Do you believe in the power of God?
I have come into this word "blasphemy" so many times, and it actually scared me because when I come across the scripture that says "but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, either in this world or in the world to come." I have never had any insight or revelation on it until today..
When I think of that word, I think of cursing..
When you speak against or curse the holy spirit, you are really speaking against or cursing the power of God because the Holy Spirit is where you receive power.. "but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you Holy..
Jesus was so on it.. Those religious folks wanted to say that His power was from Satan, or demonic powers.. But Jesus said "if I am casting out demons by the Spirit of God, then the Kingdom of God has arrived among you"
Jesus even said anyone "Anyone who isn’t with me opposes me, and anyone who isn’t working with me is actually working against me"
Are you working with Him or against Him? And I'm talking to all those legalistic folks. The power that lives in you is the same power that raised Jesus from the dead.. Its the same power that gives you life.. Its the same power that opened the eyes of your heart? The same power that took the veil away from you eyes.. If you believe that the holy spirit lives inside you, then how you can believe yet stand against..
I think that "we all" think we are not standing against it but if you are not using the power God gave you, then you aren't working with Jesus in His strength.. You are doing all the work.. We know what happens when we do the work..Your work leads to pride..
Some of you have become arrogant, thinking I will not visit you again. But
I will come—and soon—if the Lord lets me, and then I’ll find out
whether these arrogant people just give pretentious speeches or whether
they really have God’s power. For the Kingdom of God is not just a lot of talk; it is living by God’s power. Which do you choose? Should I come with a rod to punish you, or should I come with love and a gentle spirit?
Do you really have Gods power, and if so are you working for Christ and not against Him ? Do you let Gods power move inside of you? Do you let Gods power move inside your church?
What made me really dig deeper that the Kingdom of God, isn't just talk.. Its living by His Power.. To keep your eyes set on kingdom things, and to really work for the kingdom means you have to live by the Holy Spirit. You have to let Him move and do the work..
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Monday, August 25, 2014
The Encounter
What can I say... I took this trip because I really felt led to go on it and experience whatever God wanted me to experience. I came with no expectations of what God was going to do. I just came open.. It is hard for me now to even describe all that I encountered there, but now I know that there was a serious purpose in me going..
The first night God spoke so loudly on something that I had to fight against before. It was a certain lie that Satan has been trying to feed me for at least 2 years.. I conquer it, and then randomly Satan will throw me a bone. I never bite, but God blew me away with just releasing a word that has helped me understand exactly what happens when I even look at the bone.. Looking at the bone leads to walking to the bone, and picking it up.. He showed me that even me looking at the bone, has led to some pride in me that I had to get rid of..
What God showed me is that so many of us think that our sins are tiny.. I was looking at the stage that night and the cross was on it, there were some other items on the stage that I could see, but God showed me the corner of the stairs where there was a shadow, and He said this is where you hid those little tiny sins that you don't think about or are aware of.. This is where Satan would throw that bone. Right in the corner in the dark, so I would miss it because it wasn't right in my face.. Then very clearly God said that I have been duped into thinking that my little tiny sins were small and harmless but indeed there are huge.. They are so huge that Jesus was called to die, but not just die a nice peaceful death, but he was called to die a cursed death for those little tiny sins that hide in the corner in the dark.. He had to die a cursed death in order to take the curse away from me.. A death full of suffering. A death that I should of had to take.. But instead Jesus freely and willing took my place. He came down to this cursed world, and became a lowly servant, loved me, then died a cursed death, so that I could be rescued from a cursed death.. So that I could be rescued from a cursed life..
I was stupid in believing that my actions took no part in that, and I repented. God brought me to a whole new revelation of the cross, and what He had to endure for me.. I cried a lot that night..
Then God spoke to me on my destiny.. From the very beginning all I could hear Him say is its time for you to stop being afraid.. Stop thinking you are nobody.. He said you are somebody to me, you are my child.. I have been praying for a few months on something He has pushed me to pray for.. One very early morning I took a run, and I felt led to pray for things that I know was from the Holy Spirit.. It had to do with my name.. I have been praying for God to make me into an entirely new person, including my name.. From the top of my head to the tip of my toes, I want to be made new for Him.. At the encounter they spoke about change. If I change then everything changes.. Everything around me changes if I will only change. They spoke about Jacob, and how he was a liar, and manipulated his circumstances to make him have favor. He stole his brothers birth right, then he stole his brothers double blessing.. He stole this favor, but it left him with nothing. He had to run and hide for his life, and work for his wives. He ended up running and hiding from his brother, and ended up wrestling with God. He wrestled all night, and wouldn't stop until God would bless him. God kept telling me that He can take me and make me into someone new.. He will give me a new name, but I will have to fight, and overcome.. From that moment on Jacob was devoted to God, and God left him with not only a new name, but also a battle wound, a limp.. I am holding on to this promise.. I am holding on to becoming someone new. This weekend has pushed me forward in knowing that whatever God has planned for me, that I can conquer it. This also gave me a revelation of a fear that I had. The fear of being unworthy of all that God has planned for me. God showed me that I had to let that go.. Because He has the power to take nothing (me) and make it into something (Child of God) for His purpose.. He confirmed this again by speaking to me about the cross on Friday night. He said when I look at the cross to look at it as like a wedding ring. The cross was where Jesus poured out His blood, and where His covenant became. Jesus is the groom and He made His covenant with His blood, and that when Jesus died for me, He wants to be in union with me.. And that He wanted to give me a ring because I am the bride.. It is a promise to forever hold me, and keep me, and love me, and cherish me..
