Holy Ghost and Fire

Isaiah 40:31
“But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength....”

Each day we are in “The School of The Spirit” … Learning….. Learning to “sit still”… Learning not to “talk in class”… Learning “obedience”…..Learning to “wait on the Lord”… there is a “learning curve”. Learn to sit quietly in His presence with an expectant heart, not passively, but actively reaching out to Him with your inner man. Let the longing of your heart speak, rather than “many words”. As you quiet your mind and reach out from your heart, a heavenly prayer language will begin to flow. The natural tongue has fallen silent as the Spirit begins to make intercession. You begin to “hear” with the “inner ear” what the “spirit is saying”. He will speak to the issues of your heart that are the keys to your functioning in the Kingdom. This ministry touches the deepest needs within that are hidden to the “natural eye”. What have you given the Lord to baptize today? Your tongue ? Your eyes ? Your ears ? To baptize something means to completely immerse it. When you present your members as "completely available", He will baptize with “The Spirit” and “with Fire”.

Matthew 3:11 “……he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire”

Our Walk

Our walk with the Lord is hindered to the degree that we fall short of entering into the place of loving acceptance prepared for us in Jesus Christ. We end up striving for approval instead of believing in our God given standing in grace. We work hard instead of trusting much. We wear ourselves out trying to please a Father we’re not sure accepts us, even though He has made every provision for our complete acceptance. All of our life, whether we knew it or not, the Father has been seeking us. He has chosen us before time began and given us both purpose and grace. Grace calls us to walk with Him and delivers us from our fears. He gives us His righteousness and His holiness in this New Creation.

Ephesians 4:24
...and that you put on the new man which was created 
according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

You are predestined, by Your Father’s eternal purpose, to be conformed to the image of His Son. As your mind is renewed to this New Covenant reality, you learn to walk in the righteousness and holiness that is already yours in Christ. When you truly see yourself united with Christ, the Holy Spirit bears witness that you are truly born of God. As you, by faith, thank the Father for what He says He has done the Holy Spirit witnesses with your spirit that it is Truth. This assurance grows and you are filled with thanksgiving and praise as you are overwhelmed by His goodness and grace.

John 4:24 (The Message Bible)
God is sheer being itself - Spirit. Those who worship Him must do it out of their very being, their spirits, their true selves, in adoration.

Two or Three are Gathered

Colossians 1:13-14 “Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

The first thing that happens once we decide to become a witness for the Lord is our relocation. As part of the “Witness Protection” program, we live in the Kingdom above and commute to earth. The message we bring with us each day as we labor in the fields of our life circumstance is given to us there. Our conversation is all about that unseen reality. This results in an anointing that “abides”.
Philippians 3:20 ‘For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: The Lord begins to sovereignly order our steps and “gathers” 2 or 3 at a time to “share” and “impart” …. “His Life”…. It is here in this “moment of unity”… “ in the spirit “ that we can “ask and receive” as “seeking hearts” that have been joined by the Holy Spirit we now stand under an “open heaven”

Law of Gravity

Romans 8:2 “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus 
has made me free from the law of sin and death."

Just as surely as the law of gravity pulls us toward the earth there is the “Law of the Spirit” that pulls us out of “sin and death” toward a life of freedom in the Spirit. When we first begin our walk with the Lord this is very difficult because we “feel” the pull of the earthly. We seem to be traveling in circles. As we learn to partake of the “Spirit of Life” we are slowly released from the “gravity of the flesh”. As I properly relate to “The Cross” each day it holds my flesh nature in a place of death. Now I see that I am not going in circles but in an ever “higher orbit”. There is a point that I break out of an “earthly orbit” and begin to orbit the “Sun” (Son). Before it seemed easy to embrace the flesh. Now the gravitational pull of the “Law of the Spirit” has set me free. Whom to “Son” sets free is free indeed.

Two Become One

Prior to the fall, Adam and Eve were one. There was no need for authority and submission; it was swallowed up in simplicity and union. In order for authority and submission to operate, there must be two wills. One will must come under and submit to the other will. For that reason, we see that obedience in submission is not the ultimate goal. There is something greater. The highest order of anything is to become it! We are to come into union with “His will” ... “one will”. Jesus was the Pattern for this. He who was rich became poor. The Word was made flesh. He identified with broken humanity, and, as such, lowered Himself into a relationship of authority and submission to the Father. Prior to that, He and the Father were one. He lowered Himself even further and submitted to Joseph and Mary, and to the law. The truth of authority and submission was the only principle by which Jesus Christ walked out from under the curse, bringing us up and out with Him! One church will teach that authority and submission are all-important. Another will teach that authority and submission are not important at all. Guess where the truth is? The first group is killing people with legalism; the other is killing people quicker with license. Submission does not denote inferiority. The man is not better or smarter than the woman. There are wonderful differences that are meant to create dependency one upon another. A man and a woman rightly related reveal the image of God. It takes both. Two become one.

