GUIDED BIBLE STUDY:
Revelation 21:1-6
2 Corinthians 5:16-17
2 Peter 1:19-21
Hosea 12:10
Hosea 9:8
1 Kings 13:1-6
1 Kings 17:7-24
2 Kings 4:8-37
John 3:6-8
John 6:63
Genesis 32:22-30
1 Samuel 3:1-11
2 Kings 6:1-7
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Life's Lesson In Giving
The plan of God is for us is to be a giver. God is a giver and He loves a cheerful giver—and we need to know that our blessings are tied up in our giving. Everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher, and God—who gives freely to His children (who fear Him and obey Him). God gave us the greatest gift in the form of Jesus (Immanuel: God with us), who became poor so that through His Spirit, we would become rich through The Word. God delights and responds to our heartfelt desires to give to others, even if we don’t have the means, and especially when we obey His leading to give, because (as we believe what Jesus teaches us), we know that God will not only supply the seed but multiply it so that we can be generous on every occasion and give our heart’s desires. This will open the way for us to walk in the fullness of God’s blessings.
Tonight God gave us a demonstration of a farmer supernaturally sowing seeds in the earth (us), watering the earth with rain from Heaven, and then waiting patiently for God to bring the increase. God’s servant, the prophet—who is a hardworking farmer, sowing seeds in us for the past 8 years, (and who by the way—according to God—should be the first to receive a share of the crops that are being harvested) gave us a word from God: something is about to come up through these supernatural seeds that were sown and watered tonight! The earth is yielding crops (30/60/100 fold) from the farmer’s sown seeds, and tonight, because the Word of truth birthed us, we are the first fruit, working all together, sowing, watering and waiting for God to bring the increase.
God instructed His prophet—an angel, to bring us good news (with just the right words) and to release God’s Christmas gifts to us.
“Greetings, you who are highly favored of God—The Lord shall be with you, tonight!
Here are God’s Christmas Gifts to us:
1. “Peace will rest with you tonight
2. I, God will give you the sure blessings promised to David (prosperity, health, joy, abundance...).
3. You are My treasured possessions set in praise, fame and honor high above all nations
4. I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven
5. I will give eternal life to those who persist in doing good, and seeking My glory and honor.
6. I will give you the free gift of the Holy Spirit, if you ask Him tonight
7. I gave My servant a word for you:
a. It’s time for something to happen in your life now
b. “Return to your home with your great wealth
c. Already you have become rich and you have all that you want.
Power scriptures: Luke 6:38-40; 2 Cor 9:6-12; 2 Cor 8:8-15
GUIDED BIBLE STUDY:
Luke 1:28-33
Luke 2:8-14
Matthew 1:22-23
Romans 8:30-33
Acts 13:32-34
Acts 14:15-18
Acts 14:21-23
Deuteronomy 30:19-20
John 3:16
Luke 11:9-13
Matthew 24:45-47
James 1:16-18
Mark 4:13-20
James 5:7-9
Isaiah 28:23-26
2 Timothy 2:6
Deuteronomy 26:18-19
Matthew 16:19
Romans 2:6
Luke 6:38-40
2 Corinthians 9:6-12
Luke 1:28-33
Luke 2:8-14
Matthew 1:22-23
Romans 8:30-33
Acts 13:32-34
Acts 14:15-18
Acts 14:21-23
Deuteronomy 30:19-20
John 3:16
Luke 11:9-13
Matthew 24:45-47
James 1:16-18
Mark 4:13-20
James 5:7-9
Isaiah 28:23-26
2 Timothy 2:6
Deuteronomy 26:18-19
Matthew 16:19
Romans 2:6
Luke 6:38-40
2 Corinthians 9:6-12
2 Corinthians 8:15
Monday, December 22, 2008
Who Are We!
God is everywhere, and He speaks to His servants, the prophets, the Man of God all the time about changing the lives of people to align with God’s Spirit. God puts His Spirit into his prophets, revealing things and instructing them to go to the rebellious House of Israel (Churches, pastors, church-goers), and reveal to them the truth that God has released the prophets to say. This House of Israel (stubborn and rebellious people) has a choice to fight against the prophets or agree with them. Words have power. Lives get built up or torn down; people will either be blessed and built or cursed and destroyed by the mouth of the prophet. They have a choice to obey or reject the word, then, they will either respect him as a Man of God or hate him. But the Man of God is only going to be led by God’s Spirit that is inside of him and not flinch—his mind hard as stone—at their arguing or fighting. “Who are these to tell the prophet that he is not telling the truth?” God Himself sent the prophet to these stubborn people, if they reject the prophet, they are really only rejecting God! God instructs the prophet to not be afraid of the words of the stubborn and rebellious people, because they have no power. The prophets are faithful and obedient to carry out the hard task (because many reject the truth) of God’s instructions. However, this prophet is on a mission only to deliver what God has to say to these people and he will stand up to the rebellious people; and their words can neither hurt nor harm him, because God’s Spirit is in him.
GUIDED BIBLE STUDY:
WHEN THE LIVING CREATURES MOVED, THE WHEELS BESIDE THEM MOVED; AND WHEN THE LIVING CREATURES ROSE FROM THE GROUND, THE WHEELS ALSO ROSE. WHEREVER THE SPIRIT WOULD GO, THEY WOULD GO, AND THE WHEELS WOULD RISE ALONG WITH THEM, BECAUSE THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING CREATURES WAS IN THE WHEELS. WHEN THE CREATURES MOVED, THEY ALSO MOVED; WHEN THE CREATURES STOOD STILL, THEY ALSO STOOD STILL; AND WHEN THE CREATURES ROSE FROM THE GROUND, THE WHEELS ROSE ALONG WITH THEM, BECAUSE THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING CREATURES WAS IN THE WHEELS. SPREAD OUT ABOVE THE HEADS OF THE LIVING CREATURES WAS WHAT LOOKED LIKE AN EXPANSE, SPARKLING LIKE ICE, AND AWESOME. UNDER THE EXPANSE THEIR WINGS WERE STRETCHED OUT ONE TOWARD THE OTHER, AND EACH HAD TWO WINGS COVERING ITS BODY. WHEN THE CREATURES MOVED, I HEARD THE SOUND OF THEIR WINGS, LIKE THE ROAR OF RUSHING WATERS, LIKE THE VOICE OF THE ALMIGHTY, LIKE THE TUMULT OF AN ARMY. WHEN THEY STOOD STILL, THEY LOWERED THEIR WINGS. THEN THERE CAME A VOICE FROM ABOVE THE EXPANSE OVER THEIR HEADS AS THEY STOOD WITH LOWERED WINGS. ABOVE THE EXPANSE OVER THEIR HEADS WAS WHAT LOOKED LIKE A THRONE OF SAPPHIRE, AND HIGH ABOVE ON THE THRONE WAS A FIGURE LIKE THAT OF A MAN. I SAW THAT FROM WHAT APPEARED TO BE HIS WAIST UP HE LOOKED LIKE GLOWING METAL, AS IF FULL OF FIRE, AND THAT FROM THERE DOWN HE LOOKED LIKE FIRE; AND BRILLIANT LIGHT SURROUNDED HIM. LIKE THE APPEARANCE OF A RAINBOW IN THE CLOUDS ON A RAINY DAY, SO WAS THE RADIANCE AROUND HIM. THIS WAS THE APPEARANCE OF THE LIKENESS OF THE GLORY OF THE LORD WHEN I SAW IT, I FELL FACEDOWN, AND I HEARD THE VOICE OF ONE SPEAKING. HE SAID TO ME, ‘’SON OF MAN, STAND UP ON YOUR FEET AND I WILL SPEAK TO YOU.’’ AS HE SPOKE, THE SPIRIT CAME INTO ME AND RAISED ME TO MY FEET, AND I HEARD HIM SPEAKING TO ME. HE SAID: ‘’SON OF MAN, I AM SENDING YOU TO THE ISRAELITES, TO A REBELLIOUS NATION THAT HAS REBELLED AGAINST ME; THEY AND THEIR FATHERS HAVE BEEN IN REVOLT AGAINST ME TO THIS VERY DAY. THE PEOPLE TO WHOM I AM SENDING YOU ARE OBSTINATE AND STUBBORN. SAY TO THEM ‘’THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS.’’ AND WHETHER THEY LISTEN OR FAIL TO LISTEN---FOR THEY ARE A REBELLIOUS HOUSE---THEY WILL KNOW THAT A PROPHET HAS BEEN AMONG THEM. AND YOU, SON OF MAN, DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM OR THEIR WORDS.
