TIME IN PRAYER
ETERNAL RESULTS
INTERNAL RESULTS
Brother James, OIC
1Th 5:17 Pray without ceasing.
Prayer, Greek: proseuchomai pros-yoo'-khom-ahee pray to God, that is, supplicate, worship: - pray (X earnestly, for), make prayer.
Worship,Greek: proskuneō pros-koo-neh'-o (meaning to kiss, like a dog licking his master’s hand); to fawn or crouch to, that is, (literally or figuratively) prostrate oneself in homage (do reverence to, adore): - worship.
Supplicate, Greek: deēsis deh'-ay-sis a petition: - prayer, request, supplication.
Our communication with God should always be continuous, never ceasing. Scripture tells us to keep our minds on things above and not things beneath, a very hard discipline for those who are self motivated and Self Esteemed. It’s time to look at eternal realities and not temporal problem, it’s time to give ourselves to eternal solutions and not temporal fixes.
Time in prayer that never ceases is first and foremost a discipline of attitude in which immediately before choosing to resolve the day to day onslaughts of the adversary in your own strength or the worlds false solutions or give in to worry you turn your mind and heart heavenward, enter the Throne Room of Grace and discuss the matters of life and intercession with God Your Father and Mine.
To turn your heart and mind heavenward as a Babe in Christ will be as a child communicating with their parent and for the most part your prayers will be selfish. Or if you’ve been a Church member for years but one whose growth in Christ has been stunted by lukewarm teachings and Church traditions as the Deeper Truths of Gods Word has escaped both of you will do well to heed this encouragement. Faith which moves God to answered prayer only comes from hearing the Word of God. Hearing denotes full understanding and full understanding means the important issues of what God has Promised in His Word is known by you and more so unwaveringly accepted as the True Solutions to life’s daily issues. This level of growth has infused you with the Divine Nature the Power of God within and the most intimate place of constant communication with the Father.
2Pe 1:3-4 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Prayers greatest benefit is showing respect, reverence and honor to our Father. It will cause increase in our Faith, enthusiasm to know more of the Word and help us reach the appointed time of the Father to be received as a son or daughter. At this level of growth you will be fully armored, discussing the weightier matters of Gods Kingdom with Him and prepared to fight the adversary and overcome Satan at every stage of the spiritual battle. Prayer enlivens and moves the heavenly angels to move on your behalf and in this level of maturity your motives are always the furtherance of Gods Kingdom, which is Gods Will for your life.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
FORGIVENESS Brother James, OIC
FORGIVENESS
Brother James, OIC
Mat 6:12-15 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Mar 3:28-29 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
The Pharisees were constantly blaspheming the Holy Spirit, which is an unforgivable sin. They did this by speaking against what was Truth by attributing Truth to the devil. Living a life totally contrary to the Truth blasphemes the Holy Spirit Who is the Spirit of Truth. Blaspheming the Holy Spirit is not a trespass that we are to forgive, nor will God.
What does this mean? That forgiveness on our part is toward trespasses for the benefit of those God is calling or those who have committed the trespasses against us. Yet in the realm of those who present themselves as teachers: Church Leaders, Pastors, Prophets and Evangelists are fully set in speaking against the Holy Spirit of Truth or speaking against His Gifts operating through True Believers (which many fallen in Churches today do) these are ministers of Satan. Their trespasses are forgiven yet this near Damnable State of Blaspheme is not. We are commanded though to:
1Jn 4:1-4 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
But you may say that everyone in the Church believes Jesus Christ has comes in the flesh, but is that true. Many profess Jesus came but deny it by their on lack of believing this same Spirit of Christ must be formed in then by the Truth of Gods Word. Instead the readily accept every lesser solution the world offers and calls it Jesus but is it. One way to know is to hold the light of Truth over it.
Jas 1:14-19 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
God simply does not need a warning label on what He does through His Promises nor does He need your approval nor the FDA's simply true Faith in those who He has called. Forgiveness just like healing is a good gift from God that is applied when the Father says to apply it.
It is time to wake up in the Church put the ear tickling powerless and false doctrine aside, test the spirits of the teachers and see if they are from God and above all give your heart to what is fully written in the New Testament.
Brother James, OIC
Mat 6:12-15 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Mar 3:28-29 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
The Pharisees were constantly blaspheming the Holy Spirit, which is an unforgivable sin. They did this by speaking against what was Truth by attributing Truth to the devil. Living a life totally contrary to the Truth blasphemes the Holy Spirit Who is the Spirit of Truth. Blaspheming the Holy Spirit is not a trespass that we are to forgive, nor will God.
