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Word for Today:  April 22

Sow the seed that matches the need.

Every need has a matching seed.  Find the seed that matches the need and sow it.  One unfailing principle of God’s Word is the principle of Sowing and Reaping.  You will never have a need if you practice sowing according to God’s Word.  You do not have a “need” problem… you have a sowing problem.  Seed does no good as long as you hold it.  It must be sown… put in circulation.

If you need joy… sow joy.  If you need healing… go pray for someone who is sick.  If you need encouragement, go to some discouraged individual and speak encouragement to them.  If you need finances… give into the Kingdom.  And be sure that the soil you choose to sow in is good ground.

Finally, prepare for the increase.  Plan Big.  Think Big.  Talk Big.  Expect Big.  Believe Big.  You are the key.  God allows you to set your own limits and fix your own boundaries.  You initiate and heaven shouts Amen!  You begin and Heaven confirms.  You loose on earth and God looses in Heaven.  You bind on earth and God binds in heaven.

You begin and God finishes

Overcoming Anxiety

Matthew 6: 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you…

Kingdom: A realm of Authority and Power.  Rulership.  Dominion.

Phil 4:6 Be anxious for nothing…  NKJV

Worry, fear, anxiety, stress, frustration, disappointment, disillusion… Emotional overload… Drama….  all these slander and contradict every promise in the Word of God.  They are outside the Will of God for you.

Notice Jesus is dealing with things that causes all the above.  The crux of the matter.  He’s talking about Survival.  Living.  And He knows the Worries and fears we face in life and our anxiety about the future…

• What will I have to eat and drink today?
• What will I have to wear tomorrow? And the days ahead?
• How can I survive at this present time? When I have nothing stored up?
• What will I do for shelter and protection?
• Who will take care of me?
• What if?……

So… we need some instruction about how to do this.  How we can overcome worry.  And fear.  And anxiety.  And have assurance that God will take care of us.

The answer is in the Word and, in fact, is in these words spoken by Jesus Himself.

1. Seek (look for) and Find the Kingdom of God.

But seek (zeteo: to look for with the purpose of finding) ye first the kingdom of God,

And Jesus says that this is the FIRST thing we should do.  It becomes our priority.  Our passion.  Our driving force.  Looking for the Kingdom.  Discovering where the Kingdom is.

In order to overcome anxiety…  (1) Look for the Kingdom.  (2) Find the Kingdom.  (3) Learn how the Kingdom works.  (4) And then, incorporate Kingdom Principles in everyday living.

And when we succeed in doing this, “All these things (basic living needs) shall be added unto you.” (Mat 6:33). 

When the Kingdom operates in you as God intends for it to, then the Will of God will be done for you.  When the Will of God is done for you…   you will be delivered from all worry, fear, anxiety and stress.

Now let’s find the Kingdom.  The Word tells us where it is.  Jesus tells us exactly where it is located.

1. Discover WHERE IT IS

The Kingdom of God is in YOU.

Luke 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within (entos: inside) you.  (that’s why it can’t be seen, or “observed” it is invisible because it inside every believer)

2 Cor 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.  

God has deposited a TREASURE inside of your human body.  That TREASURE is the Kingdom of God.

• Your Body has become GOD’S HEADQUARTERS. (His Office, and He’s always “in”)
• Your Mind becomes God’s Operating System.
• Your Spirit becomes the Controller and Director of your flesh.

According to the Word, all of Heaven’s Resources are INSIDE the BELIEVER.  Everything God has and all things that pertain to life and godliness (2 Per 1:3) is already inside of the Believer in SEED FORM.  Heaven’s Storehouse is right inside of you… Remember “My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”   Where is Christ?  In you.  Where is His Glory?  In you.   What does He possess and what has He given us?  (All things that pertain to life and godliness) They are in you.   They are in you NOW (regardless of outward circumstances or pre-existing problems.  The Answer to ALL THINGS is inside of you and me.

