Spirit Filled Life

When the Holy Spirit fills you then He changes your script to a new script, His script. Your script developed over the ages through life experiences slowly dissolves to be replaced by His script. This script is His word that washes and cleanses you. The old script just bound you to a way of thinking and feeling that resulted in death. The new script brings life and that abundant. You revel in the new life for it is full of life-giving words and energy. This new energy penetrates into the core of your being and revitalizes every cell in your body. 

Provision

When the Lord calls, He provides. God never calls you to do something without providing the means to do it. God works through His Spirit and therefore He who owns a thousand hills can do what only He can do. When Jesus walked on earth He depended on His Father to provide for His needs. There was more than enough because He depended on spiritual forces. The angels ministered to Him. The Holy Spirit led Him to the Cross. He healed all who came to him through the power of the Spirit. This is the way you will live as well. No more dependent on man but on God. A spirit-filled life lives and moves in the spirit.

Holy Spirit

The same Spirit that was in Jesus now resides in you as a born-again believer. This is the truth but how many of us live in this truth. Truth is there to believe in. Jesus said anything is possible if you believe. He was saying this because that is the reality in heaven. Truth is of a higher realm than facts. Facts can change but truth is eternal. Let us today believe in the impossible and live. Our body and soul will respond to this and new life will come forth.

Facts And Truth

The fact is that you are weak and have all these things to contend with in the flesh. The truth is that you are a child of God, a prince, a priest, and an overcomer. You can believe the facts or the truth in Christ. You are a new creation in Christ. You have been bought with His blood. You are chosen and ordained to be a priest in the household of God. God has appointed you and called you according to His purpose in Christ Jesus. This is what changed the disciples from fishermen to fishers of men. They became world movers through their changed vision of themselves based on the truth revealed to them through Christ. The Holy Spirit came and endowed them with power so that they could now move mountains of fear and sickness and turn the world upside down.

Word

Here is the basis for the word of God in transforming lives so that when facts appear to be true, the truth comes in and reverses it. Jesus said He is the truth and in Him, the facts of your life are changed. In Him, all things are possible for He is the truth. All who call on Him will be saved. Today live in the light of the truth rather than the facts and see how sickness and disease will flee in His Name. His truth transforms and does not just change things. He turned water into wine when He spoke it into existence. The facts were changed by the truth of His word. So also lives can be transformed by His abiding word.

The transformation of hearts is the key to deliverance. So many are caught up in knowing the facts and get lost in it. Truth evades them for they have reasoned it out through their store of facts. When the heart is changed what appeared to be truth changes. This is what changes lives. Jesus came to transform our hearts, not our heads. Facts are to do with our head knowledge. This never leads to eternal life. Come and be transformed today by His living word and live abundantly.

What Spirit Is Driving You?

Most of us are unaware of the Spirit world because we mainly operate from our soul. Our soul is programmed from birth to think like the world. We receive some religious instructions from our parents and school but they are peripheral to our main mode of operation. Our thoughts and feelings, therefore, drive our daily operations. Through the Fall we have fallen from the grace of God and so have learnt to rely on our own strength. Circumstances and experiences lead us to be self-reliant. We are mainly thinking of survival in a dog-eat-dog world. We survive by taking from others and stepping on them to promote our own self-esteem. This works for some time till we become victims of our own greedy desires.

Spirits

We are mostly unaware of the spirit world which is hidden from us through camouflage and deceit. However, those who become aware of this dimension get sucked into it and become prisoners of it. Evil spirits are behind a lot of diseases and disorders we see in daily life. We too are driven by spirits but reason them away due to human weakness or relegate it to the psychological domain. Spirits operate in darkness and therefore hide behind a facade of good looks and social etiquette. This works for some time and we can fool most people sometimes but not all the time. The facade drops during a crisis and the real you is revealed.

Solution

A good question to ask is, what spirit is driving me? Is it a spirit of pride, jealousy, lust, power etc? Identifying the spirit behind your behaviors will enable you to address them directly. Jesus always identified the spirit behind the words. He addressed them directly and cast them out and set the captive free. We need to do the same. We need to first repent of our sinful behaviors and then cast the demon driving us, out of us, in Jesus Name. Jesus gave us authority to do so and only His Name is able to do so. No other gods can do this because they are all controlled by the god of this world, Satan. Let us today discern and be set free in Jesus Name.

