Are We in a Divine Setup?

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Are We in a Divine Setup?

October 31, 2024 • Shawn Bolz, Doug Addison

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In this special excerpt, Shawn Bolz shares what he’s seeing in culture and gives insight about past revivals and more!

Below are some notes from our Partners-only Monthly Mentoring Session. These sessions have been recorded and you can access them by becoming a Partner today! Find out more at DougAddison.com/TimeOff.

Shawn started the session by saying that he’s been in prophetic ministry since he was seventeen and he’s traveled all around the world. It’s been a journey for him watching what’s happened in the Church and how God has been forming so many people. Once Covid hit, Shawn noticed more religious intolerance and other heavy things in the world.

All around the world, we’ve been seeing manifestations of disaster—in political culture, wars, etc., and some people feel as if they’re living through three more world events just this week.

Shawn pointed out Isaiah 60:1–3:

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

These verses give some promises that as God's light comes on you (His favor, purpose, opportunity and glory), people will come from afar and start going through healing and reconciliation … and then there will be a reformation and a shift in culture.

Shawn noted that he doesn’t believe in dominion theology (the teaching that everything will be owned by Jesus before He returns) but he does think we’re in a battle until Jesus returns, and there will be spaces that Christians occupy that will be worthy of His return.

Shawn said that his team is noticing the types of stories that are happening right now. It’s pretty dark how many celebrities are involved in the occult, and the list of people who are involved in human trafficking is a big list. There have been over two hundred high-profile names released. So many things are being exposed right now! This is exhausting to our human brain. We are fatigued by the level of “another one bites the dust.”

But your spirit man or spirit woman inside of you should be in anticipation! This is a spiritual anticipation, which is a kind of hunger. It might even feel like a painful hunger. This might look like telling God that we believe and need Him … that we’re so desperate.

Shawn emphasized that God is about to move. This level of stuff doesn’t happen without something being behind the scenes.

God is preparing something big!

Shawn mentioned the Jesus Revolution movie and the Asbury Outpouring. At Asbury College, there was a revival outbreak. Students just kept worshiping for days and people came from all around. Tens of thousands of people got impacted by true spiritual hunger. This awakening wasn’t super charismatic, and it wasn’t driven by any celebrity pastors or worship teams. It was just an organic move of God that caught fire.

This is still happening in mainstream and Christian colleges. There’s been a report of over 7000 baptisms—just last year—in college campuses around the United States.

The same time the Asbury renewal broke out, the movie Jesus Revolution was in theaters. The producers tried to get the movie released back in 2020 and 2021 but because of Covid, they kept getting denied. When it was released, it was an overtly Christian movie in the top-ranking charts. This movie inspired hope for what God can do!

In the 60s and 70s, when the Jesus People Movement was breaking out, it was a time of political upheaval and there were a lot of big denominational failures and a lot of performance in the churches. Many people were sick of the lack of vulnerability and authenticity.

The Jesus People group went into the free love / drug culture because those people were looking for freedom and a true expression of authenticity. This awakening ended up affecting the world, and over 22 million people got saved. Some report those numbers to be even higher! Eighty percent of the pastors today specifically got saved from this movement.

This is important because right now with everything going on in the culture with manipulation, darkness, and witchcraft, God is planting seeds of hope in mainstream culture by releasing movies like Jesus Revolution and releasing revivals on school campuses.

Some church statistics say that Generation Z can’t be reached, but they’re completely reachable! This is the same thing people said about hippies and yet, they were completely reachable.

The last big revival that hit all of America was not church centric or denomination centric. Shawn said he feels like that was a divine setup, and we’re in a divine setup too!

It takes God's lens and His perceptions to see the divine setup. It's so easy to get knocked off of what's important if you're not staying focused or staying connected to your passion for Jesus … and your love for people.

InLight Connection thanks Shawn Bolz for sharing his heart with us!

P.S. Thank you to all of those who partner with InLight Connection and give on a regular basis. You are holding their arms up in the spirit right now, and they are truly grateful. For those who have not yet given, or it’s been a while, please consider giving now (or partnering monthly) … to help, just click HERE. Becoming a Partner will give you access to the upcoming guest speaker events. These meetings are POWERFUL!

Doug Addison is the founder and president of InLight Connection. Doug is a prophetic speaker, author and coach. He is known for his Daily Prophetic Words, Spirit Connection podcast and blog. He and his wife Linda live in Los Angeles, California where they are impacting the arts, entertainment and media industries.

