Quotes from Dutch Sheets

A lack of endurance is one of the greatest causes of defeat, especially in prayer. We don't wait well. We're into microwaving; God, on the other hand, is usually into marinating.

Keeping the serpent out of our gardens is the primary assignment of watchmen.

The Lord has given gifts to us as well, which, like Israel's of old, are also assignments: children, ministries, churches, cities, nations and many other things.

anything we accomplish of eternal value is brought about by the ability and empowerment of the Holy Spirit.

What God asks us to do, He equips us to do.

gaining understanding is an important first step in effective prayer. An inner prompting will alert you to something your mind does not quite comprehend. At these times just ask the Lord to help you know how He wants you to pray.

No dumping allowed. Trespassers will be violated." I used to laugh every time I drove by the sign. This wasn't a homemade sign. It was a professionally made metal sign posted by a city in Oklahoma (I won't tell you which one). It was even the fancy kind with fluorescent letters that could be easily seen at night. But those

Sometimes we must be very aggressive in our dealings with the enemy. Gordon Lindsay used to say every Christian should pray at least one violent prayer every day.

Third, intimacy with God—living at Hebron—will cause your intercession to defeat the giants in your life and others' lives.

Fourth, a Hebron lifestyle will give you the ability to walk in great authority.

God wants to crown us, like David, with the authority to rule in ungodly situations. Intercessors rule from Hebron.

Last, this great "mountain of friendship" will also become for you a place of refuge.

In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths" (Prov. 3:6) could be translated, "In all your courting, seek intimacy with Him first.

summarized as follows: Sunday: Favor with God (spiritual revelation, anointing, holiness). Monday: Favor with others (congregations, ministry staff, unsaved). Tuesday: Increased vision (wisdom and enlightenment, motives, guidance). Wednesday: Spirit, Soul, Body (health, appearance, attitudes

When God wrestled with Jacob, He wasn't fighting only for the heart of a man; He was warring for His dream!

Prayer is not a check request asking for things from God. It is a deposit slip - a way of depositing God's character into our bankrupt souls.

A lack of endurance is one of the greatest causes of defeat, especially in prayer.

If you don't discover God's dreams, you'll either waste your life running in wrong races and crossing wrong finish lines or, like many people, have no finish line at all.

Life is a series of changes—a process of going from the old to the new—from chronos to kairos. Growth, change, revival—all are processes. Life is connected. Not understanding this, we tend to despise the chronos times of preparing, sowing, believing and persevering. Our preference is to always live in the kairos times of fresh and strategic opportunities.

The original American dream wasn't about wealth, but freedom—freedom to worship and freedom from tyranny. It was also about partnering with God to release the light of His word to all nations, and exporting His glorious gospel to the ends of the earth.

Our actions and attitudes in the chronos times of preparing, sowing, believing and persevering are what determine whether God can shift us into the kairos times of fresh and strategic opportunities.

When we are properly prepared and the time is right, God can shift seasons very quickly. Overnight, it seems, He transforms dry times into rivers, barrenness into fruitfulness and makes a way where there is no way. Timing is a factor; but when it's right, God causes the shift, and the chronos changes into kairos. Allow this truth to bring faith and encouragement into your situation.

Don't embrace any theology or creed that allows God to lose!

Dreams are powerful. It is possible to so attach our emotions to them that a dream can become a taskmaster we serve, rather than an assignment or goal we steward.