Thinking And Living As A Community

God rescues those who are abandoned by the world. The world judges by externals while God looks at the heart. The world is deceived by the illusion of the real. Discern and do not judge by your image of what you see. What you see is an illusion of the real. Your brain interprets what it sees and hears. It is subjective in its interpretation. Language is deficient in expressing what it really sees and perceives. This is why knowledge is partial and limited by the perception of the subject. God knows everything about everything. He sees as a whole while you see in parts. Your brain is limited in its capacity to see as a whole. Your own biases limit your vision of the whole. This is why many counselors help to make up for this deficiency. 

Community

Community is the only way to see the whole. One brain cannot do everything. Just as there are different parts to the body and each part has a purpose to fulfill, so also see yourself as a part, not the whole. Selfishness has robbed the community of its purpose. Jesus came to build His Kingdom and he started with his disciples. Yet one can see the tussle that went on in that small group to maintain unity. Each one had his own way of thinking and doing things. When you move from your point of view to that of the community, then your focus changes. 

Solution

Building a community is essential to sustainability. Without community, there is no hope of maintaining peace. True community builds trust and confidence and longevity. The church is a community of believers. Yet what we see is a Church invaded by the values of the world. The church needs to move to real community living to impact the world. This is only possible as we live united in the Holy Spirit and surrender our own will.

What Does It Mean To Die To Self?

Jesus said, "If any man desires to follow Me, let him give up his own way, take up his cross, and follow Me".Matt 16:24. This is a hard saying but there is no other way to follow Jesus. To deny oneself is to die to self. There is no resurrection but through death. Jesus had to die to rise in resurrection power. So also we must daily die to self to experience His resurrection power. We are to offer up ourselves as a living sacrifice. This means that we can get off the altar of sacrifice. A dead sacrifice is dead but a living sacrifice has life in it. We have to walk like a dead man. We are dead to self, the world, and the devil and alive to God.

Fire

The burning bush that Moses saw is a symbol of the fire that will engulf us as we die to ourselves. This fire burns up everything that is of self and the fire produces resurrection power. Without His resurrection power, all we do is operate in our own strength. We can imitate a lot of things of the Spirit in the flesh. This is what we see in most churches. We operate from our soul man and little from the spirit man. We have counterfeited what is of the Spirit. This is why Jesus had a severe word for the seven churches in the book of Revelation. We could easily apply those messages to those churches in our present day. We need to repent and turn from our wicked ways.

Self

Dying to self is to die to our own selfish thoughts, feelings, and will. These thoughts must be replaced by God's thoughts or words. In this way, we get transformed into the likeness of Jesus. The Holy Spirit was sent for this very purpose. Jesus came to baptize us in the Holy Spirit and fire. Few of us desire to be baptized in the fire. There is no other way to be purified and to be the holy temple of God. The fire purifies and empowers. Let us today offer ourselves up as a living sacrifice and be changed for the glory of God.

Man Was Created In The Image Of God

God works in mysterious ways His wonders to perform. Belief is a powerful attitude that is closely linked to faith. You believe in someone and this belief translates into action. Belief in miracles translates into substance. This is transmutation from one form into another. Thought changes into substance. This is the realm of the miraculous. It all hangs on belief. Faith in the power of the gospel to save, heal and deliver translates into salvation, healing, and deliverance. The Holy Spirit provides the unction to believe and this belief becomes fact. It seems like an illusion but an illusion does not have substance. Thought is one form and substance is another form. They both originate from the same source. The fish is one form that has apparatus to survive in water while the bird is another form that has wings to fly. 

Man

A man was formed in the image of God and therefore can think and do like God. An image is a reflection of the real. You see your image in the mirror and see what you look like. Your image in the mirror that you see is the image of God. When you believe this then you will act like God in love and righteousness. God is love, faith, hope, and all things good and lovely. When you bear these fruits then you reflect the image of God. What we imagine comes from God. 

Imagination

Imagination has creative power. Imagination is from the Spirit in us. God is Spirit and He created us as a spirit residing in a body. Therefore when we imagine something we are creating something from our spirit. This is how dreams and visions are formed. In our fallen state, most of our imagination comes from our soul. Our born again spirit can imagine from our spirit man.  This is why we can now imagine like God as He communicates with our spirit. This way the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit manifest through us.