Our First Meeting

We first met Jesus as we bowed at the foot of His cross. There we received forgiveness of sins through His blood (Eph. 1:6-7). The Holy Spirit convinced us of our nature as sinners and our need of a Savior. We then sealed our conversion with water baptism in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of our sins and the circumcision of our heart (Acts 2:38; Col. 2:11-12; I John 5:8). He that believes and is baptized shall be saved (Mark 16:16). We were born again and baptized in water. But there is more. The new birth is but the beginning of our salvation. God has determined to save the whole man: spirit, soul, and body. We have been saved. Our spirits have been saved and have passed from death to life. We have been translated (transferred) out of the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of God (Col. 1:9-13). But we are also in the process of being saved. Our souls are being saved and transformed by the renovating of our minds. We have and are continuing to experience this exchange of minds, ours for His. Ultimately our bodies shall be saved. We shall not all sleep. There is a generation who will put the last enemy under their feet.

Is Your Glass Clean ?

Is your glass clean? I work retail, so a daily chore is to remove the fingerprints from the glass. If there are no fingerprints or dust on the glass, it’s just as if it isn’t there. So when people look, they don’t see or notice the glass, they look through it. If they see the glass it’s because there is something on it. But if there’s nothing there to distract then they look through it and see clearly the beauty that is within. Our lives are to be windows to the Kingdom of God. Most people won’t tell you that your glass is dirty but it leaves a lasting impression with them of the value you place on what is behind the glass.The dust on our glass is our love for the things of the world, the fingerprints are the pride of life. God is getting us ready for an “Open House”. Now is the time to prepare. Clean your glass so that your life might be a window into eternity through which “His Light “ can shine. Your life must decrease until you become the “voice of another”, a transparent expression of “The Way”, “The Truth”, “The Life”.

Garden of Choice

Romans 8:29 “For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.”

We are to be “conformed to the image of the Son”. This forming of His life must take place during our “lifetime”. It is “here” under intense pressure, trials, tests and temptations that this is accomplished. In eternity there won’t be a devil to tempt us or a circumstance to test us. That “only” takes place here in this “Garden of Choice”. We must “overcome” the world as “The Firstborn” did. He is the pattern. (1 John 5:4-5) That’s how we will be measured when we stand before the Throne of God. The most important time in all eternity is “Right Now”. When we step out of time that “finished work” will be released into eternity. Death merely releases us from this body. It doesn’t change what we have become “spiritually” during our lifetime. Eternity will be a place of “measure” not of “mixture”. Only those who have unconditionally submitted their lives to His Lordship and successfully functioned under divine authority will be given the “eternal reward” of being “seated with Him”.

Revelation 3:21 “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.”

Signs

" I do not need or want an outward sign. I don't need to see an angel, gold dust or miracles. I do not need a dream, a word or a pat on the back. When you begin to rely on the outward to guide the inward, your journey inward ceases and you become reliant upon that which your five senses can prove. Your faith ceases to grow. Authentic relationship becomes moot. The result is catastrophic. This reduces faith to an outward event, not a Personal relationship. Fellowship is with "signs" and not the "Son". A seeking of signs and wonders replaces a Friendship with Jesus. For the outward will never cause the inward to be strengthened. Rather, the inward is proven by what flows outward. The visible outward reality should be the overflow of the inward. Life has its roots deep within. If you will nurture the inward the world will be transformed by what overflows out of that inward Life."

Work of HeART

The Lord is creating a “work of heART” within each one of us. 
Out of the abundance of this “divine storehouse” flow words of life.
By Faith we declare these unseen things to a lifeless world that bring 
moments of clarity and eternal perspective to those God has placed
in our lives. The anointing that rests on our lives is released at these
“critical moments” and is able to liberate “captive hearts” to make
“life changing” choices as they stand in the “light of eternity” that 
comes forth from our lives as we have become a transparent 
expression of “His Life”.

Colossians 3:16-17 (AMP) “Let the word [spoken by] Christ (the Messiah) 
have its home [in your hearts and minds] and dwell in you in [all its] richness, as you teach and admonish and train one another in all insight and intelligence and wisdom [in spiritual things, and as you sing] psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, making melody to God with [His] grace in your hearts. 17 And whatever you do [no matter what it is] in word or deed, 
do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus and in [dependence upon] 
His Person, giving praise to God the Father through Him.”

New Song

Revelation 5:9 “And they sung a new song….”

The Lord is making you a beautiful song. Your life is a sweet symphony that He is composing note by note. As you overcome, your weakness becomes His strength, your tears become His Holy water and your life becomes the expression of His life as a glorious harmony that will be sung in the heavens for all eternity. All your choices become notes written on your heart as an eternal arrangement that will be sung before the Lord. Each day is a walk in the rhythm of the Spirit that becomes an irresistible medley that fills the earth and draws all to The King of all kings and The Lord of all lords.

Quick Work

John 4:38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labor: 
other men labored, and ye are entered into their labors.

God is doing a “quick work” in this hour. It is the dawning of a new day. We have the opportunity to come into a “supernatural” relationship with Jesus. Many in previous generations have labored, planted and watered so that “today” we might enter in to a “fruitfulness” and an “increase” in the Spirit.
Even though the work is a quick one… “the price” is the same…. so there is an awareness of a greater intensity to the dealings of God in our lives because the time is short… there is a premium on “faithfulness” and “obedience” birthed out of a “love” that will cause us to lay down our lives and follow the Lamb.
Revelation 3:8 “..I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.”
This door has been unlocked to the treasures of heaven. It is a door into the Kingdom. Into the presence and power of God. Where we move out of a “natural service” to God and begin to receive “His life”. A grace filled willingness is released that causes us to pay any price in “the day of His power”.