Then on Saturday night, I Got my RING! Like literally got a ring!! I was listening to a message about how valuable I am to God.. That even though I ran away, God still had open arms for me when I came back.. I ran back home awhile ago, but when I met with God, I didn't take the ring He wanted to give me.. I took the sandal's for my feet, but I have had this fear of being unworthy of the favor and anointing He has destined to overflow out of my life that I never took His ring.. He said its time for you to take this ring I want to give to you.. When He gave me my ring, I felt so free. He gave me the understanding of the authority and value He has placed on my life.. and that I don't need to be afraid anymore because He loves me sooo much. He loves me like a groom loves His bride.... He has nothing but good planned for me and that its time to start moving forward, and not being afraid..
That was amazing but then it got freakishly awesome.. Because on this Encounter I had total confirmation on why I felt so called to go.. At dinner one of my leaders was talking, and come to find out she lived in the very same tiny small town that I live in now.. But she moved five years ago.. Come to find out, that she has been praying for my town to move in the same direction that God has been leading me and some other people I am in ministry with.. She has been praying for this for years, even longer then I have lived here.. I am in awe, of Gods divine appointments He sets up to just confirm everything He has been speaking into me, and that I have been speaking out.. A divine appointment that made a connection for God to do some amazing work through.
Before I left I got an amazing letter from someone who helped me for the past year.. This letter pretty much summed up everything for me, and maybe one of handful of letters that led me to tears.. Its pretty amazing how God knows what to put on peoples hearts to confirm everything He is speaking to His people..
"Through the weekend I hope you've opened your heart all the way to God an enabled Him to show you who He is, and who He thinks you are"..
Then I realized that my heart was all torn up inside, yet I still belong to you; you hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel leading me to a glorious destiny!
The first night God spoke so loudly on something that I had to fight against before. It was a certain lie that Satan has been trying to feed me for at least 2 years.. I conquer it, and then randomly Satan will throw me a bone. I never bite, but God blew me away with just releasing a word that has helped me understand exactly what happens when I even look at the bone.. Looking at the bone leads to walking to the bone, and picking it up.. He showed me that even me looking at the bone, has led to some pride in me that I had to get rid of..
What God showed me is that so many of us think that our sins are tiny.. I was looking at the stage that night and the cross was on it, there were some other items on the stage that I could see, but God showed me the corner of the stairs where there was a shadow, and He said this is where you hid those little tiny sins that you don't think about or are aware of.. This is where Satan would throw that bone. Right in the corner in the dark, so I would miss it because it wasn't right in my face.. Then very clearly God said that I have been duped into thinking that my little tiny sins were small and harmless but indeed there are huge.. They are so huge that Jesus was called to die, but not just die a nice peaceful death, but he was called to die a cursed death for those little tiny sins that hide in the corner in the dark.. He had to die a cursed death in order to take the curse away from me.. A death full of suffering. A death that I should of had to take.. But instead Jesus freely and willing took my place. He came down to this cursed world, and became a lowly servant, loved me, then died a cursed death, so that I could be rescued from a cursed death.. So that I could be rescued from a cursed life..
I was stupid in believing that my actions took no part in that, and I repented. God brought me to a whole new revelation of the cross, and what He had to endure for me.. I cried a lot that night..
Then God spoke to me on my destiny.. From the very beginning all I could hear Him say is its time for you to stop being afraid.. Stop thinking you are nobody.. He said you are somebody to me, you are my child.. I have been praying for a few months on something He has pushed me to pray for.. One very early morning I took a run, and I felt led to pray for things that I know was from the Holy Spirit.. It had to do with my name.. I have been praying for God to make me into an entirely new person, including my name.. From the top of my head to the tip of my toes, I want to be made new for Him.. At the encounter they spoke about change. If I change then everything changes.. Everything around me changes if I will only change. They spoke about Jacob, and how he was a liar, and manipulated his circumstances to make him have favor. He stole his brothers birth right, then he stole his brothers double blessing.. He stole this favor, but it left him with nothing. He had to run and hide for his life, and work for his wives. He ended up running and hiding from his brother, and ended up wrestling with God. He wrestled all night, and wouldn't stop until God would bless him. God kept telling me that He can take me and make me into someone new.. He will give me a new name, but I will have to fight, and overcome.. From that moment on Jacob was devoted to God, and God left him with not only a new name, but also a battle wound, a limp.. I am holding on to this promise.. I am holding on to becoming someone new. This weekend has pushed me forward in knowing that whatever God has planned for me, that I can conquer it. This also gave me a revelation of a fear that I had. The fear of being unworthy of all that God has planned for me. God showed me that I had to let that go.. Because He has the power to take nothing (me) and make it into something (Child of God) for His purpose.. He confirmed this again by speaking to me about the cross on Friday night. He said when I look at the cross to look at it as like a wedding ring. The cross was where Jesus poured out His blood, and where His covenant became. Jesus is the groom and He made His covenant with His blood, and that when Jesus died for me, He wants to be in union with me.. And that He wanted to give me a ring because I am the bride.. It is a promise to forever hold me, and keep me, and love me, and cherish me..
