We Must...

I desire to live my life in the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, anointed by God with the Holy Spirit and Power. When I open my mouth Lord, fill me with Thy words of eternal life; with power and demonstration of Your eternal Spirit and reveal the deep things of God. I choose to live in the victory that overcomes this world, even my faith and desire for all to believe, Jesus the Christ is the Son of the Living God. We must not look to ourselves... We must stop looking to man... We must look unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith... We must worship God in spirit and in truth, for the Father seeks us to worship Him... We must lift up our eyes, up over the hills; the hills of the flesh, and of this world, for our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth... We must look up and lift up our heads for our redemption is near... The Son of man is coming in power and in great glory, and you and I Must prepare ourselves to be received by Him! The Spirit and the Bride say, come. And let him that hears say, come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely! (Revelation 22:17) Question: What are you saying today? Jesus, the Son of man will return, why? Because He said He would! Do you have ears to hear? Are you thirsty? Are you willing? Let's join together with the Spirit and say, Amen, even so, come, Lord Jesus!

I See Him, and I One Day I Shall Behold Him...

What a glorious day to live in the presence of God, to sing His praise and worship at His footstool; where I see Him, and I behold Him in the light of the Lord Jesus Christ; Facedown. What an even more glorious day, when I shall see Him, and behold Him, Face to Face in all of His glory and power! My God delivered me, because He delights in me. I abide in Him, because I delight in Him and He gives me the desire of my heart, and many desire do I have. To be filled with the boldness of His Holy spirit and the knowledge of His Word. To worship Him in spirit and in truth. To know Him in the fellowship of His sufferings, and the power of His resurrection. To proclaim His truth to all generation and show forth His praise in all the earth. I will exalt the One who lives forever and drink from the Fountain of Life, and I shall live in His presence in the place He has prepared for me. It is a glorious day to be alive Christ, and witness His truth unveil before my very eyes, and one day...one day; I will see Him, I will behold Him, and I will worship Him forever; I will sing a new song, saying, "Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for Thou was slain, and has redeemed us to God by Thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, nation; and has made us unto our God kings, and priest: and we shall reign on the earth. I will sing with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessings. And I will join with every creature in heaven and earth and we shall sing together, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto Him that sits upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever!

O Earth, Earth, Earth, Hear the Word of The LORD; The LORD He is God and We Are Not!

The lie that started in the heavenly realm manifested in the Garden of Eden continues to deceive the hearts of mankind..."You shall be as gods" Psalm 100:3 Know ye that the Lord He is God: it is He that has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture....Question: Why does the Lord have to remind us “To know” that He is God and we are not? Could it be that the sinful nature has a tendency to exalt itself? And let’s not be ignorant of the devil’s devices who still to this day seeks to oppose and exalt himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped, so that he, as if he was God sits upon the mount of the congregation within the temple of God…We need to take heed how we hear and what we hear. Beware of seducing spirits and doctrines of devils, for there are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness…May the God our Lord Jesus Christ give unto us the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him: the eyes of our understanding being enlightened; that we may know what is the hope of His calling, not ours, but His and what is the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, not in the world…amen, and that we may know the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe in His mighty power that He did in Christ, and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: He has put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be the head over all things to the church….People of God, we need to sow to ourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy’ break up the fallow ground of our lives: it is time to seek the LORD, till He come and rain righteousness upon us…it is time to Rise Up and Worship the One who lives forever! Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am He that lived, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death…Jesus

 

Stangers In The Sanctuary...

