Lisa Great

Extreme generosity is an attribute of our God many do not know how to process. His continual giving of love, grace, mercy, forgiveness, peace, and a pathway to return is astounding. The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in love, these are not just words, this is who He is. He is good in a way we cannot comprehend; He is faithful despite our continual pushing Him away; He remains the same even when we change our mind with every wayward word we listen to. He is who we are called to be.

The challenge with us as people is that we do not know how to appreciate generosity. Generosity actually breeds in us contemptment because it exposes our shame, reveals our reality that we feel worthless, and exposes our negative thoughts about ourselves, so we push away abundance. We can’t handle generosity either financially, emotionally or in proximity, because we are suspicious of an alterior motive behind the giving.

The reason we as people do not become more like Jesus is because we don’t know how to be loved, so we don’t know how to receive love and therefore, actually can’t give love. Therefore, we are Isaiah 29:13 which Jesus quoted in Matthew 15:8, “The Lord said: These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.”

We default to rules taught by men, we sound spiritual, act religious and our hearts may be missed by people but are clearly seen by God. The Lord is after our hearts, people may not be able to discern our hearts, but God sees them so clearly. People see numbers, buildings, manifestations of money, but God, and people who are lovers like God see our hearts.

Friends, it’s way past time we stop the charades of Christianity, looking the part but honestly our heart is far from God and other people. It is high time we repent of honoring with our lips but having hearts far from God and others. The Lord always looks at our hearts. Christianity always has been and always will be a matter of the heart. Www.apostolicresourecenter.org

We have been told the reason people cannot detect deception is because deception is deceiving, cunning, sneaky, hard to detect. But what if the reason we cannot detect deception is because we do not love the truth? What if our measure of love for truth is the indicator of our ability to discern, discover and detect deception when it arises?

One of the observations I have made is people do not really love the truth. We may believe we love the truth, but truth aligns us, conforms us, transforms us, renews us, revives us, reveals us, and strengthens us. When we love the truth, we listen for it in every sermon, we search for it in every situation, we promote it, we declare it and we stand for it no matter the cost.

Paul said in 2 Thessalonians 2 “The presence of the “outlaw” is apparent by the activity of Satan, who uses all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs, spurious wonders, and every form of evil deception in order to deceive those who are perishing because they rejected the love of the truth that would lead them to being saved.” This is not about our initial salvation experience, this is about our daily lives. The love of truth makes us whole. Keeps us revived. Keeps us teachable, humble and desiring more truth.

David said this in Psalm 51:6, “You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.” Just because we said a prayer and are going to heaven does not mean we love truth, which is why so many people are easily decieved. We do not recognize the deception we have believed, because we do not love the truth.

We need to repent of not being lovers of truth. We need to examine ourselves to find out if we are living in the truth. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life and Jesus is the Word, if you are not a lover of the Word of God, it will be hard to say you are a lover of truth. Friends, we love money, we love revival, we love titles, we love the beach, we love so many things, but if we do not love the truth, we are more deceived than we realize. I pray you would love the truth, for it is the truth that sets you free. (John 8:32) Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

Have you ever been so full that even the sight of food is not tempting nor desirable? I have heard it said, the best time to go grocery shopping is after you have eaten, then you don’t buy what you don’t need.

I was reading 1 Thessalonians 1 this morning and a concern rose in my spirit that we are so saturated, satiated and stuffed with words, we are no longer convicted. We listen to podcasts, go to church services to hear sermons, watch YouTube videos and listen to interviews on Rumble, but nothing is convicting us.

When I first got saved in 1989, when I heard the word of God, I was convicted. My life was so out of alignment and so far from truth, when I heard truth, I was convicted. The longer I have been saved, the more in alignment my heart is with the word of God, but I still get convicted when I read something for it reveals the alignment needs to be adjusted.

Paul says, “For our gospel came to you not merely in the form of words but in mighty power infused with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction.” There is a gospel that brings conviction, comes with power, and is infused with the Holy Spirit. It is the gospel of the kingdom that Jesus preached. It is the gospel of Christ in you the hope of glory that Paul preached.

