Thursday, February 28, 2013

Matthew 6:6 and 6:18 Shut the Door

When you go to the secret place shut the door.  Father God dwells in the secret place.  "your Father who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."  Even if you do not feel His presence Father dwells in the secret place.  Call on Him!  Remember to SHUT THE DOOR!

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Jesus Wept 2/19/13




  We sing songs about taking the mask off and we sing "I surrender all" but the pain of letting go of all we hide behind is to painful.  Spirit of the Lord sets all men and women free.  To finally face the pain the church needs the Spirit of the Lord present.  Holy Spirit presence is mandatory to experience the freedom of the Lord.  We use the word transparency loosely in the church and the world but to have transparency we must have a death of the old and a rebirth of the new.  We have this "living hope" and we know Father God is not going to leave us in this mess we are in.  We will be a bride dressed in a spotless white gown. 

What do we as individuals and as the corporate church need to do:
Pray and stand in the gap for one another
We are to be a midwife and quite giving an epidural to those seeking the churches help. The church must learn to sit in the mess with others and do as Jesus did, JESUS WEPT.  Learn to listen, and weep with your hurting brother and sister in Christ and come along side with truth.

To be this midwife we must have the presence of Holy Spirit.  We must become the house of prayer Jesus told us to be.

Jesus,
I know the world is looking for the Holy.  Start with me Lord.  Holy Spirit teach us to seek the fulfillment of God's word in the body of Christ.

Amen  

Spiritual Makeunder 2/21/13

Makeover - is a term applied to changing one's appearance using various means; cosmetics, veneers, surgeries, etc.

Makeunder - is based on the opposite principle - removing artificial enhancements to a person's appearance to give a more "natural" look.


Spiritually we lose our inner soul beauty by religious cosmetics, etc. and often never show the world the real person.

A Christian is to be the revelation of God and His love to the world.  As long as we wear our religious cosmetics and never show the world the "holy" we grieve the Father's heart. 

I would pray for transparency in the church but before anyone can be truly transparent they must receive the revelation of Father God's love for them and truly and deeply fall in love with God.  The first commandment to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength must become real in us Christians.  Then and only then can we be the Bride, love sick lovers of Jesus.

My prayer today is we stop being ashamed of being called Christian and seek the true meaning of Christian.  Father we are called to be Christ "ones" or Christ-women and Christ-men.  In Song of Songs Jesus calls to us to place Him as a seal on our heart and a seal on our arm.  This seal sets us apart and identifies us as daughters and sons of the Most High God.  First Lord we need a supernatural revelation of this love that only comes from you, this love that is strong as death, a jealousy as cruel as the grave, a love whose flames are flames of fire.  A love that many waters cannot quench, nor a flood can drown.  A love a man could give all he had and it would be nothing compared to the value of this Heavenly pure holy love. 

A people so loved will be lovers.  As we walk out a life committed to the first commandment we will not think of wearing "religious cosmetics" we will be a "natural", "pure", "holy" people.  The world will take notice!

Father you are a God of His word.  Bless your chosen people with a Holy makeunder.

Amen

Scripture:  Song of Songs 8:6&7