What does this mean? That forgiveness on our part is toward trespasses for the benefit of those God is calling or those who have committed the trespasses against us. Yet in the realm of those who present themselves as teachers: Church Leaders, Pastors, Prophets and Evangelists are fully set in speaking against the Holy Spirit of Truth or speaking against His Gifts operating through True Believers (which many fallen in Churches today do) these are ministers of Satan. Their trespasses are forgiven yet this near Damnable State of Blaspheme is not. We are commanded though to:
1Jn 4:1-4 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
But you may say that everyone in the Church believes Jesus Christ has comes in the flesh, but is that true. Many profess Jesus came but deny it by their on lack of believing this same Spirit of Christ must be formed in then by the Truth of Gods Word. Instead the readily accept every lesser solution the world offers and calls it Jesus but is it. One way to know is to hold the light of Truth over it.
Jas 1:14-19 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
God simply does not need a warning label on what He does through His Promises nor does He need your approval nor the FDA's simply true Faith in those who He has called. Forgiveness just like healing is a good gift from God that is applied when the Father says to apply it.
It is time to wake up in the Church put the ear tickling powerless and false doctrine aside, test the spirits of the teachers and see if they are from God and above all give your heart to what is fully written in the New Testament.
Monday, May 2, 2011
AND HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND “STAND”, Brother James, OIC
AND HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND
“STAND”
Brother James, OIC
Eph 6:10 -20 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
One of the greatest tools the enemy of the Cross, Satan, uses is religion doing his destructive work through religious people. Paul didn’t count wins, losses, expenses, etc., he just continued in the Faith loving others as Christ and teaching others the Truth in Christ. His attitude was:
2Co 12:15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
Php 3:7-11 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Religion will have boards that dictates to ministers how they must serve God leaving being led by the Spirit totally out of the picture. And even some ministers are in it for the religious acceptance and not really to attain to nor be pleasing to Christ.
To be pleasing to Christ we must in all things Stand in Faith, doing as the Spirit of God leads. Jesus Himself only did what He saw the Father do and speak what He heard the Father speak and He never worried about the outcome nor the provision, He just knew and trusted Gods Promises that were substance by His Faith.
Recently a ministry vision I had was backed by a dear sister in Christ. A Benefit Dinner was planned to help open a much needed Labor of Christ’s Love. Some helped me during the time of planning to get women and their children off the street from being homeless. I put in what limited resources I could and used the last of my Food Stamps to purchase food for a lady and her child. This is what we are in ministry to do. The Benefit Dinner didn’t go and sadly for its backer thousands was lost but people who needed help got help and they heard the gospel which is the point. While others were religiously glad the benefit was cancelled the heart of the few God put together (you know who you are) to show His Love to those in need I pray that His blessing overflow them who without complaint gave not by compulsion but by love.
Now today I stand and trust God that His Promises are true and that I wont myself join the ranks of the homeless but if I do He is still God and is able to raise me up again to Labor in His Love. May God bless all that have given whose heart isn’t into counting beans but in those who we are given to help.
“STAND”
Brother James, OIC
Eph 6:10 -20 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
One of the greatest tools the enemy of the Cross, Satan, uses is religion doing his destructive work through religious people. Paul didn’t count wins, losses, expenses, etc., he just continued in the Faith loving others as Christ and teaching others the Truth in Christ. His attitude was:
2Co 12:15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
Php 3:7-11 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Religion will have boards that dictates to ministers how they must serve God leaving being led by the Spirit totally out of the picture. And even some ministers are in it for the religious acceptance and not really to attain to nor be pleasing to Christ.
To be pleasing to Christ we must in all things Stand in Faith, doing as the Spirit of God leads. Jesus Himself only did what He saw the Father do and speak what He heard the Father speak and He never worried about the outcome nor the provision, He just knew and trusted Gods Promises that were substance by His Faith.
Recently a ministry vision I had was backed by a dear sister in Christ. A Benefit Dinner was planned to help open a much needed Labor of Christ’s Love. Some helped me during the time of planning to get women and their children off the street from being homeless. I put in what limited resources I could and used the last of my Food Stamps to purchase food for a lady and her child. This is what we are in ministry to do. The Benefit Dinner didn’t go and sadly for its backer thousands was lost but people who needed help got help and they heard the gospel which is the point. While others were religiously glad the benefit was cancelled the heart of the few God put together (you know who you are) to show His Love to those in need I pray that His blessing overflow them who without complaint gave not by compulsion but by love.
Now today I stand and trust God that His Promises are true and that I wont myself join the ranks of the homeless but if I do He is still God and is able to raise me up again to Labor in His Love. May God bless all that have given whose heart isn’t into counting beans but in those who we are given to help.
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