A  very important part of Scripture – Key to Revival?

Could this be the Key to the greatest Revival the UK has ever known?

Surely the Lord Jesus did not instruct His Church (Believers) to do something that just does not work. 

Matthew Ch18 v 19
¹⁹ “Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.

All over this nation I believe the churches and believers are holding on to this scripture for Salvation for the people of this Nation and maybe the whole World, hoping that the Lord will keep to His Word. 

Though let us be honest it is not working! 
Rather than the church of Christ increasing it is seemingly diminishing. 

The Lord gave us His precious Word for us to believe, yet almost every church / denomination believes differently. People make the excuse like “well if you just believe Jesus died for mankind’s sin and rose from the dead that is good enough for people to join together in prayer. What a deception this is?

2 Timothy 3:16-17
¹⁶ All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, ¹⁷ that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

The Lord is not double minded if fact the Holy Spirit is a person, so when He inspired the Apostles to pen the Bible, He had a specific meaning, not to pick and choose for anyone of us including church Leaders and Denominations.

For years I have been told that we must respect other peoples’ ideas, but surely not to the detriment to what the Bible states.

Some examples I wish to give are 1/ I once prayed for a deformed man from a denominational church and the Lord healed him, afterwards his church told him it was from the devil because all the gifts of the Holy Spirit stopped with the first Apostles.

2/ A man came to me from a large Spirit filled church who was obviously controlled by demons, he got set free. Afterwards his church told him ‘that is called ‘doctrine of Demons’ he needed to renounce the prayers, the man finished up on Drugs and a homosexual.

Time and again people put on special ‘Prayer for the Nation meetings’ quoting what happened in the 2^nd World War when the Lord delivered this Nation. That was great, BUT majority are not like the believers at that time by a long way.

Everywhere throughout the world Christians are saying we are in the last days, which could be very true, if that is the case then the message I am about to give is of paramount importance.

Nothing has changed, for when truth is brought forth, Christians just want to decide to accept what is suitable for them but not for the Lord.

Ezekiel Ch 3 v 5-7
“Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them. ⁵ For you are not sent to a people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, but to the house of Israel, ⁶ not to many people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, had I sent you to them, they would have listened to you. ⁷ But the house of Israel will not listen to you, because they will not listen to Me; for all the house of Israel are impudent and hard-hearted.

Whenever I speak on the subject below people say, ‘God see my heart’ –

That is true! So, “if God sees your heart then why are you not obeying His Word?” is my answer. 

I Samuel 15 v 23
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,
And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.

For to not obey is ‘witchcraft’. God will never answer prayers of witchcraft.

Jesus told Nathaniel in 

John 1 v 51
⁵¹ And He said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”

So, by this scripture we see that the angels who are ministering spirits are already with us as it states they are ascending then descending (going up then coming down taking our prayers up to God and hopefully bring back the answers).

The Bible states there are 3 heavens 1/ the heaven we can see 2/ Satan’s rule 3/ Highest Heaven where God resides. 

Saying that our prayers have to go through the demonic heaven, so obviously they will all get aborted by Satan and the principalities if we are in rebellion.

Remember in the Book of Daniel Ch 10 v 12-13 Daniel humbled himself before God and he was an obedient righteous person, yet his prayers were hindered by Satan twenty-one days and Michael the Archangel had to fight for him. If his prayers were hindered? then what can be said for the Church in rebellion?

I also want to add to this message that Satan does answer requests as many get healed by visiting mediums and spiritisms, I have testimonies to prove that, I will include one later.

So, to get to my reason for writing this article is that maybe we just need to do something a little different, absolutely no problem if one truly loves God.

In fact the Apostle Paul states that those churches that obey this scripture belong to God and those that do not obey do not belong to God.

