The Lightnings of God: Thinking like John G. Lake

“The lightnings of God went through me…” This is how John G. Lake almost always described the power of God that lived in him, moved through him, and utterly possessed him. “God Almighty can look out of your eyes, and every devil that was ever in hell could not look in the eyes...

Sabbatical Authority: Thoughts on Prayer from the Life of Thomas Haire

“…. the Jerusalem which is above is free….” -Gal. 4.26a “For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his own works….” -Heb. 4.10 There is a sabbath rest which has been opened up to God’s people through the cross, and we need to resist all...

Being Received Into Eternal Dwellings

“The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light. And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal...

The Hidden Manna

The secret of fasting is denying yourself something you need to survive in this realm to partake of something you need to survive in the spiritual realm. Eating of that realm gives you the substance of that realm. Then you will be able to dish out here, what you have tasted of there. If you are able to...

Because of Whose “Little Faith”?

A common reason I’ve heard that justifies not believing for miracles or divine healing, is the idea that “God wills some to be sick” or there’s some “divine purpose” behind someone’s disease or infirmity. “I prayed, and the sickness never went away, so I guess it’s God’s will for me...

God Stories

Over the past few months I started writing down some of the things that God has done in my life and in the lives of my friends. The Psalmist says “One generation will commend your works to another; they will tell of your mighty acts.” Psalm 145:4. So I just want to take this time and talk about...

Authority vs. Submission

Knowing exactly what authority is and what it is not, is absolutely critical in a world where we face it everyday. When a policeman flashes his lights behind you and tells you to pull over, by what basis does he have the authority to make you do what he says? When your child in the backseat orders you to...

What Did Jesus Command The Disciples Regarding Healing?

Matthew chapter 10: “as YOU go, preach this message” They had to go do it. Simple enough, right? Imagine seeing someone standing on a street corner with their mouth open, and going up to them asking what they are doing. Imagine they tell you that God told them to go preach the Gospel, and you ask...

Why Did Jesus Heal The Way He Did?

The Gospel, and the Kingdom of God That Follows…. This entry makes the assumption that many of my previous entries have been read by the reader prior to this. For more on the subject, please click on the ‘healing’ label/tag at the end of this entry. In Luke 8, Jesus said to His disciples...

If He Used Them, He can use Us

The main purpose of this entry is to stir the believing reader up into understanding that if we wait until we are perfect before doing anything for God– then we would never do anything at all. Everybody knows the mistakes the disciples made: Peter rejecting Jesus but how different He was after the Holy...