Category: Insights

So many times people are so keen to fight.  Especially in the US were there are fewer people smashed in an area.  Over the last 11 months I have heard Pastors in the US talking about the things that go on when people drive.  Lots of jokes about gestures.  God has something higher.

As believers we must remember that there is more to the spiritual side than there is the physical.  People do things not only because of their culture or family upbringing,  many do things because of what is going on in the spiritual background.

Don’t be easily suckered into physical fights (that includes disagreements, arguments) but focus more on the spiritual during your daily time with the Lord.  Don’t be afraid to fight the spiritual battle as you know.

Ephesians 6:12

12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Planetshakers City Church / North East Launch from planetshakers on Vimeo.

Love to see how God is moving around the world.  Planetshakers church has had some of my favorite worship (yep, even considering hard to beat Hillsong worship).

I am very excited about God moving in our church in Tokyo and the new church we are getting ready to launch in Bellevue Washington.

We’re very excited, things are coming together for VWC to start in Bellevue Washington (near Seattle).  Let’s see how the Holy Spirit brings things together.

The power of the mighty name of Jesus.

It is really easy to tell when you are dealing with someone who is demonically controlled.  Here it is

1 Cor. 12:3

3 Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.

Read a great book called “Every Increasing Faith” by Smith Wigglesworth.  Powerful.  I was stopped by Wigglesworth description of how hell operates. Page 9 says

The devil knows that is he can capture your thought life, he has won a mighty victory over you.  His great business is injecting thoughts, but if you are pure and holy you will instantly shrink from them.  God wants us to let the mind that was in Christ Jesus, that pure, holy, humble mind of Christ, be in us.

Man of God, that he was.  Let’s protect our thought life.

A praying church knows how to Worship. If a church can’t worship then they need to get time in His presence.

As we have heart fellowship with our Lord, our faith cannot be daunted. -wigglesworth

A person of faith who is committed to the Messiah will shrink to anything that is impure and run to Jesus.

The roads were worst on 520 in Redmond (as well as Bellevue), the land of millions of Microsoft money than in Tacoma, Federal Way, and Renton.  Looks like Bellevue needs to invest in some snow plows.  The city of Tacoma was probably the best prepared of the area.

Probably not the best day for tennis.  The courts at the Bellevue Club in central Bellevue.

Streets in Bellevue weren’t snow plowed.

Snow and ice is pretty bad for business… including the gym.

The snow turned to frozen rain in the AM.  Ice over trees that fell on power lines and blocked roads.  Blocking Southbound I-5, all three lanes.

The falling trees took their toll on the Federal Way area.  Not far from here, Costco was closed because they had no power.  Across the parking lot Home Depot was busy… Pays to have a back-up generator.  Way to go HD!