1 Corinthians Ch 11 v 2-16

Head Coverings
² Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me in all things and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you. ³ But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. ⁴ Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonours his head. ⁵ But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonours her head, for that is one and the same as if her head were shaved. ⁶ For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered. ⁷ For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. ⁸ For man is not from woman, but woman from man. ⁹ Nor was man created for the woman, but woman for the man. ¹⁰ For this reason the woman ought to have a symbol of authority (Power KJV) on her head, because of the angels. ¹¹ Nevertheless, neither is man independent of woman, nor woman independent of man, in the Lord. ¹² For as woman came from man, even so man also comes through woman; but all things are from God

¹³ Judge among yourselves. Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? ¹⁴ Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonour to him? ¹⁵ But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given to her for a covering. ¹⁶ But if anyone seems to be contentious, (argumentative or disputing) we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God. (Churches that belong to God). 

At that time there were Jewish, Ephesian, Thessalonian, Philippian, Roman as well as Corinthian Churches. 

It is I am sure because of Ignorance of God’s Word and the desperation for inclusion of all people that Leaders are willing to disregard this very important part of the Word of God, they are excluding themselves from God’s Church as the Apostle explains in v16.

 It is about God’s Creation order which is God-Christ-Man-Woman. If a man prays to God with his head covered, he dishonours Christ.

Many large Denominations have a male Leader with his head covered, yet scripture tells us he is dishonouring Christ. You can see the fruits of their beliefs which are totally against the Word of God.

The fruit of the Anglican Church is Women Bishops & Priests, Infant Baptism, same sex Marriage, Freemasonry in Clergy, Homosexual & Lesbian Clergy, Idolatry, etc

The fruit of the Catholic Church is Infant Baptism, Prayers to the dead, prayers to Mary, Purgatory, Idolatry, Brown Scapular of Mt Carmel. Rosary.

In the light of this scripture all are dishonouring Christ, sadly all those under this type of leadership are missing out of many blessings as they are under the head.

Every man praying or prophesying dishonours his head (Christ)There was a time when the Apostle Paul wanted to go into the Temple to try to win over the Jews who were all trusting in the Law. So, Paul have his head shaved so he could go in as a Nazarite. Every man who entered the Jewish Temple then and now had to cover their head, Paul knew if he did that, he would be dishonouring Christ, hence he shaved his head. Eventually the Jews latched on to who he was, and it started a riot to the point that the authorities had to rescue him to save his life.

Acts Ch 21 v 18-33 
¹⁸ On the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present. ¹⁹ When he had greeted them, he told in detail those things which God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry. ²⁰ And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord. And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many myriads of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law; ²¹ but they have been informed about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs. ²²What then? The assembly must certainly meet, for they will hear that you have come. ²³ Therefore do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow. ²⁴ Take them and be purified with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads, and that all may know that those things of which they were informed concerning you are nothing, but that you yourself also walk orderly and keep the law. ²⁵ But concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written and decided that they should observe no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality.” 

Arrested in the Temple²⁶ Then Paul took the men, and the next day, having been purified with them, entered the temple to announce the expiration of the days of purification, at which time an offering should be made for each one of them.²⁷ Now when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him, ²⁸ crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, the law, and this place; and furthermore, he also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.” 

²⁹ (For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) 

³⁰ And all the city was disturbed; and the people ran together, seized Paul, and dragged him out of the temple; and immediately the doors were shut. ³¹ Now as they were seeking to kill him, news came to the commander of the garrison that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. ³² He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them. And when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. ³³ Then the commander came near and took him and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and he asked who he was and what he had done.

So, obviously this principle of Head Covering is nothing to do with the Law or legalism as some would say.

Now to the ladies just because we live in the 20^th /21^st century it does not mean God’s Governmental rule has changed.

There are 2 systems working 1/ System of Grace 2/ System of Government. Most only understand the system of Grace.

God’s Grace cannot override His Government. 
In the Lord’s prayer we say ‘Thy Kingdom come on earth as it is in Heaven’ –

That is His Governmental rule
E.g. King David sinned afterwards he received forgiveness that is Grace. The Lord told him the sword will never leave his house and he will lose your wives and the child will die that is Government.

God’s Grace can never override His Government.

The practice of head covering is to do with God’s Government. Are the churches under God or Not? Either God is the head or man is.

V10 states:
For this reason, the woman should have a symbol of authority or (Power KJV) on her head because of the angels.

Authority or Power over the angels. The woman does not need authority of the many angels who love her but certainly she does need it over the fallen angels (the principalities and powers).

