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Team Tuesday - September 20, 2016

9/20/2016

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"And it shall come to pass
that whoever calls
on the name of the LORD shall be saved."
Joel 2:32
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“I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!”
Luke 12:49

 
John the Baptist prophesied of Jesus:
“And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees.
Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry.
 
“He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” Matthew 3:11-12
 
This is spiritual language!
 
What is bad fruit? The outgrowth of something that is contrary to the written will of God. What are the consequences to those who are boldly disobedient? The ax is laid to the root and that tree is cut down and thrown into the fire.
 
Who are those who are baptized with the Holy Spirit and fire?
These are members of the Body of Christ that have asked Jesus to baptize them in His Spirit!

Christ Loves The Church
Jesus Christ is the Head and He is presently at work cleaning His Church to present her to Himself glorious, without spot, wrinkle or blemishes. How? By the washing of His Word! (Ephesians 5:26-27) This cleansing of each member has a significant outcome: holiness!
 
They will be gathered together into His barn. Those that remain? Fire!
During the seven years of tribulation, the earth will experience a baptism of fire when the very heavens will be dissolved with fervent heat and then made knew. (2 Peter 3:12-13)
 
Autumn: A Change in Seasons
In the Spirit: A Prophetic Time!

Praying saints, there’s a shift taking place in the heavenlies. Be prepared to have that small flame within you turned up! His Church is being revived for … revival.
 
Just as the weather is beginning to change as we enter into the fall season, so also, we The Church, are beginning to rise up and take our place of authority in the spiritual realm.
 
On earth we are preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ across the land and into every nation. Jesus Christ is rallying His troops for the great revival that will usher in the world’s harvest. It’s all about the Holy Spirit who is in us being released as we obey and do Father’s will. Jeremiah cried, “… His word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones.”
 
What happens when that fire of His word is released from your mouth as a two-edged sword? (Ephesians 6:17)
 
What will happen when every member of Christ’s Body is releasing God’s Kingdom on earth through His Word? Selah
 
The Spirit of Truth or the spirit of lies …
Separating the Good Fruit from the Bad Fruit

One aspect taking place in us and all around is division.
That is a nasty word when it divides the brethren but a good thing when Jesus cleanses His Church of worldliness. We’re in the world but not of the world. (John 17:16)
 
We can accompany John’s prophetic words in Matthew 3:11-12 with The Parable of the Tares and Wheat. (Matthew 13:24-30) Jesus revealed that at the end of the age a separation would be taking place in the spiritual realm and the earthly realm.
 
“The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;
but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared.
 
“So the servants of the owner came and said to him,
‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’
 
“He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’ But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them.
 
“‘Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
(Matthew 13:24-30)
 
Jesus explained the parable in Matthew 13:37-43 in this manner.
The good seeds are the sons of the Kingdom.
The reapers are His angels.
They will gather out of His Kingdom
all things that offend,
and those who practice lawlessness,
to cast them into the furnace of fire.
 
“Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” (Matthew 13:43)
 
Are you listening dear one?
 
THE DARKNESS AND CORRUPTION OF SIN
I have seen so many things change in my lifetime. How about you? When I was a child growing up people knew right from wrong, and boundaries, for the most part, were respected. Over the past couple of years, the gap between right and wrong has widened considerably as darkness has permeated our land with lawlessness and corruption. Things that were hidden are being revealed and people are being drawn to take sides on what they believe, revealing what is in their hearts. We can even see how much the gap between the two political parties and their candidates for president have widened. It’s huge!
 
All of these things are a sign to people of faith, for Jesus told us in the gospels what was to come in the end days. As division separates darkness from light, those who stand for righteousness are increasing in holiness and in power. “He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.” (Revelation 22:11)
 
Holy Spirit is getting The Glorious Church ready for center stage to proclaim the gospel message with signs following!
 
“For I consider that the sufferings
of this present time
are not worthy
to be compared
with the glory
which shall be revealed in us.
For the earnest expectation
of the creation
eagerly waits
for the revealing of the sons of God.” (Romans 8:19)
 
We’re here to release the Kingdom of God!
“Thy Kingdom come, thy will by done on earth as it is in Heaven.”

