It’s easy to receive a dream from God with great joy—but what are you to do when it feels like everything in your life seems to be taking you in the opposite direction?

So many of us get thrown for a loop when our circumstances turn south, wondering what mistake we must have made to lead us so far off course—but what if that is all part of God’s master plan?

Consider Joseph: When he was just a young man, God gave him a dream that one day, even his brothers and family would be under his authority. What came next? He was hurled into a pit by those who were supposed to protect him—his older brothers. Shortly afterward, they sold him into slavery, sending him off to a foreign land. Can you imagine the shock, disappointment and pain?

Surely Joseph imagined God would perform a miraculous intervention to free him quickly, but no such events took place. Instead, Joseph spent the next decade of his life serving as a slave in Potiphar’s house. Then, instead of getting better, things got worse when he was wrongfully accused of trying to sleep with his master’s wife and thrown into prison.

In prison, Joseph must have had a lot of time to reflect. I can only imagine what was going through his head. He probably thought, I’ve served God faithfully all my life, and what has that gotten me? It turns out, by no fault of my own, I’m in this dungeon to rot away. My life is over! My wicked brothers are free and most likely enjoying great abundance. What have I done wrong? All I did was share my supposed ‘God-given’ dream with my brothers, and look what it got me! What good is it that I’ve served God? It seems the more I obey Him, the worse life gets for me.”

Who could fault Joseph for having these thoughts? They seem like sound logic, right?

Little did he know, his greatest wilderness test was still in front of him. One day in the dungeon, God brought to men to him, a butler and a baker, who each had a dream that left them confused and seeking an interpretation. If Joseph had lost faith in God and His promise, it would have been quite easy to be self-focused and blow them off. He could have said, “You had dreams last night? Ha, I once had a dream too. I also thought the dream came from God. But here’s the truth—dreams don’t come to pass. Dreams are useless, vain and misleading. So would you please just leave me alone?”

If Joseph had done this, he likely would have remained in his wilderness for many more years, or perhaps, even the rest of his life. He would have bypassed his ticket to freedom, for it was the butler who later told the king of Joseph’s ability to interpret dreams, which led to Joseph’s release from prison and promotion to rulership. If he had a self-pitying attitude, Joseph would have eventually died in that dungeon a bitter, cynical and hopeless man—expressing in various ways, “God isn’t faithful; He doesn’t keep His promises!”

But this is not what Joseph did. He fought off the thoughts and logic that were contrary to his personal promise from God and chose to serve the butler and baker. He stayed consistent in his obedience to God. The outcome? Eventually, he went free and was promoted in one day to become second in command to Pharaoh, going on to rule with wisdom and foresight that saved the nation and his own family in a time of great famine. In the end, God brought Joseph’s brothers and father to Egypt in search of food, and the dream God gave Joseph those many years ago was fulfilled.

Only God knew the set time that His promise to Joseph would come to pass—over 20 years after He initially gave Joseph the dream. The wilderness forged in Joseph the character that would build his life, family and leadership position well. The key to all of his success over decades of waiting was sustaining his fear of the Lord through it all. No matter his conditions, Joseph would speak, act and obey God’s Word, trusting Him through it all.

What about you? Perhaps God has shown you dreams or visions of what He has called you to do—but maybe you find yourself in a similar season as Joseph. You may be wrestling with all kinds of doubts and questions. Why is God taking so long to bring this to pass? Did God forget me? Did I even hear Him correctly?

I urge you to keep running your race well, trusting God every step along the way. Remind yourself of God’s faithfulness. Don’t grow weary. Don’t lose hope. Don’t grow bitter. Don’t turn your back on God. His timing may be slower than yours, but His word will surely come to pass at the right time.

John Bevere is an international speaker and best-selling author who is known for his bold and uncompromising approach to God’s Word. Over more than three decades of ministry, John has developed a passion to embrace God’s call to the often forgotten and misunderstood virtue of honor and to instill the same desire in others.

Heartbroken. This one word seemed to sum up the feelings of the group of people who had gathered together to say a last goodbye to a husband, father, brother and friend.

People stood close to each other to support one another, while at the same time, their shoulders drooped in a sad display of weakness. In a real sense, looks of defeat and loss were on each face.

Deep within the eyes of each person you could almost see a longing for answers for the loss they were feeling. Why? Why him? Why now? This desire for answers was so thick that everyone sensed it was tangible.