Ladies you are not protected when you are doing spiritual warfare. You need a protection as stated in 

Isaiah Ch 4 v 5-6 KJV
⁵ And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. ⁶ And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain. 

The God Baal was known as the God of the storm and the rain.

Upon all the glory (a woman’s hair) shall be a defence. A lady needs God’s protection. 

The Bible states that if a woman does not cover her hair, then she should have her hair cut off (shave her head). It is God’s Glory that needs to be in prominence; God does not want to see a woman’s glory. 

When a lady prays with her hair covered, she is making a statement to the good angels that she understands and is willing to submit to God’s governmental rule. Not like Eve who disobeyed and acted independently, resulting in both she and Adam were thrown out of the garden.

Also, a Lady is making a statement to the powers of darkness that she has authority over them. Satan is watching!

Satan originally was the covering angel as stated in Ezekiel Ch 28 so he knows the importance of it, his job now is to get the church out of cover and he is doing a good job, hopefully not after you understand this teaching. 

Have you ever wondered why in Islam they are so adamant on head covering they are even willing to kill to continue to practice it? In fact, they have taken such a beautiful principal and made the Christians so adverse to it. 

Before the end of the second world war when prayers for the Nation were vital for our survival a Lady would never enter into prayer without having a cover on her head. 

But since then we have witnessed the Jezebelic Feminist movement along with free- love and up to the point today where we are getting like Sodom and Gomorrah, and the majority of the church are accepting it with no understanding except that they thing God has changed His mind on the whole affair.

Even to the point that so-called Christians are quite willing to argue about doing what the Word says, I have had to try to defend God Word against all opposition. Here are some of the objections to the principle of Head Covering

1/ I do not need to do it God sees my heart.
Answer– If your heart is right then why not obey His Word.

2/ This was only for the Corinthian Church as they had immorality in there. (this idea came fromAdam Clarke 1762-1832 who was a British Methodist Theologian taught that prostitutes covered their heads.)
Answer – What is so different with the modern-day Church.

3/ My Hair is my covering
Answer–If Hair is covering then what about men in 1 Corinthians Ch 11 v 6 it states that men should not be covered. If you are right, then all men must have their head shaved.

4/ My prayers get answered already.
Answer—I hope God answered your prayers as I know of a top surgeon who was cured from an incurable cancer and he was healed in the Spiritualist church.

5/ It is old-fashioned
Answer—So is, Salvation and Baptism and Sin, so is the whole of the Bible

6/ It is only a Symbol.
Answer—Symbols are very powerful; Baptism is a symbol the water is not special but scripture states if you are buried with Him in baptism you shall be raised with him. Communion is only a symbol, bread and wine, people each and drink every day. But scripture states because you have eaten it in the wrong manner many are sick and many sleep (died). 

So, this is a very powerful scripture which the churches have chosen to ignore for whatever reason. Usually because the congregation are rebellious and just will not submit to God Rule. 

I can only pray that this will be a major principle for all the churches throughout this nation to adhere to, if we all could meet in unity under God’s Governmental Rule maybe at last, we might see salvation of the UK before it is too late.

Though all must obey otherwise if only 90% obey then the prayer meeting is divided and have stepped back into rebellion.

I know that certain churches would wholeheartedly agree with me with this teaching, yet they do not accept the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. 

Whenever a Nationwide prayer call is called to Pray for this Nation people quote from the following scripture, but they never tell the people how to fulfil it.

2 Chronicles Ch 7 v 14
⁴ If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

The church of Jesus Christ needs to get serious about God if we want to be in the right place in these last days. 

Pastor David W Measures

Yesterday Today & Forever Church.

Make sure it’s right
For with the heart a person believes (adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Christ) and so is justified (declared righteous, acceptable to God), and with the mouth he confesses (declares openly and speaks out freely his faith) and confirms [his] salvation.
ROMANS 10:10

Are you thinking right ? .. Are you believing right ? .. Are you confessing right? ..
Three rather simple questions .. but questions that should be carefully thought about before they are answered because your answers are the very keys that you require to open the door into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ ..

