Intro by Julie A. Smith:
John Wallace is pastor of Blood n Fire Ministries in Dallas, Texas. I first had contact with John last year when he asked me to edit his new book Kingdom Come! Tales of a Supernatural God which you can order below. John is full of wisdom and I've sincerely appreciated the encouragement and life he's spoken into me over the last year...he's truly a father. Even though he recently turned 62 years old and has been a pastor for many years, God isn't about to let John settle down and "coast in" as he shares in this article.
And I highly recommend that you order John's E-Book. This book is filled with supernatural stories of God showing up in peoples' everyday life. It brought much hope and life to me as I edited through the pages last year while I was going though some hard trials of my own, and I know it will do the same for you.
I actually saw that many people would be saved, healed and delivered while reading his book and it would be going into prisons to minister to multitudes.
I hope you enjoy John Wallace's book and article!
Here is an excerpt from Jack Taylor, who wrote the foreword to John Wallace's book:
Jack Taylor |
I'VE BEEN IN CHURCH ALL MY LIFE AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
I will rest my case with these brief words, "Yes and you probably never will see anything like this unless you decide to drive off the main road of your town, get out of your comfort zone and choose not to follow the elusive American dream." I know this man and call him friend and I could tell you more. He knows I know him, so what I say won't disturb him:
? He talks to demons and storms and yes, even people around him speak to those in comas!
? He makes ridiculous real estate offers and they are accepted!
? He speaks to cancer and his lovely wife lives!
What you read here, if you dare, is essentially sixty postcards from the edge. ?Jack Taylor, President, Dimensions Ministries
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John Wallace:
"Cruising or Coasting?"
Recently on the way to the fitness center, I was having a good time with the Lord. Praying and humming a worship song, I was interrupted by the Great Interruptor as He said, "So, are you going to coast in?"
I just turned 62 years old, and with 40 years of following our Lord, 24 of which have been as a pastor of a local church, I was stunned by the implication of the Lord's gentle rebuke. "Coasting? Coasting? Is that what I'm doing, Lord?" I asked. The dawning realization struck me beyond a gentle rebuke?to not allow the past ministry years carry me for the rest of my life. What God said was a warning...and a promise.
The warning is I can let "coasting" be my default setting in life with God. The promise is that I have the option to "cruise" not coast. Cruising (definition: to travel at a speed providing maximum operating efficiency for a sustained period) fits the advancing nature of the Kingdom of God much more than coasting. God made me and you to live life at "maximum operating efficiency." Jesus called it as having "life, and life abundantly" (John 10:10). It fits because the Kingdom of God, His expanding rule over all created things, starts first with my heart and then moves. It moves ahead. The Kingdom doesn't stall, doesn't idle in the parking lot, and doesn't lose energy. The Kingdom doesn't "coast."
When Jesus told Peter, on his confession, that He would build His Church (Matthew 16:18), the Lord added that the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. This implies that the Church is advancing, taking the offensive against the forces of darkness. The Kingdom parables (Matthew 13) of the mustard seed and of the leaven both speak of an expansion, of growth, and of movement. The Kingdom of God is advancing, moving forward...always. Am I (are you) going to try to coast or to cruise, operating at maximum efficiency in it?
I want to be, and stay, at the forefront of Kingdom activity?all the days of my life. I want to see the supernatural workings of God: from supernatural loving to supernatural healing. I want to live in this ever-moving Kingdom. In His interaction with Pilate (John 18:36), Jesus answered, "My Kingdom is not of this world. If My Kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My Kingdom is not of this realm."
Literally, in the Greek language, Jesus said, "My Kingdom is not from here." A not-from-here Kingdom has invaded the earth. That's the Kingdom I want to participate in. Our friend Bill Johnson, in commenting on why Jesus was able to sleep in the front of the boat during the terrible storm on the Sea of Galilee, says, "Jesus could sleep because, in His world, there are no storms."
In His world?the not-from-here Kingdom?that's where I want to live! I want to live out of that Kingdom. I want to see out of that Kingdom, to hear out of that Kingdom, to taste and touch and feel out of that Kingdom. I want to love out of that Kingdom. I want to heal out of that Kingdom. That sounds more like cruising than coasting, don't you think?
It's more important to operate at maximum efficiency in the Kingdom than ever before?that is getting up each day and asking Him to help you be aware of the Kingdom-current of activity going on around us?and jumping in.
Lord, give us grace and sensitivity for Kingdom cruising!
John Wallace
Blood n Fire - Dallas, Texas
Email: jwallace4u@me.com
John's Bio: Currently, John and Suzanne are Community Leaders of Blood n Fire Dallas, a community with a vision "to reach, raise up and release the younger generations to advance the Kingdom of God among the poor of the earth." John Wallace was born and raised in Shawnee, Oklahoma. After graduating from Shawnee High School, he attended and received a B.B.A. from the University of Oklahoma. While at OU, John and his future bride, Suzanne Martin, met. John then graduated from Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas, TX. After graduation John served as a dentist in the U.S. Army for two years. John and Suzanne moved back to Dallas for almost 10 years of private dental practice. From 1981 to 1986 John attended Dallas Theological Seminary, graduating with a Master of Theology degree. He has, subsequently, pastored local churches for the last 24 years. John and Suzanne have 6 children: Jason (wife Alison), Brennan (wife Lisa), and Lindsey (husband Chris), and two grandchildren, Austin Wyatt Wallace and Caleb Sage Wallace.
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Like our muscles, faith can grow through exercise (Romans 4:20; 2 Corinthians 10:15; 1 Thessalonians 3:2; Jude 20). In Kingdom Come! Tales of the Supernatural God, John Wallace challenges us to exercise our faith in our God who is, truly, supernatural. Sixty true life stories stretch us to believe that nothing...nothing is impossible with God. Read and see if you are not encouraged to believe that the Kingdom of God can come rushing into your life.
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