Is it possible we have been hearing another gospel, one that is not convicting us? Have we treated the Word of God casually because it is preached lightly? When is the last time you were convicted by the Word of God? The softer our hearts are, the more easily we will be convincted, because we want to be in alignment with the truth that sets us free.

I pray for messengers of the kingdom to speak out who are infused with the Holy Spirit, operate in mighty power and preach the gospel which brings conviction not just to unbelievers, but to church goers, pew sitters, podcast creators, social media influencers. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

Have you ever wondered why we as people struggle to have the mind of Christ? Why there are over 350,000 denominations in the Christian Church? Why division is more prevelant than unity? Identifying the problem is easy, for it is obvious, but what is the solution? Is it a new church model? Is it another person planting another church? Is it a different person leading worship? Is it switching churches? Is it stopping going to church all together? People have tried all of these things, none of them have worked.

What if the solution is simpler than we even recognize or realize? What if the issue is not some corporate situation, which is actually just micro people joining together to become a corporate expression, what if the issue is faith? The very word that got us saved, keeps us alive, gives us hope, renders to us peace and sets us free. Faith, not in what some person says, faith in what the word of God says.

Hebrews 4:2 in the Passion Translation says, “We have heard the good news of deliverance just as they did, yet they didn’t join their faith with the Word. Instead, what they heard didn’t affect them deeply, for they doubted.”

This verse is packed with power, precision, and truth. The gospel is good news, but only if we believe what we hear. If you don’t hear the good news, or if we do not let the good news affect us deeply, we will create some other news that is more suited to what we want to believe, rather than what the Bible says. The solution to our problem is we don’t believe the good news, we have believed other news.

This is not a new issue, this is the same old issue they dealt with in the wilderness; when the 10 spies brought back a bad report; and why people could not agree on the answer to the question Jesus asked, “Who do the people say I am?” Friends, the gospel has been and always will be good news about a good God, and a faithful Messiah. Nothing has changed. Will you believe the good news? Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

I have been a Christian since a radical encounter in the back row of a youth room in a Evangelical Lutheran Church. The year was 1989, I had bleach blond hair, a black leather jacket, cigarettes in the inside pocket, angry, rebellious, broken, but sitting in this youth room with these people I did not know. It was there that I heard God speak to me while listening to these people sing songs I had never heard before. He said, “I love you and I will never lie to you!” This was 36 years ago.

Praying Psalm 107 this morning sparked this memory and brought me through the timeline of my history with God. Going back to the beginning helps us realize how far we have come, how faithful He has been and how much we have been rescued from. The psalmist says in verse 43 “If you are truly wise, you’ll learn from what I’ve told you. It’s time for you to consider these profound lessons of God’s great love and mercy!”

One of the things I say and believe in my core is, “I must never forget where I came from, for in this, I will always be able to find the gold in others, no matter where they may be in their current situation.” The reflection was good this morning, for it causes love to bubble up in me for others, because of how deeply loved I am by the One who created me.

1 Corinthians 13 says, “If we have not love, it profits us nothing.” The very reason we are Christians is because God loved us, loves us, and will not ever not love us, and yet the church is known for many things, but love is not one many say about us. Maybe it’s time to remember who we used to be, so we can see how loved we are. When we know we are loved, loving others comes naturally. Love is the principle thing, love is the air we breath in the kingdom, love is what saves us, redeems us and restores us. But it is not just about being loved, it is about loving. We must learn to love again, for without love we can do nothing. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

When religion meets politics nothing changes, for they are of the same spirit, but carry different names. Religion is a political spirit with a “spiritual” name. Religion and politics at the core have no desire to change, they want everything to remain the same. This is why politicians stay in office for decades, and why churches hire people who are more of the same.

We have had religion in politics long before the prophets started going to the White House and faith offices opened. Religion like politics plays the game but will never bring about change.

The kingdom of God is a government and when the kingdom invades a nation, we will see reformation and transformation. The kingdom of God is its own culture, with its own King, but people are so accustomed to politics and religion they fear a King and a kingdom, because they don’t know how to control it.