EZEKIEL 1:19-28 EZEKIEL 2:1-4
THE LORD WARNED ISRAEL AND JUDAH THROUGH ALL HIS PROPHETS AND SEERS: ‘’TURN FROM YOUR EVIL WAYS. OBSERVE MY COMMANDS AND DECREES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENTIRE LAW THAT I COMMANDED YOUR FATHERS TO OBEY AND THAT I DELIVERED TO YOU THROUGH MY SERVANTS THE PROPHETS.’’ BUT THEY WOULD NOT LISTEN AND WERE AS STIFF-NECKED AS THEIR FATHERS, WHO DID NOT TRUST IN THE LORD THEIR GOD. THEY REJECTED HIS DECREES AND THE COVENANT HE HAD MADE WITH THEIR FATHERS AND THE WARNINGS HE HAD GIVEN THEM.
2 KINGS 17:13-15
YOU MUST SPEAK MY WORDS TO THEM, WHETHER THEY LISTEN OR FAIL TO LISTEN, FOR THEY ARE REBELLIOUS. BUT YOU, SON OF MAN, LISTEN TO WHAT I SAY TO YOU. DO NOT REBEL LIKE THAT REBELLIOUS HOUSE; OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND EAT WHAT I GIVE YOU.’’ THEN I LOOKED, AND I SAW A HAND STRECHED OUT TO ME. IN IT WAS A SCROLL, WHICH HE UNROLLED BEFORE ME. ON BOTH SIDES OF IT WERE WRITTEN WORDS OF LAMENT AND MOURNING AND WOE. AND HE SAID TO ME, ‘’SON OF MAN, EAT WHAT IS BEFORE YOU, EAT THIS SCROLL; THEN GO AND SPEAK TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL.’’ SO I OPENED MY MOUTH, AND HE GAVE ME THE SCROLL TO EAT. THEN HE SAID TO ME, ‘’SON OF MAN, EAT THIS SCROLL I AM GIVING YOU AND FILL YOUR STOMACH WITH IT.’’ SO I ATE IT, AND IT TASTED AS SWEET AS HONEY IN MY MOUTH. HE THEN SAID TO ME: ‘’SON OF MAN, GO NOW TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND SPEAK MY WORDS TO THEMYOU ARE NOT BEING SENT TO A PEOPLE OF OBSCURE SPEECH AND DIFFICULT LANGUAGE, BUT TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL---NOT TO MANY PEOPLES OF OBSCURE SPEECH AND DIFFICULT LANGUAGE, WHOSE WORDS YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND. SURELY IF I HAD SENT YOU TO THEM, THEY WOULD HAVE LISTENED TO YOU BUT THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL IS NOT WILLING TO LISTEN TO YOU BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO LISTEN TO ME? FOR THE WHOLE HOUSE OF ISRAEL IS HARDENED AND OBSTINATE. BUT I WILL MAKE YOU AS UNYEILDING AND HARDENED AS THEY ARE. I WILL MAKE YOUR FOREHEAD LIKE THE HARDEST STONE, HARDER THAN FLINT. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM OR TERRIFIED BY THEM, THOUGH THEY ARE A REBELLIOUS HOUSE.’’ AND HE SAID TO ME, ‘’SON OF MAN, LISTEN CAREFULLY AND TAKE TO HEART ALL THE WORDS I SPEAK TO YOU. GO NOW TO YOUR COUNTRYMEN IN EXILE AND SPEAK TO THEM. SAY TO THEM, THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS,’ WHETHER THEY LISTEN OR FAIL TO LISTEN.
EZEKIEL 2:7-9 EZEKIEL 3:1-11
THE HAND OF THE LORD WAS UPON ME THERE, AND HE SAID TO ME, ‘’GET UP AND GO OUT TO THE PLAIN, AND THERE I WILL SPEAK TO YOU.’’ SO I GOT UP AND WENT OUT TO THE PLAIN. AND THE GLORY OF THE WAS STANDING THERE, LIKE THE GLORY I HAD SEEN BY THE KEBAR RIVER, AND I FELL FACEDOWN. THEN THE SPIRIT CAME INTO MEAND RAISED ME TO MY FEET. HE SPOKE TO ME AND SAID: ‘’GO, SHUT YOURSELF INSIDE YOUR HOUSE. AND YOU, SON OF MAN, THEY WILL TIE WITH ROPES; YOU WILL BE BOUND SO THAT YOU CANNOT GO OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE. I WILL MAKE YOUR TONGUE STICK TO THE ROOF OF YOUR MOUTH SO THAT YOU WILL BE SILENT AND UNABLE TO REBUKE THEM. THOUGH THEY ARE A REBELLIOUS HOUSE. BUT WHEN I SPEAK TO YOU, I WILL OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND YOU SHALL SAY TO THEM, THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS.’ WHOEVER WILL LISTEN LET HIM LISTEN, AND WHOEVER WILL REFUSE LET HIM REFUSE; FOR THEY ARE A REBELLIOUS HOUSE.
EZEKIEL 3:22-27
GUIDED BIBLE STUDY:
WHEN THE LIVING CREATURES MOVED, THE WHEELS BESIDE THEM MOVED; AND WHEN THE LIVING CREATURES ROSE FROM THE GROUND, THE WHEELS ALSO ROSE. WHEREVER THE SPIRIT WOULD GO, THEY WOULD GO, AND THE WHEELS WOULD RISE ALONG WITH THEM, BECAUSE THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING CREATURES WAS IN THE WHEELS. WHEN THE CREATURES MOVED, THEY ALSO MOVED; WHEN THE CREATURES STOOD STILL, THEY ALSO STOOD STILL; AND WHEN THE CREATURES ROSE FROM THE GROUND, THE WHEELS ROSE ALONG WITH THEM, BECAUSE THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING CREATURES WAS IN THE WHEELS. SPREAD OUT ABOVE THE HEADS OF THE LIVING CREATURES WAS WHAT LOOKED LIKE AN EXPANSE, SPARKLING LIKE ICE, AND AWESOME. UNDER THE EXPANSE THEIR WINGS WERE STRETCHED OUT ONE TOWARD THE OTHER, AND EACH HAD TWO WINGS COVERING ITS BODY. WHEN THE CREATURES MOVED, I HEARD THE SOUND OF THEIR WINGS, LIKE THE ROAR OF RUSHING WATERS, LIKE THE VOICE OF THE ALMIGHTY, LIKE THE TUMULT OF AN ARMY. WHEN THEY STOOD STILL, THEY LOWERED THEIR WINGS. THEN THERE CAME A VOICE FROM ABOVE THE EXPANSE OVER THEIR HEADS AS THEY STOOD WITH LOWERED WINGS. ABOVE THE EXPANSE OVER THEIR HEADS WAS WHAT LOOKED LIKE A THRONE OF SAPPHIRE, AND HIGH ABOVE ON THE THRONE WAS A FIGURE LIKE THAT OF A MAN. I SAW THAT FROM WHAT APPEARED TO BE HIS WAIST UP HE LOOKED LIKE GLOWING METAL, AS IF FULL OF FIRE, AND THAT FROM THERE DOWN HE LOOKED LIKE FIRE; AND BRILLIANT LIGHT SURROUNDED HIM. LIKE THE APPEARANCE OF A RAINBOW IN THE CLOUDS ON A RAINY DAY, SO WAS THE RADIANCE AROUND HIM. THIS WAS THE APPEARANCE OF THE LIKENESS OF THE GLORY OF THE LORD WHEN I SAW IT, I FELL FACEDOWN, AND I HEARD THE VOICE OF ONE SPEAKING. HE SAID TO ME, ‘’SON OF MAN, STAND UP ON YOUR FEET AND I WILL SPEAK TO YOU.’’ AS HE SPOKE, THE SPIRIT CAME INTO ME AND RAISED ME TO MY FEET, AND I HEARD HIM SPEAKING TO ME. HE SAID: ‘’SON OF MAN, I AM SENDING YOU TO THE ISRAELITES, TO A REBELLIOUS NATION THAT HAS REBELLED AGAINST ME; THEY AND THEIR FATHERS HAVE BEEN IN REVOLT AGAINST ME TO THIS VERY DAY. THE PEOPLE TO WHOM I AM SENDING YOU ARE OBSTINATE AND STUBBORN. SAY TO THEM ‘’THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS.’’ AND WHETHER THEY LISTEN OR FAIL TO LISTEN---FOR THEY ARE A REBELLIOUS HOUSE---THEY WILL KNOW THAT A PROPHET HAS BEEN AMONG THEM. AND YOU, SON OF MAN, DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM OR THEIR WORDS.
