Those Who Spaak From The Fire Spread The Fire

The Fire is where God resides in glory. Fire speaks of holiness and purity. It burns but also empowers. This fire is living and so can produce life. In the Spirit we enter into a higher realm. We are seated in heavenly places with Christ as believers. However few of us understand this and therefore still operate from earthly realms. When we enter the throne room of God we have a different perspective of things. We see things from God's perspective. This change of perception will lead to a different way of doing things. Jesus spoke from the fire and many did not understand Him. They failed to comprehend His words because they saw from an earthly perspective. Those who understood the meaning of His words began to change.

Jesus

When we speak from the Fire we will speak like Jesus. His words from heaven will flow through us and touch others. When Jesus spoke the devils left and healing and deliverance happened. This is what we can expect as signs and wonders following our preaching of the word. This is the time when God is moving in nations and making Himself known to the masses. The glory cloud is descending and people are being caught up through the revelation from heaven. Those outside the fold will see and be amazed. The systems of the world will crumble under the power of God. 

Justice

Righteousness and justice will return to government as people repent and turn from their wicked ways. Only a fresh move of God can reverse the downward trend that we see in the world today. Let us join our hearts together and pray for the fire of God to spread through the nations. It has already started happening and those who have ears to hear will hear the rumblings. Many suddenlies will happen. Signs in the heavens and on earth will happen. These are all signs of the things to come. We must be ready and prepared to move as the Spirit moves.

Attachment, Intimacy And Transformation

Attachment

Attachment to Jesus is the first step to transformation. Jesus call is that we should leave all and follow Him. This is not an easy path to walk but He laid down His life for us. He expects us to lay down our life for Him. We do this by leaving all and being attached to Him alone. This is firstly a spiritual attachment and then a emotional attachment. Jesus is a living person as He rose from the dead. He can be known as closely as the person next to you. He is not an object in the sky but a living person we can relate to. He identified with us, His creation, by coming down in the form of man and lived with us. He knows our weaknesses as He bore our sins on His body and died for us. He was the living sacrifice and died once for all. 

Intimacy

We can now have intimacy with Him as He loves to have a relationship with us. He sent His Holy Spirit that we may have a Comforter to help us in our relationship with Him. He talks with us and walks with us and says we are His own. This is the joy of fellowship we have with Him. He knows everything about us and now He wants to reveal everything about Him to us. We now can walk in revelation which is the knowledge of God from heaven. His word is the first instalment of this revelation. His Spirit then reveals more of Himself as we meditate on His word. Jesus and His word are one. 

Transformation

As we walk in His revelation we become transformed by His Spirit into His image. Just as Moses face shone and glowed in His presence we too will shine. Our complexion will change and we will look younger. His blood flows through us and transforms our cells. Our organs will begin to heal and be recreated in His presence. The glory of the Lord will descend upon us. We will impact those around us and we will be history makers. This transformation is dependent upon our surrender to His will. It is a daily walk and not just a one time anointing.  Let us encourage each other to walk like Him today.

It Is Time To Operate In Resurrection Power

Paul states his desire was to know Him and His resurrection power and the fellowship of His sufferings. This is my desire too and should be the desire of all of us who believe in Jesus. His resurrection power is available to us now. If this is not true then our faith is based on shaky ground. It is only through His resurrection power that we were born again of the spirit. Some would say it is a delusion to believe this but those of us who have experienced His power know different. His power is available to all who call on His Name to be saved. His blood is powerless to cleanse us from all sin but for His resurrection power. This power is what turned the world upside down after His ascension. This same power is what will turn the world right side up now.

Resurrection Power

We need to operate in resurrection power now to reverse the downward spiral of the world to self destruction and annihilation. It is His church that is keeping the world from spiralling into disaster. Once the church is raptured the world will lose all restraint. Now is the time to pray for the kingdoms of the world to become the Kingdom of God. Our chief weapon is prayer. Prayer is what changed history in the early church. The same applies now. God promises to intervene when His people pray and turn from their wicked ways. What is stopping us from doing so? We are not operating in resurrection power so our prayers are not answered.

Pray

We need to pray from our position in heaven down to earth. Most of us pray from our earthly position than our heavenly position. We are seated with Christ in heavenly places now. This shift in position will bring about a change in the atmosphere on earth. When we speak His word out aloud we can stop wars. His word goes forth to do that for which it is sent. This is the authority we have on earth. Only we humans have this authority on earth to bind and to lose. The angels don't have this authority. The devil and his demons have no authority when His people rise up and pray. We must possess the land and God promises to give it to us. Just as Israel occupied the land we too must move in and occupy the land where God has placed us.

