Rick Joyner

Rick Joyner Rick Joyner has authored more than fifty books, including The Final Quest Trilogy, There Were Two Trees in the Garden, The Path, and Army of the Dawn. He is also the Founder and Executive Director of MorningStar Ministries, a multi-faceted mission organization which includes Heritage International Ministries, MorningStar University, MorningStar Fellowship of Churches and Ministries. Click here to take a look at Rick's latest Rant #ricksrants

The Fruit of the Land, Part 20

The next aspect of the fruit of the Spirit is “gentleness” (Galatians 5:23) . This is defined as being “mild, kind,” or “not being rough, violent, harsh, or severe.” Some people may be born with a natural gentle demeanor, but the fruit of the Spirit that is gentleness is to conduct yourself with...
10-30-05

The Fruit of the Land, Part 19

The next aspect of the fruit of the Spirit is “faithfulness” (Galatians 5:22) . As we have discussed, the characteristics of the Spirit are called “fruit” because it must be cultivated and grown. It takes faithfulness, which is demonstrated by endurance, for any of the fruit to be grown. But how is...
10-23-05

The Fruit of the Land, Part 18

The next aspect of the fruit of the Spirit is “goodness” (Galatians 5:23) . The Greek word that is translated for “goodness” is agathosune, which is defined as “virtue” or “beneficence.” This is still a very broad concept that I would like to narrow down a bit so we can practically apply it...
10-16-05

The Fruit of the Land, Part 17

The next fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5 is “kindness,” which is defined as being considerate, generous, and benevolent. Kindness is the character trait that is the opposite of selfishness, and is the nature of one who is thinking of others. Kindness is basically the opposite of the...
10-9-05

Katrina and the Bird Flu

As I have shared with our local church, conferences, and through our Prophetic Bulletin over the last few months, it was only a matter of time before the media would realize the seriousness of the coming “bird flu” plague. That is now happening. The threat from this flu is very real, and it does have the potential to be just as deadly as the scientific community is stating. Even the terrible scenarios that are being projected are almost all being purposely understated to prevent panic.

Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - 00:00

The Fruit of the Land, Part 16

The next fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5 is PATIENCE. As we have stated, there is actually one fruit of the Spirit and these are all characteristics of it. Therefore, they are all linked and intertwined so that if you have one you will have the others as well. Even so, Scripture links...
10-2-05

The Fruit of the Land, Part 15

A few years ago I had a dream in which I was mountain climbing with many thousands of people. Hundreds were all connected together by the lifelines that mountain climbers use; many were falling off of the mountain and being lost because some were not driving their stakes deep enough into the ground...
9-25-05

The Next Disaster

It is crucial that we learn all of the lessons that we can from the Katrina disaster as fast as we can because more are coming. We have not even finished counting the bodies from Katrina, and Hurricane Rita is churning in the Gulf threatening Texas and Louisiana with even more destruction. It is likely, at the very least, to displace tens of thousands of more people, as well as further wreck the Gulf Coast oil industry.

Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 00:00

The Fruit of the Land, Part 14

We are spending a bit more time on this aspect of the fruit of the Spirit because it is so crucial to abiding in the Spirit, and is becoming increasingly crucial for our times. As we have addressed in detail before that the highest purpose of man is to be the dwelling place of God. If we abide in...
9-18-05

The Fruit of the Land, Part 13

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God” (Matthew 5:9). Since the time when there were just two brothers on the entire planet they had trouble getting along. One of them basically said, “This world is not big enough for the both of us!” And still there has been conflict...
9-11-05