Then on Saturday night, I Got my RING! Like literally got a ring!! I was listening to a message about how valuable I am to God.. That even though I ran away, God still had open arms for me when I came back.. I ran back home awhile ago, but when I met with God, I didn't take the ring He wanted to give me.. I took the sandal's for my feet, but I have had this fear of being unworthy of the favor and anointing He has destined to overflow out of my life that I never took His ring.. He said its time for you to take this ring I want to give to you.. When He gave me my ring, I felt so free. He gave me the understanding of the authority and value He has placed on my life.. and that I don't need to be afraid anymore because He loves me sooo much. He loves me like a groom loves His bride.... He has nothing but good planned for me and that its time to start moving forward, and not being afraid..
That was amazing but then it got freakishly awesome.. Because on this Encounter I had total confirmation on why I felt so called to go.. At dinner one of my leaders was talking, and come to find out she lived in the very same tiny small town that I live in now.. But she moved five years ago.. Come to find out, that she has been praying for my town to move in the same direction that God has been leading me and some other people I am in ministry with.. She has been praying for this for years, even longer then I have lived here.. I am in awe, of Gods divine appointments He sets up to just confirm everything He has been speaking into me, and that I have been speaking out.. A divine appointment that made a connection for God to do some amazing work through.
Before I left I got an amazing letter from someone who helped me for the past year.. This letter pretty much summed up everything for me, and maybe one of handful of letters that led me to tears.. Its pretty amazing how God knows what to put on peoples hearts to confirm everything He is speaking to His people..
"Through the weekend I hope you've opened your heart all the way to God an enabled Him to show you who He is, and who He thinks you are"..
Then I realized that my heart was all torn up inside, yet I still belong to you; you hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel leading me to a glorious destiny!
Monday, August 11, 2014
They slipped away one by one
I was in worship singing and praising, and I had this vision of the pharisees and the adulterous women. Then I was asked a question by Holy Spirit.. Who do you think that women is going to remember? Jesus or pharisees? Then in the vision I was that women, and I was looking up at Jesus, and I saw the glory around Him. It was this bright light. This was a face this women would never forget. It was a bright light she would never forget, and the memory of those pharisees disappeared out of her mind.
God was revealing something to me about these passages in the bible.. I was having a discussion with a friend a week before this, and I was thinking about these passages and what they meant.. What they mean for us, what they mean for new believers, what they mean for unbelievers.. It is amazing because this vision showed me the progression of what life is like when you grow up surrounded by religious people whether you are a believer or not.. Religious people want to stone the saved, and unsaved.. What life is like when you are a true follower of Jesus.. What life is like when you are saved by Grace, by Jesus!
This women was a sinner. She knew she was a sinner. She knew the consequences of her sin by the Jewish law. She wasn't unaware of it. She was on her way to death at the hands of religious people.. People who had no compassion because they thought they were zealous for the law although they made themselves believe they were zealous of God, but in fact they weren't zealous for God at all.. They honored God with their lips, and not their hearts.
She was at deaths door, and here comes this man named Jesus, who saved her. He rescued her from her own sin. He was quiet, and humble when He approached them. He didn't say anything at first, but then when the pharisees kept demanding answers He convicted them, and He rescued her from death. He saved her from death at the hands of religious people who thought they were better then her.. She had an encounter with His amazing love. He saved her by His Grace.. She looked up at Him, and seen His glory. She experienced His glory! He told her after to sin no more.. He confronted her on it after He saved her.. After He rescued her from death. He didn't condemn her to die like the pharisees did. In the book of Exodus when Moses was talking to the Israelites about going to experience God, and hear Him they said "Speak to us yourself and we will listen; but let not God speak to us, or we will die." Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Him may remain with you, so that you may not sin.".
God had already rescued the Israelites from the Egyptians and now He was wanting them to experience Him so they would fear Him, so they would keep themselves Holy. Keeping the law doesn't keep you holy.. Knowing God, and His love is what keeps you Holy. It is what keeps you from sinning. Fear of disappointing someone you love so much will you keep you convicted, it will keep you holy.. The Holy Spirit has the job of that, not us.
The pharisees slowly disappeared one by one out of the sight our Savior. They didn't experience the love, they didn't see the glory, instead they were no longer in the presence of Jesus.. That is what pride does.. It takes you away from His presence. It takes you away from His glory, and His love.. Pride ends in humiliation, while humility brings honor. But he gives us even more grace to stand against such evil desires. As the Scriptures say, "God opposes the proud but favors the humble.
God favors people who love Him, not people who are proud that think they have it all together..
