A faith-building testimony of the power in Jesus' Name

I don’t know why we as a church—both individually and corporately—have all but forsaken the glorious practice of testifying. Maybe it’s because we’ve been deceived into believing that the supernatural invasions that produce testimonies are ultimately all about us and improving our quality of life on earth. Wrong. God has been instructing me on this subject quite a bit lately, so allow me to briefly share our personal experience and His purpose in producing a testimony.

You may or may not know this but in early February my wife and I voyaged to a pastor’s conference in Jacksonville (for my work). Unfortunately, while we were there, Mercedes came down with a rather nasty flu bug. Ah, let’s call it what it was—swine flu. I cannot make light of her bout with the illness. It was so intense that it landed us in the Jacksonville emergency room until 3 in the morning.

Well, testimony number one is that God healed my wife and supernaturally protected our unborn baby from the potentially dangerous effects of swine flu. The next situation demanding the miraculous was paying the rather costly hospital bill. Even though we have health insurance, it’s never fun (and convenient) to receive a bill for $700+

Here came my potential hurdle to seeing revelation made manifest. Like I said, God has been teaching me lately about the power of praying in Jesus’ Name, not to use it as a magic “name it, claim it” formula to get what we want from God, but rather, seeing God testifying to the invisible realities of His Kingdom in our midst through that Name and that Name alone. Kingdom dominion is not released through any other name under heaven as no other Name possesses Kingdom power.

So finally, after being a stubborn, “I’m not going to ask for directions or help” stereotype, I called upon the Father to release a financial miracle in our situation. We prayed specifically in Jesus’ Name, so that the testimony would authenticate the power in that Name, not necessarily just the cool thing He would bring about in our lives. Not more than three days later, I called our insurance company and behold, I discovered that we didn’t owe any of the money the hospital initially projected.

Cool? Absolutely! But remember a few things. First of all, a testimony is not about WHAT happens, but WHO is revealed. God healed Mercedes and provided for us, and that’s worth a hearty shout, but all the more exciting is what this testimony reveals about OUR Father: His compassion, His love, His concern for His beloved, and ultimately, His desire to deposit foretastes of glory on earth (that’s what happens when the miraculous collides with our realm). Secondly, a miraculous invasion is not about obtaining “health, wealth, and comfort;” it signals the reality that the Kingdom of God is near and is experienced only through the God-man, Jesus Christ (released through praying in His Name).

Finally, a testimony brims with prophetic, faith-building power. Other believers hear what the Father has done through the Name of His Beloved Jesus and those accounts build their faith in this miracle-working, Kingdom-releasing Christ. I share this for your encouragement. If God did it for us, He can and will do it for you! Just remember, it’s not about us getting something; it’s about Him revealing Someone and oh, how awesome it is to behold that magnificent Someone as He makes the Father’s Name manifest by coming through on your behalf.

The Blowing Wind of Prophetic Revelation

Last week, we attended a prayer meeting at our local Presbyterian church, and I do not exaggerate when I say that the wind of the Holy Spirit sovereignly and supernaturally blew through that place.

The word wind has actually been stirring in my spirit as of late. One particular passage that I have been hung up on is John 3:8, where Jesus dialogues with Nicodemus about the second birth. He likens the invasive, redemptive move of the Holy Spirit in a person to the nature of the blowing wind,

“The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit." (ESV)

I still haven’t mined this passage’s depths, but the Holy Spirit has revealed a few things about His movement and activity through this particular verse: The wind is God-originated and God-designated. In short, the wind is God, as it is the Spirit of God serving as the Messenger of the Revelation of God. He “comes out” of God and in turn, goes where God supernaturally directs. This verse reveals two aspects of God that tend to make the church nervous: He is both supernatural and sovereign.

Monday evening, this sovereign, supernatural wind of God blew through that prayer meeting and, by unction of the Holy Spirit, men and women began to prophesy. So often, I have observed the practice of prayer as one-dimensional, the currency of simply getting from God. Yes, we are to “ask” and make petition. God instructs it. However, there is a deeper, greater dimension of this sacred communication, where the one praying ceases trying to move God to do something and instead, God becomes the mover.

