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MY VISION OF THE DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA
As
God said through the prophet Joel, "And it shall come to pass afterward,
that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sonsand your daughters
shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, youryoung men shall see
visions." So today, as we approach the end of the age and the time of the
Lord's return, God is speaking through His people with dreams and visions.
The following vision was received by Evangelist A.A. Allen on July 4, 1954.
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As
I stood atop the Empire State Building, I could see the Statue of
Liberty,
illuminating the gateway to the new world. Here, spread
before
me like an animated map, is an area sixty or eighty miles in
diameter.
I was amazed that the Spirit of the Lord should so move me,
there
atop the Empire State Building. Why should I feel such a surge
of
His Spirit and power there?
Suddenly I heard the voice of the Lord. It was as clear and as
distinct
as a voice could be. It seemed to come from the very midst of
the
giant telescope. But when I looked at the telescope, I knew it
hadn't
come from there, but directly from heaven. The voice said,
"The
eyes of the lord run to and fro throughout the whole
earth,
to show himself strong in behalf of them whose heart
is
perfect toward Him. Herein you have done foolishly.
Therefore,
from henceforth, you shall have wars."
Immediately when I heard the voice of God, I knew this was a
quotation
of Scripture. But never before had a thing come to me so
forcibly
by the power of the Spirit. The ticking of the telescope
stopped.
The man before me had used up his dimes worth. As he stepped
away
I knew that I was next. As I stepped to the telescope and
dropped
in my dime, immediately the ticking started again. This
ticking
was an automatic clock which would allow me to use the
telescope
for a definitely limited time only.
As I swung the telescope to the North, suddenly the Spirit of God
came
upon me in a way that I had never thought of before. Seemingly
in
the spirit I was entirely caught away. I knew that the telescope
itself
had nothing to do with the distance which I was suddenly
enabled
to see, for I seemed to see things far beyond the range of the
telescope,
even on a bright clear day. It was simply that God had
chosen
this time to reveal these things to me, for as I looked through
the
telescope, it was not Manhattan Island that I saw, but a far
larger
view.
That
morning, much of the view was impaired by fog. But suddenly as
the
Spirit of the Lord came upon me the fog seemed to clear, until it
seemed
that I could see for thousands of miles.
But that which I was looking upon was not Manhattan island, it was
all
of the North American Continent spread out before me as a map is
spread
upon a table, it was not the East River and the Hudson River
that
I saw on either side, but the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans.
And
instead of the Statue of Liberty standing there in the bay on her
small
island I saw her standing far out in the Gulf of Mexico. She was
between
me and the United States.
I suddenly realized that the telescope had nothing to do with what I
was
seeing, but that it was a vision coming directly from God. And to
prove
this to myself I took my eyes away from the telescope, so that I
was
no longer looking through the lens, but the same scene remained
before
me.
There,
clear and distinct, lay all the North American Continent, with
all
it's great cities. To the North lay the Great Lakes. Far to the
Northeast
was New York City. I could see Seattle and Portland far to
the
Northwest. Down the West Coast, there were San Francisco and Los
Angeles.
Closer in the foreground, there lay New Orleans, at the
center
of the Gulf Coast area. I could see the great towering ranges
of
the Rocky Mountains, and trace with my eye the Continental Divide.
All
this and more, I could see spread out before me as a great map
upon
a table.
And as l looked, suddenly from the sky I saw a giant hand reach down.
That
gigantic hand was reaching out toward the Statue of Liberty. In a
moment
her gleaming torch was torn from her hand, and in it instead
was
placed a cup. And I saw protruding from that great cup, a giant
sword,
shining as if a great light had been turned upon its glistening
edge.
Never before had I seen such a sharp, glistening, dangerous
sword.
lt seemed to threaten all the world. As the great cup was
placed
in the hand of the Statue of Liberty, I heard these words,
"Thus
saith the Lord of hosts, Drink ye and be
drunken,
spue and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword
which
I will send" As I heard these words, I recognized
them
as a quotation from Jeremiah 25:7.
I was amazed to hear the Statue of Liberty speak out in reply,
"I
WILL NOT DRINK!" Then as the voice of the thunder, I
heard
again the voice of the Lord, saying, "Thus saith the
Lord
of Hosts, YE SHALL CERTAINLY
DRINK."
(Jer.25:28) Then suddenly the giant hand forced the
cup
to the lips of the Statue of Liberty, and she became powerless to
defend
herself. The mighty hand of God forced her to drink every drop
from
the cup. As she drank the bitter dregs, these were the words
that
I heard, "Should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be
unpunished:
for I will call for a sword upon all the
inhabitants
of the earth, saith the Lord of Hosts."
(Jer.25:29)
When the cup was withdrawn from the lips of the Statue of
Liberty,
I noticed the sword was missing from the cup, which could
mean
but one thing. THE CONTENTS OF THE CUP HAD BEEN COMPLETELY
CONSUMED!
I knew that the sword merely typified war, death, and
destruction,
which is no doubt on the way.
Then as one drunken on too much wine, I saw the Statue of Liberty
become unsteady on
her
feet and begin to stagger, and to lose her balance. I saw her
splashing
in the Gulf, trying to regain her balance. I saw her
stagger
again and again, and fall to her knees. As I saw her
desperate
attempts to regain her balance, and rise to her feet again,
my
heart was moved as never before with compassion for her struggles.
But
as she staggered there in the gulf, once again I heard these
words,
"Ye shall drink and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no
more
because of the sword that I shall send among you."
As
I watched, I wondered if the Statue of Liberty would ever be able
to
regain her feet - if she would ever stand again. And as I watched,
it
seemed that with all her power she struggled to rise, and finally
staggered
to her feet again, and stood there swaying drunkenly. I
felt
sure that at any moment she would fall again - possibly never to
rise.
I seemed overwhelmed with a desire to reach out my hand to keep
her
head above water, for I knew that if she ever fell again she would
drown
there in the Gulf.
"Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the
pestilence
that walketh in darkness, nor for the destruction
that
wastes at noonday." Psalms 91:5,6.
Then as I watched, another amazing thing was taking place. Far to
the
Northwest, just out over Alaska, a huge, black cloud was arising.
As
it rose, it was as black as night. It seemed to be in the shape of
a
man's head. As it continued to arise, I observed two light spots
in
the
black cloud. It rose further, and a gaping hole appeared. I
could
see that the black cloud was taking the shape of a skull, for
now
the huge, white, gaping mouth was plainly visible. Finally the
head
was complete. Then the shoulders began to appear and on either
side
long, black arms.,
It seemed that what I saw was the entire North American
Continent,
spread
out like a map upon a table with this terrible skeleton-formed
cloud
arising from behind the table. It rose steadily until the form
was
visible down to the waist. At the waist, the skeleton seemed to
bend
towards the United States, stretching forth a hand toward the
East
and one toward the West - one toward New York and one toward
Seattle.
As the awful form stretched forward, I could see that the
entire
attention seemed to be focused upon the U.S., overlooking
Canada
at least for the time being. As I saw the horrible black cloud
in
the form of a skeleton bending towards America, bending from the
waist
over, reaching down toward Chicago and out towards both coasts,
I
knew it's one interest was to destroy the multitudes.