Make sure it’s right .. Right Thinking .. Right Believing .. and Right Confessing
O.K. so why is it of such vital importance that you have these things right in your life ? .. The reason is this .. what you think and what you believe will always affect what you say, which is your confession ..

Thinking, Believing and Confessing are three areas in your life that are very closely linked together ..
So if your thinking is right .. then your believing will also be right because the things that you find yourself meditating over will ultimately become deeply rooted in your heart and you will begin to believe those things that you have been meditating over .. and if your believing is right .. then automatically your confession and the things you say will also be right ..

BUT if any one of the three .. your thinking, your believing or your confessing .. is wrong then unfortunately all three of them will be wrong ..

Now our gracious God knew that we would all need a little help and guidance concerning these areas in our lives and so naturally He gave us the solution ..

God provided us with His precious Word .. and it is His true and perfect Word that will help you to get your thinking straightened out and back on track .. because when you begin to meditate on and think in line with God’s Word .. His Word will become established and rooted in your heart and this will cause you to change what you believe and how you believe .. and of course if what you are believing is perfect and true then the words of your mouth will always speak what is right ..

Our Scripture from Romans tells us that .. with the mouth he confesses (declares openly and speaks out freely his faith) and confirms [his] salvation .. which gives us a clear indication of the true power of confession according to God’s Word ..

But do we as God’s children really, really grasp the true place of importance that confessions .. right confessions .. hold in the grand scheme of our lives ? ..

Somehow it seems that through the years we have successfully managed to underrate and play down the true value of right confessions ..
Sadly when the word confession is mentioned.. far to many of us automatically go to the mindset of confessing sins .. confessing weaknesses .. confessing inabilities .. confessing failures .. confessing guilt .. we move straight into the negative side of confession .. BUT .. there is a positive side .. and why we have chosen to remain so focused on the negative side of confession is a true mystery because God’s

Word has so much more to say about the positive side of confessions than it does about the negative side ..
If you were to look up the word confess in the dictionary some of the definitions you would find are : to acknowledge; to declare; to make known; to acknowledge faith in .. and yes you will also find definitions such as : come clean; plead guilty and confession of ones faults ..
But it is important for you to remember that one definition does say .. to confess is to acknowledge and declare your faith .. or .. to acknowledge faith in God’s Word ..

If you carry on making the choice to live your life purely based on one side of the definition of confession .. the negative side .. constantly confessing your guilt, your troubles, your irritations, your doubts, your fears, your failures, your weaknesses .. then that is all you will ever confess .. and this will cause your life as a child of God’s to be extremely unbalanced .. you will end up growing nothing but weakness, failure and sin consciousness in your spirit ..

Do you know that Christianity is very often referred to as The Great Confession !!
O.K. so now that we are all familiar with the word Confession .. are we one-hundred percent sure of what exactly it means .. well it is simple really .. Confessing is actually three basic things .. To confess is to state something you believe .. To confess is to declare something that you know is true .. To confess is to proclaim a truth that you have wholeheartedly accepted ..

So from this moment on you never again have to wonder what you are supposed to be confessing .. your confession should always centre around some very basic principal truths ..

What God has done for you through Jesus Christ in His plan for your salvation ..
What God has done for you through His Word ..
What God has done for you by filling your spirit with the presence of His Holy Spirit ..
Who you are and what you mean to God your Father in Christ Jesus ..
What Jesus is doing for you right now, as He sits at the right hand of His Father where He constantly intercedes and pleads for you ..
What God can achieve through you and what His Word can achieve through you as you proclaim and declare it ..
We have been blessed with the highest honour of loving our faithful God .. and not because of anything that we have ever managed to achieve .. we can love Him purely because He loved us first .. WOW !!

We love Him, because He first loved us .. ( 1 John 4:19 )
Knowing something that amazing should surely be enough motivation for you to change the words that freely flow out of your mouth .. it is time for right confessing .. leave the negativity alone because you are the only one who keeps punishing yourself with it .. in God’s eyes the precious blood of the Lamb has taken care of it and It is finished ..