One person said, “It was so sudden.” Another said, “He was so young.” A third said, “He had so much more life to live.” Each statement only added to the loss felt by those who were present.

This is a scene that, as a rabbi, I have watched play out dozens of times as a family experienced the sudden loss of a loved one. The one thing that is absolutely consistent in each case, no matter the age of the loved one or the reason for their death, is that no one is ever prepared for their loved one to die.

Above, I said no one, but this is not quite accurate because there is one who we know knew exactly when His loved one would die and was completely prepared for His death. That one was G-D and His loved one was Yeshua, His Son. This was the one and only death in which the loved ones of the deceased were not only totally prepared for the death, but knew exactly when and where and how it would take place.

This is a very important thing to remember for a number of reasons, some of which I will list and discuss below.

1. We have to understand that, unlike humans who cannot be prepared for the death of a loved one, G-D was prepared because this death was planned from the very foundations of the world.

2. Because G-D was prepared, He did not experience the emotional feelings of anger, remorse, failure or disappointments that we feel as humans.

3. Because Yeshua’s death was part of the plan from the outset, we need to understand that His death was not because of sin; it was because of love.

4. Because His death was part of G-D’s plan, we must look at Yeshua’s death not as the result of or response to evil, but rather as the result of G-D’s goodness.

5. We must always remember that the death, burial and resurrection were set in motion before the fall of mankind in the Garden of Eden.
6. We must remember that Yeshua never became a sinner. No, not ever! On the cross, Yeshua was still perfectly righteous and perfectly in G-D’s will.

As believers in Yeshua, we need to come to terms with the truths of the Bible concerning Yeshua’s sacrificial death and atonement. Too many people have twisted the truth of the absolute love that G-D has for His Son and, by extension, the body of Messiah. Like the disciples who stood there looking at the Messiah on the cross, we seem unable to resolve our feelings concerning Yeshua’s suffering on the cross and G-D’s love for His Son.

It was because of G-D’s understanding that humanity would have a problem rationalizing this seeming inconsistency that Yeshua cried out from the cross the words from Psalm 22:2 (TLV):

“My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Distant from my salvation are the words of my groaning.”

By quoting the first line of this Psalm, Yeshua was, in effect, saying, “Pay attention to Psalm 22 and read it.” The Psalm does begin with the words “My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?” And we tend to focus on those few words, but we rarely look at the rest of the Psalm, which describes in fine detail what Yeshua was physically going through and, just as importantly, what Yeshua’s followers were experiencing. Just look at these verses.

“Am I a worm, and not a man? Am I a scorn of men, despised by people? All who see me mock me. They curl their lips, shaking their heads: “Rely on Adonai! Let Him deliver him! Let Him rescue him—since he delights in Him!” (Ps. 22:7-9).

“Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan encircled me. They open wide their mouths against me, like a tearing, roaring lion. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax— melting within my innards. My strength is dried up like a clay pot, my tongue clings to my jaws. You lay me in the dust of death. For dogs have surrounded me. A band of evildoers has closed in on me. They pierced my hands and my feet. I can count all my bones. They stare, they gape at me. They divide my clothes among them, and cast lots for my garment” (Ps. 22:13-19).

This depiction of the horrors of the crucifixion of Yeshua is so powerfully accurate and if we stopped right after these verses, we could conclude that G-D, in fact, had forsaken Yeshua.

But that would require us to believe that Yeshua had walked perfectly according to not only the Torah, lived a sinless life in every way and also fulfilled over 300 prophecies from the Tanakh concerning the Messiah, only to have His Father forsake Him at the culmination of His life and the totality of biblical prophecy.

We would have to believe that the perfect example of a loving Father would design a plan before He spoke the words “let there be light” for His Son Yeshua to be perfect in word and deed so that at the climax of Yeshua perfectly completing His Father’s plan, Yeshua’s Father would choose to forsake His Son for doing exactly what He was born to do.

This would also require us to ignore Psalm 22:25, which explicitly told those disciples watching the crucifixion and everyone who has read these words today that the Father did not forsake Yeshua on the cross, nor did He turn His face from Him.

“For He has not despised or disdained the suffering of the lowly one. Nor has He hidden His face from Him, but when He cried to Him, He heard” (Ps. 22:25).

The message of the cross is not that G-D had to forsake Yeshua so that He could save us. No!

