The Logos Word Must Become A Rhema Word To Bear Fruit

 

The logos word of God is the written word which is contained in the Bible. We read His word and become aware of God's mind and His will. God recorded for our benefit His works from the beginning of creation. Now all can read His word and know His will. However knowing about His word is not the same as knowing His word. Knowledge of the Bible does not necessarily translate into a belief in His word. Many people can recite verses from the Bible by heart but they still do not believe what these verses say. It is the Holy Spirit that needs to reveal what is in God’s word. Without His Spirit there will be no revelation of His word. This is why many are spiritually poor.

 

Jesus spoke His word to His disciples. He sometimes spoke in parables but many did not understand Him. To this day many read the Bible stories but fail to understand the meaning of them. This is called spiritual blindness. The same blindness exists today as it did in Jesus’ days. Many go to church and hear His word read but fail to understand and so are no better off when they leave. This is why many have lost faith in the church and church attendance has dropped. People are bored with religion and want the real thing.

 

God speaks through His word and brings life to His word through His Spirit. Those who have ears to hear will hear. It is when the spoken word becomes real that lives get transformed. One person can hear the word and it achieves nothing while another hears the same word and is changed. This is when the written word becomes the rhema word. This rhema word becomes a personal revelation which brings about transformation like healing. It bears fruit according to the word that was revealed. Today wait to hear His rhema word and be transformed and changed into His image.

When You Are Convinced About Something, It Will Happen

 

Most of us live our life only partially aware of what we do. It is as if we are in automatic mode. We drive our cars as if on automatic mode. We are so used to routine that we can do things with our eyes closed! This makes us vulnerable to being slowly cooked into a system or programme. We become blinded by the media and hear only one part of a story and not the whole story. It is like hearing  one man's version of a story, until we get a chance to hear another version. We are all prone to listen to those who agree with us. Any challenge to our position is rejected. The challenge represents a threat to our automatic mode of operation. A difference of opinion is seen as a threat rather than an opportunity for learning. 

 

Having said that, there is a place where we need to be convinced before we can have a breakthrough. This is like having an alignment to what we believe in. Faith works to obtain what it believes in. If I believe that I will be rich then that is what I will be. If I believe I will be poor then that is what will be my living experience. God's word is like promises that need to be believed. When we are convinced of the power of His word to produce, then we will see the fruit come forth. Could this be the reason that many are not bearing fruit? We are not convinced and allow opinions of others to interfere with our belief. 

 

Salvation is free. However we must believe and receive  before we can experience the Truth. Similarly in all other areas of our lives whether in finances, relationships or career, we must believe in order to see the outworkings of our belief. If we are unconvinced about a certain matter, it is better to wait till we are convinced. Faith believes then takes action. Joshua believed and moved forward to enter the promised land. The fact of Giants in the land did not deter him. David knew His God was bigger than Goliath and he slew him. Once we are convinced we too can take action and prevail. Doubt will not work. Only believe.

I Trust God Completely. I Hate The Devil Completely.

 

I trust God completely because I believe in Him. I believe He sent His Son, Jesus, to die for me and the rest of the world. I believe He is a good God and has my best interests in His heart. He designed me for His purpose. He knew me before I was formed in my mother's womb and He has a plan for my life. He has destined me for heaven and in Him I am secure. This is the God I trust. He is available to all who call on His Name. This was God's intention from the beginning and it has not changed. However the devil has other plans. He has been cut off from God and so his mission is to take as many as possible to Hell with him.

 

The devil is a thief and a murderer. His job description is to steal, kill and destroy. He is the cause of all the evil we see in this world. However many are blind to his existence. Most believe he is just a bad character out of a fairy book. Evil is real and the evidence of this can be seen all around us. We rationalise evil by saying it is human weakness. This is to compromise with the devil and his works. We see how right has become wrong now and wrong has become right. Once we thought abortion was evil. Now we think it is practical. This kind of deception comes from the devil. 

 

What is the way out of the mess we are in? The only answer is God's answer. He sent His Son, Jesus, for our redemption. God said all who believe in Jesus and receive Him as their Lord and Saviour will be saved. Saved from what? Saved from eternal damnation. Now it is our choice to receive His redemption or not. It is a binary issue. There's no grey area. God has no opinions. He says it as it is. So we have no excuse. Good works are not enough. Only the blood of Jesus can redeem us. Choose today whom you will serve: God or Satan.

