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Here Comes the Judge - How Do We Know It's God?

If you are like me, once you have seen a real prophetic person minister, you wanted to see what God would say to you. Think about it, there are lots of decisions to make in your life, and you’ve asked God for wisdom but you still have lots of decisions to make. Well, join the club. As we walk out our salvation, we come to many crossroads; it’s a natural part of life. I think the perceptions of most church folks, when it comes to the prophetic fall into one of the following categories. -1 That it is ancient history – I haven’t thought about God sending someone to speak over me. -2 I know there is prophecy, but it is rare, not very personal. And it’s too general. -3 Prophecy can only be encouraging so anything negative is not God. -4 It happens, but it won’t happen to me. God has more important work. -5 It’s been abused and misused, therefore it is really just too much trouble. -6 Prophecy is a way of life for the Christian and should be for the church. -7 The supernatural gifts ended wi...

God Said It, and it Freaked Me Out! - Revelation and Truth

The difference between the truth of God and revelation is very simple. Truth is where God’s been. Revelation is where God is. ~Tommy Tenney, The God Chasers What would you do if God showed up and gave you a list of things to do, then added to that a few statements about where you are in life, and how much He loves you? Well, that is what happened to me in 1994 and again in 1998. It has happened again in 2022 and yesterday in 2023. Prophecy freaks me out because it always speaks to the impossible into my life. God will often go after forgotten dreams and undisclosed prayers. Revelation from heaven is life-changing, spirit-filling and destiny-driving. Today I am brooding over some old revelation that seems to have started again. A lot has transpired since the following was written on February 20, 2012. I have changed most of the reference to past tense. The following verse sums it up. The very fact that it comes from the end of Job should give you some sense of the context. ...

Relaunch of Fire & Grace

After a 10 year hiatus from blogging here, I am back. I wrote hundreds of blogs on MyFitnessPal during the time. I also wrote three or four books. In the process I did some other cool stuff like running the Abbott World Major Marathons , survive cancer 7 times, as well as congestive heart failure. I also contracted a disabling neurological condition in 2018. I have had five major surgeries to try and correct it. What will I be writing about now? Jesus. Life. Truthfully, not a whole lot. I am still cognitively disabled from my condition and writing requires a lot of help from others. Today, the season to publish four books has arrived. 24 years - almost 25 years after the prophet Denny Cramer spoke w rite, write, write over me, I am going to gather all of it in 4 volumes. Maybe even 5. This time, there won't be a publisher to say no one cares about what God does. Time has made it about what the Lord did and not about me. There won't be the pressure to meet deadlines. I won...

Words With Friends

Life is always changing for me. I never seem to sit back and go, yeah, I am in the groove. A few weeks ago I did another prophetic school with my brother Lee. We always enjoy working together, and God does wonderful stuff through him. As always, we had the perfect group of students, hungry, gifted and eager to learn. I am so blessed that my church allows me to do the 5-Fold School of Ministry. I could not have dreamed up a better vocation in a million years. I also love working with teams, and some of the folks from my church really stepped to the plate. We have some new schools happening in the future. More on that at apostolicschool.com . Maybe you can join us, or better yet, have us come into your church and do one. I lost my job, and I am more free than ever to travel - well, I need a week or two to recover a bit more from my shoulder surgery. I will be teaching at the Catalyst School in Swanzy, NH sometime in the near future, as well as being with my team at the Wildfire ...

Oh Canada!

This past week I was in London, Ontario. I had a chance to minister at Life International Church with my friend Dan Roberts, as well as a attend a conference at Impact Church . My family heritage on my father's side is Canadian, so I feel some sort of connection when I am there. For me it was another short-term mission trip. An amazing one. I suppose that everyone has a definition of what a mission is. For me, it when you go somewhere to love others with your gifts and the primary focus is ministry. The work of the Kingdom takes on many forms as there are varying types of God-given natural and supernatural gifts. This trip was the result of meeting a Canadian in California last fall. Dan came to visit us here in Boston in February (more on that HERE ). We have a number of things in common, but who knows if we'd be friends without Christ? I am glad that God puts me...

The School of the Pastor

This weekend we ran another segment of the 5-Fold School of Ministry. This time we focused on pastoring. Stephen and Dalene Russell, here in the US as missionaries from South Africa, did an amazing job. Stephen's main scripture was the 23 Psalm, and for 3 sessions he broke it down to the elements of true shepherding. Here is the outline. I believe that you'll find some of the Americanized pastoral roles missing. Personally, I find that refreshing.. SERVING – PS. 23:1 THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD HEALING – PS.23:2 I SHALL NOT WANT EQUIPPING – PS.23:2 HE MAKES ME TO LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURE PREPARING – PS.23:2 HE LEADS ME BESIDE THE STILL WATER HELPING – PS.23:3 HE RESTORES MY SOUL ENTERING – PS.23:2 HE LEADS ME BESIDES THE PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR HIS NAME SAKE REASSURING – PS. 23:4 YEA THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH I WILL FEAR NO EVIL FOR YOU ARE WITH ME DIRECTING – PS.23:4 YOUR ROD AND YOUR STAFF, THEY COMFORT ME IMPR...

5-Fold School of Ministry - The Apostolic Age

This past weekend Part II of the 5-Fold School of Ministry was held in Massachusetts. We had a variety of speakers and gifting. For those that were there,   you know how powerful Craig Moore, Jonathan Gale, Dan Roberts and Mark Sanchez were. As we looked more deeply into the role of the evangelist, the teacher and the apostle, a shift in the atmosphere was taking place. In the midst of all that was going on, here is some insight that I decided to preach at a small church this past Saturday night. It is in note from - but I think you'll be able to get the gist of where I was going, and what I believe that God is doing here in my neck of the woods. Restoration of the Apostolic Church - The Church is to be the spotless bride (Ephesians 5:27, and so are we 2 Peter 3:14) (The bride being all that have come to faith over the ages) - Can we agree that we are not quite there yet? - As Jesus walked with the apostles, the revelation o...