One On One #24

     I encourage every believer to have a one on One relationship with the Lord. Many don't even know that this is possible, because they've been taught that this sort of relationship is "only for the leaders or special persons in the Church."  What we've lost in our understanding about this, is that all these "supernatural things are for those who believe," according to Mark16:17-20.

    For centuries, the Church has been losing sight of the supernatural Church, becoming just "natural." We've been told that "these things have passed away, are not for us today, and you never know what God can do." The Supernatural is what makes the Church, the Church. When you remove the supernatural from the Church, we become just another religion. Like the scribes and Pharisees, we've "made the Word of God to no effect, because of our traditions." We've been simply going through the motions.

    The existence of the Church, depends wholly on the supernatural power of God and His Word. No one can cast out a devil, without the supernatural. The dead cannot be raised to life, without the supernatural. The sick can't be healed, if we don't depend on the supernatural power of God. Jesus said in Mark16:17(Amp), "And these attesting signs will accompany those who believe; in My Name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages." These are supernatural signs that accompany those who understand the authority in and of His Name, which is the supernatural power of God Himself.

    Notice that Jesus didn't say, "These signs will only accompany the five-fold ministry." He said that they would accompany those who believe. One can be part of the five-fold ministry, but never see these accompany his/her ministry, because they don't believe in them. Jesus spoke about those He sent out to preach the Kingdom. They had been casting out devils and healing the sick. These weren't His disciples, but those who believed.  Luke10:21(Amp) tells us, "In that same hour He rejoiced and gloried in the Holy Spirit and said, I thank You Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that You have concealed these things relating to salvation from the wise and understanding and learned, and have revealed them to babes, the childish, unskilled and untaught. Yes Father, for such was You gracious will and choice and good pleasure."

    These people weren't the twelve disciples who spent so much time with Jesus, but they were people who heard Jesus speak and then believed what He said. Jesus sent out seventy others to go out ahead of His arrival, in order to prepare His way and prepare others with the news of His Kingdom. They displayed the Kingdom with supernatural signs that opened people's eyes. 

    Jesus said that, "These signs will follow those who believe." Do we still believe in these supernatural signs in the Church today? Or, have we become traditional like the scribes and Pharisees? Mark16:20(Amp) says, "And they went out and preached everywhere; while the Lord kept working with them and confirming the message by attesting signs and miracles that closely accompanied it. Amen, So be it." They simply followed Jesus' teaching and the supernatural took place everywhere they preached it. Jesus confirmed His Word by the signs and miracles as they preached it. Do we still preach the supernatural part of God's Word, other than just the new birth? The new birth is supernatural and it opens the door to all the supernatural power of God to set captives free. You'll probably suffer persecution from many, even believers, for operating in the supernatural. So did Jesus and those who believed. Are we to please the Father or please mankind? Has God lost His ability to still do what He said or have we lost sight of His ability to act on His Word? We must spend time with the Lord in the Spirit and listen to His directions.

One On One #23

    Jesus said in Matt.6:21-23(Amp), "Therefore do not worry and be anxious, saying, What are we going to eat? or What are we going to have to drink? or What are we going to wear? For the Gentiles (heathens) wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things, and your Heavenly Father knows well that you need them all. But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His Kingdom and His Righteousness (His way of doing and being right) and then all these taken together will be given you besides."

    You might ask, "Well, what is God's way of doing and being right?" God's way is according to His Word and His covenant. His righteousness can only be found in Jesus Christ, Who has become our very righteousness, according to Rom.3:21-22(Amp) which says, "But now the Righteousness of God has been revealed independently and altogether apart from the Law, although actually it is attested by the Law and the Prophets. Namely, the Righteousness of God which comes by believing with personal trust and confident reliance on Jesus Christ (the Messiah), and it is meant for all who believe. For there is no distinction."