Fighting the Good Fight

I once believed in fighting the devil. But mercifully over time as God shined more light into my heart, I learned to "resist the devil" by "yielding to the Spirit" of God. When you yield to the Holy Spirit, you automatically resist the devil. The Son of God became the son of man and gave His life willingly.

Heb 2:14 “....he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

The devil “had” the power of death. It does not say the devil HAS it.
In the “now” of God, which is “right here, right now”, the light of revelation makes me see that the devil lost his power. Jesus says, “All power is given unto me….” He said, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.” (Matt 28:18) How much is all? 100%. How much power has the devil got? He only has what you and I give him back again. Because Jesus took it from him. We give him back the power through fear.
The only hope of the enemy of our faith is deception. His power is gone but not his wiles. Beware of the “wiles of the devil.” (Ephesians 6:11) The devil uses schemes, or wiles, to deceive us, to get us to believe lies about ourselves or others. This gives him back the power that Jesus took from him at Calvary. .......Let God be true… cast down the vain imaginations of a religious mind full of works and self effort and begin to cultivate a “throne relationship”. That’s where "ALL" authority is. Its in a “finished work” that allows us to enter into a rest … seated with our Lord in “heavenly places”

One Purpose

God has but one purpose ….that within this earth … this “garden of circumstance” will be produced under intense pressure a companion for His Son. A Bride, the Lamb's Wife. This Overcoming Bride who has taken on the identity of the Bridegroom both in name and nature is to share the throne with her divine Lover and Husband, our Lord Jesus. Christ and His Church are heirs together of the grace of life and are called to administrate the unending increase of His Kingdom as His life fills the earth. The Bridegroom's companion must be trained, educated, prepared and made ready for her place as a companion for all eternity. This Bride must learn the art of spiritual warfare, receiving the necessary training in overcoming the forces hostile to God. She must follow the footsteps of her Husband's life and ministry which is to actively destroy the works of the devil because The Spirit of the Lord is upon her and He has anointed her to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent her to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free...

The Word

John 1:1-17 In the beginning was the Word….And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, … it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
The word is actually “ALIVE”…..”Its Alive”….the truth that is set before us in the written Word of God must become a practical part of our lives through personal experience before it is really ours. The Word is to become “flesh” … an experienced reality … within our spiritual life experience as we react to our life circumstance. As we rightly respond in this Garden of life circumstance, the world will see His life manifested through us. Each decision or choice that we make has a higher purpose behind it, which transcends its present effect. It is very important for us to understand this so we might rightly view the results of each step that we take toward spiritual maturity. The multitudes of “choices” that we are forced to make each day of our lives, which do not appear to us as having any eternal purpose or lasting value are viewed by the Lord as most important. From His eternal perspective these many and varied circumstances are purposely placed in our path so as to provoke us to make decisions concerning them. All of these “choices” register in our heart and become “ingredients” that form our “eternal expression”. The Lord is intimately concerned about our “heart reaction” and the choice it provokes because He knows how that will unfold throughout all eternity.
Psalm 119:105 “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Freedom in Surrender

"In my distress I cried out to the Lord . . .
He heard me from his sanctuary;
my cry to him reached his ears."
Psalm 18:6

Many times I find myself fighting back tears when I am in pain. It is like I am afraid to release those painful places tucked in my heart. I hide them from God and hope they will just go away. My heart struggles to let my soul be cleansed with tears. Yet the truth is, crying out to God is like a spa for your soul. He tells us in His Word,

“Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy” Psalm 126:5 .

We will find the freedom we are looking for when we surrender our heartache to heaven, and allow our heavenly Father to handle our heart.
Pain is still a part of my life, as it is for everyone. The key to a heart at peace is not dodging or denying pain; it is learning where to run with your heavy heart. It is allowing God to enter into those dark places that only His light can heal.
If you are hurting right now, I want to encourage you to release your tears and let your Lord wash away the pain with His holy presence. He longs to run to you and give you comfort when you cry out to Him. He is a compassionate God, and He is waiting to heal your hurting heart.

Do You See What I See ?

I don’t know how many of you are seeing what I see. I see His hand in my life. He is preparing me for so much more. I’m not better than you. But I see it! The eyes of my understanding have been opened and I know that God has made me to see it that I might enter into it. What is “it”? It is a life of “preparation”. Jesus “waited” … learning obedience … at 12 years of age He spoke and all who heard Him were astonished at His understanding and answers but it was not His time so He “yielded” and “submitted” to His parents …. 18 more years passed …. He was tested in all ways.... Thirty years of “preparation” for just over 3 years of “demonstration”. This is our pattern, we can’t skip ahead. It takes time to “learn” obedience. We can’t claim it by faith. We are made to know that it only counts as obedience if it is instant! The word of God that is released in my life is most assuredly “encouraging” but that is where most people “stop” …. Never willing to “give” or “receive” a “quick and powerful” word that instantly divides the soul from the Spirit. I thank God for everyone He placed in my life that spoke the “whole council of God”… “Unfiltered” by our modern “tradition” to only be “encouraging”…. this voids the word of God in our lives and leaves us as “spiritual babies” as we are pacified by a spirit of “religious correctness”. Only a few will receive and give a pure word because the “cost” is great as this word is “Sharp” and is a “discerner” of the thoughts and intents of the heart…” Only this word liberates us...