As I watched in horror, the great black cloud stopped just above
the
great lakes region, and turned it's face towards New York City.
Then
out of the horrible, great gaping mouth began to appear wisps of
white
vapor which looked like smoke, as a cigarette smoker would blow
puffs
of smoke from his mouth. These whitish vapors were being blown
toward
New York City. The smoke began to spread, until it had covered
all
the eastern part of the United States.
Then the skeleton turned to the West, and out of the horrible
mouth
and nostrils came another great puff of white smoke. This time
it
was blown in the direction of the West Coast. In a few moments
time,
the entire West Coast and L.A. area was covered with it's vapors
Then towards the center came a third great puff. As I watched,
St.
Louis and Kansas City were enveloped in its white vapors. Then on
it
came towards New Orleans. Then on they swept until they reached
the
Statue of Liberty where she stood staggering drunkenly in The blue
waters
of The Gulf. As the white vapors began to spread around The
head
of the statue, she took in but one gasping breath, and then began
to
cough as though to rid her lungs of the horrible vapors she had
inhaled.
One could readily discern by the coughing that those white
vapors
had seared her lungs.
What were these white vapors? Could they signify bacteriological
warfare
or nerve gas that could destroy multitudes of people in a few
moments
time?
Then
I heard the voice of God, as He spoke again: "Behold, the Lord
maketh
the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside
down,
and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof,. And it
shall
be, as with the people. so with The priest; as with the
servant,
so with his master; as with the buyer, so with the
seller,
as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury
to
him. The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly
spoiled
: for The Lord has spoken this word. The earth
mourneth
and fadeth away, The world languisheth and fadeth away,
the
haughty people of the earth do languish . The earth also is
defiled
under the inhabitants thereof; because they have
transgressed
the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the
everlasting
covenant. Therefore has the curse devoured the
earth
and they that dwell therein are desolate; therefore the
inhabitants
of the earth are burned and few men are left."
(Isa.24:1-6)
As I watched, the coughing grew worse. It sounded like a person
was
about to cough out his lungs. The Statue was moaning and
groaning.
She was in mortal agony. The pain must have been terrific,
as
again and again, she tried to clear her lungs of those horrible
white
vapors. I watched her there in the Gulf, as she staggered,
clutching
her lungs and her breast with her hands. Then she fell to
her
knees. In a moment, she gave one final cough, and made a last
desperate
effort to rise from her knees, and then fell face forward
into
the waters of The Gulf and lay still as death. Tears ran down my
face
as I realized that she was dead! Only The lapping of The waves,
splashing
over her body, which was partly under the water, and partly
out
of water, broke the silence.
"A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame
burneth;
the
land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind
them,
a desolate wilderness." Joel 2:3
Suddenly the silence was shattered by the screaming of sirens.
The sirens seemed to scream, "RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!"
Never before had I heard such shrill, screaming sirens. They
seemed
to
be everywhere - to the North, South, the East and the West. There
seemed
to be multitudes of sirens. And as I looked, I saw people
everywhere
running. But it seemed none of them ran more than a few
paces,
and then they fell. And even as I had seen the Statue
struggling
to regain her poise and balance, and finally falling to die
on
her face, I now saw millions of people falling in the streets, on
the
sidewalks, struggling. I heard their screams for mercy and help.
I
heard their horrible coughing as though their lungs had been seared
with
fire. I heard the moanings and groanings of the doomed and the
dying.
As I watched, a few finally reached shelters, and above the
moaning
and groanings, I heard these words:
"A
noise shall come even to the ends of the earth for the Lord has
a
controversy with the nations. He will plead with all flesh; He
will
give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord.
Behold
evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great
whirlwind
shall be raised up from the coasts of The earth.
And
The slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of
the
earth even onto the other end of the earth: they shall not
be
lamented neither gathered nor buried; they shall be dung
upon
the ground. (Jer. 25:31-33)
Then suddenly I saw from the Atlantic and from the Pacific, and
out
of the Gulf, rocket-like objects that seemed to come up like fish
leaping
out of the water . High into the air they leaped, each headed
in
a different direction, but every one towards The U.S. On The
ground,
the sirens screamed louder. And up from the ground I saw
similar
rockets begin to ascend. To me, these appeared to be
interceptor
rockets although they arose from different points all over
the
U.S. However, none of them seemed to be successful in intercepting
the
rockets that had risen from the ocean on every side. These
rockets
finally reached their maximum height, slowly turned over, and
fell
back toward the earth in defeat. Them suddenly, the rockets
which
had leaped out of the ocean like fish all exploded at once. The
explosion
was ear- splitting. The next thing which I saw was a huge
ball
of fire. The only thing I have ever seen which resembled the
thing
I saw in my vision was the picture of the explosion of the
H-bomb
in the South Pacific. In my vision, it was so real I seemed to
fell
a searing heat from it.
As the vision spread before my eyes, and I viewed the widespread
desolation
brought about by the terrific explosions, I could not help
thinking,
" While the defenders of our nation have quibbled over what
means
of defense to use, and neglected the only true means of defense,
faith
and dependence upon the true and living God, the thing which she
greatly
feared has come unto her! How true it has proven that "Except
the
Lord keep The city, The watchman watches but in vain."
Then as the noise of the battle subsided, to my ears cam this
quotation
from Joel, the second chapter, "Blow ye the trumpet in
Zion,
and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the
inhabitants
of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD
cometh,
for it is nigh at hand;
A
day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick
darkness,
as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people
and
a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall
be
any more after it, even to the years of many
generations.
A
fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth:
the
land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a
desolate
wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
The
appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as
horsemen,
so shall they run..." (Joel 2:4).
.Got into a prayer session with the Lord on way home
from work....Season of repentance. Seems the Lord showed me..in all
our
talk about the state of the church and mistakes of
the past..we need to do two things. Repent of the error that has
been
perpetuated by man made traditions in the church over
the centuries and then repent of judging, criticizing and totally negating
the
work of God in the midst of these historical movements...judging
our forefathers for the light that they walked in...We are to extend
honor to them for their faithfulness, and repent of
thinking WE ARE RICH, FAT AND IN NEED OF NOTHING...Come out of the
attitude that THEY didnt "have it" but WE DO..Lord
says if we do not repent and return to our First Love, the LIGHT that he
has
given us to walk in, he will take it from our lampstand.
He would say to us to WALK IN THE LIGHT THAT WE HAVE...not
to judge or condemn those who do not have that light but to
WALK IN THE LIGHT THAT WE HAVE...to walk means to
act like Christ in the light that we have...to hold the truth in
RIGHTEOUSNESS and not in UNRIGHTEOUSNESS...to speak
the truth in LOVE that brings life and light to others and not in
condemnation or judgment that kills and brings darkness.
He is saying to us not to esteem ourselves as being higher than
another,. because of truth given us...If we have been
called God's eagles, then we must act like eagles...riding on His wind,
not in
arrogance and haughtiness, or pushiness, but riding
on His wind in integrity and meekness.
We are to repent of prayerlessness ...in praying for
the church, for our governments, for our nation. Repent of harshly
judgmental
comments about our church, governments and nation
and then being angry like Jonah if God "proves us wrong" by having mercy
on
these institutions. Let our words be laced with
mercy and grace, for if they are not, then mercy and grace cannot be extended
towards us. Let our meditaions in our hearts
be of peace and love and forgiveness, lest we be denied these ourselves.