    This is God's way of being right or righteous. We've tried being righteous by our own works for many years, and like those in the old covenant, we're unable to keep all the Law by our own efforts. Paul was inspired by the Holy Spirit to write in Rom.3:10(Amp), saying, "As it is written, None is righteous, just and truthful and upright and conscientious, no not one." Only Jesus could fulfill the Law.

    Jesus said in Matt.5:12,17(Amp), "Do not think that I have come to do away with or undo the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to do away with or undo but to complete and fulfill them." Until Jesus came as our Sacrifice, none could ever complete or fulfill the Law, because their entire spiritual nature was born of the seed of Adam. Rom.5:12(Amp) says, "Therefore, as sin came into the world through one man and death as the result of sin, so death spread to all men, no one being able to stop it or escape its power, because all men sinned." Paul continues in Verse 17, saying, "For if because of one man's trespass, lapse, offence, death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive God's overflowing Grace (unmerited favor) and the free Gift of Righteousness, putting them into right standing with Himself to reign as kings in life, through the One Man, Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One)."

     God has made us sons and daughters of His family. Like He provided for Adam and Eve before the fall, Jesus restored us back to the Father in perfect righteousness and under His provision again. We have covenant with God through the Blood covenant of Jesus, the Blessing of Abraham has come on us now. Gal.3:14(Amp) says, "To the end that through their receiving Christ Jesus, the Blessing promised to Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, so that we through faith might all receive the realization of the Promise of the Holy Spirit."

    Read what the Holy Spirit promised to Abraham. God provided for Abraham throughout his life and beyond, until Jesus and now to us by faith in the Promise. "God watches over His Word to perform it," according to Jer.1:12(Amp). This includes your healing, care, entrance into His Presence, and the wholeness of His Blessing for whatever you put your hand too to prosper.  

One On One #22

     Ps.32:8(Amp) says, "I, the Lord, will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go. I will  counsel you with My eye upon you."

    I'm not looking for general relationship with God. I'm seeking a personal relationship and one on One time with Him. It's one thing to know the general Word of God for His people, but it's wholly different having a personal relationship with Him and know His Word for you. Many believers have never come to know the Voice of the Lord for their own lives. Jesus said, "My sheep know My Voice," in John10:47.

    There are stories all over the air waves about the two hurricanes that hit the south. People were asked, "How did you survive?" Their testimony was, "I heard God's Voice and He told me what to do." Many testimonies from 911 say, "I heard God's Voice telling me not to go to work that morning." Other survivors say, "God gave me directions on how to get out of the building." No doubt, some Christians sadly perished that day and didn't know God's Voice for themselves.

     Did God favor one over another? No. He no doubt, He spoke to all, but some didn't hear His Voice or recognize it. Jesus said about some, "Having ears they don't hear, and having eyes they don't see." They all had eyes and ears, but they weren't in tune with Him. Many don't go beyond being saved and living right, because that's all they've known. This is right and good in God's sight, but He wants to have a personal relationship with His children. Paul tells us in Rom.12:2(Amp), "Be transformed by the renewal of your minds, that you may know what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God for our lives." God has a plan for every child in His family and for our lives. It falls on us to seek and listen to His Voice at all times, so we can all walk in the paths that He prepared for us.

     We're not called to the five-fold ministry, but that doesn't mean we haven't been called to specific things. Listening to God's Voice as He speaks to us in our daily lives, can make the difference between life and death. Many Floridians are deciding whether they will stay or evacuate, in the midst of Hurricane Milton. Hearing from Him could determine whether they stay or go. They must know confidently whose voice they're listening too.

    Even as a Christian, you may certainly to on to be with the Lord in Heaven, but is that what He planned for you? Don't just walk with Him in a general form of religion, but seek to walk with Him as your own Father. Jesus said in, John5:30(Amp), "I only do what I hear My Father say, and I only do what I see My Father do." This is a One on One walk with God and what He desires for us. This relationship is what Jesus came to bring not only to us, but to our Father. This was always the desire of God's Heart. When we ignore the open door into His Presence, grieves His Heart, because He loves us so much. The joy of being Father is lost to Him, when we don't spend time in fellowship with Him and seeking His plan for us.

