I want to talk to you about families, and about what God expects of you concerning your family. This is very important. We will begin with the promise made to Moses’ mother in Exodus the second chapter, and then we will read two other passages from the life of Moses. And there went a man… Continue reading Raising children for God
Category: Divine order
Who kills the wolves?
If the Lord brings discipline and judgment within these Kingdom churches, it will be because they preach the letter of the Word and they do not have the spirit of the Word. Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God, who also made… Continue reading Who kills the wolves?
The Lord has given a living Word, but who has heard it?
One of the greatest generals of all time was Joshua. Of course, West Point and other military academies came about long after his time—schools where men are taught the strategy that generals learned as they fought wars, changed the destinies of men, and directed the course of history. But there is nothing more important that… Continue reading The Lord has given a living Word, but who has heard it?
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
All authority: by commission or position?
“Well, we were promised a new day!” Yes, but when God makes a day, He does it differently than you would. The evening and then the morning were the first day (Genesis 1:5). He often starts with a period in your life that eliminates your ability to see or perceive anything and your ability to… Continue reading All authority: by commission or position?
Lord, what you said to us?!
There is a oneness for us in our Lord that we have not yet entered. But we have been experiencing a time of deep spiritual healing and orientation for this coming oneness. In the Spirit the oneness is tugging at us like an undertow, or like an overwhelming tidal wave of oneness. God wants to… Continue reading Lord, what you said to us?!
We hope and focus without wavering
What is the real basis of the persecution against what God is doing in the earth today? Why does the religious world frequently classify us as a cult? Why do they accuse us of believing only in direct revelation and not in the Scriptures, when nothing could be further from the truth? Why is our… Continue reading We hope and focus without wavering
“Neither useless nor unfruitful”
II Peter 1:8 The twelfth chapter of Hebrews speaks of the discipline of the Lord. It tells us that He “scourges every son whom He receives” (verse 6). That Scripture is being fulfilled as God deals with us in order to bring us into all of His wonderful promises. Many times we think that we… Continue reading “Neither useless nor unfruitful”
Who’s on a pedestal now?
God established the Feast of Unleavened Bread as part of the Passover (Exodus 12:17–20), signifying that we must be concerned about eliminating the leaven from our lives—everything that would prevent our moving into the richness of all that God has set before us. One type of leaven with which we have been contending is the… Continue reading Who’s on a pedestal now?
The free things cost the most
The lack of dedication in a disciple is one of the greatest failures of his life. If you are not dedicated to the Lord, you put yourself into a no-man’s-land; you cut yourself off from the free flow of grace that God has for you. You cannot receive blessing through anything you have unless it… Continue reading The free things cost the most
Our unwavering confession
The book of Hebrews indicates that it was difficult to talk to the Hebrews about certain things because they were “dull of hearing” (Hebrews 5:11). Actually, many people may read the book of Hebrews with a seeming “dullness of hearing,” because its passages are puzzling without an understanding of the Old Testament as well. The… Continue reading Our unwavering confession
The right level
For several years, the Word of the Lord has been emphasizing the importance of right relationships. We have learned that we are vulnerable if our relationships are not right. This truth is important to each one of us, because everything that will function properly in the Kingdom of God will be related to it. We… Continue reading The right level
A word to Timothys and teachers
Sometimes when God brings us His Word, it devastates us and we may even overreact to it, to the point of thinking that everything we have been doing is wrong. Although this is not true, it sometimes appears that way, especially when the Word is a fresh expression of a truth that we have not… Continue reading A word to Timothys and teachers
Focused, disciplined, and unshakable
If you have been privileged to be in a service of commissioning or ordaining, you may have noticed that after laying hands on someone, that person usually begins to experience unusual difficulties in his life. It seems as if every ugly thing within him comes to the surface. As God deals with him, every wrong… Continue reading Focused, disciplined, and unshakable
Apostolic company, commissioned!
I am not trying to get out of responsibilities. But if anything did happen to me, this work and this Word will go right on, because there will not be a contest for position to replace me. There is already an anointing that has consistently led us, and there are people who are commissioned by… Continue reading Apostolic company, commissioned!
Is your position a pedestal?