God loves you .. unconditionally .. and Jesus Christ has ensured once and for all that you are God’s beloved .. you are God’s child .. He has chosen you .. He loves you .. and He delights in you .. BUT .. you have to think it .. you have to believe it .. and you have to confess it ..

You know God did not sit back one day and decide to speak out His precious Word because He was bored and thought it might be funny to tease and tempt His children with a whole lot of meaningless promises and blessings ..

IN FACT ..
God’s Word is the most magnificent love story .. and the best part about it is that every word that you read was put there especially for you .. every guarantee, every promise, every blessing .. is yours !! .. in and through Jesus Christ ..

You have to know how important you are to God .. and He has taken the time in His Word to tell you ..

So who are you and what do you have in Christ? ..
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come .. ( 2 Corinthians 5:17 )
There is therefore no condemnation for those who are in Christ .. ( Romans 8:1)

As you share the faith you have in common with others, I pray that you may come to have a complete knowledge of every blessing we have in Christ .. ( Philemon 1:6 )

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places .. (Ephesians 1:3 )

We know that we live in him and he lives in us because he has given us his Spirit. .. ( 1 John 4:13 )

May God, the source of hope, fill you with joy and peace through your faith in him. Then you will overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. .. ( Romans 15:13 )

But whoever obeys what Christ says is the kind of person in whom God’s love is perfected. That’s how we know we are in Christ. .. ( 1 John 2:5 )

These are just a few of the many, many Scriptures that God has given to you .. to let you know that there is nothing more important in His world than you ..

God has already done His part in this partnership that you have with Him .. now it is up to you ..

God is not like people. He tells no lies. He is not like humans. He doesn’t change his mind. When he says something, he does it. When he makes a promise, he keeps it. .. ( Numbers 23:19 )

You know that God is not a Father that lies and changes His mind .. so everything that He has said about you .. every promise that He has made you .. every blessing He has guaranteed you .. is already yours for the taking ..

And all you have to do is think right .. Believe right .. And confess right!!
MAKE IT YOUR INTENTION TO PURSUE ONLY WHAT IS HONOURABLE, WHAT IS GOOD AND WHAT IS TRUE .. AND THE RESULT WILL BE A LIFE GRANDER THAN YOU COULD EVER HAVE IMAGINED.

Take a good look at the want to in your life
The LORD said to Moses,
Tell the Israelites to choose something to give me as a special contribution.
You must accept whatever contribution each person freely gives.
EXODUS 25 : 1 – 2

Are you truly prepared to give to God willingly and without hesitation
In the above Scripture we read how God speaks to Moses Gods conversation is about people giving or offering a special gift or contribution to Him.

But as we read this Scripture we must understand very clearly the instruction that God gives Moses on receiving the gifts and offerings God did not tell Moses to take and accept everything that the people offered as a special contribution in fact the instruction to Moses was this accept whatever contribution, gift or offering that each person freely and willingly gives.

And that is the lesson that we can learn from the Scripture above: when we give we must always do it with a willing heart and without hesitation.

Giving to God willingly and without hesitation basically comes down to do you really have the desire to give or not.

The desire to give this is an attitude that we develop in our lives and we can refer to this attitude as our want to and without a want to in our lives, we will never really achieve anything significant.

Each and every one of us has had to in the past or are busy in the process of pushing through tough, hard, negative situations and circumstances in our lives and while it is very important to state that although many of us have a strong calling from God on our lives we must still each have that little something extra that fire in our bellies we have to have lots, and lots, and lots of want to.

Perhaps instead of using the words want to we can call that fire in our bellies our passion and it is our passion that inspires, encourages and motivates us to work hard to push forward and to make the sacrifices that we are called to make all with a good, willing attitude.

In your day to day life your want to is a very, very powerful tool with it you are capable of doing your job well you can keep your home clean you can save money you can get yourself out of debt it enables you to set dreams and goals for yourself and it drives you to reach them.

Many of us do not like to admit to the fact that our victories and our defeats are all connected to our want to
We seem to have become so comfortable blaming all our failures on someone or something else we blame the devil we blame other people we blame the past we blame we blame we blame when the hard, cold truth is that we do not have enough of the right kind of want to the right kind of passion.