 
What does the great harvest look like?
Imagine the Azusa Street Revival taking place in every city and every state of our nation. Imagine every nation on earth experiencing signs, wonders, and miracles.
 
“Then great multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at Jesus’ feet, and He healed them.  So the multitude marveled when they saw the mute speaking, the maimed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.” (Matthew 15:30-31)
 
Can you see that?

The lame, the blind, the mute, the maimed and many others healed by the power of God! Oh Saints, get ready. Let’s put prayer at the top of our priorities, for prayer lays the track that revival runs on.
 
PRAYING IN TONGUES: Tapping into the Power!
“For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries.” (1 Corinthians 14:2) “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations’?” (Mark 11:17)
 
Suggested Assignment
Kenneth Copeland did an excellent teaching on Praying in the Spirit. It is 22 minutes.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhnQfSrVU0w
 
Closing Comments
Jesus often left the multitudes and His disciples to get alone and pray.
How much more should we set time to be alone with Father for love and fellowship, for study in His Word, for direction, to be re-charged with His anointing, to set the course for the day, and so on? It is also our time to use His name and our authority to restore our cities and states through prayer.
 
What do you think Jesus was doing when He was alone on the mountain?
 
Always remember, Saints, humility is required for success in God’s Kingdom.
As power begins to increase, walk humbly with your God. (James 4:6-7)
 
PRAYER WITH PURPOSE
Pray for the voters in your state. Pray for the Pastors to be bold in the pulpit.
Check the Current Events page for new Prayer Events that I will be posting there.
 
JESUS CHRIST IS LORD
Over Your State … Over Your Nation
Pray for:   The Glorious Church   The Lost   Elected Leaders

 



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Team Tuesday - September 6, 2016

9/6/2016

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"Now the just shall live by faith."
Hebrews 10:38
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Are you in position to receive?
 
“Yes, I think so. Well, what do you mean exactly?”

 
“… as it is written:
‘Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared
for those who love Him.’
 
“But God has revealed them
to us through His Spirit.” (1 Corinthians 2:9-10)
 
“Well, how can I know them?”
The Apostle Paul said, “These things we speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches …” (1 Corinthians 2:13)
 
THE HOLY SPIRIT
The Holy Spirit has made His home in each of us.
He is teaching us all the time, but we need to be in a position to receive.
 
In the game of baseball, when a pitcher is on the mound warming up before the game, he throws the ball to the catcher. The catcher is in position, ready to receive. He is focused on the pitcher, watches the ball, and catches it in his baseball mitt.
 
What about receiving things in your spirit, where God’s Holy Spirit dwells?
 
We don’t exactly have something physical like a baseball mitt to catch what God is saying or what He wants to teach (reveal) to us.
 
How do we receive spiritual things?
How do we live in peace during turbulent times?
 
Look at the baseball catcher. He’s focused, watching the pitcher, making himself ready to receive. He’s bent down, watching, ready to catch what the pitcher is throwing to him.
 
LIVING BY THE SPIRIT
The just shall live by his faith in God.
The just shall seek their God daily.
The just have ears to hear what the Spirit is teaching in personal study time and from ministers who are anointed to teach.
The just shall walk in the Spirit…each day.
The just shall live in the Spirit…by doing His Word. (Galatians 5:25)
 
The just (justified) shall abide in Christ where every spiritual blessing is located, in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 1:3)
 
“Wow, that’s really deep.”
Yes, it is. And for God’s worldly child, those words will fly away over them like a bird.
 
“Why is that?”
 
The Apostle Paul put it this way: “You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.” (2 Corinthians 6:12)
 
Definition of Restrict: confine, constrain, suppress, thwart, squelch, obstruct, inhibit, limit, narrow, constrict
 
Your own affections, or what you desire more than God’s Word, prayer, or fellowship time alone with Father, will lead you away from the spiritual realm because the sense realm of what you can see, or what you can hear and touch, is taking preeminence.
 
In other words, the flesh is dominating your lifestyle because you get more of a “buzz” from that realm.
 
If that is allowed to continue it will bear the nasty fruit of closing off your ability to hear Kingdom ways and will lead to a hardened heart which is unbelief.
 
Imagine how awful it would be not to be able to get close to Father because of your own affections for other things.
 