The Word of God bonds us together, and the Word that God has been giving is on a much deeper level. As all the ministers become more closely bonded with the apostolic ministry and with the Living Word, the revelation in relation to the Word deepens. Our relationships to each other, as they previously were,… Continue reading Is your position a pedestal?
Impartation is a two-way street
We are contending to see God’s Kingdom established in the earth with purity. If our striving has been remiss in any area, it is probably because we have not given enough attention to teaching the scriptural principles of divine order, particularly to those who really need to hear them. Pastors may have been set in… Continue reading Impartation is a two-way street
I submit to your commission
The Scriptures contain principles which teach us how to think and what our feelings and reactions concerning one another are to be. Whether we realize it or not, the basic factor in the Kingdom is relationships. All the problems that we face come to us because we do not know how to relate, or we… Continue reading I submit to your commission
How we relate to commission
In the Kingdom of God there are many different relationships in the divine order which God is establishing. If we can relate correctly to divine order, we will have a key for all of our relationships—in the churches, in the Kingdom businesses, and in the homes. This could be a great factor in the way… Continue reading How we relate to commission
God’s commissions reveal His intentions
God is speaking about the way we relate to one another, and what we are to be to one another. As a result, we have had more difficulty in relating than ever before. Relationships are being searched out and are coming under the direct scrutiny of the Lord Himself. All of this gives promise that… Continue reading God’s commissions reveal His intentions
Bearing the present reproach
At the present time there is strong agitation against cults. Imperceptive religious people tend to associate all nondenominational religious groups into one category. Such people love to pigeonhole. Unless we pray and are very careful, it is inevitable that we will be associated with the cults. It is very important for us to evaluate this… Continue reading Bearing the present reproach
That blind man wasn’t so blind
The Scripture says, “Sorrow may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning” (Psalm 30:5). Don’t you feel as if the sun is about to rise on a whole new day! Let us determine to be believers, and not allow circumstances or anything that comes from the nephilim spirits and demon powers to… Continue reading That blind man wasn’t so blind
Acts of aggression
AN ANALYSIS OF THE EPISTLES TO TIMOTHY The apostle Paul’s letters to Timothy give us a picture of the tremendous impact of the early apostolic company. Paul incited them to spiritual acts of aggression. In his exhortations to Timothy, Paul gives us one of the most unusual approaches to faith that is found in the… Continue reading Acts of aggression
No man like Him
The epistles of Paul often refer to the ministry of Timothy. In the book of Philippians, Paul commended Timothy and some of the other ministries, including himself. Now we see the Lord bringing forth many ministries like Timothy. As we break through to a new level of dedication of oneness with the Lord and with… Continue reading No man like Him
The right to a greater confirmation
God is revealing a principle that we must understand. We could call it the city-of-refuge principle. Although this principle will be more clearly defined in the days to come, this message will help us to understand the new dimension that we are moving into now. We read in the Old Testament that six cities were… Continue reading The right to a greater confirmation
This is a package deal
There must be an honoring of divine order. If there is not, we will hit impasses that will frustrate everything that God sets before us. In the apostle Paul’s first letter to the Corinthian church, we read how he set them in order. Divine order has many aspects. There is to be submission to apostolic… Continue reading This is a package deal
Come to order, please
One of the beautiful things seen in the fresh birth of the early Church was their spontaneous moving into divine order. It was not something difficult which had to be taught to them. Because they had not learned a wrong way that had to be unlearned, they readily came into line with the true pattern… Continue reading Come to order, please
A father’s viewpoint
Recently the Lord put me through a wilderness. Looking back on it, I know God had a great hand in ordering my steps by having me face the many pressures. I came out of it as the representative of the whole Walk, because I was the first partaker of a release that belongs to the… Continue reading A father’s viewpoint
Guidelines to divine order
There is nothing more precious than the divine order God is restoring. Sooner or later every movement reaches some kind of a dead end because in approaching the problem of order, they settle on a Baptist style of democracy, where the voice of the majority is the voice of God, or on a hierarchy, or… Continue reading Guidelines to divine order
Exhortation on submission
The Lord is giving us the guidelines now for the whole Walk; this is so we will do the will of the Lord together. Other movements have seen the beginning of divine order, only to fail where the Scripture says, “We should not think of men above what we ought” (Romans 12:3). These guidelines to… Continue reading Exhortation on submission