The message of the cross is that a loving G-D sent His loved Son to save His loved people. The message of the cross is that even while Yeshua was on the cross, He was still the Father’s beloved Son in whom He was well pleased. {eoa}

Eric Tokajer is author of With Me in Paradise, Transient Singularity, OY! How Did I Get Here?: Thirty-One Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before Entering Ministry, #ManWisdom: With Eric Tokajer, Jesus Is to Christianity as Pasta Is to Italians and Galatians in Context.

Many Christ-followers struggle to find a sense of purpose or fulfillment in their work. Successful business executive Shundrawn A. Thomas says that mindset is not what God intended for us.

Thomas wants believers to recognize that they are not only designed to flourish in their workplace, but God wants them to enjoy what they do, regardless of their occupation, age or career stage.

“We have to do work and let the Spirit do work in us to really get to the deep issues of our heart and ultimately reveal what our deepest desires are,” Thomas told Dr. Steve Greene on a recent episode of “Greenelines” on the Charisma Podcast Network. “I think our deepest desire is having a right relationship with God.

“That really is framed around three words. Those words are ‘work,’ ‘joy’ and ‘transform.’ When we think about work, we think about the mental and physical effort we put forth to achieve some sort of outcome. There is a fundamental truth about work. I believe that truth is that work is inherently good. We’re actually intended to flourish in our workplace.

“The second word is ‘joy.’ If we think about joy, it’s a source or cause of something that gives us great pleasure or fulfillment. We all want to have joy in various areas of our life. One of the things that I’ve really learned is that people don’t necessarily associate joy with work. But that second fundamental truth that I point out is work is intended to be joyful.

“The last word is ‘transformed.’ How do you get to the place where, on a more regular basis, you’re experiencing that meaningfulness or that fulfillment, that joy in your work? We have to transform something. And transform means to change something from one state to another. In this context, we’re talking about changing; we’re transforming our mindset. And what does the Bible talk about? Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to know what God’s perfect will is for you.”

For more about Thomas’ ministry, listen to this podcast.

Psychologist John Townsend says, as believers, we all need more energy and vitality to help us stay motivated and focused to execute the kingdom duties to which God has called us.

The fuel, Townsend says, can come from what he calls “relational nutrients,” elements that will help build solid relationships and let people see the Christlike character God hopes for in all of us children. Although there are many relational nutrients, Townsend highlights two that every Christian should partake in regularly.

“Our bodies require physical nutrients to stay healthy. When we have similar relational nutrients, which we can give and receive, then we can grow mentally and emotionally sharper and healthier,” Townsend told Dr. Steve Greene on a recent episode of “Greenelines” on the Charisma Podcast Network.

“There are many of these relational nutrients; one is encouragement. Every morning when you wake up, you’ve got to think two things. One, who do I need to help today—my clients, my spouse, my kids—and who can help me today? Sometimes it can be an eight-minute conversation and sometimes it can be a 30-second text. You might say, I’ve got an overwhelming day, I’ve got crocodiles coming at me, I’ve got challenges. Your person says, ‘I’ve got your back, I’m thinking about you, I’m praying for you.’ You just received the relational nutrient that will help you carry the day.

“Another is forgiveness, which is one of the most powerful and energizing relational nutrients that exists. The Bible talks about canceling a debt. We say, “You don’t owe me anything, and I’m letting you go. Everybody thinks that forgiveness is for the person being forgiven. Not really. Forgiveness is for you—because the person you have not forgiven is driving the car of your life; they are in your head. They are in your decisions. You are thinking about them. Take control back of your life and let that person go.”

It’s about having the right kinds of relationships with others, Townsend says—not the ones that drain us, but ones that refuel us.

For more about Townsend’s ministry, listen to this podcast.

While I was in prayer the Lord gave me a prophetic vision. I began to see in this vision a “merge traffic sign” on this narrow-looking road or highway. I asked the Lord for the meaning.

God began to speak to me about this coming season for the body of Christ, that our decisions will become our destinations. What we decide in this pivotal season of transition will set the pace for the next several months and even year. God said that we are to finish this year strong.

The enemy will come to try to distract, derail, disturb and disrupt the divine path and destination to which God is trying to take us. I believe that the significance of the merge traffic sign was for the Lord to get the attention of the body of believers to embrace a time of intentional processing of obeying and taking faith-filled moves on purpose. In addition, He was saying that it’s time to transition, shift and change your own course of action.

As we yield to the Holy Spirit’s leading, we will begin to slow down, regroup and make wise decisions on what to do in this next season. We are in the season I believe of not just the “next,” per se, but right “now”!

