KNOWLEDGE OF HIS PRESENCE

Purpose in your heart to serve the Lord and He will come close to you. He is a ever abiding friend. He will never leave you or forsake you. Words are a plenty but it is His presence that leads to abundance. An abundant heart has a lot to give. God is a giver but he withholds to those who shun Him. His blessings flow to those who obey Him. It is true that obedience is thicker then blood. Take any friendship and you find that obedience and loyalty binds hearts like none other. God abides in us and we abide in Him. It is this abiding that leads to joy everlasting. You are never alone because He is always with you. Whether you are conscious of His presence within you is totally dependent on your walk. It is not only talk but walk that results in His abiding presence being conscious. Many are not even aware of themselves. They operate in cloud zero not knowing whether they are coming or going. The world has so anaesthetised them to thinking and doing what is seen rather then what is known. What is known is from your true self. What is seen is catering to your false self. To discern the difference is to enter into His presence.

EXAMINE YOUR THOUGHTS

The thoughts you have determine the acts you do. Therefore watch your thoughts. You watch your thoughts by becoming conscious of them. Most of the time you are on automatic mode and therefore are not aware of what you are thinking. Now stop and watch them. Just rewind and see what you were just thinking about. Examine those thoughts. There is a pattern to those thoughts. If not wholesome then take action to reject them. In this way you get enlightened. This is the way to change your thought patterns. When you change your thought patterns to fit in with what is good, perfect and upbuilding you will notice a change in your feelings. Your behaviour then also changes. Loving thoughts will result in loving feelings and loving actions. God's word is full of good thoughts to build you up and not tear you down. When others try to pull you down notice that they are just defending their position. They feel threatened and therefore have to attack you. A critical person will be critical about everything. Not to be critical would challenge him. This is a defence for what appears to be clever. Faith believes and therefore gives in good faith. God gave that sinful man could be delivered. Yet man will not accept the simple way of salvation for it insults his intelligence. Yet the foolishness of man will upset the wise who are trapped in their own cleverness. Walk by faith and do not let your own warped thinking rob you of this great salvation.

BLESSING OR CURSE, YOU CHOOSE

The times are going to be turbulent as His second coming nears. The prophecies will be fulfilled soon to mark His arrival. Keep your eyes on physical Israel as what happens there will usher in His coming. The nations that are ganged up against Israel will fall. God will intervene for no man can save Israel. The spirit of destruction will not spare Israel. The Arabs have determined to exterminate the land of the Jews. This is Satan's strategy but God will intervene and save Israel. God will intervene when the situation gets desperate. This is to prove to man that He is in control of all things. Man is just a puppet thinking he is in control. This does not mean that man is useless. His obedience will determine the outcome. When man decides to reject God and follow his own way then he will fall. Adam did this and so did many who fell. Those who obeyed like Enoch got saved from the bitter fall. Today decide to obey God and walk in the fear of the Lord so that you may earn His blessing rather then be cursed.

HIS WAY THE BEST WAY

God is a God of justice and His judgements are good. We may not like it but He has the last word on everything. Just as Jesus died and men thought it was a bad deal but God thought different. Never assume that you are always right. There is more to it then what you see. Try and see it from the eyes of the other and decide. It is easy to make a decision when it only concerns you. However when it concerns others then it is better to listen to the views of others before arriving at a decision. It takes more time and effort but in the long run is a better way to go. A dictator does not need to consult others for his troops will follow orders. God is not a dictator for he has given us a free will. To walk in obedience is to trust Him for the best. No matter what the situation, surrendering to God is the way to go. God then has full sway and can act swiftly. As long as I hold on to things I delay the answer. God has to work on us to let go of things and let Him have His way. His way is always the best way for he knows the end from the beginning.

TOTAL SURRENDER

Discern the times and be bold to speak forth the truth in love. You know the truth and this will set you free. Many accept the lie because it is popular. Always ask the Lord and choose the straight and narrow way. There is no shame in this. People will mock you but you must do what you believe in. There is no shame in this. Peter denied Jesus 3 times in the time of trouble. Will you do the same? There is little time left to be free for trouble times lie ahead when to speak the name of Jesus will be anathema. You will be labeled as narrow and weak and cultish. The trend is to be broad and accepting and in this lies the death of a generation. God warned the Israelites not to worship other gods. Yet they did and married outside their faith. The same destiny awaits those who compromise the gospel. There is only one way to the Father. Many ways lead to hell. To remain on the cutting edge you have to be sharp and being sharp means no compromise. When self is denied then God can have His way. Only total surrender will do.

