“In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.” (Acts 2:17)

Many times as I prophesy over people the Lord shows me that He is about to speak to them in an increased way through visions and dreams.  This is often received with tears by many of the people who hear it.

I remember when I first started telling people that I had dreams of heaven, Jesus and angels, some thought I was crazy.  I even had leaders around me say that perhaps that I was talking about my dreams too much.  This will happen, but it is not only biblical to have dreams and visions (Acts 2:17) but it is also biblical to speak about what you have seen (Matthew 10:27).

Visions and dreams are a communication form that God uses to speak into our hearts.  When I see something in a dream or vision, it solidifies my understanding of what God‘s word says.

In a dream one time I saw a number of books.  I picked up one book that had a scripture verse on its spine. It was John 8:36 which says, “He who the son sets free is free indeed.”

When I woke up I went to the Bible and read that scripture.  The truth of it sank deep into my heart and became a life verse.  I know that I am set free because God showed it to me in a vision and dream and then confirmed it in His word.

We know God’s voice by what it produces in us.  For me His voice always comes with peace and joy.  There are times that He warns me and corrects me, but when I come into agreement with what He says, my heart returns to peace.  Even if I must repent at the correction of the Lord, I am happy because He knows what is best for my life.

So dreams and visions become vehicles that God uses to strengthen His people.  They are also used to give you direction and understanding.  He will even communicate to you in dreams about the fears that you have deep in your heart.  He does this so that He can heal you of those fears.

God directed Joseph to go into Egypt with Mary and the baby Jesus.  He warned the magi not to go back to Herod after they saw the Christ Child.  He directed Paul into Macedonia through a dream.  He showed Peter that the gospel was to spread to the Gentiles through a vision.

Dreams and visions are powerful tools that God uses to touch lives deeply and reveal destiny.  I am always asking God to speak to me through them.  I believe that God doesn’t mind us asking Him for a dream or a vision.  We should desire this Godly form of communication.  It is supernatural and shows us that God is real.  When we encounter God through a dream and vision it strengthens our faith, so begin to call out to Him to strengthen you in this way.

I know that my life has never been the same since I started to have God dreams.  There is no way I can doubt that He is real.  He speaks to me often and His voice is good.

I pray that you will begin to experience Him in greater ways as you sleep during the night.

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:9)

A whole generation of Israelites perished in the desert because they were not courageous to believe that God had ordained for them to inherit the Promised Land.  When Joshua and Caleb spied out that land they saw that it was filled with abundance and they believed that God would be with them as they entered in to take that land.

But there were 10 other spies who just did not believe that they could take the land because of the giants that were in it.  Because of this, a generation wandered in the desert for 40 years until unbelief could be purged out of a nation.

When Joshua went into the land to take it God promised that he would be with him and Joshua believed God and took the land.  Yes, he had to fight his way into that land, defeating the enemy as he went, but the promise of God was that he would win the battle and he did.

As they marched around the walls of Jericho, which might seem to be a very unlikely military tactic, the walls came tumbling down and the renown of the Israelites’ God went out into all of Canaan and the Israelites took the land.

Many of us wrestle with unbelief in the face of the promises of God.  There are many times that I write a statement on Facebook like “God is going to defeat the obstacles in your life,” and people will respond with a very defeated, “Well, I hope so.”

This is not faith.  Faith rises up in the face of the obstacles and the enemy’s lies and proclaims the truth of what God has spoken.  No matter what comes against faith, faith understands the truth of God’s word and that it is impossible for God to lie.  Faith will take great steps toward every word of the Lord that has been spoken because it knows that it will overcome by the word of the Lord.

Do you have promises that have been spoken over your life by God?  Can you feel the truth of those promises deep within your being?  Have you been wandering in the wilderness of dissatisfaction and fear?  God has a day for you and it is called “now,” so prepare yourselves for more.

But more sometimes comes with a price.  Many people want things to be handed to them on a silver platter, but this is not the way God seems to work.  He makes us step into the direction of His promises and says, “The path before you may be difficult and the enemy may seem to be strong, but I am with you and together we will defeat his plans for your life.”

All you have to do is step into the Jordan, and then march around Jericho.  You must step into the place that God has said to go and as you do victory is not only certain but most assuredly yours.

I pray that you will have the strength to believe God in the face of your obstacles.  I pray that God will embolden you to believe that you are more than a conqueror in Christ Jesus.  May the Lord bless you with a new hope and word in this hour.  Get ready for more!

“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.” (John 17:20-21)

 When your heart is as much for my church as mine is for yours, then I believe we will see a greater outpouring of God’s Spirit upon the churches.

I remember one time meeting a young man in one of my meetings many years ago in Korea.  This young man had a great talent for music ministry.  I said to him that he would be a great asset to the man that I was working with in Korea, but then this great pride came over him as he began to state that he wouldn’t work with this man because his own church was the greatest church in all Korea.

This kind of pride is not of God.  When we put pride in our church and our ministry above our God, we are actually living in idolatry, because the Kingdom of God is greater than any one person’s church.

The building up of our own church should not be our main goal in ministry.  That is small thinking.  We need to be ambassadors of the Kingdom pointing people to Jesus Christ every day of our lives.  We should not be worried about where they go to church. 

I have led people to Christ who decided that my church was not the place for them.  I have learned to be fine with this.  Perhaps another church is the place where they will blossom and grow in their lives.

In fact it is impossible for me to actually pastor everybody that I have led to Christ.  I cannot counsel all of them.  There are too many of them.  I have to trust that the Holy Spirit is able to keep them and sanctify them and train them.