The Battles In Our Mind Disappear In His Presence

Our mind is the centre of our operations. We think through situations and problems and come to a solution. We are not animals that just react by their senses. We sense and then process it and decide if it is good or bad. Most of the time we decide to do the right thing. However many times we choose to do the wrong thing. This is what Paul describes in Romans 7 where he wants to do the right but ends up choosing the wrong. His solution was to move to the anointing in Romans 8. In Christ there is no condemnation and the case is closed. We are now free to choose what is right and to do it. However many still operate in Romans 7 and continue to battle in their minds.

Escape

God has provided a way of escape. In His presence  there is peace and joy. None of the mind battles appear to matter any more. They disappear in His presence. The way into His presence is to meditate on His word and pray in the Holy Spirit. His word enters our mind and dispels all conflict and addictions of the mind. Many are held captive by obsessive thoughts that control them and there appears to be no way of escape. Demonic infiltration further compounds the problem. The devil plays games in our mind and we believe him rather than the word of God. God says that He has not given us a spirit of fear but of love, power and a sound mind.

Partnership

We have now to partner with the Holy Spirit and walk in obedience to His word. His word divides between soul and spirit. His word is the sword of the spirit that is able to deliver us from our battles. His word is power and the word of His power will obliterate every attack of the enemy. The enemy will make you feel guilty and make you own his thoughts. He sows thoughts into your mind and then makes you own it. We need to discern the enemy's tactics and not give in to him. We need to distance those negative thoughts and delete them from our mind. The Holy Spirit will provide the strategy required to do this. I find it helpful to distance myself from anything or person that will take the place of Jesus in my mind. My only attachment should be with Jesus. This is what will cause the separation from the world and all that will come against us.

Resurrection Power Is Experienced When I Experience Death To Self

Jesus rose from the dead. He died first before He rose. This is resurrection power. The Holy Spirit was at work all through His life even to His resurrection and Ascension. We too must live a life of death to self to experience His resurrection power. When we are weak He is strong. His power is released in weakness. We don't need His power when we can operate in our own strength. I have experienced His resurrection power when I have called for His strength. This applies in all areas of life. He comes when we are weak to strengthen us through His resurrection power. His death was a lifestyle He lived before He was crucified. We too are called to die to self and live in His strength.

Self Power

This is not an easy journey for most of us who have grown up to be self sufficient. In the world we are trained to be independent and to be strong. This is good in some ways but maybe a hindrance when we need to rely on the Lord. He desires for us to walk in His strength. He said He would carry our burdens but we prefer to do it our way. Letting go and letting God is not easy. We need to retrain our way when we come to the Lord. His ways are the best way to walk. He has sent His Holy Spirit to help us in our walk. We have access to supernatural power to meet all our needs. 

Resurrection Power

Operating in resurrection power is the way to live an abundant life on earth. This is the heavenly life on earth. We pray thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven but never realise this. Why? I believe it is because we prefer to walk in our own way and strength. We prefer to ask the Lord to bless our work rather than do what He wants us to do. We pray to do His will but then do our own will. Pride keeps us locked in our own prison. God has so much more for us but we are happy with our little. We need resurrection power to live a heavenly life on earth. I desire this more than anything else.

When The Holy Spirit Comes Forth, The Flesh Recedes.

The Holy Spirit resides in our spirit in born again believers. He comes to help us in our daily walk. However many of us do not consult Him or allow Him to lead us. He is waiting to be asked but we rather walk in our own way. Many of us want God to bless what we choose to do rather than wait to be led by the Holy Spirit. One is a walk by the flesh and the other a walk by the Holy Spirit. This is why we need to be baptised in the Holy Spirit to be led by Him. Even then we can still choose to walk by the flesh. This is the dilemma that many believers face and the only way out is to allow the Holy Spirit to lead us.

Holy Spirit Led

To be led by the Holy Spirit is peace and light. When we walk in the light as He is in the light we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin. This is why there is a war down here to distract us from a walk by the Holy Spirit to compromise with the world. We see this increasingly in our world where the church has largely given in to worldly pressure to conform. Those who stand for righteousness get labelled as bigots. The spirit of worldliness has penetrated the church and has to be exorcised. The only way out is to allow the Holy Spirit to take over our life.

