This message from Pastor Greg was truly needed and a wonderful way to start the day. My prayers continue for those of us who have loved ones still not with the Lord. I await the Coming of Our Lord for it is just around the corner, so till then I will continue my journey in His Heavenly name.
Thank you Pastor Greg, I went along and read more from Hebrews 9:27-28, continuing after the Apostle Paul's words; "Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgement, So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him." I was moved by this as I was unaware of this verse in the book of Hebrews and feel it is a prophetic verse on the rapture. God bless.
Wonderful message, thank you Pastor Greg....Ironically, I told my husband, if I die before him, to please put on my grave stone and the obituary only these words... For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain”.
I want NO mention of accomplishments, just I walked with my Lord.
My wife of 42 years died from cancer after 3 years of doing her best to do her part to live and yet allow God to do whatever He planned for her. She often said, " God will take me at exactly the right time, not a second early and not a second late." What helped me was to remember two things, one I didn't lose her, she is actually better off than I am. I can trust Him to care for her until we meet again. Two, we are all living between two perfect eternities, for the past was absolutely perfect until Lucifer announced his five "I wills" and the future eternity will be perfect when Christ brings this age to its end and removes every flawed will...keeping only His perfect will. This second point helped me gain a needed perspective that this world not only isn't our home but it's so short...so very short.
God is good, always, and He grants what we need to live the life he has placed before us. I have married another wonderful Godly woman so I can someday thank Him for giving me two wonderful, loving wives to share this time on earth with. God is so good...words cannot express His worth, but it's good to try.
Michael what a beautiful way you explain the life and death of your loving wife. I lost my husband 9 yrs ago and I totally understand the different way we think and feel about Heaven, Johnnie's death gave me a beautiful love of Heaven that I never had before. I remember thinking I didn't feel that way when parents died or when my 3 brothers died. And I believe that God gave me a beautiful love of Heaven and Eternity only after my husband (married 42 yrs) died. You must know that God feels the marriage covenant is very special to the fact that when Jesus comes to take us to Heaven we will enter into a marriage covenant with God Himself. Yep I believe that's the way it's gonna be! Come Lord Jesus, come quickly!
Dear Michael, I’m so so sorry for your epic loss. Your beautiful words comforted my heart and I believe will comfort everyone in the Tipping Point. I’m praying for you 💛
This is a very emotional message...it brought me to tears as I read it. Not sure why? Probably something the Holy Spirit needed me to hear for many reasons. Now to fix my mascara 💦
Ya, I am starting to relate to that age thing. I turn 64 in May, and am having some issues with my back and nerves that are making my legs and ankles go wonky, as Keri would say (I love when she says that). All of a sudden I’m in the Doctor’s and PT offices more than I have ever been in my whole life combined; and moving faster than I had planned toward early retirement. Not to mention the pain. All that to say that looking up and awaiting His return, is getting more and more to be part of the joy that remains. Prayer for healing is a daily petition. Who doesn’t want to be healed? To live is Christ. Our righteousness in Him was dealt with at the Cross. So now, more and more, it is doing what He would do, thinking like He would think, saying what He would say, feeling what He would feel, and letting Him live through me. And knowing that even when I fail Him, His love for me is eternal. To live is Christ, but to die is gain. It is an everlasting relationship, that only gets better from here, with every breath I take until my last, I look to the clouds as if this may be the day. 🌻
Kris... hey going to be 64 is a young woman! I also remember those days when my body started to turn against me. I love your post, made me smile. Come Lord Jesus, come quickly!
Great word Pastor, never heard the saying. Their favorite day of the week is “someday.” But that is so true and how a lot of people live. Pray for the Holy Spirit to change people's hearts to accept Jesus today.
Happy Sunday! I pray you had a blessed day. I love sharing new songs, especially ones about Revelation! This song is powerful and her new album is great too. Brooke Ligertwood’s “Burn” should be our Tipping Point theme song: “Blessed those who read and hear…Knowing that the time is near. Heed in heart what has been written. Turn around and see Seven. Seven stars and Seven circles, Seven lamps and Seven churches, Seven seals and Seven thunders, Seven angels, Seven trumpets…'Til I'm really, truly, wholly Yours. Where I rebel, where I return. The place a thousand fires burn but only one flame will endure, The One that burns for You.”💛💛https://youtu.be/Lf58bnStOSE
Hi Kari, thanks for this! I felt led to tune into JamesRiver Church with John Lindell on Sunday morning. Wow! They are on Holy Spirit fire, as he preaches from the book of Acts!! And, they are Jesus coming soon, pre-tribulation, endtimes Believers!!! And, the Worship was great! They had a list of miracles a mile long they were praising God for!!! To Him be the glory!! Looked like end times Revival to me!!!! Loved it! Thanks for the tip!! 🌻
Kris yayyy I was there for last weeks Sunday & Wednesday services, but missed yesterday, I was on my way home…. Next week he’ll wrap up his talk on Stephen. My son was there and he said it was absolutely powerful! 💛
Ya, you could feel the Spirit moving, even online!! We am seriously thinking of watching the service online, and then opening up our house to Sunday Church!! Doing a little Bible Study afterward based on the sermon, with the friends who are here. Just really miss the small Church Fellowship, and making Sunday a day of powerful Worship, Word, and Prayer. I’ll keep you posted!! 🌻
I think that's a fantastic idea! There is something VERY special happening at JRC. I could physically feel the spirit moving through the place. Make sure you watch Living Under the Open Heaven - it's a great one! https://jamesriver.online/sermon/living-under-an-open-heaven/ Praying for you and your hubby as you serve on Sundays!
