In 2002 Rick Warren published one of the most successful Christian books of all time. The Purpose Driven Life had sold over 30 Million copies by 2007. While I do not challenge the impact that this best seller has had on the average Christian’s understanding of the five purposes for human life on Earth (worship, fellowship, discipleship, ministry, mission/evangelism) or its attempt to establish a “blueprint for Christian living in the 21st Century”, I have come to recognize

Last year, while processing the loss of our dear friend, Scott Evelyn, the Lord began to speak to Elisa and I about connecting to The Pinnacle in a deeper way. For those who are unaware, The Pinnacle is a mountain in New Hampshire that was given to John Paul Jackson many years ago and was dedicated as a place of prayer. When John Paul moved to Dallas, he gave the Pinnacle to the church located atop it and into the caring hands of Scott and Barbara Evelyn. For many years no

With the coming of Rosh Hashanah we have passed from the Hebrew year 5777 to the Hebrew year 5778. It is time to ask what God has in store for you next? What is this new season that you have entered into and what can you expect from it? This is a time to reflect on what has been and to seek out what is to come. It is more than a new year, it is a trigger to launch you into a new phase of your destiny and release a new portion of your anointing. Many referred to the Hebrew

While it is not our purpose to lift up a man, it is appropriate that we recognize the impact that Scott Evelyn had on so many of us both here at Patria Ministries and through Streams Ministries. Scott was a modern day mystic and pushed the edges of most of our abilities to understand how Heaven interacts with the earth and those upon it. His life inspired us to go deeper, to reach higher and to engage the supernatural realm in ways that we might possibly never have imagined

When I sat down to write something for this month’s Patria Newsletter, I was initially inclined to share about the wonderful things God did while Elisa and I were in Hong Kong. While I fully intend to share some of that, I immediately felt the Lord prompt me to take this opportunity to give many of you a better perspective on what Elisa and I do and how it relates to Patria. We spend a great deal of time trying to insure that those who wish to connect with Patria understand

Intercessory prayer is perhaps one of the most important types of prayer that a believer can engage in, particularly when used as most frequently illustrated in scripture on behalf of our fellow members of the Body of Christ. By definition, intercessory prayer is “a pleading with one party on behalf of another, usually with a view to obtaining help for that other”[1]. Paul writes in 1 Timothy 2:1, “First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and t

A new year has arrived and with it new opportunities. It seems as though the season of time between the Jewish New Year and our own is often filled with tests, trials and challenges, yet it seems that it is those very tests that lead to advancement in this season. As I began to seek the Lord concerning this article, I was deeply impressed by the idea that it is time to reverse the curse and press into a season of rebirth and renewal. As I am sure we are all aware, no promo

Throughout the land prophetic voices are releasing words that either directly or indirectly indicate that a time of judgment is upon us. In some cases, these voices are declaring loudly and clearly a message that can only be perceived as doom and gloom. In other cases, the voices are crying out for this judgment to be tempered by mercy and calling the people to a posture of prayer for grace to overcome the judgment that is at hand. The prophetic message of Jonah was a decl

We live in a world that seeks to conform us to its image, while scripture teaches us that we are to be transformed into the image of Christ. The process of overcoming the expectations of our culture begins with presenting ourselves as a living sacrifice. (Romans 12:1-2) The Lord recently emphasized these points to me through a dream and when I awoke, in my spirit I heard him clearly say, “Become who you were created to be, not who others want you to be.” I realized that t

I was recently reminded of a saying an old friend of mine loved to share – “You can be a man of faith and power or a man of paste and flower.” I used to consider the first to be self-apparent, but the latter to be a bit confusing. Over time I have come to understand that the man of paste and flower is the one who has no real substance, though appearance may be good. As I sat thinking about it and wondering why this particular phrase had popped into my mind, I heard the Lor