Sometimes it’s really hard to love people, particularly when You ask me to love those who hate You and do evil things. Please show me. How can I hate evil and still love the haters?
Isn’t that what Paul did when he was in prison? In the worst of circumstances, he hated evil but continued to love. And You did the same, Jesus. When You were beaten, mocked, and crucified, You asked God to forgive Your enemies because they didn’t know what they were doing. That is pure love.
Jesus, You are always in my heart, guiding me and leading me to be more like You. And for that reason, I have to pray for those who hate You and do evil things. I don’t love what they do, Lord — but I want them to know You, so I pray for them. I love them enough to ask that You will save them. Please, Lord Jesus, come into their hearts. Open their eyes to see You. They need You so much.
You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. — Matthew 5:43-44 (NIV)
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
WAIT ON THE LORD AND ON HIS WORD. FAITH COMES FROM HEARING AND HEARING THE WORD OF GOD.
CONSTANTLY EXPOSE YOUR SPIRITMAN TO THE WORD OF GOD
And as they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots. And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Rabbi, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he saith cometh to pass; he shall have it. Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. And whensoever ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses. (Mark 11:20-26 ASV)
HAVE FAITH IN GOD
Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1 ASV)
FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE\THE ASSURANCE
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Romans 10:17 KJV)
BELIEVE GOD CONCERNING EACH ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE KNOWING FULLY WELL THAT YOUR HOPE WILL BE A REALITY. WHAT WORD HAVE I DISCOVERED. HAVE I BROUGHT MYSELF INTO THE WORD OF GOD
HAVE FAITH IN GOD. FAITH COME BY HEARING AND HEARING THE WORD OF GOD.
HOW DOES GOD SPEAK WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCES, MARRIAGE....IN THE CONTEXT OF HOW GOD SPEAKS, HOW CAN YOU,DEVELOP YOUR FAITH....1) BY HEARING THE WORD....2)HEARING THE UTTERANCE OF THE SPOKEN WORD...IT WILL COME BY HEARING
IF WE HEAR WRONGLY, WE CAN'T KNOW HOW GOD SPEAKS......E.G IF SOMEONE SAYS GOD SAID HE OR SHE SHOULD GET MARRIED TO AN ALREADY MARRIED PERSON
EVERYTHING WE HEAR MUST ALIGN WITH THE WRITTEN WORD
SOMETIMES WE CAN HEAR THE WORD, EVEN THOUGH WE NEVER READ IT BEFORE
BE CAREFUL OF DOCTRINES BORNE OUT OF SPIRITISM
I MUST BE VERY FAMILIAR AND CONVERSANT WITH THE SCRIPTURE.
FIND OUT HOW GOD SPEAKS TO CERTAIN SITUATION BY STUDYING THE WORD, GOING THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES AND CONCORDANCE ABOUT MATTERS OF YOUR FINANCES AND THEN RECEIVE THAT WORD TO HELP YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT YOUR FINANCIAL NEEDS WILL BE MET
DON'T REST ON WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE HEARS
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. (Matthew 26:6-7, 13 KJV)
THE WOMAN CAME AND ACTED ON WHAT SHE HAD HEARD ABOUT JESUS AND SCRIPTURE USES HER TESTIMONY TODAY THOUGH SIMON THE LEPER HAD NOTHING IN THE SCRIPTURE
I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. (Habakkuk 2:1-4 KJV)
HABAKKUK SHOWS US A PATTERN ABOUT HOW TO RECEIVE THE WORD AND HOW TO KNOW AWHAT GOD IS SAYING TO US THAT WE CAN HEAR AND AS THE MATTER IS CONCERNED, WE ARE UNSHAKABLE
I WILL STAND, I WILL TARRY....I WILL REMAIN WHERE GOD IS SPEAKING...ESPECIALLY THROUGH HIS WORD...I WILL WALK IN THAT DIREECTION....THE PASTOR MAY PREACH, ELDERS MAY COUNSEL YOU BUT WHAT ARE YOU HEARING, WHAT WORD ARE YOU STANDING ON...
PART OF THE ASSIGNMENT OF A WATCHMAN MEANS, HE IS VERY SENSITIVE..TO MOVEMENT, SOUNDS ETC...WHAT HE HEARS OR SEE COMING WILL DETERMINE WHAT THE CITY WOULD DO TO TAKE ACTION
WE CAN'T BE RUNNING UP AND DOWN AND MIXING THE WORD WITH OTHERS PEOPLES EXPERIENCE. GODS WORD IS GREATER THAN ANYONE'S EXPERIENCE
YOUR EXPERIENCE MUST BE GENERATED ON THE WORD. WHAT IS YOUR INNER MAN SAYING.
ARE YOU ABIDING IN THE WORD OR POLLUTING AND CORRUPTING YOURSELF WITH OTHER MATERIALS...
DO YOU READ WORLDLY MAGAZINES, BOOKS ETC OR YOU ARE ALWAYS READING CHRISTIAN BOOKS, LISTENING TO TAPES ETC
YOU NEED TO GET TO THE POINT THAT YOU'RE SENSITIVE TO WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SAYING
WHEN GOD SAYS IT, HE WILL BACK IT UP.
GOD IS NOT A MAN THAT HE SHOULD LIE
I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. (Habakkuk 2:1-4 KJV)
THE WAY TO RECEIVE IS TO STAY THERE.....WHEN STUDYING THE WORD FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MAY WISH OPEN TO THE BOOK OF HABAKKUK BUT AS YOU'RE FLIPPING THE PAGES YOU JUST JAM A SCRIPTURE THAT HITS YOU AND YOU RECEIVE IT..
