Saturday night we all went around and shared any God-given revelation and ideas on how to be more effective, and what we could do to add to this ministry. There were two ideas that were brought to the table. One of these being a reminder of who we are as the children of God:
1. Let us share God's love with those around us without expecting anything in return. 2 Corinthians 9:7 says, "Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver." I am aware that this scripture normally refers to "tithes and offerings," but, the Lord spoke to me and impressed upon my heart that this scripture also refers to giving whatever the Holy Spirits beckons you to give/do, whether it is your love, your time, compassion, mercy, forgiveness - 1 Corinthians 13 says it all - and as we give, we are not to give it because we feel forced to or are under obligation to do so, but, we must willingly and joyfully give as if we were doing so unto the Lord Himself. Everyday we should ask the Lord what we can do to be a blessing, and honestly, just encouraging one another is more of a blessing than one realizes. We can encourage one another in the gifts and/or dreams, that the Lord has engraved upon our heart, to never give up, even if our dreams don't come to pass in our timing or even if the world may say that "you aren't capable of doing such a thing" - that is a contradiction to the beautiful words of God...Philippians 4:13 says, "I can do ALL things through Christ who gives me strength."
2. Fundraising: If any of you have ideas of how we can raise funds, please feel free to share with us whatever the Lord puts on your heart. As the warriors who we were created to be, who our King has appointed each and EVERYONE of us to be, our desire is to go out, whether it is on the streets of Houston, or wherever the Holy Spirit leads us, and share with the lost and broken the love, freedom and hope of Jesus Christ. We are all an army being gathered by the host of heaven, waiting in great anticipation to take our place in this mighty battle that has already begun, righteousness vs. evil, light vs. darkness. Ephesians 6:12 says, "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." We will be marching to the rhythm of His heart beat from nation to nation, shouting out with great triumph as we win back His beloved lands in the greatest victory unknown to man, for HE is the Conqueror! And it starts in Houston!
To be continued...
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
Return to me
Hey guys, it's been a while.
I started off with the best of intentions, not knowing if they were true or not, only wanting to be honest in what the Lord was showing me through the Holy Spirit and the life of sanctification. I humbly write this to assure you that even though my complaint has been bitter, the Lord has been sweet. This life we now live by faith is bittersweet. We carry the burden of going forth with the ministry of Jesus, a ministry so profound that not one man could carry it, but God in man can. We each have this unique perspective, which should be cherished among the believers and followers of Jesus one to another. God is blessed in blessing us, but what pleases Him is to reveal His Son in us, truly we are blessed if we have fellowship with Him. Not only that but our fellowship should be with one another, regardless of denomination, for there is no distinction between you no matter how you take the gospel, only that you hear the law of liberty and continue in it, as you have well done.
Now that we have come to an end of the complaint of ourselves, and we have tasted of the honey of His goodness, and it was bitterness to our stomach that we should know "foods for the stomach, and the stomach for foods. But God will destroy both it and them" today is the day of reconciliation. Not the we ever needed to be reconciled to our Lord, for "He cannot deny Himself" but that we need to be reconciled one to another, and set aside petty differences. This is the command that we have had from the very beginning and it stands to this very day. I can not tell you how many times I have complained to God only that He should show me "A better way". What we need is a better way, not a better way to approach doctrines or movements or cultures, but a better way to love. This better way has been there from the very beginning and this generation is beginning to understand that which was spoken of. We must also accept the chastening from His hands as we have accepted the goodness from Him. The sweet and the bitter.
It should come as no surprise to you that you are walking this way, set aside in a foreign land, a foreigner in a foreign land. It should come as no surprise to you that there are giants in this land, and these giants do mean to rip you apart. Don't let them. Your authority is delegated from One Who is over all principalities and powers which have been disarmed anyway, so why do we need to fear them any longer? If we have been tried as if by fire and brought into the holy of holies that we may be shown His ways, and are a royal priesthood and a holy nation then truly we are sanctified and should no longer have need to even mention again that we are being persecuted are are ostracized from the way of the world. Let yourself be ostracized from the religion of this world, for our religion, if it is any, is love.
Often you have heard it said that you must be emptied out of all that you are that you may be filled with Him. This is true, and it will continue on until the day you die. I pray that you will be willing to submit to His grace and great mercies for the past, for since the past is dead it can no linger affect you now. Who you were back then is not who you are in Christ Jesus NOW. If you were something in Christ yesterday, you are no longer that now. You are new, and being made new each day if you continue in Him for this is the law of liberty. You may look in that mirror and instantly forget who you are, because you have clinged to its image not knowing that the image is growing and being transformed at all times into something even greater. He means to kill YOU, because as long as you are you, whatever you may believe yourself to be, there is not a Him.
The day of reconciliation is indeed here. A day in which the we must prepare our hearts for obedience to what the Lord is showing us. We have held onto our old beliefs long enough, and now there needs to be fresh rhema. Not that the old beliefs are dead works, certainly not. A man laid a foundation and he did his work there, so where is the most important place in the house in which the Father meets His children? "I go to prepare a place for you" and "The Lord has prepared a table for ALL nations, a table of the choicest foods and finest of wines". These choicest foods must be fresh, or they will go into rottenness. See the goodness of God! Even rottenness has its place! "Your word has become rottenness in my bones", "The bones you have broken will rejoice!". Sin within me festered up into brokenness, and then the word of God turned it into rottenness, so that what is rotten is dead and gone and since Jesus is seated on the throne in my life what is dead and gone is already atoned for and what has been atoned for, not longer has any part with me.
