How To keep Your FAITH MOVING

As it is written:  "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him. (11 Corinthians 2:9). 

God keeps us in expectancy......always climbing, hoping, stretching, reaching. Which means, this is not it! It doesn matter where you are on the sucess ladder. If you see yoursef as an achiever or an under achiver, God's word is simply, if you eye hasnt seen it and your ear hasn't heard it then there's more coming your way, all you have to do is step into it.

What is "it?"

I dont know and neither do you, that's why everything is on the table, which means, take a hold of your dream and do it no matter how big it is, because God's dream for you, what his eye has seen, is always bigger than that which you can step into, therefore you cannot go wrong when you move forward, nomatter what it is you step into.

Quit doubting, questioning and postponing the Big thing God has for you. Step out and do it then God will show you how small it is and take you to the next level... He's right, eye has not seen.. and no matter where you are, you will aways say this is too small here, God keeps whats not seen, unseen so that when you see nothing you step out anyway. God keeps whats not seen, and adventure that way, you will always take a risk and not a short cut and do it anyway. Why Does God keep what he sees a secret, well if we see it, we would always think, "thats it!" No a thousand times No, this is not it and neither is that so, go for it anyway... Youre on an unstoppable adventure of faith!

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Jesus, God's Greatest Name

Jesus God's Greatest Name
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Are We in a Church Shift?

Johnathan Suber (see Suberministries). An apostolic preacher is starting a church in Texas.  I like his passion. I took a look at his page on facebook where he posted a video where he shared a thought that grabbed my attention. He said, that the church had the purpose of, "being a 21st Century Expression of a 1st Century Experience." I like that, well let me say, that lights the flame in me. Maybe thats what we have to do, light the flame in a generation that is bored with cultural Christianity, the religion God did not invent. 

Here are some thought I have on church Shift.

1. Church Shift where the Prophet is as active as the Pastor
The church has become man focused where pastors have dominated the pulpit, the result fewer evangelists able to make it fulltime, fewer still the prophets. The church suffers where there are no Holy Ghost revival preachers and the pastors that have no passsion gift or unction for revolution. In past centures it was the prophets that lit the fires of reformation from Luther to Knox. Today's culture will re-write prophets and most certainly the church will not survive without them. Excuse me for saying this you can fake the call of a pastor, but you cannot fake the gift of a prophet. I believe that God will set prophets as pastors and they will grow big churches in our day and time.

2. Church Shift where Missions become our reason for Existence
Thologian John Piper suggests that there is an higher honour attached to being a missionary than other callings (see Christian Post). The Missionary call has been laid aside, the other offices are seemingly more attractive (and safer) as a career choice, we are to an extent back in early church days again. If the church no longer adopts the apostles doctrine then we are back in early church days, where we have to bring folks back th the faith once delvered, not to Cultural Christainity as we know it. Again this will take preachers with a revelation of the one true God to hunder the rise of ecumenicalism and multifaithism. We, the church need more Peter's and Paul's to stir and shake some things in every town and city.

The world needs missionaries! not missionaries who will build homes only but preaching apostolic missionaires, leaders unashmed of the faith once deliverted, men who will put their life on the line. Many countries are closed to the gospel, (Statistics show that around 76 percent of nations are opposed to the gospel). To Quote Open Doors, "According to The Pew Research Center, over 75% of the world's population lives in areas with severe religious restrictions (and many of these people are Christians). Also, according to the United States Department of State, Christians in more than 60 countries face persecution from their governments or surrounding neighbors simply because of their belief in Jesus Christ." (Open Doors)
 
Russia and Korea recently passing laws to keep the gospel hidden but what these countries do not know is that no man can shut up God's voice. God will speak to mans conscience where there is no man to speak to man. God will open a door because he is the door. God will make a way in any city because the city is his. No man owns a nation no leader can stop our God and its with this mentality that men as missionaries will invade territory with the gospel. Anything less will be an abdication of our responsibility to God and man. We are called to Go!

