​The Freedom Outpost

When you woke up today, what was your first thought? Your first spoken word? Yesterday it was our honor to again be with our brothers inside a max security prison. We had a simple but tasty Thanksgiving feast. We worshipped and then centered the Word around the topic of gratitude. Specifically, gratitude in the gravel. Each week I am forced to a raw level of candor: How am I possibly qualified to speak into their lives? What do I know of waking each morning in a cell and w

We prefer light to break open big but gently - like a warm and wonderful sunrise. This month God reminds us that He also uses increasing pressure and heat until the Spark flies - and light is set in place. Yet there is another challenge: Time. We want that breaking-of-the-dawn-everything-is-light-right-away experience. Instead, God creates a pregnant pause - that time delay between when the Spark is set and the full manifestation of it appears. Nehemiah got this. The Spark wa

There is seismic power in a 'quiet yes' to a word of God over your life - but it is not safe. Yet more dangerous still is a 'quiet no.' Last night we looked at two different responses to The AG (Angel Gabriel) and the word he delivered. Both Mary and Zacharias were highly favored, rightly troubled, and both had a question. Mary submitted to the prophecy over her and tapped into the power of Covenant to carry her through the risks ahead. Zach was another story. His question wa

Fierce faith is untamed, intense, undomesticated, dangerous, relentless, forceful, turbulent, vehement, inordinate, immoderate, and ardent. It is the hallmark of the tribe of Benjamin, set before us this month so we do not miss this anointing for confrontations. The wild wolf, the king's crazy kin, the covert queen, and the destroyer turned defender are numbered in this tribe. They face down all fear of man, be it a garrison, government, or gang of religious thugs. But as is