Jesus Death Certificate Released My Birth Certificate

Life

What a wonderful exchange was accomplished on Calvary two thousand years ago. Jesus died that I may live. This is the story of Easter that changed the world forever. All creation rejoices at this truth that has set us free from a cycle of death. Everyone will one day die but Jesus has promised us eternal life in the spirit. He achieved this through His sacrificial death for mankind. All we need to do is to receive His gift and live forever. Yet man wants to do it his way and the sin of pride stops us from accepting this gift freely. He said freely you have received, freely give. God gave and it cost Him His Son.

Hope

My hope is in His finished work on the Cross. He said "It is finished". He had completed His mission to redeem mankind from the fires of hell once and for all. Now God has given us a free will to decide if we will accept His gift. A gift must be received. Many refuse to receive and so will end up in hell. What a sad state of affairs that we are so blind to the obvious. The devil has blinded us to God's plan of salvation and so religious rituals and traditions keep us bound to an endless life of slavery.

Salvation

Come today and receive His gift of salvation. There is no greater gift you can receive on earth. This gift cannot be bought with silver and gold. This is why it is free. You have to step out in faith and believe and receive. Countless lives have been saved from destruction and hell through this small step. God is waiting for us to decide whom we will choose. I choose Jesus and His way of salvation. All other gods cannot save us as He is the only way to heaven. Come today and be saved and receive eternal life.

Prayer Is Not Limited By Time Or Distance

Prayer

Many times we are not able to be with a person that needs prayer. They maybe living vast distance from us. However time and distance cannot limit the power of prayer. Prayer is like a atomic bomb that is set off in the heavenlies and is targeted precisely to achieve what it is sent for. We may be in a different time zone and place but this cannot limit God who answers prayers. God is waiting for His people to take up their place and pray on behalf of others. There is no greater power than a Christian on their knees in prayer. Prayer is  our powerful weapon that can demolish every argument and force that seeks to destroy and bring chaos and death.

Praying In The Spirit

Most of us limit the power of prayer by restricting our prayers to standard form of prayer. This is not wrong but sometimes standard prayers lose the personal plea and intensity of prayer. One powerful way to pray is in the Spirit in tongues. Praying in tongues enables us to pray perfect prayers that go straight to the throne room in heaven. This is why we have been given this gift. The enemy cannot understand this language and so cannot block it. Many of our prayers are so earthly that they don't go further than the ceiling. When we begin to see the answers to our prayer we will believe for more. Unbelief keeps us from believing prayers. Prayers as a routine achieves nothing. Prayer must be by faith to believe that what we pray for will be done.

Jesus Example

Jesus taught us how to pray. He spent hours in prayer to receive from His Father and then to pray His will be done on earth as it is in heaven. There is a certainty that what we ask for will be done. He said we can ask anything in His Name and it will be done. Why did He say this if He did not mean it? It is our unbelief that keeps us from availing the promises. Today let us pray believing that His will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Let us pray that evil will be halted and good will prevail. Let us pray for justice and righteousness to prevail across our land. God said that when His people pray He will hear and heal our land. Prayer is our weapon to bring heaven to earth.

Distance Your Soul From Your Spirit And Prevail

Our Soul

Our soul is what constitutes our mind, emotions and will. This is what makes us who we are in the flesh. It is our personality and we are known by others by who we are in relation to them. Our soul goes through many struggles during our growth from babyhood to adulthood. We face many challenges that mould our character and makes us who we are. Our soul is housed in our body. Our body interacts with the world around us through our senses which influences our soul. Some refer to the body and soul combined to stand for the flesh. The flesh is in enmity with our spirit. 

Warfare

We therefore have a battle going on within us between our flesh and our spirit. Our spirit after it is born again houses the Holy Spirit. Now we can choose to walk according to the demands of our flesh or by the Spirit. We are charged to be filled in the Spirit and to walk by the Spirit. How do we do this when our flesh dominates our daily life? We can do this only when we become aware that our soul is separate from our spirit. Many confuse this issue and think that the soul and the spirit are the same. This confusion has led to many preachers ministering from the soul rather than from the Spirit.

