A week or two ago I relayed “Waldemar’s Warning,” a piece of my own spiritual history that was a game-changer for me and opened my eyes to the danger of heaving too much freedom and comfort.
Today I want to … Read the rest
TANTE CORRIE’S ADVICE
FELLOWSHIP WITH THE FATHER
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 Pandemic earlier this year I have written weekly Prayer Digests for the community of True Identity Ministries, which my wife leads.
Out of those digests I have selected 30 that will be helpful in … Read the rest
WALDEMAR’S WARNING
The year was 1981 (Yeah, I know, that dates me!). I was asked to go to Poland, still under iron-fisted communist rule, with a small team from my native Holland to help run a week-long Christian camp for young adults. … Read the rest
A PRAYER MANIFESTO FOR OUR DAY
As I mentioned in my previous post, a group of us prayer walked the Edgewood neighborhood in Atlanta on September 5th. Our guideline was a manifesto that four of us compiled while seeking the Lord.
The feedback we have received … Read the rest
THE EDGEWOOD PRAYER INITIATIVE
On Saturday September the 5th, a small band of prayer warriors convened for a humble, but significant beginning: The Edgewood Prayer Initiative in Atlanta.
It had been several months in the making. God orchestrated a connection between me, Pastor Will … Read the rest
A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE ON IDENTITY
My amazing wife Jennifer founded True Identity Ministries in 2008. It grew out of her own journey of being born with a birth defect that negatively defined her sense of identity until she found Christ. When she did He set … Read the rest
DO NOT BE DISMAYED
SET YOUR MINDS ON THINGS THAT ARE ABOVE
The Apostle Paul has an admonition for the Christians in Colossae, a mercantile center in ancient Phrygia, near Laodicea – a melting pot of religious influences and the center of a cult around the archangel Michael, who was believed to … Read the rest
REVIVAL IS THE ONLY ANSWER TO OUR DIVISIONS
HOW WE CAN PRAY ABOUT RACISM
The death of a black man at the hands of a white police officer in Minneapolis has ignited turmoil and debate about racism like never before. It was assumed that he was treated with fatal brutality because of the color … Read the rest
The Twenty-Eighty Principle
OUR UNIQUE GOD-GIVEN KINGDOM ASSIGNMENT
“Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him.” 1 Corinthians 7:17
On January 15th I resigned from the job I had held for two years, following an … Read the rest
The Prayer Altar in Heaven
The Pandemic – Our Opportunity For Reform
PRESSING ON PAST THE PANDEMIC
“…But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 3:13,14.
With about a … Read the rest