Discerning the Times, Part 55 Week 45, 2009 - Our New Year’s Conference each year is devoted to discerning the times and receiving guidance from the Lord for the coming year, both for the body of Christ and for all the individuals who attend. The Lord... More ... Jessi Moss Discerning the Times, Part 54 Week 45, 2009 - When I began writing and speaking on current events, I received some negative responses, which I expected. However, I honestly did not expect the many positive responses that I received. In fact, in every way that I think we can measure, i More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 53 Week 43, 2009 - As we discussed previously, a recent study on the church in America revealed the shocking fact that an estimated 65 percent of all Americans considered themselves to be born-again Christians, but only 3 percent had a Christian or... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 52 Week 42, 2009 - The attack on religious liberty in America in the last nine months may be unprecedented, but it is doinh much good for the church in America. Every attack seems to have resulted in a greater push for unity in the body of Christ... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 51 Week 41, 2009 - One of the most quoted lines Charles Dickens wrote has to be: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” That could certainly be attributed to the challenges of Christianity in America right now, but I would rephrase it... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 50 Week 40, 2009 - Many Christians are expressing that they have never seen the devil so active, seemingly attacking on every single front with no let up. This should encourage us! The greatest revivals in history all came during... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 49 Week 39, 2009 - When the elements of the health care bill became public knowledge, most thoughts about the economy and other great problems facing the country, took a back seat. This is understandable and I think commendable. We are now facing an issue... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 48 Week 38, 2009 - The signs are abundant that another “Great Awakening” is now being ignited in America. I have been prophesying this for twenty-two years, and I have to admit it is an amazing thing to watch it happen. We actually may be entering the... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 47 Week 37, 2009 - Christians have a basic mandate to set people free from bondage. The fact that slavery could exist in America, which is a nation devoted to freedom, is evidence of a great disconnect in the mind and theology of the nation at that time... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 46 Week 36, 2009 - Last week we discussed how we are a part of the holy nation. In times of conflict, every nation has to mobilize its army to meet the threat. The greater the threat, the more who will need to be mobilized, and at times, when the threat... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 45 Week 35, 2009 - We have been discussing that there is a nation within all nations beginning to emerge, which is God’s “holy nation.” This is where our true citizenship lies. If we are growing in the Lord, our identity will grow more in relationship... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 44 Week 34, 2009 - As I have said before, an eagle needs both a right wing and a left wing to fly. I am personally a conservative, but I am just as concerned about right wing extremists as I am left wing extremists. Someone said in a recent summit... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 43 Week 33, 2009 - Last week we briefly discussed how many of the trends in the meltdown that have been occurring in America are following a very definite pattern of God’s judgment on a nation. However, we must keep in mind that there are several... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 42 Week 32, 2009 - Last week I tried to make the case for why we need to seek the Holy Spirit first, especially when we seek to present our message. It is better not to have anything else but the Holy Spirit than to have everything else without Him... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 41 Week 31, 2009 - I have strong evidence that I am a political, social, and economic moderate. The evidence is that I can look to the left and to the right and see people who are equally as far away from me in both directions, so I must be in the middle... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 40 Week 30, 2009 - At this writing, one of the questions being asked about the economy is the following: Has it bottomed out or will it continue to slide even further? When the government throws several trillion dollars into the economy... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 39 Week 29, 2009 - From the perspective of our calling to be “the light of the world” (see Matthew 5:14), we should have answers from the Lord concerning the world’s ultimate problems. We are taking a bit of time to address the world economic issues... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 38 Week 28, 2009 - We have been focusing on the economy because this is the primary crisis in the world at this time. If the church is called to be “the light of the world” (see Matthew 5:14), then we should have answers for the world’s ultimate problems... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 37 Week 27 - The first thing that is not happening is an economic recovery. As Christians, we need to understand the economy for a number of reasons. First, it has been estimated that from 30 – 50 percent of the biblical teachings on righteousness... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 36 Week 26 - Our goal is to discern: 1) What is happening? 2) What is not happening? 3) What we can do about it? We might paraphrase Question 3: What can we do to be the salt and light we are called to be in our times? In order to be the light... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 35 Week 25 - Newsweek Magazine recently boasted that Christianity in America was dead. This slap in the face to the church in America only served to wake her up. Many took the comment and held it up before the Lord as Hezekiah did with the boasts... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 34 Week 24, 2009 - Nearly twenty years ago, Bob Weiner, John Elliott, and I were doing a radio show together when the Spirit came upon us and we were shown 500,000 small home groups being raised up all over America... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 33 To briefly review the purpose of this study, we are addressing how to discern the times from the perspective of answering three ultimate questions: 1) What is happening? 