The Armor of God
Monday, August 10, 2009
Healing!!!
The Armor of God
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Update
Fruits of the Spirit
I"m gonna tell you all about a gift from God that he sent to us so that we can be happy, and our desires will be met according to the Word of God.
Alright, in Galatians 5 starting in verse 16 it Paul says:
So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves. The sinful natre wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions. But when you are directed by the Spirit, you are not under obligation to the law of Moses.
Now what this is saying is that when you let the Holy Spirit lead your life, you place all your carnal desires away. And you get to reap the Fruits of the Spirit.
When you plant seeds, you reap ____ . Right Fruit!
So in Galatians 5:22 He talks about the Fruits of the Spirit.
Lets read it,
Galatians 5:22 says::
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!
Thats saying if we let the Spirit lead our lives you will have these things, you will be able to control your sinful desires. That means that you will be a walking, talking advertisement of how much God loves his kids, always having a smile on your face and whatnot.
Now if your not saved then pray this prayer right now.
God, I thank you that you sent your son as the ultimate sacrifice to die for our sins and that we can be with you and live with you forever, and reap the fruits of teh Spirit into our lives. I thank you that you raised him 3 days later and that I am saved.
In Jesus' name.
Amen.
Now if you prayed that prayer, i want you to message me and I'll talk to you a little bit. it won't bother me. at all! :D
If you prayed it then your saved!
You have secured your place in heaven!
And continuing, He says in verse 24,
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.
Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit's leading in every part of our lives. Let us not become conceited, or provoke one another, or be jealouse of one another.
So what thats saying is that if you are saved, then your nature changes.
You no longer have that sinful nature you had in your old life.
You are a new creature in Christ 2 Corinthians 5:17.
The New Life, has begun.
God bless you all.
Word2theFather!
Who's In Your Jersey?
Who’s in Your Jersey?
Have you ever wondered who you are?
If I asked you who you are, you would be like
”Of Course I know who I am, what do you think I am stupid?”
But what if you suddenly lost all memory of who you are,
Where you live, who your friends are, so on and so forth.
It would flat out suck to lose all of that information! There is an enormous security in knowing who we are.
Why do you think people are so afraid of change?
We get soooo comfortable in what we do know, and we are scared of what we don’t know!
Well you see, there is a NECESSITY in knowing who we are in the spirit, In Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:17 says you are a new creature in Christ!
The Greek word translated “new” means unheard of before.
A new quality or kind. A man in Christ is a new kind of man, a new breed of species that never existed before.
You are not just a new person individually, but a new kind of person.
You are not a forgiven sinner; you are a new creation with a new kind of life! If you’re in Christ, you receive the life and nature of God.
1 John 5:11-13 says (KJV)
And this is the record, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that has the Son has life; and he that doesn’t have the Son does not have life.
These things that I have written to you that you believe on the name of the Son of God; that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe on the name of the son of God.
James Stewart said in his book “A Man in Christ”:
This life which flows from God into man is something totally different from anything experienced on the natural plane.
It is not only in degree but also in kind.
It is supernatural life. It makes man a new creation.
It is not the intensification of powers already possessed, but the sudden emergence of an entirely new and original element.
When a man comes to be in Christ he begins to live in the post-resurrection life of Christ. The life he now lives, bears the quality of eternity.
And you have to re-train your mind to think that way before the perfect will of God will be shown or manifested in your life.
Romans 12:1-2 says (KJV)
I ask you then brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
And do not be conformed of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is the good, and acceptable, and perfect Will of God.
We are more then conquerors in Christ, but we won’t benefit from it no more than a millionaire would benefit from their bank account unless they know it was there!
This is the condition that the body of Christ is in! We have simply been ignorant of who we are in Christ, in our spirits! And of the rights and privileges that are rightfully ours!!
One example of this is our freedom as Americans. According to the preamble of the Constitution, we have been given by our Creator with certain inalienable rights, which are also guaranteed to us by the governing documents of the United States of America.
There is an elected legal system to enforce these rights. But with these rights are also responsibilities.
It is each individual’s responsibility to know what their rights are, and to go through the proper channels to get them!
Millions of law-breakers have NEVER BEEN TO TRIAL because the victim for one reason or another don’t press charges, in many cases, the people didn’t know their rights.
During Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, he signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed ALL AMERICAN SLAVES. But there are recorded cases, where slave owners hid the Proclamation, and slaves continued to serve in bondage because they DIDN’T KNOW THEY WERE FREE!
This has been Satan’s game plan against the church forever!
