Click here to listen to this teaching. This talk is R-rated for adults only. Our world is full of empty words and slogans that really don't do much for any of us. Examples: “I'm sorry for your loss.” “Thank you for your service.” “How are you?” when you really don't want to know. Why not try: “Wow. I heard your mom passed. That's such a big change.” “I'm so glad that I live in a country where powerful young people choose to defend it,” followed by, “Can I buy you a beer or di

Click here to listen to Dangerous Love. “This love is getting kind of dangerous.” The song lyric really reached out and hit me in the face. Give a listen to the song White Horse by Chris Stapleton. There is an urgency and a passion in the music that is central to what I want to talk about today. Three or four years ago, I got very sick. I lost a lot of what I cared about and had sacrificed for. And I was greatly humbled by being so weak and out of it. Thankfully, good friends

Click here to listen. Genesis 1:1–2 says: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and void. Darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.” 1. What Emptiness Really Is Emptiness is not abandonment. It is not cold, endless isolation. It is not the terror of floating alone in a black universe. Emptiness is receptivity. It is the condition that allows something greater than you to move t

The following was a letter written by Richard Kinney to our prophetic board concerning the concept of demonic principalities. Dear friends, As we meet together as a prophetic board, it becomes clear to me that we have much to learn from each other. In our last meeting, the subject of principalities came up, and I'd like to comment on that. I may not be an expert, but I cast out my first demon at the age of 21, and over the next 55 years, have often been very active in deliver

Listen to this teaching here. In martial arts, we were all trained to move out of the way of an opponent’s attack. If they were trying to punch you in the face, you quickly moved your face to one side or the other or took a step back. Watch trained fighters. They are almost always constantly moving and keeping out of the way and out of the angle of their opponent’s attacks. “Don’t block a punch with your face” has always seemed like good advice to me. The devil attacks us, es

Tabby cat with confident look. Click here to listen. If you long to connect with the heavenly family, which is the angels and the Father and Jesus who love you, and that you have a longing for—it's because you’re born with a longing for this loving, intelligent, heavenly family—and most of us don’t get that in our physical earth. All the adaptations that we make to try to somehow make that still work will just fall off of us if we will turn toward our heavenly family and conn

Listen to this post by clicking here. Dove flying. I want to give us today some keys to controlling our mind and entering the peace and the joy of God. First, it comes from a psychology viewpoint, and I think they really did a good job, so I'm just going to read it to you. This suggests that the highest form of peace lies in releasing the need to be understood, admired, pitied, or known, because these desires tie your internal state to external factors that you cannot control

Listen here to this teaching. Today’s class is about drama and our need for significance and to be seen. I’ve been on quite a few mission trips overseas. This particular story happened in Africa, but I’ve seen it in several countries where the people are very poor. The little kids might own one pair of shorts, one good outfit for church, and maybe a broken toy or a flat soccer ball. One thing the little kids always wanted us to do was take their picture. They would say, “Hey