Wow! the battle can be intense sometimes. Amy and I have really been fighting lately for both of our health. Recently, the doctors found a mass on Amy’s chest and are speaking all kinds of doom and gloom but we have not received any report but God’s. Since early Monday morning Amy has been in the hospital and things have really been crazy! No joke! I feel like I have been in a dream or something. I don’t know if in all my years of battle I have seen anything like this present situation. It reminds me of when Joab and Abishai had to split up forces and fight in the fields and at the gate against the Ammonites (2 Sam. 10 i think). We are fighting on 2 different fronts right now and just as He did for them He will give us victory on both fronts. With my healing so close it would be like the enemy to try and throw a last ditch lying wonder our way and try to demoralize or distract us from the ultimate victory. As you can tell my mouth is full of the Word and our battle gear is on. People are praying all over the country and everyone we have told about this new situation has just been flat out mad at the devil. This is a climate for war that resembles Acts 12. The church put their foot down on the devil when he tried to kill Peter and so we have drawn a line in the sand with this last ridicuous attempt of the enemy to stop what cannot be stopped, the Kingdom!

Some of you may be wondering how in the world this could be, join the club!! I do have in my spirit the words that i penned to title this little article, double portion? double attack! If you want to walk in the double portion of Elisha you must be able to fight battles on both sides. Multiplied attack= multiplied anointing which in the end means multiplied souls and widespread deliverance, HALLELUJAH!! I know that I have used a lot of exclamation points but if this were a sermon I would be shouting and hollering from the fire in my belly. Know that Amy and I are encouraged and the confession of our mouth is nothing but faith, faith, hope, and more faith. We shall see the victory. We shall see 20,000 disciples in one youth ministry as a standard and model for youth ministry in America. We shall see north Baton Rouge rocked with revival. We shall go to the world and bring the apostolic\prophetic to the continents afar. We shall, we shall, we shall!

Please be in prayer for both Amy and I as we are in the thick of the fight. Lift up our hands and the battle shall be won. Thank you for your faithfulness in standing with us. Remember Matt. 10:41- He who receives (or agrees with, stands with) a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward. NKJV

Everyone has a father somewhere out there. Many do not know who he is or wish they wouldn’t have. I am so privileged on this Father’s day to reflect on the wonderful father that I have been blessed with. No one has impacted my life like he has. There is no telling where i would or wouldn’t be without him! In my study this week from 1 Tim. 1 I have seen 3 roles of the Father that were demonstrated by Paul to Timothy, his “true son”. The first quality is that of guidance in handling life’s tough delimnas and inevitable curve balls. The second is a true and loving father will always warn or correct his children. Finally, a father is one who has the wisdom and perspective to help direct the steps that we take in pursuing our destiny. These qualities were all shown to me in such a loving way from my father and really speak to all of us of the love we share from our heavenly Father. No matter what kind of father you had (or didn’t have) you should reflect on the love that God the Father had when He sent His only Son to die on the Cross for you and me. What a Father!!!John 3:16- For God the Father loved the world so much He gave His best gift Jesus, His only son, so that we might not perish in our sins but live with Him eternally.
Matt. 7:11- If you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask Him!

It’s so good to be home! After 10 or so days in south Fla. Amy and I are back to hot and humid BR. We will be resting primarily until this weekend (with the exception of 220 leadership Thur. night) and I can’t wait to preach this Sunday at our beloved North campus. Nothing excites or encourages my spirit than to be an encouragement to others. I praise God for a speedy recovery from surgery and strength to go back to work on building the Kingdom. All week I have been meditating on Jn. 9:4 NLT where Jesus says- All of us must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent me, because there is little time left before the night falls and all work comes to and end.
Many would wonder why are you so antsy to get back to work? Because my work is the work of my Father in heaven and will be rewarded for the eternity to come. We are not talking about retirement but heaven! Anyway, I could talk a lot about this subject but the bottom line is that Amy and I are home. Home sweet home. There is nothing like your own bed!

Hello everyone! I am feeling good and my arm is well enough for me to type again, praise God! This has a been a battle that was won in prayer and it was felt from start to finish. Today I am and thinking of the importance of insight into spiritual warfare. To many the situation going on this moment would have been a crisis in their life because they fail to see the big picture. Amy and I understand that this is one battle in a long line of battles that make up a war. This war is bigger than our lives, ministries, or perceptions. In Heb. 12:1 we see the cloud of witnesses who fought their part in the war but never saw the end. We have not yet seen the end with our natural eyes but yet in our spiritual eyes we know that the war will end in victory for Jesus Christ our Lord and King!
In the long battle for my healing there has been many, many battles. These battles have raged in many places, over many different issues, with many different outcomes. Some battles we have won by faith and prayer while others have been lost in discouragement and isolation. As a battle-tested, spritual warfare veteran I can tell you first hand that you must see every battle for what it is. It is not the end (unless the full promise of God has been made perfect in manifestation) and therefore we must keep fighting on until that perfect victory paid for on Calvary is realized. My faith is stronger than ever after this particular battle for I have seen the power of our unity and corporate prayer and can sense the closeness of complete victory. My senses are heightened to His Word and healing power to destroy the yoke of sickness and bring great glory to His name. Hallelujah!!!
Heb. 12:1-2–Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
FIXING OUR EYES ON JESUS, the author and perfector of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the Cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. NASB