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Word for Today:  March 8

Preaching.

Preaching is done by men.  By women.  By children.  By twice-born, Holy Ghost appointed and anointed human beings.  Not by angels.  Not by Seraphim or Cherubim.  Not by heavenly hosts…  but by Human beings who are full of the Holy Ghost and consumed by Fire.  Those who are Called.  Who are Commissioned.  Who are Ordained by God.  Who are Selected.  Who are Sent.

Jesus was a Preacher.  He was called.  He was appointed.  He was anointed.  He was sent.  First and foremost, Jesus was a Preacher.  He had Fire in His bones, Oil on His head and a Sword in His mouth.

However, His outward qualifications would not be adequate to place Him in a modern ministry.  His demeanor would not qualify Him to be a successful preacher in the setting of today’s church.  His education would be lacking and His experience inadequate to qualify Him for a successful pastoral position in today’s religious world.

He did not dress like a preacher.  He did not keep company with preachers or with people preachers normally keep company with.  He did not act like a preacher, talk like a preacher, or live like a preacher.  He did not have a preacher’s education or a preacher’s credentials.  Yet, He was and is the Son of God.  He was a Word preacher…  Ahead of His time but in tune with His Father.  He was literally consumed with His Call and ready to Die for His Cause.

How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?   Rom 10:14

Word for Today:  March 5

The Word tells us that those who are Born Again have become “partakers” of the Divine Nature of God the Father.

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.  2 Pet 1:4

The word for “partakers” in this context means:

• A partner, associate, comrade, companion,
• A partner, sharer, in anything. (Strong’s Concordance).

So, according to the Bible, at the time of Conversion, the believer becomes a sharer, a partner, an associate with God.  This experience affects the recipient, spirit, soul, and body.

The Spirit is quickened and brought to life, the Soul (mind and emotions) is renewed by the Word and the Body becomes the Temple of the Holy Ghost… the very dwelling place of God Himself.

In this verse, the word “nature” which is here described as “divine” is translated to mean “natural, lineal descent.”   (Gk. Phusis)  It is therefore in order to say that the Believer is a “natural, lineal descendent” of God Himself.

This is incredible.  When we are Born Again, Regenerated… we have the very Nature of God, a Divine Nature, imputed into us and we become at that very instant a descendent of Almighty God.

Word for Today:  March 4

satan is fighting.

But he is fighting the God in you.  So he is fighting a can’t-win battle.

he is defying the God Who lives in you.  This is the reason the devil hates you… you are where God is.  When he sees you he sees God.  When he sees you coming he thinks God is coming.  He hates God and defies God and is terrified of God.

David realized this in his confrontation with Goliath.  He declared:  “Who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the Living God?”  He did not see a giant.  He saw an opportunity.  He did not say that Goliath was defying the armies of Saul or the armies of Israel… but instead, the armies of the LIVING GOD.

Now, Who is the Champion?  Who is the Stronger One?  Who is the Victorious One?   It is God Who lives in you.  If He wins, you win.  If He can’t lose, you can’t lose.  If He overcomes, you overcome.

If satan is defying the God in you he is also defying the Word of God in you.   The Word has always been the enemy of satan.  The Word busted him and kicked him out of heaven.   The Word “bruised” his head.  The Word keeps him at bay.  The Word continually destroys all his “works.”

Whatever the devil will ever do, can be undone by the Word of God.  Whatever is planned and programmed by the devil can be prevented by the Word of God.

It is the Word that defeats the devil.  satan cannot stand against the Word.  Jesus used the Word on the devil and the devil left Him.  “It is written…” is what Jesus declared to the devil on the mount of temptation.