But, even if I should boast in myself or anything I have done or haven't done, I must boast in this one thing, that the Lord has broken me of all that I am until His work should be perfected in me. I should expect this tomorrow, and the next and the next and I should thank Him for it.
Brothers and sisters, be reconciled to one another. Harbor no grudges or resentments because of ones liberty and anther's persons freedom. Take care of one another, even washing each others feet as Jesus did for us, humbling Himself to the point of the cross that we might do the same and take joy in it. If anyone has wronged you, go to them and make an instant forgiveness, welcome in the Holy Spirit to this scene and the Lord will truly bless what you have done and bring both you and them back into His bosom.
Jesus is faithfully yours
God is love
Be reconciled to one another
For He never left your side.
I started off with the best of intentions, not knowing if they were true or not, only wanting to be honest in what the Lord was showing me through the Holy Spirit and the life of sanctification. I humbly write this to assure you that even though my complaint has been bitter, the Lord has been sweet. This life we now live by faith is bittersweet. We carry the burden of going forth with the ministry of Jesus, a ministry so profound that not one man could carry it, but God in man can. We each have this unique perspective, which should be cherished among the believers and followers of Jesus one to another. God is blessed in blessing us, but what pleases Him is to reveal His Son in us, truly we are blessed if we have fellowship with Him. Not only that but our fellowship should be with one another, regardless of denomination, for there is no distinction between you no matter how you take the gospel, only that you hear the law of liberty and continue in it, as you have well done.
Now that we have come to an end of the complaint of ourselves, and we have tasted of the honey of His goodness, and it was bitterness to our stomach that we should know "foods for the stomach, and the stomach for foods. But God will destroy both it and them" today is the day of reconciliation. Not the we ever needed to be reconciled to our Lord, for "He cannot deny Himself" but that we need to be reconciled one to another, and set aside petty differences. This is the command that we have had from the very beginning and it stands to this very day. I can not tell you how many times I have complained to God only that He should show me "A better way". What we need is a better way, not a better way to approach doctrines or movements or cultures, but a better way to love. This better way has been there from the very beginning and this generation is beginning to understand that which was spoken of. We must also accept the chastening from His hands as we have accepted the goodness from Him. The sweet and the bitter.
It should come as no surprise to you that you are walking this way, set aside in a foreign land, a foreigner in a foreign land. It should come as no surprise to you that there are giants in this land, and these giants do mean to rip you apart. Don't let them. Your authority is delegated from One Who is over all principalities and powers which have been disarmed anyway, so why do we need to fear them any longer? If we have been tried as if by fire and brought into the holy of holies that we may be shown His ways, and are a royal priesthood and a holy nation then truly we are sanctified and should no longer have need to even mention again that we are being persecuted are are ostracized from the way of the world. Let yourself be ostracized from the religion of this world, for our religion, if it is any, is love.
Often you have heard it said that you must be emptied out of all that you are that you may be filled with Him. This is true, and it will continue on until the day you die. I pray that you will be willing to submit to His grace and great mercies for the past, for since the past is dead it can no linger affect you now. Who you were back then is not who you are in Christ Jesus NOW. If you were something in Christ yesterday, you are no longer that now. You are new, and being made new each day if you continue in Him for this is the law of liberty. You may look in that mirror and instantly forget who you are, because you have clinged to its image not knowing that the image is growing and being transformed at all times into something even greater. He means to kill YOU, because as long as you are you, whatever you may believe yourself to be, there is not a Him.
The day of reconciliation is indeed here. A day in which the we must prepare our hearts for obedience to what the Lord is showing us. We have held onto our old beliefs long enough, and now there needs to be fresh rhema. Not that the old beliefs are dead works, certainly not. A man laid a foundation and he did his work there, so where is the most important place in the house in which the Father meets His children? "I go to prepare a place for you" and "The Lord has prepared a table for ALL nations, a table of the choicest foods and finest of wines". These choicest foods must be fresh, or they will go into rottenness. See the goodness of God! Even rottenness has its place! "Your word has become rottenness in my bones", "The bones you have broken will rejoice!". Sin within me festered up into brokenness, and then the word of God turned it into rottenness, so that what is rotten is dead and gone and since Jesus is seated on the throne in my life what is dead and gone is already atoned for and what has been atoned for, not longer has any part with me.
But, even if I should boast in myself or anything I have done or haven't done, I must boast in this one thing, that the Lord has broken me of all that I am until His work should be perfected in me. I should expect this tomorrow, and the next and the next and I should thank Him for it.
Brothers and sisters, be reconciled to one another. Harbor no grudges or resentments because of ones liberty and anther's persons freedom. Take care of one another, even washing each others feet as Jesus did for us, humbling Himself to the point of the cross that we might do the same and take joy in it. If anyone has wronged you, go to them and make an instant forgiveness, welcome in the Holy Spirit to this scene and the Lord will truly bless what you have done and bring both you and them back into His bosom.
Jesus is faithfully yours
God is love
Be reconciled to one another
For He never left your side.
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