FAITH's Blog – April 2023 Archive (29)

We see that the engine of the Gospel message that drives it into the world--is His presence and glory. It is not a tantalizing self-induced experience that produces no fruit, but rather an illuminating light which leads the world to Jesus and becomes the pillar of fire that leads His Church into the world. Yet often in contemporary circles, we see the opposite in effect. We want to privatize His glory and keep it shrouded in personal experience, assuming the…

We need to stir up the holy gifts within us  -  they (THE GIFTS) begin to be released again when we remember God's goodness to us --  when we learn to meditate in our heart on His past faithfulness and His love for us.

Hindrances to Heavenly Access include:

1. FORGETTING GOD'S PAST…

"And he said to them, 'Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation....And these signs will accompany those who believe; in my name they will cast out demons...they will lay their hands on the sick and they will recover.'  And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it.'" - Mark 16:15,17-19…

Song of Solomon 2:9  -  "Behold, He is standing behind our wall, He is looking through the windows, He is peering through the lattice."

     Yes, Christ dwells within us, but He is standing behind our SELF IMPOSED  "walls."  The walls between us and the Savior are primarily the work of :…

Getting in touch with God's PURPOSE for our life can have the single most powerful impact on our own life after coming to Jesus and being born again. All Christians are called to be witnesses, but we also have a CALLING in Christ that is more specific than that.

     The main factors that will lead to a revelation of our earthly DESTINY and being…

Haggai 2:9  -  "The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts."

Hebrews 6:1  -  "Therefore let us go on and get past the elementary stage in the teachings and doctrine of Christ, advancing steadily toward the…

In Mark 3, Jesus entered into a synagogue and found a man there with a withered hand. The Pharisees were watching Him to see if He would heal the man on the Sabbath.

"And He said to them, 'Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to kill?' But they kept silent. After looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He said to the man, 'Stretch out…

Psalm 18:28-29 says, “For You will light my lamp; the Lord My God will enlighten my darkness. For by You I can run against a troop; by my God I can leap over a wall.”

Not only will you leap over a wall, but you will receive supernatural strength, leap over every obstacle, and position yourself to go through the opening door that God has for you as you begin to understand and implement your…

As sons and daughters of the King, we have been given authority to pray Heaven's blessings to earth.

It is God's desire to bless us and for us to witness and "see" His promises manifest as we seek to advance and bear fruit that remains for His Kingdom.

Just as Jeremiah was given the ability to "see" his new season (see…

Exodus 14:11,12  -  "They said to Moses, 'Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt...It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!'" 

There was something comforting about the past that the Israelites preferred at this point to the unknown dilemma of future…

1 Kings 19:9  ^{- "}Then he came there to a cave and lodged there; and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and He said to him, 'What are you doing here, Elijah?'” 

So the word of the Lord came to him “what are you doing here Elijah”.  This is one of the most important questions God will ever ask us.  His questions probes the reality of…

Ephesians 5:14-18 - "Wake up from your sleep, and arise from the dead, And Christ shall shine upon you. Live life with a due sense of responsibility, not as men who do not know the meaning of life but as those who do. Make the best use of your time, despite all the evils of these days. Don't be vague but grasp firmly what you know to be the will of the Lord."



As believers, we are…

John 13:13-15 -- "Jesus said, 'You call me 'Teacher and Lord' and rightly so, for that is what  I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet.  You also should wash one another's feet.  I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.'"

John 20:21 -- "Just as the Father has sent me forth so I am sending…

 Jeremiah 29:11-14  "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord.  thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.  Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.  And you will seek Me and find Me,  when you search for Me with all your heart."

John 10:27 "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow…

1 Samuel 3:1 -- "In those days the word of the Lord was rare;  there were not many visions."

          If Eli could not hear from God, the people would not receive messages from Him. 

          The only words that we receive that are of help to people are words from God.  If we don't spend time LISTENING to Him, then we will not…

 Psalm 91:1 -- "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the almighty."

          Jesus lived a life of prayer, and when He needed dedicated prayer time He would send crowds and, most likely, potential resources away so that He could be with the Father.  As a result He would not move, speak, or do anything that the Father did not ask Him to…

Ephesians 6:12 -- "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places."

     The reality is that we're in battle.  We're being prevailed against.  Some of us are "losing" in the fight against sin and sickness, disease and death.  Some of us are…

1 Peter 2:9 -- "For you have been chosen by God Himself -- you are priests of the King, you are holy and pure, you are God's very own -- all this so that you may show to others how God called you out of the darkness into His wonderful light."

     We know we are a priesthood, chosen by God, possessed by God, holy like God and royal to God.  We have immediate access to Him and we don't need a…

Philippians 1:28  -  "Don't be afraid of your enemies;  always be courageous, and this will prove to them that they will lose, and that you will win because it is God who gives you the victory."

Peace is Spirit power.

Your peace, your immovable stand upon the…

Revelation 4:1 -- "After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven..."

If we will live in the awareness of the heavenly, we must be freed from the boundaries of the earthly.  To awaken faith, the Holy Spirit will take us through times when the presence of God cannot be clearly discerned.

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