And the devil gave up and left

Word for Today:  March 3

And God said, Let us make man (Adam) in our image, after our likeness:  Genesis 1:26

There is no truth in the statement that Believers are “only human”… this has been a lie from hell for centuries.  We have actually become partakers of the very Divine Nature of God.  (2 Pet 1:4)

God has taken up habitation inside of us and we are possessors of His Perfection and His Righteousness.  We are God’s dwelling place.  He has chosen to live in us.  He has chosen to reproduce Himself in us.  He has given us power (the legal right) to become “sons of God.”  (John 1:12)

We have received Jesus and therefore we have the legal right to partake (share in) the Divine Nature (Righteousness) of God.  Therefore, every believer is a God-person.  We have the Supernatural Life of God in us.  God has not limited us.

There are no boundaries… no lids… no fences… no walls… no restraints.  What God has made us to be, WE ARE.

We have limited ourselves by saying that we are “only human” and thereby excuse ourselves for all the weaknesses and temptations we allow.

As He (Jesus) is, so are we in this world… 1Jn 4:17.

Word for Today:  March 2

And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.  Eph 3:19

When we receive Jesus by faith, the Righteousness of God is imputed into our dead spirit.  When we are Born Again, we are born OUT OF our sin nature and INTO the Righteous nature of God.

On the Cross, Jesus exchanged His righteous nature for our sin nature.  He became what we were in order that we might become Who He is.  When we make Jesus Lord of our lives we are born out of our sin nature and into the righteous nature of God.  We are not a person with two natures, but we are NEW, having never existed before.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.     All things that are now in us are from God… 2 Cor 5:17- 18

What was before… the sin nature, darkness, lack of power, sin, poverty and lack, failure and frustration… is dead. Stone Cold Dead.  So don’t be guilty of resurrecting this old dead nature.

Jesus has bought back and brought back what Adam lost… and MORE.

Jesus became what we were in order that we might be Who He is.

For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.  2 Cor 5:21

What a deal

Word for Today:  March 1

The Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.  Mt 13:44

Treasure is priceless.   No treasure on earth can compare with Treasure that can be found in the Kingdom of Heaven.

We get into this Field of Treasure when we get Born Again.  God plants us in His Treasure Field when we get saved.  All saved people are able to discover priceless and life-saving treasures God has provided in His Kingdom.   It is sad that many Believers are living with Treasures all around and are still spiritually poor.

Spiritual poverty is marked by lack, need, sickness, disease, demon oppression, worry, fear, unhappiness, depression and every wicked and vile thing that comes out of hell to hurt God’s People.  I want you to dig down and discover some treasures God has provided for you.

These “treasures” will change your life.  They will give you a new perspective.  They will move you into a different dimension.  Most everything that is really important in life has come through these simple discoveries.  They have kept me alive.  They have saved my household from disaster time and time again.  They have preserved the ministry.  They have kept us through every storm.  They have given us the ability to defeat the devil and overcome hell.  They have proven God and tested the Word.

These Treasures and hidden to many.  As we live in the Kingdom of heaven here on earth, I challenge you to dig deep and discover these treasures and cash them in.  If you do, you will live and not die!

• The Treasure of Redemption
• The Treasure of Forgiveness
• The Treasure of the Anointing
• The Treasure of Freedom
• The Treasure of Healing and Wholeness
• The Treasure of Having all your needs met
• The Treasure of Assurance
• The Treasure of Victory and Power
• The Treasure of Peace and Rest

Dig deep and find your Treasure

Word for Today:  February 29

Seeing

• How do we “see the invisible”?
• How can we penetrate the Dimension of the Supernatural?
• How do we get “raised up” so that we can sit together with Christ in Heavenly places?

Except a man be Born Again, he cannot see…  John 3:3

Receive Salvation.  Take Jesus into your heart.  Get saved.  Resist the attractions of the world and live for God.  Get Baptized in the Holy Ghost and Get out of flesh-controlled living.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.   Rom. 8:1

You may not be able to “see” because you are not on right terms with God.  You can never see the Invisible until you are Born of the Spirit.  The natural man cannot discern the things of God because they are Spiritually discerned (I Cor 2:14).  You cannot walk by FAITH, unless you are Born Again.