God releases prophetic insight into the spirit of the one praying, and rather than praying to God for something, that person starts praying from God about something. The person becomes a bold prophetic voice, for the things pouring forth from their spirit and ultimately out of their mouth are not “wouldn’t it be nice if God did this,” fantasies. They are prophetic realities that the Father desires to make manifest “on earth” through releasing the person, passion and power of Christ Jesus through his body (known as the Church).

Let’s enter prayer with prophetic expectation. Let’s step beyond prayer lists. They’re good. They’re necessary. But they are not the One Thing - Jesus is. Sometimes we act like what we say TO God is more important and deserving of emphasis than what God is saying… yes, to us... but what He’s saying TO us and THROUGH us is not all ABOUT us. Simply, it is all about God filling the Earth with God—first comes the “knowledge of His glory” and then BAM, then comes His manifest glory, and in the end, God receives all the glory. Period.

Revival in Kansas City Among Youth

Just wanted to share an exciting video testimony from, what I believe, is an authentic, powerful outpouring of God's Holy Spirit upon the students and leaders at the International House of Prayer Missions Base.

Why is this happening?

God is sovereign over the visitation, absolutely.

However, I believe these people are hungry for Jesus... THE Jesus of Scripture, not the Jesus of church culture and comfort Christianity.

I encourage you to visit the International House of Prayer's website and check out some of the amazing services. This is what revival and "outpouring" are all about... filling us up and sending us out.

Jesus Christ desires to be released into our everyday lives and turn lives upside down, that the lost would be brought into His Kingdom.

For example, check out this powerful testimony of the Great Commission being lived out in a Walgreens. I implore you to listen to this POWERFUL 10 minute testimony, as this so exhibits the heart of God for this hour—to manifest Himself in power, in love, in mercy to a generation destined to encounter the All Consuming Fire that is Jehovah God.



Lord, stir this hunger in us... in me... I pray in Jesus' Saving Name. Amen.

The War to Adore

“1 These are the nations that the Lord left in the land to test those Israelites who had not experienced the wars of Canaan. 2 He did this to teach warfare to generations of Israelites who had no experience in battle.” (Judges 3:1-2, NLT)



We war against two things.

I know a while back Rev. Billy Graham classically stated we fight against three hostile forces: The flesh, the world, and the devil. Absolutely. However, in the context of Judges 3, I see one thing we war against (which could be the sum total of Graham’s observation) and One Thing we war for.

First, we war to adore. We fight for the presence of the Lord. I wholeheartedly believe we spend too much time talking about who or what we’re fighting against, but really, have no perspective concerning what we are warring for. What’s on the other side of victory… in this life? Many would say blessing, breakthrough, healing, miracle, successfully resisting temptation, prayer answer, etc. Those are victory byproducts, sure, but what or Who are we really fighting for?

Before I even examine this point further, NO, we don’t war to be saved. If anything, God wages war on us to bring us to salvation. He supernaturally intervenes and interferes with our sin-loving, self-exalting existences and wrestles us to the ground to where we have no choice but to say a spiritual “Uncle!” to the Holy Ghost. No wonder Jimmy Buffet sings, “Vampires, Mummies and the Holy Ghost, these the things that terrify me the most.” Rightly so, for that Holy Ghost comes in and wrecks havoc on everything dead in our lives. He’s the God who wars and wrestles with the sinners heart, and believe you me, when you are His agenda, He’s going to get you and render you sweetly broken before the cross of Christ. So, no, we don’t fight for our salvation.

We war, however, to behold and experience our Sanctifier. Let me specify. God supernaturally places His Warrior in us at salvation. He is the Holy Spirit and He is what makes us long, yearn, and pine for the presence of God in our lives. We don’t want it. Our flesh doesn’t want it. Our flesh loves quick fixes. Our flesh loves simply being “okay” with what God deems intolerable, and that is living amidst “ites”—addictions, sin, religious deceptions—we are being groomed to simply be okay with these things, and listen, the institutional church ain’t doing a whole lot about it. Why? They’ve ceased fighting for His presence and instead, decided to finance their programs. When we’re in the Spirit, however, the lesser things disappear into the background and our heart’s longing is to feast upon Christ alone.

Jason Upon has a beautiful, spontaneous, prophetic anthem entitled “The Cost of Intimacy.” One of the lines is “We’re fighting for the presence of the Lord—a generation of warriors!” The Spirit of Jesus sanctifies us, don’t misunderstand me. However, we war to be with Him. We war for Him by Him. We war with His weapons, His arsenal, His grace, His enabling.