Let the
second commandment Jesus spoke be etched in our hearts
forever: You will love your neighbor as yourself.
We are to repent of racism..Maybe we didnt do harm
to the moslems during the Crusades of the Middle ages. Maybe we didn't
uproot the native americans. Maybe we did not
sell the black people into slavery. Maybe we did not snub immigrants
when they
came into the country, but our forefathers did.
Father forgive us for these sins of the past, and begin a work of "repairing
the
breach" in our hearts that by your Spirit we will
see true reconciliation amongst all nations and peoples. The true
unity lies in Your
body Oh Lord...Let the redeemed say so...AMEN.
In Him....Becky (Wayfarer)
olds@lcc.net
"DOMINATED! OR DOMINATOR?"
BY: Rev. James R. Pickens 11/07/99 - Hosanna A/G, Spring
Hill, FL
jrpick@gte.net
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GAL. 3:13, 14 - CHRIST REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW BY BECOMING A CURSE FOR US, FOR IT IS WRITTEN: "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO IS HUNG ON A TREE. HE REDEEMED US IN ORDER THAT THE BLESSING GIVEN TO ABRAHAM MIGHT COME TO THE GENTILES THROUGH CHRIST JESUS, SO THAT BY FAITH WE MIGHT RECEIVE THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT."
ROMANS 8:1 - THEREFORE, THERE IS NOW NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, BECAUSE THROUGH CHRIST JESUS THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE SET ME FREE FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH.
GENESIS 1:26 - THEN GOD SAID, "LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, IN OUR LIKENESS, AND LET THEM RULE [HAVE DOMINION] OVER THE SEA AND THE BIRDS OF THE AIR, OVER THE LIVESTOCK, OVER ALL THE EARTH, AND OVER ALL THE CREATURES THAT MOVE ALONG THE GROUND."
INTRODUCTION:
"WHEN YOUR MEMORIES ARE BIGGER THAN YOUR DREAMS, YOU'RE HEADED FOR THE GRAVE." - AUTHOR UNKNOWN
THERE'S A BUNCH OF CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS WALKING AROUND TODAY WHO CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS THE LIVING DEAD! THEIR MEMORIES - THE PRISONS OF THEIR PAST - AND THE PRISONS OF THEIR HABITS - QUALIFY THEM FOR THE GRAVE. THEIR PAST IS SIN - OUR PAST IS SIN - AND SIN IS A CURSE!
YOUR PAST IS SIN AND IT IS A CURSE UNDER THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW! YOU AND I ARE GOING TO BE DOMINATED BY EITHER THAT CURSE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW OR THE FREEDOM JESUS PROVIDED BY REDEEMING US. IT IS OUR CHOICE! BUT GOD WANTS US TO KNOW THAT JESUS PAID FOR OUR SINS, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE! HE HAS PROVIDED US FULL REDEMPTION FROM CURSES - FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH!
HOWEVER, MOST CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS ARE STILL LIVING UNDER CONDEMNATION. YET, THE WORD OF GOD SAYS,
ROMANS 8:1, "THERE IS NOW NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS…"
GALATIANS 3:10 "ALL WHO RELY ON OBSERVING THE LAW ARE UNDER A CURSE…" THEN IN 3:13 & 14, "CHRIST REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW BY BECOMING A CURSE FOR US…HE REDEEMED US IN ORDER THAT THE BLESSING GIVEN TO ABRAHAM MIGHT COME TO THE GENTILES THROUGH CHRIST JESUS, SO THAT BY FAITH WE MIGHT RECEIVE THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT."
AGAIN, YOU AND I ARE EITHER GOING TO BE DOMINATED BY THE PAST - THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW OR BY THE FREEDOM WE HAVE IN CHRIST'S REDEMPTION.
DO YOU RECALL THE VERSE
JOHN 8:36, "SO IF THE SON SETS YOU FREE, YOU WILL BE FREE INDEED."
TELL ME THIS, "IF I AM IN JAIL, HOW FREE AM I?" I AM NOT FREE
AT ALL!!!!!!!
IF I'M ON PROBATION, HOW FREE AM I? I'M NOT COMPLETELY FREE,
ALTHOUGH I MAY HAVE SOME FREEDOMS. IF I'M ON PAROLE, HOW FREE AM
I? I'M NOT FREE, ALTHOUGH, LIKE PROBATION, I MAY HAVE SOME FREEDOMS.
BUT WHEN WE ARE FREE, WE ARE EXEMPT FROM SUBJECTION TO THE WILL OF OTHERS - WE ARE NOT UNDER PHYSICAL RESTRAINT BY OTHERS - WE ARE NOT OBSTRUCTED BY PEOPLE, THINGS, OR EVENTS.
IN TERMS OF THE FREEDOM THAT JESUS PROVIDES YOU AND I AS CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS, WE ARE FREED FROM ADHERENCE TO A FORM OF THE OLD TESTAMENT OR MOSAIC LAW OR A SET OF RELIGIOUS RULES - WE HAVE BEEN RESCUED AND RELEASED FROM SLAVERY, FROM CONFINEMENT BY STRICT LEGALISMS, AND FROM OBLIGATION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW, AND FROM OUR PAST - WE ARE DELIVERED FROM SIN AND ITS POWER TO SEPARATE US FROM GOD!
THIS IS TRUE FREEDOM! FOR WHEN WE ACCEPT THE FREEDOM THAT JESUS PROVIDES, WE ARE FREE INDEED! BUT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FREEDOM CHRIST OFFERS US, WE MUST LEAVE THE "PRISONS" WHERE WE HAVE TAKEN UP RESIDENCE.
THIS IS WHAT I MEAN:
A MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR A TERRIBLE CRIME. HE WAS TRIED BEFORE A
JURY OF HIS PEERS, FOUND GUILTY AND SENTENCED TO PRISON. AFTER A
NUMBER OF YEARS IN PRISON, THE COURTS FOUND THE MAN DID NOT COMMIT THE
CRIME, REVERSED HIS CONVICTION, AND SET HIM FREE.
HOWEVER, THE MAN IGNORED THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT, REMAINED IN HIS
CELL, AND REFUSED TO ACCEPT HIS FREEDOM. THE GUARDS EVEN LEFT THE
CELL DOOR UNLOCKED AND TOLD THE PRISONER HE COULD LEAVE ANY TIME HE DESIRED.
YET, THE MAN, NOW FREE, WOULD NOT LEAVE HIS PRISON CELL.
WOULDN'T WE SAY THAT MAN WAS FOOLISH? YET, MANY CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS ARE JUST LIKE THAT MAN! THEY WON'T LEAVE THEIR PRISONS - THEIR COMFORT ZONES - FOR THE FREEDOM JESUS HAS PROVIDED THEM.
BEFORE A PERSON ACCEPTS THE SALVATION JESUS HAS PROVIDED, HE IS UNDER THE CURSE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW. THAT CURSE IS LIKE A PRISON - IT TAKES AWAY THE FREEDOM A PERSON HAS - MAKES HIM FOLLOW THE RULES TO A TEE - AND PUNISHES HIM WHEN HE VIOLATES EVEN THE MOST INSIGNIFICANT RULE - AND ULTIMATELY LEADS TO THE PRISONER'S DEATH - IN THIS CASE, ETERNAL SEPARATION FROM GOD, THE FATHER.
