But Not As We've Known It
Many of us, instead of being like little children and asking our Father what the parables in the Bible mean, have instead heard and accepted what others have told us they mean. Read more “Parables… but not as we’ve known them”
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Most of us profess to know, or at least confess with our mouths, that the church is not a building or an earthly organization of people. Read more “Planting and Harvest”
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There was once a family of stones living together at the side of a path which was beside a riverbed. They were quite content and satisfied with their lot in life, they enjoyed both the sunshine and the rain. Read more “The Little Stone”
But Not As We've Known It
There is much teaching and seeking and speaking of prophecy, the prophetic, and prophets these days. There is no lack of “prophecies” or “prophets” for those who seek them. Read more “Prophecy… but not as we’ve known it”
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“All you inhabitants of the world, you who dwell on the earth, when a signal is raised on the mountains – look! When a trumpet is blown – hear!” Isaiah 18:3. Read more “Being Trumpets”
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The Bible frequently mentions harvest time. One interpretation of the harvest is that of souls entering the kingdom, Christ stated that the harvest is ready, but the laborers are few. That is but one side of the harvest though, He also frequently referred to us as being the seed (and the fruit of the Vine) Read more “Harvest Time”
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God will often speak to us and teach us spiritual things through natural things He has created and also through circumstances He places us into. The following is a recent example which occurred when we were visiting a farm. Read more “Seeing the Son”
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Just as Jesus Christ turned over the tables of the money changers of the temple in Jerusalem, we also need Him to do the same with us today. Many of us approach God like money changers; it is about exchanges and deals being made with God either for ourselves or on behalf of others. Read more “Being Houses of Prayer”
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God’s ways are usually the opposite to our ways; in His kingdom to be mature is to be like a little child, not childish, but LIKE a little child. Read more “Being Like Little Children”
But Not As We've Known It
God often uses graphic language to convey Truth. This example of eating His flesh was very offensive to the Jews who were not allowed to eat pork let alone a human’s flesh Read more “Communion… but not as we’ve known it”
But Not As We've Known It
The phrase “touch not My anointed” has been abused and misused, often by people who do not want to hear anything negative or convicting. However, Father has been showing me a completely different way of looking at this phrase. Read more ““Touch Not My Anointed”… but not as we’ve known it”
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Many agree that unity is lacking in the church. Many also try to create unity by having city-wide gatherings, combined pastors meetings, combined prayer meetings etc. and call that unity. Read more “Being One”
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Water is an essential ingredient for life! It is absolutely vital, so vital that without it, we die. The Bible tells us that God is the Fountain of Life and Living Water. Without Him and His Life/Water; we are dead. Read more “Being Springs of Living Water”
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Someone once asked me how I could continue to endorse, by silence, religious meetings that go on in the name of the Lord. He mentioned the fact that in the Gospel of John, Jesus virtually began His ministry by cleansing the temple, not ending with it. Read more “Not Here or There”
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We are referred to again and again as the children of God in the Bible. Obviously this is for a purpose and is no accident! Read more “Being Family”
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We reap what we sow, there are natural consequences to our words. We can speak words that bring Life or words that bring death. Read more “Being Vindicated”
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Are we ever required to judge others? Are we to judge ourselves? Read more “To Judge or Not to Judge?”
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I think I’m sensing something of the Lord’s grief for the condition of the church, the unreality of the church. I think no where is it more flagrant than in, ironically, the Holy Spirit, charismatic, Pentecostal dimension. Read more “Truth and Reality”
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For some time I had wanted to study the subject of anointing to find out how it was used and what it was for in the Bible. In so doing, I discovered that the application and use of the words “anoint”, “anointing” and “anointed” today seemed to be often used outside of the context of the Bible Read more “Being Anointed”
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Although we did not know it when God called us out of the church, many worldwide and in previous generations have heard God call them out of the doing and busyness of “church life” in order to find Him as their Life. Since leaving I’ve been increasingly aware of the many parallels between the institution of school and the institution of the church. Read more “Being Institutionalized”