Category: Faith

  • Keys to Partnering with God’s Breakthrough

    If you could draw the word “breakthrough” what would it look like? A sledgehammer crashing through a wall? A dam bursting its banks? A sapling pushing through the hard dirt? Perhaps you would use words to describe its process like hard work, grit, tenacity, and maybe even weariness.

    At times in our good-hearted, passionate pursuit of breakthrough we can ever so subtly shift our focus onto our own effort and will. We begin to carry the burden for breakthrough on our own back, and grow weary in the struggle. But if we turn to the scriptures to define this powerful word, we see a picture – not of humanity breaking through barriers – but of God as the One bursting through on behalf of His people.

    When David faced the Philistines, in what was called the Valley of Giants (Rephaim Valley, 2 Sam 5:18), he watched the Lord burst through upon his enemies, and win the victory on Israel’s behalf. There David renamed that Valley of Giants to ‘The Valley of The Lord Who Bursts Through’.

    What valley of giants are you facing? God wants to burst forth against your enemies with such power that you rename that valley after Him – The Lord Of The Breakthrough. Right now, all of heaven is breaking through on your behalf. Heaven is bursting at the seams, breaking into our churches, our cities, our cultures and our workplaces. May we simply “show up” in the valley, give God our “yes” and see Him burst through. (more…)

  • What is God’s role in government?

    Kris Vallotton says ….
    Our government isn’t perfect. There are imperfect people in leadership across the nation and a system that often feels polarizing; full of insufficiencies, gaps, and evil agendas.

    But, in the midst of our shortcomings is a God that isn’t scared of the imperfect structures we’ve created, rather he has selected people to lead nations and govern people. Yet, so often in our uncomfortably, we deem things insignificant or even worse destructive.

    The Church often strays away from the conversation of politics because of the nature of the sphere, but the Lord has created people to step into these very spaces and bring supernatural solutions from Heaven.

    However, so often we think that a Christian politician is going to save our nation’s spiritual condition when the truth is that is not their job. Their call has been to govern justly with good character and a pure heart posture, not to evangelize to their city, state, or nation. (more…)

  • I Am Part of God’s Genealogy for Revival

    Overcoming feeling insignificant
    “I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase”                         (1 Corinthians 3:6)

    One Christmas season I was reading hurriedly through the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew. As I was waiting to get to the “good stuff,” I sensed God speak to me. “Steve, you are part of the genealogy of the great end-time revival. You are also included in many other big things that have been done and will be done.” 

    As I read this genealogy, a couple of things struck me. First, none of those mentioned really knew that their highest purpose was for something that would occur after they died. They had a seed in them to pass on that was greater than any obvious assignment. Second, they lived in varied spiritual climates. Some lived in a revival culture, while others were living in backslidden times. Even so, they all were vital in God’s big picture of things.  (more…)