    In 1John1:3-7(Amp), John writes, "What we have seen, and ourselves heard, we are also telling you, so that you too may realize and enjoy fellowship as partners and partakers with us. And this fellowship that we have which is a distinguishing mark of Christians is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ (the Messiah).  And we are now writing these things to you so that our joy in seeing you included may be full and your joy may be complete. And this is the Message of Promise which we have heard from Him and now are reporting to you; God is Light, and there is no darkness in Him at all, no, not in any way. So if we say we are partakers together and enjoy fellowship with Him. When we live and move in darkness, we are both speaking falsely and do not live and practice the Truth, which the Gospel presents. But if we really are living and walking in the Light, as He Himself is in the Light, we have true, unbroken fellowship with one another, and the Blood of Jesus Christ, His Son cleanses and removes us from all sin and guilt (keeps us cleansed from sin in all its forms and manifestations)."

    Notice, the above scripture doesn't say that they have darkness in them, but "they are in darkness." Many have been taught dark things about God and how He deals with His children. When you walk in the darkness of those things, it's hard to have unbroken fellowship with the Lord, because you don't really know Him. Even while living in exile, John maintained a relationship with God. Remember that John is called, "the disciple Jesus loved." The Light John walked in, is the same Light he writes about, that we might have a distinguishing mark as Christians. This comes by spending time with Him in one on One fellowship.

One On One #21

    Many Christians still don't know what God's will is for their lives. They believe that God will put sickness and disease on them, in order to teach them something or to discipline them. Gal.3:13-14(Amp) tells us, "Christ purchased our freedom, redeeming us from the Curse (doom) of the Law, and its condemnation, by Himself becoming a curse for us, for it is written in the scriptures, Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (is crucified)." Deut.21:14(Amp) says, "To the end that through their receiving Christ Jesus, the Blessing promised to Abraham might come on the Gentiles, so we all through faith might all receive the Promise of the Holy Spirit."

    2Cor.1:20(Amp) tells us, "For as many as are the Promises of God, they all find their Yes answer in Him (Christ). For this reason we also utter the Amen (so be it) to God through Him (in His Person and by His Agency) to the glory of God." Do we know what God's Promises are? Do we understand the Blessing of Abraham that has come upon us? Do we truly understand what being redeemed from the Curse of the Law means? These are Promises God has made and all His Promises are "Yes and Amen to His praise and glory."

    We can read about God's Promises made through the old covenant and Israel,and now to us through Jesus in the Old Testament. Gal. 3:16-18(Amp) tells us that the Blessing came before the Law. This Promise was actually made to Jesus and Abraham by faith, could walk in it until Jesus (to Whom the Promises was made) came. Now through faith in Jesus, these Promises and Blessings are ours in Him.

    Many read the about the old covenant without understanding that those people were still under the Law and not under the Sacrifice Lamb of God, Who perfectly fulfilled the Law and the Prophets. Jesus said in Matt.5:27-28(Amp), "I come not to do away with the Law, but to fulfill all of the Law and the Prophets." We must go before the Lord one on One, seeking His Truth, instead of what others say. Jesus told the Scribes and Pharisees that they had made God's Word of no affect, because of their traditions. They were following tradition with no understanding or Truth in what they were doing.

    We sometimes get in a rut in our Christian life and do the same things over and over again, without faith in what we're doing. That doesn't mean we're not doing what The Bible says, but we're not believing or expecting it to work. It's just tradition. We've all heard about the Blood of Jesus, the Cross and the Resurrection, but we've lost the Truth of it's Power for believers today.

    These things are all part of the Promise and they're all still "Yes and Amen," in Christ Jesus. When we come before the Father in search of Truth, we need to seek out His Blessing and Promises that are ours today in Jesus. Our walk with the Father would be so much greater and we'll grow closer to Him, when we take time to seek Him. This is already our for while we're still here on earth, not for Heaven. This is where the Curse is, not in Heaven. This is where we need to know that Jesus fulfilled the Law for us and the Blessing is ours through Him. We need to know that Jesus purchased all for us on Calvary's cross. It was important enough for Jesus to die for if and it should be important enough for us to find out and accept what Christ did for us.

