The Next Level of Power Evangelism
Doug Addison – August 25, 2010
Over the next three months will be a time to get established in the new season that we are now entering into. Last year was the Jewish “Year of Jubilee” from September 2008–September 2009. This is known as a sabbatical year of rest that occurs after seven cycles of seven years each (Leviticus 25:10–13).
From a prophetic standpoint, every seven years God will bring a totally new season for us. The last cycle of sevens was 2001–2008. Look back and see what transpired in your life during that time. For me, I became a forerunner of Prophetic Evangelism. In 2001, I left my job as a pastor and launched my ministry InLight Connection. I went all around the world training people in a new creative way to share God’s love and wrote a book called Prophecy, Dreams and Evangelism: Revealing God’s Love Through Divine Encounters.
My seven year cycles:
1973—Received Jesus
1980—Felt called to start a relevant church
1987—Came out of the occult and came back to the church
1994—Met my wife and started a business that funded our first church plant
2001—Started Inlight Connection and Prophetic Evangelism
2008—New message on finding your destiny – Personal Development God’s Way
During the Year of Jubilee (2008–2009) God took us into a time of transition in which the old way of doing things was not as effective as it once was and the new has not been fully revealed. September 2009–September 2010 is the first year of the new seven-year cycle and it is a year of repositioning. I released a prophetic word last January that it would be a year to “realign, reassign, and resign.” We have been seeing this happen.
As we approach Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) which begins on September 9, 2010, God will begin to establish and make clear the new things that He is calling us to. Last January God spoke to me that when we set the clocks forward in the spring, things would begin to spring forward. When we set the clocks back in the fall (November 7 in the U.S.) things will begin to fall into place.
It is time to get ready to step into the new. This year God told me to be a “future Christian in the current Church.” As I stepped out of the box using more stand-up comedy and secular music I started to see people receive financial miracles (laugh your debt off) and their destinies begin to open up in a new way. This looked different from the normal power and healing meetings I have been seeing over the past decade.
Isaiah 11:2 NIV
The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of power,
the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord—
The new Power Evangelism will involve helping people get into their destinies using wisdom (godly advice), understanding (discernment), counsel (coaching), knowledge (prophetic) AND God’s ultimate power to change your life! It is similar to Genesis 41 in which Joseph not only interpreted Pharaoh’s dreams; he also gave him insight and godly advice on how to respond. Joseph was promoted into a position of authority and helped save Israel and the entire world during a famine.
I feel as though I am being a forerunner once again. Over the next seven years helping people find and fulfill their destinies will become the next level of Power Evangelism. Using spiritual gifts of wisdom, understanding, counsel, and knowledge are very powerful tools in helping people understand more about God. Developing ourselves personally through God’s love and strength is the starting place.
Doug Addison www.dougaddison.com
