Wherever Jesus, Paul, Simon Peter, John, or others went representing the kingdom of God, they encounter resistance for the prevailing spiritual condition. The prevailing spiritual condition manifested itself in the culture dominating the spiritual arena in which that spiritual condition had influence. As kingdom leaders, they began a process of preparing kingdom leaders who could […]
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Functioning Prophetically
Leadership Functions in the Body
The spiritual Body is the ecclesia. The ecclesia is a spiritual Body. The two terms denote different ways of looking at how they operate. They are both spiritual because they are both kingdom. The kingdom is spiritual. Beginning with this understanding helps us avoid taking the analogies too far or attempting to make them too […]
Specific Prayer Ministry in FreedomRooms
Initial interviews are very helpful in FreedomRooms. Among the ministries that release healing, freedom, and inner healing, patterns emerge that are recognizable, that can be given a name or description, thus be assigned a response. In FreedomRooms we like to have the initial interview as a place to start, to gain the perspective of the […]
Beware Subtle Gnostic Mysticism
God is Spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and truth. These people who worship in spirit and truth do not become God in order to achieve this level or type of worship. They do not require a superior humanity or advanced state of consciousness. They do not require a higher […]
The Apostle
Two comparable New Testament Greek words, apostello and pempein, both meaning, “to send,” reveal three fundamentals concepts: “being sent to originate and being sent to finish what was started.” Especially for John, the idea of being sent links Jesus to the Father as His Representative. The words are common in natural life, of course, but […]
Allow Purpose to Prioritize Your Work Ethic
Move Toward Greater Definition of Your Highest Work hard! Invest passion into purpose, and allow purpose to prioritize your work ethic. Some people call this “narrow your focus.” I refer to the pattern of leadership maturity that moves leaders into greater specificity as they step into the deeper reaches of “life’s work.” The principle of […]