Revival

It takes only one person alight in the Holy Spirit to move a generation. What will happen when more of us decide to allow the Holy Spirit to lead us each day? A tsunami wave of change will sweep a nation and many generations will be affected. This is what we need to see in this generation. It took two decades of prayer to change Roe vs Wade and start a movement to change history. As more engage in the Holy Spirit His glory will descend on earth and sweep across the globe as never before. I want to be part of this great move of God. Will you?

Mind Transformation Is The Only Way To Be Transformed Into Jesus Image

The Bible states that we should be transformed by the renewal of our minds. Our mind is part of our soul or psyche. Our mind has been trained by the world to think and perceive in worldly ways. This worldly mind needs to be transformed to think like Jesus. The word of God and Jesus are the same. So when we read and understand His word we get transformed. God's word is living and powerful to separate our spirit from our soul. It is able to discern good from evil. What is seen outwardly could be a copy of the real. To discern the spirit behind the cover requires spiritual insight. Many are deceived by the external rites and rituals of religion. Religion has deceived many to believe the lie rather than the truth. 

Mind Transformation

Mind transformation is the only way to become heavenly minded. This is the key to walking in victory on earth. However there is a cost. Truth will always be challenged by lies. When you stand for truth you will face opposition. This is good for this is a sign that you are standing against the powers of darkness. Many suffer for standing for the truth. In this world that revolves around lies, truth is a rare concept. We have become so used to lies that it has become part of our persona. Some people get away by saying it is white lies or being social and nice. Jesus confronted the Pharisees of His day by calling them white washed sepulchres!

Truth

Truth is essential in these days to stand against the forces of evil. Evil has penetrated our psyche that we believe it. We need transformation of our minds. Jesus is the truth and His word is the truth. When we believe this we become transformed into His image. His image is the original personality of creation. When we talk and walk like Jesus we become His light bearers in a dark world. We need to walk in revelational knowledge. This is knowledge we receive through the Spirit from heaven. This is our daily manna to keep us walking in the light. The light of His presence enfolds us and keeps us from all harm and danger. Let us be transformed and be the source of hope in this fallen world.

The Beautiful Exchange

Old Nature

Our nature is fallen and cannot be changed. We were born in sin and condemned to death. However Jesus died so that we can be delivered from sin. He came to give us His nature in exchange. This is the great salvation we have in Him. He restored us to the original design before sin entered man. What a beautiful exchange this is and no amount of work can replicate this. We try to be good but God says our good work is like filthy rags. His righteousness is through His shed blood on the Cross. He paid the price for you and for me. 

New Nature

God's nature is His personality. Jesus demonstrated this to us on earth. He came as the son of man and was anointed in the Spirit. He showed us how we too can be anointed in the Spirit and walk like He did. He gave us His Holy Spirit to dwell in us to help us in our walk. This means that our old nature needs to die so the new can come forth. The new nature is Jesus nature and will shine through us. We are the replica of Him on earth. Now when we walk in the light as He is in the light we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin. Our personality is transformed into His image.

Beautiful Exchange

What a beautiful exchange is this and too profound to comprehend. Yet this is what God had planned from the beginning. Now we are being prepared for rulership in the world to come. Our training begins now on earth and we can do this only through His Holy Spirit in us. This is why we must let go of all things that will hinder us in this walk in the Spirit. Let us begin today to shine for Jesus wherever we maybe.

When You See Into The Unseen, Things Become Tangible.

Faith

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. What is seen is self evident. What is unseen requires faith to see. Once we are able to see beyond the seen, we become like God. God sees into the unseen realm because He is the invisible, transcendent being who resides in the heavenlies. Yet He has made Himself known to us through His Son, Jesus. God saw into the unseen realm and gave birth to His Son on earth. There are many things we do not see at present but one day they become evident. God knew us before we were formed in our mother's womb. 

Spiritual Eyes

Seeing into the unseen realm requires faith. Yet faith is that intangible way that many of us find difficult to comprehend with our physical eyes. We need spiritual eyes to see into the realm of the unseen. This is possible only when God opens our eyes to see. Many think they see but are blind. We can deceive ourselves by saying we see but don't. This is the deception that many fall into because we are blinded by the god of this world. This blindness keeps us bound to the earthly realm of sight. To go go beyond the earthly realm requires faith. Yet God has given us enough faith to believe. 

