Beware of religious goodness! What makes this walk with God live for the younger generation is the fact that there is a spiritual reality and a dedication. There is also a certain freedom. Religion tends to put people in straitjackets. Because they can’t reach the basic thing of a person’s spirit they try to reach… Continue reading Spiritual or religious?
Month: May 2022
Ezekiel’s river
Would you like to know the power that you can build up by realizing one basic spiritual law? That is, while things in the physical sciences realm tend to diminish in flow, they tend to increase in the spiritual realm. The force of electricity, for example, tends to diminish, the further it goes, because of… Continue reading Ezekiel’s river
Let Jesus answer the door
Revelation 3:19–22 is part of the message to the seventh church of Asia, the church of Laodicea. “ ‘Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and… Continue reading Let Jesus answer the door
A meeting with the Lord
There are sermons that give an exposition to try to exhaust a story and all the shades of meaning, but sometimes you remember more if someone takes one or two principles out of a passage of Scripture and relates it to you, where you are living. It helps to follow the example of some man… Continue reading A meeting with the Lord
The breaking of day
Before Jacob or Esau was born the Lord foreknew them. Jacob he loved but Esau he hated. Esau is a type of the flesh. The flesh is unredeemable, it cannot be saved, and it must be crucified. Esau sought a place of repentance, but he could not find it. But Jacob was different. He sought… Continue reading The breaking of day
Prayerlessness the sin against the Lord
Samuel, in his address to Israel at a critical time in the war with the Philistines, says: Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you. I Samuel 12:23. Sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for people? Yes! Why would… Continue reading Prayerlessness the sin against the Lord
If I regard iniquity in my heart
Come, and hear, all ye that fear God, And I will declare what he hath done for my soul. I cried unto him with my mouth, And he was extolled with my tongue. If I regard (or if I had looked with favor, if I had approved), iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not… Continue reading If I regard iniquity in my heart
The spirit of an effective intercessor
There are five qualities of the spirit of an effective intercessor which are very important for us to grasp, for this is what we want to be. First of all, an intercessor has a right spirit (or a righteous spirit). Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy,… Continue reading The spirit of an effective intercessor
Intercession in the Kingdom
This message will be a revelation to your heart of what intercession will be like in the days of the Kingdom, and why it is essential that the end-time restoration be geared a great deal to the ministry of prayer and intercession. No one can have an effective ministry without also being an intercessor. As… Continue reading Intercession in the Kingdom
The necessity of travail
Isaiah said of Zion, “So shall thy sons marry thee,” (Isaiah 62:5). Zion brings forth sons and they in turn are the cause of her fruitfulness. It is an interaction in the Spirit; churches come forth through apostolic ministry and they in turn give birth to higher levels of apostolic ministry. It works back and… Continue reading The necessity of travail
Intercession in the Spirit
Intercession is identified with spiritual warfare. In Ephesians 6:10, 11 it says, Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, and then the passage speaks of the various pieces of the armor and ends in verses 17 and 18 speaking about …the sword… Continue reading Intercession in the Spirit
Every member an intercessor
The twelfth chapter of the book of Acts tells that Herod seized James, the brother of John, and slew him. When he saw that it stirred up so much favorable comment among the Jews that were anti-Christian, he put Peter in prison, thinking that after the Passover he would bring him out and kill him,… Continue reading Every member an intercessor
Intercession
Intercession is one of the least understood and vital subjects of our day. We are beginning to see the emergence of a worldwide prayer movement that is having a phenomenal effect on the way God is moving today. God is raising up the tabernacle of David, in our day. This is a worship and prayer… Continue reading Intercession
What is the anointing?
It is the ability of God that is imparted into us, to do his work. Without him we can do nothing of eternal value, but through him we can do all things. God has to put into us his ability to do his work; we become a co-laborer with God by yielding, to the anointing… Continue reading What is the anointing?
