Articles
- "The 2009 Shepherd's Rod Pt. 3 The Coming Apostles," by Brad McClendon
- Excerpt:
This year we will see true apostles start to rise up. They are not people who are widely known, nor have they established themselves through the systems of men or the spotlight of the camera. God will establish them through His power and authority. These rising apostles have been in the wilderness. Like Paul, they have had a face-to-face encounter with the Lord.
...(to read more, click here). - "The 2009 Shepherd's Rod Pt. 2 Recovering Joseph's Coat," by Brad McClendon
- Excerpt:
I had an experience where I saw Joseph’s coat of many colors being recovered. (Genesis 37:3) It was covered in “bad blood.” This bad blood consisted of jealousy, envy, selfish-ambition, and territorialism between brothers, sisters, leaders, ministries, businesses, and even cities. The life and power of the enemy was released through this bad blood to cover up the real purposes of businesses, families’ ministries, and cities. The Father then took the coat in His hands and began to wash it down with the blood of the Lamb. The colors, which were the colors of the rainbow, started awakening. The more washing with the blood of life, the brighter and brighter these colors became. Each color represented different groups like businesses, families, ministries and cities with purpose. As the colors brightened, they started to come together and make one color. That color was white – “The Glory of God.” .
...(to read more, click here). - "The 2009 Shepherd's Rod," by Brad McClendon
- Excerpt:
On the Day of Atonement of the Jewish calendar the Lord shows people things that are coming for the next year. I want to take this article to share what I experienced from the Lord. I believe what He showed me speaks to us as individuals, to us as a body, and to us as a nation. In my experience with the Lord I was handed what can be described as a shepherd’s rod or staff. This shepherd’s staff is going to be handed to a new leadership this year, a leadership that God has prepared who will have the Good Shepherd’s attitude and authority in their lives, which will draw people back to Jesus Christ. This leadership will carry God’s presence as in the days of old when Jesus carried the Father’s love. For a long time we have been without the Good Shepherd’s manifest presence in this world. He is now returning to a people that will call His sheep home. This leadership will carry such love for His sheep, laying down their own lives, reputation, and ministry just to see His sheep come back to the heart of God. They will hear and recognize their master’s voice again and have the nature of love in the truth they will speak. There will be geographical places where the presence of the Good Shepherd will be released. People will hear His voice and move just to be apart of this awesome release of God.
...(to read more, click here). - "Losing Your First," by Brad McClendon
- Excerpt:There is a scripture in Revelations 2:1-5 where Jesus is speaking to the church of Ephesus, telling them they are doing everything right concerning living a Christian life. (The church had labored, demonstrated patience, and stood for the truth. They even confronted false apostles and persevered for His namesake.) However, Jesus had something against them that was more important than perseverance, patience, standing for truth, and ministry. They had left their first love, which was something extremely important to Jesus. In this passage He warns the church that if they do not turn back to their first love He will take the church away. He calls the seven lamp stands the seven churches. Revelations 2:1-5 shows He was about to take the whole ministry away. Based on God’s statement, I would say keeping our first love with Jesus would be the most important thing we can do in our lives...(to read more, click here).
- "Walking in the Spirit: Hearing God's Voice," by Brad McClendon
- Excerpt: When God created mankind, He designed us for a very specific purpose. Every individual has a unique calling and destiny, and we have all been gifted and given certain talents to help us fulfill these. Some are called to the business world, others are gifted in the area of athletics, some are naturally good writers, and others are called to serve the Lord in an occupational ministry position. Regardless of our individual areas of gifting and purpose, we are all called to inherently the same thing: hearing God's voice and walking in the Spirit.
- When the Lord first spoke the universe into existence, He intended that hearing His voice would be a fundamental part of each person's life. It is through hearing the Lord's voice that we grow in love, become more like Him, and are equipped and prepared to fulfill our individual destinies...(to read more, click here).
- "Time to Change Our Clothes," by Jill McClendon, September 2007
- Excerpt:Recently during a conference in Denver, CO, I had a vision during one of the worship services. People were raising their hands while worshiping, and as they did, I saw hands come down from heaven. The hands looked the way I imagine the Father’s hands to appear. As some of the people had their arms raised they began to resemble little children. The Father’s hands came to these people, now turned little children, and I watched as He began to pull their clothes off over their heads. It reminded me of when our boys were toddlers and I would help them get their clothes off before giving them a bath. I asked the Lord to explain to me what I was seeing and He said, “It is time to change your clothes”...(to read more, click here).