Through this, I am still thinking about theses scriptures and how we should be as Christians. I want to be like Jesus, not like pharisees. I want people to see Gods Glory in me, and encounter Gods love that pours out of me. I want to be quiet and humble. I don't want to be afraid to encounter people who don't have it all together. I don't want to think I am better then people who are swallowed up in sin, because I know that just one encounter of Gods love is what changes a person. Condemnation doesn't change a person.. When you are condemning someone you are sentencing them to die.. I am not the creator of life. I am not the one who gives life, I am not the one who takes it away either.. I am not the judge of who lives and who dies. Jesus didn't condemn this lady to die, but instead He gave her life..
Pride takes you away from Him.. Pride is evil.. Jesus didn't walk away but it was the pharisees who walked away, they left the presence of God. They slipped away one by one.. Pride leads to destruction, and arrogance to downfall..
Slipped and Fallen away from God because of Pride..
God was revealing something to me about these passages in the bible.. I was having a discussion with a friend a week before this, and I was thinking about these passages and what they meant.. What they mean for us, what they mean for new believers, what they mean for unbelievers.. It is amazing because this vision showed me the progression of what life is like when you grow up surrounded by religious people whether you are a believer or not.. Religious people want to stone the saved, and unsaved.. What life is like when you are a true follower of Jesus.. What life is like when you are saved by Grace, by Jesus!
This women was a sinner. She knew she was a sinner. She knew the consequences of her sin by the Jewish law. She wasn't unaware of it. She was on her way to death at the hands of religious people.. People who had no compassion because they thought they were zealous for the law although they made themselves believe they were zealous of God, but in fact they weren't zealous for God at all.. They honored God with their lips, and not their hearts.
She was at deaths door, and here comes this man named Jesus, who saved her. He rescued her from her own sin. He was quiet, and humble when He approached them. He didn't say anything at first, but then when the pharisees kept demanding answers He convicted them, and He rescued her from death. He saved her from death at the hands of religious people who thought they were better then her.. She had an encounter with His amazing love. He saved her by His Grace.. She looked up at Him, and seen His glory. She experienced His glory! He told her after to sin no more.. He confronted her on it after He saved her.. After He rescued her from death. He didn't condemn her to die like the pharisees did. In the book of Exodus when Moses was talking to the Israelites about going to experience God, and hear Him they said "Speak to us yourself and we will listen; but let not God speak to us, or we will die." Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Him may remain with you, so that you may not sin.".
God had already rescued the Israelites from the Egyptians and now He was wanting them to experience Him so they would fear Him, so they would keep themselves Holy. Keeping the law doesn't keep you holy.. Knowing God, and His love is what keeps you Holy. It is what keeps you from sinning. Fear of disappointing someone you love so much will you keep you convicted, it will keep you holy.. The Holy Spirit has the job of that, not us.
The pharisees slowly disappeared one by one out of the sight our Savior. They didn't experience the love, they didn't see the glory, instead they were no longer in the presence of Jesus.. That is what pride does.. It takes you away from His presence. It takes you away from His glory, and His love.. Pride ends in humiliation, while humility brings honor. But he gives us even more grace to stand against such evil desires. As the Scriptures say, "God opposes the proud but favors the humble.
God favors people who love Him, not people who are proud that think they have it all together..
Through this, I am still thinking about theses scriptures and how we should be as Christians. I want to be like Jesus, not like pharisees. I want people to see Gods Glory in me, and encounter Gods love that pours out of me. I want to be quiet and humble. I don't want to be afraid to encounter people who don't have it all together. I don't want to think I am better then people who are swallowed up in sin, because I know that just one encounter of Gods love is what changes a person. Condemnation doesn't change a person.. When you are condemning someone you are sentencing them to die.. I am not the creator of life. I am not the one who gives life, I am not the one who takes it away either.. I am not the judge of who lives and who dies. Jesus didn't condemn this lady to die, but instead He gave her life..
Pride takes you away from Him.. Pride is evil.. Jesus didn't walk away but it was the pharisees who walked away, they left the presence of God. They slipped away one by one.. Pride leads to destruction, and arrogance to downfall..
Slipped and Fallen away from God because of Pride..
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Do you have faith in your mustard seed?
Sunday I woke up in this weird mood. I was actually debating on skipping church... But I said I know God has something to tell me, so I went.. It was a great service but I was still in this weird mood.. I just felt like crying, and really, for no reason..
Sometimes the Spirit brings laughter, but sometimes He brings weeping.. God brings me into these places with Him, and sometimes its not an instant download of revelation. He gives me piece by piece, sometimes it takes a few minutes, sometimes a few hours, some a few days, and sometimes years..
This started last Saturday.. I was watching a sermon online, and then the next day my pastor spoke almost to the tee the same message. I was wow.. God is speaking to me, but what is He trying to tell me.. Where is He bringing me.. He doesn't bring you into these places just for the fun of fit. Its for Him, and His purposes.. Throughout the week that led up to this past Sunday I was thinking about faith.. Sunday before church I read Romans 8.. The life in the Spirit.. What does that mean? What does that look like?.. I took a shower and was praying and God reminded me of a dream I had at least six months ago.. This dream was for a purpose.. It was to show me something, and to teach me something about God.. I feel so greatfull that God took me into His realm of revealing something to me like this, so I can understand more of Him and more about who He is.. He showed me what it looks like when someone believes in Jesus and has faith.. When a person is re-born with the spirit.. When they become dead to themselves but alive in the Spirit. When a person becomes a new creation!!