The Lord would have His people to make wise and faith-risk decisions that will accelerate us into the things that God has for us. What I saw in the vision was a two-way expressway, but there was a sign that said to merge. The definition of merge is to cause, combine or coalesce.

The word also means to unite, combine, blend or unite gradually. The Lord desires that we merge His will into the overall plan that He has for us. Oftentimes we may be doing things our way or flowing in our own will, wanting the Lord to fulfill it. We are to pray that God’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

There are those who are in two-way traffic in life. God is in one direction and pointing the way. However, life happens and our own personal agendas get in the way, which causes us at times to reroute and move in the opposite direction.

God says that in this season, as we yield our vision, burdens, dreams, desires and purpose to Him, He will show us the full plan and destination that He wants us to move into. Many of us are going in circles and missing the right turn or exit to get off. The Holy Spirit is coming abruptly into your life to signal you to merge into the things He has for you. No more spiritual wrecks, collisions or accidents. This is the season to make the right decision with the Holy Spirit leading.

God wants to get you to your destiny safely and on time. The estimated time of arrival (ETA) will be supernatural in this next season. The destiny decisions that you make in this hour will determine when and how you get there. God said not to take the wide and broad way as others are taking. God is saying to merge this way, which is the narrow way, to fulfill your divine call, purpose and assignment in the earth.

Have you ever driven in a two-way lane and suddenly it turned into a one-way lane? Oftentimes, that’s how life is. Everything can be going well and then sudden shifts, changes and unpredictable occurrences happen.

When the two-way lane suddenly changes to one that means we have to decide to merge over into the next lane or the lane that is becoming a narrow one. Get ready for the Lord to merge your vision with His, your desires with His desires and your will with His will in this season. And together with the help and leading of the Holy Spirit, you will, with divine acceleration, get to the place of prophetic fulfillment.

The Lord says He is removing the road blockages, hindrances, demonic detours and distractions that come to slow down your momentum in God. This is the time to fasten your seat belt and get ready to ride the road to success. There will be no shortcuts to fulfilling your God-given dream and purpose.

However, the Lord will remove the traffic jams in your life and the pileups that come to leave you hopeless and fearful. God says that your decision to merge your vision with His will allow you to see clearly. He will remove the people, places and things that come to blur, obscure, impair and block your vision to see what’s ahead of you.

You are on the road to fulfilling your destiny. You have no time to waste. You will not run on fumes but Holy Spirit fuel and wisdom as He navigates you through life circumstances and situations.

You don’t have to be in a rush. God wants you to rest in Him and take your time, but proceed with caution. God wants you to take the narrow way and merge on to the road of destiny. He is not going to make you get off the exit on through your own will. It must be your decision to do so.

The gateway is opening and the highway to your purpose is available. What you do, say and decree (decide) upon will be the difference in your life. Take a look at these Scriptures below:

“And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray” (Isa. 35:8, ESV).

“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few” (Matt. 7:13-14).

“Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able” (Luke 13:24).

Your decisions in this time and season are connected to your destiny. You hold the driver’s key to where you want to go in life. The key of success is in your hands. It’s up to you what you do with it.

God is presently speaking and actively directing, pointing and signaling you to merge onto the one-way lane of purpose that will lead you to success and not failure. Your decrees are what you decide to do.

Job 22:27-28 confirms it: “You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you, and you will pay your vows. You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.”

Another translation says: “You will succeed in whatever you choose to do, and light will shine on the road ahead of you” (NLT). Your godly success is determined by your decisions to obey God’s direction, leading and voice in this hour. Merge today and experience the favor and blessings of God tomorrow! {eoa}

Dr. Hakeem Collins is an empowerment specialist, respected prophetic voice, apostolic leader, governmental minister, life coach and sought-after conference speaker. He is known for his keen, accurate prophetic gifting and supernatural ministry. He is the author of the bestselling books Heaven Declares and Command Your Healing. He’s been featured on many television shows: Sid Roth’s It’s Supernatural! The Word Network, GODTV and Cornerstone TV, just to name a few. He is host of “Prophetic Breakthrough” podcast on the Charisma Podcast Network. Follow him on Facebook at facebook.com/drhakeemcollins/ and on his website, hakeemcollinsministries.com.

For believers, especially Spirit-filled Christians, spiritual warfare is inevitable. The enemy will put anything in their way to distract them from their kingdom purpose.