One On One #20

    When the ts Me hears prayer, He hears not only from a nation or people, but He hears our personal prayers. You're probably not praying for things in your own life, that aren't the same as I'm praying for. We need to hear from God, one on One, on a personal level. I might be praying for directions on what God  wants me to do for Him, while you're praying for someone to help with answers for our family. It's of upmost importance that we each hear from God about our specific need.

    Jesus says in John14:26(Amp), "But the Comforter, Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, Stand by, the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My Name (in My Place, to represent Me and act on My behalf. He will teach you all things, and He will cause you to recall (will remind you of, bring to your remembrance) everything I have told you." This isn't just for those who were with Jesus at that time, but is for all of us who have believed on Him from that time until now.

    One thing the Holy Spirit will bring to our remembrance is found in John10:14(Amp) where Jesus says, "I Am the Good Shepherd; and I know and recognize My own, and My own recognize Me." This is more than our just being saved. This is our coming to know Him in intimate fellowship and to know His heart and Word. We read from John17:3(Amp) what Jesus says about Eternal Life. Thus He said, "And this Eternal life, (it means) TO KNOW (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with and understand) You, the Only True and Real God, and (likewise) to know Him, Jesus (as the) Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah) Whom You have sent." 

    John writes about hearing from God through the Word and the Holy Spirit in 1John2:2B  saying, "But you have been anointed by (you hold a sacred appointment from, you have been given an unction from the Holy One, and you all know the Truth, or you know all things." Verse 27 says, "But as for you, the anointing, the sacred appointment, the unction which you received from Him, abides permanently in you; so then you have no need that anyone should instruct you. But just as His Anointing teaches you concerning everything and is True and is no falsehood, so you must abide in, live in, never depart from Him, knit to Him, just as His Anointing has taught you to do."

    Jesus made the way for us to not only be born-again, but to be able to pray to the Father and be heard by Him. Jesus made the way for us to know the Father, like Jesus knows Him. Jesus made the way for us to able to pray and be heard by the Father. Jesus made the way for us to be heard by the Father and through the Holy Spirit, to hear from the Father in everything.

    We need to make time to tune out the noise around and takes over our minds and attention, so we can learn to hear and recognize His Voice and instructions. Is.30:19-21(Amp) says, "All people who dwell in Zion at Jerusalem, you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will answer you. And though the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, Yet your Teacher will not hide Himself anymore, but your eyes will constantly behold your Teacher. And your ears will hear a Voice behind you, saying, This is the way; walk in it, when you turn to the right hand and when you turn to the left."

    The Prophet Isaiah is speaking by the Spirit in the time of our new covenant with the Jews and to all of nations. Jesus paid the price for all of us, and sent the Holy Spirit to all of us. Our Teacher will not hide Himself and our eyes will constantly behold Him and He will hear us. We will hear Him telling us which way to turn or what to do in our time of need.

     I call it "God's G.P.S." He has programmed out spirit by His Spirit and when we get off course, He will say, "Make a left turn and make the right turn to get back on course." If we programmed the G.P.S. in our car and pull into a gas station for fuel, then it will tell us we're off course and show us how to get back on course. The G.P.S . is very adamant and will not quit until we obey, even if we must make a legal U turn.

One On One #19

     James4:8(Amp) says, "Draw nigh unto God, and He will draw nigh to you." Drawing near to God is what one on One is all about. Many today have trouble knowing God's will for our lives. Much of this is a result of our hearing differing teachings and ministries. It's great to have our teachers and preachers in the Body of Christ, but it can't replace hearing directly from our Lord.

