By Jim Barringer Exodus 19 is a very interesting but often overlooked chapter. Maybe that’s inevitable, with the way it’s nestled right before one of the most-read and most-quoted chapters in the whole Old Testament, Exodus 20, which contains the Ten Commandments. Yet I don’t think that those Ten can be properly understood without …

DAVID’S SACRED VOW: TO EXTRAVAGANTLY PURSUE GOD UNTIL… As a young man, David made a vow to dedicate his life to find a resting place or dwelling place for God. This refers to a place where an unusual measure of God’s presence is manifest on earth. David’s life work was to establish a dwelling place [...]

I want to talk about beholding the glory of the Lord, or the beauty of the Lord. Specifically, I want to discuss the revelation of God’s emotions. An essential emphasis of the Holy Spirit in the generation of the Lord’s return is to reveal the emotions of God and the beauty of God. That is [...]

IDENTITY OF THE REDEEMED: TO BE GOD’S HOUSE THAT OPERATES BY PRAYER The Holy Spirit is raising up the greatest prayer and worship movement in history. God calls or names His people the “house of prayer.” When God names a person or ministry it indicates their character and how they function in the Spirit. For [...]

By Jeff Ferris Sometimes the sound is hushed and peaceful, like the “still small voice” mentioned in 1 Kings 19:12. At other times it approaches like the thunderous storm over Mt Sinai, in the book of Exodus. The language might be different and the tone of it may vary, but it is given as a [...]