Insight on Dreams and Prayer

December 5, 2024 • Doug Addison, Bonnie Jones

In this special excerpt, Bonnie Jones shares insight on her quiet time with God and some recent shifts in how she prays. Below are some notes from our Partners-only Monthly Mentoring Session. These sessions have been recorded and you can access them by becoming a Partner today! Find out more at http://dougaddison.com/timeoff Bonnie started the session talking about dreams. Sometimes we have perplexing dreams that leave us wondering. Her husband, Bob Jones, would say that when you have a mixture of dreams, it’s the Lord clearing out your spirit man and your dream life so He can make a rich deposit in you. So, when Bonnie has this experience, she’s waiting for something big and bold to come! At night, she tries to surrender her mind to her spirit … and then surrenders her spirit to the Holy Spirit so when she’s at rest, she’s not thinking. It’s here that you are submitting to the Holy Spirit so He can interact on an easier level. You may not remember your dreams, but your spirit man will remember them! Bonnie said that she thinks that a lot of the time, the Lord hides things from us so we can walk them out the next day. Sometimes when you are walking out your day and you have a “déjà vu” moment, it’s because the Lord has already shown you in your dreams what will happen. He will show us! We live in eternity. He can show us the beginning or middle of your life. He can show us anything He wants to! Bonnie mentioned how sometimes she has a lot of prophetic dreams in a row but then she’ll have a really bad dream. When she asked her husband about this, he said that God knows our dreams, but the devil doesn’t. However, the devil can see the light when the Lord is giving us these prophetic dreams. It’s the light that’s coming into us. When the dreams finish and the light’s gone, he tries to throw something dark at us to bring fear. We have to separate these things. Check everything with Scripture. Next, Bonnie talked about how her intercessory prayer life has changed. There was a period of time when the Lord had her praying for hours every day and then it changed. Right now, the Lord has her set her clock for 3am and then just spend time with Him. Bonnie listens to see if the Lord wants her just to sit quietly or if she should pray. Sometimes she just prays on her knees until He starts to speak. And then she writes what He says and sometimes He gives Scripture. However He wants to do it, she just makes herself available. Before she married Bob she was praying four hours at a time, mostly for Bob. It’s just different for each person in how the Lord wants us to pray. Just seek Him. In an old Bible, Bonnie discovered this note from 2004: Prayer from the heart without speaking engages my mind with His. Bonnie prays His prayers … prayers to move nations! God knows our thoughts, the enemy doesn’t. When she prays, she prays out loud so the devil can hear her. Bonnie wants the devil to hear her praise and worship because she wants him to know what corner she’s in … it’s not his! Often, Bonnie will tell the Lord that she has a question she wants to talk to Him about. And then she doesn’t say anything because she’s speaking from her spirit. She’ll just wait for an answer. Then, she can go to sleep because she’s made her petition. It’s like Habbakuk bringing his petition before the Lord and then waiting to see what He would answer. And then, like in the book of Job, once God answered, the person decreed the word. Our words have power! Once you decree the word, the angels have to act upon it. There has to be a motion that takes place. Bonnie emphasized again that prayer from the heart without speaking engages our minds with the Lord’s. InLight Connection thanks Bonnie Jones for sharing her heart with us. P.S. Thank you to all of those who partner with InLight Connection and give on a regular basis. You are holding their arms up in the spirit right now, and they are truly grateful. For those who have not yet given, or it’s been a while, please consider giving now (or partnering monthly) … to help, just click https://dougaddison.com/timeoff/. Becoming a Partner will give you access to the upcoming guest speaker events. These meetings are POWERFUL! Doug Addison is the founder and president of InLight Connection. Doug is a prophetic speaker, author and coach. He is known for his Daily Prophetic Words, Spirit Connection podcast and blog. He and his wife Linda live in Los Angeles, California where they are impacting the arts, entertainment and media industries.

