John Burton
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5 Terrible Reasons Intercessors Don’t Attend Prayer Meetings
God is raising up passionate people of fervent and strategic prayer. Why aren’t they flocking to church prayer meetings? I’m a prayer freak. I met God in the prayer room and I’ve experienced the shock and awe of his glory there many times over the last 27 years. I can’t separate the ideas of salvation, …
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Killing Fear: Motorcycles, Guns, Diet Soda and Other Scary Stuff
“Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:27). Surely I’m not the only one who has noticed that Christians tend to be an easily frightened bunch. Spirits of fear …
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6 Ways Pastors Are Hindering Revival
Pastors must allow God to awaken them to the call to regional revival. I regularly hear from people who are done with church, are frustrated with church leadership and are ready to abandon the weekly gathering, if they haven’t done so already. I agree that there are significant issues. However, I relentlessly support God’s ordained …
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Hounds of Hell Aren’t Family Pets: A Prophetic Dream About Radical Freedom
Fear. Lust. Anger. Hatred. Suicide. Oppression. Hopelessness. Spirit-filled Christians are not immune to overwhelming assaults of the enemy, but we should be victorious at the end of the battle. Sadly, in today’s dark world, even some of the most passionate Believers are experiencing defeat after defeat. Many would admit that they have been unable to …
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A Powerful Strategy of Freedom: Don’t Bother Jesus
I love listening to sermons, and then listening to the Holy Spirit as he develops further revelation for me. My pastor delivered a powerful sermon this morning here in my home town of Branson, Missouri. This article, while different than what I heard this morning, is a result of God’s anointing on his life and on the …
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Compromised Churches: It’s Time to Remove People, Clean House
People are leading ministries and churches all while the Bible instructs us not to even eat with them. It’s time for a housecleaning. Facebook is a great, if unscientific, medium for discussions about culture and Scripture (and kittens, food, vacations and so forth). I’ve participated in many such discussions online, and I constantly find myself …
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Is God Giving a Second Chance to America’s Prophets and Preachers?
We never want to cause God to bring His Word to us more than once. Jonah was resistant. We are all familiar with the story. The mission the Lord gave Jonah was a critical one, and He wasn’t about give up over the childish, selfish approach of His prophet. Nineveh needed to hear from God, …
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Is an Unholy Spirit of Protest Overtaking Our Nation?
Today’s Christian generation in this nation at least is becoming quite the expert at right versus wrong. The fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil has been bitten into, and not only does it taste great, but it’s being shared among friends. Eve knew she needed Adam to taste and see …
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The United Airlines Chaos Unmasks How the Devil Has Duped Society
The chaos that erupted on a United Airlines flight yesterday should never have happened. I was in the vicinity of two unfortunate United Airline situations over the past week. First, I was on my way to preach at the Strike the Match Conference in Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada last Thursday. My flight from Chicago to Toronto was delayed most …
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Is Worship Music Lucifer’s Next Great Battleground?
Satan has a plan to infiltrate and defile the modern worship movement. The first sin in the universe was pride and the first being to sin was Lucifer, an archangel who dwelled in the very presence of God in heaven. Theologians believe that Lucifer was the worship leader in heaven, in the very presence of God. He was exceedingly …
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Is This Satan’s Next Back Door Into the Church?
The enemy is looking for a back door into the church—through worship teams. I’ll never forget an extremely powerful and disturbing experience I had when praying in a church many years ago. Both in Colorado Springs and Detroit, I had the privilege of giving some leadership to remarkable prayer movements. Every Friday, from 10 p.m. …
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5 Seeker-Sensitive Strategies That Threaten Revival
Is it possible your church is risking revival by adopting seeker strategies? “All these new methods of how to build the church has [sic] left me confused” – David Wilkerson It’s easy to fall into the trap of believing revival is defined by an influx of new believers into the church. After all, we see …
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Let the Lions Roar: Why Prophecy Is Critical in This Late Season
“But to the wicked God says, ‘What right have you to declare My statutes, or take My covenant in your mouth? You hate instruction, and cast My words behind you'” (Ps. 50:16-17). Financial breakthrough is coming in 2017!” “This is the year of fulfilled promises!” “No more delay! Prosperity is yours in the new year!” …
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Choosing Between Growing a Church or Contending for Revival
God’s world-changers always favor being idealistic ahead of being realistic. They are dreamers, visionaries and supernatural theorists instead of analysts driven by logical data. They refuse to work within natural limits for the sake of quicker, more visible success. They would rather fail a thousand times contending for the impossible than succeed once at something …
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Revivalist: I Went to Hell in a Dream
During this night of terror more than 25 years ago, I fell asleep in the old, empty church building and found myself dreaming. In my dream, I was lying on my stomach in a one-room building. It was very comfortable inside, although the room was empty. I rested on the carpet and looked out of …
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