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somehow the Western Church has fallen asleep to the reality of God’s power in our lives. Rather than ministering grace with authority and authentic love, which brings real transformation, we get caught up in rules and judgmentalism.
Satan is the accuser, and we don’t want to stand in agreement with him.
Our ministry to others should always agree with God’s desire to save the broken and hurting.
we need to pursue God encounters like a hunter pursues its prey.
We follow a God who speaks. The record of Scripture shows a God who knows how to communicate. Christianity is a relationship. Cover to cover, the Bible is about God talking to His people. God is not like mute idols that don’t speak
I often tell people going out to minister, “Dig for the gold, not the dirt.” Don’t try to give words revealing sin or failures.
Always protect people’s dignity.
We’re just called to love people.
The only people Jesus ever talked to about hell were the religious leaders. He came as the advocate for those who feel disqualified and ashamed, and He brings power for breakthrough. We interpret Him saying “Go and sin no more” to sort of mean “Don’t you ever do that again!” I believe what He meant was much closer to emancipation. I think it sounded more like, “You are no longer under the power of that sin—you’re free to walk away from here and not be bound by the sin that imprisoned you.” The Good News of the Kingdom is that we are released from the captivity of sin and its power over us.
God is never belittling, demeaning, harsh or pushy.
Authority in the world is fear based. Authority in God is love based.
Being “in Christ” is not a sugary Christian metaphor—it’s a riveting spiritual reality that should send shock waves down our spine, just as it sends demons screaming.
The Lord spoke to me again and said, “Now keep it simple. Love them. Let Me change them. I just want you to bring Me into the mix. Don’t focus on their wrongs.”
Your beliefs follow your actions.
Don’t look to your past to determine your future.
His yoke is easy and His burden light. He has also given us a new nature. What makes it hard is when we try to drag our old selves along.
If you want to do the things Jesus did, you have to go through a little R-I-S-K. It sounds obvious, yet we constantly find ways to sidestep it, and then we wonder why we don’t see things change. We avoid risk at all costs, and yet it’s the price of the Kingdom. Nobody ever entered the Kingdom of God without it. Going further in and higher up in the Kingdom of God always involves greater and greater risk.
The King is here! Wherever the King is, we experience King stuff.
God increases what we have as we give it away. We’re always saying, “Increase it first, and I’ll give it.” That wasn’t how it worked when Jesus fed the five thousand, and that’s not how it works with us.
What strikes me was that in all of His miracles, Jesus didn’t make something from nothing. He made wine from dirty water. He multiplied food from someone’s small lunch. He borrowed someone’s pet colt. He told Peter to go catch a fish and then take a coin out of its mouth. He even made mud from the dust of the ground to heal a blind man’s eyes. However small it may seem, Jesus will use whatever we offer Him. He actually likes to use what we have to offer. If we’re willing to believe Him enough to obey, He’s willing to help our unbelief (see Mark 9:24).
Satan almost always tempts us with something that we already have in God.
John Wimber often said, “The meat is in the street.” If we want to see the power back in the Church, we’ve got to take it to the streets.
Do you know where the hope for your city is? It’s sitting in your chair right now. God’s plan of revival for your city is you—Him working in you and through you.
Too often, we let fear of failure lock us up.
To win big, we’ve got to risk big. If we’re not “failing” in what we do on a regular basis, I have a hard time believing we’re really going after it.
When we see failure as part of our goal, however, we are free to walk in the footsteps of Jesus.
In every area of gifting, if we steward rightly, He will provide. Pursue the way of love and don’t be afraid to just go for it.
The question isn’t, are we willing to die for Christ? The question is, are we willing to live a life of risk for Him?
Give it all you’ve got, and when you reach your capacity, ask God to expand your capacity.
Wherever there is a Church obeying the words and doing the works of Jesus, there is an outpost of the Kingdom of God. And the outpost is always in the middle of hostile territory. . . . —John Wimber
As I felt God reminding me of this story, I was encouraged to believe that no matter what, I would not
live a life filled with regrets. Part of
Doing what Jesus did doesn’t mean that every aspect of your life is perfect.