Jesus

This is a mystery how many are called but few are chosen. God desires that all be saved but few are saved. This is because of blindness. Spiritual blindness results in only being able to operate in the seen realm. Faith takes us to a different realm. So many are deceived by believing in things that has nothing to do with God. God has made a way through Jesus. He said He is the only way to the Father. When we believe this we begin to see. This sight then leads us to walk through the door into the other realm where Jesus is. We now have access to all of heavens riches.

Spirit Filled, Spirit Led And Spirit Targeted.

Spirit Filled

God sent His Holy Spirit to fill us so that we would not be on our own. Jesus mission on earth was completed after He ascended to heaven to sit at the right hand of His Father. He said He had to go so that He could send the Holy Spirit to help us on our journey on earth. His Holy Spirit came at Pentecost as promised and filled those waiting and manifested in speaking in tongues or other languages. Those witnessing this event saw and heard fire and sound as evidence of the in filling. So also today we need to be filled with His Spirit to function in the Spirit.

Spirit Led

Now the Holy Spirit will lead us in our daily walk. Jesus was led by the Spirit. He only did what He saw and heard His Father doing. This was possible not because He was the Son of God but the son of man anointed in the Spirit. Jesus was full of the Spirit. We too need to be full of the Spirit to do what Jesus did. Jesus said that we would do more than what He did. This is only possible through the anointing in the Spirit. To be led by the Spirit is to not walk by sight but by faith. This is an inner knowing which some call intuition. I felt led to hand a tract recently to someone who repaired my watch strap. He later rang me and we are in fellowship now.

Spirit Targeted

The Spirit targets certain people and situations for a purpose. We may think it is a coincidence but in God there is no coincidence. He directs our steps and we walk accordingly. Life takes on a totally new dimension when we walk in the Spirit. He gives us strategies to solve impossible problems. He opens the eyes of the blind when we speak the now word to them. Heaven comes down and we begin to know what it is to live a heavenly life on earth. Chance  encounters turn out to be supernatural events. What appeared to be a negative situation turns out to be an encounter made in heaven. How exciting to live a Spirit led life.

Spiritual Blindness Is Caused By Believing In Lies

Spiritual Blindness

Spiritual blindness is a condition just like sin is a condition. Due to blindness people cannot believe that there is a God who loves us. This blindness is due to believing in lies propagated by the god of this world. The devil is against God and his main mission is to take as many as possible to hell with him. Therefore we see all kinds of lies being perpetrated through media and other sources to lead us into blindness. We are blind because the lies keep us from believing. Once we are healed we become like the blind man who proclaimed sight after being healed. The blinkers were lifted and he could see clearly.

Soul Blindness

Spiritual blindness can only be lifted through believing in Jesus. Many confuse psychological blindness with spirit blindness. Many ministries focus on soul blindness. Soul blindness is to do with our psyche. Our soul is to do with our thinking, feeling and will. Our spirit was dead through the Fall. This is why Jesus had to come to reverse the curse of sin so we might be saved from blindness. To see in the spirit is to be born again. Just like the caterpillar becomes a butterfly so is the experience of being born again. We see the world from God's perspective.

Salvation

When we become sighted we see and behold the beauty of all creation. God becomes real and we begin our journey into wholeness. Through His Spirit in us we become renewed to fulfil His plan for our life. God's plans for our life is being thwarted by the devil and so we need discernment to know what is good and what is evil. Evil many times can present as good but the spirit behind it is evil. Let us walk in the light as He is in the light. In Him all is light and there is no darkness. His light shines to dispel the darkness. Lord open our eyes to see and believe and be set free.

Only In The Spirit Can We Live An Abundant Life

Spirit

God is Spirit and he created us as spirit beings. We live in our body and have a soul. Our soul thinks, feels and decides. Our spirit was dead and through the born again experience was redeemed and is alive. Our soul is being redeemed. Our body will one day die and return to the dust. When Jesus said that we would have life and that abundant, He was referring to our spirit that was redeemed through His death and resurrection. Our spirit will return to Him when we die and we will sit with Him in heaven. In fact we are already seated with Him in heaven now but the full realisation will come after we die.