Overcoming

To overcome in the Spirit we must distance ourselves from our soul. We must bring every thought to the obedience of Christ. We can do this only as we walk by the Spirit and not give into the desires and demands of our flesh. Distancing is a strategy that sees our soul as needing to be redeemed. Our spirit has already been redeemed and is bound for heaven. Our soul is being redeemed as we walk according to the Spirit. This redemptive work is a process till we die. One day we will be like Jesus when we see Him as He is. Now we see in part and therefore only are a shadow of the real. When we see Him as He is, we will be like Him with no blemishes. I trust this helps in your war against your flesh and the demonic that works through your flesh.

Manifestations Of The Flesh And Manifestations Of The Spirit

Manifestation

We manifest what is within us. When we walk in the flesh we will manifest the works of the flesh like sexual immorality, jealousy, pride etc.  When we walk in the Spirit we manifest the works of the Spirit like love, joy, peace etc. We know what we are walking in by the works we manifest. Therefore one way to discern is to see what fruits we are manifesting in our lives. If we are always struggling with impure thoughts then surely it is not of the spirit. We must judge ourselves otherwise we will be judged. This maybe a key for many to repent and change their ways and walk according to the Holy Spirit.

Warfare

Our spirit is at enmity with our flesh. There is a war going on within us. Our will decides who we will listen to and follow. If we follow the desires of our flesh then we will manifest our fleshly desires. No wonder many feel trapped in their sin. The way out of this dilemma is to walk according to the Spirit. In the Spirit we will manifest the fruits of the Spirit. We will feel His love and peace and joy. The more we walk according to the Spirit the more we become fruitful and useful to others. Ministry is birthed in the Spirit. However what we see in churches today is works of the flesh rather than works of the Spirit.

Solution

This sad state of affairs can only be reversed when we repent and return to our first love. Our first love was to love the Lord with all our heart, soul and strength. What happened on the way was that we compromised with our flesh and so began to walk according to our fleshy desires. God desires that we be hot or cold not lukewarm. Today let us return to our first love and walk according to the Spirit and manifest the fruits of the Spirit.

Fix Your Eyes On Jesus Despite Your Circumstances And Prevail

Focus

Jesus needs to be the focus of our lives. When we take our eyes off Him then our focus becomes blurred. A blurred focus keeps us confused and distracted. Get back into focus by fixing it on Him. This is the only way to prevail in this broken world. Our circumstances may change but Jesus never changes. He remains fixed and unmovable. His Spirit in us will keep us focused on Him. This will apply to anything we do. Remain focused and breakthrough will come. Distractions are sent to keep us off track. The whole of life is our training ground to hone our senses to remain focused. 

Unfocussed

Focus is a good sign of where we are in our daily walk. When we take our eyes off Jesus we begin to stray way from our primary calling. Our prayer life takes a dip. We get involved in things away from our primary purpose. God appears distant. We wonder why we are lacking the fire we used to experience. Get back to focus on Jesus. Wash yourself in His blood. Repent and get back to walking in the fullness of the Spirit. In this world many are the challenges and distractions that will keep us from our focus.

Breakthrough

Breakthrough is round the corner. God has already provided for us. The delay is in not waiting in faith till we see the breakthrough. The manifestation is coming. Your healing is coming. All we need is already provided for. We must believe this. We can then ask for anything we desire and it will be done. God loves to bless us with more. Don't be content with a little. Hunger for more so that you can bless others through the overflow. We cannot bless others if we are struggling to meet ends. We must overflow in His gifts and fruits to be a blessing.

In The Flesh We Display Many Personalities. In the Spirit We Display Jesus.

Created In His Image

We were created in the image of God. This image is in our spirit. In the spirit we are all like God. This is why a human creation is divine and not just a mass of cells. This revelation should make us aware of the potential in each person. However we tend to look at the external and so judge each other by our status, looks or wealth. Our spirit lives in a body which has a soul. In this fallen world we are faced with many challenges that make us who we are. This is the state we find ourselves in, broken and in a mess. However God has redeemed our spirit and so we have hope that He can redeem our soul. Our soul in different fragments of our self displays different personalities to others. This is how we cope in the world. We play different roles and these roles shape our thinking and feeling and behaviour.

Soul

Our soul operates to enable us to function through our body. We think, feel and act and this sums up how we display ourselves to others. We can act a role in society and this helps us do the things we are called to do. A employer acts in a different role to an employee. A parent acts in a different role to a child. In these roles we display a different personality to function. When we are sick we behave like a patient. When we are well we display a confident and bold personality. Some of us feel we are just going through the motions in life. Some are not even aware of the personalities that live within them. In extreme cases one is oblivious of these alter personalities. This is how we cope especially if we have experienced extreme events like trauma in our life.