Many People Attend Church, but Few Will Enter Into the Sanctuary... It's a "Thriller" morning on this Sabbath Day. As I walked into the House of the LORD I had not realized I entered into a “Gangster paradise.” in the midst of the lights and glamour I heard songs of praise upon the altar, “I Want to Rock and Roll All Night and Party Every day” on a “Crazy Train” where, “They Have friends in Low Places, Where the Whisky Drowns and Beer Chases their Blues Away”…and they think they’re ok? Leaders of flesh, filled with vain glory as they flatter the congregation who seem to sit with smiles on their faces clapping their hands as if they were at night club. The Pastor’s say, “we are seeker friendly” as the leaders proclaim they are “relevant” to today’s culture, and all the while they tread upon the courts of the Most High God. Like puppets on a string as if there were an invisible Puppet Master fulfilling his lust through them. They profane the Sanctuary of the Holy God with strange fire, Why? Because there are Strangers in the Sanctuary… In that you have brought into My Sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My Sanctuary, to pollute it, even My House, when you offer My bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken My Covenant because of all your abominations. Ezekiel 44:7 Question: What do you bring into the sanctuary? When you stand before God, to worship Him, do you stand with your heart uncircumcised, filled with the desires of flesh? Have you honored His covenant or is it broken down by the idols that still have a place within your heart? And Nadab and Abinhu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer and put fire therein, and put incense there on and offered ‘strange fire” before the LORD, which He commanded them not. Leviticus 10:1 Question: Do you offer stranger fire, approaching Him any way you choose? To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me? Saith the LORD: I Am full of burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of the bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to tread my courts? Isaiah 1:11-12 Question: What is your purpose when you enter into the House of the LORD? Wherefore the LORD said, “forasmuch as this people draw near Me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor Me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men. Isaiah 29: 13 Question: Is your heart turned to the Lord to worship Him in spirit and in truth? This people draw near unto me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips; but their heart is far from Me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrine the commandments of men…and He called the multitude, and said unto them, “Hear and Understand” Matthew 15:8 Question: Is your worship taught from man's understanding making it relevant to the culture? Not everyone who says unto Me, LORD, LORD, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of My Father which is in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, “LORD, LORD, have we not prophesied in Thy name and I Thy name have cast out devils, and in Thy name done many wonderful works? And I will profess unto them, “I Never Knew You: Depart From Me, you that work iniquity.” Matthew 7:21-23 Question: Do you stand before the Lord with holy fear, knowing He is the one who can kill your body and cast your soul into hell? As a believer, as a worshiper, as one who stands before the LORD in His House…comes great responsibility. Psalm 2:11 “Worship the Lord with reverence and rejoice with trembling.” Psalm 9:20 Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. Psalm 33:8 Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him Psalm 96:9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth. Revelation 15:3-4 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for Thy judgments are made manifest. Question: Have you encountered the power of the presence of Him who lives forever? There is a season and a time for everything under heaven. I understand, wanting to reach the "un-churched" but when and where is that to take place? Is it in the House of the LORD? Yes, we are to preach the gospel...when we enter into the Sanctuary, what is required of us? What should we expect? Better yet, what does God expect of us? The Lord tells Moses’ Let everyone who is willing, come, make me a Sanctuary that I may dwell among them...Between the Cherubim’s, from above the Mercy Seat, there I will meet with them, there I will commune with them, and there I will speak to them. (Exodus 25) I believe the devil has set himself up upon the mount of the congregation and has either limited, removed and or defiled the true worship the Father seeks. He has from the beginning desired to steal the worship of God, and He to this day continues to fulfill his lust through the lack of our understanding of worship. May we as His people, repent, return, and repair the altar of our worship...He who inhabits eternity inhabits the praises of His people...God is a Spirit and those who worship Him, MUST worship Him in spirit and in truth. For the Father seeks us to worship Him. May we as God's People created for His glory show forth His praise, as we desire the worship of heaven on earth!

The Shepherd and A Lost Sheep...