Soul

Our soul is being redeemed. We are still dealing with issues in our soul. This is why we need to be transformed in our minds to think and feel like Jesus. This transformation is a process. Many are unaware of this and therefore when conflicted feel guilty and blame themselves. Many are the struggles in the soul and many fall because they give up the fight. The Holy Spirit who resides in us can help us in our weakness. He can make the crooked places straight and turn the hurt into healing. Salvation is for the whole person and not just for the spirit. When we experience His salvation in our soul and body, this becomes a sign and a wonder.

Abundant Living

Today we can live an abundant life in the spirit. His abundant life resides in us. Streams of living water flows through us. We need to tap into this stream and not be distracted by the enemy of our soul. Demons get attached to hurt and unforgiveness. They have no place in our soul. We need to deal with them as if they are our enemy and rout them out through the blood and Name of Jesus. This is the only way we can progress in our Christian life. Our weakness will be turned into strength. Do not hide your weakness but turn it into a strength through the Spirit.

Sin Is A Condition And Not An Act.

Sin

Sin is not a word that is talked about much these days. The concept of sin has negative connotations and in this world of compromise is seen as a stigma. However sin is real and we can see the consequences of sin all around us. Most of us confuse sin as a condition with the acts of sin. We condemn others because of their sinful behaviours. Sin has been defined as rebellion or anything that proclaims itself above God. This happened in the garden of Eden when Eve decided to listen to the voice of Satan and gave into the temptation to eat of the fruit of good and evil. Today we too relish in eating from the tree of good and evil and therefore bring a curse upon ourselves.

Spiritual Condition

Sin is a spiritual condition. We were all born in sin and need redemption. God planned this from the beginning that He would redeem man from his sinful sate. He did this by sending His Son Jesus to be the sacrifice for sin. His blood was shed and now works through His resurrection to redeem us from our sinful state. His blood is powerful to redeem because it continues to work as if it is alive and powerful to cleanse all sin. This is the Good News of the gospel. God made a way where there was no way, for man to return to God in a sinless state. His blood cleanses us from all sin.

Solution

This is the power that now works in us to continue to redeem our soul from this wicked world. We are all prone to sin even though our spirit has been redeemed. However we have a way of escape through His blood. This blood sacrifice is eternal and works in us an eternal work of salvation. His blood is enough to cleanse the vilest sinner who comes to Him to be saved. This is a spiritual transaction. No man can buy his salvation for it by grace through faith that we are saved. Come today and be saved from sin and be made whole in Jesus Name.

Word Alignment Leads To World Alignment

Word

In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God. Jesus is the word and His word and Him are one. Therefore when we align with His word we become one with Him and He one with us. He said abide in me and I will abide in you. He and the Father are one. The Holy Spirit dwells within us and makes us one with Him. Jesus prayer was that we would be one as He and His Father were one. This is the kind of unity we have in the Spirit. It is this unity in the Spirit that will enable us to turn the world around from its present state of chaos and disruption. All we see around us is a result of man going his own way and trying to control the planet. 

Jesus

God has made a way out for us. He sent His Son, Jesus, to reverse the course of sin. He cancelled the power of sin and redeemed man from being a slave to being a son. This is the kind of revolution we need to save the world from its self destructive path. All we see around us is death and destruction. We think we are progressive but in the name of progress we have surrendered our lives to the evil one. Evil in its many forms is infiltrating every section of our lives. We are under the control of the god of this world and he is hell bent on our destruction. The only way out is to be transformed by His living word.

Solution

His word is a light that will shine in our present darkness. In the midst of all the lies we have His word to guide us. His Spirit will empower His word and bring about the transformation we need. We will never be able to improve ourselves as we are bound by sin. We can dress up sin in nice ways but underneath the rot continues. Sin is like rotten eggs, it poisons the soul. The egg needs to be saved to become whole. The born again experience is a renewal of the spirit by the Holy Spirit. This will cause us to align ourselves with His word and bring about the alignment of the world. There is no other way by which man can be saved. The whole world is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God. This revelation will change the world.

Knowing God's Will And Doing It

Prayer

We pray many times that God's will be done. However this prayer maybe a cop out of knowing what God's will is! Knowing His will means we must know His mind on a certain matter. Is it God's will to heal? If the answer is yes then we must pray accordingly and see His will being manifested in healing. This will lead to a different kind of prayer to the one where we hope we get the right answer. One is a prayer by random and the other a prayer by target. Random prayers result in random answers. Targeted prayers result in targeted answers.

