A Prayer for Our Time

The River Ministries
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.  Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.  Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with your free Spirit. – Psalm 51:10-12
The Lord has been [...]

2009 Wisconsin Prayer Rally

On September 25, 2009, a statewide prayer rally took place in Madison, Wisconsin.  For a first-time event of this nature, the attendance of 250 to 300 people was very encouraging.  At least half the people who came were from outside the Madison area, including some who drove six hours to get there.  Those who drove [...]

A Word for the Church in This New Season

The River Ministries
On August 9, 2009, Pastor Steve Driessen received a prophetic word that we are to enter into sixty days of intense worship, and that as we do, we will break through into a new season.  We feel that this word is not only for The River Ministries, but also for the Church at large.  [...]

Those Personal Prophecies

The River Church
Life was tough, a prophet was in town, and I needed to hear from the Lord.  “God, I could really use a word about ____________.  If You could give me some encouragement, a confirmation, something to let me know I’m on the right track, I’d so appreciate it.” 
The prophet called certain people out [...]

Dependence Day

The River Church
Independence Day, with all its traditions — fireworks, cookouts, family get-togethers — is a happy time, as we celebrate the freedoms we enjoy in our nation. 
God celebrates freedom, too.  He wants all people to be free.  2 Corinthians 3:17 assures us, “… Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” But [...]

Rebuilders of the Wall

The River Church
Some time ago, I had a dream. The setting was the rebuilding of Jerusalem’s walls, after the Babylonian exile, in the days of Nehemiah.  In the dream, Nehemiah, the governor of the people, needed a word from the Lord.  A woman brought Nehemiah the prophetic word that he needed. She and her husband [...]

In the Garden

The River Church
Remember the hymn, In the Garden? The garden represented a place of communion and fellowship. It was a place to draw close to the Lord. The Bible talks about two gardens. They were also places of fellowship. 
The first garden was called Eden. Genesis 2:8 says, “And the LORD God planted a garden in [...]

Thirsting for Answers

The River Church
“God, I need help!  It’s pretty desperate down here!  I pray and pray, and it just keeps getting worse.  Are You ever going to rescue me, or are You going to let my life go down the tubes???!!!”
In the Bible account of Israel’s journey from Egypt’s bondage to the freedom of the Promised [...]

Upholding the Interests of Others

The River Church
That there should be no division in the body; but that the members should have the same care for one another. And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. – 1 Corinthians 12:25, 26
Some truths we acknowledge in [...]

Touch the Coal to My Lips

The River Church
Then I said, “Woe is me! for I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, … for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.”  One of the seraphs flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken off the altar with the [...]