the rest of the people in their spiritual maturity. But now the Holy… Continue reading I will not smite you
Not me and mine, but we and ours
In the Word many pronouns appear, not in the singular, but in the plural. Hidden away in the Bible is a greater emphasis on the collective experiences that we will take part in together than on the individual experiences. We must be alert to the fact that there is a gospel of personal salvation and… Continue reading Not me and mine, but we and ours
I will surely multiply you
For ground that drinks the rain which often falls upon it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God; but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned. But, beloved, we are… Continue reading I will surely multiply you
To the least
And an argument arose among them as to which of them might be the greatest. But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking in their heart, took a child and stood him by His side, and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent… Continue reading To the least
To whom it may concern
The key of Body ministry is found in I Corinthians: That there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. Now you… Continue reading To whom it may concern
Spiritual perception tune in, then bless!
Would you like to learn more how to beam a blessing to someone or how to tune in to someone and find out what their need is? I will give you a little procedure that should work, one that will be a practical application that you can exercise and be able to move into some… Continue reading Spiritual perception tune in, then bless!
Perfecting a right attitude
It is most essential that there be conveyed to us the vision and the dream, the sense of destiny, the sense of the hour in which we live, a sense of the purpose for which God called us, and above all, a realistic vision born of the Spirit of the Lord that we might know… Continue reading Perfecting a right attitude
Support your local body
The messages which have been coming make us want to move quickly into the will of the Lord. You may be wondering, “What can I do? When do I start?” Several verses from I Thessalonians 5 show what you can do now from the position you are in spiritually. You can put your life into… Continue reading Support your local body
No audience allowed!
INSTRUCTIONS ON WORSHIP PARTICIPATION In this walk with God, when each man does his own thing or has an audience, it is old order. When someone sings or prophesies, it belongs to the Walk only if they are an expression of the whole body and the whole body is participating with them. When you have… Continue reading No audience allowed!
The many facets of a moving church
When you begin to have a little understanding of the New Testament, you realize that those days were perilous. They lived at the foundation, and we live at the culmination of this age, which is more interesting because of the greater age that is coming up, the age of the Kingdom. If you’ve ever wondered… Continue reading The many facets of a moving church
Together
Then the jealousy of Ephraim (double) will depart, and those who harass Judah will be cut off; Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, and Judah will not harass Ephraim. And they will sweep down on the slopes of the Philistines on the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east; they will… Continue reading Together