God Has the Enemy in Checkmate

November 28, 2024 • Doug Addison, Shawn Bolz

In this special excerpt, Shawn Bolz talks about some things we are currently seeing in culture and the Lord’s response. Below are some notes from our Partners-only Monthly Mentoring Session. These sessions have been recorded and you can access them by becoming a Partner today! Find out more at http://dougaddison.com/timeoff Shawn started off the session by saying that there are things manifesting in culture and in the world right now that are insidious and demonic. We know that God is omnipresent. The enemy is not omnipresent. When he is manifesting in these many places, he’s holding nothing back. He doesn’t have many resources, so he’s using all his resources at once in our generation to make a show and an appearance. That’s why you’re seeing such blatant things like Grammy performances—which are actual demonic displays—and recent scandals where there’s been occult activity. You’re also seeing it with other musicians, film and video games. Many things happening in culture are a full display of the enemy. And while you look at this (and of course you hate to see it), know that the enemy does not have us in check ... God has the enemy in checkmate! The enemy does not rule. God rules! God is doing an alignment right now and that's why there's been so much transition. Many people have been going through career changes, geography changes, personal development changes … so many of us have overcome things! A barrage of spiritual warfare has happened against the average believer. Some of you may have felt that or maybe you’ve already overcome it. Maybe it feels as if you’re in the middle of it now. But understand the reason why the enemy does this … It’s to distract us from who Jesus is and what He can do. If we can keep our eyes on Jesus, everything in the world can be overcome. Jesus already beat everything at the cross. When you’re looking at Jesus and His affection for humanity, it changes the narrative. For example, when the Pharisees came to stone the woman caught in adultery, they wanted to trap Jesus by having Him say that the woman shouldn’t be stoned, because that would have gone against the law. Instead, Jesus said that whoever didn’t have sin should cast the first stone. When Jesus looks at the world right now it's not Democrat or Republican or Diddy versus the clean celebrities. Or your children who are having a hard time versus the ones who aren’t … He looks at the world with love and He came to die to give His life for each one, so we can all know Him. The Lord is going to give His people unusual options that don't exist on the table of humanity right now. We’re going to encourage each other through His prophetic Spirit and anointing, and then we're going to see a spirit of encouragement be released where there's been all hell breaking loose. Shawn said that he’s not sure when it will be, but we're about to hit a tipping point. We're in a window of opportunity right now to see and focus ourselves on what God's doing. Even if it’s just a practice of love—we’re coming to Thanksgiving and being grateful for what we’re seeing God do. Shawn urged the Partners to pray, “You are my tipping point, Jesus. You’re the one who’s going to bring me (and the world) all the way with Your full plan. You lose nothing. Even though we can see the injustice of what’s been lost, You can bring it all together.” We are going to be in Heaven one day and we’re going to see the beautiful recompense, restitution, and restoration … the full plan of God. When we do, we’re going to say, “You’re so brilliant, God.” We have no idea how good His goodness is! When we see His full plan, we’re going to be screaming, “Holy!” When we look at Him, we’re going to be astounded at what He’s done to make things right, and this will be beyond what we can comprehend. We’re going to worship Him forever for it … and we can enter into some of that now. God wants to show us what He's doing. He wants to show us that He has a plan that's going to trump the enemy. He has a plan that's going to destroy the works of darkness and align Christians to be transformative agents … to do things in culture that have never been done before. Shawn told the Partners how he spoke at churches and conferences and enjoyed it for many years, but then there was a shift in him. He felt like he was being deployed from the church and into the world. He felt the Lord calling him into the area of media ministry. Shawn also said that he felt the contradiction in many people’s hearts where they didn’t really believe to go into all the world, even though they preached it. They didn’t think it was that valuable … Regardless, Shawn started a news commentary broadcast, and they’ve had 20 million listens, which is a huge distribution. At first, it felt as if they were just shooting in the dark. And even some of the subjects he was given … Shawn wasn’t sure how he would talk about them with love and in a way that was honoring, but then he realized that God was deploying people into culture. This is going to require transformation and people who are willing to go and be in these environments to see that transformation happen. InLight Connection thanks Shawn Bolz for sharing his heart with us! P.S. Thank you to all of those who partner with InLight Connection and give on a regular basis. You are holding their arms up in the spirit right now, and they are truly grateful. For those who have not yet given, or it’s been a while, please consider giving now (or partnering monthly) … to help, just click https://dougaddison.com/timeoff/. Becoming a Partner will give you access to the upcoming guest speaker events. These meetings are POWERFUL! Doug Addison is the founder and president of InLight Connection. Doug is a prophetic speaker, author and coach. He is known for his Daily Prophetic Words, Spirit Connection podcast and blog. He and his wife Linda live in Los Angeles, California where they are impacting the arts, entertainment and media industries.

