“And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force” (Matthew 11:12 NKJV).
We do not war according to the flesh, and we do not war against flesh and blood. Our weapons are supernatural, and so is our enemy. If we want to see the world changed for the Lord Jesus Christ, we need to get violent. Violent against the enemy, the devil.
“Hear me! Every church without a prayer meeting condemns us; every Bible daily unopened condemns us; every promise of God unused condemns us; every lost neighbor condemns us; every lost heathen condemns us; every dry eye among us condemns us; every wasted minute of our time condemns us; every unclaimed opportunity for God condemns us.
Tomorrow may be too late. Unless we repent now unless we return and fire the prayer altars now, unless we fast and weep now, woe unto us at the judgment!” ~ Leonard Ravenhill, spoken in 1962
God is giving us time right now to judge ourselves. And He gives us the barometer in 1 John 3:14 of how you are and how you feel inside: have you passed from death unto life with eternal life abiding in you?
Light.
Nothing can grow without it. It reveals things that darkness hides. When a seed is placed in the dark earth, it grows to reach the light above it.
Becoming born again is stepping out of the darkness into His marvelous Light. It means nothing hidden. Lies and deception hide in dark, but truth and love live in the Light. Decide to live in the Light where all things grow.
My Word is truth. It will bring Light and revelation, and faith grows there. All life will be drawn to the Light. Wisdom is constant when revelation comes. My Word will be as a seed that when cared for will grow strong. Plant it in your heart and fill your mind with it. Soon things that were not clear will be revealed to you.
Walk in the Light; don’t stumble in the dark.
Guest speaker Mark Linder uses 2 Timothy 1:7 to expound on confronting and dealing with fear and rising up as Christians. Once you understand your identity in Jesus, you can quit pretending to be somebody else.
When we believe the lie, we empower the liar. When we believe the Truth, we empower the Living God to flow through us with His Holy Spirit and start delivering the oppressed and the captives. Fear is not from God. Jesus came to deliver you from that spirit of fear.
God placed enmity between Satan’s seed and Eve’s seed, but just what is Satan’s seed?
Jesus crushed the head of Satan at Calvary; He destroyed hell and the grave and removed the sting of death. He took the keys to the kingdom of heaven and gave them to the Church. In so doing this, He crushed the head of Satan. This was accomplished in Genesis 3:15.
Pastor Bill Grace talks about the ministry of the Holy Spirit and allowing God to move as He chooses in our lives and in our churches.
Even in this time of great technology, things must be plugged into electricity to be recharged, filled with power. So must My children learn to be filled, rejuvenated by the power of My Word.
Going to church one a week will not sustain you all week anymore than eating one meal a week will sustain your physical body.
Discipline yourself to feed on My Word. It has wonders in it that you must tap into. Just as good food is filled with nourishment and the physical body responds to it with strength and energy, your spirit hungers to be filled with faith that comes from My Word.
Try committing to reading it every day and watch the results. An athlete would never show up to the Olympics without preparation. Can you prepare? Make a decision to grow your faith. Come and listen to what the Spirit of the Lord would teach you.
I have much to tell. Come and listen.
Jesus became man and came to Earth. He operated by the Holy Spirit the same way we do. Everything we walk through, Jesus has already walked there.
There is victory in the Father, the Holy Spirit, and in Himself. Deity came down to us!
Lord, please bring out to the open what is hidden in secret.
Reveal that we all sin and so need a Savior.
Cover us with Your grace when our human frailty falls so short of all You’ve planned for us.
Let truth abound in this nation, in our cities, and in our homes.
May families give up their busyness and focus on loving those near to them.
Holy Spirit bring to our minds all we need to repent of, every detail. Nothing will hinder us from running into our Father’s arms. That the greatest of all loves might be embraced.