Lance Wallnau Quotes

If you don't have your own principals that you live and die by, then you will always be worried about what other people think

Excellence is a Kingdom value, and is not to be confused with perfectionism, which is a counterfeit and comes from the religious spirit. One of the clearest paths of promotion is through excellence.

Ignoring the external measurements of success will enable leaders to value what the King values—passion, purity, power, and people.

God is speaking to prophets to call the modern-day Church to “rise up” and to awaken. It must awaken to the reality that the people are not called to just come to a church building, but we are called to go into all the world around us and be the Church in professions and communities and world systems and structures. We are to become micro-groups: going into school board meetings, executive offices, school halls, state departments, and more! A house for the nation is a Church that engages the Seven Mountains of influence by identifying, supporting, and resourcing the body of Christ located at the front lines of the battle of influence. A house for the nation will require a coming together of many leaders.

When you are called as a change agent, you will attract both divine appointments and spirits that operate in that territory.

Christians are by nature missionaries. There are times when you are sent into an unfamiliar environment and sense something that you could not know in the natural. You may be sensing a dark, oppressive atmosphere over a city or an organization, or even a spiritual attack targeting someone you are called to meet or minister to in that new environment.

It sounded odd to me until he explained what he meant: God had moved from a physical temple in the Old Covenant to the temple of His people, the body of Christ, in the New Covenant. As a believer the Holy Spirit dwells inside you. Paul likened himself to being an ambassador. Every ambassador has an embassy. The embassy is ground governed by the laws of the nation the ambassador represents. When God sends you somewhere, you are bringing the embassy with you.

As the spiritual storm surrounded her, God instructed her to speak to the storm and intercede for the nation. Know that if God gives you the ability to sense or discern something, it is not about you; it is about the assignment you carry for that territory.

It seems likely that the spiritual climate of a city is connected to the people living in that environment, and the church can play a vital role in shaping that atmosphere.

The principle of agreement is fundamental to how prayer operates. Even when non-Christians come together in one mind and agree with an ungodly belief, they actually empower that ungodly belief to become manifest to various degrees. That is why there are geographic hot spots of rage and destruction that are linked to the invisible realm we’ve been describing. This is even more pronounced when there is widespread humility and unity in the Body of Christ. When the people of God come into agreement, they have authority in the territory to challenge the gates of hell and see some measure of healing and revival spring forth.

spiritual warfare” is more than just spiritual; it’s the collusion of spirits and human organizations that have the power to either heal and reconcile or divide and conquer the nation by stirring hatred between genders, races, and social economic classes.

don’t hide yourself from the need that is calling you. Quite often the call of God comes in the form of a problem. To identify their calling, many seek to discover their passion. Your passion may not be a pleasure you pursue; it may be a problem you are anointed to solve. One man suggested you ask yourself, “What problem keeps you up at night? What is it that makes you weep or want to pound the table?

The Greek word for “be still” (phimoó)4 literally means, “to be muzzled.

Amazingly, the devils knew the true identity of Jesus, even when no one else did.

Identity politics is the vehicle for groups to organize and acquire power over middle-class values, and the Republican party in particular.

Free speech deals with what comes out of your mouth; compelled speech puts words into your mouth. The new religion will force you to say what they want you to say, even if you do not believe it.

When spheres of influence like academia, media, entertainment, and politics overlap, they produce a counterfeit of Jesus’s command to “go make disciples of nations.

Charlie Kirk says, “What you see on the college campuses, you will soon see on the streets.

That fundamental idea of a sovereign man speaking the truth in the face of the collective, majority, or government is the basis of religious freedom—that this right is given by God and not the state, which is evidenced as the opening premise of the Declaration of Independence.

If all politics is downstream from culture and you want to change the culture, you will have to move upstream and interrupt the narrative. You have to challenge it and articulate a disruptive, compelling, better story. You have to stop hiding from the media and run to the fire. You have to be willing to be ridiculed and mocked if in exchange you can score points with those who are persuadable.