Salvation

Jesus came to set us free from the control of these different personalities in our life. He came to unite us and not to divide us. He bought us together in the spirit and now we can display the Spirit of Jesus. The more we function in the spirit the more we will display His image. Our soul and body will come under the influence of His Spirit. In this way we become whole in Him. This is our only hope. In Him we are made whole like the original Adam who walked on earth. Praise God we have a hope of salvation for body, soul  and spirit. Come to Jesus today and be made whole.

Surrender Your Tongue To The Holy Spirit And Control Your Mind And Your Body

Our Tongue

Our tongue is like a rudder that steers a ship. This small part of our body can set the whole world aflame. This is how powerful our tongue is. A tongue that can vomit venom can destroy and break to pieces what was built over a lifetime. No one can control the tongue without outside help. This is why God says that he who can control his tongue can control the rest of his body. We can curse or bless with our tongue. So our tongue is a powerful part of our body that needs to be disciplined. No other part has such power as our tongue. God spoke and created the worlds. We too can create through the words we speak.

Holy Spirit Tongue

When the Holy Spirit came He took over the tongues of men. How very telling that the men in the upper room began to speak in the tongues of men and of angels. This was a sign of surrender to the Holy Spirit. The men spoke and the whole world got touched by this shaking. Could this be what we need at this time? The world is in turmoil and we hear so much noise being spoken and most of them are lies or fake news. It induces fear in us and we tremble and shake through fear yet God wants us to fear Him and not man. The true fear of God will lead to peace and unity.

Surrendered Tongue

Today let us surrender our tongue to Him and let Him fill our mouth with His words of life. What a transformation will occur in us and around as we speak in the tongues of men and of angels. We will see healing and deliverance and many captives will be set free. Our words will carry a new sound that will penetrate the atmosphere and change it for good. This I believe is what prayer does. We pray His will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Will we take this challenge and be part of the remnant that will stand in the gap and see the return of Christ?

Let The Image Of Jesus Shine Through You

Image of Jesus

We were born again into the image of Jesus. This means we are a new creation in Him. The old has past and the new has come. However we still live in our body and our soul is being redeemed. Our spirit is born again and lives forever. We now need to live out of our new nature. We have the divine nature within us. This is the nature of Jesus. The Holy Spirit within us helps us to walk in His ways. We can choose to walk according to the Spirit or according to our will. The more we allow the Spirit to lead us, the more we become like Jesus. Enoch walked with God and never faced physical death. We too can walk like Him for we have the Holy Spirit within us. 

Holy Spirit

In the old the Holy Spirit was working from without. Now the Holy Spirit has come to live within us. We therefore now have the power to live like Jesus. We bear His image within us. Will we allow the image of Jesus to shine through us? God has provided everything for us in the new covenant. This is a relationship we have with Him. Most people are content to know Jesus but not have a relationship with Him. This is where we fall short of the glory promised to us. Let us enter in and avail of His promises today. Why delay when the table is full for us to eat and enjoy of His pleasures today?

Land of His Promises

God is good and He will never withhold from us what He has promised. The delay and the failure is on our part. We have failed to trust God to do what He has promised to do. The people of Israel wandered around the promised land and never entered in because of unbelief. To day let us not allow unbelief to hold us back. The devil will try and distract and discourage us but we must stay fixed in our purpose. We must not let him rob us of our inheritance in Christ. Healing, deliverance and prosperity are ours today when we enter the land of His promises. Come let us enter in and change the world and make it heaven on earth.

The Root Cause For Many Disorders Is A Confused Identity

Identity

Identity is the sense of our core being. We are known by who we are as a person. When we are secure in our identity then others will be able to relate with us and we with them. A confused identity will reflect many aspects that makes it difficult for a person to function. This could impact on our personality, sexuality and give rise to various disorders. Identity is developed over years and some have a smooth process while others get stuck on the way. Life events and relationships can impact on the formation of our identity. A trusting relationship early in life with good attachments to parent figures and others can lead to a healthy identity. However most of us will experience many changes and so face challenges that makes the journey difficult.

Trust

Trusting relationships are important is early development of a sense of self. We feel secure and so can explore the world without fear. Fear causes us to avoid certain challenges and so deprive us of learning and growth. Many get stuck in this process and never grow up. This may lead to the development of disorders that further impacts on our identity. Gender dysphoria and other disorders are a result of such arrests in development. We see this acted out in superficial behaviours that hide a deeper fear of exposure. We see this characterised in reflections in art and body disfigurement. What is displayed is a reflection of the deeper issues in a person.