It is going to take every church working together to bring in the harvest that is coming.  My church and your church are the same church.  We are all a part of the bride of Christ.  We must walk in unity.

One of the words that comes often in this hour is how God is forming a net to bring in the fishes.  I don’t know if you have ever seen fishing nets.  I am from Newfoundland where fishing was a big part of our culture.  Fishing nets are made up of many little squares that are knotted together.  Fishing nets may have as many as a thousand knots, but each knot is important.  If one knot breaks some fish might get away.  If many knots break the entire harvest might be lost.

Each church is a knot in the net and each church is important.  We cannot give up on one church but we must pray that they will become one like Jesus and the Father are one.  As we become one with each other and care for each other and prefer one another this harvest will come in and each church will experience salvations and movements of the Holy Spirit.

I can see it in my heart–thousands of churches worshipping at the same time in different locations and each one worshipping in their own way Jesus Christ as Lord.  They may not sound the same or look the same.  It doesn’t matter.  What matters is that Jesus is lifted high.

I pray that you will receive this vision today and that you will begin to pray for the great outpouring of God’s Holy Spirit upon all the churches.

“And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men.” (Colossians 3:23)

I am convinced that if we really believed that the Lord was watching everything we did, we would work with more austerity and with much rigour, especially if you had a glimpse of the reward that you might receive as a result.

As we diligently work for the Lord, He will always reward us.  One of the greatest rewards that I can even imagine is His very presence in my life.  When I seek Him and work for Him with all my heart He is there in the midst of my experience.  He loves me and cares for me so tenderly.

It is because His eye is always on me that I work so diligently.  I know that He is watching because He has shown me so.  There have been a number of times that I have had dreams and visions where I saw God’s eye or His hand on my life.  When you know that His hand is on your life you want to work to please Him.

2 Chronicles 16:9 says, “For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.”

As we work for the Lord, He strengthens us.  The Holy Spirit comes upon our lives and invigorates us to move forward with greater energy and vitality than we can even imagine.  I am convinced that I am here working for the Lord until the He determines that I should go home to glory or until He returns.  Death is not something I fear in any part of my life.  Every part of my life is resurrected in Christ and because of this I will be more fruitful than the average man.

I want you to get this into your spirit.  Don’t compare your fruitfulness with someone who is dead because of sin.  Don’t compare your life to a sinner.  A saint can do much more than a sinner could ever do because he is more alive.

God’s hand is on my life and I can work and do much more than an average person because He is strengthening me.  This is not about me but about God’s spirit within me.  This is not pride but true life.

Many times people will comment about all that I have done or seem to be doing but truly what I have accomplished so far is nothing compared to what I will accomplish because it is not me who lives but Christ who lives within me.  I can do more than the average man because the average man is dead and not alive.  In Christ I am alive and can do all things He commands me to do.

My prayer is that the words that I am trying to say to you will sink in.  You will accomplish in this life what the Lord determines you shall accomplish and if you work with vigoUr believing that He will strengthen you then He will strengthen you.

I can prophesy over hundreds of people in one week because His spirit works within me.  I can paint 5 paintings in three hours because His spirit is working within me.  I can write a book in three or four days because His spirit is at work within me and this is not by my own strength alone, but by the very breath of God breathing life into me and invigorating me to His service.

God wants to release supernatural energy into your lives today.  I command the winds of the Spirit to blow over your life in this hour like they did in the valley of dry bones and may you rise a mighty warrior with supernatural strength to accomplish great things for the Lord.

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work (2 Corinthians 9:8).

The world around us is looking darker than ever.The economy right now doesn’t look good.The United States is wrestling with debt levels never before seen.  Their Congress and Senate are trying to work out a deal to raise the Debt Ceiling – really a plan to pile debt on more debt. At the time of writing, there is a government shutdown in the United States.  We are seeing wars and plans for wars in other parts of the world, and yet those that are in Christ Jesus have nothing to be concerned about because His hand is upon our lives.

I was in Texas about three weeks ago and in one of our meetings a gold nugget manifested on one of the pews.  In that moment wealth seemed so easy to be acquired in my mind.  I began to understand that God is able to provide all my needs according to His riches in glory.  I wasn’t worried about what my bank account might say.  I understood that God knows where all the wealth of the earth is hidden and is able to get that wealth to me when I need it.

Many of us are going through a time of lack.  I know many people right now that I have been praying for that are seemingly in financial trouble in the world’s eyes.  They are not paying their bills or they don’t have enough to do what God has called them to do.

If you are in this position, I would just say to you “rest in the Lord.”  He is more than able to make all grace abound to your life.  In the midst of the lack, know that God is going to supply your need according to his riches in glory.  There is nothing that the enemy can do for long that will stop the flow of God’s resources into your life.

This is something that I know in the core of my being.  I know that God is my provider and that He not only wants to provide for my day-to-day needs but He wants me to be wealthy so that I might be able to do the Kingdom work He has called me to do.

Therefore I know that any present lack in my life will never last.  In fact breakthrough is always around the corner.  Even in the face of the debt that I carry God is able to restore wealth to me.  I am not afraid of money and the enemy knows it.  I make plans based on vision and not on what is in my bank account.

When vision hits my heart I might wonder how the money will come to take care of the vision but I don’t allow that thought to stop me from moving towards it.  This year I have learned much in the way of faith and money.  I have done so many events for the Kingdom and each one of these events did cost money and yet every penny that I needed did come in.  For this I am truly thankful.

I know my God in a new way.  I know him as a God of abundance and not lack.  As you advance toward your destiny, I pray today that you will be stretched to live generously even in the face of many obstacles.