EZEKIEL 1:19-28 EZEKIEL 2:1-4
THE LORD WARNED ISRAEL AND JUDAH THROUGH ALL HIS PROPHETS AND SEERS: ‘’TURN FROM YOUR EVIL WAYS. OBSERVE MY COMMANDS AND DECREES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENTIRE LAW THAT I COMMANDED YOUR FATHERS TO OBEY AND THAT I DELIVERED TO YOU THROUGH MY SERVANTS THE PROPHETS.’’ BUT THEY WOULD NOT LISTEN AND WERE AS STIFF-NECKED AS THEIR FATHERS, WHO DID NOT TRUST IN THE LORD THEIR GOD. THEY REJECTED HIS DECREES AND THE COVENANT HE HAD MADE WITH THEIR FATHERS AND THE WARNINGS HE HAD GIVEN THEM.
2 KINGS 17:13-15
YOU MUST SPEAK MY WORDS TO THEM, WHETHER THEY LISTEN OR FAIL TO LISTEN, FOR THEY ARE REBELLIOUS. BUT YOU, SON OF MAN, LISTEN TO WHAT I SAY TO YOU. DO NOT REBEL LIKE THAT REBELLIOUS HOUSE; OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND EAT WHAT I GIVE YOU.’’ THEN I LOOKED, AND I SAW A HAND STRECHED OUT TO ME. IN IT WAS A SCROLL, WHICH HE UNROLLED BEFORE ME. ON BOTH SIDES OF IT WERE WRITTEN WORDS OF LAMENT AND MOURNING AND WOE. AND HE SAID TO ME, ‘’SON OF MAN, EAT WHAT IS BEFORE YOU, EAT THIS SCROLL; THEN GO AND SPEAK TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL.’’ SO I OPENED MY MOUTH, AND HE GAVE ME THE SCROLL TO EAT. THEN HE SAID TO ME, ‘’SON OF MAN, EAT THIS SCROLL I AM GIVING YOU AND FILL YOUR STOMACH WITH IT.’’ SO I ATE IT, AND IT TASTED AS SWEET AS HONEY IN MY MOUTH. HE THEN SAID TO ME: ‘’SON OF MAN, GO NOW TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND SPEAK MY WORDS TO THEMYOU ARE NOT BEING SENT TO A PEOPLE OF OBSCURE SPEECH AND DIFFICULT LANGUAGE, BUT TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL---NOT TO MANY PEOPLES OF OBSCURE SPEECH AND DIFFICULT LANGUAGE, WHOSE WORDS YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND. SURELY IF I HAD SENT YOU TO THEM, THEY WOULD HAVE LISTENED TO YOU BUT THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL IS NOT WILLING TO LISTEN TO YOU BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO LISTEN TO ME? FOR THE WHOLE HOUSE OF ISRAEL IS HARDENED AND OBSTINATE. BUT I WILL MAKE YOU AS UNYEILDING AND HARDENED AS THEY ARE. I WILL MAKE YOUR FOREHEAD LIKE THE HARDEST STONE, HARDER THAN FLINT. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM OR TERRIFIED BY THEM, THOUGH THEY ARE A REBELLIOUS HOUSE.’’ AND HE SAID TO ME, ‘’SON OF MAN, LISTEN CAREFULLY AND TAKE TO HEART ALL THE WORDS I SPEAK TO YOU. GO NOW TO YOUR COUNTRYMEN IN EXILE AND SPEAK TO THEM. SAY TO THEM, THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS,’ WHETHER THEY LISTEN OR FAIL TO LISTEN.
EZEKIEL 2:7-9 EZEKIEL 3:1-11
THE HAND OF THE LORD WAS UPON ME THERE, AND HE SAID TO ME, ‘’GET UP AND GO OUT TO THE PLAIN, AND THERE I WILL SPEAK TO YOU.’’ SO I GOT UP AND WENT OUT TO THE PLAIN. AND THE GLORY OF THE WAS STANDING THERE, LIKE THE GLORY I HAD SEEN BY THE KEBAR RIVER, AND I FELL FACEDOWN. THEN THE SPIRIT CAME INTO MEAND RAISED ME TO MY FEET. HE SPOKE TO ME AND SAID: ‘’GO, SHUT YOURSELF INSIDE YOUR HOUSE. AND YOU, SON OF MAN, THEY WILL TIE WITH ROPES; YOU WILL BE BOUND SO THAT YOU CANNOT GO OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE. I WILL MAKE YOUR TONGUE STICK TO THE ROOF OF YOUR MOUTH SO THAT YOU WILL BE SILENT AND UNABLE TO REBUKE THEM. THOUGH THEY ARE A REBELLIOUS HOUSE. BUT WHEN I SPEAK TO YOU, I WILL OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND YOU SHALL SAY TO THEM, THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS.’ WHOEVER WILL LISTEN LET HIM LISTEN, AND WHOEVER WILL REFUSE LET HIM REFUSE; FOR THEY ARE A REBELLIOUS HOUSE.
EZEKIEL 3:22-27
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
The Call, Come Near Me
The day of The Lord is here and now in the valley of decisions, where He is separating the multitudes of people as He is judging the nations by what they have done, it will be done to them. Change is here, through God, the Word—our problem solver—who will change us from being sinners, but only if we draw near to God and repent from our sins; receive what He has to say; obey what He tells us to do; and change the things that He shows us, so that we come into alignment with Him. The devil, our accuser will do everything to keep us away from hearing God. But, remember, God has already hurled the devil down from heaven and we can overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the words of our testimony. God is always speaking to us, but are we going to draw near to Him to hear? Once our souls hear from God, He will reposition us and redirect our lives according to His plans. So, eat what is good (The Word) that our souls may delight in it and we, who are near, must acknowledge God’s power (testimonies)!
God is calling us to listen to Him, heaven has opened up a door for us. Receive this invitation from God as we approach 2009: “come all you who are thirsty”, “come to a city where you can buy and eat without cost”; “come near to God”; “come near you nations and listen”; “come near me and listen to this”; “come now, let us reason together” says the Lord, though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; “The Sprit and the Bride says: “”Come!”” (This is a call of God) Let him who hears, say: ““Come!”” Whoever is thirsty, let him come, and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life”. God is a deliver of His people: “He will come with vengeance to save you”; “He will come like a pent-up flood that the breath of the Lord drives along; The redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins”
Power Scripture: “Submit yourselves, then to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and He will come near to you”. James 4:7
GUIDED BIBLE STUDY:
Jeremiah 30:21-22
Isaiah 55:1-5
Revelation 21:22-24
James 4:7
Isaiah 33: 13-16
Isaiah 34:1-2
Joel 3:12-14
Obadiah 1:15
Isaiah 48:16-19
Isaiah 50:8-10
Exodus 23:20
Revelation 12:10-11
Isaiah 55:6-7
Zephaniah 1:14-17
Matthew 24:31-35
Mark 1:14
John 3:18-19
Isaiah 60:2
Isaiah 9:2-3
Isaiah 23:4-6
Matthew 11:28-30
Isaiah 35:4
Isaiah 59:18-20
Isaiah 1:18-20
Revelation 22:17
Hebrews 10:37
Monday, December 15, 2008
Teaching And Equipping God’s People
“The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore to send out workers into his harvest field”. God, the Chief Shepherd, appoints a shepherd to teach us God’s ways and thinking, and for him to care, train, equip and fine-tune the flock that God has assigned to him. The flock’s security will come through the Man of God—the shepherd God appointed over that flock—who will be their protection plan. This Man of God will shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, so that not only will they live securely, but also he will be their peace. Jesus was on a mission to find people he could teach and train, and just as Jesus went up to the mountainside and called to him those he wanted—sinners-- (Matthew, Simon, Andrew, James, John, and Levi and the other disciples) and they went to him, each of them—at once, immediately, without delay—followed Jesus and was changed. In the same way, so will the appointed shepherd call his flock of sinners to repent and become teachable to where they can ultimately become apostles—at which time they can be released with God’s greater anointing, power, strength and authority to go all over the world, and preach the Word, heal the sick and drive out demons in the name of Jesus. With the end times and examples of the bad economy, things are so bad that people, harassed like sheep without a shepherd, will listen to anyone who sound like they know what they are talking about—it is here, now and today, that a door has been opened for the trained and equipped apostles to be released into the world.
