Learning How to See

I am convinced that God does not see the way we see. He sees everything, He perceives everything, and He understands everything — and I believe we have a God who wants to change how we see. Let me put it this way: we do not see things the way they are. We see things...

Beyond the Invisible Fence

You don’t see things as they are. You see things as you are. Two people can stand in the same place, look at the same circumstances and come away with two completely different reports, because what we see is shaped by what is in our hearts. God is wonderful, but...

Processing the Prophetic: Questions and Answers

What do you do when you have a word from God — or think you have one? Hearing is one matter. Processing the prophetic is another: judging the word, returning to God for interpretation, knowing when others should speak into it, understanding delay, and knowing how to...

Identity, Inheritance, and What You Do With a Word

One thing is to get a word from God. Another is to understand that word correctly. The third step is turning it into action. When we act upon the word of God, we activate the word of God. Getting a word is not enough. You need to do something with it — and sometimes...

Revelation, Interpretation, and Application

You have heard from God — cool. What do you do with it now? How do we actually turn that into a changed and transformed life? How do you take a word off your fridge door and see it come to pass in your life? I call this prophetic processing: processing for the Brits,...

The Antidote to Hearing God Poorly

Hearing from God should never be a peripheral or throwaway subject in the life of a Christian. By and large, the traditional evangelical church in America and Europe has shied away from this subject — and I understand why. Sometimes the only examples we have seen of...