2) What is not happening? 3) What can we do about it? Using these... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 32 Week 22, 2009 - With the recent passage of the “hate crimes” bill in Congress, the persecution of the church in America by its government has begun. We can expect it to begin slowly, but we need to prepare for an onslaught because it is coming... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 31 Week 21, 2009 - We continue to address one of the most important questions of the present time: Should Christians devote their energy and resources to shoring up the crumbling foundations of governments and institutions or devote these to preparing... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 30 Week 20, 2009 - We are still dealing with some of the important questions being asked in this time, such as: If the foundations of the nations are crumbling, is it not a waste of time to try to shore them up? Why should we not spend our effort and time... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 29 Week 19, 2009 - We are dealing with some of the most important questions being asked at this time: If the foundations of the nations are crumbling, is it not a waste of time to try to shore them up? Why should we not spend all of our efforts and time... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 28 Week 18, 2009 - Almost daily, there is evidence that the foundations of world governments and institutions are crumbling. In biblical prophecy, the primary cause of what is called, “the great tribulation” (see Matthew 24:21; Revelation 7:14), which... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 27 Week 17, 2009 - As we proceed into these most interesting of times, we are coming into unprecedented opportunities for the gospel. At the same time, there is an obvious and accelerating collapse of the spiritual, moral, political, and economic... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 26 Week 16, 2009 - As we continue our study of the kingdom economy, a basic principle is found in Hebrews 11:6: “And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He rewarder of those who seek Him.”... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 25 Week 15, 2009 - The next characteristic of love is that it “does not act unbecomingly” (see I Corinthians 13:5). That’s an interesting characteristic of love. We might also say that love is consistent, and the ones who love will have actions consistent... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 24 Week 14, 2009 - We have been considering how the kingdom economy is based on love and examining how the love defined in I Corinthians13 would affect our trade in a kingdom economy. Last week we discussed how love “does not brag” (see I Corinthians 13:4).. More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 23 Week 13, 2009 - As we continue our study of the definition and formation of the “Holy Nation,” the nation within the nations that God’s people are called to be, we have been addressing the economy of this nation. We are beginning to see a kingdom... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 22 Week 12, 2009 - We continue this week with the theme of how an economy is the foundation for any government and how love is the foundation for the economy of the government of God. Before continuing with our study of how this applies, taken from... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 21 Week 11, 2009 - We continue with our study of how love is the foundation of the kingdom economy. Because we are told in I Corinthians13:8 that “love never fails,” we know that if we build on this kingdom principle then we cannot fail. We should also... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 20 Week 10, 2009 - The kingdom economy is built on trusting more in the principles of the kingdom of God as taught in the Scriptures than in the trends and principles of this world’s economy. Of course, there are many areas in which the principles of both... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 19 Week 9, 2009 - We have been addressing how there seems to be a major thrust toward unity in the church now. This will ultimately result in what I want to address next—a kingdom economy. That may sound big and complicated, but it isn’t. In fact, the... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 18 Week 8, 2009 - The church is moving toward unity like I have not seen before in my lifetime. What is happening is more than a reaction to the elections, though that may have contributed to it. The economic shaking is a factor also. Even so, just as the... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 17 Week 7, 2009 - A few years ago a major study revealed that the ultimate question that people have is this: What is my purpose? This was the main question regardless of race, religion, or lack of religion. This could only be the result of there being an... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 16 Week 6, 2009 - Amos 3:3 asks, “Can two walk together unless they are in agreement?” This has often been wrongly interpreted to mean that we cannot walk together with someone unless we are in full agreement. If that was true, we would not be able to... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 15 Week 5, 2009 - We have been addressing the power of unity and how the church must come into this unity to accomplish her purpose in these times. This year we are going to see great bridges of trust and fellowship being built between many churches... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 14 Week 4, 2009 - The year 2009 will bring extraordinary growth in faith and peace for those who serve the Lord. One major reason for this is because it will also be a year of extraordinary unity. There will be a coming together in the body of Christ... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 13 Week 3, 2009 - As we are told in Hebrews 12 and other verses, everything that can be shaken will be shaken. However, we have been given a kingdom that cannot be shaken. A primary way that we build our lives on the kingdom that cannot be shaken is to... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 12 Week 2, 2009 - As we enter more into the times that Hebrews 12 describes, when everything that can be shaken will be shaken, Christians who are not established on the solid foundation are going to be shaken right along with the rest of the world... More ... Rick Joyner Discerning the Times, Part 11 Week 1, 2009 - It is obvious that 2009 will be one of the most significant years in history, and whether the outcome is good or bad will depend on many factors. For those who are on the right path, there is but one inevitable outcome—this year will be... More ... Rick Joyner