Power Scripture: “He will stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of The Lord, his God, and they will live securely, for then his greatness will reach to the ends of the earth, and he will be their peace. Micah 5:4-5
GUIDED BIBLE STUDY:
JESUS WENT THROUGH ALL THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES, TEACHING IN THEIR SYNAGOGUES, PREACHING THE GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM AND HEALING EVERY DISEASE AND SICKNESS. WHEN HE SAW THE CROWDS, HE HAD COMPASSION ON THEM, BECAUSE THEY WERE HARASSED AND HELPLESS, LIKE SHEEP WITHOUT A SHEPHERD. THEN HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, ‘’THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL BUT THE WORKERS ARE FEW. ASK THE LORD OF THE HARVEST, THEREFORE, TO SEND OUT WORKERS INTO HIS HARVEST FIELD.’’
MATTHEW 9:35-38
THEN I WILL GIVE YOU SHEPHERDS AFTER MY OWN HEART, WHO WILL LEAD YOU WITH KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING.
JEREMIAH 3:15
I WILL SAVE MY FLOCK, AND THEY WILL NO LONGER BE PLUNDERED. I WILL JUDGE BETWEEN ONE SHEEP AND ANOTHER. I WILL PLACE OVER THEM ONE SHEPHERD, MY SERVANT DAVID, AND HE WILL TEND THEM; AND BE THEIR SHEPHERD. I THE LORD WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND MY SERVANT DAVID WILL BE PRINCE AMONG THEM. I THE LORD HAVE SPOKEN.
EZEKIEL 34:22-24
‘’BUT YOU, BETHLEHEM EPHRATHAH, THOUGH YOU ARE SMALL AMONG THE CLANS OF JUDAH, OUT OF YOU WILL COME FOR ME ONE WHO WILL BE RULER OVER ISRAEL. WHOSE ORIGINS ARE FROM OF OLD, FROM ANCIENT TIMES. THEREFORE ISRAEL WILL BE ABANDONED UNTIL THE TIME WHEN SHE WHO IS IN LABOR GIVES BIRTH AND THE REST OF HIS BROTHERS RETURN TO JOIN THE ISRAELITES. HE WILL STAND AND SHEPHERD HIS FLOCK IN THE STRENGTH OF THE LORD, IN THE MAJESTY OF THE NAME OF THE LORD HIS GOD. AND THEY WILL LIVE SECURELY, FOR THEN HIS GREATNESS WILL REACH TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. AND HE WILL BE THEIR PEACE.
MICAH 5:2-5
BE SHEPHERDS OF GOD’S FLOCK THAT IS UNDER YOUR CARE, SERVING AS OVERSEERS---NOT BECAUSE YOU MUST, BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE WILLING, AS GOD WANTS YOU TO BE; NOT GREEDY FOR MONEY, BUT EAGER TO SERVE; NOT LORDING IT OVER THOSE ENTRUSTED TO YOU, BUT BEING EXAMPLES TO THE FLOCK. AND WHEN THE CHIEF SHEPHERD APPEARS, YOU WILL RECEIVE THE CROWN OF CROWN OF GLORY THAT WILL NEVER FADE AWAY. 1 PETER 5:2-4
MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FROM LACK OF KNOWLEDGE.
HOSEA 4:6
LETS BEGAN A JOURNEY WITH JESUS CHRIST:
AS JESUS WENT ON FROM THERE, HE SAW A MAN NAMED MATTHEW SITTING AT THE TAX COLLECTOR’S BOOTH. ‘’FOLLOW ME,’’ HE TOLD HIM, AND MATTHEW GOT UP AND FOLLOWED HIM. WHILE JESUS WAS HAVING DINNER AT MATTHEW’S HOUSE, MANY TAX COLLECTORS AND ‘’SINNER’S CAME AND ATE WITH HIM AND HIS DISCIPLES. WHILE THE PHARISEES SAW THIS, THEY ASKED HIS DISCIPLES, ‘’WHY DOES YOUR TEACHER EAT WITH TAX COLLECTORS AND SINNER’S?’’ ON HEARING THIS, JESUS SAID, ‘’IT IS NOT THE HEALTY WHO NEED A DOCTOR, BUT THE SICK. BUT GO AND LEARN WHAT THIS MEANS: ‘I DESIRE MERCY, NOT SACRIFICE.’ FOR I HAVE NOT COME TO CALL THE RIGHTEOUS, BUT THE SINNERS.’’
MATTHEW 9:9-13
‘’WHAT DO YOU THINK? THERE WAS A MAN WHO HAD TWO SONS. HE WENT TO THE FIRST AND SAID, ‘SON GO AND WORK TODAY IN THE VINEYARD.’ ‘I WILL NOT, ‘HE ANSWERED, BUT LATER CHANGED HIS MIND AND WENT. ‘’THEN THE FATHER WENT TO THE OTHER SON AND SAID THE SAME THING. HE ANSWERED, ‘I WILL, SIR,’ BUT HE DID NOT GO. ‘’WHICH OF THE TWO DID WHAT HIS FATHER WANTED?’’ ‘’THE FIRST,’’ THEY ANSWERED. JESUS SAID TO THEM, ‘’I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, THE TAX COLLECTORS AND THE PROSTITUTES ARE ENTERING THE KINGDOM OF GOD AHEAD OF YOU. FOR JOHN CAME TO YOU TO SHOW YOU THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND YOU DID NOT BELIEVE HIM, BUT THE TAX COLLECTORS AND THE PROSTITUTES DID. AND EVEN AFTER YOU SAW THIS, YOU DID NOT REPENT AND BELIEVE HIM.
MATTHEW 21:28-32
‘’THE TIME HAS COME,’’ HE SAID. ‘’THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NEAR. REPENT AND BELIEVE THE GOOD NEWS!’’ AS JESUS WALKED BESIDE THE SEA OF GALILEE, HE SAW SIMON AND HIS BROTHER ANDREW CASTING A NET INTO THE LAKE, FOR THEY WERE FISHERMEN. ‘’COME FOLLOW ME,’’ JESUS SAID, ‘’AND I WILL MAKE YOU FISHERS OF MEN.’’ AT ONCE THEY LEFT THEIR NETS AND FOLLOWED HIM. WHEN HE HAD GONE A LITTLE FARTHER, HE SAW JAMES SON OF ZEBEDEE AND HIS BROTHER JOHN IN A BOAT, PREPARING THEIR NETS. WITHOUT DELAY HE CALLED THEM, AND THEY LEFT THEIR FATHER ZEBEDEE IN THE BOAT WITH THE HIRED MEN AND FOLLOWED HIM.
MARK 1:15-20
ONCE AGAIN JESUS WENT OUT BESIDE THE LAKE. A LARGE CROWD CAME TO HIM, AND HE BEGAN TO TEACH THEM. AS HE WALKED ALONG, HE SAW LEVI SON OF ALGHAEUS SITTING AT THE TAX COLLECTOR’S BOOTH. ‘’FOLLOW ME,’’ JESUS TOLD HIM, AND LEVI GOT UP AND FOLLOWED HIM. WHILE JESUS WAS HAVING DINNER AT LEVI’S HOUSE, MANY TAX COLLECTORS AND ‘’SINNERS’’ WERE EATING WITH HIM AND HIS DISCIPLES, FOR THERE WERE MANY WHO FOLLOWED HIM. WHEN THE TEACHERS OF THE LAW WHO WERE PHARISEES SAW HIM EATING WITH THE ‘’SINNERS’’ AND THE TAX COLLECTORS, THEY ASKED HIS DISCIPLES; WHY DOES HE EAT WITH TAX COLLECTORS AND SINNERS’?’’ ON HEARING THIS, JESUS SAID TO THEM, ‘’IT IS NOT THE HEALTHY WHO NEED A DOCTOR, BUT THE SICK. I HAVE NOT COME TO CALL THE RIGHTOUS, BUT THE SINNERS.’’
