Rick Joyner Rick Joyner has authored more than fifty books, including The Final Quest Trilogy, There Were Two Trees in the Garden, The Path, and Army of the Dawn. He is also the Founder and Executive Director of MorningStar Ministries, a multi-faceted mission organization which includes Heritage International Ministries, MorningStar University, MorningStar Fellowship of Churches and Ministries. Click here to take a look at Rick's latest Rant #ricksrants

Taking the Land, Part 3

Immediately after Joshua’s encounter with the Captain of the hosts, he had to face the seemingly impossible, impregnable stronghold of Jericho. Of course, the Lord could have flicked Jericho with His little finger and it would have ceased to exist, but He did not want it to be that easy. Though the...
11-27-05

Taking the Land, Part 2

The four main events that we have covered on this subject have been: The crossing of the Jordan River represents the death that the people of God must enter into by dying to self, and how death would overflow all of its banks during the time of the harvest, which is the end of the age. The...
11-20-05

Taking the Land, Part 1

Before we began our study of the works of the flesh and growing in the fruit of the Spirit, we were studying what it means to possess our Promised Land. I want to return to this with a brief reminder of what we covered there so we can begin again where we left off. From Death to Life We began by...
11-13-05

The Fruit of the Land, Part 21

It is interesting that the last aspect of the fruit of the Spirit is “self-control” (Galatians 5:23). Many Christians, in seeking to become submitted to the Holy Spirit or to eschew glory for anything that is accomplished through them spiritually, often say such things as: “That was not me—that was...
11-6-05

The Fruit of the Land, Part 20

The next aspect of the fruit of the Spirit is “gentleness” (Galatians 5:23) . This is defined as being “mild, kind,” or “not being rough, violent, harsh, or severe.” Some people may be born with a natural gentle demeanor, but the fruit of the Spirit that is gentleness is to conduct yourself with...
10-30-05

The Fruit of the Land, Part 19

The next aspect of the fruit of the Spirit is “faithfulness” (Galatians 5:22) . As we have discussed, the characteristics of the Spirit are called “fruit” because it must be cultivated and grown. It takes faithfulness, which is demonstrated by endurance, for any of the fruit to be grown. But how is...
10-23-05

The Fruit of the Land, Part 18

The next aspect of the fruit of the Spirit is “goodness” (Galatians 5:23) . The Greek word that is translated for “goodness” is agathosune, which is defined as “virtue” or “beneficence.” This is still a very broad concept that I would like to narrow down a bit so we can practically apply it...
10-16-05

The Fruit of the Land, Part 17

The next fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5 is “kindness,” which is defined as being considerate, generous, and benevolent. Kindness is the character trait that is the opposite of selfishness, and is the nature of one who is thinking of others. Kindness is basically the opposite of the...
10-9-05

Katrina and the Bird Flu

As I have shared with our local church, conferences, and through our Prophetic Bulletin over the last few months, it was only a matter of time before the media would realize the seriousness of the coming “bird flu” plague. That is now happening. The threat from this flu is very real, and it does have the potential to be just as deadly as the scientific community is stating. Even the terrible scenarios that are being projected are almost all being purposely understated to prevent panic.

Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - 00:00

The Fruit of the Land, Part 16

The next fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5 is PATIENCE. As we have stated, there is actually one fruit of the Spirit and these are all characteristics of it. Therefore, they are all linked and intertwined so that if you have one you will have the others as well. Even so, Scripture links...
10-2-05