City Church - Bossier City, LA

News & Updates:

Announcements -

We hosted our October Household Gathering on Sunday, October 20th. It was a very sweet time of fellowship as well as an important time in the Word. I spoke a message titled, "In the Shadow of Jericho", which is a continuation of the August 25th message that I gave which is titled "The Gift of Resistance." You can listen to the message given on the 20th by clicking this link.

We will host our November gathering on Sunday, November 24th. As usual, we will host an in-person gathering as well as a Zoom. We are so pleased to announce to you that Dan Fox will be with us in that gathering and I have asked Dan to give the message that day. Please help us get the word out and plan to be with us if at all possible

Melinda and I love you very much. You are always in our hearts. Until we see you or speak to you again, blessings.

Michael & Melinda

New Message -

You will see in the center of this home page a new message entitled, "A Prophetic Call to the Prophetic." This message came out of a dream that I had on March 16, 2024. The messsage in the dream was (is) about the call of God to recognize and deploy the prophetic in this season. In this message, I share about this dream and the body of understanding that came out of the dream. I urge you to read this message and also listen to it's companion audio recording which is listed in the upper right side of this home page. The call in this dream is certainly not limited to the prophetic, and as you will read, there is an encouragement to all of us to engage our respective work deliberately in these times.

I also encourage you to periodically check this site for new messages. As the Lord is leading us along with the bread of revelation, it is my intention to continue to speak and write the things that I am hearing from the Lord. Part of the "re-engage" word that I heard last year involves writing and speaking messages that are current and relevant. "Profitable" (upper right on this page) and "Patmos" are both messages that are well suited for this time. And there are others soon to come. So, check back as you can.

Blessings of grace and peace to you,

Michael

RESOURCES:

SEAMLESS FELLOWSHIP

on 4/2/17
by Michael Barrett

THE ISSUE OF SOURCE
on 3/5/17
by Norman Moreau and Michael Barrett
(click here for companion notes)

AMBASSADORIAL REPRESENTATION
on 2/5/17
by Michael Barrett
(click here for companion notes)

ROYAL BIRTHRIGHT OR A BOWL OF STEW
on 1/1/17
by Michael Barrett
(click here for companion notes)

BUILDING GOD'S WAY (Spanish)
on 12/4/16
by Javier Lopez

THE GOSPEL OF PEACE
on 11/6/16
by Michael Barrett
(click here for companion notes)

DESTINED TO FAIL (Pt. 1)
on 9/1/16
by Michael Barrett

THE CRITICAL KEY OF SPIRITUAL HEARING
on 7/31/16
by Michael Barrett
(click here for companion notes)

LOVE - IF AND IS
on 6/5/16
by Michael Barrett

A TIME & A SEASON
on 5/1/16
by Michael Barrett

CRITICISM, A CRITICAL SPIRIT, OFFENSE & GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY
on 4/3/16
by Michael Barrett

ENTERING AND EXITING
on 3/6/16
by Michael Barrett

THE WEAPON OF QUIETNESS
on 2/7/16
by Michael Barrett

IMMEDIATELY
on 1/3/16
by Michael Barrett

THE BOUNDARIES OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD
on 5/3/15
by Dan Crawford

THE DUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST
on 4/5/15
by Michael Barrett

RESURRECTION AND THE TELEIOS MAN
on 10/5/14
by Michael Barrett

A CITY WITHOUT WALLS
on 8/10/14
by Michael Barrett

A CULTURE OF ONENESS
on 7/13/14
by Michael Barrett

EMPOWERED AND ENABLED
on 4/6/14
by Michael Barrett

WHAT'S IN A NAME
on 2/02/14
by Michael Barrett

2013 - 2014
on 1/05/14
by Michael Barrett

A YEAR IN REVIEW
on 12/08/13
by Michael Barrett

CHRIST FORMED
IN YOU
on 11/03/13
by Michael Barrett

WHAT IS GOD TEACHING YOU IN THIS SEASON and WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION
on 10/06/13
by Michael Barrett

A Prophetic Call to the Prophetic - March 17, 2024

Sometime overnight on March 16th, 2024 I had a dream--

• In this dream I encountered a young, blonde-haired woman who was very fair complected and had striking blue eyes. Her appearance was somewhat angelic.
• In the dream I was aware that I was in a city in the Mid-Atlantic that I am very familiar with.
• The young woman was without a doubt a seer/prophetic.
     o I saw the word “seer” with the first letter being a lower case “c.”
     o I heard that this person was a “c”eer (seer).
     o I understood that she was a different kind of seer—c-eer.
• As I visited with her, I asked her if she lived in the city we were in and she said, “No.” I asked her where she lived, and she said, “Shreveport, Louisiana.” I felt that this was significant to me personally, because she lived in my immediate area.
• Being familiar with the city we were in (in the dream) I knew that:
     o The seed of the prophetic had been sown there over many years.
     o The seed of the prophetic had come up in that city.
     o This is a season for that seed to grow and to produce fruit.
     o In the former season the prophetic people in that area had learned how to be in-timate
         but in this season it is the will of the Father for them to learn how to be out-timate.
     o The city in the dream had historically been like an in-cubator, but now would become an
         out-cubator.
     o Part of the significance of this woman being from Shreveport is that Shreveport was also a
         city in which much prophetic seed has been sown over the past few decades.
• All that I was sensing about moving from “in” to “out” is critical, because it is in the “out” flow that the grace is increased/multiplied and becomes practically beneficial to those who receive the flowing grace.
• There are details in the dream that have to do with certain individuals that I do not feel at liberty to share publicly, but this dream is certainly and generally significant to the larger body of Christ.