In this dream I could hear the breath of God.. I could hear His Spirit giving life to this person.. This person was dead before, but God blew on Him, and He received His Spirit, which led to this person becoming alive in Christ.. Alive only because the Spirit lived in him..
11 The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.
This person who now was alive was also preaching at a church in my dream. This person who was re-born didn't act as if he was dead after He received Gods spirit.. He said that before he was living this life of sin, that he didn't want to let go of and he couldn't breath at all, but then when he let go of his sin, he became alive, and that he could now breath.. Because he was alive.\
With Gods amazing love, full of grace, and mercy who gives us life.. Who breaths in us and pours His spirit on us.. Why oh why do we act like we are alive without Him.. We walk around with these vessels that hold the "Holy" spirit and we are useless vessels because we let our mind control us, and not let the spirit control us..
He is raising up His army.. An army that doesn't let their mind control them.. But instead gives over everything to Him, so that instead the spirit controls the mind..What does a battalion do when their leader commands..They listen.. They face the battle even if it means death..He is raising up warriors to be His army that lives by His Spirit..
I want that.. I want to be His warrior.. I want nothing more then to be an empty vessel only filled with His Spirit, that lives by His Spirit.. I want my faith to be more then just a mustard seed. I want my faith in Jesus to be a seed that sprouts, and grows, and ends up being the biggest tree that has birds living in it, and making their home in it..
Jesus said all you need is a mustard seed of faith.. and with it everything is possible.. Thank you Jesus for starting out small in us.. But I am ready to grow. I want to sprout, and grow branches.. I want to live my life by the spirit. I want to walk like you walked, and see what you see.. I want more and more faith because it is faith that brings Glory To The Father.. That is it. Faith alone is what pleases Him. Faith alone is what glorifies Him.. Faith alone is what saves you.. Faith alone is what gave you His Spirit.. Faith alone is what gave you birth..
So I ask you.. Do you have faith in your mustard seed? Do you really have faith in it? We talk so much about having faith like a mustard seed, but if you were put to the test could you find your mustard seed.?. Sometimes its hard trying to dig it out.. Sometimes its like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
My mustard seed of faith isnt just faith in what ever I am trying to accomplish.. It is my faith in God.. It is the question that brings God Glory.. Do I have a tiny seed of faith in God, that I cant find sometimes, or is my faith in God easily found.. I dont want to dig to find this seed.. I want it to be on the surface where I can see it. Where I can climb it, Where I can put a hammock in it and rest.. Rest in Trusting in God alone..
Sometimes the Spirit brings laughter, but sometimes He brings weeping.. God brings me into these places with Him, and sometimes its not an instant download of revelation. He gives me piece by piece, sometimes it takes a few minutes, sometimes a few hours, some a few days, and sometimes years..
This started last Saturday.. I was watching a sermon online, and then the next day my pastor spoke almost to the tee the same message. I was wow.. God is speaking to me, but what is He trying to tell me.. Where is He bringing me.. He doesn't bring you into these places just for the fun of fit. Its for Him, and His purposes.. Throughout the week that led up to this past Sunday I was thinking about faith.. Sunday before church I read Romans 8.. The life in the Spirit.. What does that mean? What does that look like?.. I took a shower and was praying and God reminded me of a dream I had at least six months ago.. This dream was for a purpose.. It was to show me something, and to teach me something about God.. I feel so greatfull that God took me into His realm of revealing something to me like this, so I can understand more of Him and more about who He is.. He showed me what it looks like when someone believes in Jesus and has faith.. When a person is re-born with the spirit.. When they become dead to themselves but alive in the Spirit. When a person becomes a new creation!!
In this dream I could hear the breath of God.. I could hear His Spirit giving life to this person.. This person was dead before, but God blew on Him, and He received His Spirit, which led to this person becoming alive in Christ.. Alive only because the Spirit lived in him..
11 The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.
This person who now was alive was also preaching at a church in my dream. This person who was re-born didn't act as if he was dead after He received Gods spirit.. He said that before he was living this life of sin, that he didn't want to let go of and he couldn't breath at all, but then when he let go of his sin, he became alive, and that he could now breath.. Because he was alive.\
With Gods amazing love, full of grace, and mercy who gives us life.. Who breaths in us and pours His spirit on us.. Why oh why do we act like we are alive without Him.. We walk around with these vessels that hold the "Holy" spirit and we are useless vessels because we let our mind control us, and not let the spirit control us..
He is raising up His army.. An army that doesn't let their mind control them.. But instead gives over everything to Him, so that instead the spirit controls the mind..What does a battalion do when their leader commands..They listen.. They face the battle even if it means death..He is raising up warriors to be His army that lives by His Spirit..
I want that.. I want to be His warrior.. I want nothing more then to be an empty vessel only filled with His Spirit, that lives by His Spirit.. I want my faith to be more then just a mustard seed. I want my faith in Jesus to be a seed that sprouts, and grows, and ends up being the biggest tree that has birds living in it, and making their home in it..
