Habitation Church

It was a great joy to once again have our friend David Popovici come and share the word of the Lord with the work. We are grateful for his consistent voice and investment in us as people. As he ministered, there was a clear reminder that Jesus' desire is to build a house for Himself and a call to partner with Him in His ways to participate in the establishing of this house in our generation.  Jesu...

We had the privilege of having Bob Gladstone come and share with the work on the topic of Biblical wisdom and knowledge.  Having God’s wisdom and intimately knowing Him will help us have minds that are firmly set on Him and His ways.  This mindset will allow us to endure suffering of all types which do not compare to the glory that will be revealed.

We had a friend of the house come and share with our church for our most recent Corporate Gathering. The "details" of this individual are being kept anonymous in order to preserve his request. We honor this man of God, and consider it a joy to be knit together.   The subject matter is accusation.    In this word, accusation is considered in a variety of ways-  1. Accusation against self 2. Accusat...

The idea of Biblical leadership is costly. God absolutely believes in human leadership. We can say this because God entered into a human vehicle, the Man Jesus, and He embodies the positional and relational reality of King of Kings and Lord of Lords. He is the Father’s chosen and anointed ruler.  God takes time to form sons and daughters. Those who have been transformed and formed over time by the...

Becoming a people who live evangelistically will require us to be a people of His presence. In Mark 3, Jesus calls the disciples up the mountain “so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach.” Presence came before Preaching. May the way we live our lives together in His presence and according to His way of life be a provoking invitation for others to align their lives t...

Discipleship is the way that God grows and matures his family.    If we truly saw the church as family, life-on-life discipleship is the only road to maturity. In the ideal natural family, a father and mother teach, train, and equip their children in every area of life. It is normal and expected that the children will grow and mature into adults whose character resembles their parents (Lk 6:40). ...

Michael shares with Habitation Church about the knowledge of God that is revealed to us in the place of loving obedience. God cannot just be researched, He must be revealed. And, He must decide to reveal Himself. God chooses what of Himself He desires to be known. He is gracious and outrageously kind, and chooses to unveil Himself to those who partner with His grace to love Him and obey Him.    Sp...

God desires to have a people for Himself that would be a holy possession. This desire is clear from the very beginning of the biblical narrative and remains throughout the timeline as we know it.  In this session, Michael shares with Habitation Church particular insights taken from Deuteronomy 1-8, Numbers 13-14, and Acts 13 about our primary identity as the people of God, God’s purpose in our pla...

God longs to dwell in the midst of a people that are wholly His. His prescription for that is a way of life that creates a context that is most conducive for His abiding.  In this session, Michael shares from Acts 2:37-47 and Acts 13:1-3 on 9 key components for a living habitation.  A habitat is the natural environment of an organism; the place that is natural for the life and growth of an organis...

God has promised Jesus a people conformed to His image. Together, they will be the Bride of Christ. This Bride, the Church, will be a people from every tribe, nation, and tongue, across every generation of human history. This people, His comparable companion, will be His inheritance.  In this session, Michael shares on the importance of God getting what He is after from the people that have been p...

The Church is a people that have been purchased with the blood of God’s Son— Jesus Christ. They are a people redeemed from the influence of rulers and powers, and the corruption of the domain of darkness. They have been born again, now housing a divine life— The Holy Spirit— who is radically and dynamically working within them to align them to God in an intimate way, and to His purposes in an ongo...

The Scriptures are filled with story after story of people in impossible situations who put their trust in the Living God. From Abraham having a name that did not fit his natural circumstances to Rahab being remembered for the faith, she showed in one moment. We see the hope they had that God could completely change their situation in his perfect timing. 

Prayer that moves mountains because with a heart of integrity before God and before one another.  Bob lays out several points as a progression in prayer that will help the people of God to become a house of prayer as God desires.  Prayer is— Digging Delighting  Depending Doing  We will need to be a powerful people in prayer if we are to become a people who do powerful works of God.  All powerful w...

We must become a Spirit people who are gripped with a revelation that Jesus is returning. At times it is easy to lose sight of the way we live our lives on the earth today will have an impact in eternity.  In Acts 1, just before Jesus’ ascension, He commands the disciples to wait in Jerusalem for the baptism of the Spirit. He ascended, and while they were gazing into the sky, two men appeared and...

We live in a day and age that constantly bombards us with self-help motivational quotes, steps to reaching your destiny, or some magic recipe to improve yourself. As we work to be a people that Jesus desires in our city, we are trying to remain faithful to the Scriptures.  Jesus says anyone that wants to follow him must first deny themselves, pick up their cross and then follow up. This is the onl...

The Father is readying a people for Jesus that have been conformed to His image. A people that have been wildly possessed by the Holy Spirit and have been empowered by grace to become lovingly subject to the leadership of Jesus in every possible way.  There are 2 areas where the Spirit is creating an emphasis for us in this season as we desire to be a Jesus People— a people who are fully His and h...

For our Resurrection Sunday gathering Michael Dow shared a word with us from John 18-19.  "There is a Barabbas that lives on the inside of each of us." "The crowd put pressure on Pilate to free Barabbas externally; Jesus was crucified and laid down His life to set Barabbas free internally." "'Bar-Abba' means Son of the Father. They shouted, 'Give us Barabbas,' because they better identified with h...

Bryan and Mindy Jackson came to join us and speak to our church family during a corporate gathering.  Bryan released a word of God's grace to us to strengthen those who have said yes to the Lord and His way of the wilderness.  May your heart find the much needed encouragement to know that God is good and His ways have been tested and are good. He is producing an authentic and powerful people confo...

Allen Hood came to join us to teach in the prayer room. He shared his heart from his own journey and how the Lord is in this season leading him into a greater experience of His grace to establish him as an example to the community of saints.  God chooses those who are unqualified, and then despite their deficiencies, continues to display His grace to them, thus establishing brokenness and dependen...

Anna Dow shared a word with all of us out of Jeremiah 31:1-26. As our churches came together she released a prophetic exhortation and encouragement that hinged on 5 points:  Wilderness Way  Captivity to Community  Praise and Planting Watchmen and Weepers Reward and Restoration  

David Popovici was with us for a corporate gathering of our church and shared a powerful word from Mark chapter 4.  In this moment of human history the church bears the responsibility of sifting through the challenges before us to connect with God in a real and deep way. There is more opportunity for distraction and connectivity to other things than there has ever been.  Evil is rising, but so is...

Robert Gladstone shares on God's Sabbath Rest.  Living our lives in and from God's divine rest is critical to the quality and power of life that we experience.  Bob shares 4 key points for entering into God's rest:  - Revelation - Relationships  - Rhythm - Restoration  Enjoy!

What makes Jesus beautiful to you?  Isaiah 53:2, "My servant grew up in the LORD’s presence like a tender green shoot, like a root in dry ground. There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, nothing to attract us to him." Nothing beautiful about His appearance to attract us to him?  Jesus is not beautiful because He fits the cultural demands or pressures for what they say is beaut...

Jesus is the great eternal intercessor (Heb 7:25).  God partners with His people through prayer.  Could it be that the pressure of your season is designed to push you to pray?  Hannah allowed her frustration in her season to push her into intercession. Out of this intercession came the prayer (vow) that radically birthed God's desires in her life (1 Sam 1:11).  Moses spent 40 years on the backside...