God Is With You All The Time. Not Just Some Of The Time.

 

God is omniscient and omnipresent. He is everywhere at the same time. He cannot be limited by our thinking. He is our Creator and we are His creation being made in His image. However when we sinned, we lost the perfection we had when God originally created Adam and Eve. They were like God except that they did not know evil. God knew good and evil and this is why He forbade them from eating of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Now we too can eat of the fruit of this tree or the fruit of the tree of life. In the world we have eaten of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. We see the results of this around us. There are good and evil works. 

 

God designed us to have fellowship with Him. He longs to help us on our earthly journey. He is with us all the time whether we are aware of it or not. When we become spiritually aware we can see and feel His presence. We were all destined to be saved. However many refuse to receive the word of life. They continue to be spiritually blind till the day they die. Those of us who have come into His Kingdom know what it is like to be blind. Once we too were blind but now we see. Now that we can see, we can walk with eyes open. Those who are blind continue to walk in darkness. 

 

We who are spiritually discerning can see the works of darkness. These are manifest in this world where people steal, kill and destroy. We suffer in this world because of the darkness around us. Yet He has given us a way of escape. We have our hope in Him who resides in us. He is also our hiding place. In Him we are secure and our delight is to serve Him all the days of our life. He has said that He will never leave us or forsake us. This promise is for all those who call on His Name, Jesus. He is with us all the time and will lead us to our destiny. Our names are written in the Lamb’s book of Life. What a privilege and destiny we have in Jesus.

You Are A Son Of God. You Are A Supernatural Being.

 

Jesus came as the Son of God to redeem the world. He sacrificed His life on the Cross and all who call on Him will be saved. He made them children of God or, in other words, sons of God. We are now new creatures in Him with His Spirit living in us. We have a new nature  in Him. We are now owned by Him and we live in a new Kingdom and heaven is our home. We have been separated from this world and it is no longer our home. Our mansions are being built in heaven waiting for our promotion when He calls us home to be with Him. Meanwhile we are to live in our new identity as a son of God.

 

In our new identity we have the same supernatural ability Jesus had when He walked on earth. His resurrection power is available to us because He lives in us. This supernatural power is what will make the world see and believe in Jesus. They will see the love we carry and our supernatural ability to perform signs and wonders. Our responsibility is to preach His word. Signs and wonders will follow as we do so. This is His promise and it is fulfilled as we speak the word of His power. God created the worlds through His spoken word. We do the same as we speak His word empowered by His Spirit. The Spirit takes His word and performs it. His healing word heals, His saving word saves and His deliverance word delivers.

 

This is the inheritance of His children. We are spirit beings on an earthly journey. We live now only for Him and His Kingdom. We pray His will be done on earth as it is in heaven. This is to bring heaven down to earth. Jesus did good wherever He went. We are to do the same. He pushed back the kingdom of darkness. We too need to be light in a dark world. We are to push back the forces of darkness that are sent to steal, kill and destroy. Now the Kingdom of God has come to bring life and that eternal. Let us walk in our new nature and not give in to the flesh, which will fight against the Spirit. I choose to walk by the Spirit and deny the desires of my flesh. In this way we will establish His Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.

I Think, Hear, See, Feel And Speak Through The Mind Of Jesus

 

God restored His creation to its original state through the sacrifice of His Son Jesus. However this restoration is conditional. Every promise of God is conditional. He has made His promises available to us in response to our obedience. His grace and mercy cost Him His Son and we are now accountable to Him. This is not an easy message to hear for those who believe in hyper grace. There is a cost in discipleship. Discipline is the cost. We have to choose daily to follow Him. He asked Peter the question three times, "Do you love me more than these"? Peter had to choose three times to cancel the curse he put on himself when He denied Jesus three times. We too have to choose whom we will serve each time we are faced with a decision to follow Him.

