The long history of worship-place leaders and workplace leaders functioning from polar opposites moved toward restoration during the past three decades. The long-standing struggle changed, wrestling moves and holds were broken as new ones were set in place, so the struggle changed significantly but continued at arm’s length. The tension has no expiration date because the fundamentals […]
Category: General
Apostolic Church as Representative Ecclesia, Part 1
Worship That Ain’t
Worship is created by God, received and released by authentic worshipers by spiritual experience. Worship is first spiritual reality then natural reality, and the conduit for that worship is worshipers worshipping in spiritual reality. If we narrow the field to that definition, we find ourselves talking about worship in a Biblical way, and we put […]
Bloodline
Bloodline One facet of meaning for the term “bloodline” has to do with the linage of physical inheritance and the mysterious way that God utilizes genetics to produce unique individuals. Both the unique individual and unique inheritance flow from this bloodline. Jesus has the most unique bloodline of all! All Divine. All human. He inherits […]
The Mission of the Ecclesia
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Attacked at Your Homebase: Retaking Ziklag
Home base is fundamental to kingdom. God establishes “home base” as part of His strategy for establishing and expanding kingdom. He chooses places, cities, regions, and nations to house remnants. Home base is strategic. David in exile is given Ziklag by his request, and Ziklag remained a kingdom location ever after. “Then Achish gave David […]
It’s Simple, But It is Hard
Dr Don: Jesus says, “I will put My ekklesia together. Hell’s positioned authorities will not be able to withstand that expansion.” The term He uses means “called together into assembly.” The King of the kingdom calls together His assembled citizens to function in kingdom authority. The church isn’t called out the world but assembled from within […]
Forerunner Identity and Florida’s Next Step
Essentials for Kingdom Expansion
Prodigal Children and an Orphan Spirit
When God Acts Unusually…We Must Act Unusually
When God acts unusually, we must act unusually. In the story of Jesus walking on the water, we have a vivid illustration of both unusual Divine activity and unusual human response. Jesus walks on water, so Peter walks on water, too. Out-of-the-Ordinary Behavior The opposite of a stronghold is obedience. [See 2 Corinthians 10.] Obedience […]
Being the First of Many – The Pioneer
Not everyone is a pioneer. Some settlers are required; in fact, many more settlers are required than pioneers. God has created plenty of settlers, salt of the earth people who expand vision once it is established. Pioneers are originators. Consider the information we have about Elijah’s schools for prophets. Elisha carried on this originated model, […]
Kingdom Culture
Culture is group behavior. Simply put, perhaps an oversimplification for the basis of our discussion, behavior in the individual is culture in the group. Shared values and beliefs shape shared behaviors. What we believe has consequences. What we value orders our lives. In a culture, values and beliefs shared by the group influence and motivate […]
Forerunner Identity and Florida’s Next Step
Note: I’m adding this insight to the apostolic and prophetic mix of revelation God is providing Florida. It culminates a process I discern occurring for more than a decade and I would locate us in the first year of its fulfillment. I offer it with a sense that it fits into a broader apostolic and prophetic […]
The Distraction of Potential
The enemy’s greatest distraction from purpose is potential. Our nation fell for this distraction from purpose. Potential produces overt individualism: we become enamored with “what’s in this for me?” Potential invests our passion in the pursuit of what is possible, as if that is the stuff of creativity. Potential moves us toward random, the celebration […]