ONCE A PERSON CONFESSES WITH THEIR MOUTH, "JESUS IS LORD," AND BELIEVES IN HIS HEART THAT GOD RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD, THAT PERSON IS SAVED - SET FREE FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW - THE SIN OF THEIR LIFE - BECAUSE JESUS TOOK THAT CURSE - THAT SIN - UPON HIMSELF AND PAID FOR THAT PERSON'S SIN WITH HIS OWN BLOOD; THAT MEANS THE NEW CHRISTIAN BELIEVER IS NO LONGER A PRISONER OF SIN. THE PRISON DOORS HAVE BEEN OPENED, (SO TO SPEAK), AND THE BELIEVER IS NOW TOTALLY FREE! FREE OF THE CURSE AND FREE OF SIN!
IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN BELIEVER, YOU ARE TOTALLY FREE!
SAY IT WITH ME, "I AM TOTALLY FREE!" "I AM TOTALLY FREE!" "I AM TOTALLY FREE FOR JESUS HAS SET ME FREE AND WHOM THE SON SETS FREE IS TOTALLY FREE INDEED!"
LET'S GIVE JESUS A PRAISE OFFERING!
HERE IS JUST SOME OF THE FREEDOMS YOU HAVE ACCESS TO:
A. SALVATION
B. NEW CREATION
C. ABRAHAMIC COVENANT BLESSINGS
D. HEALING
E. PROSPERITY
F. FAVOR
G. COMPLETENESS
H. NO LACK
I. BLESSING
MOST BELIEVERS ARE NOT ENJOYING THESE FREEDOMS! WHY? BECAUSE MOST OF US HAVE NOT LEFT OUR PRISON CELLS! THAT IS THE QUESTION I AM TO ASK YOU TODAY!
HAVE YOU LEFT YOUR PRISON CELL?
REMEMBER THE MAN WHO WOULD NOT LEAVE HIS PRISON CELL EVEN THOUGH THE DOOR WAS UNLOCKED - EVEN THOUGH THE COURT HAD REVERSED THE GUILTY CHARGE AND HAD CANCELLED THE SENTENCE - REMEMBER HIM?
WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS DOING - AND WANTS TO DO - TODAY, IS TO GET EVERYONE WHO READS THIS TO LEAVE ANY PRISON IN WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN INCARCERATED. JESUS WANTS YOU TO BE FREE! TODAY!
BUT BEFORE YOU CAN BE FREE, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THIS: YOU AND I WERE CREATED TO OPERATE LIKE GOD OPERATES. THE WORD "LIKENESS" IN GENESIS 1:26 IN THE HEBREW LANGUAGE MEANS "TO OPERATE LIKE" GOD, NOT "TO LOOK LIKE" GOD. GOD'S ORIGINAL DESIGN FOR US IS THAT WE OPERATE OUR LIVES LIKE GOD OPERATES HIS.
NOW GOD OPERATES BY FAITH. AND HE OPERATES BY SPOKEN WORD. HE SPOKE FORTH LIGHT AND IT APPEARED. HE SPOKE FORTH ANIMALS AND THEY CAME FORTH. HE SPOKE FORTH PLANTS AND VEGETATION AND IT CAME FORTH. HE SPOKE FORTH ALL CREATION EXCEPT MAN (WHICH HE FORMED) AND IT CAME FORTH. IT WAS ALL SPOKEN WORD AND FAITH. THAT'S THE WAY GOD OPERATES! HE CALLS FORTH BY SPOKEN WORD THOSE THINGS THAT BE NOT AS IF THEY WERE.
GOD MADE AND FASHIONED US TO OPERATE IN THE SAME MANNER. HE EXPECTS CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS TO OPERATE BY A MIXTURE OF THE SPOKEN WORD AND FAITH. HE DESIGNED US TO SPEAK AND BELIEVE THAT THE INTANGIBLE IS BECOMING TANGIBLE - THAT THE IMMATERIAL BECOMES MATERIAL - THAT WHICH WE CANNOT SEE BECOMES VISIBLE.
IF WE ARE NOT FUNCTIONING LIKE GOD CREATED US TO FUNCTION, WE ARE MALFUNCTIONING. IN SHORT, WE ARE SINNING!
ROMANS 1:17 AND ROMANS 14:23 WHICH STATES, "THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH" AND "…EVERYTHING THAT DOES NOT COME FROM FAITH IS SIN."
WE ARE TO DOMINATE, RULE AND SUBDUE THE EARTH. THAT'S RIGHT!
WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE POWER TO DOMINATE AND SUBDUE THE EARTH! YOU
ARE TO DOMINATE THE EARTH!
OH, YOU MAY HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THAT SATAN BECAME GOD OF THIS EARTH AND
TOOK DOMINION OF THE EARTH WHEN ADAM COMMITTED HIGH TREASON AGAINST GOD
IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN. THAT IS TRUE! WHEN ADAM
REBELLED AGAINST GOD, HE HANDED OVER HIS GOD-ORDAINED AUTHORITY IN THE
EARTH TO THE DEVIL.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE END OF THE STORY!!! PRAISE GOD!!!
JESUS CAME ALONG AND HE DEFEATED THE DEVIL! ACCORDING TO EPHESIANS 1, THE DEVIL IS UNDER THE FEET OF JESUS. AND SINCE THE DEVIL IS UNDER JESUS' FEET, WE, WHO ARE IN JESUS, THE BODY OF CHRIST, HAVE THE DEVIL UNDER OUR FEET. JESUS HAS RESTORED AUTHORITY AND DOMINION OF THIS EARTH TO ANYONE, THE MOMENT, HE OR SHE BECOMES A CHRISTIAN BELIEVER THROUGH JESUS CHRIST!
SAY HIS TO YOURSELF:: "BECAUSE OF MY RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST, I AM RULER OVER THE FISH OF THE SEA, THE BIRDS OF THE AIR, OVER THE LIVESTOCK, OVER ALL THE EARTH, OVER ALL THE PLANTS, TREES, MINERALS, AND OVER ALL THE CREATURES THAT MOVE ALONG THE GROUND. I DOMINATE AND SUBDUE THE EARTH IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOD'S WORD AND BECAUSE I AM A BELIEVER IN JESUS CHRIST, WHO HAS REDEEMED ME FROM THE CURSE, THERE IS NOW NO CONDEMNATION FOR ME FOR I AM A DOMINATOR!"
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU TO DOMINATE AND SUBDUE? IT MEANS THAT THE EARTH, THE THINGS OF THE EARTH, AND THE ACTIONS OF PEOPLE OF THE EARTH ARE NOT TO RULE OR CONTROL YOU!
