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Pastor Dean has a passion to see this generation experience a transforming spiritual renewal. He preaches and teach the uncompromised Word of God, calling the church back from the smoke and light shows, delusion, and tolerance message to the established Word of God. It is with this deep commitment that he addresses issues facing the 21st Century disciple of Jesus Christ. Speaking to a post-Christian, post-modern American culture, he teaches that the Holy Bible is infallible and inerrant and ...
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Being a disciple of Jesus Christ means we need to swim upstream. We don't swim with the world, but against the world. While we live in a 21st century world, we are citizens of a greater kingdom and higher authority. it is that kingdom that is the answer for mankind and mankind's ills. God has given us kingdom authority, but this power is not motiva…
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Noah built an ark to save his family at a time when wickedness of human beings was extreme. The Bible says every imagination of their thought was only evil continually. They had become so corrupted and filled with wickedness that every waking moment was filled with thoughts of wickedness. Jesus spoke of that time and said that in the last days it w…
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Your present and present circumstances do not have to determine your future and your identity. Joseph was in prison under false charges. That could have easily become his future and his identity, but he refused to let that happen. Instead, he became 2nd only to Pharaoh in Egypt. It's a choice you make to stand up and stand alone in living a whole n…
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God promised the Israelites that if they would meditate on His law day and night, they would prosper and have good success. God was going to lead them into a land inhabited by their enemies; but He would prove that He was the one and only God by driving their enemies out before their eyes. God has promised you a land, too. But we live in a culture …
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There are a lot of people who have very strong beliefs, but it's not convenient to live by that belief, they will adjust it according to the situation or the people that they are around. They are called preferences: strongly held beliefs that may adjust when the situation requires it. This is okay when it comes to what you eat for dinner: You may p…
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Daniel was able to advance and see God's blessing in his life, even in a pagan culture because he had an upper room and went to that room three times a day. His upper room relationship with God made it possible for God to work on his behalf. Even in the fact of persecution and rejection, he refused to pull back from his upper room; and because of t…
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If we are going to build an ark of safety for the family, we need to hold the principles of God's Word and live by them. It needs to be able to withstand the heavy seas of life and the storms that are certainly going to come against the family. We need to build it of substance to be able to withstand the most severe storms that life can throw at it…
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Being a disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ is all about relationship. He wants fellowship with you. He has prepared the way and made it possible to fellowship with you. Being a disciple of Jesus is not about religion. In too many churches today - even Pentecostal circles - its become about religion. We go to church, we sing some songs, we share som…
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During the time of Noah, every imagination of men's hearts was only evil continually. Do you ever wonder if there are a lot of people like that today? I don't get what Hollywood is putting out in their entertainment today. I can't imagine thinking on that level of evil and being able to portray it. What are they thinking? Why do we feel like we nee…
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It says in Romans 8:11, "But if that same Spirit..." When you ask Jesus to forgive you of your sin and come live in your heart and life, Jesus puts the holy Spirit in you. The Scripture says it is the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit that then makes you a whole new creation. You receive a whole new identity, free from a life …
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Grace is not only something that we receive abundantly from God, but Scripture illustrates for us how we are to give that grace to others with equal generosity. But not only does grace flow from God through us to others, but then it flows back to God in thanksgiving; and your thankfulness is grace back to God. It is generosity - we're generous to o…
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Every person experiences temptation. Scripture tells us that there is no one righteous and that all have sinned. But God did an amazing thing, He came to earth in human form. Jesus Christ was 100% God and 100% man. He made it possible for us to live victoriously and be free from the power of sin. But how do we live and walk in that freedom every da…
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As Jesus disciples, we not only pattern our life after Him, but we also do the same works He did because God wants disciples to make a difference in this world. Have you noticed that when Jesus chose His disciples, He didn't go to the Sanhedrin? He didn't choose His disciples among the Pharisees or the Sadducees? This was one of the reasons they we…
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If we want to live the blessed life, we must learn to live God's dream God's way. Many men of God throughout Scripture had dreams. Dreams given to them by God. God has a dream for your life, too; but the enemy is always trying to steal it. Jesus said, "The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may h…
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Last week we looked at John 14:12: "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father." He did not say "The apostles will do the works that I do" or "The evangelist will do the works that I do" or even "The pastors will do the works that I do"…