Jesus said all you need is a mustard seed of faith.. and with it everything is possible.. Thank you Jesus for starting out small in us.. But I am ready to grow. I want to sprout, and grow branches.. I want to live my life by the spirit. I want to walk like you walked, and see what you see.. I want more and more faith because it is faith that brings Glory To The Father.. That is it. Faith alone is what pleases Him. Faith alone is what glorifies Him.. Faith alone is what saves you.. Faith alone is what gave you His Spirit.. Faith alone is what gave you birth..
So I ask you.. Do you have faith in your mustard seed? Do you really have faith in it? We talk so much about having faith like a mustard seed, but if you were put to the test could you find your mustard seed.?. Sometimes its hard trying to dig it out.. Sometimes its like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
My mustard seed of faith isnt just faith in what ever I am trying to accomplish.. It is my faith in God.. It is the question that brings God Glory.. Do I have a tiny seed of faith in God, that I cant find sometimes, or is my faith in God easily found.. I dont want to dig to find this seed.. I want it to be on the surface where I can see it. Where I can climb it, Where I can put a hammock in it and rest.. Rest in Trusting in God alone..
Monday, July 21, 2014
Fear and Love!~The true Gospel
Fear and Love....
How can God love you as much as people tell you He does when all you have been taught is fear Him, and fear His wrath, and judgement? Fire and Brimstone.. Or How do you live under this umbrella of grace when some people teach you to live with "super grace"?
I have met people who live under both.. and its sad.. I think its more sad for the people who have been taught to fear God with an unhealthy expectation of how He corrects His children.. Because these people are teaching so much about judgement and hell, that they forget to teach about Gods love, and the way He corrects. He is the perfect judge, with perfect justice, and nothing but a loving, gentle correction for His children who love Him.. These people never walk in His true freedom and grace because they feel so much condemnation for making the bad choices, and mistakes... They can never reach true freedom with repentance because they are so afraid of His wrath.. They will never reach the full potential of what God has created for their lives because they are so controlled with mans teachings about fearing the Lord.. This sends people to hell because there is no movement in the church except through judgement and judgement doesn't win people to Christ..
On the other hand people who teach super grace are watering down the gospel and sending people to hell.. They teach this superficial grace of God, that these people walk in their own freedom, not Gods freedom.. They are still living a life of the old.. They are not living in the new creation God has intended for them. They are living on the fence with one foot in and one foot out, and the fence belongs to Satan...
The true Gospel is that ...
God wants you to love Him so much that when you come into these revelations of His amazing love, and grace that you do fear Him because you know His love so well. A true taste of Gods love is something that is like nothing you have ever tasted before. Its true love, unfailing love, full of compassion, mercy and grace. That you are so awe-mazed at His love that you understand how to fear Him correctly..You never want to be out from under this amazing love because you know how mighty, and powerful God is. You know how just He is. You know He is a holy God and you are called to be His Holy people.. You are so consumed with His love, that you desire His love, and you are so passionate for His consuming fire that all you want is to be purified and holy for Him.. You are sold out for Jesus! You take every thought captive and release it back to God to take care of, and move on living with a clear conscious..
When you are so on fire for God, and He purifies you with His fire, that you become the fire.. You want nothing but to be consumed by His fire, that burns the chaff from wheat.. He doesn't just burn the chaff from the wheat inside of your soul through sanctification, He then fills in those places with His holy oil, and living water.. He fills in those gaps with His blood, and the purest gold..
Jesus came to the world and left two commandments..
37 Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.
Do you really love God?? This will solve every problem you ever come into.. This will solve every struggle, trial, and test you are put through.. Do you really love God? God doesn't just want you to obey Him, He wants you to love Him first! Without you loving Him, you following His rules means nothing and is done through your own strength.. And if you really really truly love Him you will obey Him..You will want nothing more then to be purified for Him.. He gave you His perfect Love through Jesus Christ, and if you really love Him, you will try to give Him your best perfect love back through becoming holy.. Then you will really be able to love people, like how God loves people.. If you want to really know who God is, if you want to really encounter Gods love, if you want to really know how to fear God.. Then pray and read your bible with only the Holy Spirit to guide you and teach you truth..
The true Gospel is not complicated. It is not hard.. Man has created this complicated gospel to follow and its a problem...Its leaving people broken and lost..
How can God love you as much as people tell you He does when all you have been taught is fear Him, and fear His wrath, and judgement? Fire and Brimstone.. Or How do you live under this umbrella of grace when some people teach you to live with "super grace"?
I have met people who live under both.. and its sad.. I think its more sad for the people who have been taught to fear God with an unhealthy expectation of how He corrects His children.. Because these people are teaching so much about judgement and hell, that they forget to teach about Gods love, and the way He corrects. He is the perfect judge, with perfect justice, and nothing but a loving, gentle correction for His children who love Him.. These people never walk in His true freedom and grace because they feel so much condemnation for making the bad choices, and mistakes... They can never reach true freedom with repentance because they are so afraid of His wrath.. They will never reach the full potential of what God has created for their lives because they are so controlled with mans teachings about fearing the Lord.. This sends people to hell because there is no movement in the church except through judgement and judgement doesn't win people to Christ..