Answers

God has provided answers through His word. We can know His will through His written word and His Spirit. His Spirit opens up His word and reveals His mind to us. Just reading the word may not give us understanding of His word and will. To know His will is to know the mind of God. Jesus always consulted with His Father and only did what He saw and heard His Father doing. We can hear and see too if we seek His ways and not our way. Many times we are comfortable in doing things our way and only consult God when we are in trouble. God wants to partner with us and not just be a teller machine.

Attitude

We must begin to demand that our prayers be answered. We can only do this when we know God's will. God's will is that we preach the Good news, heal the sick and bring deliverance to the captive. There are no ifs about this. When we know His will we can pray aggressive prayers that will bring answers from His glory in heaven. God has only answers and not questions. All His questions were answered on the Cross when He cancelled the power of sin and the devil. We now have access to all the riches in glory through Jesus. This is what Jesus came to do through His death and resurrection. Now it is up to us to implement His will on earth and pull the answers down.

Truth Is Divisive. Yet Truth In Jesus Unites.

Truth

Truth has always been under attack. When Jesus faced Pilate He said "I am the Truth". Pilate responded by asking "what is truth"? So also today amid the plethora of fake news, truth is buried under it. Truth is in a person and His name is Jesus. Jesus came to reveal the truth and so He could say I am the truth. No one believed Him when He came and the same condition prevails today. We seek the truth but never seem to accept what is revealed. We keep searching for the truth though our finite mind. Truth appears to us but we ignore it to our peril. What is truth is ignored and we create truth in our own imagination. God revealed Himself to the nation of Israel but they chose to build an image of God to worship.

Fake

Man today too is building images to worship. God said you will have no images to worship. In direct rebellion we continue to build images of wealth, race, sex and other images that satisfy our own fallen desires. We worship the creation rather than the Creator. Truth therefore is ignored and is replaced by images of the truth. An image is not the original. It is just an image. Just like an idol of God is not God. Why do we do this? Man wants to be in control of his own destiny. We reject God and His ways because we were born in sin and continue to sin. There is only one way of escape and that is through Jesus.

Jesus

Man tries to calm his conscience through alternative ways but God has provided a way of escape. Those who find Him know He is the truth. There is no other way to please God but through His Son. Jesus was sent to deliver us from our sad state. However we choose to look to other ways of salvation. This is why many are called but few are chosen. Judas was called but not chosen. He allowed Satan to infiltrate his soul and betray His Saviour. We all could be a Judas if we 

do not hold on to His way to the end. Once saved always saved is a lie. The ten virgins all came prepared but only five went through because they were prepared and waiting till the end. Let us also pursue till the end and not lose heart and give up.

Your Tongue Is The Most Powerful Force On Earth

Tongue

God spoke and He created the world's. God has given man the same authority to create through his tongue. However through the Fall a curse came upon all creation. Now man has the power to bless or to curse. What we see in the world is the power of curses. Our tongue has been used by Satan to steal, kill and destroy. All the news broadcasts is news of the destructive power of the tongue. Man is constantly putting down his neighbour to profit. The agenda of media everywhere is to divide and rule. From governments to corporations to families the same applies. Our tongue is a great force and none can tame it.

Unity

God confused man with dividing tongues at the Tower of Babel. This was because man was getting too powerful as they were united in their one tongue. At Pentecost God touched our tongue and united us in the Spirit. God is in the business of unity and He gave us a way of escape. A man who can control his tongue can control his body. Like a rudder on a ship this small organ controls the whole body. Isaiah prayed that God with touch his tongue with coal of fire to cleanse it. Men have tried to cut off their tongue to stop it defiling them. Mutilating the body is man's way of trying to control his body. However God's way is through His Spirit.

Spirit

We need to surrender our tongue to God to help us speak His word. In the Spirit we can overcome all things. We can speak health to our body and our relationships. We can overcome battles that have been fought by just one word from the Spirit. Jesus spoke the healing word and the centurion's servant was healed at a distance. So powerful are words to transcend time and distance. So also our prayers in the Spirit have power to reverse the destructive forces on earth. We can bring heaven to earth through our anointed words. Today let us watch our words for they are a force to curse or to bless, to heal or to wound.