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There is a verse in the New Testament that is very challenging for us today. "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father." John 14:12 Jesus is giving to us a deep, theological principle about His disciples, those who believe in Him. He …
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When we were born again, Almighty God takes out of the kingdom of darkness and brings us into the kingdom of His dear Son. We were adopted into the family of the King of kings and Lord of lords. And to give you the assurance that indeed you are a member of that family and therefore an heir and joint-heir of Jesus Christ, and the kingdom of Almighty…
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Jesus said, "These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." John 16:33 God wants to take those painful experiences and make them stepping stones to the blessed life and victorious living. We live in a world where there is great brokenness, a…
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Jesus said, "Truly, truly I say unto you unless a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of heaven." Jesus called it being born again. Titus called it the washing and renewing of the Holy Spirit that makes us a whole new creation. Salvation gives us a whole new life source so that we can begin living all things new. But if we're going to go fo…
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“If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. A lit…
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From the very first prophecies about the birth of Christ, there is a consistent dual prophecy about both the present and eternal. Isaiah 9:6-7For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the inc…
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Excerpt from the introduction to my newest book "Willing: Doing Whatever It Takes". Speeding down that train track, I questioned how God could call me and anoint me for this ministry. I had been struggling with those thoughts for several days. Holy Spirit began a conversation in my heart as I watched the Croatian countryside. Standing alone in the …
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Every day she lived for nine months, every place she went, every conversation she had, God was within her. Imagine, placing her hands on her tummy and feeling God move within her. It is challenging to grasp when you are born again that God, Himself, takes up residence within your body. When you repent and ask Jesus Christ to forgive your sin and ma…
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God has the unexpected gift waiting for every person on Planet Earth. The question is, will we receive it? Not everyone is willing. We read about this in the Gospels. Jesus visited many people in many towns and villages, but not everyone received Him. They didn't want His divine encounter, and they missed His visitation. Maybe His divine encounter …
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What should the Church do in a time of great delusion, when Government, media, and seemingly all around her truth is being purposely distorted and put out as fact? This is not a time for the Church cocoon and hunker down in her four walls until Jesus returns. He is coming, but He came us a command with the knowledge of His coming to watch, be faith…
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There are way too many of God's children trying to fight spiritual warfare with a Q-Tip. They don't have the Word of God in their heart. The Bible sits on their bookshelf all week long. Recent surveys show that 75% of those who claim to be Christians, who go to church regularly, never open their Bible from Sunday to Sunday. But it is the Word of Go…
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There are Christians who have trouble in their walk with God because they are not sheltered. They are an open target for the enemy's attacks. Remember Psalm 91: "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, 'He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust.' He …
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God wants men and women to know that Jesus is in their midst. He is right here with you right now. Worship and other things may help you grow more aware of His presence with you, but the question is: Is Jesus in your midst, and if He is, do you only have a form of godliness, or do you have Jesus in your midst? And how will people know? Would they a…
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The enemy wants to paralyze the army of God with fear. It's a weapon he has used down through the ages. He wants to intimidate, paralyze, and dominate because he knows that if he succeeds in this, he can control you and convince you to start doubting God's promises. This is why God gave us the armor of God, to protect us from the attacks of the ene…
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In Ephesians 6:10-18, we are given the armor of God, the clothes that every Christian should wear if he or she wishes to walk in continual victory over the enemy. The first piece of armor we're told to put on is the belt of truth. On Roman armor, the belt is what held everything together. It is also what held the sword. The sword of the Spirit - th…
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During the times of 1st and 2nd Kings in Israel and Judah, wicked kings who intermarried with the surrounding pagan nations began to introduce pagan worship. The idols that they began to worship led the children of Israel into rampant immorality and child sacrifice. When this kind of pluralism is brought into a society that had been the worship of …
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We don't know a lot about Jabez, because there are only a couple of verses that talk about Jabez; but we do know that his mother had a very difficult delivery with him, with a lot of pain. Jabez means "He will cause pain". That must have caused some interesting times for him as a child; but he didn't allow the meaning of his name to dictate his lif…
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Sometimes we allow the stuff of life distract us, and down the road we remember the commitments we once made, and it feels like the great things that led to that commitment have faded. We have to stick to the commitments we made. We need "stick-to-it-evness". We need to commitment that in this hedonistic, post-modern culture, we're going to live a …