Practically I believe every church should support a missions organisation or be one. Every church should have a missions representative that connects to those persecuted overseas and offers encouragement and support. This is a must the church can no longer hide in its own corner. We are global and so should be our concern and support.

3. Church Shift from Nice to Revolutionary.
Jesus did not come to make us "nice" Christians. He was a revolutionary and any man with his DNA will be like him. Its time to exit "nice" Christianity and the feministic version where we sing all love songs and start to live like the lion rather than the lamb. The lion goes to war and has a roar. The lion established its territory and defends his kingdom. Jesus was a lamb so that we could be like the lion. Nice church is not his church. Let the lion roar. Let the kingdom people state their case, defend their faith, stand up for righteousness and preach Jesus. God will raise up revolutionary. Years ago preachers would say, "God no longer has individual revolutionaries," I disagree when the church fails to be come revoltionary, God will rise up his Elijahs. God has never been without his hero or his cross bearer. If the church does not stand up and be one you stand up and be one.

4.  Church shift from celebrity Pastor to everyone a Pastor
Everyone reaching everyone. Today everyone can have a tv ministry online. Years ago you had to be a mega ministry to be gloal now you can be global, if you have an internet connection. Today's preacher is sister and Brother unknown who now has more followers in their You Tube account than most preachers have in their building on a sunday morning. Friend if you have the call to Pastor the internet is your pulpit, the world and cyberspace your home town.

5. Church Shift From Dogma to Faith in Truth.
Folks have become wary of the fake and the phony, people want truth. Folks online are questioning the dogmas and lies that folks have been taught over the years, denominational dogmas that have bourne mans intepretation of scripture that has left the church weak, paralysed and out of touch with God and his world. People are discovering freedom from man made traditions that hold believes in bondage. The age of the superpreacher is over now an unknown Guy with a YouTube Video going viral can get more views in one weak than a mega preacher can have all month on the TV network,

Denominationalism is decaying, in my own experience denominationalism isolates folks. It breeds suspicion of anyone not in their fold. Denominationalism is decaying but dicipleship is increasing. People are fed up with the walls of religion. 

We are living in an age where the church meners can know more than a Pastor with a degree. and so pastors are finding their beliefs challened. Pastors who do not examine their own heart as to why they believe what they believe will find themselves at odds with those in the pew. This is one reason why many leave their church and start their own. Pastor your education is not enough, you have to be ahead of the crowd or find yourself smothered by it.

Another trend, folks are rediscovering the true God in Christ. Trinitarian dogma has had its day, folks will once again hunger after righteousness and will forsake the dogmas of trintarianism and indeed religion for knowledge and the life of the one true God in Christ. They will know, Jesus as deity, God alone. How can I say this, because its God's purpose and will and truth always finds it home in a generation. I pray it will find its home in this generation. dont you!

Back to brother Subers quote. "being a 21st Century Expression of a 1st Century Experience." maybe this should be every churches goal.


Paul.

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O God of Job Restore my Losses..

And the Lord restored Job's losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. (Job 42:10).

In his loss Job didn't pray for a return of his stuff! Job prayed for his friends, God left him friends while everything else was taken away from him, he prayed for them. The ultimate friend prays for a friend when he himself needs the prayers of a friend.

I pray for my friends not because I want more but because my friends are my treasures, thats what God gives me. You cannot buy a friend and the lack of money cannot take a good friend away. When you left with nothing but a friend, yourself be a friend. Pray for them in your losses pray for your friends then God will show you that  compared to them you have not lost much at all, and heres the deal, God will restore your losses when you pray for a friend. Tell your friend right now "As I pray for you, God will restore to me all that I've lost and more." Since you are really whats valuble to me God will give me what i've lost thats of lesser value than you. O God of Job bless my frineds. multiply their portion, unlock divine destiny in them today, return to them double of all that they have lost, O God of Job you gave me more before and now im ready for more again this time you will give it it shall be a work of your hand and not mine. Amen!