DISTRACTIONS

The Lord is good and He will bring you to the place of total freedom when you let Him to. This place of freedom is to be free from the constant assault of negative thoughts. These thoughts are automatic and are in your hard wiring. They are constant and take your attention away from the immediate. Your attention is always fleeting because of being distracted by these thoughts. When in conversation with others these thoughts distract you from the conversation. It is difficult to be fully present with another when you are distracted by your inner conversations. These conversations go on relentlessly like on cruise control. Total freedom is to be present without these distractions. Now you can identify these thoughts as alien to you. They are from your soul or the devil or world. They rob you of your peace. In Christ all these thoughts will have to take a back seat. They are still around but will not be able to distract you. When you find yourself going back to these old patterns then say STOP and restore your position in Christ. As you do this as a practice daily, slowly you will become more like Him.

REVOLUTION

Blessed be the Name of the Lord. He is Lord and He is risen from the dead. Because He lives I have hope for tomorrow. Hope is eternal. It never dies. Faith, hope and love are the three things I need to live an abundant life. All these things He has given to me that I may live and not die. Death has been vanquished. Life is for today. I live an abundant life because He lives. I live each day by faith knowing that it is my spirit that lives for eternity. This body will die one day but my spirit will live on. This is the hope I have because Jesus said it. His word is true and I believe Him. He is my rock and my salvation. He is my Lord and God. Therefore it is settled once and for all. Now all I need to do is live life to the full.All barriers removed. I only know Christ and Him crucified. Everything else is irrelevant and has nothing to do with eternity. This is the good news and all need to hear it and receive Him as Lord and Saviour. May 2013 be the year of revolution for Jesus.

TRUST AND OBEY

The last day of the year is like the last day of your life. The past is the past and the future is what matters. The new Year will bring its share of joys and troubles. Prepare for the New Year for what lies ahead. Give all to God and He will see you through as He has over the past years of your life. You have gone through some troubled times and survived. You have not only survived but also overcome. Now you know you can trust the Overcomer in you. In His hands you have nothing to fear. He is always with you and has promised to keep you. Therefore rejoice and be glad for He is with you all the time. Now all you can do is offer up praise and thanksgiving to Him who is and forever will be. This is the word of the Lord for you. Trust and obey for there is no other way to be happy in Jesus.

SUPERNATURAL FAITH

God never changes. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. Your circumstances may change. You may change but God never changes. In prayer God remains stedfast and you change as you gaze on His face. Prayer mainly changes you. It never changes God. He sends His angels to comfort you. He sows His thoughts into you and changes you. Much time in prayer changes you to be like Jesus. Prayer takes you away from the realm of self seeking to listening to God and His voice. When you gaze on Him and sit in His presence you will reflect His glory. When you intercede for others then His angels will go and carry out His instructions. There are an army of angels at work to do according to His bidding. When men pray the angels get to work. This is why prayer can do wonders. The sick become whole and the captives are set free. The enemy is thwarted and light shines into darkness. The Spirit works through prayer and nothing is impossible in the spirit world which is eternal. This physical world is temporary and is engulfed by the spirit world. Therefore when you operate in the spirit, you operate above the natural in the supernatural. Today ask for supernatural faith to move mountains.

ETERNAL LIFE

Purity is a sign of holiness. The Lord is holy and He calls you to be holy. The devil is impure and all his followers are impure. Truth makes you pure. The truth that Jesus died for you and has redeemed you makes you pure. There is no purity like that of Christ blood cleansing you from all sin. His blood shed for you is the detergent that is matched by none. Eternal life in the spirit makes it durable and everlasting. What Christ did on the Cross is eternal and nothing can change that. Death is final. Eternal life gained through the resurrection is also final. He has redeemed you through His sacrifice on the Cross. Now you have eternal life in Him. Now you have life because death is overcome. People live but they have to face death one day. How do you live when death is your final destination? There is no life when death is the end. However life is vibrant and living when your destination is eternal and death is no more your end. You can devil proof yourself by living in the Spirit and never again giving into the torments of death.