When you see only with “natural” eyes, the world burdens your heart and every problem appears impossible.  You can only see things as they are and you cannot look beyond the natural and see the invisible.

Nicodemus was religious.  Nicodemus was educated.  Nicodemus was righteous.  Nicodemus was seeking God.  Nicodemus was moral.  But Nicodemus was lost and blind and could not see the Invisible.  He had all the characteristics of a great church member, but was limited by his lack of sight.

Jesus said, except a man be BORN AGAIN he cannot see…

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.  John 3:3

Believing results in seeing

Word for Today:  February 27

Confident of our Covenant.

When bad things happen to good people… what is the explanation?  We understand that we are living in a world that is staggering under the curse of sin.  We are daily subjected to the forces of evil and the powers of darkness.  However, when we are Confident of our Covenant we move into a place of divine protection.  The evil may come and the destruction may be around us, but our Faithful Covenant-Keeping Heavenly Father is with us and will deliver us through every fiery furnace and every den of lions.

When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. Isa 43:2

Our deliverance and our protection is contingent on just how confident we are in the Covenant.

Are we 100% confident?  Then we are provided with 100% protection.  Are we 75% confident?  Then we are provided with 75% protection.   Are we 50% confident?  Then we only have 50% protection.

Our protection from evil and our deliverance from destruction is dependent on the level of our Trust.  Our Confidence.  Our Faith.

For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 1Jo 5:4

Word for Today:  February 26

Don’t Stagger. (Rom 4:20)

The overwhelming impossibilities are sometimes more than we can carry without staggering.  Staggering speaks of weakness.  It is doubt.  It is wavering.  It is unbelief.

Whatever you are facing…. do not stagger.  Instead STAND.  “Having done all… stand!”  Some will stagger under the burden.  Others will stagger in unbelief and doubt.  Many will stagger in discouragement and disappointment.  Some will be impatient.  Staggering is the symptom that comes just before falling and falling is failing.    Falling is giving up and backing off and turning back

Abraham “Staggered not…”  He stood.  Even when there was no “hope” he hoped anyway!  He called those things which were not as though they already were.  God is not geared to the fickle world.   He is a God who “Changeth Not.”  Regardless of what is happening in the World, Wall Street or Washington.

Make up your mind to “stagger not…” and to believe God.  Abraham did.  He stood. When he was one hundred years old he still believed he was going to have a son… Not because he “felt like it” but because God said he would. He chose to doubt his body and believe God.

God’s Promises are not dependent on your body, your mind, your strength, or your ability.  It is your faith that reaches out and brings God’s Promises from the Spiritual World into the Natural World.  Therefore, don’t waver.  Resist doubt.  Don’t be impatient.   TRUST GOD.

These are days of great possibility and potential.  In the face of problems and obstacles and hindrances that the world calls impossible… God reminds us that all things are possible through Him.

God will make your impossibilities possible.

If you will only believe

Word for Today:  February 23

Do it now.

Today is the day of salvation…Now is the accepted time…

Some reading this will continue to live and look and see only in the realm of the natural.  Some will put this down and fall right back into the same trap and same bondage and same defeat and same failure.

Some will stay sick and stay whipped and stay depressed and stay lost.  Some will continue to be harassed and vexed and tormented by the devil and demons.  Some will say “next time” or “later” or “not today.”

Some may slip away and never be as touched by the Holy Ghost as you are being touched right now.

Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call on Him while He is near…

He is Here.  He can be found right where you are this minute.   He is near.  He is calling you and prompting you to DO IT TODAY.  You have intended to.  You have planned to.  You want to.  The best place to start is right where you are.   The best time to start is right now.

So DO IT.  You need healing.  You need forgiving.  You need peace.  You need assurance.  You need to know that you are loved.  You need power over the devil and addictions and weaknesses.   You may need to start over again.  You may need to undo some things and you may need to do some things.

It is time for a Spiritual Re-boot. Today is your day for a new beginning.