God Is In Control Of A Surrendered Life

Many believe that God is in control of this world. However, few understand that there is a devil who is in control of this world. God created the Universe and all that is in it. However, Satan who God created rebelled and was thrown out and now rules the world. Therefore it is a fallacy to think that God controls the world. God can only control those who acknowledge Him as Lord of their life. When bad things happen to good people, we blame God! This is because we forget that the god of this world causes all the disease and destruction that we experience. God never intended any evil to affect us but sin caused the Fall and we suffer the effects.

Creation

In the Garden of Eden, there was no sin. There was no sickness or suffering. This was God's original intent for mankind. God created man with this plan in mind but He also knew that man would succumb to the devil and fall. He, therefore, planned to redeem man by sending His Son, Jesus, as a spotless Lamb of God to die for us. Yes, God is ultimately in control of all that happens, but He is not in total control at present.

Revelation

When we understand this we know we have to operate in His wisdom. First of all, we need to receive His plan of salvation through Jesus. We then have to make Him the Lord of our life. This means to acknowledge Him in all our ways. In this way, we keep the devil out and fit in with His plan for our life. God has already planned what our assignment is on earth. All we need to do is fit in with His plan. This is the way we live our life on earth and experience His abundant life. Many fail to understand this and so continue to carry the burden of sickness and disease and disorder. Let us today make Jesus the Lord of our life.

The Power Of Belief

Happy is the man who believes and therefore receives from heaven above. He believes in the promises of God. He does not waver in his belief. He remains steadfast and therefore will receive what he believes. Belief is such a powerful word that it is closely related to faith. When you believe then you exercise faith in that belief. This applies to any belief. Faith is the key to unlock the power in the belief. You can believe a lie and it will come to pass. Myths are built on this. Placebo effects are based on this belief that a pill will work. The power of belief is what makes a human being different from animals. 

Belief

A man can convince himself of his belief and die for it. This is why many are confused because the lie appears to be the truth and the truth is a lie. Both wheat and weeds grow together. They grow out of the same soil of belief. This is why so many philosophies thrive because people want to believe something. An atheist also believes that there is no God. One has to believe something as believing in nothing is impossible. 

Power

Tap into the power of belief and see how the power of God will change your life. This is supernatural power and is available to all. You connect to the spirit world through belief. Believe and be saved is what Jesus taught. The whole Bible is based on believing the written word of God. Tap into the promises of God as you exercise your faith in them. His word will transform you. There is power in His word which is released through faith in His word. Believing is of the heart and not the head. We know facts in our head but till we believe it, it has no power to be experienced. It is the experience of His living word that leads to life.

He Is In You

Purpose to serve Him and He will be inclined to serve you. The Lord will do in you what you cannot do in the flesh. He is the God of the impossible. What appears to be impossible will be made possible because He lives in you. He is with you and in you and around you. He surrounds you with His love and His angels guard your steps. He is your Father and He is reliable and will come through for you. He is able to do much more than you can think or imagine. This is your God. 

God

God is a word to describe someone who can’t be described. He is above your thinking mind and cannot be limited by space or time. This is why He is God. Yet He has chosen to limit Himself to your body. Your body is the temple of the living God. When you understand this then you will respect your body and take care of it. You will not abuse it and will respect others the way you respect yourself. When you are filled with His love and light you will be transparent. 

Jesus

His light will shine through you and reflect itself in others. They will reflect the image they see in you. This is the way you know that His presence is in you. Their faces will tell the story. Therefore be careful what you think because it will be reflected in others. His presence in you will attract many to Him and they will glorify God in you. This is how Jesus attracted many to Him. They found what they were missing and received a deposit of His Spirit. Now His Spirit dwells in you and will equip you for the impossible. This was God's plan from the beginning. He chose to dwell in us and live through us. Amazing grace.

Jesus Came To Remove Sin, Not To Fight It

Jesus's mission was to come in the form of man to reverse the curse of sin. Man was helpless to obey the law because of sin. Sin had control over man and so no amount of self-effort could remove the stain of sin. God knew this from the beginning and so prepared the answer for the sin problem. He sent His own Son, Jesus, to be the sinless, spotless lamb of God to be the acceptable sacrifice to cancel the power of sin. Now In Jesus, we are cleansed and free from the power of sin. Heaven's answer to sin was completed on Calvary when Jesus said "It is finished".