But Pastors Mark and Grace Driscoll want to remind believers they can cling to a simple but powerful truth that Satan can never overturn: Ultimately, the victory is theirs, and they can live out their triumph here on earth.

“When Satan reminds you of your past, remind yourself of your future,” Pastor Mark tells Dr. Steve Greene on a recent episode of “Greenelines” on the Charisma Podcast Network. “The Bible says you’re going to be raised from the dead in the likeness of Christ, that Satan and his demons will be cast into the eternal torments of hell.

“Lies will be gone, bitterness will be gone and, when Jesus is done with you, there will be a perfect version of you. The Bible says that only is Jesus seated on a throne, but He has a little throne for you to sit on to rule and reign and exercise dominion and authority for all eternity. So, the battle that you’re fighting is to get to the person that Jesus ultimately has destined for you to be.

“If you feel defeated, don’t stay there. Be willing to consider how the enemy is attacking you, and don’t blame it on God. Just ask the Lord to reveal where Satan is attacking versus where the Lord wants to heal, and there is hope in that.”

For more of this critical spiritual warfare strategy, listen to this podcast.

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You can’t choose to enter an ecstatic realm trance any more than you can choose to have a God-inspired dream. Look at the biblical examples.

Balaam didn’t ask God to bring him into a trance. Peter did not ask God to bring him into a trance. Paul did not ask God to bring him into a trance. It was a God-ordained event that they couldn’t have expected and one that left a mark on them. Usually, people who fall into God-given trances are emotional or have strong memories about the experience.

Given biblical precedent and the reality of demonic agents who seek to enter trances for wicked purposes, I don’t believe we should ask the Lord to put us into trances. God does tell us to pursue spiritual gifts, but a trance is not a gift like the nine gifts of the Spirit, which was the context by which the Holy Spirit inspired Paul to inspire us to pursue them.

If we seek supernatural experiences for the sake of supernatural experiences, the devil will oblige. At the same time, we do not want to quench the Spirit through fear, unbelief or doubt. Be open to anything God wants to do for you, give to you or take from you and you’ll experience everything He has for you in the right time and the right season. (Find out more about this in my new book, The Seer Dimensions).

Pray this prayer with me: “Father, thank You for teaching me about the trance realm. I am open and ready for any realm You want to show me, but I do not want to go where You aren’t taking me. Help me not to be deceived by false encounters and demonic realms. Open my eyes only to what You want to show me, in Jesus’ name.” {eoa}

Jennifer LeClaire is the former editor of Charisma magazine and the founder of Jennifer LeClaire Ministries. She is the author of books like Becoming a Next-Level Prophet, 101 Tactics for Spiritual Warfare, Waging Prophetic Warfare, Decoding Your Dreams and Defeating Water Spirits.

I’ve never fallen into a trance, but I know people who have—and it’s totally biblical. We only see people falling into trances a few times in the Bible, but there is enough evidence from the Word of God and from modern expressions to back up this scriptural, supernatural experience.

Maria Woodworth-Etter, a powerful voice from the late 1800s and early 1900s who was moving in the supernatural before Azusa Street or the charismatic movement made its mark on church history, was known for trances.

Indeed, Woodworth-Etter was a Pentecostal forerunner. She saw great outpourings of God’s Spirit in the Midwest before entering the West Coast to win souls for God. In Oakland, California, she bought an 8,000-seat tent in 1889 and packed it out with people hungry to watch God move. He didn’t disappoint. Healings, signs, wonders and miracles were commonplace in Woodworth-Etter’s meetings.

Of course, miracles always draw crowds and critics, and it was no different for this female pioneer. However, she didn’t see the attacks from fellow healing evangelist John Alexander Dowie coming. Dowie, himself moving in miracles, at first praised Woodworth-Etter but soon accused her of propagating a great delusion because people were falling into trances left and right under her tent. He called it “trance evangelism.”

Woodworth-Etter also drew attention from the media. The Salem report documents her falling into a trance on March 24, 1904, and she “had to be laid on the platform for over an hour.” The Indianapolis Star also reported “Woodworth-Etter Goes into a Trance” in a 1904 edition. In 1913, The Boston Globe reported, “Took No Money for Healing; Mrs. Etter Gave God Credit for Cures.”

There are accounts of Woodworth-Etter falling into a trance at a St. Louis meeting and standing like a statue for three whole days as attendees of the World Fair looked on in amazement. It’s not clear if the trance actually lasted that long, but she was known to fall into trances that left her frozen for hours at a time—and so did many others who attended her meetings.

