
When Anointing Oil Isn’t Quite What You Think One of the things I learned very quickly while living and ministering in Thailand was that you can pray, prepare, study your Bible, and have a very clear idea of how you think something should go, and then something completely changes your plans. I learned that…

A recent conversation with a family member and a pastor sparked the writing of this blog post. My family member asked me a really good question about revival. They wondered whether revival had sometimes produced abuses, excesses and misunderstandings of Scripture. Around the same time, a pastor told me, “I’m reading all about revival…

There’s a quiet danger that lurks in the life of every ministry leader. It doesn’t announce itself loudly. It doesn’t arrive with scandal or collapse. It comes slowly, subtly, almost imperceptibly. It is what we might call the slow drift. And by the time you recognize it, something valuable has already been lost. If…

The presence of God has the power to transform even the darkest places. This post shares a true story where the team prayed for God’s presence to fill the room and watched hearts soften and atmospheres shift as His light broke through. The Power of His Presence There’s something powerful about the presence of…