2. Learn HOW IT WORKS

The Kingdom of God works by and through FAITH… (and Not by facts)

It is Supernatural.  It is Eternal.  It functions by Faith and not by Facts. Facts are natural and temporal.  Faith is Supernatural and Eternal.  And it is Faith that pleases the Father (without faith you cannot please God) because GIVING to you is the very thing that pleases God.  (“It’s your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom…”  Lk 12:32) and getting what He has Given you is received only through FAITH.  Jesus prayed, “Thy Kingdom Come thy Will be done in earth as it is in heaven…” (Matt 6:10).  Faith become the door into the resources of the Kingdom of God.

3. The KINGDOM has KEYS

Mt 16:19   And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Keys are for binding and for loosing.  For shutting and for opening.  For stopping and for starting.  They are the scepter of authority for every Believer.

When Jesus conceptualized and prophesied the Church in Matthew 16: 18-19, He gave all the keys to it.  Search them out.  Find them.  Believe them.  Use them.

What you do with the Keys determines what HAPPENS to YOU on EARTH.

4. The KINGDOM is DESIGNED to OPERATE on EARTH.

It is NOT reserved for us just for when we get to heaven. It is on earth that we need the THINGS OF GOD… the POWER of GOD… the AUTHORITY of GOD… the ABILITY of GOD… the GIFTS of the HOLY SPIRIT… the KINGDOM works through the Church (the Body of Christ).  We are GOD’S FAMILY and we are called and commissioned to live heaven’s life here on earth in the very midst of a “crooked and perverse” generation…

5. WHATEVER you NEED can be FOUND in the KINGDOM

And the KINGDOM IS IN YOU.  We do not wait for blessings to “fall from heaven” on us.  “The Glory of the Lord is Risen upon you” (Isa 60) “THE KINGDOM of HEAVEN SUFFERETH VIOLENCE” (religion will pervert the truth and purity of it).  Religion and the organized church has done violence to the kingdom for years.  “AND THE VIOLENT (forceful, determined, strong) TAKE IT BY FORCE…” (Matt 11:12)

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Phil 4:19

Receive a Revelation of this Truth and you will be enabled to overcome every obstacle you will ever face and defeat every demon you ever encounter.

Word for Today:  April 21

Seize the opportunity you have TODAY.

Jesus was leaving Jericho headed for Jerusalem.  He was on His way to die and He would never again pass that way.  Blind Bartimaeus did not know that, but it was still the truth.  Who knows when our last opportunity will come?  Who can tell when our Day of Visitation will expire?

If all the blind and halt and lame had known that Jesus would never pass that way again, they would have lined the streets and pressed in and mobbed Jesus as they sought for their miracle.

I wonder how many have missed their miracle because they ignored a present day opportunity.  I believe that God has prepared this brief message just for you.   And He has purposed that you would read and heed it today.

Some need forgiveness.  Some need healing.  Some need deliverance from sin.  Some need the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.  Some need fellowship with other Believers.  Some need to get to a place where they can hear from God.  Some need a miracle to deliver them from a desperate situation.

Jesus is passing your way.   Right now. I want to believe He will pass your way again, but I have no guarantee of it.  Nor do you.  Don’t be like the hundreds that missed Jesus while He journeyed through their city.

 Seek ye the Lord while He may be found… call ye upon Him while He is near…  Isa 55:6

That is NOW

There will be times in your Christian Experience that IT SEEMS like NOTHING IS HAPPENING.  There are times of WAITING.  The Bible calls this PATIENCE!!  We live in a Quick-Fix, Fast Lane, Instant and Immediate world.  Everything is keyed to a Drive-Up syndrome.  Drive up fast food.  (Sudden Food in Liberia!)  Drive up Dry Cleaners.  Drive up Banking.  Drive up pawn shops.  Drive up Funeral Parlors.  Most of American life (and Christian life) is tied to the NOW.  In reality, the RIGHT NOW!  Perhaps this is one reason it is so hard to WAIT when we are dealing with Spiritual Things.