Kari, I love that song and Brooke Ligertwood is an anointed singer. I listened to several of her songs. That's what is so cool about YouTube, one pops up after another! And here it is 2am and I'm praising Jesus. Jenn Johnson's music came up too, another anointed praise & worship leader. Thanks for link, I really enjoyed it!
"Come Lord Jesus, come quickly".... MARANATHA my TP friend's!
This is powerful! For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. Romans 8:18
Do suffer with chronic abdominal pain and headaches? I love Jesus very much. I would rather be dead than continue to live like this. I can barely eat. Help
Jesus hear the prayers of your Servants and lift LJ out of his pain, in Jesus name we pray. Total healing in Jesus name. We hear your Heart LJ and will continue to pray. 🌻
I am so sorry to hear this. Lord God, I would just pray that you would intervene on LJ's behalf and bring healing for these serious problems. I know Your heart feels the heavy, heavy weight of these infirmities. In Jesus name, I pray for your healing and relief to come swiftly and that you can glorify God with your healing.
Thank you for your prayer. I have been working on inner healing for a long time. Ken Fish has a wonderful series on the process. My Mother tried to get me aborted in 1952. She was married 5 times and my Dad 4 times with all that entails. I am 69 now and still all beat up. The church needs to offer us so much more than salvation. Why are we not healing the sick, raising the dead, curing the leper and preaching the kingdom? You did a teaching once on God putting His finger right in the middle of our cereal. I pray He does that for me. Blessings
Hi LJ, I heard Ken Fish speak at The Gate in the DC area some years ago. Healing prayer was a big part of my healing process as well, and I am deeply grateful to those Churches that take prayer to the full extent of it’s intended purpose, and walk in the power of the Cross. Because we are now literally living in the endtimes, I have turned to the Churches who do not skip over the OT and NT Prophetic endtimes Scriptures and are watching for the Rapture of the Church. I watched a Church this past Sunday (Kari’s old Church) In Missouri called JamesRiver Church with Pastor John Lindell. It is a Pretribulation Church, but God is at work in their Congregation, and lots of people are getting miraculously healed over there. It is worth a look on YouTube if you want to see Kingdom come, as well as Kingdom coming, all under one roof. I was pleasantly surprised and will watch again. Blessings! 🌻
LJ I'm so sorry you're in so much pain. Praying with your Tipping Point family for healing from pain in Jesus name and Jesus blood. Do you have a support system that can help you during this very painful time? 💛
I am so glad that all of you have come together for this ministry. Thank you to all of you. I have watched Jimmy Evans and Greg Laurie for years. This is my first-time watching Dr. Hitchcock. But I love all 3 of you. You each present messages in a different way, but on the same subject.
What exactly does it mean that “the dead in Christ will rise first”? Paul says that to be absent from the body is to be present with Christ. Are their spirits already in heaven and just their bodies get resurrected or were they in some kind of holding place?
Hi Jenn, with that verse you quoted, you nailed it. No holding place. We are present with Christ when we die. Their fully sanctified Spirits and Souls are already in Heaven, with Christ, awaiting their new, made for eternity sanctified bodies. So the dead in Christ get their new bodies to match their already completely sanctified Soul and Spirit. And we who are left are caught up together with Him, and changed all at once, Body, Soul and Spirit, to be completely sanctified, on our way up to Heaven, to live for all eternity. It’s a great ending to our human lives on earth, either way, if we know Him as Savior and Lord. Hope that helps. 🌻
I think this is a great question! It made me remember one of the most comforting things Pastor Jimmy has said in some of his messages: (paraphrased) "There is no purgatory as some say there is. When we die we aren't just floating around in some place waiting to go somewhere. The moment we close our eyes to this world, we open them the next moment staring at the face of Jesus." Again, this is paraphrased, but the comforting effect is all the same. It's my go-to when I am trying to counsel or comfort someone who has just lost someone.