     Not all teachers and preachers agree on the things they preach. This doesn't mean they're not men/women of God and aren't saved, but it does mean that they're not all in one accord. Both can't be right, even though they might think they are. I don't believe that any man or woman of God would deliberately teach error to the church, but like all of us, they are still learning.

    When we hear something and aren't sure exactly what that means, then you must get before God and seek Him for ourselves. I've heard differing teachings, but I couldn't move on them until I got before God. Some know about God, while some "know God" and that's a big difference. Jesus said in John17:3(Amp), "And this Eternal Life; (it means) to know (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with, and understand) You, the Only True and Real God, and (likewise) to know Him, Jesus (as the) Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah) Whom You have sent." He taught His disciples in John15:26(Amp) saying, "But when the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, Stand by) comes; Whom I will sent to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth Who comes (proceeds) from the Father, He Himself will testify regarding Me." The Holy Spirit came on the Day of Pentecost. He testifies of Jesus and reveals Him to us. He is the Spirit of Truth.

    In John6:28-29(Amp), Jesus' follower asked Him, "What are we to do that we may (habitually) be working the works of God? (what are we to do to carry out what God requires?) Jesus replies, This is the work (service) that God asks of you; that you believe in the One Whom He has sent (that you cleave to, trust, rely on, have faith in His Messenger)." John8:19(Amp) says, "Then they said to Him, Where is this Father of Yours? Jesus answered, You know My Father as little as you know Me, if you knew Me you would know My Father also."

    Many believers have difficulty separating the God of the old covenant and the Father and Jesus of the new covenant. They are the same God, but the covenants are different. In the old covenant, people offered blood sacrifices of animals. Jesus' Blood Sacrifice changed the entire relationship and fellowship mankind has with the Father. "All things have passed away, behold, all things are made new." 

    Many believe that God is strict and puts sickness of His children, in order to teach or correct us. They read Heb:12:6-8(Amp) which says, "For the Lord corrects and disciplines everyone whom He loves; and punishes and even scourges everyone whom He accepts and welcomes to His Heart. You must submit to and endure correction for discipline, God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there whom the Father does not thus train and correct and discipline? Now if you are exempt from correction and left without discipline in which all of God's children share, then you illegitimate offspring and not true sons at all."  

   They need to keep reading in 2Tim.3:16(Amp) which says, "Every scripture is God Breathed (given by His Inspiration) and is profitable for instruction; for reproof and correction of error and discipline in obedience, and for training in righteousness, in holy living, in conformity to God's will in thought, purpose, and action."  When God disciplines His children today, He does so by His Word and His Spirit and not by calamity, sickness, or disease. This is why it's imperative that we come to know Him one to One. Then we can hear His Voice, walk in His Word, and avoid the pitfalls of the world and the enemy.

     Even though we are redeemed from the Curse of the Law, the Curse is still out there. When we are obedient to His Word, we can receive correction and discipline ourselves by hearing Him. Then we can walk in thought, purpose and action in God's will, at all times. This comes from spending one on One time with our Heavenly Spirit.

One On One #18

    Too many believers are trying to live by the Law and not by grace. Jesus taught His followers in Matt.5:17(Amp) saying, "Do not think that I have come to do away with or undo the Law of the prophets. I have come not to do away with or undo it but to complete and fulfill them." If you are in Christ Jesus, then in Him you have already fulfilled and completed the Law and the prophets. We are accounted as having done nothing against the Commandments of God, by Grace. Through Jesus, we're accounted as sinless and worthy of the entire Blessing of Abraham.

    Under the new covenant, we are the Blessed of the Lord by Christ Jesus. When we partake the Bread at the communion table, we now see that Jesus' body was broken and by it we are made whole. When we see the cup of the covenant, we're to see His Blood poured out for our healing and our wholeness as one body, the Body of Christ. Is.53 tells us how "Jesus bore all of our pain, punishment, chastisement, and the Curse on the cross." In Is.54 we see where God has said that Jesus' Sacrifice on the cross would remove all of God's wrath and rebuke from us forever. God said that this would be like "the waters of Noah," and He will never again do these things to us. Adam's transgression in the Garden brought spiritual separation from God. Jesus' Spiritual separation and His death on the cross and Resurrection made us new and born again from death. Now we have new Life with Jesus and the Father, as His Own family again.

