Sensitive by Nature
We prophetic people come in all shapes and sizes, and our upbringing and personal experiences vary widely.
This is a collection of over 400 articles written by James W. Goll from 2004 to 2023.
We prophetic people come in all shapes and sizes, and our upbringing and personal experiences vary widely.
Prophecy is for EVERYONE! It is difficult to convey this concept enough in our world of superstars—both in the church and outside it.
Wisdom is invaluable for any believer and all the more when exercising your prophetic gift.
I am firmly convinced that the current prophetic empowering is intended for the many, for the rank and file “ordinary” members of the Body of Christ, not just the few, the prophetic “superstars.”
Jesus has come to heal the inside as well as the outside!
I received a vivid dream in which a roundtable of key national and international leaders in the body of Christ were discussing the end times or eschatology (the Biblical study of the final destiny of the soul of mankind and the order of last days events).
When I was new in the things of the Holy Spirit, at the height of the Jesus People and the Charismatic Movements, I found myself hungering to be mentored by someone.
You are not a loser. I am not a loser. None of us who belong to Jesus are losers.
Jesus told us to persist—continuously and tirelessly—in asking, seeking, and knocking on the doors of heaven.
As a prayer warrior, would you consider yourself a good “wrestler?”
Across the world, the Spirit of God has been stirring intercessors to begin praying like this.
Today it appears that the enemy’s fingerprints are on just about everything. We can become so accustomed to them that we allow him to carry on his dirty work unchallenged.
In the Scriptures, we can find at least seven benefits concerning what the blood of Jesus has done for us.
I awoke suddenly out of a vibrant dream that was filled with lightning. (Although this happened years ago, I remember it as if it were yesterday.)
Each and every one of us has a part to play in God’s orchestra of prayer.
“This command I entrust to you, Timothy, [my] son, in accordance with the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you fight the good fight.”
I Timothy 1:18
As a core value of God Encounters Ministries, we practice a “Culture of Honor.” For our ministry, one biblical expression of this value comes through Honoring the Host or First Nation’s People.
In January 1993, I traveled to the Czech Republic with a group of intercessors to join the believers there in “christening” their new nation to the Lord.
“You [Jehu] shall strike the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Jezebel.”
2 Kings 9:7 NASB
We are postured at yet another major crossroads in the body of Christ, which includes a strategic “Changing of the Guard.”
We are in a Last Days battle for the true and pure prophetic to come forth. It is a battle between the demonic powers of Jezebel’s influence and the promised restoration of the spirit of Elijah.
Testing the spirits deals with all three aspects of discernment: revelation, interpretation, and application, although a different kind of spiritual filter needs to be applied to each aspect.
God wants you to hear clearly and declare the Word of the Lord freely.
What is the Word of the Lord for the New Year? Is there Fresh Bread coming down from Heaven today?
Years ago, the Lord used a dream encounter to powerfully impact my late wife, Michal Ann.
As watchmen and prophetic intercessors, our assignment is to scan the horizon for potential dangers, loudly and clearly proclaiming the authority of God.
Recently I received a dream in which a large warrior angel appeared to me in the full armor of God.
Praying in the Spirit activates the grace of God to pray perfect prayers in any situation.
As we march into critical times, there is a dramatic escalation of activity in the Spirit world being mirrored in the natural realm.
In prophetic intercession the Spirit of God pleads the covenant promises made throughout history to be enacted in our day.
Much of my life and ministry have been given to the convergence of prayer and the prophetic.
Prayer—in all its forms—has played a key role in my life and ministry for years.
Achieving deliverance from darkness can definitely be a battle, but by grace complete victory belongs to you, provided that you are prepared, well-clothed and well-armed with God’s every provision (see Ephesians 6:11-18).
Have you ever wrestled with whether to pray or whether to act?
Today I was given a dream in which I relived an actual event (and powerful spiritual encounter) that took place almost 30 years ago.
Have you ever needed to know which way to turn—what choice to make?
We are in a time of an enormous transition in society at large with many cities and nations being weighed in the balance.
Satan loves to deceive—it is vital that we discern. I have an urgency that is arising in my heart to blow a trumpet and to warn the body of Christ.
When you receive supernatural revelation, it is vital to discern—sometimes instantaneously—what to do with the revelation you receive.
“Be strong and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in the Lord.”
Psalm 31:24, NASB
Have you ever reached a desperation point in which you said, “I don’t care what it takes, I’ll do whatever is needed to get a breakthrough!”