Spiritual warfare
A large proportion of the Bible deals with warfare in the spirit realm. The Apostle Paul said that our battle is not with flesh and blood, but with dark spiritual power Ephesians 6:12. The Bible begins with warfare in paradise and ends with warfare in the book of Revelations. If we are to be successful… Continue reading Spiritual warfare
The new motivation of Spirit
God is bringing us to a new drive and motivation in the Kingdom, and it is very important for you to understand exactly where you are in this process and what is going to happen next. At times a discouragement and a heaviness settles upon people, yet they are not discouraged. They worship the Lord… Continue reading The new motivation of Spirit
Progenitors of a new age
The Ephesians church is a model of city taking, what God wants to do in these last days. There was about 225,000 people in the city, it was the center of trade and commerce. The temple of Diana was the focal point of this city. (Acts 19) It was a Pagan, and an immoral City,… Continue reading Progenitors of a new age
The kingdom proclaimed
In this day God is restoring authority and providing a way that the futility, which is on all creation, be loosed by the sons of God, who are coming into their redemption and authority. Although we realize what God is doing, we must also understand that the enemy will contest it bitterly, and that God… Continue reading The kingdom proclaimed
The Right hand
The Lord has been speaking about the manifestation of the sons of God and the release of all creation from futility. This spirit of futility is not only raging in your circumstances, but it is also raging against you individually. The people who have been marked to walk with God have been more harassed and… Continue reading The Right hand
Identical with Christ
The basis of the gospel is the fact that Christ was wounded for our transgressions and chastised for our iniquities, and by His stripes we are healed (Isaiah 53:5). This is the basis of our faith. We identify ourselves vicariously with Him in His experiences; we are aware that He wrought all on our behalf.… Continue reading Identical with Christ
Quicken the mortal
We are deeper into the days of His Kingdom than even we ourselves realize. The sons of God who have entered into a walk with God have journeyed through the work of the cross and the baptism of fire on their way to the manifestation of authority. They have learned not to stop at merely… Continue reading Quicken the mortal
The Word of truth
Remind them of these things, and solemnly charge them in the presence of God not to wrangle about words, which is useless, and leads to the ruin of the hearers. Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, handling accurately the word of truth. But… Continue reading The Word of truth
They spoke the word of God!
The early disciples had a unique power to turn the world upside down. The secret of their success was not their human abilities or natural talents. Their secret was the releasing of the nature and the power of God in the word they spoke. The early believers did not talk about the Scriptures or even… Continue reading They spoke the word of God!
Filled to walk in His perfect will
What is repentance? It is receiving Gods thoughts into our consciousness, causing us to change the way we think about something and think like God does about it. The reason that you may not receive as much blessing as you could receive is that you are asking the Lord to fill you with His Spirit… Continue reading Filled to walk in His perfect will
Emphasize the positive and eliminate the negative
There are many requests and burdens that people are looking for God to fill; however, the Lord must bring us into one Body before He meets us as individuals, for this is the day of the Body ministry. When God starts blessing a body of believers and we claim the things God has for the… Continue reading Emphasize the positive and eliminate the negative
The danger of a divided heart
Although we are faced with many challenges, we have only one responsibility, just as Israel had in the Old Testament: follow the cloud—that’s all—just follow that cloud. And sometimes the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; then according to the commandment of the Lord they remained encamped, and according to the commandment of… Continue reading The danger of a divided heart
What is Pentecost?
The Feast of Pentecost came at the end of the wheat harvest, the sixth day of Sivan, the third month, Israel observed it in commemoration of the giving of the law. There are hidden meanings in the Feast of Pentecost, and the Lord is revealing what it really means. On the day of Pentecost the… Continue reading What is Pentecost?
Revelation and concealment in the Word
But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost; for a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries. I Corinthians 16:8–9. Did Paul actually know the significance of the Feast of Pentecost? Or was he only thinking about a certain day or limit of time: “I’ll stay here until a… Continue reading Revelation and concealment in the Word
Jonah, the prophet without love
The more I meditate upon the Word of God, the more I am persuaded that finding the love of God in a church or in a Christian is not as common as one might think. Of course there is always a certain degree of love to be found. But the love that God really wants… Continue reading Jonah, the prophet without love
Are you earth bound?
The Bible always comes alive to our hearts in a special way during a period of afflictions and testings. How can we hope to understand some of David’s cries in the Psalms unless we also experience the same deep afflictions and testings, the same despair he felt when he saw the arrogance and prosperity of… Continue reading Are you earth bound?