Revivals are a very important part to the maturing of the Body of Christ. But as a rule they can be a bit parasitic to the host church and when they are finished the church is anemic (no blood) and weakened. We are in the first stages of a possible revival here at MorningStar and one of my jobs is to not let that happen. First by taking care of the home flock that God has sent us, and looking past the revival towards occupying the land that was captured during the revival. I am totally blessed that God may have chosen us to host what could be a really strong move of God. But the bible says; “the gates of hell will not prevail against the Church” not the revival. Revival is actually meant to strengthen the church not weaken it. And I believe it doesn’t have to weaken the host like most revivals do. My faith is we will actually beat the odds and be stronger when it is over.

LEO 

As I was getting close to the stairwell where we have worship and prayer yesterday, the thought struck me; “I wish I could be alone there with you Jesus”. Sure enough, it was just him and me. There was this mystical feeling as I worshiped there that is uncommon to me, I don’t know what it was, but I know it was real. I’d like to find a way to transfer that into a group setting, but I don’t even know how to relive it by myself, it really could get addicting. LEO

I have been rethinking my conception of strength. I gather almost every morning with a group of worshipers in one of our stairwells for worship and prayer every morning. It’s only a handful but the power that is released sometimes is much greater than anything I’ve felt on the stage. A new song I wrote about the cross came to me last week there spontaneously. One of the lines is; “Where only the weak survive”.

LEO

When Ricky Skaggs was with Dr. Billy Graham 2 weeks ago, he asked him what he would tell people if he ever preached again. He said; “Why I’d tell them about the Cross Ricky, I’d tell them about the Cross”. Here’s the most famous evangelist of all time, who’s lead more people to the Lord than anyone in history. It got me thinking, isn’t the Cross just a death machine? Why is it that the cross is almost all that Paul talked about? I’ve heard the cross preached many times and I still don’t understand it. And then it hit me, it can’t really be explained fully, it has to be revealed, and it has to be personal. We all need our own personal revelation of the cross and what it means. LEO

Vincent Delaidatti and I were talking last night about that old song by Crosby, Stills and Nash; “Love the one you’re with”. The hook line is; “When you can’t be with the one you love honey, love the one you’re with”. Now I realize they were not thinking in a righteous fashion when they penned these words, however for us as Christians, since we can’t be with the Lord until we die, we can certainly love the people we are around. So since we can’t be with the one we love honey, let’s love the ones we’re with.

LEO

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A number of years ago I felt this (non-cancerous) thing under my arm, it was just a bunch of cells trying to escape my body it seemed like. But last week it would burn every time I put deodorant on. So I went and had a doctor snip it off yesterday. We all seem to let things go that aren’t all that bad until they start burning us. Maybe that’s why King David prayed; “Search me Lord to see if there is any wicked way in me”. Let God search you today. Then be willing to let him snip it off.

LEO

Have you ever had someone come up and ask you why you don’t like him or her? The shocking thing is, it’s usually people I really like. The lesson here is; many times we just don’t know what someone else is feeling about us, particularly when it comes to the Lord. So if we can’t hear directly from him, at least we can find out in the written word. The truth is he really does like us, it’s written down about us, and it doesn’t matter how we feel, and like is a much higher compliment than love.

LEO

There are very few young Generals. Even though they may be smarter and more up to date. Young people just haven’t made enough mistakes to learn from them. It takes years to make a General a General and many mistakes. LEO

We should never wait for something to be “All God” before we sign on to it. One time long ago Rick Joyner asked the Lord if a seeming move of God was him or not and the Lord answered something like, “Oh it’s about 15% me” (I can’t remember the exact percentage) But then the Lord said, “But that’s a lot more than you’re used to”.

LEO