I’m not a proponent of “God saved you; now it’s all up to you” theology. Not true. However, now that we are saved, we’ve been enlisted in the army of God and we’d be stupid to believe that as an army, we’re called to sit around and scrub spiritual toilets all day.

Secondly, we war against the “ites” we examined previously. We war against the flesh, the devil, the distractions, the temptations, the sin we struggled with prior to our salvation that wants to stay in the land.

When we reject Jesus as Lord over every sphere of our lives and refuse to place Him at the center of our world, we are basically agreeing with the Israelites of Judges. “God, we want your blessing. We want you to have a part of our lives. But we want our own thing. We’ll do what (we think) You expect of us. We’ll do the Christian stuff; however, there are things we want to do and you keep your hands off those parts of our lives.”

I say that to God. I hate that I say that, but I do. We live with an old man called the flesh and let me tell you, this is dude selfish, cranky and boisterous!

Ultimately, our enemy conspires to thwart us from engaging Almighty God. He’s done this so strategically, most of all, through silencing the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. Why? When we grasp the Gospel, we understand a myriad of Truths that all stand side-by-side, and upon believing those Truths, we are privileged to access the very presence of the Most Holy God Who delights in undoing us in His majesty.

We are called and equipped to wage this war. Unfortunately, we’re being told two lies. One is that we do absolutely nothing now that we’re saved and whatever happens…happens. Then you have “those” people on the other side of the fence fighting and rebuking the devil from sunup to sundown. Oh, he must love the attention and delight in his duel-success—keeping the army of God asleep, or making them maintain their defensive (as they fight, unaware of Who and what they’re actually fighting for.)

We are inexperienced in true, Scriptural, spiritual warfare. Ah, but I believe the Spirit of God is awakening us. The sleeping giant is rising and the reality of His glory covering the earth is becoming an ever near reality.

True Spirit of Christmas

I feel like Charlie Brown. Humorously enough, when he cries out, “Can someone tell me the true meaning of Christmas?!” he is standing a platform (where he and the rest of the Peanuts gang have been vigorously rehearsing for a Christmas production)… this platform so accurately represents the Church of the twenty first century, especially during the Christmas season. Pageants. Productions. Programs. Ah, but where is the preaching of the true Incarnation? Am I simply referring to that which occurred once two thousand years ago through the womb of the Virgin? No.



The true Spirit of Christmas is the Holy Spirit of God Who has been deposited in the hearts of those who have called upon the Name of Jesus Christ as Savior, and let me tell you, while we place a lot of emphasis on how much Jesus we “put in”, I believe a prophetic cry is emerging from the very heartbeat of God—“Release my Son into the Earth!”

‘Tis a weighty mandate indeed. And yet, isn’t it an appropriate call to action for an organism defined as the very body of Jesus Christ?

What was the common denominator amidst those who encountered Christ that first Christmas season? Divine Encounters Initiated by the Holy Spirit. In other words, those who longed for the Christ did not just one day decide or will to experience Jesus, especially the Jesus who was released into the Earth. He wasn’t a political powerhouse or a government over-hauler. He was the Lamb. His primary purpose was not to bring natural liberation from Rome; it was supernatural deliverance from the sin-tyranny of Satan. The Sinner’s Saviour is in fact the only Jesus who can incite us to leave everything behind and follow Him with our lives, for when we live in full view of that revelation—we were lost wretches, incapable of saving ourselves—and He came to the rescue.

Contrary to the lyrics of many Christian worship songs of this age, NO, we didn’t “call” and He answered our yearning beckon. Friends, we rejected Him. We crucified Him. We spat at Him and mocked Him and hurled insults at Him. And yet, He still came to the rescue. Oh the praise and thanksgiving that such Truth should up well in our hearts!

And again, only the Holy Spirit could open our eyes to long for and in turn, receive such a seemingly “lowly” Savior as our Great Redeemer and Liberator. This Spirit not only awakens us to the Truth of Who Jesus is, and what He came to do. We live, move, and breath in response to that, yes. However, we were never called to do it alone. Jesus is awakening his army in the Earth and Christian, He has sovereignly intended to do that through you.

