3 John 1:3-4 (KJV)
“3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.”
It is not as much the truth we talk as it is the truth we walk. This is not a proclamation intended to condemn; rather, a proclamation to commend. Exalt all that exalts Christ; people all around us are full of snake venom dying in a pool of condemnation, lift the cross of Christ as Moses lifted the pole in the midst of death. Walking our talk becomes transformational truth.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Monday, October 19, 2015
TEACHERS
Romans 2:21 (KJV)
“Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?”
Being our own student qualifies us to teach others. In “The Kings Army” Sunday school class as a child we were taught, “A student has not learned until the student is doing what they have been taught.” I have to remind myself of this often. In the real world, real teachers teach themselves before they teach others.
“Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?”
Being our own student qualifies us to teach others. In “The Kings Army” Sunday school class as a child we were taught, “A student has not learned until the student is doing what they have been taught.” I have to remind myself of this often. In the real world, real teachers teach themselves before they teach others.
Sunday, October 18, 2015
GET UP!
1 Corinthians 1:24 (KJV)
"...Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God."
1998 Sheridan Wyoming
Setting in the basement starring at the wall; how can you trust me when I do not even trust myself? The four and twenty elders rise from their seats taking their crowns from their heads and casting them before Him passing through me like ocean waves. Back in their seats, rising from their seats taking their crowns from their heads and casting them before Him passing through me over and over again.
Seats are assignments, positions we serve from. Crowns are ranks of authority given to serve in these positions. He is the power and the wisdom of God; He is power and wisdom, the ability and the right to execute. Being present in us is the only ability and right we have to execute. He is worthy to receive all praise, glory, and honor.
Get up! Get up! Take our crowns and cast them – take our crowns and cast them. In this space over and over again never ending movement, never ending statement made in the heavens. No matter what we find ourselves doing here, this is what they are doing there. Get Up!
"...Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God."
1998 Sheridan Wyoming
Setting in the basement starring at the wall; how can you trust me when I do not even trust myself? The four and twenty elders rise from their seats taking their crowns from their heads and casting them before Him passing through me like ocean waves. Back in their seats, rising from their seats taking their crowns from their heads and casting them before Him passing through me over and over again.
Seats are assignments, positions we serve from. Crowns are ranks of authority given to serve in these positions. He is the power and the wisdom of God; He is power and wisdom, the ability and the right to execute. Being present in us is the only ability and right we have to execute. He is worthy to receive all praise, glory, and honor.
Get up! Get up! Take our crowns and cast them – take our crowns and cast them. In this space over and over again never ending movement, never ending statement made in the heavens. No matter what we find ourselves doing here, this is what they are doing there. Get Up!
Saturday, October 17, 2015
FREE COURSE
2 Thessalonians 3:1-5 (KJV)
“1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.
3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.”
Being accountable in our communities of faith is centered on the Word of the LORD; His Word is transformative. We must surround ourselves with those that is eager for the Word to have “free course;” it is in this intimacy with each other that we are delivered from the unreasonable and wicked folk who are not interested in giving “free course” to the Word. It is amazing that in waiting on Christ to return; and that being the urgency in us, directs us to encounter the love of God as it directs our hearts when we are with both our communities of faith and those who are unreasonable and wicked. “Free Course” works when love is at work in us.
“1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.
3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.”
Being accountable in our communities of faith is centered on the Word of the LORD; His Word is transformative. We must surround ourselves with those that is eager for the Word to have “free course;” it is in this intimacy with each other that we are delivered from the unreasonable and wicked folk who are not interested in giving “free course” to the Word. It is amazing that in waiting on Christ to return; and that being the urgency in us, directs us to encounter the love of God as it directs our hearts when we are with both our communities of faith and those who are unreasonable and wicked. “Free Course” works when love is at work in us.
Sunday, October 4, 2015
VISUALS FROM GOD
Faith is the only thing that can bring the mountain down – so you grab a pick and I will grab a shovel – before you know this mountain will be level. To build a boat when there has never been rain is to ignore the statics against the visual God has put in our hearts; once we’ve seen it and it is in our spirit to stay, we cannot act any different. Let us take hold of our mission; let our mission take hold of us. When God gives vision faith can move mountains.
Saturday, October 3, 2015
NO PLACE WILL BE HIS PLACE
John 3:16 (KJV)
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
God did not go outside Himself to love us; He loves us from inside Himself. How can we resist? He says He will never leave us nor forsake us. “And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them”(Revelation 20:11). The place we are in will flee away at that moment – the only place we can be at that moment is right there in front of Him. Get familiar with this place now and it will not be so unfamiliar then. From inside Himself He has loved us.
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