Hosea 4:6 (KJV) says:
Surely God’s people are destroyed because of a lack of knowledge.
And 2 Peter 1:3 says:
According as his divine power hath given unto us ALL THINGS that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that has called us to glory and virtue.
If Satan can keep a Christian from finding out their true identity as a child of the King, he can keep them in bondage, which is more less slavery on your mind, even though thelaw of life and liberty in Christ Jesus has already been put into effect!
The devil has been able to do this through people in the church, some call them religious people, I call them nuts, and they say “well I’m just a old sinner saved by grace.
How many of ya have heard that before??
Well what we NEED to say is I was, emphasis on the was, I was an old sinner. I got saved by grace, and now I’m a new creature in Christ, and the righteousness of God in Christ.
We are no longer unworthy in our spirit man.
Ephesians 4:24 says
Put on the new man, which after God is created, in righteousness and true holiness.
Our born-again spirits are truly righteous and holy!
We are no longer on the bottom of the spiritual food chain!
Someone might use Isaiah 64:6 and say, our righteousness are as filthy rags.
Or Romans 3:10 and say there is none righteous not one.
These are talking about our self righteousness, which can NEVER bring us into fellowship with God because we have all sinned and come short of the glory of Godaccording to Romans 3:23
BUT! Jesus took our sin and became sin for us so we might become the righteousness of God in Him!
That means our new spirits, the part of us that is in Him.
If you accept the first part of that verse, that Jesus died and became sin for you, then you have to accept the second part that says we have received HIS righteousness.
We didn’t have to go take a righteousness class either. Hehe
But we received, and have been made, the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN CHRIST!
Its not a righteousness that will be given to us when we get into heaven, it will be perfected in heaven spirit, soul, and glorified body.
But Ephesians 4:24 says, talking about the church, THE SPIRITS OF MEN MADE PERFECT.
The spirit that we had, before we were born again, that was dead to God is gone,passed away, behold all things are become new! 2 Corinthians 5:17
And the new spirit we have is righteous, truly holy, and perfect!
Its actually the same spirit you’ll have for all eternity. It will NOT be changed or in need of improvement.
The flesh part will be changed, but our spirit salvation is complete.
Colossians 1:12 (NLT) says he has enabled us (notice the –ed which means already happened) to take part in the inheritance of the saints.
In our spirits we are now overcomers, and the rest of the Christian life stated very simply, is the renewing of our soul and body to that truth.
Remember Romans 12:2 says, don’t be conformed which means get used to, this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is the acceptable good and perfect will of God!
Paul didn’t pray that the Romans would receive something new from God, but that they would renew their minds, and prove to their body, what was already there!!!
God didn’t change us ONLY in principle at the new birth, but we are still, in our spirits, a totally new creation!
But until we realize this and act on it in faith, the devil will continue to oppress us!
The first step in faith, is knowledge.
Romans 10:14 says
How shall they believe in Him whom they have not heard?
Verse 17 says that faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.
Ignorance of who we are in our spirits has made it impossible for us to act in faith accordingly.
Philemon 1:6 says
That the communication of our faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing in you, in Christ.
This is saying that your faith starts working by knowing these good things in your spirit.
Another way of putting it would be to say if you don’t know what’s taken place in your spirit man, your faith won’t work!
The way a lot of religious people teach, we get the impression that there is nothing good in us.
(talk about prayer club and how they all teach you your gonna burn. And your all sinners Your all sinners, theres no hope, thank you)
A lot of churches teach you that you have to be a worthless piece of religious poo to activate the power of God.
Also called RWS or, religious weirdo syndrome.
Yes I did make that up.
And all they say is without Jesus I am nothing.
That is entirely true. But they have Jesus, so they should be balancing that out withPhilippians 4:13
Which says I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
We NEED TO REALIZE that we ARE TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON JESUS! But we have to go beyond that, and realize that as we depend on Jesus, we are totally superior to any weapon the devil can use against us!
We ARE WORLD OVERCOMERS!
1 John 5:4 (KJV) says whatever is born of God has overcome the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world. Our faith.
John 16:33(NLT) says: I have told you these things so you can have peace in me. Here you will have many trials and sorrows, but take heart because I have overcome the world.
Romans 8:37 says we are more then conquerors in Christ.
(Continued)
Hebrews 12:2 says
We have to look to Jesus! The author and finisher of our faith!
NO wonder some Christians lose battles on a daily basis! They look to themselves and not Jesus!