What a glorious day in the presence of the Lord, and wonderful fellowship with the people of God! I stand in awe of the power of God’s Word, the gift of the Holy Spirit to penetrate His truth through the strong holds of the enemies lies. After having dinner with friends Tom and I pull up on the bike and this man, to whom we have known for several years approaches us and ask for prayer. It is evident in this man’s demeanor he is a victim of child abuse, and tormented within his mind. He begins to share his story with us, to which I am not going into detail, but to say that it was very violent. But I must share this with you, this man has come in and out of the Jesus House for years. He is not homeless, he lives within our neighborhood. Over the last 5 weeks, I have seen the Holy Spirit drawing him into the Jesus House. He would walk by and just stare at the building, then he would come in, but not stay long. And today, he came to our worship service. The message was a teaching of the 23rd Psalm. Keep this in mind as I tell the rest of this story. I am off the bike, Tom is still on the bike, and our friend is standing between us. We hold hands and begin to pray for him. After prayer he beings to confess to us the dark places of his soul and went into detail of his abuse. He tells us that all he wants is peace, because his mind is filled with voices from within and without, tormenting him to the place where he said he was sitting at home, ready to end his life. He remember the message from the service; the Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want and something came over him and he left his house to go for a walk, and just at the right time, God’s time, Tom and I pull up on the bike…he knew when he saw us he had to talk with us, he desperately need us to pray for him. I shared with him that Jesus is near the broken hearted to heal them, and He desires for him to receive His peace and to know the peace of God that passes all our understanding. The peace that only Jesus can breathe upon us, and I asked him, “do you believe this, and do you believe Jesus will do this for you?” He says, “No, I don’t believe.” He continues to talk about his abuse. As I listen my heart is moved with compassion and the Spirit of the Lord rises up in me and I ask him if I could pray for him again, this time to lay my hands upon him…I felt compelled to lay my hands upon his ears. I begin to pray over his mind. The power of the Lord’s presence came upon him and he beings to weep…after praying with him, he says, “do you know what happened to me when I was eight years old,/ He repeats, “Do you know what happened to me when I was eight years old? I was singing a song, and my mother told me I had blasphemy the Holy Spirit and I was eternally dammed to hell.” He bent over holding his stomach, his soul filled with anguish and his voice cracked with so much pain. Can you imagine carrying this lie in your soul for so many hears? Can you imagine the torment from the enemy within your mind? This man has lived his life thinking he was eternally dammed and there was nothing he could do to change it… Tom and I walked him through the truth of God’s Word, and he received the understanding that he had not done what his mother had put upon him for so many years…He has carried the guilt and fear of this since he was eight years old. Now in his mid to late forty’s and for the first time he confessed it before God, and he confessed it to us and His ears heard, his eyes could see, and his heart began to understand that he could let this guilt and shame go. If you bring the lies, the fears, and the inner torment out into the light, the devil cannot play with you in dark…Glory! The 23rd Psalm message that I shared today, this man spoke it to me in the parking lot behind the Jesus House. He said, I am that lost sheep carrying the weight of wool that has not been sheered. I am the “cast sheep” I am the torment sheep banging my head trying to stop the pain. He tells us, “My counselors have stamped me as Crazy…but I heard your message, The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside the still waters. He RESTORES my soul!!!” I told him that Jesus did not stamp him crazy, that Jesus has covered him with his own blood. He is made in the image and likeness of God. Jesus is the only one who can lift the burden off of us. My friend, says...ok. I am going to go for a walk and think about this, and talk with Jesus! Please join me in prayer tonight for my friend…the Lord knows His name. Today message, Psalm 23 verse’s 1 through 3. I can’t wait for next week’s message as the Holy Spirit reveals verse’s 4, 5, and 6...GLORY!!!

R.I.P.

The Word of the Lord said, "forget the things that are behind you", I said, "Yes Lord, I will!” (Philippians 4:13) The Word of the Lord said, "In Christ I am a new creature; old things have passed away, all things have become new", I said, "Yes Lord, I am!" (2 Corinthians 5:17) I turned the page of my sinful life closing the chapter ~ Never to dwell in it again, only to lay aside every weight and sin, as I look unto Jesus who is the Author and Finisher of my faith. (Hebrews 12:1-2) I don't believe one should make peace with their past, for it would be like making a peace-treaty with the enemy. The only peace that needs to be made is the peace between us and our Creator. To which God has done through His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ…Colossians 1:20-21 “And, having made peace through the blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile ALL things unto Himself; by Him, I say, whether they be thing in earth, or things in heaven. And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet NOW hath He reconciled.” Therefore, “We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Romans 5:1) The Lord desires for us to Hear His Word and to Hearken to His voice, He shall be our God and we shall be His people. He instructs us to NOT walk in the counsels and in the imagination of our own evil heart, for if we do, we will fall backwards, and not move forward…(Jeremiah 7:23-24) God tells Moses to say to His people as they are facing the Red Sea, “Fear Not, Stand Still, and See the Salvation of the Lord, which He will show you this day; for the Egyptians, ‘your past’…you shall see them NO MORE, forever!” Therefore, Speak to my people and tell them to “MOVE FORWARD!” (Exodus 14:13-15) If we are mindful of what we come out of “our past” then we will have an opportunity to return, but NOW, we should desire a better country, that is an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has prepared for us a city!!! (Hebrews 11:15-16) Now the Just shall LIVE by FAITH; but if any man draw back, My soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we ARE NOT of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. (Hebrews 10:38-39) May the same Spirit that moved open the face of the water, and God said let there be, and there was, and it was GOOD, move within you by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit; which He shed on us ABUNDANTLY through Jesus Christ our Savior. (Titus 3:5-6) May the same Spirit that raised Christ from the depths of hell, raise you up leaving your past to "R.I.P." “For you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God” Therefore, “the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwells in you.” (Colossians 3:3, Romans 8:11) Turn the Page of your past and SEE, that your story is written within the pages of His story…”for whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world: and this is the VICTORY that overcomes the world, even our FAITH. Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God!” (1 John5:4-5) If you believe Jesus is the Son of God let your past, R.I.P…GLORY

