Happy Birthday AMERICA…
July 4, 2009
We can say here in the South “Bible Belt” that we have not rejected God! We can also say that we are liars then… b/c the clear evidence is that God is not in our land as He so desires. THE CHURCH LOOKS NO DIFFERENT THAN THE WORLD. We have given ourselves over to the culture of sin that controls the world and we have not given ourselves to the culture of the Kingdom which Jesus Himself has called us into. WE DO NOT WALK IN POWER, b/c WE HAVE SOLD OUR BIRTHRIGHTS FOR A BOWL OF SOUP… THE PLEASURES OF THIS AGE!
We the “church’ live in compromise day after day lusting after the gods of this age, giving ourselves over to our flesh and the demons that come to steal God’s beautiful inheritance in us. We give ourselves to believing in eternal life and that we are gonna be ok. But now where does the Bible teach that this life is only about the coming age. Actually, it teaches about the now, the eternal life now of
John 17:3- this is eternal life that we would know God and Christ Jesus whom He has sent.
Eternal life is not quantitative, but qualitative. Eternal life is about encountering in the spirit the Eternal One. Beloved we were made to be encountered by God all the day of our lives. We have as humans are the only creation with the faculties to move in a intimate relationship with God. Where we are touched by a living Word a living Spirit and we commune with Him.
We have settled for a gospel that promotes life after death just like every other religion… but have missed out on life now. We are not here to live for ourselves and our fleshly ambitions, but to live for the Kingdom that we were born into. We were born again into a Kingdom to bring the Kingdom to earth. Is this not how Jesus taught us to pray… “Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven.”
The prayer is not so much about saying words, but us coming into agreement with the will of God being released upon the earth. That the Government of Heaven would be realized upon the earth changing the world for the Glory of God in Christ Jesus.
Sadly, the church looks no different than the world… she is eating and drinking from the same cup and table of sinners. We must begin to feast upon God, the knowledge of God and restore to the body of Christ all that we were intended to be in this age. THE LIGHT of God in darkness. God raise up burning and shinning lamps!
We have given up our inheritance in Christ, and in doing so have told Jesus that He can not have His inheritance in us. He is coming for a Bride who has made herself ready. He is coming in response to her cry, her intercessions for Him to come and take over the Kingdoms of the earth that she may reign with Him forever.
We must again come before our great God and His great Mercy and REPENT for our Idolatry. We must realize that repentance is not a “dirty” word. It is beautiful. It is actually taking seriously the precious blood of Jesus poured out for us. True Repentance comes at the Revelation of His Kindness… and it brings refreshing to us.
If my people who are called by my name humble themselves and repent… I will come and Heal their land.
O GOD COME AND HEAL OUR LAND… SEND YOUR RAINS… WASH US CLEAN OF OUR (AMERICAN) PRIDE, IDOLATRY, IMMORALITY, PERVERSION, GREED, GLUTTONY, INDEPENDENCE apart from you is only slavery to the kingdom of darkness… that is where we are living… WAKE UP AMERICA!!! HE IS COMING QUICKLY TO JUDGE THE NATIONS IN RIGHTEOUSNESS…
(JOEL 2 ) IS OUR ONLY REMEDY… PRAYER AND FASTING, WEEPING AND MOURNING, THAT HE WOULD TURN FROM JUDGMENT AND LEAVE A BLESSING.
MERCY TRIUMPHS OVER JUDGMENT… YOU WORD IS TRUE, MAY WE COME INTO AGREEMENT WITH YOUR DESIRE FOR MERCY!
July 6, 2009 at 9:02 pm
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July 15, 2009 at 9:23 pm
thanks Jess… God is incredible and we NEED HIM TO COME