Two levels of Prayer

1 Thes 5:16-18 “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”

There are two levels of prayer that should be part of our daily life experience. The first is an “ongoing” worshipful communion with our Lord throughout the day (“pray without ceasing”), as we maintain His abiding presence. The second are “set apart” times in which we “come apart” to pray. Our set-apart time of prayer should begin with a flow of pure worship to the Lord. (Proverbs 8:17) As we see His provision we offer thanksgiving for all He has done for us. We make any needs known only after we have confirmed that our lives are “fully submitted” to Him and to His will and purpose for us.(Luke 12:31) Our prayer life should be the expression of an ongoing communion with our Lord as “a branch” receiving life from “the Vine”… confirming of our dependence upon Him for every aspect of our lives. We invite the Lord to “abide” with us, and make His “manifest presence” known to us and through us to others as we go about our daily lives. The value of a prayer life that begins in the morning as we start our day making ourselves available to the Lord is “immeasurable”. When we step out of time into eternity we will be made to know that this was the “single most important” choice we made each day. In His house are “many mansions”… (Levels of spiritual experience) … “Only” as we make ourselves available each day can He prepare that place of “eternal habitation” and “expression”… some 30 fold …some 60 fold…some 100 fold… “the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ” … eternity will be “very different” as we are "rewarded" for the choices we make each day..“emptiness” here is “fullness” there.

Witness Protection

God has placed you in the “witness protection program”. The Holy Spirit is progressively revealing your “new identity”. Your identification with Christ is “the key” to everything. Remaining “hidden” in your “new life” is the “only” place of safety. “Cast down” every vain word or thought that would attempt to “exalt itself” above this “new identity”. Christ’s Finished Work is the “new you”. Stay “in character” by walking “in the spirit”. This makes you a partaker of a “new name” and a “new nature”. Those that had power over the “old you” are still “looking for you” so don’t have any contact with the “old life”. No phone calls or letters to “old friends” that might place you in “harm’s way”. You have a “new job”, you are to be "a witness", to proclaim the Gospel of Christ’s glory. Tell everyone that He arose triumphant over death and the grave. That He destroyed the power of sin and defeated Satan and all his hosts. That He now sits in glory at His Father’s right hand having all authority in heaven and earth and that now you are "His witness" in the earth and that your “only job” is to "live a life" that proclaims and demonstrates the superiority of His Kingdom over all earthly kingdoms....for His Glory.

Adams Choice, Our Choice

Because of Adams choice to be independent from God, we have developed a “self.” It is a self of human origin, carefully crafted out of self-effort and based on human accomplishment or what significant people have said about us. This self, however, is not our true self. Jesus said if you will lose that false self for His sake, you will discover your true self. Heres who we really are.
Ephesians 1:4 "just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love."
2 Timothy 1:9 who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.
We were chosen in Christ before the world existed. He prepared a place for us in His Divine purpose. He set aside grace to enable and empower us to fulfill His purpose for our life. All of this was in Him ... in Christ Jesus. Your true self is a New Creation in Christ. You’re not who you think you are ..... unless your mind has been renewed to who you are in Christ. Your spirit is the real you. Born of God. Born of the Word. Born of the will of God for a foreordained purpose. You have a place in God’s plan and purpose. Discovering your place and purpose is life's journey back to the heart of the Father.

Communion

My family and I partake of communion each day at home. We have a time of preparation so we can effectively partake. We speak of the Lord together and all the people He has put in our life. We speak of the needs of the body for His life that we are about to receive. A song of love for Him rises within and we are lifted into the presence of the Lord and His life begins to flow into our lives. This time of preparation before we partake lifts us from the natural realm into the spiritual. For us to receive the literal body and blood of Jesus we must “exchange realms”. To “commune” with Our Lord is an “intimacy of the heart”. Jesus speaks and we listen, then we speak and He listens and a flow begins as we enter into “communion” with Jesus and become one with Him, as being a branch that is properly attached to the vine we are able to partake of His life. During this time we are “made to know” that apart from Him we can do nothing so “true repentance” of the heart from “dead works” and “dead words” takes place and we are changed by “His Life”. “Of Him, Through Him and Back to Him”…that is the path of His “life giving spirit".

Habitation

As the glorified Jesus Christ finds a habitation within us, a life-giving river of the Spirit of God gushes from our innermost being. “My words are Spirit, and they are life...the word of God is living and energetic, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit...” John, in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, saw Jesus Christ, “his voice as the sound of many waters...and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword” (Revelation 1:15-16). The same Spirit of God who strengthens the inner man weakens the outer man. The same Spirit of God which empowers the new creation man devastates the old creation man. The same Spirit of God communicates the wisdom of God and confounds the carnal mind. The same Spirit who anointed Jesus to heal the sick, raise the dead, and cast out demons, led Jesus to the cross. This same Spirit of God, burns in us the outworking of all that Jesus accomplished on the Cross.

“Father God…Draw us to walk on the narrow path of your will that this same Spirit might burn a path through our soul that your life might be released. Lord Jesus, we want to know you…we long for your appearing…quicken our mortal bodies that we might fully redeem the time we have been given. We love you Lord and we desire your presence above all else.”

