My heart is heavy for my city, Houston. It’s hard to believe that only around 150,000 in a city of a few million, cared enough to vote their convictions during our recent Mayoral and City Council runoff elections, with so much at stake.
My spirit is grieved for the Church. Months ago I sensed [...]
The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. (James 5:16b NKJ)
“Prayer is so much more than handing a list of requests to God. If you want earth shaking results, you will be required to travail until heaven’s plan becomes a reality on earth.
If we are honest with ourselves, we must admit that [...]
What brings us to our knees? What causes you and me to cry out to God in desperation? Is it simply an unquenchable desire to draw close to the lover of our soul? Or does it take something tragic to awaken our hearts? The fact that we are even asking ourselves the question is a [...]
What will it take to obtain both personal victories and breakthroughs for our city and nation? God so desires to satisfy the longing of our souls and the cry of our hearts. He has a destiny He intends us to fulfill individually and corporately. Discouragements, disappointments and distractions have caused some of us to forget [...]
What if economic downturns led the government to cutback on welfare and other benefits that have become a lifeline for some Americans?
What if legislation were passed which reduces or eliminates tax benefits for charitable contributions?
Questions such as these were posed [...]
Remember the days when Opening Day of baseball season was a family event? Or any ball game, for that matter. Today, the average working man has to make a significant sacrifice to pay for tickets, parking, and concessions just to take his family to a ballgame. The same is true if a mom or dad [...]
If we’re honest with ourselves, we have to acknowledge that the Lord has been nudging us for the past several years that a shaking is coming [actually, it is already here]. In fact, I wrote an article in 1987 called, “The Lord’s Provision During the Shaking.” I believe the Holy Spirit has been speaking for [...]
Doug Stringer began developing this word in late 2006 concerning one of the most pertinent issues of our times.
BREAKING THROUGH THE PRINCE OF PERSIA STRONGHOLDS!
BY DOUG STRINGER, JULY 2007
We are in a battle for the moral soul of America, and it’s a battle to destroy the very foundation on which we were built. You cannot build on a cracked foundation, and what is already standing will inevitably fall apart. We see effort after effort to take away our Judeo-Christian beliefs: no more Ten [...]
Even though it has been nearly two years since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, calls still come in to the office nearly every day for relief, whether they are from evacuees who live in Houston now and need assistance or from churches and ministries who are [...]
