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 for God in Jerusalem in his generation.

1 LORD, remember David and all his afflictions; 2 How he swore to the LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One: 3 “Surely I will not go into the chamber of my house, or go up to… Read the rest of the story

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 a familiar theme to most of you; to some of you it is a brand new thing: this idea of God’s emotions. We must study not just the power of His hand extended in miracles, but actually His inner life and how… Read the rest of the story

THE BOOK OF REVELATION IS FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND

My goal is to provide a road map so that everyone can have confidence that they can understand the book of Revelation. It was written to be understood by all. The majority of people through history were uneducated. I expose the lie that it is impossible to understand this book.

The Bereans searched the Scriptures to see if the things that Paul said were true (Acts 17:10–11).

11 These were more fair-minded…in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures… Read the rest of the story

THE BOOK OF REVELATION: JESUS’ TRANSITION PLAN

The book of Revelation is Jesus’ transition plan to shift history to the age to come. He will not do this without the deep involvement of His people. This is our story. It is worth making the effort to understand it. Revelation is not hard to understand; it was written for uneducated peasants.

My premise is that anyone can understand the main story line and structure of the book of Revelation in less than one hour and can learn to say it to… Read the rest of the story

FUNCTIONING IN THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS

The Spirit is speaking to the Church about being vessels of His supernatural ministry by functioning in the spiritual gifts and using our authority in Christ. He does not want the Church to be ignorant of the spiritual gifts. Faith comes be hearing and hearing the Word of God (Rom. 10:17). Being informed about the gifts is often where faith is stirred in us to function in them.

1Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant… (1 Cor. 12:1)

We will never function in the spiritual gifts until we… Read the rest of the story