The process produces a Body that measures up to the Head in stature, and until it measures up to the Head in the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, it remains far too weak to have “increased with respect to the Head.”
Category: personal destiny
The Discipline of Repentance
Building a kingdom lifestyle upon a foundation of discipline and repentance appropriates the power, process, and preparation each of us needs to be the person God created and do what God has called us to do. Such a lifestyle appropriates leadership from God directly and from those assigned as leaders in our lives.
Others
To find truly selfless people is rare. “Claiming the right to one’s self” enters near the top of the list of spiritual complications, and the kingdom needs people pumping the blood of a servant’s heart. Selfishness and servant leadership travel parallel pathways. The crossover from “me” to “others” punches a hole through solid rock. Jesus spent […]
Apostolic Shepherding, Part 2, Jesus, the Good Shepherd
or our purposes, focus upon the contrast of taking from sheep or giving to sheep seems of paramount importance. While we don’t expect shepherds to become sacrificial lambs to die instead of sheep, we understand that Messiah reveals an aspect of Davidic leadership as a standard for shepherding: a willingness to risk your self, reputation, well-being, and personal desires for the sake of someone else’s sheep.
In 2015
He says, “You cannot know My purpose for 2015 properly without understanding how they move things forward for 2016. Only by looking at what licensed permission I restore to ministries in 2016 will you properly order those ministries in 2015.”
Mini-movements Maturity
Kingdom mini-movements, like the kingdom movement itself, require strong leaders. The leader’s responsibility is not to control the move of God but to guarantee no one else controls it.
Unity is Not Unifying: Your Place in the Ecclesia
1 – Unity in the Body derives from shared purpose. To move in oneness, the Body must be completely representative of the Head in all its spiritual systems. Unity occurs top down, not feet first. The Body cannot simply follow around the feet if it is to fulfill purpose. The Head provides all the spiritual […]
A Prophetic Vision for North Florida
Isaiah 45:8 – “Distil, O heavens, and pour out your righteousness (norms of heavenly behavior). Let the earth open wide so both rescue that restores and heavenly norms can sprout up. I, the LORD, created them these norms and their restoration.” ra’aph and nazal, distil and pour out. The sense of “distill” is that the humidity turns into […]
Kingdom Leadership Dynamics, Part 4, Five Spiritual Leadership Dynamics
If we lack consensus, we have failed to mature spiritual leaders who can function in kingdom leadership dynamics. Division exposes immaturity.
Kingdom Leadership Dynamics, Part 3, Principles and Protocols
A kingdom always functions on principles and protocols. The principles of God’s kingdom rest upon an agreement or covenant, or I would say, “a covenant agreement.” The terms of the covenant speak to the way the covenant operates. Kingdom leaders respond to the covenant agreement, and the covenant agreement provides a context in which the […]
Kingdom Debt Cancellation: Followup to FirstFruits
Father promises provision to those who make His kingdom a priority. When you pursue heaven’s kingdom, Father becomes your Source. Father gets involved in the minute details of your life when you make His rule your primary passion. Notice how debt is a kingdom or dominion issue. Proverbs 22:7 says, “The rich have dominion over […]
Kingdom Leadership Dynamics, Part 2 – Leadership
Inspiration, influence, and impact defines kingdom leadership.
The Apostolic Resource Center
To begin an ARC, you have to start with apostles and prophets as foundational leadership dynamics. To the extent you have both of these foundational leadership dynamics functioning, the ARC can mature, perhaps expand in numbers, but more importantly expand in influence. To some extent these foundations must be localized.
Kingdom Leadership Dynamics, Part 1 – Kingdom
To understand kingdom leadership, we must first understand kingdom.
Giving Birth to Purpose, Part 1: Creation Groans
That is both future and present because both suffering and glory are here and now while reaching and progressing toward ultimate passion and eternal glory. Comparing pathos with glory isn’t an even measurement system because you can’t measure one or the other with the same ruler or scale. The proportions of suffering and the proportions of glory belong to separate conditions, natural and spiritual.