If there wa
s one truth that I would want my girls to know and understand if this was my last day on Earth, it would be the concept of true love. Our nation has created a culture where young people seek love and affection at any cost, and from any source, and often end up settling for a destructive, blood-sucking counterfeit of true love. Check out this teaching. I honestly believe every teenager and young adult in America needs to hear this message or one like it at least once.
11Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them”; and it was so. 12The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:11-12)
I’ve heard the word “judgement” thrown around a lot of late regarding the situation in Haiti. I’ve heard it said by some people in prominent Bible teaching positions that it was God’s will for Haiti to be destroyed. While I love and respect these teachers, I have a different perspective altogether.
Take a listen Jonathan Greene expounds upon the intersection between the stories of Jesus in Nazareth and Elisha at the Jordan, and a concept that will help you in your journey to the double portion anointing: Impartation is tied to honor. In this teaching, we will discuss right relationship between spiritual fathers and sons, and the importance of receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet.
Once you understand the scriptural foundation of the Kingship of Jesus, you begin to understand the concept of spiritual poverty: That without Him life is a dull place with no power, love, or hope. When you begin to relate to Him in the way God intended, you find your world flooded with power, love, hope, and more. This is the great mystery of intimacy with Jesus, and the entire kingdom is built on this concept.
Jonathan Greene explores the scriptural foundations for the present kingship of Jesus in both the old testament and new testament. He also probes the significance of the priesthood of Melchizedek as it relates to Jesus. The thread of the kingdom is carried from the old testament, throughout the birth, ministry, trial, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus.
In his book God is the Gospel, John Piper offers the following:
The critical question for our generation–and for every generation–is this: If you could have heaven, with no sickness, and with all the friends that you ever had on earth, and all the food you ever liked, and all the leisure activities you ever enjoyed, and all the natural beauties you ever saw, all the physical pleasures you ever tasted, and no human conflict or any natural disasters, could you be satisfied with heaven, if Christ was not there?
I’m living for the reality of a generation rising that will forsake all else for the sake of knowing Him. I’m exceedingly zealous toward that end. All over the earth people are arising who are saying, “Nothing is right, nothing is worthy, nothing is entertaining enough for me without the person of Christ.”
Is the church to be relegated to the buildings in which we gather and the ceremonies that we perform, or will we once again connect to Jesus and begin to transform the world from the inside out. I believe it’s already happening.
The question of the hour is, “Does our missions strategy work?” I believe that the answer is a resounding “no.” This podcast deals with the topic of authority and power as it relates to accessing the realms where the lost dwell, and how our current missional strategy is not getting the job done. Enjoy.
I had a dream the other day about Grace Community Fellowship. In the dream, there were members of the church out on the road on highway 16 setting up a checkpoint. As the checkpoint was opened, I began to see vast quantities of refugees travelling down the road into Starke. Many of the refugees were very heavy laden with baggage, and were barely able to continue walking.
As the refugees passed the checkpoint, some of the members of the fellowship were standing by. These folks would remove the baggage from the refugees, usher them into the church, and help them to eat and rest. After a suitable period of time, the refugees would re-emerge from the church and continue on their way in good health.
Clearly, the dream highlights a restorational mission for our church. We are seeing an increase in this ministry through the various recovery ministries, jail ministries, and pastoral ministries represented in our congregation. Maybe this will serve as confirmation for those good folks involved. Keep it up.
