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much of the world’s church culture as wisdom and spiritual intelligence. It is neither. If we value something wrong, it has permission to stay.
    Which is more dangerous, to interpret Scripture out of our experience, or to interpret it in the absence of experience? We would never embrace a teaching on prayer from one who has never prayed. I point that out not to say that any experience a person claims to have from God is really God. Nor should we redefine the meaning of the Bible because an angel showed up and spoke to someone differently from what is thought to be true. The Bible provides the absolute standard for life and ministry. But the fact remains that we interpret Scripture either out of experience or in its absence.
    I know that approaching a move of God in this fashion is scary to some, perhaps to many. But when I look at the life of Christ and the relationship He had with the Father, and the demonstration of purity and power of the Holy Spirit that flowed from Him, I become jealous—jealous for what was made available to me by His example and commission. It seems illegal todesire anything less. Excess has been feared as long as I have been alive. I have chosen to turn the tables and fearfully concern myself with lack.
    When I am in pursuit of rare expressions of the Gospel of the Kingdom found in the Person of Jesus Christ, I do so with people of like mind, staying accountable and humble, but at the same time, staying willing to risk all to obtain the lifestyle made available to all who embraced His “co-mission.” The heartbeat of hope overrides all fears, enabling us to lean into what God is saying and doing. Living from this assurance brings such rest.
    Prayer
    Father, please give me true discernment in this hour for the challenges I face in order to step into a fuller expression of the Gospel as found in my Lord Jesus Christ. I long to see all that You have purposed for me in this life in both realms of purity and power. This is my hope. Please surround me with people of like heart and mind that I might illustrate this life in community. I pray these things that the name of Jesus would be exalted in all the earth.
    Confession
    God has purposed to do more in and through me than I could possibly imagine. I set my heart, therefore, to expect and anticipate the extraordinary life of Jesus to flow flawlessly through me. I was born for this purpose for His glory.

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Love
    Jesus messed up every funeral He attended, including His own.
    T here are probably very few believers who do not get excited about what Jesus did as recorded in the gospels. The gospels contain the living testimonies of the nature and heart of God who loves people beyond our wildest dreams. The challenge comes in our response to what He did, which in some ways is determined by our response to a few pertinent questions. Did the time of miracles end when the last apostle died? Or did it end when the canon of Scripture was completed? The idea of cessation is not in any way based on the revelation of Scripture, itself. And it certainly cannot be found in the life, teaching or prophecies of Jesus, who is perfect theology.
    While some hold that view, their numbers are decreasing continuously as the miracle ministry of Jesus is becoming more and more evident in today’s Church around the world. This is especially true where the number of believers is increasing daily, as recorded in Acts. The cessation of miracles is a doctrine devised by the mind of man, created to comply with the belief that the season for them no longer exists.
    If, then, we do believe that miracles are for today, we face another question: Are they to happen solely as sovereign acts of God (where He initiates and we observe), or do we play a role in the outcome? Many of the former group are moving to the group that says miracles are possible, but only if God initiates. I am grateful for the forward motion, but that approach seems to nullify the fact that the disciples were