On the other hand people who teach super grace are watering down the gospel and sending people to hell.. They teach this superficial grace of God, that these people walk in their own freedom, not Gods freedom.. They are still living a life of the old.. They are not living in the new creation God has intended for them. They are living on the fence with one foot in and one foot out, and the fence belongs to Satan...
The true Gospel is that ...
God wants you to love Him so much that when you come into these revelations of His amazing love, and grace that you do fear Him because you know His love so well. A true taste of Gods love is something that is like nothing you have ever tasted before. Its true love, unfailing love, full of compassion, mercy and grace. That you are so awe-mazed at His love that you understand how to fear Him correctly..You never want to be out from under this amazing love because you know how mighty, and powerful God is. You know how just He is. You know He is a holy God and you are called to be His Holy people.. You are so consumed with His love, that you desire His love, and you are so passionate for His consuming fire that all you want is to be purified and holy for Him.. You are sold out for Jesus! You take every thought captive and release it back to God to take care of, and move on living with a clear conscious..
When you are so on fire for God, and He purifies you with His fire, that you become the fire.. You want nothing but to be consumed by His fire, that burns the chaff from wheat.. He doesn't just burn the chaff from the wheat inside of your soul through sanctification, He then fills in those places with His holy oil, and living water.. He fills in those gaps with His blood, and the purest gold..
Jesus came to the world and left two commandments..
37 Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.
Do you really love God?? This will solve every problem you ever come into.. This will solve every struggle, trial, and test you are put through.. Do you really love God? God doesn't just want you to obey Him, He wants you to love Him first! Without you loving Him, you following His rules means nothing and is done through your own strength.. And if you really really truly love Him you will obey Him..You will want nothing more then to be purified for Him.. He gave you His perfect Love through Jesus Christ, and if you really love Him, you will try to give Him your best perfect love back through becoming holy.. Then you will really be able to love people, like how God loves people.. If you want to really know who God is, if you want to really encounter Gods love, if you want to really know how to fear God.. Then pray and read your bible with only the Holy Spirit to guide you and teach you truth..
The true Gospel is not complicated. It is not hard.. Man has created this complicated gospel to follow and its a problem...Its leaving people broken and lost..
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Do you believe in God's Glory??
Listen!! Hear this word!!
Didn't I tell you that you would see Gods Glory if you believe?..
Earlier Jesus told Martha that her brother Lazarus would rise and live again because he died from sickness. Then Jesus told her he would live even after dying, and anyone who believes in me will never ever die. Do you believe this Martha?. She says Yes, Lord. I have always believed you are the Messiah, The Son of God, and the one who has come into the world from God.
But not long after, they arrive at the tomb of Lazarus, and Jesus tells them to roll the stone away from the grave.. And Martha says but Lord, he has been dead for four days. The smell will be terrible.
Jesus rebuked her and said Didn't I tell you that you would see Gods Glory IF you believe?
Do you hear what I am saying about His Glory! If I believe in His son, and in His Glory, I can see it!.. The promise is that IF I believe then I can see His Glory.. I am a total believer in His Glory. I have not only seen His Glory, But I have also felt His Glory.. My mustard seed of faith has shown me many miraculous works from God. I have felt the heat from His Fire. I have heard His voice. I have had all these amazing encounters with the Glory of God.. Dead things in me have been brought back to life!! I testify to the power of God's Glory! I am a witness!!
Then Jesus arrives in Bethany and all the people who heard of about Lazarus being brought back from the dead, flock to Jesus.. And flock to see Lazarus.. But because of God's Glory the religious leaders want to kill Lazarus and because of Gods Glory people deserted their traditions, deserted their dead faith, and deserted those religious leaders who don't believe in the Glory of God,
and they believed in Jesus instead..
And guess what!! With or without your belief, Gods Glory will be poured out!! "Then a voice spoke from heaven , saying. I have already brought glory to my name, and I will do so again". It is poured out like a cloud covering this entire earth.. There is no gap in His Glory. His cloud is so thick nothing can penetrate it.
Guess what?? Unbelievers, True Jesus believers, and you religious people, His name and His Glory will be proclaimed all over this earth!! It doesn't matter IF you believe! God is bringing glory to His name constantly.. Even the stones worship God and are a witness to His Glory! "I tell you," he replied, "if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.
It doesn't matter how much people fight God, It doesn't matter how much you indoctrinate people with your traditions, it doesn't matter if you believe, it doesn't matter how skeptical you are.. His Glory is here! You can see it! IF you believe!!
Pray for belief! Pray for Jesus to help you overcome your unbelief!!
"What do you mean, 'If I can'?" Jesus asked. "Anything is possible if a person believes." The father instantly cried out, "I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!"
Didn't I tell you that you would see Gods Glory if you believe?..
Earlier Jesus told Martha that her brother Lazarus would rise and live again because he died from sickness. Then Jesus told her he would live even after dying, and anyone who believes in me will never ever die. Do you believe this Martha?. She says Yes, Lord. I have always believed you are the Messiah, The Son of God, and the one who has come into the world from God.
But not long after, they arrive at the tomb of Lazarus, and Jesus tells them to roll the stone away from the grave.. And Martha says but Lord, he has been dead for four days. The smell will be terrible.
Jesus rebuked her and said Didn't I tell you that you would see Gods Glory IF you believe?
