On this day, August 2, in the year of our Lord 1931, Armin Gesswein was ordained into Christian ministry. He has been called by many The Father of the Modern Prayer Movement. Armin had a significant impact on the early formation of the College of Prayer, mentoring Fred Hartley and many other young leaders.   Read More

On this day, August 1, in the Year of our Lord 1489, the manifest presence of Christ fell on San Marco, Italy. Gerome Savonarola preached his first sermon and people responded with heartfelt enthusiasm.  Read More

God’s revelation is always progressive. It is all too easy to resent the fact that God never shows us everything right away. Rather than resenting the kingdom principle of progressive revelation, God calls us to embrace it.  Read More

The law of survival is your most deeply ingrained instinct. Christ, however, teaches us the law of non-survival. No one survives crucifixion. When Christ was crucified, it cost Him His life. When you choose to follow Christ, it will cost you your life.  Read More

Following Christ requires a radical transformation. Jesus, therefore, calls us to deny ourselves. Secularism tells you to be yourself. New Age tells you to find yourself. Jesus tells you to deny yourself.   Read More

On this day, July 28, in the year of our Lord 1907, the Holy Spirit came on a large gathering of believers in Nyack, New York. One of the leaders, A.B. Simpson reported, “I received…a distinct touch of the mighty power of the Holy Spirit – a kind of breaking through, accompanied by a sense of awe and a lighting up of my senses.  Read More

No one has ever seen themselves. To see yourself, you need to look away from yourself into a mirror. Similarly, because you are hidden in Christ, the only way to truly know yourself is to find yourself in Christ.  Read More

You don’t know your true identity until you discover who you are in Christ. Discovering who you are in Christ is one of the foundational realities of being a follower of Jesus. Until you see yourself in Christ, you will never know yourself. If you don’t know yourself, you can’t be yourself. If you can’t be yourself, you can’t live.   Read More

On this day, July 25, in the year of our Lord 1912, a significant group of seekers gathered for a conference in Dallas, Texas. God came in a Pentecost-like movement. It resulted in honest confession of sin, repentance, cleansing and a profound unity among the believers, who went out empowered by Christ to change the world.  Read More

Confronting Satan is never pleasant, but keep in mind that it always exalts Christ. Yes, the devil is active in our world. At times it seems as though he even has the upper hand. But this is not true. The devil’s power pales in comparison to the power and authority of Christ.  Read More

One of the highest honors we have as followers of Christ is the privilege of exercising authority over evil spirits. Resistance is not normally our default posture during prayer. Resistance is counterintuitive when we pray. Normally we are in a posture of submission when we approach God and appropriately so.  Read More

You don’t want to just read the words of the Bible. You want to encounter the God of the Bible. God wants to set your Bible reading on fire so that as you read, your heart will burn within you as you encounter Christ in the Scriptures. When Jesus taught the Bible, He taught, “in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.” The response of His disciples was that their hearts burned within them. It was like spontaneous spiritual combustion.  Read More

On this day, July 21, in the year of our Lord 1907, A.B. Simpson reported that there were many “special manifestations of power” at the Rocky Springs Campground meetings outside of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Four evenings of all-night prayer were led by Daddy Whiteside and his friends. Dozens received the baptism of the Holy Spirit in these extended nights of prayer. One pastor reported, referring to the leader of the meeting, “I saw fire over his head!”  Read More

Fullness (God's work in us) always preceded fulfillment (God's work through us). Before God extends His work through us, He first establishes His work in us. When Christ was preparing His disciples for His departure, He taught them extensively on both the in-working (fullness) and the through-working (fulfillment) of the Holy Spirit.   Read More

There are few kingdom principles that are more life-giving than fullness/fulfillment. When Christ was prepared to ascend into heaven off the top of the Mount of Olives, He reinforced with His disciples the fullness/fulfillment principle .“You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you,” (fullness) “…and you will be my witnesses.” (fulfillment)   Read More

When Jesus invited His disciples to follow Him, He immediately unfolded for them the kingdom principle we have come to know as fullness/fulfillment. “Follow me” (fullness) “…and I will make you fishers of men.” (fulfillment) Part of the crisis in the church today is because too many Christians want to work for Christ (fulfillment) without letting Christ work in them (fullness).  Read More

If you know Christ, it is only appropriate to want to know Him better. The Apostle Paul certainly knew Christ, but he was not content to simply be saved and to know that when he died he would go to heaven. He had a hunger to know Christ better. There was nothing more valuable in the Apostle Paul’s life than “the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus.”  Read More

If you know Christ, it is only healthy for you to want to know Him better. The Apostle Paul prayed a world-class prayer as recorded in Ephesians 1:17. He prayed for the church in Ephesus to be given the Holy Spirit of wisdom and revelation so that they would know Christ more and more and better and better.  Read More

Anyone who has genuinely encountered the manifest presence of Christ is instantly ruined. You never again want to settle for simply God’s omnipresence. The Apostle Paul promised the church in Ephesus that when they prayed, God would not only answer their prayers, but answer them with “far more” than they ever imagined.   Read More

Healthy Christians want more of God’s manifest presence in Christ. When God does put inside you a hunger for more of His presence, it is not that you are ungrateful for what you have. Hunger for more of God’s presence comes to those who are most grateful.  Read More

You will be fulfilling your God-giving calling not only for time but for eternity. The Apostle Paul wrote a letter that was masterpiece to the church in Rome. In it he identified the eternal nature of God’s purposes for every one of us. He clarified that our calling and the gifts God has given us are not only inseparably linked, they are eternal.  Read More

On this day, July 12, in the year of our Lord 1723, seventeen year old Sarah Pierpont married twenty-three year old Jonathan Edwards. Jonathan had been attracted to her when she was only thirteen. They would become not only marriage partners but soul mates who frequently encountered the manifest presence of Christ together. They loved to pray together and honor Christ together.  Read More

You may struggle in knowing your calling. You may even fail along the way. But no matter who you are, God wants you to know that your calling will not fail. One of the most fulfilling realities in life is to discover that your calling will succeed. When you discover that your calling is in Christ, you will easily understand that in Christ you will not fail.  Read More

There is no such thing as a low calling. If you are in Christ, you have a high calling. Period. The Apostle Paul strove with every fiber of his being to take hold of the high calling he had in Christ. Like the rest of us, Paul did not choose his own calling, but Christ chose it for him. Taking hold of Christ’s call was Paul’s ambition.   Read More