Holiness by Fire...

And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire (Ex3:2)
Put off they shoes from off they feet for the place wherein thou standest is Holy ground..(v5)

Holiness is fire, the fire of God's presence.

Face your burning bush! You're not going anywhere until you've taken your shoes off at God's burning bush.

Many try to avoid holiness and encounter with the God of Moses is too hot for them. The harsh truth that God commands us to be Holy. "Its too legalistic" they say but friend, holiness is a privilege, we should celebrate the opportunity to be a deliveror to our C21 Egyptian society.

Holiness is welcomed by the saint who like Moses, have experienced personally the destruction that sin has caused in their life.

We welcome holiness, not because a preacher shouts down the mike but because we know its power to give us peace and hope and make us right with God. With holiness we conquer guilt. With holiness we get our peace back, with holiness we get our mind back, with holiness we our authority back, we get our smile back, we get out shout and clout back. With holiness we get our nation back and family back. With holiness we get out prayer life power and power to pray too. With holiness comes confidence in God, knowing God is for us and not against us. With holiness we can truly love again, for when we are holy we can love what God loves and hate what God hates and this empowers our mind and spirit into victory, total victory.  With holiness we can deliver our egyptian brother and command the Pharoah in our lives to "let them go." Freedom is available to those who have the fire of holiness.

PRAY: God of Fire live in me today, be the Holy fire around my tent. Be the flame that devours every snake hiding around your tree of life today. God of the burning bush, set me ablaze with the spirit of holiness. Make me an agent of power in my world. Give me a burning staff and a burning heart. Give me the spirit of a deliverer today, Amen!

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Are We Christians All One Church ?

One Lord One faith one baptism. (Eph 4:5) I have manifested thy name to them which thou hast given me.. (John 17:6) I pray for them for they are mine (v9) That "they" all may be one as thou Father art in me and I in thee (v21).

A young man told me the other day, "We are all one!" I said "No we are not! If were were one then why not join ours and leave yours.  If we are all one then I can be whatever you are. If you are methodist or presbyterian or Lutheran or whatever, I can take my choice, discard my theology cause It dont matter. Sounds good. So I look forward to seeing you on sunday. You are welcome to tythe too, here's an envelope!..."

Jesus did not pray that all churches would be one. He has only one church and the ones that are one "in" him is that one church. So quit trying to get all churches together. Be the church that Jesus put together. Be the church that Jesus said is one with him. Unity is not us uniting as churches, its us who are one with him, just as the father is one with him.  Unity is not us combining ourselves for an event. Its those who are one in Christ with Christ. Only in Christ can we be one. Which brings me to this question. Are you baptised into the name or into a church? (Acts 2:38). If baptism int the name of Jesus was no neccessary then anyone who is a "Christian" (by their own standard and definition and mode of baptism) would be of the faith. Hence the statement "those thou hast given me" (v5) Are you one of them?

This is Paul thomas for the "faith once delivered!"

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The Way to The Tree of Life

Now this is the commandment ... Hear O Israel the Lord our God, the Lord is one. (Deut 6:11-4)

So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. (Gen 3:24). 

Do you ever wonder why some folks in church, touch God and others don't?  Why some struggle to get with the program and others just go for it!

I enjoy a faith filled meeting. Sometimes however, I question my own expectations, for they are never realistic. I believe every teacher and preacher should live in constant revival. Its possible! Yes that's possible. Every-meeting should be a revival meeting. We carry revival to the meeting.

But what happens when folks there are not where you are at? I'm not talking of being better than anyone, the ground at the cross is equal. I'm talking of preparation to worship. There are certain things that must be in place before we can experience God. Like, an expectant faith, a receptive heart and a willing mind.We should gather purposefully and collectively assign ourselves to the discovery of God. I'm in pursuit of God while simultaneously in his presence.

I'm reading in Genesis about the cherubims that guard the way into paradise.

