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Tuesday, 31 December 2013

Fear Not

Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ (Isaiah 41:10 NKJV)

Thursday, 12 December 2013

For or Against


fororagainst-inIf I look at a woman with lustful intentions, then I am against Jesus.
If I swear an oath, even if it is by heaven, then I am against Jesus.
If I do not turn the other cheek, then I am against Jesus.
If I do not love or pray for my enemies, then I am against Jesus.
If I do not forgive – not just seven times, but 70 times seven times, then I am against Jesus.
If I do not get baptised and am unfaithful with my tithes, then I am against Jesus.
If I do not love God above ALL things, I am against Jesus.
Nobody, in his or her right mind, would dare say: “I am against Jesus!”
…Only the devil would do this.
However, those who do not obey the Word of Jesus have been against Him.
And this is why many find themselves on the same level as the devil.
THEY ARE AGAINST THE WORD OF GOD.
The Lord Jesus said, “He who is not with Me is against Me.” (Matthew 12.30)
Being with Jesus is to live by His Word, which means to obey His Word.
Being against Jesus is to be against His Word, which means to disobey His Word.
And you, are you ‘for’ or ‘against’ the Lord Jesus?

Wednesday, 27 November 2013

I want it, I want it, I want it…

I want it, I want it, I want it…
I want the baptism in the Holy Spirit, but I also want to enjoy the “joy of the flesh”: That’s impossible.

I want a new life, but I do not want to quit partying and the night life: That’s impossible.

I want the fulfillment of the prophecy: life more abundant, but I also want to be “free” to do as I please: That’s impossible.

I want to take possession of the Promised Land, but I do not want to cross over the Jordan river, overcome the walls of Jericho, let alone confront the intruders who are already there: That’s impossible.

I want to graduate, but I do not want to study hard: That’s impossible.

I want to make money and live a peaceful life, but I don’t want to work hard: That’s impossible.

I want to be married and happy, but I don’t want to follow God’s advice nor obey His word: That’s impossible.

I want to live by faith but I don’t want to sacrifice: That’s impossible.

I want to have it all but I don’t want to pay the price: That’s impossible.

I want a bountiful harvest, but I do not want to sow: That’s impossible.
 I want an omelet, but I do not want to crack the egg shell: That’s impossible.

“Nobody can make a fool out of God; whatever a man sows He will reap. Because the one who sows to his flesh, from the flesh will reap a curse. But the one who sows to the Spirit of God, from the Spirit of God will reap eternal life.” Galatians 6.7,8 (personal interpretation)

Wednesday, 20 November 2013

What is stronger Fasting, Prayer or Obedience?


I have been reading the book o Zechariah and I was meditating on the verses bellow:

"when the people[a] sent Sherezer,[b] with Regem-Melech and his men,to the house of God,[c] to pray before the Lord,and to ask the priests who were in the house of the Lord of hosts, and the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in the fifth month and fast as I have done for so many years?”
Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, “Say to all the people of the land, and to the priests: ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months during those seventy years, did you really fast for Me—for Me? When you eat and when you drink, do you not eat and drink for yourselves?Should you not have obeyed the words which the Lord proclaimed through the former prophets when Jerusalem and the cities around it were inhabited and prosperous, and the South[d] and the Lowland were inhabited?’” Zechariah 7:2-7

God is saying to them, it would have been better that in these seventy years you had obeyed my commandments rather than fasting and weeping etc...

Prayer and Fasting are very important and strong but i believe there is no point in praying and fasting if we are not willing to act in obedience to God's word. 

God said to Joshua:

"Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. Joshua 1:7

Joshua did not need to pray to know the will of God.
He had already been given the direction, His will, faith.
What God expected from him was to do His will.
Joshua only needed to act out the will of God.
Nothing more.
This is what faith is!
It is putting into practice the will of God.

Taking possession of the Promised Land was not accomplished through prayer, but through the action of faith.
Joshua had to confront his enemies, risk his life and those of his soldiers, to overcome them and taken possession of that which God had already gotten tired of promising.
Even so, Joshua had to go out and fight to take possession of the promise.

Imagine if he had only prayed and waited on God…
He would have been easily beaten by his enemies;
And the fulfillment of the dream of God would never have been accomplished.
This is what has happened to the majority of Christians.
They wait for God to do what they need to do.