Hi Samantha, oh dear, you may get more info than you want :). I’m sure you have read of Amir Tsarfati in this community. He’s excellent, a Jewish believer in Yeshua. Jan Markell of Olive Tree Ministries also excellent. Dr. David Reagan and Lamb and Lion Ministries. Gary Stearman and Prophecy Watchers. Robert Breaker. Gary Hamrick of Cornerstone Chapel Leesburg, VA. Dr. Andy Wood. Barry Stagner. The Watchman, Erick Stakelbeck. Billy Crone. I apologize for not linking, but you can find all of these ministries on YouTube. I’ll look forward to hearing suggestions from others :)
This is a great list Blondie!! One thing to add Samantha, I tend to avoid those who are not aligned with pre-trib. It's great to understand different theologies out there (Jimmy has like a 10 part series on all the different beliefs) but for me, there's an urgency to stand firm in what I believe NOW and learn as much as I can to be prepared for His return. I believe everyone on this list from Blondie are aligned wonderfully with Pastor Jimmy. Hope that helps :) 💛
I just don’t want to put blinders on and not maybe see something God is trying to reveal to me. Maybe something we’re missing? Maybe we’re wrong somewhere. I don’t want to shut down everything else because I don’t want to change my belief. Am I making sense? We need to be open in case we’re wrong. The Holy Spirit does the leading. I get what you’re saying though. It’s more encouraging to listen to people who believe the same thing.
15 Now brothers and sisters, let me remind you [once again] of the good news [of salvation] which I preached to you, which you welcomed and accepted and on which you stand [by faith]. 2 By this faith you are saved [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose], if you hold firmly to the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain [just superficially and without complete commitment].
3 For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to [that which] the Scriptures [foretold],(A) 4 and that He was buried, and that He was [bodily] raised on the third day according to [that which] the Scriptures [foretold],(B) 5 and that He appeared to Cephas (Peter), then to the [a]Twelve. 6 After that He appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, the majority of whom are still alive, but some have fallen asleep [in death]. 7 Then He was seen by James, then by all the apostles, 8 and last of all, as to one [b]untimely (prematurely, traumatically) born, He appeared to me also.(C) 9 For I am the least [worthy] of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I [at one time] fiercely oppressed and violently persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the [remarkable] grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not without effect. In fact, I worked harder than all of the apostles, though it was not I, but the grace of God [His unmerited favor and blessing which was] with me. 11 So whether it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed and trusted in and relied on with confidence.
12 Now if Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how is it that [c]some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised; 14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain [useless, amounting to nothing], and your faith is also vain [imaginary, unfounded, devoid of value and benefit—not based on truth]. 15 We are even discovered to be false witnesses [misrepresenting] God, because we testified concerning Him that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised, either; 17 and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless and powerless [mere delusion]; you are still in your sins [and under the control and penalty of sin]. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. 19 If we who are [abiding] in Christ have hoped only in this life [and this is all there is], then we are of all people most miserable and to be pitied.
The Order of Resurrection
20 But now [as things really are] Christ has in fact been raised from the dead, [and He became] the first fruits [that is, the first to be resurrected with an incorruptible, immortal body, foreshadowing the resurrection] of those who have fallen asleep [in death].(D) 21 For since [it was] by a man that death came [into the world], it is also by a Man that the resurrection of the dead has come. 22 For just as [d]in Adam all die, so also [e]in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s [own will be resurrected with incorruptible, immortal bodies] at His coming. 24 After that comes the end (completion), when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father, after He has made inoperative and abolished every ruler and every authority and power. 25 For Christ must reign [as King] until He has put all His enemies under His feet.(E) 26 The last enemy to be abolished and put to an end is death. 27 For He (the Father) has put all things in subjection under His (Christ’s) feet. But when He says, “All things have been put in subjection [under Christ],” it is clear that He (the Father) who put all things in subjection to Him (Christ) is excepted [since the Father is not in subjection to His own Son].(F) 28 However, when all things are subjected to Him (Christ), then the Son Himself will also be subjected to the One (the Father) who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all [manifesting His glory without any opposition, the supreme indwelling and controlling factor of life].
29 Otherwise, what will those do who are being [f]baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people even baptized for them? 30 [For that matter] why are we [running such risks and putting ourselves] [g]in danger [nearly] every hour [if there is no resurrection]? 31 I assure you, believers, by the pride which I have in you in [your union with] Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily [I face death and die to self]. 32 What good has it done me if, [merely] from a human point of view, I [h]fought with wild animals at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised [at all], let us eat and drink [enjoying ourselves now], for tomorrow we die.(G) 33 Do not be deceived: [i]“Bad company corrupts good morals.” 34 Be sober-minded [be sensible, wake up from your spiritual stupor] as you ought, and stop sinning; for some [of you] have no knowledge of God [you are disgracefully ignorant of Him, and ignore His truths]. I say this to your shame.