So what each and every one of us should do is sit back and take a long, honest look at our want to
We have to allow ourselves to become raw and honest enough to admit Lord I did not win that victory because I really did not want to Lord I did not pray today because I really did not want to Lord I did not read the Bible today because I really did not want to Lord I did not meditate on your precious word today because I really did not want to Lord I did not have fellowship with you today because I really did not want to Lord what I did instead was sit on the couch all night long, watching movies and eating popcorn because
that is what I really wanted to do.

Keeping the above in mind there is nothing absolutely nothing wrong with relaxing and enjoying your life as long as you always keep your priorities your want to your passions right and in line with God’s Word

We have to understand and realise that ultimately we will always end up doing what we want to do in our lives if we have a strong desire a burning passion to do something no matter what, we will somehow find a way to reach our goals and make our dreams come true
We must all face the fact that each of us has to take full responsibility for our lives, our actions and our deeds, and although this is a process that many of us might find difficult and challenging it is important for us to remember that it is the truth that will set us free ( John 8 : 32 )

If we are going to serve our Awesome Lord and be His representatives to the world we must have a holy and blessed want to God is really not interested in any of our good works if we are not doing them without hesitation with a pure and willing heart
WHEN PRAISES GO UP BLESSINGS COME DOWN

Pack your bags you are moving .. Into peace
For by the grace (unmerited favor of God) given to me I warn everyone amongst you not to estimate and think of himself more highly than he ought [not to have an exaggerated opinion of his own importance], but to rate his ability with sober judgement, each according to the degree of faith apportioned by God to him.
(ROMANS 12 : 3 )

Being in Gods will Being miserable Being in awesome peace
Sounds like a rather strange combination .. So is it possible to live and feel all three of these things at the same time ? ..
Do you ever catch yourself thinking ..

I am in a very tough situation at the moment and I believe I am here because this is exactly where God wants me to be .. but I sure do feel unhappy, frustrated and miserable.

If you do, then hang in there because once again there is good news on the way for you ..
We have all heard the saying that God will never take you to a place where His grace can not keep you .. Well it is true !!
When God requests us to remain in any difficult situation, He will always provide us with a special grace to get through it.
This is the kind of grace that will cause people around you to look at you and wonder .. How? .. How are you able to deal with all the issues you have going on in your life and still have so much peace ? ..
IT IS CALLED FAITH !!

Things are tough .. but don’t you dare allow yourself to settle for an attitude that says .. I don’t think I can do this .. or .. I don’t think I am going to make it

That is the attitude of a quitter .. the attitude of someone that is giving up .. AND THAT IS NOT YOU !!

Yes things are tough .. But you have God ..

Why is it that for us giving-up seems so easy .. but when it comes to trusting God it is so very hard for us to do ..?

If you would learn to trust God .. trust your Father and His amazing grace every minute, of every day .. He will sustain you and He will keep your words, thoughts and your attitudes in line with and in agreement with His Word.

Gods Grace .. His glorious riches granted to you through the beautiful sacrifice made by His beloved Son, Jesus Christ .. His unmerited favor .. Gods power to help and guide you to do everything that you are required to do ..

So can trusting God really, really help you ? ..
Yes, yes, yes .. because Gods grace is power .. and we receive Gods grace by trusting and having faith in Him.

In reading our above Scripture from Romans we are told quite clearly that God has given every one of us a measure of faith .. and that when we think and speak about ourselves, we must never brag or hold too high an opinion about ourselves or our own abilities .. but instead we are to always remain humble and view and judge ourselves according to the degree of faith that God has given us.

Basically .. God is the One Who gives you grace .. God is the One Who gives you faith .. and in your daily life it is unwise to put yourself and your abilities in a higher position than the position you are willing to give God.

It has now been confirmed .. God gives YOU faith ..
So the question is .. What exactly are you doing with your faith ? ..

Are you running on the treadmill of life .. feeling close to burning out because you are still so focused on the works of your flesh .. constantly trying to do things and change things that you simply have no ability to do or to change ? ..

OR ..
Are you focused and dedicated on following Gods guidance and His direction .. trying the very, very best you can to only do what you know is pleasing to God ? ..