MARK 2:13-17
JESUS WENT UP ON A MOUNTAINSIDE AND CALLED TO HIM THOSE HE WANTED, AND THEY CAME TO HIM. HE APPOINTED TWELVE---DESIGNATING THEM APOSTLES---THAT THEY MIGHT BE WITH HIM AND THAT HE MIGHT SEND THEM OUT TO PREACH AND TO HAVE AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT DEMONS.
MARK 3:13-15
THE APOSTLES GATHERED AROUND JESUS AND REPORTED TO HIM ALL THEY HAD DONE AND TAUGHT. THEN, BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE WERE COMING AND GOING THAT THEY DID NOT EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO EAT, HE SAID TO THEM, ‘’COME WITH ME BY YOURSELVES TO A QUIET PLACE AND GET SOME REST.’’ SO THEY WENT AWAY BY THEMSELVES IN A BOAT TO A SOLITARY PLACE. BUT MANY WHO SAW THEM LEAVING RECOGNIZED THEM AND RAN ON FOOT FROM ALL THE TOWNS AND GOT THERE AHEAD OF THEM. WHEN JESUS LANDED AND SAW A LARGE CROWD, HE HAD COMPASSION ON THEM, BECAUSE THEY WERE LIKE SHEEP WITHOUT A SHEPHERD. SO HE BEGAN TEACHING THEM MANY THINGS.
MARK 6:30-34
JESUS SAID TO THEM, ‘’ONLY IN HIS HOMETOWN, AMONG HIS RELATIVES AND IN HIS OWN HOUSE IS A PROPHET WITHOUT HONOR.’’ HE COULD NOT DO ANY MIRACLES THERE, EXCEPT LAY HIS HANDS ON A FEW SICK PEOPLE AND HEAL THEM. AND HE WAS AMAZED AT THEIR LACK OF FAITH. THEN JESUS WENT AROUND TEACHING FROM VILLAGE TO VILLAGE. CALLING THE TWELVE TO HIM, HE SENT THEM OUT TWO BY TWO AND GAVE THEM AUTHORITY OVER EVIL SPIRITS. THESE WERE HIS INSTRUCTIONS: ‘’TAKE NOTHING FOR THE JOURNEY EXCEPT A STAFF---NO BREAD, NO BAG, NO MONEY IN YOUR BELTS. WEAR SANDALS BUT NOT AN EXTRA TUNIC. WHENEVER YOU ENTER A HOUSE, STAY THERE UNTIL YOU LEAVE THAT TOWN. AND IF ANY PLACE WILL NOT WELCOME YOU OR LISTEN TO YOU, SHAKE THE DUST OFF YOUR FEET WHEN YOU LEAVE, AS A TESTIMONY AGAINST THEM.’’ THEY WENT OUT AND PREACHED THAT PEOPLE SHOULD REPENT. THEY DROVE OUT MANY DEMONS AND ANOINTED MANY SICK PEOPLE WITH OIL AND HEALED THEM.
MARK 6:4-12
FOR YOU WERE ONCE DARKNESS, BUT NOW YOU ARE LIGHT IN THE LORD. LIVE AS CHILDREN OF LIGHT FOR THE FRUIT OF THE LIGHT CONSISTS IN ALL GOODNESS, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH AND FIND OUT WHAT PLEASES THE LORD. HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FRUITLESS DEEDS OF DARKNESS, BUT RATHER EXPOSE THEM. FOR IT IS SHAMEFUL EVEN TO MENTION WHAT THE DISOBEDIENT DO IN SECRET. BUT EVERYTHING EXPOSED BY THE LIGHT BECOMES VISIBLE, FOR IT IS LIGHT THAT MAKES EVERYTHING VISIBLE. THIS IS WHY IT IS SAID: ‘’WAKE UP, O SLEEPER, RISE FROM THE DEAD, AND CHRIST WILL SHINE ON YOU.’’ BE VERY CAREFUL, THEN, HOW YOU LIVE---NOT AS UNWISE BUT AS WISE, MAKING THE MOST OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE THE DAYS ARE EVIL. THEREFORE DO NOT BE FOOLISH, BUT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LORD’S WILL IS. DO NOT GET DRUNK ON WINE, WHICH LEADS TO DEBAUCHERY.
( SEDUCE, CORRUPT, PERVERT, DEMORALIZE )
INSTEAD, BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT. SPEAK TO ONE ANOTHER WITH PSALMS, HYMNS, AND SPIRITUAL SONGS. SING AND MAKE MUSIC IN YOUR HEART TO THE LORD, ALWAYS GIVING THANKS TO GOD THE FATHER FOR EVERYTHING, IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUSCHRIST. SUBMIT TO ONE ANOTHER OUT OF REVERENCE FOR CHRIST.
EPHESIANS 5:8-21
BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS AND SELFCONTROL.
GALATIANS 5:22
Power Scripture: “He will stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of The Lord, his God, and they will live securely, for then his greatness will reach to the ends of the earth, and he will be their peace. Micah 5:4-5
GUIDED BIBLE STUDY:
JESUS WENT THROUGH ALL THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES, TEACHING IN THEIR SYNAGOGUES, PREACHING THE GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM AND HEALING EVERY DISEASE AND SICKNESS. WHEN HE SAW THE CROWDS, HE HAD COMPASSION ON THEM, BECAUSE THEY WERE HARASSED AND HELPLESS, LIKE SHEEP WITHOUT A SHEPHERD. THEN HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, ‘’THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL BUT THE WORKERS ARE FEW. ASK THE LORD OF THE HARVEST, THEREFORE, TO SEND OUT WORKERS INTO HIS HARVEST FIELD.’’
MATTHEW 9:35-38
THEN I WILL GIVE YOU SHEPHERDS AFTER MY OWN HEART, WHO WILL LEAD YOU WITH KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING.
JEREMIAH 3:15
I WILL SAVE MY FLOCK, AND THEY WILL NO LONGER BE PLUNDERED. I WILL JUDGE BETWEEN ONE SHEEP AND ANOTHER. I WILL PLACE OVER THEM ONE SHEPHERD, MY SERVANT DAVID, AND HE WILL TEND THEM; AND BE THEIR SHEPHERD. I THE LORD WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND MY SERVANT DAVID WILL BE PRINCE AMONG THEM. I THE LORD HAVE SPOKEN.
EZEKIEL 34:22-24
‘’BUT YOU, BETHLEHEM EPHRATHAH, THOUGH YOU ARE SMALL AMONG THE CLANS OF JUDAH, OUT OF YOU WILL COME FOR ME ONE WHO WILL BE RULER OVER ISRAEL. WHOSE ORIGINS ARE FROM OF OLD, FROM ANCIENT TIMES. THEREFORE ISRAEL WILL BE ABANDONED UNTIL THE TIME WHEN SHE WHO IS IN LABOR GIVES BIRTH AND THE REST OF HIS BROTHERS RETURN TO JOIN THE ISRAELITES. HE WILL STAND AND SHEPHERD HIS FLOCK IN THE STRENGTH OF THE LORD, IN THE MAJESTY OF THE NAME OF THE LORD HIS GOD. AND THEY WILL LIVE SECURELY, FOR THEN HIS GREATNESS WILL REACH TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. AND HE WILL BE THEIR PEACE.
MICAH 5:2-5
BE SHEPHERDS OF GOD’S FLOCK THAT IS UNDER YOUR CARE, SERVING AS OVERSEERS---NOT BECAUSE YOU MUST, BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE WILLING, AS GOD WANTS YOU TO BE; NOT GREEDY FOR MONEY, BUT EAGER TO SERVE; NOT LORDING IT OVER THOSE ENTRUSTED TO YOU, BUT BEING EXAMPLES TO THE FLOCK. AND WHEN THE CHIEF SHEPHERD APPEARS, YOU WILL RECEIVE THE CROWN OF CROWN OF GLORY THAT WILL NEVER FADE AWAY. 1 PETER 5:2-4
MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FROM LACK OF KNOWLEDGE.