“People fell into trances, experienced visions of heaven and hell, collapsed on the floor as if they’d been shot or had died,” reports Revival Library. “Thousands were healed of a wide variety of sicknesses and diseases and many believers, even ministers, received mighty baptisms of the Holy Spirit.” (Find out more about this in my new book, The Seer Dimensions).

Often, unbelievers who came in to disrupt the service were encountered by the power of God and themselves fell into a trance. Reporters ridiculed her, her husband lashed out at her in a public letter and she lost the support of well-known ministers in her day, but she continued preaching the gospel and people continued getting saved—and falling into trances. Woodworth-Etter pointed people to scriptural references of trances and believed it was the power of God.

Criticized in her day, she goes down in Pentecostal history as a pioneer, a forerunner who withstood strong persecution to steward the glory of God in her meetings. We need more like Woodworth-Etter in this hour.

In the Weekly Evangel, Robert J. Craig, an early Pentecostal leader and pastor of Glad Tidings Temple in San Francisco, honored her and encouraged ministers to study her life and ministry: “If the Pentecostal ministry would study her life and count on God, expecting the supernatural to be revealed in each meeting, what a mighty agency ours would be in the hands of God.”

Amen. And think about it for a minute. What would happen if skeptics of the gospel entered a Holy Ghost meeting and fell into a trance and saw visions of hell? Maybe trance evangelism isn’t such a bad idea. {eoa}

Jennifer LeClaire is the former editor of Charisma magazine and the founder of Jennifer LeClaire Ministries. She is the author of books like Becoming a Next-Level Prophet, 101 Tactics for Spiritual Warfare, Waging Prophetic Warfare, Decoding Your Dreams and Defeating Water Spirits.

Jim and Martha Brangenberg want believers to know that, despite our culture’s hostile attitude toward Jesus, they don’t have to be afraid to share the gospel in their workplace.

And even if your employer is less than receptive to it, you can still help co-workers throughout your day by the simple act of prayer and letting them know that you’re praying for them by name. The Brangenbergs are the co-hosts of iWork4Him PowerPod on the Charisma Podcast Network, which helps Christians recognize that their workplace is their mission field.

“I believe the power of prayer in our workplaces is huge,” Jim Brangenberg told Dr. Steve Greene on a recent episode of “Greenelines” on the Charisma Podcast Network. “Every day, we should remember to pray for our co-workers and our employees. Just start there, and lift them up and look specifically for what their prayer needs are and let them know you care.

“Pray for them by name because when you pray for people, your heart will start to change. It may not change them, but it starts to change you. Then, look for ways to serve them over and above what your employment contract requires.

“Look for ways to befriend them outside of work. Then, you can actually build a relationship with them that might lead to a relationship with Jesus for them. With our ministry, it’s our hearts’ desire for people to hear and understand that their workplace is their mission field.”

For more about IWork4Him and its mission, listen to this podcast. Check out the Brangenbergs’ show on the Charisma Podcast Network here!

While the possibility of impeachment for Donald Trump and the California wildfires, among other issues, greatly concern end-times expert Michael Snyder, one alarming trend in American culture particularly vexes his spirit.

In a recent survey released by the Pew Research Center, when American adults are asked about their religion, only 65% describe themselves as Christians. That’s down a whopping 12% from a decade ago.

“We’re seeing a steady decline in the number of Americans who even are willing to call themselves Christian,” Snyder told Dr. Steve Greene on a recent episode of “Greenelines” on the Charisma Podcast Network. “We’re not talking about the people that are actually Bible-believing Christians who go to church and try to actually live a Christian life. And that percentage is much, much smaller.

“Throughout our history, we’ve been a Christian nation and most people have identified themselves as Christians. But as the numbers show, that percentage has been dropping pretty rapidly, and it’s pretty substantial. In return, we’ve seen a tremendous growth in the ‘nones,’ people with no religion who say ‘I’m atheist’ or ‘agnostic.’ That has been growing very rapidly, especially among Millennials.

“Only 49% of Millennials described themselves as Christian, so they are the first generation in American history that is majority non-Christian. And those are the leaders of tomorrow. These people are going to take over everything. This is where our society is headed. We are losing an entire generation of Americans who are turning away from God. We’re losing our young people. We desperately need revival to change the trajectory of this country because the trajectory this country is on is toward judgment.”

For more of Michael Snyder’s end-times insight, listen to this podcast.