A FELLOW BELIEVER, BY THE NAME OF OS HILLMAN, SAYS:
"OUR PAST CAN BE A HINDRANCE OR A HELP IN OUR MOVING TOWARD THE PURPOSES GOD HAS FOR EACH OF US. FOR SOME, THE PAST HAS MEANT PAIN AND HEARTACHE WHICH REQUIRES GRACE TO NOT LET OUR PAST DICTATE OUR RESPONSES TO THE FUTURE. IF WE LET OUR PAST MAKE US A VICTIM, THEN WE HAVE NOT ENTERED INTO THE GRACE THAT GOD HAS FOR EACH OF US. IF WE LIVE ON MEMORIES OF PAST SUCCESSES AND FAILURES TO RAISE OUR VISION FOR NEW THINGS WE AGAIN BECOME VICTIMS OF OUR PAST."
HERE'S HOW SOME BELIEVERS BECOME VICTIMS OF THEIR PAST. THEY CENTER THEIR LIVES AROUND SOME PAST EVENT OVER WHICH THEY HAVE NO CONTROL. LET ME SHARE WITH YOU SOME EXAMPLES:
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTH: IF YOU WERE BORN AN ILLEGIMATE CHILD, NO LONGER ARE YOU TO BE DOMINATED BY THAT FACT! THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU BECAUSE OF THE SIN OF YOUR PARENTS! THE PARENTS ARE THE ONES WHO ACTED OUTSIDE THE LAW OF GOD AND THE LAW OF THE LAND - NOT YOU! DON'T LET THE ENEMY TELL YOU OTHERWISE. GOD KNEW YOU BEFORE YOU WERE CONCEIVED IN YOUR MOTHER'S WOMB AND ORDAINED YOU FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS.
ADOPTION: IF YOU WERE ADOPTED AND YOU FEEL YOUR BIRTH PARENTS ABANDONED YOU, NO LONGER ARE YOU TO BE DOMINATED BY THAT FACT! YOU DON'T KNOW ALL THE FACTS AND EVEN IF YOU DO, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT YOUR ADOPTION. GOD PROVIDED FOR YOU - MAYBE IT WASN'T THE BEST SITUATION - MAYBE PEOPLE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF YOU, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE BOUND TODAY OVER THE ACTIONS OF THE PAST. AS A CHRISTIAN BELIEVER, YOU ARE FREE.
HEREDITY: IF YOUR HEREDITY INCLUDES SKIN OF A COLOR YOU DO NOT LIKE, A BODY SHAPE YOU DESPISE, A HEIGHT YOU DISLIKE, A NATIONALITY YOU DEPLORE, A FAMILY OF WHOM YOU ARE ASHAMED, NO LONGER ARE YOU TO BE DOMINATED BY THOSE FEELINGS! ACCEPT YOURSELF FOR WHO ARE, FOR GOD HAS WONDERFULLY AND FEARFULLY MADE YOU AND PLACED YOU IN THE FAMILY, IN THE PEOPLE GROUP, IN THE CULTURE, AND IN THE TIME PERIOD HE THOUGHT BEST FOR YOU.
MOLESTATION/ABUSE: IF YOU HAVE BEEN MOLESTED, RAPED OR ABUSED SEXUALLY, PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY OR IN ANY OTHER FASHION BY A PARENT, ANOTHER RELATIVE OR ANYBODY ELSE, NO LONGER ARE YOU TO ALLOW THAT PERSON'S EVIL ACTIONS TO CONTROL AND DOMINATE YOU. YOU ARE A NEW CREATION AND OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY AND THE NEW HAS COME.
CRIMINAL PAST: IF YOU HAVE A CRIMINAL PAST, YOU ARE NOW A NEW CREATION AND THE OLD LIFE NO LONGER CAN CONDEMN YOU. YOU ARE FREE, FOR WHOM THE SON SETS FREE IS FREE INDEED!
SEXUAL SIN: IF YOU HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ACTIVE OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE, YOUR SIN HAS BEEN FORGIVEN AND IT IS NO LONGER TO HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER YOU. ONCE YOU ASK FORGIVENESS WITH A BROKEN AND CONTRITE HEART, YOUR SEXUAL SINS CANNOT KEEP YOU FROM HAVING A PROPER RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND OTHER PEOPLE.
ABORTION: IF YOU HAVE HAD AN ABORTION, NO LONGER IS GOD CONDEMNING YOU FOR MURDER OF AN INNOCENT BABY. FORGIVENESS BRINGS YOU FREEDOM FROM SUCH A VIOLENT ACT. THERE IS NOW NO CONDEMNATION FOR YOU!
DIVORCED: IF YOU HAVE BEEN DIVORCED, THAT STATUS IS NOT TO CONTROL YOUR LIFE. FORGIVENESS BRINGS YOU FREEDOM FROM THAT PAST AND NO LONGER ARE YOU TO ALLOW THAT STATUS TO DOMINATE YOUR PRESENT AND FUTURE LIFE.
NOW I'VE MENTIONED THESE PRISONS CREATED BY YOUR PAST, BUT LET ME REMIND YOU ONCE AGAIN OF THE WORDS:
2 CORINTHIANS 5:17, "THEREFORE IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATURE (A NEW CREATION): OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY; BEHOLD, ALL THINGS ARE BECOME NEW."
YOU MUST MAKE A DECISION TO LEAVE THE PRISONS OF YOUR PAST! YOU HAVE BEEN SET FREE, SO LEAVE THAT JAIL CELL TODAY!
ALTHOUGH PRISONS OF YOUR PAST ARE TERRIBLE, SO ARE THE PRISONS WHICH HAVE BEEN CREATED BY YOUR HABITS.
TOBACCO: I USED TO SMOKE - 3 PACKS OF PELL MELLS A DAY! MY FINGERS WERE YELLOW, MY TEETH WERE STAINED, MY BREATH STUNK, MY CLOTHES SMELLED, AND MY COUGH WAS EVER PRESENT. I WAS BEING DOMINATED AND CONTROLLED BY CIGARETTES - BY A LEAF. AND IF YOU ARE A SMOKER, OR IF YOU CHEW TOBACCO, RUB SNUFF, OR USE TOBACCO IN ANY FORM, YOU HAVE ALLOWED THAT WHICH GOD SAYS YOU ARE TO DOMINATE TO CONTROL YOU. TAKE DOMINION OVER THAT LEAF, CURSE ITS HOLD ON YOU, CONFESS YOUR FREEDOM, SEE YOURSELF FREE, AND ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR CONFESSION. DO THIS CONTINUALLY UNTIL YOU NO LONGER USE TOBACCO.
ALCOHOL? I ALSO USED TO DRINK - FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS, I DRANK MY BREAKFAST, DRANK MY LUNCH AND DRANK MY DINNER. I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO WAKE UP LYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CONTENTS OF MY STOMACH. IF YOU ARE RULED BY ALCOHOL (I'VE ALWAYS SAID IF YOU NEVER TAKE THE FIRST DRINK, YOU'LL NEVER BE AN ALCOHOLIC - YOU'LL NEVER KILL A CHILD WITH YOUR VEHICLE BECAUSE OF DRINKING, ETC.), YOU ARE BEING CONTROLLED BY GRAIN, SUGAR CANE, FRUIT - ALL THINGS GOD HAS GIVEN YOU CONTROL OVER. YOU'RE THE DOMINATOR ACCORDING TO GOD, NOT THE DOMINATED! CONFESS YOUR DOMINATION, CURSE ITS HOLD ON YOU, SEE YOURSELF FREE, AND ACT AS IF YOU ARE FREE BY GIVING IT UP.