Jesus Heals the Broken Hearted...

I use to think I was all alone in this big confusing world I did not understand. My life filled with dark secrets, living lies under the control of sin. I was born with a broken heart. I thought I was the only one who felt like a misfit, some kind of outcast, a social freak, for the world around me seem to have it all together, after all I was born into poverty, at the age of 5 sexually molested by a female cousin, as a teenager addiction was my only friend, searching for a substance I could not find, demons haunting my darkened mind...Then I came to know Christ Jesus and His Spirit of truth entered me, I was born again. The revelation of this truth set me free. I was not alone, I was not the only one who felt the way I did, I saw that everyone in the world was just like me, lost in sin, our minds blinded by the devil through unbelief as we all sit in darkness and the shadow of death. When I understood the revelation of this truth; I could forgive all the wrong that was done to me, seek forgiveness of all the wrong I did to others, and forget the things that were behind me. I could lift up my eyes to Jesus. He and He only is the Author and Finisher of my faith. Not this world, not my parents, nor poverty, additction, or others around me. Jesus revealed Himself to me, and I found my story written within the pages of His story, and when I believed on Him, suddenly everything made sense. I found answers to the question that linger deep in the depths of my soul. Questions about life, suffering and death. I understood that I was created by Him, and for Him, and for His pleasure. His Spirit empowered my life, His Word transformed my thinking, and the meaning of life became more than just me existing, The meaning of life was and is about me being ALIVE! In this life many will live then die, and never be alive! Jesus said, “you must be Born Again” - We must awake and Christ will give us light! 1 Corinthians 15:22 ...For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. John 1:12-13...But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. Truth: You and I are born of blood, born of the flesh, and born of the will of man, (Born of the natural). Question: Are you born of the will of God? (Born of the Spirit) 1 Timothy 2:4…Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. God’s will is for you and I to be Saved (Born Again) and come to the knowledge of His truth…You and I are created by Him, and for Him, and for His pleasure…There is a mystery hidden from the beginning of the world, this mystery of God and mankind. A mystery that is now revealed, “Christ in us the Hope of Glory” Ephesians 3:9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: Colossians 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. “If you stop looking with your eyes, you will feel Him in your heart” - Julie Miller Close your eyes, open your heart and see the One who Sees you. Let Jesus come and give life to you, let Him empower you with His eternal Spirit, and fill your life with His truth that will set you FREE!!! Everyone of us are born with a broken heart...and if Jesus is near those of a broken heart, and He came to bind up the broken hearted and set the captives free, that is you and I my friend. Jesus is near us and we are not alone! Jesus stands at your door knocking it's time to let Him in and let Him heal your broken heart... Jesus came to seek and save the lost, that's you and I. Jesus came to heal the broken hearted, that's you and I. Jesus came to set the captives free, that's you and I. Jesus came to give life, for you and I. Hear the good news of the gospel today. Jesus loves me this I know for the Bible tells me so.. Little ones to Him belong they are weak but He is strong... Yes, Jesus Loves me! Yes, Jesus Loves me! Yes, Jesus Loves me! The Bible tells me so!!!