FEAR

Many are the woes of the people who are led by self interests. They are like a person locked into their own world of desires that never seem to be satisfied. They chase after more and more things but never are satisfied. This is the demon of greed that drives them. Any god that is not the Lord will lord it over them. The Lord will never lord it over you. He is gentle and kind and will lead you but never lord you. You acknowledge Him as Lord but He will never control you. He does not need to control you because He is Lord. Only a person who fears losing control will need to control others. The enemy of your soul knows he is a loser and therefore wants to control. Control is the manifestation of the spirit of fear. Therefore when you see a controlling person you can be sure that fear controls them. All the other behaviours manifest through fear. Only love can dispel this fear. It is the love of God which is the antidote to fear. A fearful person has disturbed sleep and disturbed relationships. Relationships are disrupted through fear. Fear controls you and others. Today determine to be free from the spirit of fear and let His love control you. There is no fear in perfect love. Come Jesus and fill me with your unconditional love.

WAR

The battle between the flesh and the Spirit is ongoing. This is why you need to spend time in the Spirit to charge the Spirit to overcome the flesh. You have to choose daily the path you will walk, in the Spirit or in the flesh. The Spirit is always willing but the flesh is weak. The flesh can only become strong when the Spirit is neglected. Be strong in the Spirit and glorify the Lord. Yes all the systems of the world are imperfect. Therefore where humans are involved there will be ups and downs. This is part of the course of life. Those whose mind is fixed on Him will rarely wander from their destiny in Him. Your destiny in Him is eternal. There is no death, only life. This life in the flesh is only temporary. Even Jesus died in the flesh. Pray much in the Spirit so that you can walk in the mind of God rather then the human mind. Every attribute of the flesh is mirrored in the Spirit. All the senses are available in the Spirit. Therefore in the Spirit you can see and hear. When you sense your flesh rising up it means that you need to spend more time in the Spirit. This is a war and there is no easy way to overcome but to fight. The Holy Spirit will help you in your walk. This is His job to work through you to glorify His Name.

GOD BECAME MAN

 A new day has dawned and another year has past. Every day is based on this fact of history that on this day the Saviour of the world was born in human form. In eternity this is of no consequence but on earth it is of great consequence. A spirit  became man. The God of the Universe took the form of His creation. Difficult to comprehend yet so real and true. There is no other plan that can save man from his own self. This plan of salvation was formed from the beginning of time. It was birthed in the heart of God so that His creation can comprehend what real love is. This unconditional love that gave up His throne to become man is like nothing man can comprehend. Yet this is the demonstration of love that changed the world. It is still changing the world. It will continue to do so till His return. Let us celebrate the Saviour of the world and give Him all the glory for He alone is worthy.

NEW LIFE IN CHRIST

Christ is risen, Christ is alive, Christ is born in you. What a truth and reality is this that the world needs to hear and know. The fight with the evils of the flesh drowns the good news of salvation. Many cannot accept the reality of Christ because their flesh denies the reality. The flesh will die for it is under the law. Christ lives forever and will never die. He lives in you and He is the source of eternal life. You have been saved through grace and this is not by your own works of righteousness. Your flesh can never be saved for it is under the law and condemned to die just as Jesus died in the flesh. His Spirit however lives forever. His Spirit is formless although He came in the form of man. You also have a spirit and is born again by the Spirit of Christ. Now you too will live forever because of Him. So do not give into the desires of your flesh for they are condemned to die. Choose to live in the spirit for this is eternal. All the quirks of the flesh are doomed. In the Spirit you can live each moment in the fresh realisation of a new life.

IN HIM

God is good and He is forever seeking to commune with you. The distractions of this world keep you from communing with Him. You were made for fellowship with Him. He is very near and He is omnipresent. So close is He that you can almost feel His presence. As you enter the zone of His presence you become transformed in His presence. This is a surreal experience but real enough for it to be real. He is closer then anyone you know because He lives in you. He gives life and every breath you take is from Him. Your Creator lives and therefore you have life. Life is in the Spirit. Once the spirit leaves your body it is dead. The spirit is like breath. You breathe in the spirit of God. Yet He is a person who resides in you.God is external to you and internal to you. He is omnipresent. There is no way to explain it because he is the great I AM. We are just His creation and in Him we move and have our being. Therefore rejoice today that you are alive. Let none of the evils of the flesh torment you because in His presence they dissolve into vapour. Imagine this, your internal conflicts are nothing compared to His great love. His love in you will extinguish all conflicts. You will become love for God is love.

