This is what happens when your kids spend too much time in the prayer room at IHOP. I really could not stop laughing.
The next great singer/songwriter of our time…
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Archive for March, 2008
I am not a hater. I love some good prophetic worship. Time does not permit me to come up with a definitive description of prophetic worship but I will say that generally it is worship music that ministers under a spirit of prophecy. Many songs are written out of experiences with Jesus, visions received in prayer, or burdens of intercession received by the Holy Ghost. With this emphasis on the lyrical content, I have found, at times, that some think that the music part of prophetic worship is kind of an afterthought. I can’t tell you how anoying that is.
In this light I will lump it all into two categories:
- God inspired, anointed, cutting-edge music that was inspired by either lyrically or musicaly by the Holy Ghost, performed by a gifted musician.
- Music with a semi-christian theme that is often off key with really odd lyrics out of time with the music.
I am really partial to the stuff in the first category. But among the good music in the first category, a lot of prophetic worship kind of depresses me. Is that odd or what?
I think some of the best stuff out there is by Rick Pino, Klaus Khuen, and Kari Jobe. (If any of you stuble on the blog give a shout out!)
What are you listening to?
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One of my disciples asked me the other day about a “national prophet” that had given a specific prophecy regarding a rapper that did not come to pass. He questioned how this national prophet could have been so wrong.
I restated the question asking how people who are wrong so often are regarded as national prophets. The prophetic ministry in America has a serious lack of oversight and accountability. I have remarked in the past about the abundance of homosexual sin in the prophetic movement and I truly believe there is a link here.
I personally know less than a handful of people that I would consider prophets. I see lots of people who consider themselves prophets but I think the fruit does not bear witness. If we are going to be a New Testament church, we have to use the New Testament as the measuring stick.
Paul wrote in his letter to the Ephesians that the five-fold ministry was for the equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry. For too long we call people who prophesy real good prophets. I do not believe that is the case. You can have a deep and strong gift of prophecy without being in the office of prophet. And just because you can’t tell who is calling without looking at the caller id and you don’t see the voice of the Lord in ever headline out of Jerusalem does not mean you are not a prophet.
I take the call of the prophet to come from Jeremiah 1:10
See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms,
to pluck up and to break down,
to destroy and to overthrow,
to build and to plant.”
And I think that this is the test of a prophetic ministry. IT would seem that the test of a prophetic ministry these days lies in the ability to tell the head of a church you are visiting how much God favors your church over the one down the street and how special that pastor is.
Do prophets prophecy? Of course they do. Does a person in the office of prophet get it wrong now and then? Of course they do. Not every pastor give the perfect counsel every time. Sometimes the evangelist gets it wrong when witnessing. Sometimes the teacher doesn’t fully understand a scripture.
But the pastor is held accountable for bad counsel. The teacher is held accountable for false teaching. The evangelist is held accountable for bad doctrine. So too the church must not be so enamored with the prophetic to keep from demanding accountability for those who minister the “Word of the Lord.”
Prophets, by the nature of their call, should be more open to confrontational accountability and should demand more from the Church then we are seeing.
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This is how we roll at The Mission. Dianne had a talent show at her high school. What did she do? Of course she and Khamille did an original song about Jesus. The chorus says,
“Tell me what it’s gonna be.
I know what your feelin you’re not foolin me.
You know that I can see it in your eyes.
You know that I can see it in your eyes.
Tell me what you’re going through.
Even if you don’t know what you’re gonna do.
I know somebody that can change your life.
I know somebody that can change your life. ”
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Ok, its not really the revival podcast. It is the podcast from my ministry The Mission. But at the end of the service last night we had a tongue and an interpretation. I am posting this for those who have never heard that happen before.
Warning, you have to listen to a testimony, an exhortation, my message, and ministry time before it comes. It is near the end.
play the message here
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This has nothing to do with revival. But if you are making beats for music, this is valuable. The MPC-1000 comes with a pathetic amount of RAM. Watch this video to learn how to upgrade the RAM for an MPC-1000. Buy RAM for MPC-1000 here.
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No, I am not a cessationist. If you don’t believe what the Bible says about the gift of prophesy and you are looking for someone to blaspheme with you will be really disappointed with this post.
My primary giftings surround the prophetic. But much of what I see today is just plan pathetic. In the next couple days I will outline what I see wrong with the church regarding prophetic ministry. Much of which is encapsulated in this little video.
Without being unkind, the woman shows an obvious lack of self control, flows in judgment, behaves like a complete loon, and in the end, the woman does not really stand for anything.
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If you ever have a heart attack go to the Gardens hospital. This is a story about a guy who got raised from the dead in a hospital. The report was on a local news station.
As Dr. Crandall turned to leave, he says he got another call this time, a call from God to pray.
Dr. Chauncey Crandall: “A voice told me to turn around and pray for that man. I looked down at the body, and I said, ‘Lord, what can I pray for this man? He’s gone.’ All of a sudden these words came out, ‘Father, I cry out for this man’s soul, if he does not know, you raise him from the dead.’”
Read the story here. There is a link right above the article to watch the video.
Revival is coming!
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1. I’ll pray about it = NO!
2. We need to pray for so and so = Guess what I just heard?!
3. I’m waiting for God to open some doors = I’m living in my parent’s basement.
4. God gave me a word for you = I have advice to help you with your disaster of a life.
5. I’m going to have my quiet time = Leave me the heck alone!
6. God is good = My life sucks.
7. Bless his/her heart = What an idiot.
8. I have the gift of discernment = I can judge people without even talking to them.
9. I was having fellowship with them = We had beer and pizza and watched the game instead of going to church.
10. I’m saved by grace, not works = I can do whatever the heck I want.
11. She caused me to stumble = What a skank.
12. I kissed dating goodbye = I couldn’t get a blind date, literally.
13. Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouth = I can’t believe you said the real curse word!
14. I don’t mean to judge but… = I’m going to judge.
15. I’m dating Jesus right now = Are you kidding? I’m way out of your league.
16. God wants me to take some time off from this relationship = I met someone else and I’m too coward to break up with you.
17. I’ll pray about marrying you = NO!
18. God told me that we are supposed to get married = Maybe you’ll say yes if God is behind this.
19. I’m fasting = Your spiritual life is miniscule compared to mine. Try to keep up.
20. God has called me to minister to her = She’s really hot.
21. I think you should pray about it = You’ll see that I’m right.
22. We’ve decided to court, not date = My parents have a death grip on my life.
23. Courting = Homeschool dating.
24. Lord willing = My plans are His plans.
25. Take this with a grain of salt = I’m about to really offend you.
26. I’m feeling convicted about this = One day my actions might change too!
27. Have I offended you? = Why are you treating my like garbage?
28. Who wants to pray? = I don’t want to pray right now.
29. Jesus turned water into wine = Jesus turned water into grape juice. (Southern Baptist Dialect)
30. Jesus turned water into wine = I can drink whatever I want. (Presbyterian Dialect)
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