The Process, the Prize

“Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I
may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I
do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those
things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I
press toward the goal for the PRIZE of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Philipians

One of the changes that Christ is doing in our hearts is He is rearrange the way we think of our trials. He is causing us to think of those processes of deliverance, as just what we must go through to go on into the promised land, and be successful. I am sure that the Children of Israel did not enjoy the 40 years in the desert, but they endured it so that their nation might go on into its promise.

There are many things we have need of endurance for. As good soldiers we look to our Captain's command, and follow on into his sure destiny. We have been promised a prize, we must endure the process.

Deliverance Comes, When?

Evangelism, is very important to the body of Christ. It is one of the five ministry gifts listed in Ephesians.

What are we winning the "lost" to?

Are we the church, the answer, or is Christ?

We often think if we can just have a bigger meeting, that, that is success. So long as we top last years numbers we are successful. But Jesus oft left the large gathering for the sake of the few disciples who followed Him. The truth is we can do many things in our flesh that appear to be fulfilling the mandate to go unto the world.

Ministry can be a seductive thing. Men can easily feel that they are the one who deserves credit for ministry. Yet, only Jesus is worthy of glory. It matters not how many people we get to our event, if nothing of the spirit is transferred. If people are delivered in our ministries, remember Christ is the deliverer.

We must ask ourselves these questions:

Whose life is changed? Was the Holy Spirit present? Was God glorified through our actions? What do we accomplish by our times of large group gatherings?

Godliness with contentment is great gain. Anything done in our flesh will not bring peace or deliverance to anyone. Anything we do without the Holy Spirit will not be contended, yet, nor will it have any effect for the kingdom.

Kingdom people are not about building anything. The kingdom is...

It is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. You can't have the kingdom without the Spirit of God. You know when the Spirit comes, for deliverance comes.

The Kingdom Gospel must be preached. If there is no deliverance, resulting from our evangelism, we have not brought the reality of the kingdom to others.

Mat 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Luk 11:20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.

Your Word

It is very clear to us that the Congress in the US, is operating in a spirit of fear. We continue to pray for this nation that it would return to the Truth of the Word of God. Congress has believed the lies of the so called "experts", which has caused them to enact bad law after bad law. These laws have ruined free life in the Nation.

Governments historically have feared their people, when their people start to live in freedom and operate without their over lording.

We also pray that the people rise up and destroy this rogue government, that is destroying the freedom of this nation.

Our place as servants of the Lord is to pray the word, and speak the truth. Your words kingdom prophet are a key to unlock the freedom that has been incarcerated by bad government.

We speak the overturning of this rogue government.

Seeds of Truth

I recently spoke before a church group who had little of the Spirit of Jah. They were unresponsive to my word. The Lord said the word is His now to use for His purpose. He then said pray the the seeds of truth that I sowed there would not die, but live.

So I here do pray that the Spirit would make alive those people to the seeds of truth.

Thanksgiving

To exhort you to worship with a grateful heart, may be the greatest teaching we could embrace this day. If we remain thankful in the time of trial we will see a reward.

A grateful heart will trump all fear of the future.

When we are in lack, we might be tempted to fear. The truth is that our Lord can overwhelm us with his answer. Until that day, be thankful.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. Phil. 4:6

The Power of Tribute (Honor)

Mar 6:4 But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
Rom 13:7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

Every person and every thing that you honor in your life, you attract. That which you dishonor, you repel. We give honor to those whom it is due.

Yet, we know that in our society honor is given to thieves by thieves. There is an honor of sorts among thieves.

When a Christian gives honor, he needs to be wise and give honor only where it is due. Our honor is a weapon that is not to be wasted on the fleshly. Honor for those who have walked long with the Lord is edifying and an encouragement to them. It is a life giving force, to those who walk in wisdom.

The wise-hearted are they, which make up garments for the priest, that he might minister in his call. To make up garments in this day is to give him a covering to hold the anointing. We honor the anointing when we make up garments. To make up a garment is to give place, ability, and facility to hold the anointing.

Exd 28:3 And thou shalt speak unto all [that are] wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

Deep calls to Deep:

There is a call from deep to the deep. When a spiritually deep person speaks to a group of people, the hunger in the depth of their hearts will determine the message fluency and the anointing released, and the effect of the message.

For life to transfer, a speaker must be filled with the Spirit. But did we also know his message can only have great effect for the kingdom, if those who hear are they who are hungry and thirsty for righteousness sake?

Are you Hungry?