Click here to read the full message

RECENT MESSAGE

THE GIFT OF RESISTANCE - Pt 2 - IN THE SHADOW OF JERICHO
on 10/20/24
by Michael Barrett

THE GIFT OF RESISTANCE
on 8/25/24
by Michael Barrett & Richard Hamm

YOUR ESSENTIAL IDENTITY
on 7/28/24
by Michael Barrett

ORDERED STEPS
on 6/23/24
by Michael Barrett

THE MYSTERY OF TONGUES
on 5/26/24
by Michael Barrett

MERGING MIRACLES WITH MARTYRDOM IN MATURITY
on 4/28/24
by Michael Barrett

A PROPHETIC CALL TO THE PROPHETIC
on 3/17/24
by Michael Barrett
(click here for the written message)

THE WEAPON OF AN UNOFFENDABLE HEART
on 2/25/24
by Michael Barrett

A PROPHETIC WORD FOR 2024
on 1/21/24
by Michael Barrett

I DON'T KNOW HOW
on 11/5/23
by Michael Barrett

TRANSFORMATION & MATURING SERIES -
JULY, AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 2023

REPENTING, RENEWING & MATURING
on 9/24/23
by Michael Barrett

THE REVEALING OF THE SONS OF GOD
on 8/27/23
by Michael Barrett

PREDESTINATION, TRANSFORMATION & TRANSFIGURATION
on 7/23/23
by Michael Barrett

SUFFERING AND REIGNING
on 6/25-23
by Michael Barrett

SENDING AND RECEIVING
on 5/28/23
by Michael Barrett

PATMOS
on 4/28/23
by Michael Barrett

THE IMPERATIVE OF UNDERSTANDING
on 4/26/2023
by Michael Barrett

PROPHETIC STEPS FOR 2023
on 3/26/2023 - Zoom @ Varghese Household
by Michael Barrett

PHILEMON -PROFITABLE FOR YOU & FOR ME
on 2/4/2023
by Michael Barrett

PROPHETIC MINISTRY - SOAKING IN THE ANOINTING
by Michael Barrett

SEAMLESS FELLOWSHIP
on 7/21/2022
by Michael Barrett

THE EMOTIONS OF THE SOUL IN THE NEW SEASON
on 7/4/2022
by Michael Barrett

VOWS & OATHS - A REFUGE OF LIES
on 9/6/2020
by Michael Barrett
(click here for companion notes)

REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE
on 6/14/20
by Michael Barrett
(click here for companion notes)

A CONSCIENCE VOID OF OFFENSE
on 3/1/20
by Michael Barrett

SAM SOLEYN MESSAGE
on 1/5/20
by Sam Soleyn

THE SPIRIT OF EVANGELISM
on 11/17/19
by Dan Fox

THE VOICE OF ONE
on 11/3/19
by Michael Barrett (with open sharing)

THE RELATIONSHIP OF SON TO FAITH
on 10/6/19
by Michael Barrett

ESTABLISHED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS
on 9/1/19
by Michael Barrett

FROM MOURNING TO DANCING
on 8/4/19
by Michael Barrett

WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG
on 7/7/19
by Michael Barrett

THE GENESIS FACE
on 6/2/19
by Michael Barrett

CREATION'S EXPECTATION AND GOD'S PROVISION
on 5/5/19
by Michael Barrett

SEAMLESS FELLOWSHIP
on 4/7/19
by Michael Barrett

JESUS - YOUR KINSMAN REDEEMER
on 3/3/19
by Michael Barrett
(click here for companion notes)

INHERITANCE - DOCTRINE & EXPERIENCE
on 2/3/19
by Michael Barrett

AN ANSWER FOR YOUR MIND
on 1/6/19
by Michael Barrett

A SON, A HOUSE, A NATION
on 12/2/18
by Michael Barrett

A SEASON OF AWAKENING
on 11/4/18
by Michael Barrett

BROKENNESS, HUMILITY AND PRIDE
on 10/7/18
by Michael Barrett

PEACE THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING
on 9/2/18
by Michael Barrett

DAN FOX: A MESSAGE OF ENCOURAGEMENT
MICHAEL BARRETT: PROPHETIC WORD
on 8/5/18

THE EYES, WHICH EYES AND SEEING AS GOD SEES
on 7/1/18
by Michael Barrett
(click here for companion notes )

THE OIL OF GLADNESS
on 6/3/18
by Michael Barrett

THE HOUSE AND THE PRIESTHOOD
on 2/4/18
by Michael Barrett

EYES ALL AROUND
on 1/7/18
by Michael Barrett
(click here for companion notes)

THE KINGDOM OF GOD - A KINGDOM OF ORDER
on 12/3/17
by Michael Barrett

APPROACHING THE GOD OF GLORY
on 11/5/17
by Dan Fox

CROSS OVER AND OCCUPY
on 8/6/17
by Michael Barrett

ANNOUNCING A CHANGE OF SEASON
on 7/2/17
by Michael Barrett

PERSPECTIVE - GAINING GOD'S VIEW (includes discussion)
on 6/4/17
by Michael Barrett

ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER
on 5/7/17
by Michael Barrett
(click here for companion notes)

*other messages may be found on the "Media Resources" tab at the center top of this page