 

God has promised to come and live in us. He has redeemed our spirit but our soul is being redeemed. When we live in the knowledge that He lives in us, then we operate in the Spirit of Jesus. His Spirit lives in us and helps us to live like Him on earth. This is to do His will as it is in heaven. We will operate in the same Spirit that Jesus operated in when He walked on the earth. This is too wonderful to comprehend but it is possible. The saints who have gone before us confirm this is possible and so do many who walk on the earth today. The same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead lives in you. Only by His Spirit is this possible. All we need to do is surrender our will to Him.

 

How does it feel when we walk like Jesus? It feels like we have a different person in us who is thinking, seeing and hearing like Jesus. This is to walk in the fullness of the Holy Spirit. Most of us walk in and out of this state. However God desires that we are totally possessed by His Spirit. Jesus was full of the Spirit and overflowing in Him. This is why He saw signs and wonders manifest in His presence. We too can do the same. I desire this. What about you?

Eating His Body And Drinking His Blood Daily Is The Key to Deliverance From Unbelief

Jesus said He who eats my body and drinks my blood will have eternal life. Many even the disciples did not understand what He meant when He spoke these words. Now we know what He means through His death and resurrection. The eating and drinking is symbolic of His sacrifice on the Cross in exchange for our redemption. There is no redemption from sin but through His once and for all death on the Cross. His mission was fulfilled for all humanity once and for all. There is no need for more sacrifices for the redemption from sin. Yet man continues to believe that he has to suffer to redeem himself from the curse of sin. What a travesty of justice that we continue to believe in the lie rather than the truth.

Jesus instituted the communion for us to remember His death and receive His life. His life is eternal and He promised this before He died. Now we who choose to believe in His finished work on the Cross can avail of His promises. Eternal life is not just for our spirit but also has health and material benefits. He promised us abundant life not only in the next life but right now. Yet many still suffer and die without experiencing the truth. Unbelief is a major factor in robbing us of our inheritance. The only way we can overcome unbelief is through trust and belief in His finished work on the Cross. Good works cannot achieve our redemption. Good works result from our redemption in Christ. His love so fills us that we can only respond in love. Love begets love.

This is the time to confront our unbelief and trust Him to save us. The more we trust Him the more we will experience our deliverance. Unbelief is a spirit that keeps many from seeing and believing. Pray and bind this spirit so that many can be delivered from spiritual blindness. God is moving in mighty power during this time of the pandemic. People are desperate for answers as the whole world is held hostage to this virus. Governments use this virus as a cover to control the minds of the people. Fear is a major weapon of the enemy. Perfect love casts out all fear. We need to trust Him to deliver us through His blood from every and any kind of fear. Today His salvation is free to any who will call on His Name and be saved.

4 Sources Of Your Thoughts That You Need To Be Aware Of.

 

Thoughts are an integral part of our mind that most of the time we are only partially aware of. This is because we are thinking millions of thoughts in any one day. Most of them pass by and we do not take notice of them. However there are certain thoughts that draw our attention and stimulate our feelings. Most of us are not aware of the sources of our thoughts. We think they all come from within us. This is not true as most thoughts have an external source. To identify the source of our thoughts maybe a key to knowing how to deal with them. I would like to propose four sources for our thoughts.

 

1. Most of us are aware of our own selfish thoughts which are mainly need based. I want to be loved, have loads of money, be famous and so on. These are all self-centred thoughts and are mainly based on my needs and wishes. There is nothing wrong with these thoughts except that they are self-serving and keep us focussed on self. Too much obsessive thinking in this area only leads to a self-centred life with no awareness of the needs of others. These thoughts are driven by internal drives to be in control and to control others. This can lead to addictive behaviours when our needs are not met. 

 

2. The second source of our thoughts could be from others. We like to relate with others and many times we connect with others through our thoughts. Someone may think about us and we pick up their thoughts subliminally. This happens especially in close relationships. Emotionally close relationships can communicate with each other without having to say anything. Controlling others through our thoughts sometimes can lead to co-dependent relationships. This means that our needs are met by the other which makes us dependent on the other. This may not be a bad thing till we realise we have an unhealthy relationship with the other. We lose our independence in this process and this may affect our identity as a person separate from the other.