Spiritual Reality

God sees our heart. Because we invited Him in and gave Him permission
to have His way, His hand is released to move in our life. Through many circumstances both big and small we are “pushed” out of our “comfort zone” into the realm of the Spirit. Our sensitivity to the “Spirit” does not involve our “natural” senses. So we are taken into the wilderness where many of Gods dealings are about “reducing us” and bringing us to the end of our reliance upon ourselves, our strengths, our ideas, our abilities. Blessed are the “poor in spirit” (Mat 5:3) said another way… we are blessed as we move beyond the “milk of salvation” and embrace “the meat” of Gods dealings in our life that have one purpose to bring us to the absolute end of ourselves. Being poor in spirit is not thinking less of ourselves, it’s actually not thinking of ourselves at all. The wilderness time is not wasted time. Through it our soul is broken and becomes quiet and no longer oppresses the spirit but is now available to give expression to His life. It is at this moment that our "judicial position" with Christ begins to be our "spiritual reality"

Gal 2:20 “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”

Obedience

Luke 19:13 “And he called his ten servants, 
and delivered them ten pounds, 
and said unto them, “Occupy till I come”

As sons we are learning obedience through suffering. (Heb 5:8) The suffering comes as we yield within the garden that is “our life circumstance”. Of the multitudes of the “saved” that hear this call only “a few” submit themselves to the discipline of our Commander and Chief. We are the Lords “special forces.” an “occupying force” of “highly trained” and “decorated” soldiers that remain calm under fire as waves of circumstance tempt us to react “independently”, yet our orders are clear “don’t eat from that tree” it is an issue of “life and death” because if we do many will be harmed by “friendly fire”. We are on “high alert” because our time in near. The time of release when the Lord will sovereignly come and “flip the switch” and we will be activated and move in harmony with “Our Head” as a many membered force around the world functioning as “One”.

To Him that Overcomes

"To him that overcometh will I grant to “sit” with Me in My
throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with
My Father in His throne" (Revelation 3:21).
In the Book of Revelation, there are two classes of Believers.
The first is The Overcomer.
The Overcomer is The Bride of Christ whom He has chosen. 
It is all those who went further with The Lord, beyond their
salvation and responded to the High Calling in Christ and
are “seated” with Christ in His throne. A people called of God
to more. Who loved not their lives unto death. Who rose
above their life circumstance and overcame, who followed 
The Lamb wherever He went. A Bride who has "made herself ready" 
for The Marriage Supper of The Lamb".
The Second is The Multitude.
"After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no
man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people,
and tongues, "stood" before the throne, and before the
Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their
hands " (Revelation 7:9)
(robes and palms speak of Redemption and Salvation)
This vast multitude that "stands" before His Throne received of The Lord during their life the free gift of Salvation. Heaven is their home for all eternity.
As they "stand" in the presence of The Lord before the throne they see all those who overcame that are "seated" with Him they realize that they missed the opportunity to be an overcomer and be chosen as His Bride. They spent their lifetime accumulating riches in this world and being concerned for temporary things and the cares of this world but failed to purchase eternal things.
Our testimony is the expression of our relationship with The Lord.
It is the accumulation of all the decisions that we have made over
our lifetime that have registered and formed our "Eternal Expression".
The Multitude was freely given Salvation but did not grow during
their lifetime but chose their own way and the way of the world and 
never submitted their lives to His Lordship.
The Overcomer during their lifetime allowed The Lord to bring them into a 
special relationship where they became a “Living Sacrifice" unto The Lord. 
Their self-life was dealt with by the daily working of The Cross and 
was no longer an obstacle or hindrance to the expression of His Life. They are the “Wise Virgins”, Their lamps were full of oil which speaks of direct 
and ongoing communion with The Bridegroom.
The time that we have, here on earth, is the most important time of all eternity as we are making our decisions for eternity now.
John 12:25 "He that loveth his life shall lose it; and 
he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal"
If we love our life here we will lose something of eternal value there...........
The unspeakable Joy of having an intimate relationship with Our Lord as His Bride for all Eternity. A Joy unspeakable and fullness of Glory as we rule and reign with Our Lord as His Sons for all Eternity.
“I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:14
“And he that overcometh, and keepeth My works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; ....
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.” –Revelation 2:26-29
Paul saw the difference in these groups, and he sought the higher level (high calling of God). May we also seek this eternal relationship of being seated with Jesus in His throne, as a Bride having "Overcome this world even as He Overcame"
Today we can come before Jesus and "surrender our lives" to Him and allow Him to take us far beyond our Salvation and prepare us as His Bride. This is the very heartbeat of The Lord as He sits enthroned beside The Father ever making intercession for us that we would be engaged to Him with eyes for Him only and "enter in " so that on "that day" our place will be at The Marriage Supper of The Lamb

Gathering

As The Lord has done many times before, He sovereignly brought a group of believers to my place of business. I sensed the Presence of The Lord and began to share some of what I had been hearing in my spirit. The Anointing can no longer be contained inside our buildings for a couple of hours each week, no matter what name is on the building. It is flowing out into the highways and the byways. At our jobs, in the streets, at the supermarket, at the mall. The Lord is looking for a people who have become sensitive to His Spirit. A people He can trust with anointing and authority. He is restoring Shekhinah. That ability to abide the presence of The Lord that the first Adam lost is being restored. It is moving out into the lives of everyday people without abilities, personalities or special talents. The Lord is developing a people of integrity, of uprightness of heart and spirit that He can trust with this outpouring and infilling. Those that experience this will not under any circumstance attempt to set up a structure or ministry or organization that would contain or restrain this moving of Gods Spirit. A people who remain hidden. A people who don't draw attention to themselves or attempt to profit from this in anyway. A people who will so perfectly reveal Jesus that they will remain unseen. Lives hid in Christ through the work of the indwelling Holy Spirit. If He be lifted up He will draw all...

