Yesterday I spotted this beautiful Lily. It had extremely vivid colors and looked as if it was lit from within by joy. As I looked at it more closely, I discovered that three of the petals appeared to be shaped in a way similar to that of an orchid and it made me think that the heart’s cry of the Lily might be that it would’ve rather preferred to be an orchid instead of a “simple daylily”. Today when I looked out, I saw that the daylily had bowed its head as if to say “I’m giving up on my...

One day during worship, I saw a wine glass with wine in it. (For me, this was extremely different since by the grace of God, I have not had a drink since the Lord delivered me from alcohol almost 18 years ago- alcohol simply is not a part of my life, so this vision was intriguing). I heard the Lord asking me if I wanted to know the miracle of the New Wine? I said “Yes!” within my heart. I saw a white platform begin to take shape within the center of the wine glass and Jesus was standing on...

Are you a Professional Negotiator? Do you find yourself saying to the Lord: “I will step out and share the gospel with each and every person I meet as soon as I finish… Or, as soon as I get this situation I’m dealing with settled… Or, once I retire… .” Are you a professional negotiator – someone who professes to know Jesus but continues to negotiate when they will be willing to share Him with others or when they will be willing to risk sharing Him with others? Remember the lesson of Ananias and Sapphira (in Acts 5): they told...

While walking the other day I heard the Lord saying: “Get ready to move!” “Get ready to be transformed!” “I have broken apart the hard casings of your life in order to allow you to step free from the layers of shame and struggle that the world has put upon you. It is time to rise up and step into your destiny with me. It is time to be willing to enter in to that part of me that you have not yet known, that part of me which is calling you deeper ever still.” “It is time to look...

What does Love look like? When you encounter someone who leaves you feeling unsettled or uncomfortable, intentionally choose to introduce Love into the experience.  Ask the Lord to see them through His eyes in order to look on them as Love does: through eyes of compassion, through eyes eager to search out the greatness within them, eyes filled to overflowing with pure Love. For true ministry begins within the overflow of the Love He has so lavishly poured out upon all His sons and daughters. Once we choose to actively receive the Love of the Father by receiving everything His Son,...

The Lord gave me a wonderful revelation earlier this year. I heard someone who has an amazing ministry describing their approach when they go outside the walls of their ministry to do an “outreach”. What they said was they don’t look on it as Outreach, instead they look on it as going to seek out Jesus. When I heard this, it caused me to hear the Lord saying “that which you do for the least of these you do for me.” I realized that He is always in search of the lost, the last, and the least – He did...

The other night I dreamed that I was at a train station, walking down the platform which was mostly cool white in color. As I walked, I noticed these large white blotches on the ground. They had been mostly cleaned up, but white stains had been left on the concrete where the items had been dropped. As I walked, I saw more and more white marks and then several blotches in the same area. Next I saw the remains of cakes that had been dropped – there were quite a few places with the remains of cakes just sitting there...