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Until Lambs Become Lions
UNTIL LAMBS BECOME LIONS Post by Dwight Haymon Artwork by Sarah Haymon “Rise and rise again until lambs become lions.” – Robin Hood, the Movie, 2010 Imprinted on Robin Hood’s newfound sword, the words haunted him to the core of his being. When asked by Little John and Will Scarlet what it meant, Robin Hood explained something akin to Winston Churchill and our American founding fathers, “It means never give up.” Rise, and rise again, until the docile lambs become conquering lions. Being a lamb isn’t wrong! Being one of God’s...
read moreMinistry to the Lord
One of the things I love most about Jesus is that He’s alive. We aren’t trying to meet with an idea or an image that smiles at us from afar. No, we encounter a real, living God and relationship with Him isn’t a one-way street. As we come to Him, He comes to us saying, “And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart” (Jer 29.13). He doesn’t withhold Himself from us. We ask Him to come, and He does. But just like any other relationship, we can’t be takers all the time. This two way street requires...
read moreA Chicken Named Sozo!
Sozo (Greek): saved, healed, delivered Elizabeth, 13 years old, was prayed for in Kambia, Sierra Leone, by our mission team. As the team prayed, a demon manifested and threw her on the ground. After a few minutes of prayer, the demon left and the peace of God came to Elizabeth. Elizabeth was all smiles after her deliverance. She stayed close to the team, especially Maribeth. During the last evening in Kambia, Elizabeth came to Maribeth’s door with a gift. The gift? A chicken. A live chicken! Families in Kambia struggle...
read moreShift, Shake, Shekinah
One walks with trepidation, trying to figure out the “problem of suffering,” and why bad things happen to people. Though insurance companies are quick to judge anything that causes a catastrophic event as being an “act of God,” I am not quick to point the finger! Saying why an earthquake ruptures or why a hurricane spawns is usually more of a judgment on our part rather than Papa God’s. However, the events of this week do cause us to ask, “Why have the political and financial capitals of the world been rocked with an earthquake,...
read moreShifting…
There’s been a restlessness deep within me these last few months. Not a discontent. Not a hopelessness. Not a disappointment. But a restlessness. Not totally comfortable, but totally ok. This type of restlessness pushes and presses me into a new surge of faith, a deep stirring for the next “whatever” with God.* It’s been a sense of a SHIFT coming. Shift: to move from one place, position, direction, etc., to another Do you wonder what God is up to? I do. Dwight and I recently heard Bill and Beni Johnson speak in...
read moreBlood Diamonds and Where They Reside
Last night, I saw the edited TV version of “Blood Diamond,” reminding me of the civil wars and plundering that Sierra Leone endured through in recent years. Last April, a team of six traveled with me through the country to places like Makeni. We saw and met “amputees” and heard the reason for the maiming. The movie made it a little more graphic. This war-torn area is ripe for the gospel. In a couple of weeks, Candy and I (along with Jared and Kate) will be traveling to Sierra Leone. We don’t go there to see the...
read moreIs It Faith? Or Is It Guessing?
I’ve seen so many passionate Christians really going after “healing” in a small setting with only 2 or 3 and sometimes in a larger setting of 10 or more, all laying hands on that person hoping and wishing for a miracle. Sometimes, there is a breakthrough and if God is telling you to do this, then I say go for it. God is not a god of formulas. He is a good Papa and wants to heal. Conferences have been a hot bed for healings to occur. I’ve seen so many healed by words of knowledge of gifted healers from the front. My son has...
read moreOn Faith
Stuff I’ve been thinking about: LOVE is everything. PASSION comes with the fire of God and sometimes with the fire of suffering. HOPE is propped up by faith. FAITH is the economy of heaven. It moves God. It makes PaPa smile! He loves it when we move in faith. Faith is the testimony that God is near. It activates His movement because He knows, that we know, that He isn’t on some distant galaxy right now. I’m kinda like Paul on that three legged Kingdom stool: FAITH, LOVE, HOPE. Faith without love is legalism (I’ve been...
read morePrayer and Demons
I’m intentionally being vague, not to betray a confidence. Today’s demon in sozo was sleep paralysis. In this sozoee’s background it was a demon from voodoo, that in the 1800′s, was “a demon that dances on your chest”. I must say, It has stopped dancing. We dealt with it some today. Other warriors have gone before us and cast it out. We dealt with the root today! I mention this today to show you the significance of what you do. Your accumulative prayers are powerful. We have to go to...
read moreA Prayer From One Of Our Intercessors At Lifegate
I praise the Awesome God we serve! Everybody ought to know Who Jesus Is! Blessed be the Name of our Lord and Savior, He is Jehovah Rapha! Our Father sent forth His Word and healed us of all our diseases and delivered us from all of our destruction! He is Alive, He has set up His Kingdom in the hearts of every Believer, may we as a Body of Christ allow Him to be exalted, to abide as Lord, as King, reigning as the Supreme Being, may we yield to the Holy Spirit, Who is the Spirit of Truth, Whom the Father sent to dwell in us, to lead us and...
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