HOSEA 4:6
LETS BEGAN A JOURNEY WITH JESUS CHRIST:
AS JESUS WENT ON FROM THERE, HE SAW A MAN NAMED MATTHEW SITTING AT THE TAX COLLECTOR’S BOOTH. ‘’FOLLOW ME,’’ HE TOLD HIM, AND MATTHEW GOT UP AND FOLLOWED HIM. WHILE JESUS WAS HAVING DINNER AT MATTHEW’S HOUSE, MANY TAX COLLECTORS AND ‘’SINNER’S CAME AND ATE WITH HIM AND HIS DISCIPLES. WHILE THE PHARISEES SAW THIS, THEY ASKED HIS DISCIPLES, ‘’WHY DOES YOUR TEACHER EAT WITH TAX COLLECTORS AND SINNER’S?’’ ON HEARING THIS, JESUS SAID, ‘’IT IS NOT THE HEALTY WHO NEED A DOCTOR, BUT THE SICK. BUT GO AND LEARN WHAT THIS MEANS: ‘I DESIRE MERCY, NOT SACRIFICE.’ FOR I HAVE NOT COME TO CALL THE RIGHTEOUS, BUT THE SINNERS.’’
MATTHEW 9:9-13
‘’WHAT DO YOU THINK? THERE WAS A MAN WHO HAD TWO SONS. HE WENT TO THE FIRST AND SAID, ‘SON GO AND WORK TODAY IN THE VINEYARD.’ ‘I WILL NOT, ‘HE ANSWERED, BUT LATER CHANGED HIS MIND AND WENT. ‘’THEN THE FATHER WENT TO THE OTHER SON AND SAID THE SAME THING. HE ANSWERED, ‘I WILL, SIR,’ BUT HE DID NOT GO. ‘’WHICH OF THE TWO DID WHAT HIS FATHER WANTED?’’ ‘’THE FIRST,’’ THEY ANSWERED. JESUS SAID TO THEM, ‘’I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, THE TAX COLLECTORS AND THE PROSTITUTES ARE ENTERING THE KINGDOM OF GOD AHEAD OF YOU. FOR JOHN CAME TO YOU TO SHOW YOU THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND YOU DID NOT BELIEVE HIM, BUT THE TAX COLLECTORS AND THE PROSTITUTES DID. AND EVEN AFTER YOU SAW THIS, YOU DID NOT REPENT AND BELIEVE HIM.
MATTHEW 21:28-32
‘’THE TIME HAS COME,’’ HE SAID. ‘’THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NEAR. REPENT AND BELIEVE THE GOOD NEWS!’’ AS JESUS WALKED BESIDE THE SEA OF GALILEE, HE SAW SIMON AND HIS BROTHER ANDREW CASTING A NET INTO THE LAKE, FOR THEY WERE FISHERMEN. ‘’COME FOLLOW ME,’’ JESUS SAID, ‘’AND I WILL MAKE YOU FISHERS OF MEN.’’ AT ONCE THEY LEFT THEIR NETS AND FOLLOWED HIM. WHEN HE HAD GONE A LITTLE FARTHER, HE SAW JAMES SON OF ZEBEDEE AND HIS BROTHER JOHN IN A BOAT, PREPARING THEIR NETS. WITHOUT DELAY HE CALLED THEM, AND THEY LEFT THEIR FATHER ZEBEDEE IN THE BOAT WITH THE HIRED MEN AND FOLLOWED HIM.
MARK 1:15-20
ONCE AGAIN JESUS WENT OUT BESIDE THE LAKE. A LARGE CROWD CAME TO HIM, AND HE BEGAN TO TEACH THEM. AS HE WALKED ALONG, HE SAW LEVI SON OF ALGHAEUS SITTING AT THE TAX COLLECTOR’S BOOTH. ‘’FOLLOW ME,’’ JESUS TOLD HIM, AND LEVI GOT UP AND FOLLOWED HIM. WHILE JESUS WAS HAVING DINNER AT LEVI’S HOUSE, MANY TAX COLLECTORS AND ‘’SINNERS’’ WERE EATING WITH HIM AND HIS DISCIPLES, FOR THERE WERE MANY WHO FOLLOWED HIM. WHEN THE TEACHERS OF THE LAW WHO WERE PHARISEES SAW HIM EATING WITH THE ‘’SINNERS’’ AND THE TAX COLLECTORS, THEY ASKED HIS DISCIPLES; WHY DOES HE EAT WITH TAX COLLECTORS AND SINNERS’?’’ ON HEARING THIS, JESUS SAID TO THEM, ‘’IT IS NOT THE HEALTHY WHO NEED A DOCTOR, BUT THE SICK. I HAVE NOT COME TO CALL THE RIGHTOUS, BUT THE SINNERS.’’
MARK 2:13-17
JESUS WENT UP ON A MOUNTAINSIDE AND CALLED TO HIM THOSE HE WANTED, AND THEY CAME TO HIM. HE APPOINTED TWELVE---DESIGNATING THEM APOSTLES---THAT THEY MIGHT BE WITH HIM AND THAT HE MIGHT SEND THEM OUT TO PREACH AND TO HAVE AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT DEMONS.
MARK 3:13-15
THE APOSTLES GATHERED AROUND JESUS AND REPORTED TO HIM ALL THEY HAD DONE AND TAUGHT. THEN, BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE WERE COMING AND GOING THAT THEY DID NOT EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO EAT, HE SAID TO THEM, ‘’COME WITH ME BY YOURSELVES TO A QUIET PLACE AND GET SOME REST.’’ SO THEY WENT AWAY BY THEMSELVES IN A BOAT TO A SOLITARY PLACE. BUT MANY WHO SAW THEM LEAVING RECOGNIZED THEM AND RAN ON FOOT FROM ALL THE TOWNS AND GOT THERE AHEAD OF THEM. WHEN JESUS LANDED AND SAW A LARGE CROWD, HE HAD COMPASSION ON THEM, BECAUSE THEY WERE LIKE SHEEP WITHOUT A SHEPHERD. SO HE BEGAN TEACHING THEM MANY THINGS.
MARK 6:30-34
JESUS SAID TO THEM, ‘’ONLY IN HIS HOMETOWN, AMONG HIS RELATIVES AND IN HIS OWN HOUSE IS A PROPHET WITHOUT HONOR.’’ HE COULD NOT DO ANY MIRACLES THERE, EXCEPT LAY HIS HANDS ON A FEW SICK PEOPLE AND HEAL THEM. AND HE WAS AMAZED AT THEIR LACK OF FAITH. THEN JESUS WENT AROUND TEACHING FROM VILLAGE TO VILLAGE. CALLING THE TWELVE TO HIM, HE SENT THEM OUT TWO BY TWO AND GAVE THEM AUTHORITY OVER EVIL SPIRITS. THESE WERE HIS INSTRUCTIONS: ‘’TAKE NOTHING FOR THE JOURNEY EXCEPT A STAFF---NO BREAD, NO BAG, NO MONEY IN YOUR BELTS. WEAR SANDALS BUT NOT AN EXTRA TUNIC. WHENEVER YOU ENTER A HOUSE, STAY THERE UNTIL YOU LEAVE THAT TOWN. AND IF ANY PLACE WILL NOT WELCOME YOU OR LISTEN TO YOU, SHAKE THE DUST OFF YOUR FEET WHEN YOU LEAVE, AS A TESTIMONY AGAINST THEM.’’ THEY WENT OUT AND PREACHED THAT PEOPLE SHOULD REPENT. THEY DROVE OUT MANY DEMONS AND ANOINTED MANY SICK PEOPLE WITH OIL AND HEALED THEM.