The Holy Spirit is awakening this groan to release Jesus in the hearts of a generation. A John (the Baptist) generation. The Bible describes him as one filled with the Spirit and power of Elijah. What does this Spirit do? It prepares a prophetic atmosphere, fitting the environment of an era, time, hour, or generation for a Holy Visitation from God Almighty. Elijah was appointed to do that on Mount Caramel. John was called to do it prior to the Savior’s first advent.

So what releases these Johns? Encounter with Jesus.

“A few days later Mary hurried to the hill country of Judea, to the town where Zechariah lived. She entered the house and greeted Elizabeth. At the sound of Mary’s greeting, Elizabeth’s child leaped within her, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.” (Luke 1:39-41, NLT)

Here, we witness a powerful exchange between Mary—literally filled with Jesus—and Elizabeth, who was hosting the developing, fetal John. That encounter with one filled-with-Jesus (Mary) stirred the forerunner-in-gestation (John), causing him to leap in the womb. This goes to show that the Christ-in-us when placed in close proximity to a chosen forerunner, should spiritually awaken that fetus. The question begs: Are we living as true hosts of Christ, ready in season and out of season to manifest Him into an atmosphere or environment?

You never know what chosen vessels may be around when Christ-in-you shines forth. May the bride assume the position of Mary—serving as a literal vessel and host for Jesus Christ.

Just as in the days preceding Christ’s first advent, I believe the Holy Spirit is sovereignly stirring a prophetic yearning and longing in the hearts of a generation for the Christ. Not the happy-go-lucky Jesus. Not “Jesus as my homeboy.” Not religion. Not feel-good, felt-needs focused, program-driven, timed down to the minute church. Not even the Jesus presented by most of evangelical Christianity in this day and age, Who essentially saves us from mediocrity and brings us into happiness, peace, joy, health, wealth and warm fuzzies. Not the emergent Jesus. Not the seeker-friendly Jesus. Not the indecisive, stoic, distant, hip, cool Christ. Friends, the Spirit of God is stirring a generation, calling them into the “wilderness,” just as He did John the Baptis. John didn’t learn from the Pharisees of his day, nor will this generation be theologically schooled from the “Christian celebs” of ours. The Holy Spirit has a people in training who will be grounded in True Christology and equipped to manifest the power of Jesus into the Earth.

I sense the Lord saying, “A generation is emerging out of a barren womb. A dead, impossible place where God-life seems nonexistent: The world, culture, religion…even the modern church. This generation needs to be around Jesus-conduits. Men and women overshadowed by the Holy Spirit—the Spirit of Elijah that awakens generations to repentance for these vessels have seen the King and are supernaturally made away of their hopelessness and desperation for Christ, the Emmanuel.”

The Spirit of Christmas is setting up a supernatural collision, where the yearn of a generation will collide with a historic outpouring of the Spirit. Result? Historic revival that will prepare the bride for the bridegroom’s coming and awaken sinners out of darkness and translate them into Jesus’ saving light.

I’ll tell you where you can “Sow Your Seed”…

Okay—total transparency coming up, so buckle your seatbelt.

This evening, I was watching a certain Christian TV network (that shall remain nameless), and what “message” was being proclaimed from their “pulpit” that broadcasts into the households of billions across the earth? Sow Your Seed and God will… (fill in the materialistic blank)

This heretical load of garbage has become sadly synonymous with the Spirit-filled, charismatic church—a movement that, though flawed, is near and dear to my heart as in its pure, Scripture-rooted form, it is truly a revelation of renewal in an age desperate for a true touch from heaven.

A few Biblical blurbs:

1) Financial “Seed Sowing” (as it is defined today) is not Scriptural. Literally, it’s not in the Bible… except for one isolated passage (2 Cor 9:10), and in a moment, we’ll briefly examine the context (2 Cor 9:6-15). Otherwise, there is no verse, passage, or account throughout the halls of Scripture where the phraseology, “Sowing Seed” is paralleled with giving money—in particular, giving money to manipulative ministries or corrupt churches.

2) Defining “Sowing Your Seed.” When presented in the Bible, “Sowing” is discussed in the context of farming and agriculture (Gen 47:23), preserving the soil’s sanctity (Lev 11:37), and intermixing of planting (Lev 19:19, Deut 22:9). When paralleled with anything—New Testament-speaking—“Seed” could be observed as a type for the Word of God or the Gospel (Matt 13:4) and, in one singular instance, yes, “sowing seed” is symbolic for investing in the work of preaching the Gospel (2 Cor 9:10).

