The substance of the Christian life: Consecration. Transformation. Demonstration.

The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever. 

A prophecy can touch down again and again, at different times and places, to different people in different circumstances, and each time, it can breathe the life of God afresh into the people in need. 

When it came to holy things, I had been taught that, at best, my body was some kind of container to house my spirit and, at worst, it was evil. It never dawned on me that my body could have any role to play in discerning spiritual things.

Why does Jesus keep looking up? I think it's because he's looking to see the Father's heart about the person or situation. I think it is something we can learn to do too.

And while it is true God sometimes speaks in what appears to us, at least, in an audible voice, this is not the norm. He more often puts a picture, thought, or impression in our minds.

Our heart is the center of our being, our will, motives, and desires. So the question is, What is it that you are eagerly desiring?

God often simply wants to communicate with us because he loves us. He wants to encourage us, comfort us, and strengthen us. In this way, prophetic ministry is a love language to us, for us, and through us.

To know this story of Christmas is to know that darkness need not be a worry any longer because light has come.

We can attend Christmas Eve services for every single year we’re alive, yet if Christ is never born in our hearts, we’ve missed the story completely.