Do you hear what I am saying about His Glory! If I believe in His son, and in His Glory, I can see it!.. The promise is that IF I believe then I can see His Glory.. I am a total believer in His Glory. I have not only seen His Glory, But I have also felt His Glory.. My mustard seed of faith has shown me many miraculous works from God. I have felt the heat from His Fire. I have heard His voice. I have had all these amazing encounters with the Glory of God.. Dead things in me have been brought back to life!! I testify to the power of God's Glory! I am a witness!!
Then Jesus arrives in Bethany and all the people who heard of about Lazarus being brought back from the dead, flock to Jesus.. And flock to see Lazarus.. But because of God's Glory the religious leaders want to kill Lazarus and because of Gods Glory people deserted their traditions, deserted their dead faith, and deserted those religious leaders who don't believe in the Glory of God,
and they believed in Jesus instead..
And guess what!! With or without your belief, Gods Glory will be poured out!! "Then a voice spoke from heaven , saying. I have already brought glory to my name, and I will do so again". It is poured out like a cloud covering this entire earth.. There is no gap in His Glory. His cloud is so thick nothing can penetrate it.
Guess what?? Unbelievers, True Jesus believers, and you religious people, His name and His Glory will be proclaimed all over this earth!! It doesn't matter IF you believe! God is bringing glory to His name constantly.. Even the stones worship God and are a witness to His Glory! "I tell you," he replied, "if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.
It doesn't matter how much people fight God, It doesn't matter how much you indoctrinate people with your traditions, it doesn't matter if you believe, it doesn't matter how skeptical you are.. His Glory is here! You can see it! IF you believe!!
Pray for belief! Pray for Jesus to help you overcome your unbelief!!
"What do you mean, 'If I can'?" Jesus asked. "Anything is possible if a person believes." The father instantly cried out, "I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!"
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Time and Death...
Two weeks ago, I ran my first race in over a year.. I said no pressure to myself.. This is just going to be fun, but once I heard that gun go off, something in me turned into steam engine.. My engine started to steam and I was running like a 7 minute pace trying to keep up with these crazy runners, and my body was like um excuse me,, you have no more steam to pump this body so lets slow down.. So I slowed down, and I ran that 2 miles feeling the pressure of trying to keep up.. 1.5 miles in I could hear someone behind me, which is seriously annoying if you are a runner. There is this thing inside you that doesn't want that person to out run you.. But this lady looked like she was pacing herself and doing great, and I on the other hand was trying to not walk.. And she over took me.. She came in 20 seconds in front of me.. This was a tiny race, so you never know if I would get an award, but this lady that came in front of me received a medal and I said to myself..
"Well next year, she will be one year older".. and then it hit me.. Crap!! SO WILL I!!
I have been thinking about that since then.. I cant escape time.. and you cant either.. Time is the same for me as it is for you.. We both live with time.. It sets up all types of expectations and standards..Time controls us because the more time that goes by the more you age.. The more you age, the closer you get to death.. Which is something you nor I can escape either..
We live this life like we are not living with time... It is something that we are always look at, but yet we act like it doesn't even exist.. and then I started to read Ecclesiastes this week.. and I'm like wow..
2 The same destiny ultimately awaits everyone, whether righteous or wicked, good or bad, ceremonially clean or unclean, religious or irreligious. Good people receive the same treatment as sinners, and people who make promises to God are treated like people who don’t.3 It seems so wrong that everyone under the sun suffers the same fate. Already twisted by evil, people choose their own mad course, for they have no hope. There is nothing ahead but death anyway. 4 There is hope only for the living.
When I read the book of Ecclesiastes, is doesn't make me sad.. It makes me think! How do I want to live the rest of my time here on earth.. Time affects me but it doesn't control me, but for some death and time controls how you live your life, but for me death doesn't control me because I have hope.. There is only hope for the living
And then I get to this passage.. They just speak to me on the weakness of life here on this earth, but more importantly how you should live your life now while at the same time looking in your future..
12 Don’t
let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him
in your youth before you grow old and say, “Life is not pleasant
anymore.” 2 Remember him before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is dim to your old eyes, and rain clouds continually darken your sky. 3 Remember
him before your legs—the guards of your house—start to tremble; and
before your shoulders—the strong men—stoop. Remember him before your
teeth—your few remaining servants—stop grinding; and before your
eyes—the women looking through the windows—see dimly.
4 Remember
him before the door to life’s opportunities is closed and the sound of
work fades. Now you rise at the first chirping of the birds, but then
all their sounds will grow faint.5 Remember him before you become fearful of falling and worry about danger in the streets; before your hair turns white like an almond tree in bloom, and you drag along without energy like a dying grasshopper, and the caperberry no longer inspires sexual desire. Remember him before you near the grave, your everlasting home, when the mourners will weep at your funeral.
6 Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young, before the silver cord of life snaps and the golden bowl is broken. Don’t wait until the water jar is smashed at the spring and the pulley is broken at the well. 7 For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
We may have nothing in common with each other, but these two things are something that are in common with us.. I pray that you have and live with the same hope that I have.. The blessed Hope.. The Eternal Hope.. The Everlasting Hope.. Jesus is my Hope..
16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
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