35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body will they come?” 36 You fool! Every time you plant seed you sow something that does not come to life [germinating, springing up and growing] unless it first dies. 37 The seed you sow is not the body (the plant) which it is going to become, but it is a bare seed, perhaps of wheat or some other grain. 38 But God gives it a body just as He planned, and to each kind of seed a body of its own [is given].(H) 39 All flesh is not the same. There is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. 40 There are also heavenly bodies [sun, moon and stars] and earthly bodies [humans, animals, and plants], but the glory and beauty of the heavenly is one kind, and the glory of the earthly is another. 41 There is a glory and beauty of the sun, another glory of the moon, and yet another [distinctive] glory of the stars; and one star differs from another in glory and brilliance.
42 So it is with the resurrection of the dead. The [human] body that is sown is perishable and mortal, it is raised imperishable and immortal.(I) 43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in strength; 44 it is sown a natural body [mortal, suited to earth], it is raised a spiritual body [immortal, suited to heaven]. As surely as there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So it is written [in Scripture], “The first man, Adam, became a living soul (an individual);” the last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving spirit [restoring the dead to life].(J) 46 However, the spiritual [the immortal life] is not first, but the physical [the mortal life]; then the spiritual. 47 The first man [Adam] is from the earth, earthy [made of dust]; the second Man [Christ, the Lord] is from heaven.(K) 48 As is the earthly man [the man of dust], so are those who are of earth; and as is the heavenly [Man], so are those who are of heaven. 49 Just as we have borne the image of the earthly [the man of dust], [j]we will also bear the image of the heavenly [the Man of heaven].
The Mystery of Resurrection
50 Now I say this, believers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit nor be part of the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable (mortal) inherit the imperishable (immortal). 51 Listen very carefully, I tell you a mystery [a secret truth decreed by God and previously hidden, but now revealed]; we will not all sleep [in death], but we will all be [completely] changed [wondrously transformed], 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at [the sound of] the last trumpet call. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead [who believed in Christ] will be raised imperishable, and we will be [completely] changed [wondrously transformed]. 53 For this perishable [part of us] must put on the imperishable [nature], and this mortal [part of us that is capable of dying] must put on immortality [which is freedom from death]. 54 And when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the Scripture will be fulfilled that says, “Death is swallowed up in victory (vanquished forever).(L) 55 O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”(M) 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin [by which it brings death] is the law; 57 but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory [as conquerors] through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord [always doing your best and doing more than is needed], being continually aware that your labor [even to the point of exhaustion] in the Lord is not futile nor wasted [it is never without purpose]."
HOPEFULLY I AM GOING WITH THE UPPER TAKER AND NOT THE UNDERTAKER!
I love this! My husband has always wanted to be an EMT. He has taken the class 4 times now and still can’t pass it. He’s 39 years old. He wonders why would God put that desire in his heart if he can’t pass the class? Any thoughts anyone? Any similar stories to where this happened to you? Someone told him that he’s fighting God.
Hi Mary, I love your comment and questions!! First of all, without knowing the details I don't think he's fighting God. Sounds like he's VERY determined and really wants to be an EMT. Now that's passion! It's possible God is delaying things to get your hubby ready for his abundance of supernatural power. Sometimes we have to go through pain to get ready for big power from God. This message really encouraged me to never stop praying and the power of persistence in prayer - https://jamesriver.online/sermon/spirits-power/ Praying with you for miracles. 💛
This message from Pastor Greg was truly needed and a wonderful way to start the day. My prayers continue for those of us who have loved ones still not with the Lord. I await the Coming of Our Lord for it is just around the corner, so till then I will continue my journey in His Heavenly name.
Thank you Pastor Greg, I went along and read more from Hebrews 9:27-28, continuing after the Apostle Paul's words; "Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgement, So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him." I was moved by this as I was unaware of this verse in the book of Hebrews and feel it is a prophetic verse on the rapture. God bless.
Wonderful message, thank you Pastor Greg....Ironically, I told my husband, if I die before him, to please put on my grave stone and the obituary only these words... For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain”.
I want NO mention of accomplishments, just I walked with my Lord.
IT’S ALL ABOUT JESUS:)
My wife of 42 years died from cancer after 3 years of doing her best to do her part to live and yet allow God to do whatever He planned for her. She often said, " God will take me at exactly the right time, not a second early and not a second late." What helped me was to remember two things, one I didn't lose her, she is actually better off than I am. I can trust Him to care for her until we meet again. Two, we are all living between two perfect eternities, for the past was absolutely perfect until Lucifer announced his five "I wills" and the future eternity will be perfect when Christ brings this age to its end and removes every flawed will...keeping only His perfect will. This second point helped me gain a needed perspective that this world not only isn't our home but it's so short...so very short.
