Altered by Inception
(Deep Crying Unto Deep)
I saw a movie last night called “Inception.” It is a story of intrigue, action, and deep mysteries that involve entering into the deep subconscious of a person by invading their dream world and planting seeds of thoughts and perceptions that will work together to rearrange their concept of reality and...

Songs of Ascension
“Singing the same song. Changed into the same image.” These thoughts came to me as I heard two cardinals serenading one another as they sang back and forth their melody of love and commitment.
It is time for the Bride of Christ to arise to the call of the Beloved and interact with Him...

New dimensions of Kingdom Life are being set forth in the earth. There are experiences ahead that are amazing and awe inspiring as we enter into joint ruler-ship with the King of Glory. He is asking us, “Are you ready to rule? Are you ready to be gathered together to become the seat of grandest glory? Are you ready for the wild ride ahead that will test the strength and integrity of your faith? Are you ready to be built...

Our hearts and our eyes are turning toward spring. It has been a long hard winter and we are ready. We hear the song bird joining many friends as they flutter amongst the awaiting branches, each announcing the approaching change of seasons.
There is another season that is just on the horizon. It too has been a long time coming. The winter of our souls has gripped us for unending days and we have lost sight of the promise of newness....

The father would not be denied. His son had been ‘taken’ from his grasp and he was determined that they would be reunited ‘forever.’ “I love you forever Shawn.” “I love you forever Da Da.” This was the exchange recorded over the phone just after the four year old boy was taken to Brazil by his mother, who no longer wanted to live in New Jersey and no longer wanted to be married. And now they were in the battle...

The call of 2010 is for a great dividing. Just as zero is the intermediate between positive and negative values in the mathematical sense, so 2010 will be a season for rightly dividing the Word of Truth and setting us on a course along the narrow way of pure distinctions.
This place of ‘ground zero’ will usher us into face to face contact with the Initiator and Originator of our identity, providing us with the precise elements we need to grow...

There is a noxious stench in the air. It is objectionable and disgusting and it is having it’s free reign in the midst of the Church. It is the vile pretense of man becoming the ‘common thing’ in the house of God with no real attempt to bring it under control. The result is an ‘existence’ that is miserably poor and degrading when compared to the true treasures of the kingdom that the Lord is offering in this day.
This is...

I would come and dwell. I would come and have My place. I would come to the depths of your heart, but you do not give Me place. Instead you take the works of your hands and you set them as props before you. Instead of seeing My face you see a man-ufactured image that has no breath and no life.
Your efforts to build a house have left Me homeless. Instead of my face is a façade. Instead of My...

The Pope is pooped. He has moved up the midnight Christmas eve service two hours because he has become fatigued due to so many ceremonies. Is this a prophetic picture of the current condition of the priesthood of God?
Believers are called to be a set apart generation, a royal priesthood who are robed in garments of righteousness that do not allow for ‘efforts’ of the flesh which would lead to ‘sweating.’ (see Ezekiel 44: 18) Try as we may, we...

Dear Reader,
Enjoy this re-post of a word written two years ago which speaks afresh to us of willing sacrifice and joyful sharing in the sufferings of our Redeemer. Abundant blessings to you as we enter into new seasons that are calling us to deeper depths and higher heights than we have imagined.
Woody
November Fruit
The single bird has remained and decided to persevere in order to obtain the abundant fruit remaining on the branches. Others have fled to more comfortable surroundings as...

The church, in its current mode of operation, is anemic. It is lacking power, vigor, and vitality. Called to shine forth with the radiant glory of the Lord, it remains drab and dull, displaying only faded glory as it blends in with the ‘neutral’ colors of the world. Instead of exhibiting the richness and brilliance of the kingdom and stimulating vibrant and vivid life, the church is infirmed, sick, and weak. She is halting between two opinions and therefore lacks...

“Let our service be worship” is a phrase that came to me this morning as I sat and contemplated some elements of the Christian walk. This is a matter of focus. Are we positioned before God in abject humility with broken hearts and contrite spirits or are we ‘producing’ works in our own strength and power while we bringing dishonor to the One True God?
Our service must flow from and be worship. Anything short of that is a falsehood and...

“Our impetus needs to be toward abiding.”This is the phrase that came to me one morning recently. I decided to look up the word ‘impetus’ and found it to be very interesting as it relates to the call to abide in Christ.
As I studied the various meanings of the word it appears that the Lord is directing us toward the place of abiding. He wants to stimulate us and give us momentum as His body to move with greater energy...

There is a different rule – a different order on the horizon. There is a breaking forth of the glory of God upon the earth. There is an arising of the very glory of the Lord in the midst of the temple. This great shining forth will replace old kings and old kingdoms. The kingdom of God will be extending its reign as the kingdom of this world becomes the kingdom of our God and of His Christ.
There will be...

The Lord appears to be saying that we have an issue with the inside of the church body that is reflected in the natural exterior of the building where we gather. It was reported today that the exterior of our building is suffering in three main ways. The color is fading, there are bad cracks, and the seals are worn. This ‘condition’ is a picture of the dire state of the temple of God that is not made by the...