The statistics are alarming regarding the 1,500 North American pastors who are leaving the ministry each month for several reasons. This informative teaching will encourage and challenge you to "lift up the arms" of your pastors and leaders through prayer.

The Bible teaches us that there are times when we must "pray through" for our "break through"! God's delays are not God's denials. He tests our faith to see if we will persist in prayer until the answer comes!

The spirit of Jezebel is active in the church today, sowing seeds of rebellion, manipulation, division, confusion, suspicion and intimidation. Endless discussion is not the answer to defeat it- this controlling spirit is defeated through the authority of God's Word and prayer.

If you feel unworthy to pray, inadequate to serve in the church or unqualifed to be used by God, you are in good company with Moses, Jeremiah, Rahab and many other Bible characters who God used mightily in their weakness. God qualifies those who trust in Him!

Death and life are in the power of the tongue. Our words will either build up, strengthen, encourage, guide, set free and minister to others, or they will wound, tear down, deceive and destroy them. That is the power of our words!

There are ministers of the Gospel today with a reputation of being "false prophets". This is a serious indictment and must be weighed by the Word of God and Holy Spirit discernment. Because a man or woman of God fails or becomes misled does not make them a "false prophet". While Jesus gave warning of deception in the "last days", we must be careful not to place that label on anyone too rashly. There are some spiritual leaders in the Body of Christ that we must leave to God's perfect judgement.

Our son, Michael Jr.recently preached this challenging message to our congregation. As we approach a brand new year, it is imperative for our overall success to view our circumstances in 2019 through the frame of God's "big picture" for our lives and not our own limited perspective. We begin by using what we have and God will bring the desired increase! 

God knows that in our human weakness, we cannot accomplish His will in our lives apart from supernatural strength. Discouragement will always cripple us from going forward and the journey will be too great for us. Our hardest trial will always follow our greatest victory! But God will strengthen you on your journey of obedience.

God always reveals His manifest presence to the praying, seeking church that is hungry for a greater filling of His glory and power. As He manifested His presence to the Early Church in the book of Acts, so shall He do it again today!

This is not the time to give up on your expectation of what God is about to do in your life! He who impregnated the dream into your spiritual womb will bring it to birth!

As God begins to unfold His will more perfectly, we move into stage 2 of determining His destiny for our lives. At this point, we become accountable to the revelation that He reveals concerning accomplishing His will. We now know exactly what our role is in the Kingdom in stage 2.

Every human on planet Earth has been given by God the same exact amount of time- 86,000 seconds per day, no more and no less. The issue that we face is not needing more time, but rather what are we doing with the time we have.

Honour is a Christian virtue that is sadly lacking today among God's people. There is a tremendous blessing in giving honour, one to another. The secret to honour is found in humility. Sow humility and you will reap honour!

Many seeker friendly churches today are resorting to worldly methods in a vain attempt to win the world. The Holy Spirit who is the Spirit of conviction will not partner with an unholy spirit. The plain preaching of the Word along with true, anointed worship is sufficient to save a soul that is seeking truth.

What do we do as believers when we are praying for our healing and there is no answer? How long do we continue to pray? Until the answer comes or until God says "no". Will God actually deny us of healing? Yes, if it will further His eternal purpose for our good.

The greatest display of christian character in the life of a believer is staying at it, no matter what may come! Charisma, eloquence, dynamic gifts and talents are nothing without the intentional attitude of steadfastness!

God delights in the prosperity of His children! We are called to be givers as a reflection on earth of God's giving nature. It is not His will for His people to be burdened down with a load of debt or financial lack. God has ordained us to thrive and to be debt-free as we seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness in 2018!

Many Christians today are living lives of stress, confusion, doublemindedness, and disorder. This message identifies seven areas in the believer's life that need to be prioritized for God to bless them.

The church today that is actually making a difference in the lives of people and impacting the world for Christ and eternity is a church that prays.

We are living in a prophesied day when men are calling evil good, and good evil. The post modern ideology of the Church world has strayed far from the eternal truth of God's Word. What was morally and scripturally wrong 2000 years ago is still wrong today in spite of our new standards of liberty and morality.

It is high time for today's Christians to get back to their prayer closets and churches to reinforce the corporate prayer meeting if we are going to see a much needed last days revival in this desperate generation.

God has always had His alert watchman in the church to sound the warning of an approaching enemy. Many Christians today have been lulled to sleep because their compromising pastors are no longer blowing the trumpet of God’s Word to prepare them for these days of great deception that has infiltrated the Church. Jesus warned of that very thing in Matthew 24, that many false prophets would arise and lead many astray. It is only the bold truth spoken in love that can deliver from darkness and keep believers free. Pastors, preach the word! 

This clear teaching of scriptural fasting brings the simple truth that this spiritual discipline is a requirement and not an option for the believer in Christ. Fasting provides power over sin and demonic strongholds and secures great answers to prayer!

There is no limit to what God will do through you when your heart is pure and your motives are right with a righteous desire to be a blessing to the needy people around you! God will increase your territory as you pray in faith and humility for increase!