God is good, always, and He grants what we need to live the life he has placed before us. I have married another wonderful Godly woman so I can someday thank Him for giving me two wonderful, loving wives to share this time on earth with. God is so good...words cannot express His worth, but it's good to try.
Michael what a beautiful way you explain the life and death of your loving wife. I lost my husband 9 yrs ago and I totally understand the different way we think and feel about Heaven, Johnnie's death gave me a beautiful love of Heaven that I never had before. I remember thinking I didn't feel that way when parents died or when my 3 brothers died. And I believe that God gave me a beautiful love of Heaven and Eternity only after my husband (married 42 yrs) died. You must know that God feels the marriage covenant is very special to the fact that when Jesus comes to take us to Heaven we will enter into a marriage covenant with God Himself. Yep I believe that's the way it's gonna be! Come Lord Jesus, come quickly!
Dear Michael, I’m so so sorry for your epic loss. Your beautiful words comforted my heart and I believe will comfort everyone in the Tipping Point. I’m praying for you 💛
Thanks for sharing your story with us Michael. You are right, God is so good to his children. Blessings to you.
This is a very emotional message...it brought me to tears as I read it. Not sure why? Probably something the Holy Spirit needed me to hear for many reasons. Now to fix my mascara 💦
Ya, I am starting to relate to that age thing. I turn 64 in May, and am having some issues with my back and nerves that are making my legs and ankles go wonky, as Keri would say (I love when she says that). All of a sudden I’m in the Doctor’s and PT offices more than I have ever been in my whole life combined; and moving faster than I had planned toward early retirement. Not to mention the pain. All that to say that looking up and awaiting His return, is getting more and more to be part of the joy that remains. Prayer for healing is a daily petition. Who doesn’t want to be healed? To live is Christ. Our righteousness in Him was dealt with at the Cross. So now, more and more, it is doing what He would do, thinking like He would think, saying what He would say, feeling what He would feel, and letting Him live through me. And knowing that even when I fail Him, His love for me is eternal. To live is Christ, but to die is gain. It is an everlasting relationship, that only gets better from here, with every breath I take until my last, I look to the clouds as if this may be the day. 🌻
Kris... hey going to be 64 is a young woman! I also remember those days when my body started to turn against me. I love your post, made me smile. Come Lord Jesus, come quickly!
I can relate to the age and health issues. I sure don't have the energy like I use to. I'll be celebrating the big 60 on May 16th.
Hallelujah Kris. Much love to you.
Great word Pastor, never heard the saying. Their favorite day of the week is “someday.” But that is so true and how a lot of people live. Pray for the Holy Spirit to change people's hearts to accept Jesus today.
Happy Sunday! I pray you had a blessed day. I love sharing new songs, especially ones about Revelation! This song is powerful and her new album is great too. Brooke Ligertwood’s “Burn” should be our Tipping Point theme song: “Blessed those who read and hear…Knowing that the time is near. Heed in heart what has been written. Turn around and see Seven. Seven stars and Seven circles, Seven lamps and Seven churches, Seven seals and Seven thunders, Seven angels, Seven trumpets…'Til I'm really, truly, wholly Yours. Where I rebel, where I return. The place a thousand fires burn but only one flame will endure, The One that burns for You.”💛💛https://youtu.be/Lf58bnStOSE
Thanks for sharing, Kari, and for including the lyrics in your post. My vintage ears need eyes to grasp language sometimes :)
Robert Breaker’s YouTube video on “sevens” was released recently. I haven’t watched it yet but his teaching is sound. https://YouTube.be/blaOtrOogV4.
I love Robert Breaker.
Hi Kari, thanks for this! I felt led to tune into JamesRiver Church with John Lindell on Sunday morning. Wow! They are on Holy Spirit fire, as he preaches from the book of Acts!! And, they are Jesus coming soon, pre-tribulation, endtimes Believers!!! And, the Worship was great! They had a list of miracles a mile long they were praising God for!!! To Him be the glory!! Looked like end times Revival to me!!!! Loved it! Thanks for the tip!! 🌻
Your comment gave me goosebumps💛💛 You should find his series “Living in the Last Days” — he and Jimmy both have the same theology on end times!
Ya, I love that! Kingdom come and Kingdom coming…. 🌻
Kris yayyy I was there for last weeks Sunday & Wednesday services, but missed yesterday, I was on my way home…. Next week he’ll wrap up his talk on Stephen. My son was there and he said it was absolutely powerful! 💛
Ya, you could feel the Spirit moving, even online!! We am seriously thinking of watching the service online, and then opening up our house to Sunday Church!! Doing a little Bible Study afterward based on the sermon, with the friends who are here. Just really miss the small Church Fellowship, and making Sunday a day of powerful Worship, Word, and Prayer. I’ll keep you posted!! 🌻
I think that's a fantastic idea! There is something VERY special happening at JRC. I could physically feel the spirit moving through the place. Make sure you watch Living Under the Open Heaven - it's a great one! https://jamesriver.online/sermon/living-under-an-open-heaven/ Praying for you and your hubby as you serve on Sundays!