Be TENDER with the YOUNG---Be SYMPATHETIC with the AGED.

All it takes are two or more gathered together in the name of Jesus. That’s the beginning of occupying your sphere.

The greatest gift modern-day Ezras offer is their ability to teach God’s people the Word, instruct them on how to hear God’s voice, and demonstrate how to walk with Him. They ground people in their assignment to be disciples of Christ. The disciples bring their salt and light into culture. They become the wall and occupy the gates.

As we move outward to where the battle is raging, we get closer to standing in the gap where the wall is weak.

He has commissioned you with all authority to go. If you and I don’t go, the kingdom doesn’t come.

Moses was standing in the path of God’s judgment, thwarting His intention toward the people of Israel. Like Moses, the intercessor stands between God and the people.

our deliverance from adversity should be grounded in God’s own reputation.

The reality is political issues are spiritual issues. Political issues are faith issues.

To each of us is given a measure of faith and a sphere of influence according to our individual assignments.

God is going to use His Church and reveal through His body the ability of heaven to solve problems. He will use us to manifest solutions in supernatural wisdom as diverse in demonstration as the battle is diverse in its setting.

Mercy is more than undeserved kindness. It is either a full pardon from a crime you are guilty of committing or it is a stay of execution.

Many of us have been mercifully kept from public gaze as the Spirit has been patiently taking us through the breaking and forming process. This process has produced a humility and flexibility needed for the hour. The lesson is this: Before you can go on the offensive, you must learn to operate in agreement and alignment—as one!

He warned that the greatest threat to Christianity in the West would be the temptation to trade freedom for personal peace and prosperity, but that is the fast track to losing all three: freedom, prosperity, and peace.

JOY and PURPOSE in Meaningful Work WILL KEEP YOU SANE.

You cannot "take ground" unless you are occupying it.....If you just sit on the sidelines, you will accomplish nothing.

The universe rewards competence, not covetousness.

The fact that companies are as influential as nations should reshape how we see corporations. Nations now compete with corporations for influence and political power.

WHAT GETS YOUR ATTENTION, GETS YOU.

The historian, Josephus, explains how Cyrus arrived at this decision. In the first year of Cyrus’s reign, Daniel showed Cyrus the writings of Isaiah, addressing Cyrus by name. Written 120 years earlier, the prophecy is remarkable in its details, right down to Cyrus’s entering Babylon by drying up and crossing the Euphrates river. Isaiah even added a description of the famed “double doors” at the entrance of Babylon. The majestic entrance to the city was a massive double gate, flanked with bright towers of blue enameled brick. The prophecy was even more remarkable in light of the fact that at the time of Isaiah, Babylon did not have these doors and was not yet a world power. Neither did the majestic temple of Solomon and the city of Jerusalem need to be rebuilt. Put yourself in the seat of Cyrus, and imagine reading a letter from God written to you by name 120 years before you were born.

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When God shows you a vision, a passion, a picture of you doing something that you've never done, being somewhere you've never been, accomplishing something you've never been able to do...It's actually the future calling you - Answer the phone.

When we set aside our religious agendas to make others a success, we have learned the Kingdom mindset and have become a part of the transformation movement.

Two of the most basic roles of government are to create a realm of safety and a realm of prosperity. When governmental leaders use their position for personal gain, it amounts to prostituting their charisma for themselves. Excellence is found in doing our best for the sake of others.

Passion wears out when it relies solely on self-motivation.

Most bad ideas (including bad theology) are only one divine encounter away from oblivion.

For man cannot be fully understood without Christ. Or rather, man is incapable of understanding himself fully without Christ.

Every Great Story involves a normal person who answers the Call to become a HERO. Every HERO has a worthy opponent. Who is Yours?

Any gospel that doesn’t work in the marketplace doesn’t work.

Be sure to preach only good news. And when necessary, use words!