The Heart of God

The heart of God is reaching out for a people who are “willing” in the day of His power, who, as “intercessors” will birth the purpose of the Lord into the earth in this day. We each live under varying degrees of continual pressure. The longer you walk with The Lord the harder it is to hear from Him. There is an ever present longing within for “more”. The Lord always moves through this hunger to accomplish His purpose. It drives us to a deeper level of faithfulness and obedience. This causes our roots to go very deep to a “secret place” of provision that is not visible to the natural eye. Those who respond to this “inner need” may seem to be somewhat crazy to their fellow believers who are less than fully committed to this process, but “real” overcomers are crazy people. They are strangers to this world. They have truly found the “pearl of great price” and nothing in this world compares. We make ourselves available, at the expense of our own comfort in the natural to function as an “intercessor”. If you hear what I hear then pray this prayer, “Lord, I desire to become an intercessor. I make myself available for this purpose so that at any time or in any way You may desire lift me Lord above the pull of the earthly into the longings of Your heart.” The Lord will respond to this prayer. There will be a progression in your developing this ability to travail. You will not come into this overnight, but there will be a “lifting” into ever higher levels of intercession.

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See Him Enthroned

There are so many ideas about the Lords return and exactly how it will take place. Each one of us have a sense of it but they all vary to some degree. But no matter how we think or what we feel about the end time events and the Lords return, when the Lord does it, He will do it His way. So the important thing is not that we have it figured out but that we are ready. I am convinced that whatever God does to advance His purposes on the earth is birthed out of worship. Many have their eyes on world events and offer outer court prophesies and words birthed out of natural light in an attempt to stir the souls of the Saints to become active..politically…socially….morally but the battle is Not there. It is only as we see Him enthroned that His presence is released in our lives. Its that Spirit that frees us from sin and death. That is the Gospel we are to proclaim to the world. Not one of power and might but one that is accomplished by the Spirit of The Lord. It is only as we see Him enthroned that His purpose is released in our lives. When we see Him enthroned all human effort ceases and we enter into His rest and our life is hid in Christ and with hearts full of worship we ascend and occupy our place in the heavens far above all principalities, powers and spiritual darkness. That is the place of all authority that we come to with boldness. As the pattern Son sits beside the Father and makes intercession for us we receive that burden within our hearts to see His Kingdom come and His will be done in earth as it is in heaven.

Lordship

"Know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body" (1 Cor. 6:19,20).

A day must come in our lives, as definite as the day of our conversion, when we give up all right to ourselves and submit to the absolute Lordship of Jesus Christ. There may be a practical issue raised by God to test the reality of our consecration, but whether that be so or not, there must be a day when, without reservation, we surrender everything to Him ...ourselves...our families...our possessions...our business and all of our time. All we are and have and hope to become belongs to Him, to be held henceforth entirely at His disposal. From that day we are no longer our own masters, but only stewards. Not until the Lordship of Jesus Christ is a settled thing in our hearts can the Spirit really operate effectively in us. He cannot direct our lives effectually until all control of them is committed to Him. If we do not give Him absolute authority in our lives, He can be present, but He cannot be powerful. The power of the Spirit is stayed. Are you living for the Lord or for yourself? Perhaps that is too general a question, so let me be more specific. Is there anything God is asking of you that you are withholding from Him? Is there any point of contention between you and Him... Not till every controversy is settled and the Holy Spirit is given full sway can He reproduce the life of Christ in the heart of any believer!

personal spiritual hunger

The most valuable asset we have is our personal spiritual hunger for the Lord. Unless we are spiritually hungry we will be content to remain in the reflected glory of someone else's walk with the Lord. If we remain here we are only an observer of the Kingdom and are feed exclusively by what others receive from the Lord. This spiritual hunger comes from the Lord, it’s a gifting from Him. To maintain this gift it has to be valued, guarded, treasured and kept. It has to be feed the right kind of diet for it to stay healthy. We do this by spending time with the Lord. We do this by choice each day as we separate ourselves from the things that will rob us of the presence of The Lord. This has nothing to do with a list of do's, don'ts and doctrines… Its about making ourselves available and desirable to the Lord. We hunger to enter into His higher purpose for our life. So then here comes another day…one of many small choices for me to ponder in my heart…should I do this thing or not?…. go to this place? or spend time with this person?….well…would The Lord be comfortable to do this thing with me that I am considering?? Its not a legalistic thing…It's placing a value on the Lords presence…on being open and sensitive to the Lord. These decisions are personal and private…we may be prompted to choose not to do something that another believer has the liberty to do…Whenever we deny ourselves we pay a price and that becomes a witness to the Lord…It becomes a testimony as I rise above the things that could hinder and become a weight… it is obedience in that very thing that releases the presence of the Lord into my life and I become an overcomer and enter into a higher level of relationship with The Lord.