Spirit

In the spirit, we are completely redeemed from the power of sin. The Holy Spirit resides in our redeemed spirit and helps us in our daily walk. In Him, we have power over sin and so don't have to fight it. Our soul however still is under the influence of Satan who is the god of this world. We therefore could be tempted and fall to the power of sin. This is the dilemma we face when we are challenged to walk by the Spirit. In the Holy Spirit, we can walk victoriously but in the flesh, we will face defeat. This is where the warfare happens and we have to choose how we will walk.

Victory in the Holy Spirit

To walk in the Holy Spirit is life and abundant life. This is what Jesus promised us but we have our free will to choose how we will walk. Our choice makes the difference between life and death. We need to separate ourselves from the world and be one with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit was sent for this purpose to help us in our daily walk. Now we can choose to walk according to the Spirit or our flesh. Let us be free from the bondages of our soul. Let us choose to walk by the Spirit and choose life.

What Does It Means To Say Jesus Is Lord?

Jesus is my Saviour and He is also my Lord. It is easy to understand that he is my Saviour but to make Him Lord is a continuous process. He is Lord but he needs to be acknowledged as Lord in all areas of my life. This is what it means to be filled in the Holy Spirit and to walk by the Spirit. One is to do with a position where He is my Saviour once and for all and the other is to do with a relationship. I am saved but I need to continue in this salvation by making Him Lord of my life. This is easily said than done. To make Jesus Lord of my life is to be dead to self and alive in Him. Jesus came to establish His Lordship over His church. He cannot be Lord where He is not acknowledged as one.

Government 

The government shall be upon His shoulders means He is Lord over all. However in this world He can only govern those who acknowledge His as Lord. He cannot be in control of those who reject His Lordship. God is not in control of this world which is under the control of Satan. This is why we see so much corruption and disorder in this world. However His people who acknowledge Him as Lord are under His control and covering. The Israelites were under His covering and protected from the plagues the Egyptians suffered. We are in the world but not of this world. Our Kingdom is of another realm where Jesus is Lord.

Revelation

This is a profound revelation that we can avail of all his promises in His Kingdom. His Kingdom is here and now. When His church realises this, we become the salt and light in this world. We are being prepared for rulership in the millennium now. This means that when we make Him Lord we become like Him on earth as He is in heaven. Jesus walked on earth as a man and set the standard for our walk. He did what he saw His Father doing. We are called to do the same. We can expect to walk in signs and wonders as we do so.

Live In The Present Moment in His Presence

Presence power is the power of His anointing presence in you. When you are present in the Lord, then power flows through you to touch others.</a> This is to walk in the present moment in His presence. When you are not present now then you are absent and so can’t minister in His presence power. It is so important to be present and this means being aware of your present moment. This moment is all you have. What you do with this moment will determine your walk and your talk. 

Past

Many walk in the past or their imagined future. This is vain and just an illusion. The present is the only reality you have and know. Nothing else matters. What you have and own means nothing if you can’t enjoy your present moment. Most mental illness is due to loss of present living. Most are caught up in their own vain imaginations that they don’t have time to enjoy the present moment. The devil insinuates his thoughts and feelings and you get unconscious of the present. This is the sure way to waste your years and waste your life. 

Solution

Come to the present and invite His presence to fill you and live life to the full. Enjoy all that you do this moment and be connected. Don’t live in your mind but live in the present moment. Living in your mind is to live controlled by your thoughts and feelings. Living in the moment is to live in the Spirit. We are spirit beings on an earthly journey. We forget this to our detriment. Living in the Spirit is to invite God into our daily walk. God is Spirit. What a difference it will make to your walk and talk as you release yourself from your self-made prison of vain imaginations.

Switch To Spirit Mode When Your Soul Is In Turmoil

God has given us a way of escape from the battles of the flesh. Our flesh will fight against our spirit. This is part of the spiritual warfare we have to fight here on Earth. Our spirit was redeemed through the born-again experience. However, our soul and our body continue to want to go their own way. This is the struggle we will experience. However, God has made a way of escape to reign and rule in our spirit over our flesh. This revelation will cause you to yearn more to walk in the Holy Spirit and in power to overcome the desires of your flesh.