“For those who live according to the flesh
set their minds on the things of the flesh,
but those who live according to the Spirit,
the things of the Spirit.
 
“For to be carnally minded is death,
but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God;
for it is not subject to the law of God,
nor indeed can be.
So then, those who are in the flesh
cannot please God.” (Romans 8:5-8)
 
YOUR HEART
Jesus pulled back the veil and gave us a revealing look at the heart in His teaching on the Parable of The Sower. It’s the way God’s Kingdom operates and it is vital that we understand this. (See our last Bible Lesson)
 
In this teaching Jesus referred to the heart as ground.
The same seed (God’s holy Word) came upon the surface of four different kinds of ground. The only seed that was able to enter into the ground and produce fruit was the good ground … or the good heart.
 
EXAMPLES
God delivered the children of Israel from being slaves in Egypt. His desire was to bless them by giving them the good land of Canaan. One leader from each of the twelve tribes was chosen to go and spy out the land. Ten came back with an evil report. “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.” (Numbers 13:31)
 
Two leaders, Caleb and Joshua, had a different perspective.
“Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it… their protection has departed from them and the LORD is with us. Do not fear them.” (Numbers 13:30 & 14:9)
 
What’s going on here?
Ten said we can’t do this, two said we can.
Jesus said, “…a tree is known by its fruit.” Read Matthew 12:33-37.
 
We can hear what is in the heart of the ten leaders as they expressed the fear of not being able to do this. God was not in the picture at all. They only saw the giants and fortified cities. Fear gained access in their empty hearts.
 
The other two leaders declared what was in their heart. They had the spirit of faith.
 
“God is with us; let us go up at once!”
 
FAITH PLEASES GOD
Why? Because it is how He is able to get His will into the earth to bring His goodness!
 
“Yeah, but God is always in control to do what He wants to do.
After all, He is sovereign you know!”

 
Really?
Did Israel go in and take the land as God desired?
No, that generation all died in the wilderness!
 
Ten men infected with the spirit of fear released the spirit of unbelief upon millions of God’s children. “We were like grasshoppers …”
 
As the people received the evil report they saw themselves and their children dying by the sword. They wept and cried all night. (Numbers 14:2-3)
 
SPIRITUAL LAW
What they believed in their hearts and spoke with their words they received.
  
“Say to them, ‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above.’” (Numbers 14:28-29)
 
“But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it.”
 
God is the rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. (Hebrews 11:6)
 
INFLUENCE
We can see from Israel’s example how ten leaders diverted God’s will from being done. They were not in position to receive because they did not believe God was with them.
 
Definition of Influence: the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, of others; a person or thing that exerts influence
 
What will influence you today?
How much worldly influence is affecting or infecting you?
Are your own affections keeping you out of the spiritual realm?
Are busyness and distractions pushing you away from personal time with God?
Are you becoming dull of hearing? (Hebrews 5:11)
Is your heart becoming hardened?
Is it difficult to understand Godly teaching lately?

PRESENT DAY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE LORD
“Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:
‘Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
In the day of trial in the wilderness,
Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me,
And saw My works forty years.
Therefore I was angry with that generation,
And said, “They always go astray in their heart,
And they have not known My ways.”
So I swore in My wrath,
“They shall not enter My rest.” ’ ”
 
“Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God …” (Hebrews 3:7-12)
 
Living Each Day in a Position to Receive

This requires your attention every day.
Keep your eyes focused on THE PITCHER with your heart ready to catch what He has to say and what He wants to do. Be good ground!
 
CLOSING WORDS
“Do not worry … But seek first the kingdom of God …” (Matthew 6:33)
“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.”
(John 15:5)
 
PRAYER WITH PURPOSE:
September – October 2016
Saints, we’re in a new season, a prophetic time!

The Head of the Church is leading us to victory. Do your part.
PRAY! He’ll do His part.

 
Pray for your state. Pray for the voters.
Pray for the Glorious Church to get out and vote for the candidate and platform that stands for life and Godly principles. Pray for the Pastors in your state to be bold.

 
Remember Joshua and Caleb. “We are well able to overcome … Do not fear them. God is with us!” Our vote is one way we are to take the land.
 
I have a new resource for you called: CURRENT EVENTS

 
 


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