Your King

Your King is waiting patiently for humanity, for you, to quiet down, to silence the noise of mere mortals, to remove the distractions as well as the trappings of unproven processes. He is waiting for you. His heart is bursting with the very solutions you have prayed for but expected another to deliver to you. It is your ear He wants to capture, your heart He wants to ignite, your destiny He wants to release....listen!!

I give myself to You today

I give myself to You today
To be completely swept away
Lost inside the glory of Your love
As deep calls unto deep Oh Lord 
my soul cries out for You alone
Drowned within the river of Your heart
You bring Your life to my soul
I’m alive in You
Let Your Kingdom shine through my life
I want more of You
I wanna go to the deeper places
Deeper places Lord
To know the dreams of Your heart
I wanna find all the secret places
The hidden places Lord
until there’s nothing left to know
I’ll be completely Yours
Awaken every part of me
The buried places I can’t see
Ignite my heart with love uncompromised
Your Presence is my sole desire
I long to burn with holy fire
And demonstrate Your power here on earth

The House of the Lord

The Mountain of the House of the Lord stands tall and formidable, mighty and authoritative, certain and undaunted. It radiates love, compassion and forgiveness. It teaches justice, responsibility and destiny. This Mountain is the permanent Home of the King of Glory. It is the storehouse of all things Divine and merciful. It is the place where hope is born, wisdom lives and power flows freely. It is the Mountain of the House of the Lord and it is in within you. How can you possibly lose?!

HIS VOICE

Most cannot or will not hear His voice because we can only hear what confirms the things that we already, personally believe. True disciples of Christ do not have that option. They have died to personal opinion that He may live His own life, have His own thoughts, through them. This is the Kingdom of God at work.

My Life

Man loves to separate natural from spiritual so he can do what he wants with impunity. Whether someone owns a construction company or holds a religious title; whether a factory worker or a preacher, a governor or a school teacher, a stay at home mom or an entertainer, all activity holds profound and simultaneous natural and spiritual consequences. My life, no matter how inconsequential I perceive it to be, has eternal impact in this life and in the heavenlies. 

Three that Bear Witness

"And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one." (1 John 5:8)

The blood atonement of Jesus on the cross blots out our sin, as if we had never sinned. But we still have the Adamic nature. In water baptism, as we are totally immersed, our Adamic nature goes down to the grave, and we come up out of the water as a new creation, with our capacity to function in the spiritual realm restored.

"Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life." (Romans 6:4)

Now we can walk in "newness of life." Under the Law, righteous living was required, but man was incapable of this and utterly failed. In the New Covenant the ability to live a righteous life was given by the creative work of the Holy Spirit within our heart.

"A new heart also will I give you, and a new Spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments, and do them." (Ezekiel 36:26-27)

The Baptism in the Holy Spirit provides this "ability" that will "cause," or give us the "power" (Acts 1:8) that will enable us to live above sin as we become witnesses of “His Life”

(Acts 2:38) Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

The "blood" forgives our sin; the "water" changes our nature; and the "Spirit" gives us the ability (enabling power) to enter into the realms of the spiritual, above all that is earthly. These three together, as "one," provides a full salvation experience that will enable us to enter the Kingdom.

He Reigns

When the King truly reigns within, things change. Everything is turned upside down. Systems are broken down, authority is redefined, the land is healed and prosperity is restored in body, soul and spirit. In short, everything is transformed. The first become last and the last, first. Leaders become servants and servants become leaders. To live, one understands he must first die. To be truly wealthy, it becomes clear that you must first give away all you have. Life becomes noble, fulfilling, hopeful, refreshing, full of peace and inner contentment. 

Unload the Weight

Have you ever observed professional horse racing? Did you
notice the size of the jockeys? The owners make every effort to
reduce the weight their racehorse must carry, that means they
want small, light riders. The effect of this "unloading" any excess
weight is to run the race with speed and efficiency.
Paul wrote to the Hebrews urging them, "...let us lay aside
every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us
run with endurance the race that is set before us" (Heb. 12:1).
I have to wonder if some of us are trying to run our race m
Christ while carrying overstuffed suitcases. Even worse, some of
us are staggering down the course with a top-heavy stack of
baggage so high we can't even see where we are going!
Satan does everything he can to overload us with the
baggage of the world and the entangling cares of life. God, on
the other hand, wants us to unload everything He never gave us
in the first place. He promises to help us bear our burden, but
only if it is "His burden"

Matthew 11:28-30
Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, 
and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light .

What Time Is It ?

From the birth of Jesus we are approaching the third day.

The first two days comprise the new testament church and

now we enter the third day, the millennial day of the Kingdom

where Christ takes His place as the head of the Church.

From the point of creation we are at the end of the sixth day.

Man is given 6 days. The seventh day is the day of the Lord.

The millennial day. God’s day begins in the evening and ends

in the morning. It’s still dark in the world. We do not see

everything clearly. Only those who have been brought to a

place of complete dependency will continue to walk forward

with the Lord. The seventh day from Adam, the third day from Jesus.

The Sabbath, The Lords day. The day is an indeterminate time for the

accomplishment of a purpose. A time of activity for Gods eternal purpose.

