A Church Without Walls

It's Good Friday. Of all the things Jesus cries out from the cross, the most anguished may be the cry of dereliction, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" We have been told that in this moment of terrible suffering, the Father turned his face away from the Son as the wrath of heaven is poured out on sin. But is it true? Is that what is happening?

Meet my friend, Rebekah Cancelosi, as she shares her journey with the Holy Spirit through knowing the Holy Spirit as Helper in her 20s, as Hope in her 30s, and as Healer in her 40s. There is always more the Holy Spirit has for us and while there are big moments of breakthrough that mark the way, it is a long journey that won't end until we are face to face. You can find out more about Rebekah and also check out her book Becoming - An A to Z  Journey of Hope and Healing at her website - www.c2csoulcare.com

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Jesus call to love our enemies cuts across partisan lines and there is much that can be said about the failure to love on all sides. However, I feel the need to address a form of religious extremism happening in the church in America because it promotes a hatred of enemies and threat of violence as though these are compatible with being a follower of Jesus. We rarely win arguments by pointing out what is wrong with the other, but maybe we can point to Jesus. 

"The prophetic is a gift. It's not an award or a reward, or something you can earn." So says my friend, Kitsy Gregory. And like any gift, it needs to be opened and we need to learn how the Holy Spirit wants to interact with us through this gift. If you have been wondering about the gifts of the Holy Spirit and this gift in particular, you will enjoy this conversation. 

And if you'd like to explore the gifts of the Holy Spirit further, I invite you to join me and the Dunamis Essentials team for an online conference you can register through https://www.prmi.org/event/dunamis-essentials-online-in-the-spirits-power/. It will be the evenings of Tuesday-Friday, February 20-23 and Saturday morning February 24. I hope to see you there!

When we talk about walking in spiritual authority, we are talking about doing the will of our Father to bring His Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. There are few verses in the gospels that spell out the challenge of what following King Jesus means more than when he tells us to "love our enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you..." As we seek to be Kingdom people, today we are going to explore what it might look like to "bless those who curse you." Are you ready for this?

And if you'd like to explore the gifts of the Holy Spirit further, I invite you to join me and the Dunamis Essentials team for an online conference you can register through https://www.prmi.org/event/dunamis-essentials-online-in-the-spirits-power/. It will be the evenings of Tuesday-Friday, February 20-23 and Saturday morning February 24. I hope to see you there!

Whether we are aware of it or not, we live in a war zone. While armed conflicts between various nations are all around us, the reality is that there are only two kingdoms - the kingdom of our Lord Jesus and the kingdom of darkness - and they are at war. Jesus has won the ultimate victory but the battle continues. When we become aware of that battle, we are becoming aware of what is called "spiritual warfare." Today James Kearny and I will explore some of the ground level tactics of the enemy and how we can walk in our authority to stand against them.

And if you'd like to explore the gifts of the Holy Spirit further, I invite you to join me and the Dunamis Essentials team for an online conference you can register through https://www.prmi.org/event/dunamis-essentials-online-in-the-spirits-power/. It will be the evenings of Tuesday-Friday, February 20-23 and Saturday morning February 24. I hope to see you there!

In this episode I want to step back into our conversations about Holy Spirit empowerment and look at how it intersects with the humanity of Jesus and the concept of spiritual authority. I want to do this because we will explore spiritual warfare in our next podcast, and our understanding of spiritual authority is the central issue in spiritual warfare. Our understanding of spiritual authority is also foundational to who God made us to be upon the earth! Check it out!

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The Christmas / Advent season is about waiting for the fulfillment of the prophetic promise… God spoke through the prophets by his Holy Spirit and his word accomplishes what it set forth to do. It doesn’t return to him empty. But there is waiting. In the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth we see how their long awaited prayer was finally answered but it was part of a bigger story, and God was just getting started. Maybe the prayer or prophetic word you are waiting on is part of a bigger story?

We are in the season of Advent and while it is meaningful to us in many ways, we often treat the Holy Spirit supernatural activity more like a children's book than actual events. There is no section of the Bible given to more Holy Spirit activity than the conception and birth of Jesus. Let's explore and discover that the Bible isn't just a story of what God did then, it is what God is doing now!