Jesus said in Mark 11 that if we “shall not doubt in our heart, but shall believe that those things which we say shall come to pass, we shall HAVE WHATSOEVER we SAY…”  He added:  “Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them…”  He also said:  “If  you ask anything in My Name, I will do it…”  (John 14:14).  How can we explain the FACT that some have asked and some have believed and some have agreed and some have not doubted, but YET the answer has not manifested.  They are still WAITING.  Some are not only waiting, they are WONDERING.  Many have turned to WISHING and HOPING and LONGING.  But IT SEEMS that NOTHING HAS HAPPENED and NOTHING IS HAPPENING.

Waiting is not bad.  Not if you understand what is taking place in the realm of the Spirit.  When we PRAY and BELIEVE, powerful spiritual forces are released.  These forces are invisible but they are REAL.  They work and they produce.  While we wait, we can win.  We do not have to get discouraged, or depressed or frustrated.  We can discover facets of God’s Grace and Tender Mercies that we never knew existed if we WAIT IN FAITH.  “You will reap in due season (there is an APPOINTED TIME set BY GOD for your answer!), if you faint (to relax or become exhausted) not…” (Gal 6:9)  While we wait, there are some things we can do to strengthen our Faith Position.  Waiting does not mean “doing nothing”.  “Resting” in God does not mean idleness or laziness.  While we wait, we intensify our Spiritual Warfare.  (Spiritual Warfare is the theme for the 90’s.  The Church is coming into a powerful AGRESSIVE POSTURE.  In the 90’s this Offensive will do great damage to the powers of darkness.  Forces that have long held multitudes in captivity will be BROKEN and there shall be GREAT LIGHT in the place of darkness).

(1)  God is Working

(2)  satan is warring

(3)  I am Waiting  (Developing patience: hupomone “cheerfulness, endurance, constancy”)  “My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this that the trying (proving) of your faith worketh (accomplishes, finishes) patience…”  (James 1:2-3)

1. BE ASSURED OF GOD’S FAITHFULNESS. (Trustworthy)

God is faithful (trustworthy).  God will honor His Word.  God will always Perform what He Promises.  “God is faithful…”  the Magna Charta of the NT Church.  He will not fail you.  He will not forsake you.  He will SHOW UP and Deliver you… IN TIME!!  The Bible is a RECORD of God’s Faithfulness.  “In the fullness of time…”  There is a “time” set aside for every purpose and every answer.  Do not frustrate God’s Grace by getting impatient.  Impatience has birthed many Ishmaels.  Taking over before God gets through can be disastrous.  Let “patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect (teleos: complete, full grown) and entire (complete in every part, perfectly sound, whole), wanting nothing…”  (James 1:4)

There is a WAY of ESCAPE.   God is faithful and He will not allow you to be tempted more than you can stand.  But with every temptation, He will also make a Way of escape.  (I Cor 10:13) Nothing shall by any means hurt you.  No evil shall come near the place you dwell… BECAUSE GOD IS FAITHFUL.

2.  REHEARSE THE WORD  (“It is written…”)

Exercise it like you would exercise your muscles.  Use it.  Let it RISE up out of your Spirit.  Temper the Word with aggressiveness.  Be offensive and attack your hard situation with the Revelation God gives you in His Word.  “It is written…”  “God says…”  “The Word declares…”

3.  QUIT WORRYING (Follow after peace)

99% of the things you worry about NEVER HAPPEN.  Settle in your heart that EVERYTHING IS REALLY OK.  satan exaggerates and intensifies and magnifies the negative.  God is in Control.

4.  WORSHIP JESUS

Seek Jesus… not your answer!!  The more you worship Him the less you think about your problem.  Sing.  Pray.  Bow before Him.  Speak in Tongues.  Prophesy to yourself.  Worship God!!

Word for Today:  April 20

The Main Thing.

There is absolutely nothing as important as being Right with God.  Being Right with God means being Born Again.   It means living for God.  It means resisting and refusing to live in sin.  It means being ready to die and ready to live. It means not being satisfied to exist or merely survive.  It means being ready to meet Jesus and to greet Jesus.  It means not fearing death, being terrified of the graveyard, or dreading eternity.    It means living in obedience to the Word and it means being free from sin’s control and dominion.  It means being a Witness.  It means making a Positive Difference in the Word.  Nothing… absolutely nothing is as important as being Right with God.