Remedy

Jesus came to give us a new identity. He said in Him we are a new creation. The old has past and the new has come. In Him we are secure and free because He takes our burdens and frees us to live life and that abundantly. He is the source of life and can reverse all that has gone before. Wholeness and freedom results in health and release from all disorders. Come to Jesus today and be set free and regain your original identity in Him.

Jesus And I Can Change History

In His Image

God created us in His image. This means we have the potential of being like Him. This may sound preposterous yet God designed us in this way. He chose to make us like Him. An image is the exact replica of the subject imaged. The difference is that it is an image or reflection and not the original. No one can replace God as He is our Creator. Science may exclude God and come up with another theory to explain creation. Many believe otherwise and trust God is the Creator and what we see and know is from Him. I choose to believe He is my Creator and so I can expect Him to come through for me.

New Creation

Jesus said that a person who believes in Him becomes a new creation. The old is past and the new has come. This is a revolutionary statement. The disciples believed this and they turned the world upside down. They changed history and so we have a world that was before Christ and after Christ. We too can expect to change history when we surrender to His life in us. This is possible only because His Spirit lives in us. We know this because His presence is real and He works through us.

History Makers

I have experienced His presence and His life in me has changed me from a victim to a victor. Many of us caught up in this world system feel like victims. We are victims of the system we live in. Money rules our lives. We are programmed to believe that without money we can't get anywhere or do anything. God says He is our Provider and money is only a means to an end and not the end. This change is what needs to happen for us to live like kings on earth. Jesus did not have much on earth yet He was the King of all creation. We too can live like a king when we know that the King lives in us. We can become history makers and not just followers. Today I want to challenge you to be a history maker as you put your hands in His hands and join me in changing history.

Fire Cleanses And Fire Empowers

Fire Baptism

Jesus baptises with the Holy Spirit and fire. Many forget the fire part of the baptism. John baptised that people may come to repentance. Jesus baptises with fire. There are two baptisms. One is through water and the other through fire. Most of us are content to receive water baptism to signify repentance and new birth in Christ. How many of us desire to be baptised in fire? Yet this is what is lacking in the church. Some would contend that there are three baptisms. One is water, Holy Spirit and fire. We must be prepared to be baptised in the Holy Spirit and fire to lead a victorious life.

Spiritual Warfare

Our flesh is always contending against our spirit. Our spirit is born again and redeemed but our flesh is being redeemed. We live in a body which will one day die. There is therefore a war between the flesh and our spirit. Demons can influence our soul and our body but not our spirit. This is what spiritual warfare is all about. There is a constant need to be on fire to resist the flesh. Most of us are content to be sitting back and compromising with our flesh. No one can compromise with the enemy and win. The Kingdom of God suffers violence and the violent take it by force. This is not physical force but spiritual. We have the Name of Jesus and the blood of Jesus as weapons to overcome the attacks we face daily. The word of God challenges us to keep vigilant lest we become complacent and lose  our salvation. We are called to be warriors against the forces of darkness that rule this world.

Victorious Living

How can we stand but to fight our battles on our knees. The Christian calling is to be on the front lines. We cannot take over the enemy's territory unless we fight. Our enemy are spiritual entities and just as Jesus confronted them so do we too. There is little teaching on this subject in churches and so the church is weak and blind. Today let us take up arms and be baptised in fire for the battle before us is fierce. We cannot afford to sit back and watch. We have to enter into the fray and take back what the enemy has stolen. We have the whole host of heavenly forces behind us as we step out in faith. We can change history as we do so in Jesus Name.

Physical Death Was Not Overcome At The Cross.

Death

Death where is your sting. Jesus overcame death at the Cross. However this refers to death of our spirit. When Adam sinned we all sinned and so died spiritually. Jesus came to reverse this death by dying on the Cross. We now are alive in the spirit and this is what we call the born again experience. This is resurrection power that raised us. Before His resurrection we were dead in our spirit. Now through His death we have come alive. Because He lives I have hope for tomorrow. His resurrection was the greatest event in history. Without His resurrection we are hopeless and lost. However we will still die a physical death.