3) The Balance:

2 Corinthians 9:5—The believers were urged to give a gift “not as an extortion [wrung out of you]…” but as “generous and willing.” (AMP)

I don’t need to tell you, but most instances where the “sowing your seed” malarkey is proclaimed, extortion is right there, smiling, singing, and swindling. Is tithing and giving wrong? Absolutely not. We give because God said so and we love Him. However, what’s happening in many evangelical circles today is not giving; it’s Christianized thievery and believers are willingly paying the robbers!

Paul warned young Timothy about charlatans who will come in with a Christian “look and feel,” but would ultimately pervert the Gospel for fiscal gain:

1 Timothy 6:3-5—“If you have leaders there who teach otherwise, who refuse the solid words of our Master Jesus and this godly instruction, tag them for what they are: ignorant windbags who infect the air with germs of envy, controversy, bad-mouthing, suspicious rumors. Eventually there's an epidemic of backstabbing, and truth is but a distant memory. They think religion is a way to make a fast buck.” (MESSAGE)

The agenda?

Wrangle Together the Innocent and Ungrounded—They target people who are not grounded in solid, Biblical doctrine. In these “Sow Your Seed” environments, anyone who is a proponent of being theologically sound is considered a Pharisee, an intellectualized legalist and one who is against the “flow of the Spirit.” Church, the “spirit” flowing in many atmospheres today is not the Holy Spirit of God, but rather, a combination of fleshy frenzy and demonic divination. Be Word-grounded and Spirit-sensitive. Yes, they can peacefully coexist, for it’s the Word that exhorts us to quench not the Spirit.

Work Em’ Up with Worship—This is where the fleshy frenzy begins, and it irks me to no end. I am all for emotionally encountering God. I believe, in all honesty, that God is in the process of raising up an Enoch generation who walks with Him, so powerfully, so intimately, so tangibly, that the world and all it offers become so secondary and un-alluring because of their powerful engagement with the Holy One. Manifestations. Signs. Wonders. Healings. Miracles. I believe God is unleashing those into the earth like never before. Problematically, they are presently few and far between for the church at large is not mature enough to steward such blessings. We possess the propensity to worship the wonder or seek the sign. Oh, glory’s coming folks, but I believe we are in the final phases of Jesus restoring order to His body. The Gospel—Jesus as our Savior from sin—must be the magnificent obsession again. I’ve been in these aforementioned “worship atmospheres” and they are, quite frankly, intoxicating. The worship appears extravagant, the praise glorious, the atmosphere rich with “the presence,” and then, whammo, things get crazy… in this case, craziness is the “offering” message (more like the offering m-a-ssage).

Wave the Wand. Charm the Church. Pick up the Proceeds. Finally, after everyone’s brains are brought to mush and emotions are elated through the “worship experience” the deal can close. Putty in the hands of a suit-donning, mic-holding, hooping and hollering Bible-toting wolf in sheep’s clothing. Now, be mindful, not every preacher who is preaching or endorsing those who proclaim this message are certifiable apostates. Some are people I actually respect, and who I believe regularly bring a Word from God’s heart to the body of Christ. That’s what breaks my heart. I don’t know what to do about it, for it is a perverse message.

I’m just so sick of it, and I pray that someone would have the audacity to rise up and blow a trumpet in Zion about this rubbish. I’m upset that because of this prosperity perversion, the enemy has strategically divided the church concerning the reality of God as Provider—either we believe God wants us poor (which is unbiblical), or we expect Him to dish out the Cadillac, yacht, and million dollar mansion (likewise, unbiblical). I just needed to issue this caveat before the stones start flying. Yes, I believe in Prosperity. I believe in God’s Provision and His More than Enough supply. I DON’T and CAN’T, however, endorse the whole “Give to Get” bologna. That’s just me.

Oh, but there is a Seed Sown that will be eternally celebrated and cherished, and His Name is Jesus Christ! I’ll discuss this in my following post.

Revival in Retrospect

Okay, so it was last year, around the beginning of the summer that I blogged about the now infamous (and item of the past), “Florida Healing Outpouring.” Man, a lot has happened since then, even in the context of that particular happening and the now notorious sparkplug behind it—Mr. Todd Bentley.

