. And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, ‘Occupy till I come'. Luke 19:13 In 1965 I had a friend in high school who was a Jehovah’s Witness. She was lonely, probably because of all the rules and restrictions of her parents’...
Blogs
Releasing Prophetic Solutions: Praying Heaven’s Promises Over Your Home, Family, and Nation – Christy Johnston
Releasing Prophetic Solutions: Praying Heaven's Promises Over Your Home, Family, and Nation Book reviews. Book reviews are like stepping stones. That’s how I see them and use them. I read them to see if there is a clue or two from other readers that encourages me...
One man’s witness: the influence of Erin Patterson’s pastor
The elderly pastor of a small Baptist church in Victoria has helped restore some credibility to church life in Australia. The integrity and trustworthiness Pastor Ian Wilkinson has sustained in the worst of high-profile tragedy, has been a constant source of media...
The season of war
A week ago I was asking the Lord how I should pray for the victims of war in this season of war. I was particularly concerned for children who are radicalized by war: any children born in the wake of the Second World War and the Holocaust, knows what it means to grow...
Walter is gone
Goodnight Walter, rest well faithful servant. Walter is not someone I knew personally but I thoroughly enjoyed hearing his voice on the pages of the books he wrote. If you haven’t met Walter, let me introduce you. His full name is Walter Brueggemann, and he is an Old...
Candles and memorials
In the Hebrew calendar the month of Kislev is the season of dreaming. It falls in winter, and it is the time for the significant days of remembrance, the Festival of Lights. This season is also known as Hannukah, which often coincides with Christmas. Hanukkah is...
MYTH BUSTING Restoration or invention? Playing with dangerous doctrines.
We have been experiencing restoration for hundreds of years and it will continue until the return of Jesus.
Myth Busting – the words we use
As a new Christian you may have experienced the strangeness of Christian language. You may have intentionally avoided the dated phrases and catchwords, and used more contemporary words. Yet language still creates barriers to faith, and traps us unexpectedly. Language...
MYTH BUSTING Let’s start with the Famous Five gifts
Most Christians have suffered the effects of slightly askew teaching at some time. I don't mean deliberately false or heretical teaching, although many errors have become self-serving. I am referring to good ideas that creep up...
A key to generational harvest
Honour and the weight of His glory The word ‘honour’ has been on my heart for many weeks, and it has been popping up in my prophecy and preaching, although the fullness of it only came in a prophetic word last Sunday. The Lord showed me that honour was a foundation...
The pruning has begun but the work is not finished
A dream report from Sequoia watchman seer and intercessor, Marita Tipene I was in a dream accompanied by my constant escort. We walked up a hill and arrived at a viewing platform, the outer edge was fenced off . As we approached the fence to see beyond, there below...
The Lord is whistling to you, pick up your mantle…
Zechariah 10:8 - I will whistle for them and gather them, for I will redeem them; And they shall increase as they once increased. At Sequoia's annual conference, three seasoned prophets had new insights into the mantles God is sending out in this new season of the...