The world is hell-bent on preventing you and me from getting Right with God and staying Right with God.   It (the world system) is controlled by the devil and demons and they are actively engaged in all kinds of deception in order to keep you and me from being Right with God.  If you are right with God, the Kingdom of Darkness is determined to get you back and keep you out of the Will of God.  They will spare nothing.  They will work day and night to get to you, to get to your family, to get to your mind, to get to your heart.  Jesus warned us that:

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:  John 10:10

Therefore, the One Thing we must be absolutely sure of is that we are Born Again and Right with God.    Nothing else really matters.  Jesus is not so much concerned about your church membership or your denominational affiliation. He is not so concerned about all your Spiritual Gifts.  Your Religious Credentials are worthless.  Your good works are just not enough.  Your performance doesn’t matter.

“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.”

And being right with God is the Main Thing

Word for Today:  April 18

Dreamers of the day.

“Everyone dreams, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity. But the dreamers of the day are dangerous people, for they may act out their dream with open eyes to make it happen.” (Anon)

Are you a “dreamer of the day”?  If you are you are dangerous to the powers of darkness…. especially when you dream of accomplishing great and impossible things for God.  The singular most profound thing is for us to REALLY BELIEVE that we can do all things through Christ.  When that one truth saturates our total being, we become Dreamers of the Day.  What you Dream you can become.  What you Dream can be moved into Reality.  Jesus has fixed it so that our “dreams can come true.”

God has built into every Believer the ability and possibility of Dreaming.  Dreaming Big Dreams.  The militant Body of Christ is a Body of Visionaries.  Chasing stars.  Reaching beyond their grasp.  Pushing the envelope.  Thinking outside the “box” and surging right off the page.

This is the season for your Dreams to manifest.  For your Visions to come to be realized.  For what you have been aiming at, believing for, expecting and anticipating to really happen.  Heaven is for dreamers.  Victory is for Visionaries.  Real life is experienced only by those who will never be satisfied with the normal.  The mediocre.  The natural.  What are you willing to “go for” today?  This week?  Right now?

What you can dream you can become. What you can envision, can happen.  This is the heritage every believer.  Reaching.  Stretching.  Expanding.  Growing.  Becoming.

Hitch your wagon to a star

What is about to happen?”

If the veil separating the physical and the spiritual could be lifted for a moment, what a sight we would behold!  Everywhere we looked, we would see preparations taking place.  God is busily PREPARING.  The ANGELS are busily PREPARING.  Hell is busy PREPARING.   During the six days of creation God PREPARED.  And now, at the CLOSE of this AGE, He is diligently preparing for the END.

What’s next?  The Bible is very plain about the events that will take place at the close of this age.  If we know the Word we will know what is going to happen.  If we know the Will of God we will know what to expect and when to expect it.  God never intended for His children to be ignorant of His End-Time plan.  God never intended for His children to be caught by surprise.  God wants you to know what is going to happen and approximately when it is going to happen.  Now, if you do not care, you will not know.  If you are lazy and carnally minded, you will not know.  If you are caught up in the world system, you will not know.  If you are bound up in religious bondage and dead doctrine, you will not know.  However, you can know and you will know if you open your heart to the Holy Spirit right now!!

First, we are living in the End-Time.  There is no doubt about this.  Look at what the Bible says concerning events that will be taking place at the time Jesus comes again.   From what I can determine from the Bible, there is not ONE PROPHECY left to be fulfilled before Jesus Comes Again.  His appearance is IMMINENT.  His Return is At Hand!!

The NEXT EVENT will be Jesus coming in the clouds to take His Church out of the earth. “For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up (harpadzo) together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:  and so shall we ever be with the Lord…”  1 Thes 4: 16-17.