Life

We will all die one day unless we are raptured or walk into heaven like Enoch did. This is the reality. Why were we left to face death? Death is what makes living so exciting. Death for a Christian is a promotion. Christ overcame death and now we too can overcome death. The fear of death keeps many caged in their prison. The reality of death limits us. However we need to operate in eternal life and not death. Jesus said that He has given us eternal life in the spirit. This life is for now and not the hereafter. We fail to live the abundant life Christ promised because we don't believe in eternal life. Eternal life has no beginning and no end. We need to shift our thinking from a limited God to a God of no limits.

Resurrection Power

Today let us operate in resurrection power. This power is available to us who believe. Jesus said I am the resurrection power and life. His life was the demonstration of what is possible when we believe in His finished work. He now has ascended into heaven so that we can now operate in the same power. Why don't we see the church operate in this power? We fail to do so because we fail to believe. Unbelief keeps us from availing of the power that has been afforded to us. We must move from a position of mental assent to an act of obedience and acceptance. This is the only we can overcome death and be victorious.

The Key To Managing Relationships Is In Managing Boundaries

Relationships

Relationships are good but they can also cause a lot of pain and heartache. Over time many decide to break up because of the pain caused. This is not a physical pain but a mental pain. Mental pain cannot be seen but is as real as physical pain. It is the internal distress felt through broken relationships. We all need to relate to others but many get confused when communication is not clear. Many are the expectations of others and needs unfulfilled result in pain and distress. When a relationship is based on unmet needs it becomes a battle of control. A person becomes controlling of another to meet their needs. These needs are based on a hunger for love and significance. 

Basic Needs

Basic needs are met in childhood through parental love and guidance.  Many of these are not met and so as adults we tend to look for these in others. A deprived child will look for others who are deprived. They attract each other. We unconsciously attract others who have similar needs. This then sets up a cycle of events when both are expecting and demanding more from each other. This never works for a need can never be satisfied by another. We need to look to God to meet our needs and not another. When God is absent in our lives we will continue to manipulate others to meet our needs.

Boundaries

Boundaries become blurred and we read into things which are not there. When boundaries are blurred they lead to confused communication. Distorted and unclear communication leads to confusion and frustration. Clear boundaries keep a person objective and able to see things as they are. I don't say things and do things to manipulate the other person. I look to God to meet my needs. I operate in the overflow and am able to communicate clearly and this enables others to be relaxed. Anxious persons make others anxious. We influence our environment by how we feel. When we feel anxious and disturbed we disturb others. 

Solution

Clear and open communication is the way to establish clear boundaries. Boundaries are unconscious written rules that govern relationships. When I intrude into another's space I am wilfully breaking a boundary. This could be disastrous for sexual and emotional intimacy. This is how relationships get abused and result in domestic violence. Our unhindered emotions get the better of us. The solution is to be clear and open in our communication with each other. In this way we can slowly grow in our relationships and be loved and accepted.

Strategy For Good Sleep That Works

Sleep

Many people struggle with getting to sleep. They worry about not sleeping enough and this becomes a problem in itself. Worrying about anything will disturb your sleep. Sleep is important to our body and mental health. Sleep is the way we allow the stresses of the day to melt away and to recharge our body. Our body needs rest. We were not designed to work all the time. Even God rested on the seventh day! Sleep is vital to our bodily function and we need to have good sleep to lead a healthy life. Many who are sleep deprived suffer from various ailments in body and mind. One of the first signs of a mental disorder is the loss of sleep.

Strategies

There are many strategies to help one to relax and induce sleep. Some count sheep, others do relaxation exercises to relax the body and mind and there are techniques that can be used to induce sleep. Some of these work sometimes. Some resort to drugs to help induce sleep. All these are short term solutions. Sleep can be disturbed by many causes and so one solution does not fit all. One of the ways is to meditate on the word of God. God says that he whose mind is fixed on Him will find peace and rest. His word enables one to rest in His arms. In His arms there is rest and peace. 

God's Solution

Read the Bible before going to bed. Reading the word distracts your mind from daily worries and fixes it on God's word. It relaxes the mind and many find that reading His word helps sleep induction. The word of God is powerful and so power is released to quiet the mind. Meditating on scripture is another way to reap the benefits of His word. God heals the broken hearted and the wanderer is brought home. This is a proven way to induce sleep and stay asleep. There is no more powerful medicine than the word of God. It works especially when you read it aloud and by faith believe in it. Try it today and be at rest and sleep well.

