Celebration Sunday

I'm really looking forward to this weekend. I'll be speaking about the anointing spoken of in Isaiah 10:27 "And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing". I know that for me another run of the mill kind of service is not appealing to me in the least. We need a fresh anointing that will light a real revival in our lives and in our cities. Maybe the reason that unbelievers are not drawn to "religion" is not because of religion itself but the dead lifeless things that we call church services that represent "religion" to them. Then on the other hand we have
organizations that promote "anything goes" services and that is the other side of what unbelievers see. Is it really a surprise that they question the validity of Christianity as a whole? I don't think so... because the real benchmark for a real move of God is changed hearts and changed lives. Not
whether or not you learned the latest worship dance... :) What I'm saying is that we need a true, fresh anointing of the Holy Spirit that is invited by God's people fasting and praying, as the Bible shows us. Revival is a sovereign move of God not simply a worship concert or a special speaker
brought in to get us excited... I don't know about you... but I'm looking for a move of God that radically changes people and in turn changes nations. Where God heals broken hearts and brings together families. Where people are healed from cancer and set free from addictions.... (I'd better stop:)
I hope to see you this weekend!

Awesome Weekend!

Just wanted to say what a great weekend this was. It was cool being a part as 20 people gave their lives to Christ and being able to pray with so many. I know this is just the beginning of what God has in store for us at LTG. I hope you'll join me as we pray and expect God to do even greater things next week. By the way... I want to remind everyone who is joining us on the Daniel Fast this month that I am leading a small group study on Tuesdays at 7pm. I hope to see you there!

Prayer meeting Tonight

I'm really looking forward to the prayer meeting tonight. Prayer is so central to the life of every believer but we seem to drift away from our faithfulness to practice prayer as a lifestyle. When did it become abnormal for pastor's to call corparate prayer for believers? I do know this... God is looking for Christians who have postured themselves correctly with a lifestyle of prayer that paves the way for us to hear Him speak to us...clearly. I hope to see you tonight at 7pm as we pray for Sunday's service.

God Moments

I think that most would agree that we, as followers of Christ, all have God moments and what I've heard called Divine Appointments. I believe that LTG is in such a moment right now. To be in the presence of God's annointing is astounding and always leaves me awestruck. I believe that is what God is looking for. His people who are still awestruck by His glory and His grace. What a great question to ask ourselves... How long has it been since i've been awestruck by the presence of God? Remember that the pursuit of God is the most important pursuit of our lives. This past Sunday my father spoke a blessing to every family individually in a packed auditorium and already reports of family restoration and emotional healings are coming in. I hope you all can join us this Sunday. We are expecting great things.

Tears for revival

Psalm 85:6 “Will you not revive us again, that we might rejoice in you?”

 

My heart is heavy and my spirit lifted all at the same time.   Over the past several weeks as I began to look back over the year and ask the Lord to speak to my heart for direction in this new year he has broken my heart as I look at the spiritual state of our churches and even those in our own immediate family of believers and at the same time my heart leaps for joy at the wonders that he has revealed to us in just the last 2 months.  Revival always comes when God’s people get sick and tired of living a life of duality.  When we ,the church, become sick of the culture that surrounds us being unchanged by our existence but that we, the church, become increasingly more and more like the sinful culture around us.  Revival comes when a remnant of believers follows the edicts that God has given us to bring revival to God’s people.  2 Chronicles 7:14 says it all.  It is a simple roadmap to a move of God yet one that we so often ignore as leaders in our church.  John Wesley said “God does nothing but in answer to prayer.” Matthew Henry once said about Zech. 12:10 “when God intends great mercy for His people, the first thing He does is set them a-praying.”  (yes, I expect you to look up the scriptures that refer to) J

 

My friends, I am beyond excited about what this year holds for us but I also know this beyond a shadow of doubt.  If we as leaders fail to join together in prayer and intercession then we can forget revival.  So what will we do?  I’m asking each of you to clear your agendas.  Make room for time to seek the face of God and intercede for our church.  We have seen a great move of God in recent months but that is not enough!  We must have a true revival!  I’m asking you to meet with me and pray…. Fervently!  I know what God has shown me and He has given us the key to a firestorm of revival.  We know what to do… How badly do we want it?

 

Our Church will get back to the basics and follow God with obedience, which God requires,  and that obedience will release God’s covenant blessings for His people (Lev. 26 , Deut. 11 & 28 , Josh 1 , 1 Sam. 15:22)and the church will explode with the power of God and grow beyond our wildest dreams.  The darkness that has infiltrated our churches and families and our cities will be broken!  The basics are just what you already know; prayer (this will be our central theme for 2008), repentance, and worship (deep calls to deep…)

 

This shall be a year that we will never forget!  I am blessed to walk with you and serve alongside you.  We must be true leaders to pave the way for revival at LTG and our city.  Let’s get with it!