Flesh

Fleshly desires are normal tendencies of the flesh centered on I, myself, and me. It cannot see beyond the needs of the self. This world operates on this principle of getting the best for ourselves, never mind how we achieve it. This motivates most individuals, families, and corporate life. The pursuit of fame and fortune leads many to self-destruct when things go wrong. No wonder we see the rise of suicide today. Suicide is an escape from the torment of the soul. It is the ultimate way out for some who can't stand the pressures of the fallen self.

Solution

God through His Holy Spirit has provided us with the solution. His Holy Spirit within us enables us to distance ourselves from our flesh and overcome its deadly desires. Many have been healed of addictions and controlling behaviors by submitting to the Holy Spirit. He is our Counsellor and Friend.  He will lead us out of our dilemma and bring us to a place of rest. We will experience deliverance from the land of Egypt to the land of Canaan. One is a description of our old life and the other the new. Let us leave all and follow Jesus and be set free.

Mind Control

Unto the Lord be all glory and power and blessing. He is the One who calls you and appoints you and will see you through to the end. He is the Father of all and His mercy and grace surround you. Many are the structures in your mind that restricts you. Now is the time to let them all go. These structures cause you to be imprisoned in a state of apprehension as fear keeps them immovable. Now you can bring them down as His love invades your space. When you surrender all to Him then He moves in to dismantle these structures of your mind. He will then infuse you with His love. His love will remove these structures and replace them with His presence. His presence is all you need for in Him you don’t need structures. The structure is only required for your ego to feel safe. Once you have released self-control to His control then you become a free agent of His love. Man not dependent on God is an enemy to himself without knowing it. You become unconscious of the processes of your mind. Your mind then dictates your moods and thoughts and usurps your will. Your will then determines the outcome of your life. This sometimes ends in tragedy. A mind controlled by the ego is susceptible to despair for it gets tired of itself. All it does is go around in circles over the same old things that occupy the mind. The mind cannot sit still, for sitting still is like death. It will deny death by remaining active and deluding itself through such activity. So life becomes a merry-go-round till it wastes itself and dies.

Strategy

The Lord is over all and in His presence is peace everlasting. The mind will always doubt but the spirit will move out in faith. So don’t be distracted by your mind that will provide excuses. Once you are able to disconnect with your mind then you will find it easier to operate in the spirit. For most people, their problem is with their mind. Their mind will bring up all kinds of issues to distract you from operating from presence. Presence is the silence behind the mind. The mind wants to control but it needs the form of thought to control. Thoughts are a distraction for they come from different sources. In the spirit, you come into His presence, and in His presence, you are not controlled by your thoughts but by His thoughts. Your mind will resist His thoughts but He is in control and therefore He will always win. 

Spirit Control

Subjection to His Spirit in you will enable you to overcome mind control. Once people realise this then they will want to be in His presence at all times. This is the only way to overcome the mind. Others will try to control you, using their mind power but you will not be controlled by them when you respond from your spirit man. Many fall into the hands of others because their minds give in to them. In the Spirit, you can be in command and overcome all situations. This is the spiritual war and only can be overcome through His Spirit.

The Tree Of The Knowledge Of Good And Evil

In the Garden of Eden were two trees. One tree was called the Tree of Life and the other the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Adam and Eve were instructed by God not to eat the Tree of Good and Evil. This was the case till the serpent tempted Eve to eat it. Once they ate of the fruit of good and evil their eyes were opened to see evil. They first became aware of their nakedness and hid themselves with fig leaves. Interesting that they became first aware of their nakedness. We cover ourselves with fancy clothes to cover our nakedness. This has been from the beginning, that we are horrified of our own sin, that we have to cover ourselves to hide from sin.

The Fall

God knew from the beginning that Adam and Eve would not be able to cope with the knowledge of good and evil. God knew of good and evil but evil could not touch Him. In our weakness, we too cannot cope with the temptation of evil. We succumb so easily to it. However, in Christ, we can overcome every temptation. God provided for us a way of escape, through the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross. Now we too can return to live by eating from the Tree of Life. We too can now live like Adam and Eve before the fall. This is what abundant life is all about. We will still be faced with temptation but need not sin.