Your Difficulty Is Your Opportunity To Triumph In Christ

Difficulties

Difficulties are part of life. We face different challenges as we live in a fallen world. A fallen world does not care about truth and justice. This is where as Christians we have to be the plumb line and not the bottom line for truth and justice. Many are the challenges we face daily but in Christ we can triumph. There is no challenge that we cannot face for He is with us. All we need to do is ask Him to help us. It becomes His problem when we ask Him to help us. We say, "What are we going to do about it?"

Holy Spirit

His Holy Spirit is our Counsellor and Guide. He was sent to help us. However we tend to do it our way than His way. This is when we run into difficulties. Our pride keeps us from surrendering our will and doing it His way. We want to claim points for doing it our way. We need to humble ourselves and ask the Lord to help us do it His way. In this way He will come to our help and show us His way. He said lay your burdens on me. He will carry our burdens. When we are yoked with Christ, He bears our burdens. 

Solution

Come today and empty your load on Him. He is our Father in heaven and He loves to help us. Israel wandered in the desert for forty years due to disobedience. Let us spare ourselves the same fate and surrender to His will. Let us pray your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. This is the only way to triumph in Christ. Let us not complicate matters by trying to do it our way. Most of our difficulties are due to choosing not to surrender to Him. All of life is a training ground for us in preparation for rulership. We will one day rule on earth. Let us be trained to triumph in righteousness and not give in to evil.

Reading The Word of God And Knowing The Word

Knowledge

There is so much knowledge we can have yet this knowledge is of no use if it is failed to be applied. We can talk about the subject without knowing the subject. This is what happens through our institutions of learning that teach us to amass a lot of knowledge but fail to apply it. Learning of itself is not bad but useless if it cannot be applied. I can learn a lot about tennis or football but if I don't play it, what use is it?  Most of our lives is spent on learning about things but few learn to live it. This apples to the word of God too. We have a lot of mental knowledge but little heart knowledge.

Heart Knowledge

Mental ascent to the word of God remains in the mental realm. To manifest the word of God it needs to become a knowing or heart knowledge. When I know the Healer, He becomes my healing. I can know all about the Healer but nothing manifests. Most Christians can be divided into two camps. The ones who know about the word and those who know the word. The baptism in the Holy Spirit is an experiential event. It is not just an acceptance but a manifestation. In most cases there is evidence of the manifestation like praying in tongues. One needs to discern the difference. The baptism in fire can also result in manifestation like in a change in your character.

Solution

Is this the reason the church appears to be powerless and lifeless. We do a lot of external things to appear useful but are these only an appearance and not the real thing? God is Spirit and He manifests His power through His Spirit. Have we been deceived in to accepting the lesser because we have failed to teach on knowing God? Call on the Holy Spirit to infill you and baptise you in power and in fire. Hunger for this experience till you know you have it. This is the only way the church is going to be the head and not the tail. God give us all a hunger for knowing Him more.

The Tree Of Life Is Jesus

The Tree Of Life

The tree of life was in the garden of Eden and Adam and Eve were able to eat of it freely. In the garden was also the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God forbade them from eating of this fruit as they would die. However the devil was able to tempt them to do so. Through this sin of disobedience they fell and so did all creation with them. Since then all of creation has been affected by sin. This is the reason why Jesus has to come to redeem us. He did this by dying on the Cross for us. Now the tree of life lives in us when we trust His salvation on our behalf. Jesus comes to live in us through His Holy Spirit.

Fruit

The tree of life bears fruit that nourishes our spirit. Our spirit then affects our soul and our body. The words of life bear fruit in us and we enjoy it and share it with others. This is the way God had planned it from the beginning. However the devil cannot be part of this redemption. He is condemned to hell with his angels. However he wants to take as many as possible to hell with him. This is why we need to share the good news of the gospel to all who will listen. There is no other way to be saved. 

Salvation

God planned from the beginning that we were helpless to save ourselves. He therefore has provided for us a lamb as a sacrifice on our behalf. Come and receive His salvation today. He died for all, yet all will not receive Him. Most will reject His plan of salvation. Most will be happy to continue to eat of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil. This is what we see in our fallen world. The wars within and without confirm our fallen state. There is no redemption other than through Jesus. He has promised us eternal life. Come now and be saved in Jesus Name.