Hopefully you are trying to please God and working towards doing what He has called you to do .. because it is when you are operating in this space .. walking in the will of God that you will experience His grace flowing through your life on a daily basis.

Do you know that God does not keep His grace in a little bottle with your name on it, stored on a shelf somewhere .. a little bottle that He can quickly open and pour a tiny drop of grace into your life .. just enough to save you when you are tired, worn out and standing on the edge of quitting and giving up ..?

God is not a gambler .. and when it comes to you .. He takes things very, very seriously .. and because God is with you, it means that His grace is constantly flowing in your life.

Gods grace is not for last minute miracles .. you have to trust that it is something that you can operate in and rely on constantly.

Isn’t that a blessing .. Gods grace is yours .. right now ..
This means that you can climb off the treadmill of life .. and come to the very real understanding that when it comes to the circumstances that you are up against .. you have absolutely no reason to struggle and frustrate yourself by trying to figure them out .. or trying to fix them .. or even trying to fight your way out of them .. because you know, that you know, that you know .. that grace has got you covered .. and with this knowledge and faith in God you can move into His peace, as of this very moment.

But I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy] Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit]; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God) .. (Galatians 5 : 16)

Isn’t this a beautiful Scripture? .. it is teaching us exactly how we can move away from focusing on ourselves, our abilities and any works of the flesh that we might consider to be important .. we must make a habit of living every moment and walking each step in the Holy Spirit.

We do not have to conquer and beat the flesh so thatwe can then walk in the Spirit ..

No, No, No ..

If we choose to deeply concentrate on the Holy Spirit .. there will be absolutely no room in our lives for us to entertain of fulfil any of our flesh’s desires and self-proclaimed abilities .. because we will be entirely focused on our beautiful relationship with God and His amazing love for us.

TRUST GOD BELIEVE IN GOD HAVE FAITH IN HIM AND DEPEND ON HIM!!
Do you remember the day that you realised you just could not handle your life on your own anymore .. and you turned to Jesus to invite Him to come into your heart and into your life ? ..

Do you recall the absolute willingness you had in your heart on that day to be totally dependant on Him ? ..

Well that very same total and complete dependence on God .. should still be the way we conduct our lives today !!

Trust God … Believe in god have faith in him and depend only on him!!
If you choose to no longer rely on yourself .. but instead turn to and rely on God .. your circumstances will no longer have control over you because you will have the power of Gods grace in your life .. and remember grace is available to you in whatever amount you need .. Right Now !!

Confess What You Believe .. Because .. Confession Brings Possession

A power packed life
But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witness in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth.
( ACTS : 1 : 8 )

Your life is filled with incredible power .. Now is the time to stand-up and actually claim it ..
Have you ever experienced a moment in your life where you have found yourself so desperate that you fell to your knees .. prayed to God .. and hoped that He would just bless you and fill you with weaknesses and inabilities .. Just don’t Think So ..

It is a good thing too that we are not that foolish .. because Jesus intended so much more for you .. just read the amazing promise He made to you in the above Scripture .. you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you

POWER .. God has a deep desire for you to live and enjoy a power-packed life .. He wants you to be powerful .. a person who constantly and consistently walks in His victory ..

So how do we open the doors of our lives to allow this Mighty Power to come flooding in ? ..

Well, the Holy Spirit is the key ..

The precious Holy Spirit is the enabling power of God .. and it is when He comes into your life that you will receive His power ..
Now here is a question for you ..

You have all of the Holy Spirit .. but how much of you does He have ? ..

The true anointing power of the Holy Spirit will best be experienced in your life when you finally find the end of yourself and your self-control .. and you start to look into the beautiful face of Jesus Christ ..

The more of your own power and control you are willing to surrender .. the more the Holy Spirit’s power is free to flow.

But the Comforter (Councillor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, Standby) the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name [in My place, to represent Me and act on My behalf], He will teach you all things. And He will cause you to recall (will remind you of, bring to your remembrance) everything I have told you. .. ( John 14 : 26 )

Each one of us has a variety of problems and emotions that we face on a daily basis .. situations that cause us a great deal of anxiety and pain .. but it does not have to be this way !!

