PICTURE OF A PROPHET AND PROPHETESS [DEAR BRETHREN 9]

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PICTURE OF A PROPHET AND PROPHETESS [DEAR BRETHREN 9]

By Marc on Saturday, April 28th, 2012 | 2 Comments

Dear brother, You’ve been called by Almighty God to the mighty task of prophet in today’s church. In some respects, we all can prophesy…but the prophet himself or herself is anointed by the Ancient of Days to speak holiness to the flock. This is in no means to be taken lightly. It produces fire in the hearts of men, and unholy anger in the hearts of the stonewallers, both saved and lost. When God positively, absolutely, and resolutely needs to reclaim and restore what has been lost, he doesn’t call the other gifts in his body…He calls the prophet. Be very wary, careful, and bold. Press into God the Spirit and hear His voice…and speak His words no matter what the cost and consequence. Prepare for rejection, and heart-ache of epic proportions. Fight the good fight. And…welcome to the loneliness of holiness. Please read and meditate on these words of [...]

AMERICA’S CHURCH CRITIQUED BY AMERICAN MISSIONARY LEADER [DEAR BRETHREN 8]

By Marc on Wednesday, April 18th, 2012 | 4 Comments

This letter was written to me from a dear brother who is a major leader in a good size American church and current cross cultural missionary in Africa. Please read it slowly and carefully, then asking God our Lord how this affects you and your family. +++ Dear Marc, Until you’ve lived outside the U.S. for awhile, you don’t fully realize how upside down everything is. I caught a glimpse of it on short-term mission trips, but I realize it fully now. In America, things that are not at all important, are made to seem like they are very important. This is not just in the worldly culture surrounding the Christian, it is in the Christian culture. Other things that are very important are made to seem like they are insignificant. Okay, you are probably wanting examples right now. Entertainment for example. Americans are entertained to death by sports and movies [...]

THE DAY YOUR DAD DIES [DEAR BRETHREN 7]

By Marc on Friday, January 20th, 2012 | 1 Comment

Dear brethren, Some of you are wondering about us here on the sudden death of my dad. Some of you, also, have tasted grief and sorrow amongst the Lord’s mercies even in the face of death yourself or that of a loved one…or even a parent. In the West, most of us are ill prepared for the end of mortal life, a necessary part of eternal life. The mobile phone custom ringtone from the song “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee” blared out the announcement that a special call was coming in later Tuesday afternoon that week. I suspected it was my wife, Sandy. My hands were full of groceries taken from the cart at Costco. I think I had a bag of pecans in one hand and a gallon of OJ in the other at that very time. They were shuffled quickly into the empty cardboard boxes on the floor [...]

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