Ya, I saw that one, will check it out! I love that they are praying boldly!!! 🌻
I don’t know about you but I’m loving this new app!! 
Kari, I love that song and Brooke Ligertwood is an anointed singer. I listened to several of her songs. That's what is so cool about YouTube, one pops up after another! And here it is 2am and I'm praising Jesus. Jenn Johnson's music came up too, another anointed praise & worship leader. Thanks for link, I really enjoyed it!
"Come Lord Jesus, come quickly".... MARANATHA my TP friend's!
This is beautiful Kari! I know who Brook is but how have I never heard this song? Thank you for sharing it so I can add it to my playlist!
Get the whole album! Very powerful 🎶💛
Here’s the live version -https://youtu.be/4l3T0VSSLac
This is powerful! For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. Romans 8:18
Wow, what a powerful message and reminder! I want to live each day with purpose and passion. Every breath is a gift.
Do suffer with chronic abdominal pain and headaches? I love Jesus very much. I would rather be dead than continue to live like this. I can barely eat. Help
Jesus hear the prayers of your Servants and lift LJ out of his pain, in Jesus name we pray. Total healing in Jesus name. We hear your Heart LJ and will continue to pray. 🌻
Thank you so much. Blessings
I am so sorry to hear this. Lord God, I would just pray that you would intervene on LJ's behalf and bring healing for these serious problems. I know Your heart feels the heavy, heavy weight of these infirmities. In Jesus name, I pray for your healing and relief to come swiftly and that you can glorify God with your healing.
Thank you so very much. Blessings
Hi L.J.
I hope you feel better.
I will say a prayer for you.
John 14:27
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid
Thank you for your prayer. I have been working on inner healing for a long time. Ken Fish has a wonderful series on the process. My Mother tried to get me aborted in 1952. She was married 5 times and my Dad 4 times with all that entails. I am 69 now and still all beat up. The church needs to offer us so much more than salvation. Why are we not healing the sick, raising the dead, curing the leper and preaching the kingdom? You did a teaching once on God putting His finger right in the middle of our cereal. I pray He does that for me. Blessings
Hi LJ, I heard Ken Fish speak at The Gate in the DC area some years ago. Healing prayer was a big part of my healing process as well, and I am deeply grateful to those Churches that take prayer to the full extent of it’s intended purpose, and walk in the power of the Cross. Because we are now literally living in the endtimes, I have turned to the Churches who do not skip over the OT and NT Prophetic endtimes Scriptures and are watching for the Rapture of the Church. I watched a Church this past Sunday (Kari’s old Church) In Missouri called JamesRiver Church with Pastor John Lindell. It is a Pretribulation Church, but God is at work in their Congregation, and lots of people are getting miraculously healed over there. It is worth a look on YouTube if you want to see Kingdom come, as well as Kingdom coming, all under one roof. I was pleasantly surprised and will watch again. Blessings! 🌻
praying for your deliverance LJ....
Thank you so much. Blessings
LJ I'm so sorry you're in so much pain. Praying with your Tipping Point family for healing from pain in Jesus name and Jesus blood. Do you have a support system that can help you during this very painful time? 💛
Yes I do. Thank you so much
I am so glad that all of you have come together for this ministry. Thank you to all of you. I have watched Jimmy Evans and Greg Laurie for years. This is my first-time watching Dr. Hitchcock. But I love all 3 of you. You each present messages in a different way, but on the same subject.
What exactly does it mean that “the dead in Christ will rise first”? Paul says that to be absent from the body is to be present with Christ. Are their spirits already in heaven and just their bodies get resurrected or were they in some kind of holding place?
Hi Jenn, with that verse you quoted, you nailed it. No holding place. We are present with Christ when we die. Their fully sanctified Spirits and Souls are already in Heaven, with Christ, awaiting their new, made for eternity sanctified bodies. So the dead in Christ get their new bodies to match their already completely sanctified Soul and Spirit. And we who are left are caught up together with Him, and changed all at once, Body, Soul and Spirit, to be completely sanctified, on our way up to Heaven, to live for all eternity. It’s a great ending to our human lives on earth, either way, if we know Him as Savior and Lord. Hope that helps. 🌻
Thank you so much Kris!! That’s what I was thinking but wasn’t sure if that was correct or not. 😊 It makes sense now!
I think this is a great question! It made me remember one of the most comforting things Pastor Jimmy has said in some of his messages: (paraphrased) "There is no purgatory as some say there is. When we die we aren't just floating around in some place waiting to go somewhere. The moment we close our eyes to this world, we open them the next moment staring at the face of Jesus." Again, this is paraphrased, but the comforting effect is all the same. It's my go-to when I am trying to counsel or comfort someone who has just lost someone.