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All throughout God's Word, we read that God hears and answers our prayers. But there are times when we pray for something, even for a long time, and we don't seem to receive an answer. Why is that? Mark 11:24 says: "Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them." Many times, we …
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In church history, we read about how whole communities and cities were completely transformed by spiritual awakenings; so much so, that bars were completely closed, police stations had no work, and jails were empty. How does that happen? Even more so, how can we see that kind of transformation today in our own communities? Do the principles that ap…
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"If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. John 14:13 When Jesus said, "If you ask anything in My name, I will do it." He was giving you power of attorney to sign the name of the Lord of Hosts. When you sign His name, He will do do it God wants to transform the Church from more than just a meeting place and a place of fellowship into an army. G…
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Jesus disciples came to Jesus and asked Him, "Teach us to pray the way John taught his disciples to pray". Prayer is not caught, it's taught. We often think that when someone receives Jesus Christ as their Savior, they will automatically learn how to pray. But just the same way we teach our children how to speak, we have to teach new believers how …
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If you look at marriages today, it is clear that we are in trouble. If you look at young people today and the pressure they're under in this hedonistic, sexualized culture, you can see that tremendous trouble lies ahead. If you look at our country and the horrible division we are in right now, we're in trouble already. And prayer is the only thing …
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When the devil tempted Jesus in the wilderness, he first challenged Jesus' identity, then he challenged him in the flesh, lastly, he challenged him with pride. But how did Jesus combat the devil's attack? "It is written..." Each time, he defeated him by the words of His mouth. He declared his true identity and the Word of God. He countered every te…
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If you want to be used wholly for God's use, you have to be made holy by the blood of Jesus and the Holy Spirit. God has judicially declared us to be holy, but now our behavior needs to become holy. The way we consistently live holy is by getting our mind holy. That's why Paul said that if we want to put off the old man and put on the new man, we h…
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The church all over the world is under attack as the world threatens to cancel the church and the enemy causes a great lethargy to descend on those content to do church at home while slowly leading them toward a deconstruction of faith and becoming a "done-er". We're one generation from the church losing everything. This was what happened with the …
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There is a special power that God wants the church to possess that only comes by the Holy Spirit to do what Jesus called her to do, because He wants us to live in supernatural power and authority. Holy Spirit gives us the ability to stand before the powers of darkness with boldness from the inside out and not be intimidated. How do we receive that …
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We live in a world where there is great brokenness, and the powers of darkness like to seize these moments. They do this to convince you that you are a victim in order to build a stronghold in you of victimization so that you live out of that identity. If the enemy succeeds in building a stronghold in your thinking, it will become a gateway to buil…
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Jesus promised us that in this life we'd have adversity; but He didn't say that having adversity would affect living the blessed life. The problem comes when we begin thinking that our adversity is our identity. Jesus wants to give you a whole new identity. "If anyone be in Christ he is a new creation. Old things have passed away and behold all thi…
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We have a spirit so we can be in relationship with Almighty God. We are a trinity. But here's the problem we face: Although we are a trinity, made in the image of Almighty God, the sin nature has broken that relationship. That's why it says in Isaiah 53:1, "Your sin has separated you from Me." The sin natures damages this, because with the sin natu…
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In Ezekiel, we read this very important passage: Ezekiel 37:3-4And He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” So I answered, “O Lord God, You know.” Again He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! Ezekiel 37:7-8So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise…
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Have you noticed that when Jesus chose His disciples, He didn't go to the Sanhedrin? He didn't choose His disciples among the Pharisees or the Sadducees? This was one of the reasons they were so angry with Him. He had gathered around Himself ordinary people and sent them out with the power to do what He did. Ordinary people doing extraordinary thin…
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When we read in the Gospels about Jesus' disciples leaving everything to follow Him, it doesn't mean that they just causally followed behind Him. It means that they walked in His footsteps, observed how He behaved and responded to different situations, and then patterned their lives after Him. The Greek word for disciples means "a disciplined one".…
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Many men of God throughout Scripture had dreams. Dreams given to them by God. God has a dream for your life, too; but the enemy is always trying to steal it. Jesus said, "The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." John 10:10 He wants you to f…
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I am often asked how should Christians respond to what is going on in our nation right now. What we're facing right now in our nation and in our culture is significant; and if we're going to see God move through us, there are four things we need to remember. As Christians, it is time to stop watching the videos and stop listening to the talking hea…
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