Posts with the category “year-on-fire”

On this day, February 22, in the year of our Lord 1972, Mrs. Pearl Lotte Goode died. The last twenty-three years of her life, she had been the legendary level 1 personal intercessor for Billy Graham.   Read More

When the Spirit of God moves, He moves people to pray.  Read More

Today, New Jersey and New York are known for their highways, smoke stacks, industry, and sky scrapers. A hundred years ago, they were known for the presence of God.  Read More

When we encounter the manifest presence of Christ, it is only natural to long for His presence to fill our neighborhoods and our region—to want the water level of the Holy Spirit to rise around us.  Read More

Every revival and every great move of God in one way or another involves a fresh encounter with the manifest presence of Christ.  Read More

It was February 16, in the year of our Lord 1989, Armin Gesswein wrote this letter that cuts to the heart of his upper room theology:  Read More

On this day, February 16, in the year of our Lord 1908, a large gathering of pastors and church leaders gathered in Atlanta. The meetings were characterized by extended prayer. The glory of God came like a cloud.  Read More

Has your encounter with the manifest presence of Christ ever left you face down in worship?  Read More

Because we are by nature dead to God, every person who becomes a God-seeker has experienced three miracles:  Read More

On this day, February 13, in the year of our Lord 1907, the Holy Spirit came with manifesting power to Cleveland, Ohio. Pastor Warren Cramer had invited Ivey Campbell to preach. The Spirit of God came and the meetings lasted four weeks.   Read More

It’s time to repent of being theoretical supernaturalists while we are in reality practicing naturalists. You cannot follow Jesus Christ and remain a naturalist who only believes what he sees.  Read More

Be careful not to underestimate God’s power. If you catch yourself saying, “God doesn’t do that anymore”, one day you may need to eat your words.  Read More

On this day, February 10, in the year of our Lord 1927, God poured out His Holy Spirit in Shanghai, China. John Sung was immediately filled with inexpressible joy. He had made it his regular habit to be up every morning at 5 AM and pray for two to three hours. He was convinced that prayer was the most important work of the believer. He not only asked, he received!  Read More

Allow me to introduce you to the box. In many ways, it’s a large box. It contains public schools, government buildings, justice buildings, most of the arts and sciences. The box was taught by Immanuel Kontz, Soren Kierkegaard, Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Jean Paul Sarte, and a host of other systems thinkers. If you grew up in the western world, you have grown up in the box.  Read More

Nearly every protestant denomination grew out of a rock solid belief in the promise of the baptism with the Holy Spirit.  Read More

The Holy Spirit specializes in doing for us what would be impossible for us to do for ourselves. The Spirit of God is frequently identified as the Holy Spirit, or the “Spirit of Holiness,” because when it comes to making us holy, He has the corner on the market  Read More

If you have discouragement, you did not get it from God. God is the God of all encouragement. Most translations of 2 Corinthians 1:3 read, “The God of all comfort.” The word translated “comfort” is the Greek word parakaleo, which means, “encouragement.” God is the God of all encouragement.  Read More

The Holy Spirit is on fire, and He wants to set you on fire today.  Read More

Do not underestimate the power of hope. God not only wants you to have hope, He wants you to overflow with hope.  Read More

On this day, February 3, in the year of our Lord 1970, the manifest presence of Christ filled Hughes Auditorium at Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky. The Academic Dean, Custer Reynolds, was in charge of chapel. Rather than preaching, Dr. Reynolds chose to share a brief testimony and asked others to do the same  Read More

Are you afraid to pray for signs and wonders? Why —what are you afraid of? The early church not only asked God to stretch forth His hand to heal, they saw mighty signs and wonders. They were certainly not afraid to ask.  Read More

The town you live in will probably never be impressed by what you do, but it would certainly be impressed when it sees what God can do.  Read More

The Holy Spirit loves to talk. He is an excellent communicator. God speaks in many and various ways—through the Bible, spiritual gifts, dreams and visions, His inner voice, other believers, and circumstances—but He always speaks by His Holy Spirit.  Read More

Every Christian has the Holy Spirit, but not every Christian is filled with the Holy Spirit. It is no more possible for your life to be 100% full of the Holy Spirit, all the time, as it is to maintain 100% battery charge on your phone, tablet, or laptop computer.   Read More

Christ did not come to make good people better; He came to bring dead people back to life.  Read More

There is no better worship leader than the Holy Spirit.  Read More

The Holy Spirit is good at many things, and one of them is obedience. The Holy Spirit has never disobeyed God the Father, and He is the One who enables us to obey Him, also.   Read More

If your prayer life has gotten stodgy and stale, you may need a Holy Spirit overhaul.   Read More

As you learn to pray, you want to get to know the Holy Spirit. Not only is He a praying Spirit, He is a loving Spirit who loves to activate God’s love in us.  Read More

None of us know how to pray properly. No matter who you are or how long you’ve been a Christian, you still need help from the Holy Spirit. Once we acknowledge our prayerlessness, God wants us quickly to accept the help of the praying Holy Spirit.  Read More

If you want to learn to pray, you want to get to know the Holy Spirit. No one knows how to pray better than the Holy Spirit. To be full of prayer, you need to be full of the Holy Spirit.  Read More

On this day, January 22, in the Year of our Lord 1995, the fire of God’s manifest presence filled Coggin Avenue Baptist Church in Brownwood, Texas. This movement of the Holy Spirit spilled over to nearby Howard Payne University and far beyond.  Read More

Are you someone who trembles at God’s word? If all the unused Bibles were picked up at one time, it would cause a dust storm so severe that it would eclipse the sun  Read More

The Bible may be 2,000 years old, but it has not lost its razor sharp edge. The Bible is more relevant than headline news and more personal than a text message from your best friend.  Read More

God not only wants you to read the Bible, He wants to encounter you in your daily Bible reading.  Read More

If you want a word from God, read the Bible. We are rapidly becoming a generation in danger of becoming so focused on prophetic Words from God that we are in danger of neglecting Scripture.  Read More

All prayer moves towards the vortex of the manifest presence of Christ, and the Lord’s prayer demonstrates this.  Read More

Humility attracts the presence of God the way a low pressure zone attracts a storm. Unfortunately, the opposite is also true—pride repels the presence of God the way a high atmospheric pressure will repel a storm center. It is no wonder God says that He opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble (see James 4:6).  Read More

The devil will tell you unforgiveness, resentment, retaliation is the greatest power on earth. He is a liar. The greatest power on earth is forgiveness.  Read More

On this day, January 14, in the year of our Lord 1739, George Whitfield, one of the greatest preachers who ever lived, was ordained. He spent the day before his ordination in prayer and fasting, praying late into the evening.  Read More