Switch Your Mode Of Operation From Taking To Giving To Reverse Your Situation

World System

Most of us have been programmed by the system of the world to operate like the world. The system of the world is based on power and so the most powerful rule the world. The main motive is to win at any cost. We see this acted out in families, organisations and governments. It is a selfish system based on me, myself and I. The world tries to build on the basis of a team but that is only a cover up for attaining ends. The end is still to achieve the best for oneself. The Kingdom of God is based on love and giving. 

Kingdom Living

This requires a major shift in our thinking. A shift from me, myself and I to we, ours and Kingdom is not a minor feat. It calls on us trusting God rather than man. God is our Provider. We go to work because we want to earn a living. However our workplace should be the place where we are placed to witness of God's goodness not our place of provision. This is not how we think. We mainly think that we have to work to earn a living and therefore are forced to compromise with the world. When we come to the place where we acknowledge God as our Provider than things begin to change.

Giving

In the Kingdom we are blessed by giving. We are looking for opportunities to share God's love in many ways. We share our goods, money, time and resources with others. We desire to bless others rather than use them to fulfil our needs. This is what we are called to do yet even in the church we see the system of the world operating. The world has infiltrated our churches. It is time to reverse this trend and begin to be the light and salt we are called to be. Let us give to others and build a loving community where there is no lack. Let us look to God as our Provider and shift the world to God's ways. His ways are the best way of living. Let us begin today.

Lust Is Based On Fantasy. Love Is Based On Action.

Lust

Many are the drivers of our behaviour. When our emotions are aroused we will be driven to do things unimaginable. We have to discern what is driving us. If lust drives us then it is mainly based on our fantasy. Fantasy is our fallen imagination that thinks we can get away with some of our forbidden desires. Many rapes and sexual misadventures are based on lust. Lust is a big driver in many risky adventures. The lust for power, fame and self aggrandisement are some of the results of lust. Sexual lust has broken many marriages. Love on the other hand is based on action.

Love

Love is the determined action to serve another. It is not driven by selfish desires but selfless concern. It always gives and desires to bless than to take. Think always what is driving you in a particular situation. If it is lust then reject the desire before it is too late. Once desire is formed it is difficult to reverse the action that follows. Impulsive actions many times leads to a good life suddenly destroyed. What is the solution to this dilemma where in Romans 7 Paul eludes to this situation of knowing what to do but not doing it?

Solution

The solution is to surrender our will to the Lord. Many of us want to live a Christian life but on our terms. This is not possible. This is clearly illustrated in Romans 7. The flesh will not yield to the Spirit. Only total surrender will result in the flesh being reckoned dead. Once we know our place in the Spirit we will be able to overcome the flesh. The flesh will have no more power over us. Remember sin is a powerful force that works through our flesh. We need to submit to God and walk in obedience to the Spirit and not give in to the ways of the flesh. This is the victory we have in Christ Jesus who won the battle on Calvary.

The Secret Place Is Our Hiding Place Against The Attacks Of The Devil.

The Secret Place

The secret place is where the Spirit of God resides. We too are seated in heavenly places with Christ Jesus. This is the place where we need to operate from. We still live in our body but our spirit is seated in heavenly place. This is our secret place where we wield authority and operate in the flesh. Most of us are unaware of this position we have in Christ. To operate in the Spirit is to operate from our secret place. We cannot win the war against our enemy but from our secret place. The enemy has no place in our secret place. He is banned from the throne room of God. We reside in the third heaven while our enemy taunts us from the second heaven.

Our Position In Christ 

Our position in Christ is a privileged position. This is where we relate in the spirit with the Holy Spirit. We have the mind of Christ and so can rule and reign on earth with His mindset. Our communion with Him is what will get us over the hurdles that we face in life. All around us maybe crumpling and failing but within us we are overcoming. We can overcome because the overcomer lives in us. We know how the disciples went through a lot of persecution but rejoiced in the midst of it. We too can rejoice when troubles come our way because we live from within and not from without. Even when all appears to be lost, we still live in victory because we know we win in the end.

Kingdom Of God Is Within Us

This is how we need to live. The Kingdom of God is within us where Jesus is King. Where else would we want to live? In His Kingdom is love, peace, joy and all the fruits of the Spirit. We can also operate in the gifts of the Spirit. We are spirit beings and therefore our home is where the Holy Spirit is. Here there is no death or decay because we have eternal life. The physical world is just a temporary phase. Our mind is set above and we feast daily at His table. Now we can live life to the full knowing that it is He who called us to this life. We have been chosen for a time like this. Let us be His light and life to a broken world we live in.