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Read some devotional thoughts from prior church planters & lifelong pastors. Mark & Dallas share what they learn daily in their journey walking with God.

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PentecostalFire_FreshAnointing - The Biblical Support for Using Flags in Worship

Are Worship Flags Biblical?

June 26, 2018 |

Where does the use of praise banners and worship flags come from? Yes, flag worship is biblical, although there is no specific Scripture that commands us to use them in worship today.  Think of the flag bearer or standard bearer in biblical times.   We can even look to Scripture to see God in a position of being the standard bearer.  A standard is not only an emblem but a level of expectation to be attained. God sets the Holy standard and covers His children with the blood of the Perfect Sacrifice, Jesus Christ.  All the rest of us fall short of God’s standard and Scripture says He will lift…

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Ruach - Breath of God - Worship Flag Being Waved Against the Sky

What It Takes to Make a Worship Flag

June 26, 2018 |

Fabric, Fabric, and More Fabric “So, how much fabric do you need?”  It was a question loaded with the additional sentiment, “Don’t you think you have enough?”   The thing was, all I knew was certain fabrics were standing out, but I didn’t have conceptualization of flags to be made from the fabrics.  There was still a drive to purchase another color in another texture. Yet being around the colors and textures of the fabrics is one of my happy places.   On one particular day, I was standing in a fabric store and heard God say, “This is the last piece of fabric you’ll be buying for a while.”…

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Entering the Throne Room with a Garment of Praise

June 14, 2018 |

The Process of Making Worship Flags “So, if you’re going to make a flag for someone, do you have to spend a lot of time with them first?” she asked.  I wasn’t prepared with an answer. After all, to that point I’d only made flags for myself and given some as gifts to friends. “Let’s see how the next few days go, and I’ll let you know if I know what your flag should look like.”  I said. That’s what we did. I had some mutual friends and acquaintances weigh in on what they thought this flag should look like, but that wasn’t how God had arranged the creative process…

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