On October 18, 2025 there is a “No kings march” scheduled and an estimated 10 million people will take to various city streets to declare “No kings”. This is very biblical, for the religious system of Jesus’ day partnered with the political system and made the same decree, “No king but Caesar!” (John 19:15)

Chuck Pierce prophesied in 2021, that starting on October 18th, everything would change. Many thought it was for that year, but I listened to this word recently and tied it to this date for October 18th is the “No kings” march.
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I am here to decree, just like the decree of Haman to annihilate the Jews in the book of Esther came to nothing, but boomeranged on Haman, so this march will boomerang and will begin the removal of the political and religious gatekeepers that are resisting the kingdom of God on earth. (Matthew 23:13). Shebnah’s are being removed and Eliakim’s are being established (Isaiah 22).

A new narrative will invade the nations as the kingdom of God is at hand and we must repent of our old religious and political ways of thinking, for that old wineskin can’t hold the new wine. We will not have another generation drinking the old wine, echoing the old religious and political rhetoric, but they will declare as circuit riders, the kingdom of God is at hand. We are kings and priests to our God (1 Peter 2:9). Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

Fifth generation warfare is psychological warfare. Is it any wonder we have more mental illnesses in this generation than past ones? It is a narrative war, which narrative will you believe? Which narrative is right? There are so many things changing at such a rapid pace, people are struggling to know what to believe, who to believe, where to look, who to listen to. No wonder apathy sets in for some, but excitement for others. We are living in a shift on earth that is remarkable.

What if there is a place of peace the Lord is trying to help us find, but we are so busy shadowboxing with all that is being said, we are missing what God is saying? While walking the dog this morning the Lord spoke to me the words, “Existence precedes exposure.” I immediately entered into a time of learning as the Holy Spirit broke down for me how to live in what exists so we are not moved by what is being exposed (revealed).

Everything existed before it was exposed. Jesus existed before the foundation of the world (Colossians 1:17) (John 1:1-3); the earth existed before we could see it, before light was declared (Genesis 1:2-3); land existed before God separated the waters (Genesis 1:9-10); actually everything we see existed before it was exposed, made visible (Revelation 4:11). No wonder it says in Hebrews 11:1, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not yet seen.”

Faith sees what exists before it is exposed. Our challenge is, we live from exposure not existence, which is why we are tossed to and fro by everything as it gets exposed. Then add “prophetic” people who speak what is exposed and call it prophesy. Biblical prophets speak what exisits before it is exposed.

The Lord is inviting us into a place of seeing what exists, so we are not shaken, moved, or confused by what is being exposed. If we would see what exists, we would sing, “You reign above it all, you reign above it all; over the universe and over every heart; there is no higher name, Jesus you reign, above it all.” And we would not be subject to the psychological warfare of what is being exposed. Existence precedes exposure, if you are able to see and hear what exists so you are not shaken by what is being exposed. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

Israel spent 430 year in Egyptian exile; Zerubbable, as found in Zechariah, means, born in Babylon. 5 generations were born in Egypt, people were born in Babylon, they only knew exile, they only knew captivity. These people have ancient history, oral tradition and so much experience. America is not even 300 years old yet, and we think we know more than they do. We think we understand millennia of history about a people because they created a state of Israel in 1948. Oh friends, we need to employ humility.

Religion is a matrix and is very hard to get out of. Some of the reasons it is so challenging to escape is because many have been born into religion, which is why Jesus says in John 2, we need to be born again. Religion is hard to escape because when you break free from its matrix, people you love who are in it, think you are a heretic, crazy or rebellious. But Jesus said, you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free (John 8:32). The challenge is people in the religious matrix have been programmed to believe they are free and you are not.

The cure for humanity called Christianity is humility. Jesus said in Mark 10:45, for the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and give His life as a ransom for many. His humility was obvious, but His truth was never compromised. The religious matrix in Jerusalem was so deeply entrenched that when He healed on the Sabbath they called him a lawbreaker; when He spoke truth they called Him a liar; and when He cast out demons they called Him Beelzebub, the chief of demons. Religion hates freedom, which is why it keeps people held captive and calls them free.