“Then shall two be in the field, the one shall be taken, and the other left.  Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken and the other left.  Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come…”  Mat 24:40-42

This is referred to as the Rapture of the Church.  It is a “catching away” or a “snatching away” of all true Believers from the earth at a time when it is least expected by the world.  It will be world-wide and it will be sudden.   It will be blessed for those are saved and it will be tragic for those who are lost.  According to the Bible, the Saved who have died and gone to be with Jesus will be reunited with their bodies and they shall “rise first” and then those of us who are alive and remain shall be taken up together with them in the air.

Suddenly, all the TRUE Christians will be gone from the earth.

Suddenly, all Christian influence will be removed from the earth.

Suddenly, all the church buildings and facilities of True Believers, will be vacant and empty.

Those who are Saved will ALL BE GONE.  Mothers will leave unbelieving children.  Daddies will leave unbelieving children.  Brothers will leave unbelieving brothers.  Sisters will leave unbelieving sisters.  Families will be divided.  Friends will be separated.  Only those who are READY will be taken.  Those who are living in disobedience, in rebellion, in open sin… those who are lukewarm and lazy will be left.  Those whose lamps are not trimmed and whose lights are not burning will be left.  The True Christians will all be gone.  No one left on earth but the lost, the backslidden, the unbelieving, the skeptic… “the lawless and disobedient, the ungodly, the sinner, the unholy, the profane, murderers, manslayers, whoremongers, those that defile themselves with mankind, kidnappers, liars and perjurers…” (1 Tim 1:9-10)

All goodness will be gone.  All love will be gone.  All kindness will be gone.  All compassion will be gone.  All mercy will be gone.  The TRUE CHURCH will be GONE and the world will be left to the powers of hell and destruction.  There will be no restraining force against evil and wickedness.  Antichrist will emerge and begin to rule and millions will be tortured, persecuted, abused, murdered.  There will be another holocaust… but this one will be world-wide and it will cause blood to run in every street in every city in every nation on the earth.  Demon forces will be loosed on earth and suffering will be supernatural.  These events are plainly detailed in the Book of Revelation, Chapters 6 through 18.

After the Rapture, there will be NO ESCAPE.

The suffering and torment that will be experienced by those who are left behind is indescribable.  Men will cry for the mountains to fall on them and for the earth to swallow them up… they will scream for death but death will not come.  “…and the kings of the earth and the great men and the rich men and the chief captains and the mighty men and every bondman and every free man hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of his wrath is come and who shall be able to stand?…”  Rev 6: 15-17.

This is called the Time of Tribulation.  And it will last for a period of 7 years.  The first 3 1/2 years will witness the rise of the antichrist.  The last 3 1/2 years will perfect his rule and reign.  The entire 7 years,  the antichrist will reign and the earth will be ruled by demon forces.  There will be a continual series of Judgments… 7 seal judgments, 7 vial judgments and 7 trumpet judgments…

Millions will die as this 7 year period of Tribulation ends with the Battle of all battles… the Battle of Armageddon.

“And another angel came out of the temple, which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.  And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, thrust in thy sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.  And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.  And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.”   (184 miles)  Rev 14:17-20.  See also Rev 19: 11-21.

While these events are taking place on earth during the 7 years of Tribulation, those of us who were Caught Up at the Rapture will be in heaven with Jesus.  We will be preparing for the Millennium.  We will be getting ready to return to earth with Jesus and to rule with Him for 1000 years.  There are two events that will take place in heaven while antichrist is ruling on earth.

First, we will go with Jesus to the Judgment Seat of Christ.  It is here that all Believers will be rewarded according to their faithfulness while they lived on earth.  We must each stand individually before Jesus and answer to Him in regards to our conduct on earth.  “For the Son of Man shall come in the glory of His Father with His angels and then He shall reward every man according to his works…”  Mat 16:27  “…for we shall all stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ.  For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall confess to God.  So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God…”  Rom 14: 10-12  “For we must all appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad…”  2 Cor 4:10.  “And, behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be…” Rev  22: 12.

