2020 appears to be the year from hell. No kidding. The spiritual oppression is thick. That kind of heaviness doesn’t originate from flesh and blood but principalities, powers, and other forces of darkness (Ephesians 6:12). Believers are wading through gloom, fear, stress, and pressure they’ve never experienced before. Even if
Hey, did you catch the Tuesday morning news? I did while finishing up a cool Christmas/New Year’s gift for those who subscribe to my newsletter email list, which, btw, goes out this Sunday, the 20th. (My love language is gifts. So lucky you if you’re a subscriber!) I was feeling
If you’ve seen the movie, The War Room, you know the importance of fighting on your knees for those you love. I saw it last week and loved it! Spiritual warfare is one of my favorite activities. Over the years, I’ve been privileged to mentor many people in how to
Are there ugly things lurking in the shadows of your community? Robberies, gangs, drugs, and other activities that infect your city? And you worry about your kids. Or your grandkids. Or even yourself. Just watching the evening news can overwhelm most of us. How do you deal with the ugly
My prayer partner Vickie and I learned long ago that some of the most powerful weapons of spiritual warfare are virtues we seldom think of as weapons. For example, Satan can’t identify with humility and compassion. He doesn’t understand them and doesn’t know how to win a battle where they’re
On the morning of September 11th, 2001, I awoke to a loud ringing in my ears. It was the phone. One of the older widows in the church, Erma, was on the line telling me to turn on my TV. I did so just before the second plane hit the
Are difficult people making your job unpleasant? Do you dread family reunions? Are certain people in your life driving the peace out of you? If you are breathing, you have at least one difficult person in your life. Probably more. In this video I talk about the ONE spiritual warfare
I’d forgotten how much power is in a bedtime story until recently. Our grandson, Kaius, came to visit one evening while his parents were out on a date. They were due to pick him up around 1:00 in the morning. Too late for these grandparents to sit up and wait.
Sometimes people do weird things to protect those they love. I know I have. I remember the look my son gave me when he arrived home around 2:00 in the morning to find me silently dancing in the living room. I was prayer-dancing, and he thought I was nuts. But
Dang, I hate it when I wake up in the middle of the night with my insides all shaking from some load of fear that just landed under my pillow and seeped up into my emotions. Totally disturbing. Happened again last night. I rebuked a spirit of fear, thought about