God's Plan

This was God's plan from the beginning. By giving man free will He knew there was the danger that man would fall. He, therefore, set in place a plan for man to be saved. He sacrificed His own Son to redeem man from his fallen state and restore man to his original state. Our spirit was born again through redemption. What a salvation, what a life! Now we have to be transformed in our soul to be like Christ. This is the work of the Holy Spirit who lives in us. We are a new creation in Christ and we have to live as His new creation and not give in to our fleshly man. This transformation occurs as we choose to walk in our new man in Christ. Hallelujah.

We Need To Be Born Again In The Spirit

We are a new creation in Christ 2 Cor 5:17. The old has passed. This is a profound statement in The Bible. Our spirit was cut off from fellowship with God after the fall. We had to be born again in the spirit to be restored to the right relationship with God. This God did by sending His Son, Jesus, as a sacrifice for our sins. This was planned before He created man. God in His foreknowledge knew that man would fall. He, therefore, planned the solution to restore man to Himself. Initially, he gave man laws to follow to prove that he was powerless to keep them. Then He sent His Son as the sacrifice so that now restored in our spirit, we could fulfill the requirements of the law. God is Spirit and we are spirit and our fellowship was restored through His life.

Religions

All religions try to reach God but are powerless to do so, as they strive to reach God through self-effort. It is impossible to reach God this way because He is Spirit. We need to be born again in our spirit to be able to reach God. All other ways are useless as they are like climbing a mountain but circling around it rather than up it! God knew this and therefore in His grace and mercy provided a solution. Despite this, we can start in the spirit and still walk in the flesh. This is why we need to have a separation of our soul from our spirit to discern between the two. God's word enables us to do this. When we read and understand His word we will be able to discern the difference and act accordingly.

Repent

Much of what we see in the church today is of the soul. We try to imitate what church should be like but God sees us like the seven churches in Revelation. He judged all of them and they do not exist anymore. We too could end up the same way unless we turn from our wicked ways and repent. We must operate in the spirit and overcome our fleshly ways. Unless we do this, we will delay the return of Christ for His bride. Each generation is responsible for this. I believe this is the time for my generation to stand up and be accountable and usher in His return. We can do this if we all walk in the Holy Spirit.

God's Time Is Now

God operates beyond the dimension of time. He is eternal and therefore operates in a timeless dimension. We on earth are limited by time and death reminds us that our time is limited. When we operate in the dimension of time we operate to time limits. Everything we do is to the dictates of time. We are so controlled by time to the extent we operate like robots. Space is another limitation. Of course in this world money is the source to buy everything. God is not limited by any of these dimensions. He cannot be controlled by time, space, or money. In heaven, none of these things matter. Imagine that!

Prayer

When we pray we expect things to happen immediately. In this instant generation where we expect things to happen yesterday, time becomes our modus operandi. We are disappointed when God does not respond to our requests immediately. We question God when he says "Ask me anything in my Name and I will do it." Mathew 7:7. We wonder why He does not answer and then blame Him for not answering in our time. We forget that God operates beyond our time limitations. We cannot pin God down to a time as He knows what is best for us. We must switch to God's time which is eternal.

Mindset

This switch in our mindset will enable us to understand many things which sometimes confuse us. We are His creation and He is our Creator. He formed us and made us the way we are. Our original form was like Adam before sin entered the world. Now we have to be redeemed to operate like Adam. Our spirit was redeemed when we received Jesus as our Lord and Saviour but our soul is being redeemed. We, therefore, have limitations as long as we are in our earth suit. One day we will be free and then will know as He is known. Let us not lose faith when we don't receive immediate answers but be diligent and persevere till we receive all God has promised.

The Fear Of The Lord

We hear the words, "Fear the Lord" but how many of us really understand what this means. Many have the Old Testament mindset that fear means punishment. This is the wrong interpretation of the fear of the Lord. Fear is to do with reverence and honor and respect. When we honor someone we give them the respect due to them as people in authority. God is above us all and trying to be equal to Him is a fallacy. This is what led Lucifer to fall from grace. Pride can sometimes manifest as a know it all attitude. This can cause many troubles to oneself and to others. When we fear the Lord we become aware of His presence and therefore desire to honour Him in everything we say and do. He watches over us and knows our thoughts and feelings. We fool ourselves by thinking we can get away with things we say and do.  This is why Jesus said we must be careful with our words.