Yes, that is comforting!
Jenn this is such a great question! Kris was 100% right on and I was hoping this would help too. I love Got Questions - https://www.gotquestions.org/the-dead-in-Christ-shall-rise-first.html
I just watched The Case for Heaven, it is so good! Lee Strobel.
Thank you Kari!
Great article today! Does any of my tp friends have any additional trusted end times teachers? I’m on fire and can’t get enough!
Hi Samantha, oh dear, you may get more info than you want :). I’m sure you have read of Amir Tsarfati in this community. He’s excellent, a Jewish believer in Yeshua. Jan Markell of Olive Tree Ministries also excellent. Dr. David Reagan and Lamb and Lion Ministries. Gary Stearman and Prophecy Watchers. Robert Breaker. Gary Hamrick of Cornerstone Chapel Leesburg, VA. Dr. Andy Wood. Barry Stagner. The Watchman, Erick Stakelbeck. Billy Crone. I apologize for not linking, but you can find all of these ministries on YouTube. I’ll look forward to hearing suggestions from others :)
This is a great list Blondie!! One thing to add Samantha, I tend to avoid those who are not aligned with pre-trib. It's great to understand different theologies out there (Jimmy has like a 10 part series on all the different beliefs) but for me, there's an urgency to stand firm in what I believe NOW and learn as much as I can to be prepared for His return. I believe everyone on this list from Blondie are aligned wonderfully with Pastor Jimmy. Hope that helps :) 💛
I appreciate Samantha’s question and your comments, Kari. I have to add Tommy Ice, Ron Rhodes, Ed Hindson, and Jack Hibbs.
I just don’t want to put blinders on and not maybe see something God is trying to reveal to me. Maybe something we’re missing? Maybe we’re wrong somewhere. I don’t want to shut down everything else because I don’t want to change my belief. Am I making sense? We need to be open in case we’re wrong. The Holy Spirit does the leading. I get what you’re saying though. It’s more encouraging to listen to people who believe the same thing.
Great list Blondie. Some I have never heard of. Thank you.
Be careful that you don't overdo it again. 😉
Lol you’re right!
Have you ever watched any John Hagee videos or David Jeremiah?
Love David Jeremiah!
I enjoy those two as well.
Hi Samantha, In addition to Blondie's suggestions... John Hagee, Hal Lindsey and Jeff Kinley, https://jeffkinley.com/jeff-s-story.
WORD OF GOD SPEAK:
1 Corinthians 15:1-58
Amplified Bible
"The Fact of Christ’s Resurrection
15 Now brothers and sisters, let me remind you [once again] of the good news [of salvation] which I preached to you, which you welcomed and accepted and on which you stand [by faith]. 2 By this faith you are saved [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose], if you hold firmly to the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain [just superficially and without complete commitment].
3 For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to [that which] the Scriptures [foretold],(A) 4 and that He was buried, and that He was [bodily] raised on the third day according to [that which] the Scriptures [foretold],(B) 5 and that He appeared to Cephas (Peter), then to the [a]Twelve. 6 After that He appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, the majority of whom are still alive, but some have fallen asleep [in death]. 7 Then He was seen by James, then by all the apostles, 8 and last of all, as to one [b]untimely (prematurely, traumatically) born, He appeared to me also.(C) 9 For I am the least [worthy] of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I [at one time] fiercely oppressed and violently persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the [remarkable] grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not without effect. In fact, I worked harder than all of the apostles, though it was not I, but the grace of God [His unmerited favor and blessing which was] with me. 11 So whether it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed and trusted in and relied on with confidence.
12 Now if Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how is it that [c]some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised; 14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain [useless, amounting to nothing], and your faith is also vain [imaginary, unfounded, devoid of value and benefit—not based on truth]. 15 We are even discovered to be false witnesses [misrepresenting] God, because we testified concerning Him that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised, either; 17 and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless and powerless [mere delusion]; you are still in your sins [and under the control and penalty of sin]. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. 19 If we who are [abiding] in Christ have hoped only in this life [and this is all there is], then we are of all people most miserable and to be pitied.
The Order of Resurrection
20 But now [as things really are] Christ has in fact been raised from the dead, [and He became] the first fruits [that is, the first to be resurrected with an incorruptible, immortal body, foreshadowing the resurrection] of those who have fallen asleep [in death].(D) 21 For since [it was] by a man that death came [into the world], it is also by a Man that the resurrection of the dead has come. 22 For just as [d]in Adam all die, so also [e]in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s [own will be resurrected with incorruptible, immortal bodies] at His coming. 24 After that comes the end (completion), when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father, after He has made inoperative and abolished every ruler and every authority and power. 25 For Christ must reign [as King] until He has put all His enemies under His feet.(E) 26 The last enemy to be abolished and put to an end is death. 27 For He (the Father) has put all things in subjection under His (Christ’s) feet. But when He says, “All things have been put in subjection [under Christ],” it is clear that He (the Father) who put all things in subjection to Him (Christ) is excepted [since the Father is not in subjection to His own Son].(F) 28 However, when all things are subjected to Him (Christ), then the Son Himself will also be subjected to the One (the Father) who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all [manifesting His glory without any opposition, the supreme indwelling and controlling factor of life].
