Prayer Brings Peace

The fruit of prayer is peace in every area of life. When we pray peace comes. I am not sure if it’s because of the humility it takes to pray, the fruit of honesty that prayer brings, or because the Lord is the God of peace. What I do know is that prayer brings...

Thanksgiving Comes to the Humble

Just as grace comes to the humble so does thanksgiving. This Thanksgiving, I wanted to bring back an article I wrote “The History of Thanksgiving” which were excerpts from William Bradford’s account of the History of the Plymouth Plantation and the condensed...

The Intercession of Jesus

Praying with Jesus in Spirit and truth Jesus’ intercession is always, and in all ways to the glory of God, to redemption, and the fulfillment of Scripture. Jesus prays (intercedes) for Peter (on the night of His arrest) when Satan demands to sift Peter as wheat...

Humility, Intimacy, and Slaying Giants

In this season of war, we can learn from the greatest battle recorded in the Bible. In times of conflict, whether personal or international, two things separate us to the Lord or from the Lord. Humility and intimacy bring us inside of Christ and when we are resourcing...

Identification

We are given the call to identify fully with Jesus’ glorification and with humanity’s suffering. When we pray, we pray from Jesus, who He is, where He is, and what He is doing today. Jesus is praying today as our great intercessor and because He is, we can enter...

Inside His Power

In these days of intercession, we can pray inside His power. In answering the call to intercession these last few weeks, I have endeavored to pray from Jesus’ position in heaven at the right hand of God. I choose to pray from His victory, accepting the truth of...
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