Identity Theft

No one can define you without your permission. I want you to be so secure in who you are in Him that nothing or no one can steal your true identity. Christ in you is your true worth. This truth, “The Truth” will guard your heart and mind from the lies of the enemy. When you see yourself with a new pair of eyes then the realm of the supernatural…the Kingdom is opened as a door that no man can shut. Today is the day to let go of the lie and to walk in your true identity! Let the echoes of the “old man” fall silent as the “new creation” life finds expression in a “mind” that has been renewed to think like a “Son” and a “Bride”!

Philippians 1:27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

Word to my spirit today

Word to my spirit today

I desire to do great and mighty works through you but they will be accomplished only if you are willing to deny yourself and your desires and let go of everything that would hinder and follow Me. What I ask of you is not an easy choice to make. There is joy unspeakable for those who lay down their own desires and dreams to live for Me. My disciples are measured not by how much they can pick up but rather by how much they can lay down.

MATTHEW 16:24
THEN JESUS SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, “WHOEVER WANTS TO BE MY DISCIPLE MUST DENY THEMSELVES AND TAKE UP THEIR CROSS AND FOLLOW ME.”

Pride

Within the Kingdom of God lies a concept that is easily overlooked yet is so profound. When this concept is the missing ingredient in the life of the believer then the shallow fruit produced will never remain. Even more importantly, a level of intimacy and trust with God will never be achieved. A characteristic we must strongly guard against allowing to enter our heart is “pride”.

James 4:6 (KJV)

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith,
God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

God actually opposes us when we allow pride to enter our hearts. The only way to appropriate

the enabling Grace is to humble ourselves. May we allow the Lord to search our hearts and deal
with us by dividing our soul from our spirit that the meditations of our heart may be acceptable to Him.
May the light of His Glory shine into every area of our life that we might be made compatible with
His higher and eternal purpose for our lives.

Broken Together

Take the hand of those you love whom God has placed in your life and let the Lord do
that which is of eternal value in your hearts together, step by step. You were never
meant to be complete without Him. Allow the Lord to break you together. Life is not
falling apart but falling into place as He begins that heart change, that the glory and
the excellancy might be of Him and not of us. For this treasure has been placed in
earthen vessels.

Old School

“The good that I would I do not: but the evil which I
would not, that I do” (Rom. 7:19).
I understand what Paul is saying. For many years
I tried, like a good Christian, to carry out the teaching
of the Sermon on the Mount and found I couldn’t do it;
I failed! I gave it up in disgust and decided to leave the
Sermon on the Mount up the mount! It was some years
later before I discovered that the Christian life isn’t
hard to live, "it’s impossible to live"and only Jesus can
live it. Then I recognized that my "only struggle" was the
struggle not to struggle: to let go and let God!
I learned from my failure. I came to understand that the seed
of success lies in what appears to be a lifeless mess. There is no
such thing as waste with God! Waste is a lack of revelation.
God does much with little, most with least and everything with
nothing. Its when my life ends that His begins. (Gal2:20).
The school of the Spirit is all about the impossible.
After all this time now brokenness is a constant companion.
Weakness is strength! (2Cor 12:9). Independence has been
replaced with a moment by moment communion with the
"Spirit of Life" that has set me free from the "Law of sin and
death" (Rom 8:2) With God all things are possible through
the life of His Son finding expression in me (Phil 4:13).

Spirit Realm

To be in union with God is to touch, experience, and live in the supernatural, the realm of all-God. Even though God dwells in every dimension, humans are body, soul, and spirit. To be aware of and live in the Spirit, we must realize that this realm exists. We must strive to give ourselves to Him that we too may experience the fullness of His intentions for us, in this realm of eternal life and supernatural fulfillment. Our five senses only put us in touch with the natural world, but our spirits put us in touch with the spirit realm. In that realm we can experience Him in a way that we never dreamed possible. In the spirit realm, the Holy Spirit pours into our spirit so that we can know the plan of God, understand our role in it, and dedicate ourselves to its fulfillment.

            In the natural realm, the dimension in which we live in our bodies, our soul is fed information from the five senses. It is the task of our five natural senses to gather information from this natural realm and feed it to our soul—our mind, will, and emotions.

            Your soul interprets this information and makes decisions accordingly. If you are tuned only to the five senses, you only get a portion of the information you need to make decisions. That means you will miss much vital information that can only be sensed by your spirit and delivered to your soul through that spirit. The spirit realm is just as real as the natural realm. It contains vital information as to the course and function of your life. It keeps us balanced in our overall understanding of God, the universe, and our place here on earth. If we concentrate on the input of the five senses while ignoring the input of the spirit, we become hardened to what we see from the spirit realm. We then become like a car trying to go straight ahead with one brake locked. We can only go in circles while making a lot of smoke and noise! It may look spiritual to some, but it gets us nowhere. The more naturally minded we are, the more we will be drawn to the natural realm. When this happens, the more distant and elusive the spirit realm will seem to become. Also, the more naturally minded, or carnally minded, we become, the more the power of the flesh, along with its lusts and desires, will try to rule us. If it can’t take us over, it will certainly distract us from our goal of listening and following the Lord. Remember, the enemy doesn’t care if you give in to his temptation or spend your time and energy fighting him. The trickster is happy as long as you are not doing the will of God. So a day in which you battle temptation and squeak through without sin is still a success for the enemy, for you were focused on the temptation, and therefore did not tap in to the supernatural resources of the realm of all-God.