It is here that we will be rewarded and receive our crowns which will be laid at Jesus’ feet.  It may be a time of great rejoicing and it could be a time of great regret.  We will be judged and rewarded according to our works.  We are not saved by our works, but we will be rewarded according to our works.  The rewards we receive and the crowns we are given will be cast at the feet of Jesus as we honor Him and worship Him.  It will be all that we have to GIVE to Him.

Next, we will accompany Jesus and all the Saints of all the ages to the Marriage Feast or Marriage Supper of the Lamb.  “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to Him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife hath made herself ready.  And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white; for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.  And He saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.  And He saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God…”  Rev 19: 7-9.

Now, the choice is YOURS TODAY.  Which will it be, Tribulation or Triumph?  Suffering or the Marriage Supper?  If you could miss the wrath of God that will be poured out without mixture… surely you would.  If you could instead be guaranteed a place at the Marriage Supper, I know you would accept.  I am sent by God to make you an offer.  I am His messenger (angel) to give you that invitation.  What will it be?  What will you do?  God extends to you a request for your presence… will you accept?

YES_____             NO_______

Word for Today:  April 16

Life at its BEST.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10:10 

“Life” in this verse is the word “Zoe,” a Greek term that describes a quality of life, not a quantity, but a quality of life.  It is the word that describes the very same kind of life that God has.  Jesus is saying here, “I have come that you might have life and that life will be the same kind of life that I have and the same kind of life that God has… ”

This is the Abundant Life that Jesus has given to you and to me.  It is not simply “living and breathing” or “natural, physical” life, but it is the same quality of life that God has.  The same type of Life God has.  It is the “God Kind” of life.

Can you imagine God being worried?  Can you imagine God being afraid?  Can you imagine God being sick?  Can you imagine God being in a bad mood?  Or having a “bad hair day?”  Can you imagine God being poor?   Can you see God being depressed or stressed?  Or sad, or melancholy or “blue?”

God is not saving up for a rainy day.  God is not getting ready to go to the hospital.  God is not tired out or “wore” out… God is not planning on anything bad happening to Him.  He never has and He never will.  God is just fine.

If God is OK then you are OK.

Regardless

Message delivered April 19, 2002 at LIFE CHURCH 

Hag. 2:9   The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.

Joel 3:16   The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: (undulate) but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

Soon, the one most significant event since Creation will occur on this planet.  Every nation and people and tongue will experience the impact of this Spiritual Happening.  It will be the last and the greatest Move of God on the earth before the Return of Jesus.  This “thing”, I believe, is will take place in our lifetime and be the last and greatest sweep of the Holy Ghost before Jesus returns.   It will be a shaking.  A global shaking.  A shaking in the heavens and a shaking in the earth.  As this shaking occurs…

1. The attention of the whole world will be FOCUSED ON THE CHURCH.

Because the Church will finally and ultimately become what it was created to be.  No longer a wimpy, wrung-out, sissy, thumb-sucking baby… but an Army.  The Army of God.  The militant, turned-on, Holy Ghost-Filled, Sword wielding, Church of the Living God.  Not afraid.  Not ashamed.  Not timid.  Not weary and worn out.  Not broken down and bruised and bleeding.   Mighty.  Powerful.  Fearless.  Militant.  Courageous.

2. Powerful empires in the earth will be shaken by internal strife, scandal and division.

Our own government as well as some of the most powerful political figures in this nation will not escape this shaking.  It will not only be a shaking but it will be shocking.   Kingdoms thought to be unshakable will stagger and reel under the mighty Hand of God.

3. The powers of darkness will break forth in fresh waves of terror.

Great destruction and mass hysteria will come and many will be tempted to give up and fall away.  Nation will literally rise up against nation.  BUT… out of this conflict will come a great Spiritual Awakening that will surpass all Revivals in recorded history.   Sleeping Christians will be jolted awake.  LIFE will literally come forth out of death and influence every living creature on planet earth.

4. Millions of people will be saved even more who have backslidden will be reclaimed…

This awesome event will happen almost instantly.  Overnight.  Everywhere.  All over the earth.  Downtown street curbs will become holy altars upon which sinners will kneel and pray and seek the Face of Almighty God.

