Exposing Deception and Discerning Cults JESUS WARNED ABOUT FALSE PROPHETS AND CULTS When Jesus taught on the end times, He warned us to beware of false teachers who could gain a large following, thus starting new cults. Jesus twice emphasized that “many” will respond to false leaders (v. 5, 11). False teaching will accelerate (v. [...]

THE MINISTRY OF ELIJAH AND GOD’S HEART FOR THE FATHERLESS The Spirit is calling the Church to be deeply involved in works of justice and acts of compassion. Malachi described the end-time revival as being characterized by the ministry of Elijah (spirit of prophecy with power) with a primary focus on the fatherless as a [...]

THE CALL TO WIN THE LOST AND MAKE DISCIPLES 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations…20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. (Mt. 28:19-20) The Holy Spirit is calling all believers to go, [...]

CALLED TO ENCOUNTER INTIMACY WITH GOD The Spirit is calling the Church into deep intimacy with God. My early ministry was focused only on evangelism. I had no theology for praying for revival or for focusing on intimacy with God. In May 1983, during a corporate 21-day fast, the Lord spoke audibly in the context [...]

THE CALL TO BE EQUALLY YOKED TO JESUS IN LOVE The Holy Spirit’s first agenda is to restore the first commandment to first place in the Church. 37Jesus said to him, “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the [...]