As we change our attention from our imperfection, to Christ’s perfection, and take our place IN HIM, our faith will be activated, and we will begin to live like the King’s kids we are!!! (altar call: continued on next page)
Altar Call:
Ya see, guys, back before God sent Jesus to the football field of life, Satan was whooping mankind.
Lets use the number 12,
#12 goes out on to the field, the balls hiked, and #12 gets slaughtered by the other team, blood and grass stained uniform all that. And he keeps getting dominated and pushed back all the way to the other teams 5 yard line.
So the coach decides on a game plan.
He pulls out #12 and replaces him with the strongest man on the team.
That’s what God did for us when he sent Jesus to die in our place.
God put Jesus in #12 or mankind’s jersey.
#12 runs back out onto the field, and now the whole game changes!
The announcer says:
“You know, something has happened to #12. He’s moving that ball all OVER the field now!”
Before man was identified with Christ in his death, burial, and resurrection, he had been getting his butt handed to him by depression, failure, discouragement, fear, shame, and guilt, But now, #12 is winning and he’s dominating!
God saw our condition and knew that He couldn’t train us enough to change the game.
He knew there was no other way then get into our jersey!
“He said we can’t train them, lets just jump on the inside of them!
I’ll live on the inside of them. I’ll walk in them.”
God moves onto the inside of you and steps into your jersey so that you could identify with him.
Galatians 2:20 says:
I was crucified with Christ, its not my old self who lives, but Christ himself lives in me, the life I live in this body I live by the faith of the son of God who loved me and game himself for me!
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Get Down Mountain
I'm going to give you a couple of powerful scriptures.
Mark 11:23-24 (KJV) says:
For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
The New Living Translation, or NLT, says:
I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, 'May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart. I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you've received it, it will be yours.
I like the way The Message translation puts it,
starting with verse 22:
Jesus was matter of fact: "Embrace the God-life. Really embrace it, and nothing will be too much for you. This mountain for instance: Just say, 'Go jump in the lake-no shuffling or shillyshallying- and its as good as done. Thats why I urge you to pray for absolutely everything ranging from small to large. Include everything as you embrace this God-life, and you'll get God's everything.
I think that's some pretty powerful stuff!
I like in the KJV (King James Version) where it says: Whosoever shall Have whatsoever he saith.
That means that whosoever, which means you and me, can have WHATSOEVER, which means ANYTHING, we say!
That is pretty awesome!
And when its talking about the mountain, its not ONLY talking about a problem, its talking about an ACTUAL MOUNTAIN!
That's the cooler part! That means we can move problems, and actual mountains our of our way!
BUT(!) remember this,
you can do anything Jesus did, but you have to have 0% doubt in your heart. That's why its hard to move an actual mountain, because doubt (which is the opposite of faith) kicks in and makes it seemingly impossible.
But Jesus had NO doubt.
Just letting ya know.
Well thats all I've got for now, but let me tell ya, I haven't even scratched the SURFACE of what God has in store for us.
Like a Flame (Holy Ghost)
I know some of you all don't believe in the Holy Ghost.
But let me tell ya, its real.
I know how it feels to be Baptized in the Holy Ghost. and you can speak in tongues whenever you want! that is praying the perfect Will of God on your life! when you pray in English you pray only on what you know in the natural. But praying in the Holy Ghost you are praying the perfect Will of God on your life and teh Holy Ghost knows EVERYTHING! him and Jesus are INSEPERABLE!
anywho....
And it feels AMAZING!
Its like getting saved only its where the power is!
So if your not spirit filled and your a christian, then get filled.
But DON"T try to if your NOT SAVED!
Jesus said in Mark 2:22 if you pour new wine in an old glass it will explode.
so when people say "the Lord filled them with the Spirit and Saved them" i say well lets hope not in that order. lol.
But if your not saved, get saved then get filled.
See ya
Prayer of Salvation (IMPORTANT)
You can make it simple and say
"God please come into my heart to live and forgive me of my past.I believe that Jesus died for my sins and rose again 3 days later. In Jesus' name, Amen."
thats all you have to say! :D
its that simple!!
you don't have to get saved in a church or in Prayer Club.
I mean those are great places to do it.
But you can do it in your car,
in your bedroom,
doing the dishes,
in the shower, Just ANYWHERE! :D
its easy!
go ahead and do it!
God will not make you get saved!
he gave us free will to do what we want.
But it would be wise to get saved.
its the best, and easiest thing you could do.
people are SHOCKED by the simplicity of it!
but go ahead and do it.
If not now, then soon.
see ya!