So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. (GENESIS 3:24).

Adam and eve were cut off for this way, and cast outside the garden of God's presence and ever since the cherubims have been guarding the way to the tree of life.

  Fellowship is more than being in church, its more than having a similar interest its more than having friends who attend the same church. True fellowship is with those who share the same passion and conviction arising from obedience to the same law

1.  The way to the tree of life is guarded
Life that's what we have to find in this world and as a church we realize that this way is guarded form the many. the way to the tree of life is guarded and protect by angelic beings with flaming swords. They don't allow anyone just to come on though. No one can just walk into God's presence without confronting these angels. They guard the way to the tree of life

What do they guard but a box and in that box there is the law of God which speaks to me of the commandments of the Lord. 

"and there I will meet with you! and speak to you from above the mercy seat (Ex 25:32) where? at the assigned place, the place that is guarded form strangers and robbers. Its a guarded place Just as the cherubims guard this place so to the way into the presence of God is guarded, not all will enter into it only those whose hear if right before God.

2. The place of mercy must be sought for.
The mercy seat. it means the place of atonement. Its the place where sin is cancelled and we are cleansed. Have you found it. In our corporate gathering we have to find this place first. We must find it! I must get to the mercy of God before I can be released into joy and fellowship with him and indeed others. Mercy. God let me find mercy today at your altar. Mercy is the way to the tree of life. there is no life outside of the discovery of the mercy of God, without God's mercy I have misery contempt pride these things will keep me from the presence of God.

See some folks come to be entertained but without first finding mercy there is no access into God's presence no matter how good the music! theatrics or dynamics

 3. Two walk together if they touch and agree
Corporate worship is as much How I worship but Who I worship with. In today's culture of "come as you are" Christianity, I'm not convinced that the righteous can worship with the unrighteous. That may sound a bit self righteous but think of this, No flesh can glory in God's presence! God demands that we come according to protocol, his protocol. The tabernacle and its furniture reveal the protocol. no priest can just show up in Gods presence. there has to be preparation separation, holiness and mercy.

 Too may churches lack  the altar of repentance and fire (Altar). Which tells me "God is not there!"
Too many churches lack baptism in the name (the laver) which tells me "God is not there!"
Too many churches lack the the holy Ghost  (the lampstand) which tells me "God is not there!"

Unbelievers don't worship God then cannot worship God, they have unbelief in their heart and bring that spirit with them. The church is not for unbelievers but for believers. While accommodating the unsaved we must know that the saved alone can worship God! Those that have not the Holy Ghost cannot worship God. God is spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth (John 4:24).

If any "two" agree on anyone thing.. it shall be done for them (Matt 18:19). Thats the power of his presence if two agree its done.

The uniqueness of the cherubims above the mercy seat is that there are two of them and secondly that they as two touch and agree. There are two cherubs this speaks of fellowship they are a metaphor of friendship and fellowship communion. The common union or basis of fellowship is not that we share a common belief but rather that we walk in the uncommon way.Friendship is often misdefined in today's world. friendship is more than a facebook like.

True fellowship is intimacy matched with expectancy. True friendship is companionship mixed with loyalty to match. True friendship is where we share the same values and traditions, mission and expectations. True friendship is where we die for the same truth and live the same life, the life of Christ! isn't this what Jesus said ye are my brothers if ye keep my commandments!

Now do you get that? The cherubims protected the law and that's where we find the truth. We as true friend cover yes value, cherish, protect and live for this law, the law of God. If we believe the same law we can worship with the same intensity the same God.

Just as the Cherubims looked into the ark of the covenant and guarded its truth of the law. it lets me know that those who I'm connected to are those who believe it like me. The one Lord one faith God of the written covenant.  "Hear O Israel the Lord our God, the Lord is one." Now that's enough to let me know we can sit at the same mercy seat and together seek his forgiveness and heart and If you believe this we can have fellowship.

The bottom this, we share the way to the tree of life together!