DRUG USER? YOU'RE CONTROLLED BY A FLOWER, A WEED, A CHEMICAL. WHY? THEY CAN'T CONTROL YOU UNLESS YOU GIVE THEM THE POWER TO CONTROL. CONTROL ITS POWER! CURSE ITS ADDICTION! RESIST USING IT! SEE THE END FROM THE BEGINNING AND ACT FREE AS IF YOU WERE!
LOW ESTEEM: NOT ACCEPTING WHO YOU ARE IN JESUS CHRIST - NOT ACCEPTING WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT YOU - YOU PUT YOURSELF DOWN IN COMPARISON TO OTHERS - YOU DON'T ACCEPT YOUR GIFTS AND ABILITIES GIVEN YOU BY GOD - YOU DON'T RISK DOING THE THINGS GOD HAS ASSIGNED YOU - YOU ALWAYS TRY TO PLEASE OTHERS - YOU ALLOW OTHERS TO INTIMIDATE YOU OR YOU TRY TO BUILD YOURSELF UP BY INTIMIDATING OTHERS. GO TO THE WORD OF GOD - ESPECIALLY PSALM 139 - MEMORIZE IT, MEDITATE ON IT, SPEAK IT ALOUD UNTIL YOU START ACTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH IT.
FOOD? YOU'RE CONTROLLED BY ALL THINGS WHICH DEPEND ON THE EARTH FOR THEIR LIFE. GRAINS, VEGETABLES, ANIMALS, FRUIT, SWEETS. YOU'RE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT MEAL, ALWAYS STOPPING BY THE REFRIGERATOR FOR A QUICK PEEK, ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE LAST RESTAURANT YOU WENT TO OR THE NEXT ONE YOU PLAN TO VISIT, ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR THE ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BUFFETS, AND ALWAYS TRYING TO GO TO THE BEST - THE 5-STAR RESTAURANTS. DON'T LET SOMETHING MADE OF DIRT CONTROL YOU! YOU CONTROL ITS POWER OVER YOU!
FOOD ADDICTS, YOUR FOCUS IS ON LIVING TO EAT, INSTEAD OF EATING TO LIVE. BUT MY CHRISTIAN BELIEVER FRIEND, AS A NEW CREATION YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE POWER TO DOMINATE GRAINS, VEGETABLES, ANIMALS, FRUIT AND SWEETS! IT MAY BE HARD TO LEAVE THE PRISON CELL OF FOOD, BUT JESUS HAS OPENED THE DOOR TO THAT CELL AND YOU CAN - I REPEAT YOU CAN! - LEAVE THAT PRISON!
PHYSICAL LOOKS? SINCE OUR BODIES ARE MADE OUT OF THE DUST OF THE EARTH, YOU ARE CONTROLLED BY DIRT. WHY WOULD YOU AND I LOWER OURSELVES TO BE CONTROLLED BY SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS DIRT?
SOME PEOPLE ARE WORKOUT ORIENTED AND BUILDING BODIES IS THEIR VOCATION, WITH NOT A THOUGHT ABOUT BUILDING THEIR SPIRIT. OTHERS SUFFER FROM THE BODY KILLERS, BULEMIA AND ANOREXIA. THEY ARE CONTROLLED BY DIRT! WHEN YOU ENVY THE LOOKS OF ANOTHER PERSON, YOU'RE BEING CONTROLLED BY "DIRT." I DON'T MEAN TO PUT DOWN A PERSON, BUT BODIES ARE MADE OUT OF DIRT AND THEY SHALL RETURN TO DIRT. OUR EMPHASIS SHOULD BE ON OUR SPIRIT-MAN.- OUR INNER SELF - ALTHOUGH WE ARE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PHYSICAL BODIES AS WELL, FOR THEY ARE THE TEMPLES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
LUST? PORNOGRAPHY? SEX-ORIENTED TV SHOWS, MOVIES, SONGS, BOOKS, MAGAZINES? PROFANITY OR WORLDLY SLANG? BY MATERIAL THINGS? YOU WANT BIGGER, BETTER, NEWER, MORE EXPENSIVE THINGS, AND GREATER IN NUMBER. YOU WANT THE LATEST FAD OR CRAZE, DESIGNER NAMES. LET ME TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE BEING CONTROLLED BY THE LUST OF THE FLESH, THE LUST OF THE EYES AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE. IF YOU ARE A NEW CREATION, YOU HAVE THE POWER - REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU THINK OR FEEL - TO USE GOD'S POWER TO OVERCOME THESE ADDICTIONS. THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF BEING FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. HE GIVES YOU THE NEEDED POWER TO OVERCOME LUST.
YOU SEE, GOD CREATED YOU TO DOMINATE, CONTROL AND SUBDUE THE EARTH WITH WORD AND FAITH, NOT FOR THE EARTH OR ANYTHING OR ANYBODY UPON IT OR THEIR ACTIONS TOWARD YOU TO DOMINATE YOU. GOD HAS GIVEN YOU THE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO BEAT WHATEVER HABIT IS RULING YOU! HE HAS GIVEN YOU THE AUTHORITY TO DOMINATE YOUR WORLD! HE HAS GIVEN YOU THE POTENTIAL TO CONTROL THOSE THINGS THAT SEEK TO ENTRAP AND SUBDUE YOU.
BUT RIGHT NOW, THE "BALL IS IN YOUR COURT" IT IS NOW UP TO YOU TO USE GOD'S WORD, YOUR FAITH IN GOD AND YOUR ACTIONS TO DOMINATE THE THINGS OF YOUR PAST AND THE HABITS OF YOUR LIFE. JESUS HAS OPENED THE PRISON DOORS WHICH ONCE INCARCERATED YOU. YOU ARE FREE FOR WHOM THE SON HAS SET FREE IS FREE INDEED.
THE INSTRUCTION I HAVE RECEIVED, IS FOR YOU TO COME UP AND OUT OF YOUR PRISON CELL THAT HAS HELD YOU CAPTIVE AND THAT YOU DESIRE TO BE A DOMINATOR. - TO DOMINATE THE PAST THAT YOU MAY BE FREE - TO DOMINATE YOUR HABITS THAT YOU MAY BE FREE - THAT ANY CURSE THAT HAS POWER OVER YOU MAY NOT BE PASSED ON TO YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
WHEN YOU COME UP AND OUT, IT WILL BE TO FULFILL THE WORD OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE THAT IS FOUND IN:
GALATIANS 3:13 & 14, "CHRIST REDEEMED YOU FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW BY BECOMING A CURSE FOR YOU…HE REDEEMED YOU IN ORDER THAT THE BLESSING GIVEN TO ABRAHAM MIGHT COME TO YOU, THE GENTILE, THROUGH CHRIST JESUS, SO THAT BY FAITH YOU MIGHT RECEIVE THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT."
ACCEPT THE WORD OF GOD THAT GREATER IS HE THAT IS WITHIN YOU THAN HE
THAT IS IN THE WORLD AND THAT HE WHOM THE SON SETS FREE IS FREE INDEED!