Walking in Your New Nature & Manifesting Christ

November 21, 2024 • Patricia King, Doug Addison

In this special excerpt, Patricia King answers a question submitted by one of our Partners. Below are some notes from our Partners-only Monthly Mentoring Session. These sessions have been recorded and you can access them by becoming a Partner today! Find out more at http://dougaddison.com/timeoff Question: I would like to have a better awareness of living and functioning from being seated in heavenly places. What would be a good way to approach maturing in that way? Patricia King’s answer: First of all, we always need to understand what the truth of the Word is. The Word says in Ephesians that we're already seated in heavenly places in Christ. That's a good foundation to start with … to have confidence in what the Word says and to understand what that means. Jesus said (in John 3) to Nicodemus, “that which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” Nicodemus was asking Jesus about being born again. When we receive Christ into our life, He comes inside our spirit. You are a three-part being, just like God is a three-part being. You are one person, but you have three parts. You have a soul, and you live in a body. Your soul is your mind, will and emotions. Your body is the physical container you live in. But your spirit is at the core of your being. In Scripture, it's often called your “inner man” or the “innermost part of your being,” that is your spirit man. That is the part of you that is born again. When Jesus comes into your heart, He comes inside your spirit. When Paul spoke to the church at Corinth, he said that when Christ comes into you, you become a brand-new creation. Old things have passed away, and all things have become new. When you invite Jesus into your heart, not all things have become new in your physical body. Your physical body is the same. Even if we would like some change, all things are not made new in our physical body and in our soul. When I got born again, I was so filled with love that I was seeing everything through the lens of love. My emotions, thoughts and choices were saturated in the presence of God. But it didn't take long to realize that not all things had become new in my soul. There were certain thoughts I would have or words I would speak that were not aligned with what Christ would have wanted for me. It wasn't my soul, but it was my spirit that was brand-new. This is so important when you are living your life in the Lord because you want to live from that which is perfect. And that’s done day by day, by the Word of God and by choosing to walk in His light. Our spirit is already perfect. It's already made in the perfect image of God. There's no sin in your spirit. Your spirit cannot be broken, and it can't be sick or demonized. That new nature of Christ is holy. It's the Holy of Holies inside of you … Absolutely pure and beautiful. Your spirit man is not just a blob on the inside of your belly. It actually fills your whole being. If I were to take off my physical body and put it on a hanger, and then take off my soul and put it on a hanger, all I would have left is my spirit man. I would look just like me, except in the spirit. I would be a transfigured me. You would see the nature of Christ in me. You would see the beauty of Christ in me, but I would look like me. In your head is your spirit man head. In your neck is your spirit man's neck. Just get past thinking that it's just a blob on the inside of you! In this spirit man, you are perfectly formed. It's a miracle of rebirth and you're given what's called eternal life … It’s God’s life in you! I love coffee so I could pour myself a cup of coffee, but I like it with cream. So, I pour a cup of black coffee. But the moment I put cream in my black coffee, it is now a new drink. I can't separate the cream from the coffee anymore. Or the coffee from the cream. It's a brand-new drink! This is like Christ and you together; you’re a brand-new creation! There's no one else like you. Nothing in all eternity is like you. That is who you really are! Paul said that when you walk in the spirit, you don't fulfill the lust of the flesh. We know when we walk in the Holy Spirit, we don't have access to the flesh … but it's also your spirit man, your born-again spirit nature. When you walk in that new nature and identify with who you are, you're not trying to fix anything. You're identifying the truth of who you are as a brand-new creation. That is the real me. I am in Christ. I am amazing. I am pure and holy and righteous, and I have the mind of Christ. This is who I really am! The more you focus on who you are, the more you'll manifest who you are. When you walk in your new nature, you won't be feeling the loss of the old nature. You will be walking in the new nature and manifesting Christ! InLight Connection thanks Patricia King for sharing her heart with us! P.S. Thank you to all of those who partner with InLight Connection and give on a regular basis. You are holding their arms up in the spirit right now, and they are truly grateful. For those who have not yet given, or it’s been a while, please consider giving now (or partnering monthly) … to help, just click https://dougaddison.com/timeoff/. Becoming a Partner will give you access to the upcoming guest speaker events. These meetings are POWERFUL! Doug Addison is the founder and president of InLight Connection. Doug is a prophetic speaker, author and coach. He is known for his Daily Prophetic Words, Spirit Connection podcast and blog. He and his wife Linda live in Los Angeles, California where they are impacting the arts, entertainment and media industries.