HE IS IN CONTROL

Praise God who controls all things. He is the God of the Universe. The Universe is His and he resides in you. What can go wrong when He is in control. The devil maybe in control of this world but God is in control of the Universe. Therefore the devil is just a monkey doing his tricks in God's world. When you are connected to God then the devil's tricks cannot overcome you. God will send His angels to protect you. All you need to do is submit to Him. Obedience is thicker then blood. In God's Kingdom it is obedience that leads to sonship. You are a son and a son obeys his master. In this union nothing can come and spoil the fellowship between son and Father. Therefore rejoice and be glad for the temporary trial you are going through is nothing compared to the glory awaiting you. Trust Him who has called you and prepares you for great things before you. Each day is a new day to experience God and His favour over you.

FEAR

Heavenly Father what do I do when the world suffers violence? Jesus suffered violence. Man through the fall has turned violent. He cannot control himself as fear grips him. The only response to fear is to fight or take flight. You become the oppressor or the oppressed. Only love can heal the terror of fear. The devil rules this world through fear. Man fears man and therefore needs arms to protect himself. Arms are a deterrent to violence but this is a thin line. Once fear steps over the mark then action will prevail. It is no different now as it was then. Fear entered the heart of Adam and Eve when they sinned and ever since then fear has ruled the heart of man. Jesus overcame fear through death. This is the only way to overcome fear, through death. When you identify with His death then you too can overcome fear. Identification with your Master releases His power. Faith is released to receive the power that can overcome the enemy. Therefore now let His love heal the wounds. Violence is a present reality in this world. Only love can cast out fear. Therefore love at all times and never give a foothold to the enemy of fear.

BELIEF

Belief is more important then genes. What you believe will translate into health or disease. Many are unconscious to their beliefs. They operate on cruise control and don't even know what they believe. Everyone believes something about themselves, others and the world. Most associations are built on a certain set of beliefs. Yet the individual denies any beliefs. It's only when you are forced to express your beliefs that it becomes conscious. Till then they remain hidden. They have been passed down the generations and control how you behave. Your whole being is controlled by your beliefs. If your belief is that you will die by 50 just as your ancestors did then this will control you. You will become what you believe in. If you believe in health then health will be your reward. Disease is only possible when you believe in it. Fear is a powerful force that cripples people through belief. It is a lie yet you believe it and so it is. Challenge your beliefs and change your destiny.

HIS GLORY

Christ in you the hope of glory. ThIS glory is for now and it is not just a hope for the future. His presence in you ushers in His glory. Do you believe this? If you believe this then you will experience His glory. The glorious presence of Christ in you is a mystery. His Holy Spirit was sent for this very purpose. God knew it is impossible for you to live a holy life without His Spirit in you. Sin has so marred your image that now only His Spirit in you can change you to your original image. You were made in His image. Therefore our original image was like Christ. Now He has come to redeem us so that we are like Him. This is a glorious mystery. Now you can expect to walk on earth like He walked, in signs and wonders. He will minister through you. All you need to do is allow Him to do it. This is surrender. Humility is the giving up of your own desires for His . This is the only way to live the abundant life. In Him all things are possible. Therefore believe and expect Him to come through for you in abundance.

HIS WORD

God is good and His banner over me is love. What a mighty God we serve. His word is the answer to your need. Your need is fulfilled in His word. His word is like manna from heaven. Everyday you feed on fresh manna as you read His word. His word reveals the rhema word to you. His Spirit will reveal His rhema word to you through His written word. It is only those who operate in the Spirit can see beyond the written word. The written word is for all time. His rhema word is personal and for this time. In God time is not a factor for He is eternal. When you enter into the spirit world you operate beyond time and space. His eternal word becomes flesh to you. This brings life to your soul and body. His healing word becomes your healing word to your flesh. Therefore meditate on His word day and night till it becomes rhema to you. God sends His word and it brings forth fruit of its kind. What a great God we serve.