MARK 6:4-12
FOR YOU WERE ONCE DARKNESS, BUT NOW YOU ARE LIGHT IN THE LORD. LIVE AS CHILDREN OF LIGHT FOR THE FRUIT OF THE LIGHT CONSISTS IN ALL GOODNESS, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH AND FIND OUT WHAT PLEASES THE LORD. HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FRUITLESS DEEDS OF DARKNESS, BUT RATHER EXPOSE THEM. FOR IT IS SHAMEFUL EVEN TO MENTION WHAT THE DISOBEDIENT DO IN SECRET. BUT EVERYTHING EXPOSED BY THE LIGHT BECOMES VISIBLE, FOR IT IS LIGHT THAT MAKES EVERYTHING VISIBLE. THIS IS WHY IT IS SAID: ‘’WAKE UP, O SLEEPER, RISE FROM THE DEAD, AND CHRIST WILL SHINE ON YOU.’’ BE VERY CAREFUL, THEN, HOW YOU LIVE---NOT AS UNWISE BUT AS WISE, MAKING THE MOST OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE THE DAYS ARE EVIL. THEREFORE DO NOT BE FOOLISH, BUT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LORD’S WILL IS. DO NOT GET DRUNK ON WINE, WHICH LEADS TO DEBAUCHERY.
( SEDUCE, CORRUPT, PERVERT, DEMORALIZE )
INSTEAD, BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT. SPEAK TO ONE ANOTHER WITH PSALMS, HYMNS, AND SPIRITUAL SONGS. SING AND MAKE MUSIC IN YOUR HEART TO THE LORD, ALWAYS GIVING THANKS TO GOD THE FATHER FOR EVERYTHING, IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUSCHRIST. SUBMIT TO ONE ANOTHER OUT OF REVERENCE FOR CHRIST.
EPHESIANS 5:8-21
BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS AND SELFCONTROL.
GALATIANS 5:22
Monday, December 8, 2008
In Your Light We See Light
Who is God that He is mindful of man? In these last days, God is revealing His thoughts to His servants (the prophets and pastors, who have been qualified by walking in His Light) who in turn will shine their light on us, not only to give us direction to remove all darkness off us and give us knowledge and understanding about His Light, but also to tell us about things that are about to happen. God’s servants are here to put light on the inside of people through His Word, so that God, the Light can then place His Spirit in us to speak to our souls.
Who is God that He is mindful of man? God, through His Son--who is the radiance of God's glory, is speaking, watching us and following us through the leadership of His servants, to whom He has given charge over different flocks. Without light nothing lives, it is the Son’s radiance (God’s glory—God’s light) that makes us (the redeemed) grow. God has a master plan that compels us to fellowship with the Light and to get rid of all darkness in our lives. Whoever lives by the truth will come into the light of God and will have favor overtake them, because God The Light will follow them constantly.
But for evil men, the day of the Lord will be darkness, not light-- pitch darkness without a ray of brightness. Since God’s servants are light, in the day of The Lord, God will pull all of His servants out of the world. There will be no revelation or understanding for the wicked to hear. They will have no direction from God, they will perish, die and suffer. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world. It is a new day, where even in darkness, Light dawns for the upright. God’s servants are sharing God’s bailout plan for the redeemed of the Lord—the upright generation. With our whole bodies full of light, completely lighted with His Light, we are put on the right path.
For with you is the fountain of life; In your light we see light. Psalm 36:9
GUIDED BIBLE STUDY:
Psalm 37:9-10
Psalm 36:1-9
Job 24:13-19
Isaiah 5:20
Amos 5:18-20
Job 33:28-30
Psalm 112:4
Luke 11:33-36
John 1:1-8
1 John 1:5-7
John 3:19-21
Psalm 119:5
Psalm 119:130
Isaiah 2:5
Ephesians 5:8-14
Who is God that He is mindful of man? God, through His Son--who is the radiance of God's glory, is speaking, watching us and following us through the leadership of His servants, to whom He has given charge over different flocks. Without light nothing lives, it is the Son’s radiance (God’s glory—God’s light) that makes us (the redeemed) grow. God has a master plan that compels us to fellowship with the Light and to get rid of all darkness in our lives. Whoever lives by the truth will come into the light of God and will have favor overtake them, because God The Light will follow them constantly.
But for evil men, the day of the Lord will be darkness, not light-- pitch darkness without a ray of brightness. Since God’s servants are light, in the day of The Lord, God will pull all of His servants out of the world. There will be no revelation or understanding for the wicked to hear. They will have no direction from God, they will perish, die and suffer. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world. It is a new day, where even in darkness, Light dawns for the upright. God’s servants are sharing God’s bailout plan for the redeemed of the Lord—the upright generation. With our whole bodies full of light, completely lighted with His Light, we are put on the right path.
For with you is the fountain of life; In your light we see light. Psalm 36:9
GUIDED BIBLE STUDY:
Psalm 37:9-10
Psalm 36:1-9
Job 24:13-19
Isaiah 5:20
Amos 5:18-20
Job 33:28-30
Psalm 112:4
Luke 11:33-36
John 1:1-8
1 John 1:5-7
John 3:19-21
Psalm 119:5
Psalm 119:130
Isaiah 2:5
Ephesians 5:8-14
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
God Has Spoken
Everything has a time and a season. In this new day, everyone is going into something, which are going to be revealed to both the wicked and the righteous generations, because God is shifting both. God is going to either bless or curse people. It will be holy in the house of Jacob--a fire; in the house of Joseph it will be a flame; but in the house Esau, it will be stubble! The Lord has spoken! We need to hold onto God’s teachings and stand firm in His Word: Being like-minded having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose; fearing no evil, for God is with us. Once this takes place, the power of God will fall upon us like the disciples in Acts. Without love, there is nothing because God is love. Think about others and not of your own selfish ambition. If you see God, you will receive a blessing from God. Word from God: For the righteous, we are about to possess something supernatural from God if we are obedient and follow His commands, then
“The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet”.
Romans 16:20
Power Scripture: "If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.”
Phil 2:1-4
GUIDED BIBLE STUDY:
Matthew 6:9
Deuteronomy 31:30
Deuteronomy 32:1-14
Deuteronomy 32:15-24
Deuteronomy 30:15-20
Matthew 6:24
Monday, December 1, 2008
The Devil Is Prowling Around
The devil’s job is only to steal, kill and destroy. He wants to steal our joy, happiness and the Word that is planted in us. Today, he has caused division in the church. Every kingdom, every city, every household divided will not stand. If we fight against each other, we are divided. Division will destroy the path of God that is designed to bring on the supernatural, miracles, signs and wonders. If someone is not doing right in our eyes, who are we to judge people’s faults? We need to let God deal with them. When we judge them, this causes division derived from judgment, a lack of love, and separation from the body. Without love, God’s power is not present.
God appeals to us to agree with one another in mind and thought, so that there is no division in the church. God says if we hear God and if we listen carefully to what He says about division; He will be an enemy to our enemies (the devil) and oppose those (the devil) who oppose us. God will be our shield and our great reward against the devil’s schemes. However, if you continue to deliberately not listen to God--through the message carried by those leaders called by God-- then the only thing you have left is judgment, and it is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the Lord. Jesus commands us to love each other as Jesus has loved you. Greater love has no one than this that he lay down his life for his friends. “This is my command: Love each other”.
John 15:17
GUIDED BIBLE STUDY:
1 Corinthians 3:1-3
1 Corinthians 1:10-11
Matthew 12:25-28
Acts 14:4-6
Acts 14:8-10
Exodus 23:20-22
Genesis 15:1
Deuteronomy 33:12
John 10:10
Proverbs 6:30-31
Ephesians 4:1-4
Ephesians 4:16
Ephesians 6:10-12
1 Peter 5:8-10
Hebrews 4:12-13
Ephesians 6:17
Proverbs 30:5-6
God appeals to us to agree with one another in mind and thought, so that there is no division in the church. God says if we hear God and if we listen carefully to what He says about division; He will be an enemy to our enemies (the devil) and oppose those (the devil) who oppose us. God will be our shield and our great reward against the devil’s schemes. However, if you continue to deliberately not listen to God--through the message carried by those leaders called by God-- then the only thing you have left is judgment, and it is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the Lord. Jesus commands us to love each other as Jesus has loved you. Greater love has no one than this that he lay down his life for his friends. “This is my command: Love each other”.