29 Otherwise, what will those do who are being [f]baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people even baptized for them? 30 [For that matter] why are we [running such risks and putting ourselves] [g]in danger [nearly] every hour [if there is no resurrection]? 31 I assure you, believers, by the pride which I have in you in [your union with] Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily [I face death and die to self]. 32 What good has it done me if, [merely] from a human point of view, I [h]fought with wild animals at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised [at all], let us eat and drink [enjoying ourselves now], for tomorrow we die.(G) 33 Do not be deceived: [i]“Bad company corrupts good morals.” 34 Be sober-minded [be sensible, wake up from your spiritual stupor] as you ought, and stop sinning; for some [of you] have no knowledge of God [you are disgracefully ignorant of Him, and ignore His truths]. I say this to your shame.
35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body will they come?” 36 You fool! Every time you plant seed you sow something that does not come to life [germinating, springing up and growing] unless it first dies. 37 The seed you sow is not the body (the plant) which it is going to become, but it is a bare seed, perhaps of wheat or some other grain. 38 But God gives it a body just as He planned, and to each kind of seed a body of its own [is given].(H) 39 All flesh is not the same. There is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. 40 There are also heavenly bodies [sun, moon and stars] and earthly bodies [humans, animals, and plants], but the glory and beauty of the heavenly is one kind, and the glory of the earthly is another. 41 There is a glory and beauty of the sun, another glory of the moon, and yet another [distinctive] glory of the stars; and one star differs from another in glory and brilliance.
42 So it is with the resurrection of the dead. The [human] body that is sown is perishable and mortal, it is raised imperishable and immortal.(I) 43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in strength; 44 it is sown a natural body [mortal, suited to earth], it is raised a spiritual body [immortal, suited to heaven]. As surely as there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So it is written [in Scripture], “The first man, Adam, became a living soul (an individual);” the last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving spirit [restoring the dead to life].(J) 46 However, the spiritual [the immortal life] is not first, but the physical [the mortal life]; then the spiritual. 47 The first man [Adam] is from the earth, earthy [made of dust]; the second Man [Christ, the Lord] is from heaven.(K) 48 As is the earthly man [the man of dust], so are those who are of earth; and as is the heavenly [Man], so are those who are of heaven. 49 Just as we have borne the image of the earthly [the man of dust], [j]we will also bear the image of the heavenly [the Man of heaven].
The Mystery of Resurrection
50 Now I say this, believers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit nor be part of the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable (mortal) inherit the imperishable (immortal). 51 Listen very carefully, I tell you a mystery [a secret truth decreed by God and previously hidden, but now revealed]; we will not all sleep [in death], but we will all be [completely] changed [wondrously transformed], 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at [the sound of] the last trumpet call. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead [who believed in Christ] will be raised imperishable, and we will be [completely] changed [wondrously transformed]. 53 For this perishable [part of us] must put on the imperishable [nature], and this mortal [part of us that is capable of dying] must put on immortality [which is freedom from death]. 54 And when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the Scripture will be fulfilled that says, “Death is swallowed up in victory (vanquished forever).(L) 55 O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”(M) 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin [by which it brings death] is the law; 57 but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory [as conquerors] through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord [always doing your best and doing more than is needed], being continually aware that your labor [even to the point of exhaustion] in the Lord is not futile nor wasted [it is never without purpose]."
HOPEFULLY I AM GOING WITH THE UPPER TAKER AND NOT THE UNDERTAKER!
Ladies... I feel like I have been to church tonight! So good...
Come Lord Jesus, come quickly!
I love this! My husband has always wanted to be an EMT. He has taken the class 4 times now and still can’t pass it. He’s 39 years old. He wonders why would God put that desire in his heart if he can’t pass the class? Any thoughts anyone? Any similar stories to where this happened to you? Someone told him that he’s fighting God.
Hi Mary, I love your comment and questions!! First of all, without knowing the details I don't think he's fighting God. Sounds like he's VERY determined and really wants to be an EMT. Now that's passion! It's possible God is delaying things to get your hubby ready for his abundance of supernatural power. Sometimes we have to go through pain to get ready for big power from God. This message really encouraged me to never stop praying and the power of persistence in prayer - https://jamesriver.online/sermon/spirits-power/ Praying with you for miracles. 💛