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. (John 6:63 KJV)
DANIEL OPENED THE BOOK..STARTING POINT IS WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED WHAT IS WRITTEN AND HE BEGAN TO PRAY
In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: (Daniel 9:2-3 KJV)
HE RECEIVED THE WORD BEFORE HE BEGAN TO PRAY
WHAT WORD HAVE I RECEIVED
FIND OUT WHAT AND WHERE IT IS WRITTEN ABOUT YOUR SITUATION
OUR PATHS ARE WRITTEN IN THE SCRIPTURE AND WHEN YOU FIND IT, IT'S LIKE IT'S WRITTEN TO YOU
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. (Luke 4:16-19 KJV).
WHEN WE FIND IT THERE WILL BE A REWARD
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. (John 5:39 KJV)
IT WILL BE CLEAR TO ME THAT GOD IS DIRECTLY SPEAKING TO ME AND NOT THE PROPHETS, ISRAELITES...ALL OUR PATH IS IN THE WORD...AS WE READ, MEDITATE AND LET OUR MIND WALK THROUGH THE WORD
WE MAY JUST PRAY, AND THEN WALK AWAY WITHOUT LETTING GOD SPEAK TO US THOUGH HE HAS HEARED US
DANIEL'S PRAYER WERE ANSWERED BUT HE WAS ABLE TO KNOW WHAT WAS ALREADY PROMISED
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. (James 1:21 KJV)
PRAYING FOR FINANCIAL BREAKTHROUGH AND WHAT YOU HEARED IS GO AND MEET A FINANCIAL NEED OF SOMEONE.....I.E GIVE TWENTY THOUSAND NAIRA (N20,000.00). DON'T BE LIKE THE WIDOW OF ZAREPATH...
13 And Elijah said to her, "Do not fear; go and do as you have said. But first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make something for yourself and your son.
14 For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the LORD sends rain upon the earth.'"
15 And she went and did as Elijah said. And she and he and her household ate for many days.
16 The jar of flour was not spent, neither did the jug of oil become empty, according to the word of the LORD that he spoke by Elijah.
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. (James 1:21 KJV)
WE MUST BE SUBMISSIVE TO THE POINT OF ALLOWING AND BELIEVING THE WORD WE HEAR IN OUR SPIRIT WITH MEEKNESS WHEN WE HEAR WHAT HE SAYS CONCERNING OUR SITUATION....SOMETIMES WE MAY TARRY LONGER...JUST BE HUMBLE AND HONOUR GOD'S SILENCE...TARRY THERE TILL YOU HEAR SOMETHING
DON'T MOVE UNTIL YOU HAVE HEARED. HABAKKUK WATCHED TO SEE WHAT GOD WILL SAY AND HE WROTE IT. BE SENSITIVE TO KNOW WHAT GOD IS SAYING
1 I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower, and look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
2 And the LORD answered me: "Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it.
3 For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end-it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.
YOU GET TO THE POINT THAT YOU KNOW WHEN GOD SAID IT, HE WILL DO IT.
HOW DOES HE SPEAKS OVER ALL THOSE AREAS
ARE YOU ABLE TO CONNECT THE DOTS TO WHAT GOD IS SAYING. PRAY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT AND GOD WILL DROP POINTS INTO YOUR HEART. THE SPIRIT SEARCHES THE DEEPEST THINGS.....HE MAY SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE OR SOMEBODY AND GO AHEAD AND DO IT.....IT CRUCIAL.
Monday, February 6, 2017
FIX ATTENTION ON GOD
So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.
Romans 12:1-2 MSG
http://bible.com/97/rom.12.1-2.MSG
ATMOSPHERE OF WORSHIP
THE SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE OF WORSHIP
TALKING TO GOD
Thank God for who He is and for all He's done for you. Ask Him to help you learn to worship Him with every part of your life.
DIVING IN
Have everyone collect a couple of common objects used during the day, such as a cellphone, a pen, a purse or a clothing item. Place the objects on a table and hold up one item at a time. As a family, try to come up with ways that each item could be used to glorify (worship) God. Take turns offering suggestions.
GOING DEEPER
People often think of worship as singing songs during church services, but it's so much more. Worship means to bring or give God glory. There are many different ways we can worship God. You can also worship God with your mind by not thinking evil or sinful thoughts (Philippians 4:8). When you give generously, speak words of encouragement and serve others, you're also worshipping God. And, of course, praising Him through prayer and song is a great way to worship. God wants you to worship Him with every part of your life.
TALKING TO EACH OTHER
- What is one of your favorite worship songs?
- What are other ways you can worship God?
- What's one form of worship you will practice this week?
Saturday, February 4, 2017
WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT GOD.....THE GOD OF NO LIMITS
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But how can people call for help if they don’t know who to trust? And how can they know who to trust if they haven’t heard of the One who can be trusted? And how can they hear if nobody tells them? And how is anyone going to tell them, unless someone is sent to do it? That’s why Scripture exclaims, A sight to take your breath away! Grand processions of people telling all the good things of God! But not everybody is ready for this, ready to see and hear and act. Isaiah asked what we all ask at one time or another: “Does anyone care, God? Is anyone listening and believing a word of it?” The point is: Before you trust, you have to listen. But unless Christ’s Word is preached, there’s nothing to listen to.
Romans 10:17 MSG- youVersion
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