ANOINT YOURSELF WITH OIL, IT IS THE REMINDER THAT HIS ANOINTING BREAKS EVERY YOKE THAT HAS KEPT YOU CONNECTED TO SIN, LOOSES THE CHAINS OF INJUSTICE AND THE BANDS OF WICKEDNESS UPON YOU, TAKES AWAY ANY HEAVY BURDEN YOU MAY BE CARRYING, AND LETS THE OPPRESSED, YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, GO FREE (ISAIAH 58:6). ANOINT YOURSELF AND, MIX YOUR WORDS WITH FAITH AND SAY, "I AM FREE, THANK GOD!"
THIS IS THE LORD'S WILL FOR YOU TODAY, FOR HE WANTS YOU TO BE A DOMINATOR OF YOUR LIFE THROUGH HIM AND TO EXPERIENCE AND ENJOY ALL THE BLESSINGS OF THE COVENANT HE MADE WITH ABRAHAM.
GOD WANTS YOU TO FORGET WHAT IS BEHIND AND STRAIN TOWARD WHAT IS AHEAD, AND PRESS ON TOWARD THE GOAL TO WIN THE PRIZE FOR WHICH GOD HAS CALLED YOU HEAVENWARD IN CHRIST JESUS (PHILIPPIANS 3:14). I URGE YOU TO LET GOD DO A NEW THING IN YOUR LIFE TODAY! FOR GOD WANTS YOU TO LIVE TODAY!
LAST WORD:
ACTS 20:27 - "AND NOW I COMMEND YOU TO THE CARE OF GOD AND TO
THE MESSAGE OF HIS GRACE, WHICH IS ABLE TO BUILD YOU UP AND GIVE YOU THE
BLESSINGS GOD HAS FOR ALL HIS PEOPLE.."
Workplace Wisdom Interactive(tm) presents - M A R K E T P L A C E M
E D I T A T I O N S(tm)
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by Os Hillman - New Things
Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus (Philippians 3:14).
Our past can be a hindrance or a help in our moving toward the purposes God has for each of us. For some, the past has meant pain and heartache which requires grace to not let our past dictate our responses to the future. If we let our past make us a victim, then we have not entered into the grace that God has for each of us. If we live on memories of past successes and fail to raise our vision for new things we again become victims of our past.
"See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive
it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland" (Isaiah
43:19). Our past should only be viewed for what we can learn from it. We
must move forward and avoid viewing the negative or the positive for any
more than what we can learn. Many a person has allowed their past to dictate
their future. God is always about doing new things in our lives. He gives
fresh revelation of His purposes in our lives. Do not live in the past.
Do not hold onto bitternesses that may hinder God
doing new and exciting things in your life. He turns our wastelands
into streams of water to give life, not death.
How have you viewed your past? Has it hindered you in some areas of
your life? Have you relied on past successes to dictate what you will do
in the future? Put aside such thoughts and allow God to do a new thing
in your life. Ask Him to help you see the new things He wants to do in
and through you today.
YOU ARE NOT A DISORDER--YOU ARE NOT A DISEASE.
YOU'RE A CHILD OF THE KING!
A Word through Dr. Paul N. Gervais
Dr. Paul Gervais' e-mail: PGerv14771@aol.com
http://www.weblinker.com/gervais
His Temple!
Father Speaks To His Child!
Enjoy My Body Image!
What A Gift!
Be Still And Know!
Dr. Paul N. Gervais
www.weblinker.com/gervais
"Christ in you, the hope (revealed blueprint) of glory." Colossians
1:27
"For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones."
Ephesians
5:30
Ponder this fact! So much emphasis is placed on outward appearances
in today's society. Yet, very little thought has been given to
the
fact that you and I have the full potential of the Godhead, residing
within...the excellency of His Power, alluded to in the Word.
LIVING BENEATH THE MANDATE
It just blows me away to realize that on the inside of each Believer
is the dunamus (Holy Spirit dynamite) to literally win the lost, heal
the sick, set demons to flight, richly and completely preaching the
Gospel through signs, wonders and miracles. Oh, how we live so
far
beneath our mandate, those Blood-bought rights and privileges in Him.
YOU ARE NOT A DISORDER--BUT A CHILD OF THE KING
As a clinician and generalist, a number of disorders are diagnosed and
treated in my practice, daily. However, several specialties are
embraced, considered to be within the Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum
Disorder range, including OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) OCPD
(Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder), Bulemia, Anorexia and
Compulsive Overeating.
Recently, sitting across from a young patient, the Holy Spirit
prompted me to make a fairly bold statement. This teenager had
visited many well known institutions, hoping to be healed, without
success, and was shocked, when I related that she was not a disorder,
but a person and Child of the Most High God.
"YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON TO NOT LABEL ME AS A DISEASE"
The wall between us, which was surely thick and tall from the onset,
instantly fell, having been marched around, at least seven times, as
she joyfully retorted, "Paul, you are the first professional to not
label me as a disease, affirming that I am a person!"
This precious individual was accustomed to hearing the same old
story..."You are an anorexic, a number or statistic, really, with an
uncertain future." Obviously, the adolescent was in for a surprise,
as the Great Physician established a foolproof treatment plan,
offering that higher Life in Him for the lower.
FATHER SPEAKS TO HIS CHILD
I expediently shared Dad's thoughts, "You are no longer your own, but
have purchased with a very high price, by Him, the Author and Finisher
of your faith, who is completely and comprehensively dedicated to
perfect (make perfect) all that is of concern, pertaining to life and
godliness, a rich fulfillment of destiny." You see, He wasn't
out to
just take something away, as that usually cannot be done without our
permission, but, instead, desired to fill a void, scratch an itch,
that could solely be satisfied by nothing less than His best...Jesus!
THERAPEUTIC PROGRAMS FAILED HER! NO ONE WAS THERE WITH UNCONDITIONAL
LOVE!
This patient was under a misconception that she had not been
successful in the varied therapeutic programs, encountered throughout
numerous hospitalizations. But in retrospect and reality, they
had
failed her! As wonderful as some might have been, no one was
there to
unconditionally love and relate the Father's heart, at least in her
case.
Where did they fall short, Paul? By neglecting to inform that
hurting
soul of who she is, right now, in Christ Jesus! Instead, guilt,
shame, a sense of abandonment, defectiveness and loss of control
followed this Child, daily, never giving her head a momentary
reprieve. However, the atmosphere was pregnant with a revelation.
God's pathway of recovery was just ahead.
The Spirit's response to this mistruth, carried for years,
perpetuating self-starvation and a loss of joy, resulted in an
explosion in our spirits. The Revelator of Truth conveyed brief,
but
simple words, establishing a marvelous foundation for the healing
(spirit, soul and body) of a beautiful person who will likely, sooner
than later, be mightily used of Him.
ENJOY MY BODY IMAGE--
The Word of the Lord is saying . . .
"That earth suit is very important, since it contains Heaven's
Presence, the dream, vision and revelation, implanted by Me...for
some, long ago, as well as unlimited Power to perform unprecedented
exploits in the Name of the Holy Child, Jesus. However, if physical
appearance held any significance at all, in terms of perfection, at
least one Chapter of the Bible would have been dedicated to providing
a detailed description of the Master, His weight, waist size, and
perhaps, even a photo. But that wasn't the case. By walking
in the
Anointing, obedient to those nudgings and promptings, your mind will
be renewed, and that most valued Body will be quickened, made alive,
not by might nor power, but the indwelling Spirit. Rest assured!