For those who have broken out of the religious matrix, keep preaching truth and remember if you are persecuted from righteousness sake, you are blessed 1 Peter says. There is a breaking of the matrix happening, just like there was a Passover which led to freeing people from Egypt. There is an end date for Babylonian captivity, at least that is what Jeremiah said, and we are in this time frame on God’s calendar. We are about to see a massive awakening to the truth of the matrix, that is breaking and setting people free. These are truly biblical times. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

Six weeks ago the Lord spoke to me and said, “I want you to go to Communion America in DC because this is the first altar being built in America since the enemy occupation has ended.” I asked are you sure, for the Lord did not allow me to go the Million Women March the year before, of which I wanted to go. He said, “Yes, I need you to lay your hands on that altar that is being built.”

This past weekend, I was in DC for the Communion America event on the National Mall. We arrived Thursday morning and the first session was Thursday night. The presence of God in worship was felt as I stood with others outside declaring Let It Rain, Open the Floodgates of Heaven. Hands raised, voices raised, heavens above us, it was a powerful first night.

Friday was a free day, full of sight seeing locations and destinations in the DC area. It was a fun, long, free day with friends. Then on Saturday we got to the Mall at 2:30pm for the kickoff of the Communion Event. Over 50 tents (booths) lined one side of the mall with every state doing 24/7 worship; the other side of the mall had a table from the Capital to the National Monument. It was a sight to see.

We found our state and then marked our seats at the table across from the TN/Texas tent. While taking it all in, the Lord spoke to me and said, “This is the first feast of tabernacles event America has ever done as a nation. The states all have booths, the tribes of Israel did the same thing.” We then heard music playing, so walked towards it and there was a group of Nigerians singing and dancing, so we joined in as my husband is Nigerian. We were welcomed immediately.

What a day it was. One observation I made was, we declared mercy, but we as American Christian leaders know how to lead in repentance but we don’t know how to celebrate all God has done and is doing. This was a feast, communion was not a sad event, but a festive one and the church has to learn to celebrate. God has heard our prayers, answered our prayers and is healing our land. We must learn to celebrate.

Psalm 103:9, 11 says, “You don’t look at us only to find our faults, just so that you can hold a grudge against us. Higher than the highest heavens— that’s how high your tender mercy extends!” We need to rejoice, for God is saving the nations, hostages are being released, peace is happening in the Middle East, nations are rejoicing, we must learn to rejoice for God has answered our prayers. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

Being in DC this weekend with a friend who was here one year ago has been extremely enlightening. So often we go to war, but we never go back to see what the win looks like, sounds like, smells like. One million women march happened on the National Mall last year. They tore down an altar to Ishtar at that event, and what they did, along with the prayers of so many other people has truly transformed our nations capital.

She has been telling us about how dirty and dangerous it used to be here and now it is peaceful, clean and beautiful. The atmosphere is electric with possibility and hope, the people are kind, the city is alive. Seeing this city through her eyes has been amazing, for I haven’t been here in 14 years, but she was here just one year ago. Oh the power of the prayers of a church that wants to build the kingdom of God on earth and bless cities.

Proverbs 11 says, “Those who live to bless others will have blessings heaped upon them, and the one who pours out his life to pour out blessings will be saturated with favor.”

The church has been a prayer warrior and our prayers have been answered. This does not mean we stop praying, but we are no longer uprooting, tearing down and destroying the works of the enemy, now we are called to be building and planting the works of God on earth as in heaven. Now we will see healing, rebuilding of ruined cities, restoring families, returning prodigals. The season has shifted, we must shift with it.

Today, we are going to sit at a two mile long communion table on the national mall, a table of reconcilliation of states, cities, nations, people. We will sit across from people we do not know, we will bless other people, ministries, families, cities, churches, communities. What a difference a year makes. What a mighty God we serve, who answers the prayers of His people. What a responsibility we have to shift from warring to building. It is time to build and bless cities, states, nations. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org