When I heard about the shooting of Charlie Kirk, I was in shock. The first thing I did was pray. I prayed that Charlie would live and not die. I prayed for his family and for our nation. Once I heard the news that Charlie had died, I was numb. I honestly didn’t know what […]
The Holy Spirit gave me a word for 2025. Sometimes, the Holy Spirit falls like rain, but sometimes, you must dig another well. The water is always there in the dry season, but you can’t always see it. You have to dig for it. In Genesis Chapter 26, there is famine in Canaan, and Issac […]
The year was 1983. I was 24 years old and had already been in “full-time” ministry for four years. The problem? I was only making $100 a week. I loved what I was doing, but I couldn’t imagine how it could ever be sustainable. I was dating a girl I loved and wanted to get […]
In October 1998, we hosted a Children’s Pastors Conference at Joy Christian Center in St. Cloud, MN. The theme was “Leading Children in Revival.” It was a radical idea at the time; however, it was what the Holy Spirit was leading us to do. We took out a half-page ad in Charisma Magazine, which cost […]
Spiritual impartation in the Bible refers to the supernatural transfer of spiritual gifts, blessings, authority, or anointing from one person to another. This divine process occurs through physical contact, prophetic declaration, or divine appointment. The Apostle Paul said it to Timothy like this, “Do not neglect the spiritual gift you received through prophecy spoken over […]
Jesus got angry with the Pharisees many times, but I only see one time when he got angry with his disciples – when they pushed the children away from him. This tells me that thinking that children are not spiritual is ungodly. “One day, some parents brought their children to Jesus so that he could […]
Today, we are living in a dry season. An entire generation of children has grown up without witnessing a national revival. As I prayed, the Lord spoke clearly to my heart: “Sometimes the Holy Spirit falls like rain,but sometimes you must dig another well.The water is always present in a dry season—it’s just not always […]
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I made a decision early in my ministry training that built the foundation for my ministry to kids. I was only 20 years old and didn’t even realize I was doing something wise. This is my story about the most intelligent ministry decision I ever made. It was October of 1978. I was attending Rhema […]
You may not think very highly of me after reading this blog, but I’m willing to take the risk. It’s hard to talk about failure, but it might help someone and it’s therapeutic for me. Bottom line, even if it doesn’t help you it will help me. “When I was a boy of 14, my […]