I
am residing in your Temple to transform all into the image of Christ.
People will look at you and see Me, as the very identity of the Living
Son of God is built into every Cell. If what has come against
that
life and ministry doesn't belong to Him, those trespassing symptoms,
circumstances and deceptive images, then they have no right to your
mind, body or call, either."
WHAT A GIFT!
The Lord is saying . . .
"Beloved, imagine entrusting another with your very thoughts, dreams
and visions for the future! You are bone of My bone and flesh
of this
flesh. Having become one in the Spirit, no good revelation, or
gift, will be held back. I so long to think and act through the
Children. Nothing brings Me any more joy than witnessing your
healing
and prosperity. Heaven shouts, when that hand is placed to the
plow,
without looking back, resulting in a prosperity that even this world
envies. Consider not the former days, as those fingers have become
Mine, poised to quench this thirsting, hungry planet with the Glory.
Have I not said that everything you touch will take on new Life?
Think of what we are about to accomplish, together. The Mind
of
Christ, bowels of compassion, will instruct. That hand will connect
with the lost, maimed, sick and deceased. Something will surely
yield
to your (our) touch, as all that remains foreign, Covenantwise, bends
it knee to the Greater One. Listen! You are not destined
to fail,
but declare and manifest the works. Follow Glory's Model...Jesus,
exactly as He emulated Me. The subsequent results will ignite
humanity!"
BE STILL AND KNOW
"There is never silence in the Kingdom, but rest. It is paramount
for
you to recognize that the times and seasons are in My hands.
A
preparation is always involved in accomplishing Dad's will. First
of
all, I must work in the Christian, both to will (want) and do of the
Creator's good pleasure. Then, there is a preparation of the
field, a
stage setting, as the Holy Spirit and ministering angels go forth,
making the crooked places straight, moving upon hearts, watering and
fertilizing. No good wine is served before its time. Such
is the
case with the New Wine, the best of which has been reserved until
last...the end of the party. During those occasions of apparent
silence, simply rest, enjoy the Father's handiwork, as the way is set.
THE CHILDREN ARE DISCOURAGED
Many of the Children are discouraged for lack of momentum.
Nevertheless, what is seen, in the natural, begins, is birthed, in
the
realm of faith, the womb of your spirit, a place that cannot be
discerned by the human eye. Precious One, simply wait, basking
in the
Grand Designer's promise, fellowship and love. Between an open
and
closed door is often a corridor...a period of waiting. That is
where
some of the Soldiers are located. The vision will not always
tarry.
Let it speak. Don't look back, as I bring you into a large place
for
my Glory!"
No matter how you see it, there has never existed a time, such as
this, a season of great Grace and unparalleled Anointing, before the
catching away of the Church, a period in history, when the mightiest
harvest of souls will throng into the Kingdom. It's not coming,
but
is here, this day!
A REVELATION FROM GOD IS ABOUT TO REVOLUTIONIZE YOUR LIFE
You are about to receive a revelation from God that will revolutionize
your life, a mystery hidden from the beginning of time. It's
Christ...the Anointed One and the Anointing, in you, the hope of
Glory.
Ask yourself this question. Do you genuinely realize that Jesus, the
Unctioned One, Himself, lives on the inside, that we are, this very
moment, His Body on the earth?
IT'S LITERAL!! YOU ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD
The Christian isn't merely a representative of Heaven, but His literal
Temple. If unbelievers are going to see Jesus, they will have
to
perceive Him first through the Body. You are a Living Epistle
(letter), known and read of all, not some, but all men.
1 Corinthians 12:27 lays out this fact, plainly..."Now, ye are the
body of Christ." Ponder those words, as the Holy Spirit makes
them
real to each reader.
When you and I lay hands on the sick, for example, Jesus is in us to
bring that healing to pass. As we open our mouths to speak words,
He's there, giving utterance in the Holy Spirit. The Bible tells
us,
"He that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit with Him (1 Corinthians
6:17)."
The Believer is one spirit with a Savior who has never changed or lost
any of His Power. And He is in you, able and willing to perform
the
very same miracles, manifested when walking the face of this globe.
That's right!
WHY IS THE POWER SCARCE?
Why isn't that happening? Evil seems prevalent. The revelation of His
Power appears to be scarce.
The answer is simple. If the truth be known and admitted, we are
not
certain of our own identity. Neither is there an expectation
of the
miraculous, let alone the Covenant, to whom there are many strangers.
And that shouldn't be much of a surprise, since nothing in God's
Kingdom just drops on us, automatically, not even the new birth.
Everything has to be received by faith, through the indwelling Mind
of
Christ.
So, for the Lord to be revealed, we must first believe that He is
there, and begin expecting a manifestation of His Presence through
that vessel.
SHOULD YOU FALL . . . DO IT IN HIS DIRECTION
Live or die, always proceed down the pathway of His Spirit. Should
you fall, do it in the direction of His will, setting that face as
flint. With Cassie Bernall's final words on this side..."Yes,
I
believe..." she fell in the direction of Dad's heart, without
compromise, unashamedly professing the Lordship of Christ. Reflect
on
the Anointing and boldness associated with her brave, yet eternal,
words, boldly inscribed in the Lamb's Book of Remembrance. It's
not
how one starts, or runs, the race, but how he finishes that course.
This is a day of new beginnings for the Church.
Speaking from the heart invariably brings God onto the scene, as it
did in Stephen's final act of obedience, translating into multitudes
being impacted and entering Glory.
You see, Life in Him consists of three major components...loving,
serving and obeying. Let's not be wimps in the face of the deceiver.
He has done enough damage, bluffing us into believing who we are not.
Speak Truth to evil and rejoice over his defeat and our victory.
"Satan, you are to steal no more. I have the Mind, Anointing
and
Compassion of Christ. Get lost!"
Dr. Paul N. Gervais
Speak The Word:
Christ, the Anointed One and His Anointing, is in me. He is my
hope
and expectation of glory. Colossians 1:27
For Further Study:
Genesis 4-5
Matthew 3
Mark 16:15-20
Romans 12:4-5
1 John 4:4
Stepping Stones to Greener Pastures
By Laura Jan Kirkley
Who knows the way I take but God alone!
Fifty people can look at your life, or my life,
and in their mind believe
they know all the answers,
and each will have a different answer,
but God says,
He alone knows the way that I take,
or that you take.
There will always be judges
sitting in the grandstands,
but as a child of God
we only have one Judge.
And He is able to judge according
to righteousness and mercy.
He sees all our yesterdays,
He sees the moment,
and He sees all our
tomorrows.
Our Father looks at the intent of our heart.
So, if and when, you find yourself in the
hands of many judges,
take heart,
don't let their opinion break your spirit,
for you have the Holy One of Israel
who searches depths no finite mind
can comprehend.
Your God, my God, will always and forever
bring good out of the bad events
or circumstances of our lives.
This is when we must trust God and not lean
on our own understanding.
God is God! He will never allow
His children to suffer without a higher
purpose to accomplish.
We must never forget this.
Our Heavenly Father hears our silent cry!
He will never ignore you or pass you by.
His timing is always perfect,
He will not fail you!!
Forever in His Divine Love and Mercy,
Laura Jan Kirkley
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