Walking In The Limitless Power Of God

God

God is all powerful and is the Creator and we are His creation. We think we have a lot of power but this power is matchless compared to God's power. He spoke and the world was created. All that we see was created by Him through His spoken word. Imagine how powerful were His words. Nothing could stand in the way of His word. We too can speak and see things change. This is why God has commanded us to be careful of what we say. Our words have the power to bless or to curse. What we hear around us can break us or build us up. In the world we hear a lot of negative words because the god of this world is Satan. Only we have authority on earth to reverse the words of the devil.

Words

God reversed our words at Pentecost. He gave us a new tongue. This is the tongue of the Spirit. When we pray in tongues we release God's power on earth as it is in heaven. We receive revelation in our mind of what God is thinking and saying. In this way we are able to think and speak like God. When we speak from the Spirit, we speak like God. This is how Jesus spoke. He had the authority of heaven behind Him when He spoke. Sickness and disease had to go as He spoke. The limitless power of God was behind His words. We too can do the same.

Authority

We can shift atmospheres as we speak from the Spirit. We have the tools to operate in the Spirit. We cannot move an inch without the power of God. In our own strength we will move a bit but in God's strength we will move mountains. God's limitless power is available to us when we come to the end of our power. This is why we need to operate in the Spirit to see the world turned upside down. The disciples were known to have done this and we can do the same. The same resurrection power is available to us who believe. Come let us walk in the resurrection power of Jesus and be done with walking in our own power.

Faith Is Clear Eyesight

Faith

Faith is trusting in what is unseen and believing what is impossible is possible. Those who come to God must believe that He is. No one can come to God without faith. There is an unseen world we can tap into if only we believe. However our mind will resist believing because it wants to see. As long as we want to see before we believe, will not enable us to walk by faith. The Israelites wanted to make God into an image that they could see to worship. God is not an image. We are an image of God. We have the faith to believe because we were created in His image. Now we need to trust Him to respond to our faith.

Eyesight

Faith is the ability to see beyond the physical. Abraham believed God and saw. We must believe before we can see. This is the challenge we face in our daily walk. Will we walk by faith or by sight? Thomas said he would believe once he saw Jesus alive from the dead. Jesus asked him do you now believe? Many have seen Him but then stop believing. We need spiritual eyes to see and believe. This is why faith is seeing beyond the seen realm. In our physical realm we can see and so believe. God operates in the unseen realm and so we need to believe to see.

Blindness

Spiritual blindness is real. This is why we need to pray that the blindness that clouds the eyes of the lost will be opened to see. Like the blind man in the Bible, sight will be restored. Many who opposed God now see and believe. Paul was blinded by his spiritual encounter but then saw once the scales dropped off. All that is seen will one day pass away but the word of God will remain. God is calling us today to trust Him and walk by faith and He will meet all our needs from His riches in heaven. The only way we can do this, is by faith.

Selfishness Produces Weeds. Love Produces Fruit.

Selfishness

God's answer to selfishness is love. We were born in sin and therefore  all we were concerned about was me, myself and I. We could not see beyond ourself because we were blind. Some of us have some awareness of this and try to move from the "I" position to the "We" position. However this takes a lot of energy and work to think of others when our primary needs are unmet. Most of us have gone through difficulties in our growing up years. These maybe from our parents, siblings or others. Trauma causes us to go into defensive living. We protect ourselves from getting abused and used. This is a common experience and many suffer from anxiety and depression due to this. However God has made a way of escape.

Answer

God knew we were helpless and could not save ourselves. He provided the answer through Jesus. He reversed the curse of sin and brought us into the light of His presence. He opened our eyes to see and experience the love of the Father. This love healed our wounds and brought us to a place of trust. We began to trust God to meet our needs. We moved from a focus on I to a focus on God and others. This shift brought about a change in our perceptions. We began to realise that there is more to living than just looking after our own needs. God gave His only begotten Son to die for us. This demonstrated God's love for us. 

Faith

Now we began the journey from a self centred life to a God centred life. We moved from a position of living according to the law, to living by faith. This is a shift that enables us to tap into the supernatural power of God to meet our needs. We did not rely on our own resources but looked to God's supernatural resources in heaven. This shift has caused us to love others as we love ourselves. God did it for us and will continue to work through us. We see the fruit of the lives that have committed their lives to God. I am no where the man I was because of His great love. Without Him I am nothing. With Him I have a purpose and meaning for living life to the full. I am called to serve others and this is my joy and blessing.