Church

The church has lost the fear of the Lord. Many think that God is all-loving and so will overlook our sins. God is a God of righteousness and justice. We reap the consequences of our actions. Lucifer fell through disobedience. Adam and Eve fell through disobedience. Look at what happened to them. The opposite of love is justice. Love does not ignore injustice. A loving God is also a God of justice. Love misinterpreted many times gets us into difficulties. We will bend rules to please others but in the end, this is not love. Love disciplines and operates within certain boundaries. Where there are no boundaries there will be chaos.

Word of God

This is why we need to know the word of God, which is our template for knowing God. He has made Himself known to us through the scriptures and through His Son, Jesus. Now we have the Holy Spirit to guide us and lead us into all truth. Truth is reality. When we obey God's word we live in reality. We face many issues in life and we have to know God's mind on these issues and walk in obedience. What we are faced with are opinions on issues. This clouds the truth and therefore what we see is a world of grey. Jesus was black and white and there were no grey areas in His life. We may interpret His words to suit our sinful nature but this is not the truth. Today let us walk in the fear of the Lord and be set free.

Mountains Need To Be Bound

There are many mountains that we face in our lives. These could be mountains of sickness and disease, relationship difficulties, financial troubles, etc. These mountains can be viewed as physical problems at one level but there may be a deeper issue underlying it. Jesus told us to speak to our mountains in His Name and they will be moved, Mark 11:23. What did He really mean? He was referring to the mountains as demonic manifestations that need to be moved. Problems manifest in different ways but those who can discern the spirit behind them can speak to them to be removed. This is a different level of operation from the physical. Once we enter the realm of the spiritual we begin to see with different eyes. 

Demonic

We hear little teaching on the demonic in churches these days. Most teachers and preachers shy away from mentioning the word demonic. They are scared of being labeled as out of sink with the present culture. Most want to leave the devil out of our lives by ignoring his works. However, those who are spiritual are aware of the demonic. This is what spiritual warfare is all about. One can't fight the devil with physical and psychological weapons. Our weapons are spiritual that are able to tear down powers, authorities, and principalities in high places. Once we enter this realm of spiritual warfare we will begin to change our talk and walk in our daily life.

Jesus

The blood of Jesus and the Name of Jesus are enough to scare any demonic interference in our lives.  The devil trembles at the Name of Jesus. Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil. How much are we involved in this? Could it be that the church has forgotten its initial command to go and make disciples of all nations? The weapons of our warfare are not carnal.  Have we lost our power because we have conformed to the ways of the world? Let us speak to our mountains and see them removed from our lives.

I Am A Sinner And A Saint

I was born a sinner and I was born again as a saint. This is the marvelous plan of salvation that God designed before I was conceived in my mother's womb. was born a sinner and I was born again as a saint. This is the marvelous plan of salvation that God designed before I was conceived in my mother's womb. Jesus was already slain as a lamb for the salvation of man even before He created man. All this appears so impossible to our human minds but God is above all our own human thinking. God is our Creator and knows the end from the beginning. When we think like God we become like Him. The Holy Spirit was sent to us to think like God. He thinks through us, as He lives in us. What a perfect plan of salvation, yet most reject this, because it is too simple!

Sinner

In the flesh, I will continue to battle with sin and the desires of the flesh. The devil will tempt us as he did Jesus. Yet we can overcome through the Holy Spirit all the temptations of our flesh. When we walk by the Spirit we become like Jesus when He walked on earth. This is the time for preparation for our heavenly reign one day. Many give up too easily the fight and give into a ordinary life. God has called us to live a supernatural life on earth. He has given us all we need to live this supernatural life.

Saint

When we identify ourselves as saints in the spirit we become overcomers. The Holy Spirit dwells in our spirit. This is why we need to be baptized in the Holy Spirit and fire. The fire cleanses us and empowers us from heaven. This is an experience and not just a thought. God came in the form of man to make it possible to live the heavenly life on earth. I know from experience that this is possible. Many saints have proved through the ages that this is possible. Many have left a mark on earth through their life and we benefit from their labors. Now we have been called to do the same for the next generation.