 

3. God is another source for our thoughts. When we become conscious of God we build a relationship with Him. He communicates with us through His word and through our thoughts. He sometimes communicates through our dreams and gives us visions. We know His voice because we are His sheep. We yearn to listen to His voice because His words build us up and guide us. The more time we spend with Him the more we become familiar with His voice.

 

4. In this world where satan is the god of this world, there are demonic forces that try to influence us through our thoughts. We need discernment to know the source of these thoughts. Sometimes satan appears as an angel of light and so we get deceived. He will put thoughts in our mind that we think are from God but they are sent to deceive us. We need to reject these thoughts that entice our flesh and hook us into darkness. Many are attracted by instant pleasures like winning a lottery and fall into a trap. Be wary of such instant attractions that are the ploy of the devil to trap us into his nest.

I trust this will help you to take charge of your thought life and only dwell on those thoughts that build you up and not torment or tear you down.

 

Prayer Is A Two-Way Street Between God And Man.

 

Most of us think that prayer is a one-way street where we go to God to ask for what we need. This understanding of prayer is a sad statement of man's selfish perception of God. God is a Father who loves to give His children good things. However He is not just a Giver but a Father who loves a relationship with His children. We know that a relationship is built on communication between the parties concerned. Prayer is a form of communication that sustains our relationship with our Father in heaven. Most lack this understanding and so miss the point of the essence of what prayer is. Jesus was in constant communion with His Father. He only spoke what He heard His Father saying and only did what He saw His Father doing. We also must yearn for such a relationship with our Father in heaven.

 

We come to God in worship and acknowledge Him as our Father in heaven. Jesus taught us how to pray by saying "Our Father who is in heaven". This prayer is our way to come to the Father to request that He meet our needs for daily bread and for forgiveness of sins and deliverance from all evil. Most of us have got into the habit of praying this prayer daily. However there is a second aspect to this prayer where we say "Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven". How do we know what to do to establish His Kingdom on earth as it is in Heaven? We can only know this through listening to Him through His word and through the gifts of the Spirit.

 

God speaks through His pastors, evangelists, prophets, teachers and apostles and reveals His mind to His church. It is through these revelations that we know what God's plans are and how to establish them on earth. He also speaks directly to us His children and reveals His will to us individually. He has already set a plan for each of us even before we were born. It is now our part to know His plan and do it. How can we know His plan if we fail to seek Him? It is in the secret place of prayer that we come to know the mind of God for each of us. More time spent in prayer will yield more fruit than labouring to build in our own strength.  It is God who builds His church and not man. Let us today seek to listen to Him and do as He directs us.

Have You Ever Observed Your Thoughts And Been Shocked?

 

Most of us go about living our lives as if there is no tomorrow. We are oblivious to the fact that life on this earth is finite and one day we will all die. The consciousness of death is what can give life some meaning. Although death is definite it is not something we want to think about. Death was a consequence of the Fall. This is not just physical death but also spiritual death. We were born spirit beings but through the Fall were cut off from God because of sin. God however restored us to Himself by sending His Son, Jesus, to be a living sacrifice for us. Now we have been restored through Him and are alive in our spirit, but our body will still die one day. Our spirit however will live forever as we have been redeemed by faith in His finished work on the Cross.

 

This  consciousness of being redeemed is called the born-again experience. We became aware of our own sinfulness and received His salvation when we put our trust in Him. We became aware of sin through the Spirit who opened our eyes to see. We were once blind to sin and walked in blindness to it. The god of this world continues to deceive us by keeping us in darkness. This whole world is in darkness and controlled by the god of this world, Satan. Once we are born again, we see our thoughts more clearly and know what is right and wrong. We now have the power to overcome and choose to do right. This is how we get transformed by His word that reveals the truth to us.

 

Imagine your thoughts are projected onto a television screen. You are watching your thoughts on this screen. In this way you are able to observe your thoughts, which become external to you. You are shocked to see your thoughts on the screen as now they have been separated from you. You now can take action to accept the thoughts that are right, good and wholesome and reject those that are evil, selfish and destructive. In this way you cleanse yourself of the negative thoughts that have occupied a space in your mind and which you were blind to. In this process you become transformed as you become aware of the negative thoughts in your life and think instead on Godly thoughts from His word. Come today and be transformed as you take action and observe your thoughts.