5. Great Wealth and Riches will be brought into the Re-Born Church

(The true Body of Christ will be walking in obedience) and it will become the richest and most powerful Institution on earth.  Ably equipped to saturate the earth with the Gospel of the Kingdom.

6. Every False Prophet and every false doctrine will be openly exposed to the world.

Every spirit of deception will be identified and revealed.   There will be no place for the false and counterfeit to hide.  Every secret thing shall be uncovered.  Hearts will be uncovered.  Motives will be revealed.  The truth about them will be known and announced.

7. Great Supernatural manifestations of God will occur.

Signs,   wonders and miracles will take place not only in the Church, but on the streets and in the shopping malls and in the workplace.  Healings, and deliverances.  As well as signs in the heavens and in the earth.

8. Millions of new converts and reclaimed backsliders will fill Churches. Churches that are full of the Glory of God and this will cause overnight growth explosions… There will be great open-air meetings to minister to the throngs because no church will be large enough to take care of the crowds.
9. Men and women, Young People and even little children will Minister in the Power of God.

Those who have been rejected by organized religion will be exalted by the Spirit of God and used to communicate the Gospel of Jesus in Great Power and Anointing.

10. Business leaders and businesses and private enterprises which support the Re-Born Church will become the economic giants of the day.

Wall Street will be shocked.   The economists of the world will be dumbfounded.  The wealth of the earth will be redistributed… and shall literally be laid up for the Righteous.  The silver and the gold belong to God.

11. All modern technology will be used to preach the Word to all the world…

All the creative genius being released into humanity will be focused on the Spiritual instead of the natural.  The exponential explosion of technical discovery and wisdom… all this for the Kingdom of God.  Satellite communications… radio…television… computers… the internet… and even newer and more exotic technology that is yet to be developed will revolutionize the preaching and spreading of the Gospel of the Kingdom.

 12.  The whole world will hear and know about Jesus.

Nations and kingdoms will be born into the Kingdom “in a day” just like the Bible says.   The Name of Jesus will be spoken on the lips of all mankind.  What a Day!  What an hour!  What a demonstration of the Glory of God!

This is the approaching Shaking.   This is the prelude to the Revival of the last days.  This is That was spoken by the Prophet Joel.  All the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.  This is the END TIME REVIVAL.

Word for Today:  April 16

Wilderness experiences.

The nature of the believer is to resist the Wilderness.  Wilderness experiences are not pleasant.  We like comfort and convenience.  We like the tranquility of affluence and the relief from hardship.  In the wilderness there is hardship and uncertainty and loneliness.  There are tempting opportunities to doubt and wonder and waver in faith.  In the wilderness.  No assurance.  No guarantees.  No comfort.  No security.

We would all call every wilderness a “bad experience” and one that we would like to avoid.  We like normality.  We like stability.  We do not like uncertainties.  We are geared to want to know what to expect.  We resist anything that jars us out of our comfort and routine.

Most people I know either are in, just out of, or going into a Wilderness Experience.  What do we do when we are in the desert?  How can we profit from the unpleasant?  When will we get out?  Why are we there anyway?  What is God doing to us?

Moses was supernaturally selected by God for a special purpose.  He was redeemed from certain death and found as a baby by Pharaoh’s daughter.  He was raised in the king’s court and was being groomed for political leadership and power.  He was headed for great success.  Then he killed an Egyptian who was beating one of his Hebrew brethren.  He fled into the Wilderness to escape the wrath of the king.  He left the promises of Egypt and the prospects of Political power and wealth to become a sheep herder for his Father-in-law.

On the “backside of the desert” (That’s Wilderness) while he was keeping sheep, the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in the flame of a burning bush.  God began to talk to him and it was at this very place, that he was called and commissioned to lead Israel out of Egypt.

It looked like Moses’ life was over.  It appeared that his future was bleak and all was lost.  In the Wilderness, Moses met the “I AM.”

His Wilderness became the turning point in his life.

Your drought may be the beginning of a great refreshing