John 15:17
GUIDED BIBLE STUDY:
1 Corinthians 3:1-3
1 Corinthians 1:10-11
Matthew 12:25-28
Acts 14:4-6
Acts 14:8-10
Exodus 23:20-22
Genesis 15:1
Deuteronomy 33:12
John 10:10
Proverbs 6:30-31
Ephesians 4:1-4
Ephesians 4:16
Ephesians 6:10-12
1 Peter 5:8-10
Hebrews 4:12-13
Ephesians 6:17
Proverbs 30:5-6
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
It’s A New Day, It’s A New Generation, It’s A New Season
The season has shifted. It is all about God’s business now. God listens only to the Godly man who does the will of God. God’s will is in Christ Jesus. Jesus had to die for the will to be in force. We were willed, called chosen and predestined to be here in the sanctuary, our place of refuge, which God designed and gave careful instructions on how we are to minister to Him. In Christ, God’s will has come in force. God loved us all so much that He gave Jesus to die, so that His will would come to pass. Jesus died so we could have the abundant life. God’s will has been finalized. Once you see with your spiritual eyes you see and hear what the Spirit sees and says—your language becomes the Word of God. Jesus had to die. And Jesus was the deposit for our future. The way church used to be will not work anymore. We need to minister and reverence God Today, in this new day, in this new generation and in this new season!
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16
GUIDED BIBLE STUDY:
1 Thessalonians 5:16
Psalm 73:2
Psalm 73:16
Ezekiel 43:5-6
Ezekiel 43:10-13
Exodus 15:17
Ezekiel 44:15-17
Ezekiel 44:19
Psalm 20:2
1 Thessalonians 5:16
Romans 12:2
Galatians 1:3-4
Ephesians 1:3-6
Ephesians 1:9-14
Hebrews 9:15-18
Colossians 1:9-14
John 9:31
Matthew 7:21
John 6:37-40
Matthew 12:46-50
Mark 10:28-31
Ezekiel 12:21-28
1 Thessalonians 5:12-14
Luke 12:46-48
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
Hebrews 10:26-39
1 John 5:13-15
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16
GUIDED BIBLE STUDY:
1 Thessalonians 5:16
Psalm 73:2
Psalm 73:16
Ezekiel 43:5-6
Ezekiel 43:10-13
Exodus 15:17
Ezekiel 44:15-17
Ezekiel 44:19
Psalm 20:2
1 Thessalonians 5:16
Romans 12:2
Galatians 1:3-4
Ephesians 1:3-6
Ephesians 1:9-14
Hebrews 9:15-18
Colossians 1:9-14
John 9:31
Matthew 7:21
John 6:37-40
Matthew 12:46-50
Mark 10:28-31
Ezekiel 12:21-28
1 Thessalonians 5:12-14
Luke 12:46-48
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
Hebrews 10:26-39
1 John 5:13-15
Monday, November 24, 2008
Test And Approve God’s Will
Praise the lord, o my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the lord, o my soul, and forget not all his benefits---who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, and redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Psalm 103:1-5
We each have a being (soul) and an innermost being (spirit) that has been wonderfully and beautifully created by God, who put His law in our minds and wrote them on our hearts. As we begin to renew our minds to know that our being is a Godly spirit, then we will be able to know that God’s good, pleasing and perfect will for our personal lives is good. God’s seed (the Word) is planted in our being, and as it hits the ground, rain is immediately being poured from God to bring increase in our lives, TODAY! Our time is NOW! God’s spirit comes into you and gives you a deep revelation of Him. God’s Spirit is speaking to our beings: we can rest in the promise that things created by men are being shaken, but things created by God will remain, as we stay connected to His Spirit. Through faith and patience, we will receive God’s inheritance. God has given His ultimate bailout plan to the generation of the upright: The Blood, His Name and His Word.
GUIDED BIBLE STUDY:
Revelation 5:11
Psalm 103:1-5
Psalm 139:13-16
Proverbs 20:27
Proverbs 23:16
Isaiah 66:1-2
Ezekiel 43:5-6
Revelation 2:26-29
Romans 12:2
2 Corinthians 5:16-19
Hebrews 4:1-11
Hebrews 6:7-12
Proverbs 12:24
Proverbs 22:5
Proverbs 24:30-34
Proverbs 28:19-20
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
Can You Hear Me? ...I Am Speaking
We have eyes and do not see, and we have ears but do not hear. God does speak. He will speak through changing the color of the leaves to show us that He is changing seasons in the weather, in our lives and in our church, which will show us times. We need to hear God now because our new season is changing and we need to hear His direction. He changes things to happen so people who have ears to hear will hear. When you hear God, your life changes. God is doing something unusual now; He is causing things to happen around the world (fires in California; earthquakes/cyclones/tsunamis in Indonesia to happen). God’s wrath is being revealed. He says: In just a few minutes I will cut off my Word. The days are coming when they will not hear me. These are the End times!
Rhema Word: God assures us of regular weeks of harvest (Jer 5:24) (Did you just hear what God said? Blessed are your eyes that you see and blessed are your ears that you hear).
GUIDED BIBLE STUDY:
Amos 8:11-13
John 7:37-40
Acts 1:1-11
Isaiah 6:8-10
1 Corinthians 1:18-21
Jeremiah 5:20-25
Matthew 13:15-23
Matthew 13:10-14
1 Corinthians 1:27-31
Isaiah 43:8-10
Rhema Word: God assures us of regular weeks of harvest (Jer 5:24) (Did you just hear what God said? Blessed are your eyes that you see and blessed are your ears that you hear).
GUIDED BIBLE STUDY:
Amos 8:11-13
John 7:37-40
Acts 1:1-11
Isaiah 6:8-10
1 Corinthians 1:18-21
Jeremiah 5:20-25
Matthew 13:15-23
Matthew 13:10-14
1 Corinthians 1:27-31
Isaiah 43:8-10
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
God Is A Thinker!
God is a thinker and He knows everything! In the beginning, God chose us and devised a plan for each of us and nothing can thwart that plan from us if you heed His instructions. Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lords purpose that prevails. We have to involve God in our life, because He is the solid foundation in our lives. God can shift any thoughts of worries or anything that steals our joy, because if we let God take control of your life, He will lead us to prosperity.
The enemy is busy at work trying to pull people away (via distractions, interruptions, etc.) from listening to God’s instructions. We need to be really careful that we recognize when we are being pulled away. God will reveal the unsearchable things if you seek His voice which can be heard through a priest, who is a messenger from the Lord, and who has this unsearchable knowledge from God. The believers need to speak to the preachers, just as a wise son seeks his father’s instructions. However, If we reject the instructions, we are in fact, rejecting God. Therefore, accept the spiritual instructions spoken from the Man of God, whom God chose to reveal His thoughts. When the Man of God speaks, you should be able to feel God’s spirit talking to you.
GUIDED BIBLE STUDY:
Psalms 144:3
I Corinthians 2: 11-14
II Thessalonians 2:13-15
Isaiah 55:6-9
Proverbs 1:23-31
Proverbs 16:20-21
Exodus 24:12
Job 22:21-23
Deuteronomy 33: 1-4
Malachi 2: 6-7
Proverbs 4:1-4
Proverbs 8: 10-11
Proverbs 13:1
Proverbs 19: 20-21
Proverbs 19:27
II Thessalonians 3: 6-15
I Thessalonians 4: 8
I Corinthians 14:5-12
The enemy is busy at work trying to pull people away (via distractions, interruptions, etc.) from listening to God’s instructions. We need to be really careful that we recognize when we are being pulled away. God will reveal the unsearchable things if you seek His voice which can be heard through a priest, who is a messenger from the Lord, and who has this unsearchable knowledge from God. The believers need to speak to the preachers, just as a wise son seeks his father’s instructions. However, If we reject the instructions, we are in fact, rejecting God. Therefore, accept the spiritual instructions spoken from the Man of God, whom God chose to reveal His thoughts. When the Man of God speaks, you should be able to feel God’s spirit talking to you.
GUIDED BIBLE STUDY:
Psalms 144:3
I Corinthians 2: 11-14
II Thessalonians 2:13-15
Isaiah 55:6-9
Proverbs 1:23-31
Proverbs 16:20-21
Exodus 24:12
Job 22:21-23
Deuteronomy 33: 1-4
Malachi 2: 6-7
Proverbs 4:1-4
Proverbs 8: 10-11
Proverbs 13:1
Proverbs 19: 20-21
Proverbs 19:27
II Thessalonians 3: 6-15
I Thessalonians 4: 8
I Corinthians 14:5-12
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