As we can see in the Scripture above .. the Holy Spirit has every characteristic and every quality required to defeat and overcome any problem that comes across our path .. if we will allow Him too !!

The Holy Spirit will not force His way into your life .. He is a gentleman and He will wait until you extend an invitation for Him to enter into and take control of every area of your life ..

We all begin our journey with Jesus as little babies and growing up spiritually is a process that we must all go through ..

One of the first lessons we must learn in our growing process is .. to trust God.

Don’t you find yourself quite amazing at times .. especially when it comes to the negative things in your life.

We are not fools and even with our eyes closed we would be able to point out with one-hundred percent accuracy, each and every little thing in our lives that make us sad, scared and miserable ..

We know these things well .. and we are well aware that the anxiety and misery they cause us are slowly killing our spirits .. And yet because our stress and sadness have become such familiar companions, we seem to be so afraid of letting go ..

But this is where Trusting God becomes so vital .. learning to let go and let God.

Slowly but surely .. little by little .. if we will begin to release areas of our lives into God’s precious hands .. faithfully trusting that God will turn everything around for our good .. the better our daily journeys through life will become .. and we will start to experience peace, joy, hope and a sense of empowerment ..

As we release .. the Holy Spirit’s power becomes free to flow ..
Going back to the Acts 1 : 8 Scripture .. notice that we are told that we will receive the Holy Spirit’s power to be witnesses for Jesus .. it does not say that we will receive power to do witnessing ..

O.K. so what does that mean ?

Well it means that God wants you to develop and become all that He has in mind for you .. and then out of who you are in Jesus Christ .. you will begin to do what He desires you to do.

Now do not misunderstand this .. doing witnessing is good .. but it is very, very important for us to be witnesses for Jesus in our everyday lives ..

It is wonderful for us to attend Church .. it is great for us to go to Bible study and prayer groups .. and it is fantastic to be compassionate and do good deeds .. BUT .. God’s deepest, deepest desire for you, is that you will become more and more like His beloved Son, Jesus Christ .. He wants you to be Christ like in all of your thoughts .. your words .. your deeds and your attitudes ..

There is such an amazing, amazing life waiting for each one of us .. futures that are burning brightly .. the problem is that we run the risk of missing out on the beautiful plans that God has for us ..

We put ourselves at risk when we allow ourselves to get totally blinded and overly concerned by all the circumstances that surround us .. when in reality we should be far more concerned with what is happening in our hearts ..

Remember : God your Father is so much more interested in changing you than He is in changing your circumstances.

I am sure that each and everyone of us would love to have an increase of the Holy Spirit and His anointing power in our lives .. And We Can Have It ..

Surrender and release every area of your life into Gods care .. allow God to become the Managing Director over your life .. and as you take these steps of faith .. the power of the Holy Spirit will begin to rain into your heart .. giving you all the authority that you need to walk proudly as God’s child .. in His victory !!

Be an excellent witness

Remember you are the only Jesus that the world can see

The Tools of Faith

In Mark 11:23 Jesus says:
I can guarantee this truth: This is what will be done for someone who doesn’t doubt but believes what he says will happen: He can say to this mountain, ‘Be uprooted and thrown into the sea,’ and it will be done for him.

In the above Scripture Jesus is teaching you to use words the way God uses them Words are not just a means of communication Words are the tools you use, by FAITH, to bring things to pass Words are used to make things happen.

Words are your tools of faith!
Jesus makes it very clear in Matthew 12:34 36 that your words determine your future:

You poisonous snakes! How can you evil people say anything good? Your mouth says what comes from inside you.Good people do the good things that are in them. But evil people do the evil things that are in them.I can guarantee that on judgment day people will have to give an account of every careless word they say.

As a Christian, know that your future is determined by your words It is what you say, when you say it and how you say it that shapes your future and your situation

I am scared to death, I am just dying to do thatI believe I am getting sick, If anyone is going to loose their job here, it’s going to me, Sounds familiar?

I can hear you say: Aagh, people don’t really mean that stuff they say.They’re just talking.

Well, it might be true that people don’t really mean what they are saying BUT the devil does not care!

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