Let me rephrase that… I don’t know if Mr. Bentley was personally behind it. On the other hand, I don’t know if the Holy Spirit actually instigated something and man, as he loves to do (and does so well) decided to “flesh it up,” I really cannot deliver an answer with finality— we leave that to the Almighty’s evaluation.

I’m hesitant to immediately decry it as faux, fake, and wholly heretical. Why? I was there for one of the evenings and as God is so faithful to do, He powerfully inhabited the praises of His people. Oh, the worship was so sweet, but on the heels of extravagant adoration to the King, I witnessed what can only be described as unbiblical fanaticism, where everything but the Lord Jesus Christ was placed on a pedestal — “The Anointing,” “the Spirit of Elijah,” red healing rags, twitching heads, angel worship, laying on the ground laughing hysterically, etc.

This post, however, is not necessarily intended to be a warning— that article was written last year and I still vehemently stand behind everything I wrote then. I’ve just been confronted lately with a barrage of definitions to the word, “Revival.” In all honesty, I still don’t think I’ve come to any definitive conclusion on what the word actually means as there have been so many alleged meanings assigned to it.

Here are two I can come up with immediately:

1. Planned, Evangelistic Definition of Revival

Can we schedule a revival into our yearly calendar? Can we state with certainty that the week of October 5-10 will be a certifiable revival? Sure, we can classify it as a “revival” meeting, but I think in doing so, we diminish the true definition of the term. As I mentioned, this true definition is something I’m seeking, but more than seeking revelation of revival, I want to know the Jesus that so powerfully and supernaturally releases revival into an atmosphere. Into a people. Into a region. Where it seems as though heaven’s gates are ajar over a sovereignly-appointed, yet contending-directed atmosphere. God is sovereign over the visitation, absolutely. We can’t just plan it, or muster it up (as we will see more so in the second definition). However, I do believe there are certain elements that attract the spirit of revival like a moth to the flame. Anyway, not to venture off on a tangent — I just don’t get some of the “revival” semantics.

2. Spontaneous, Charismatic Definition of Revival

We have been internationally introduced to the neo-Pentecostal realm of “revival,” largely through the portal of Christian television. Don’t get me wrong. I thoroughly enjoy and am deeply ministered to by a lot of programming on such stations. However, some of the elements of this brand of “revival” just don’t seem Scripturally kosher. In short, Jesus is dethroned for the sake of experiencing and demonstrating fanatical emotionalism. I mean, some of the “manifestations” occurring in these meetings make God, in all honesty, look like a cosmic clown. People get into a frenzy and start engaging in all sorts of ridiculousness — clamoring for a healing cloth, shaking their heads like bobble-head dolls, barking like dogs, foaming at the mouth, laughing uncontrollably, falling down and flailing around, you get the drift. Is this revival? No. These are manifestations, and in all honesty, many are counterfeit manifestations if I might be so bold to declare that.

Ah, now do I believe in being overwhelmed by the power of God and being slain in the Spirit? Yes. A step further, however, I believe that true, authentic manifestations of this caliber are currently few and far between because of man’s desire to equate Himself with God and get glory for something only God can truly do. In both camps, really, revival seems to be centered around a figurehead, be it a guest speaker, a pastor or an alleged “Revivalist” touting all the bells and whistles.

Friends, a movement is coming soon — a mighty, tangible move of the blessed Holy Spirit, where atmospheres will be so charged with Jesus’ presence and glory that the multitudes will be overwhelmed by His power and drop to the ground, and no man will be able to boast, for no man will be able to receive the credit. A God-move is coming where Jesus Christ will serve as the Chief Revivalist. Yes, he will use men and women of flesh and blood. He may anoint forerunners as John the Baptist, but you can bet your bottom dollar that they will not resent losing potential disciples, converts or church-members to Jesus. John was considered a “Friend of the bridegroom.” Why? Simple. He demonstrated a supernatural friendship towards Jesus Christ — the friendship described and defined by Jesus in the Gospel of John where life is laid down for the sake of another, a friend. John the Baptist laid down his life, his ministry, his hour in the spotlight, without haste or reservation, for He knew it was all about the Lamb of God who taketh away the sin of the world. It’s coming, friends. Oh, that we would contend for this outpouring.

—Larry Sparks, 2009