    We now live our lives before God as if sin never has been. We remember the Blood that gives Life and healing to our natural bodies, until we receive our new body at the Resurrection. Gen.6:3(Amp) says, "Then the Lord said, My Spirit will not forever dwell and strive with man, for he also is flesh, but his days shall yet be 120 years."

    Under our new covenant, we have the Life of God living in our spirit and we have the Blood o Jesus to give Life to our flesh. This Promise is to all who will accept it and live by God's Word of Love. His Grace is more than enough and His Life within us by Jesus' Blood is more than enough. Lev.17:11-14(Amp) says, "The life of all flesh is in the blood." We now have the Blood of Jesus on the Mercy Seat in the Holy of Holies. It speaks on our behalf with health, healing and life for our natural bodies.

    Do Christians still get sick and even die, like non-Christians do? Yes, but it's mostly because we don't know or understand what the communion table is about. Paul wrote in 1Cor.11:30(Amp) "This is why some are sick, some are weak, and many have fallen asleep in death, because we didn't understand and judge by the cross our deliverance." 

    God made the way for us to live free and He doesn't get angry and punish us even when we miss it. His Grace and Mercy will always be available and ready every time we "come boldly to the Throne o Grace to receive Grace and Mercy in our time of need." We're like children who are still learning and growing in His Grace. We still make mistakes that only the Cross could remove. God's Grace is always there to help, according to 1John1:7(Amp) which says, "But if we are really living and walking in the Light, as He Himself is in the Light, we have true unbroken fellowship with one another and the Blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleansed us from sin in all its forms and understandings."

     "Walking in the Light as He is the Light, means we're learning and doing as God's Word of Light and the Love commandment instructs. We're to learn how to walk out God's Love walk, which is the Light as He is in the Light. Jesus' Blood will keep us out of and from everything else that the Light hasn't yet revealed to us. Ps.119:130(Amp) says, "The entrance and unfolding of Your Word gives Light, their unfolding gives understanding, and comprehension to the simple." We're children of God through Jesus and our new birth. We have only two commandments to follow. We're to love the Lord our God and love our neighbors as we love ourselves. Jesus said that everything else hinges on these two commandments. 1John1:7(Amp) tells us that even when we sin, "Confession and changing will restore fellowship with one another, and the Blood will still keep us and set us free."

    We're to practice the Love walk and everything else, from the Blessing and healing, will work in that Light. It will even prolong our days on this earth, if we want to live 120 years. I believe Jesus will be back way before that, but if not, we still have work to do down here.

One On One #17I

    Healing , the Blood and the Curse of the Law. How are these things tied together in our new covenant? We've heard about the Blood of Jesus and we've heard about our redemption, but what does this all mean to me in my personal walk with the Lord? 

    Lev.17:14(Amp) tells us, "As for the life of all flesh, the blood of it represents the life of it." The life of a lamb and the blood of it, could be received for the life of a man and cover him from death or the Curse of the Law, under the old covenant.  In the new covenant, Jesus' Blood and Sacrifice is received by the Father and not only covers but eradicates the Curse and its many applications on our behalf.

    The Spirit and its separation from the Father at Calvary, gave us Eternal Life and a new birth from death unto Life in Jesus. Our mortal bodies are still left vulnerable to the effects of the Curse. In Deut.28:15(Amp) God tells those in the old covenant, "Bu t if you will not obey the Voice of the Lord your God, being watchful to do all His commandments and statutes which I command you this day, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you." The rest of the chapter, is about how God will curse them. If the people violated God Laws, then the penalties would bring separation from the Blessing.

    Jesus said in Matt.5:16-17(Amp), "Do not think that I have come to do away with or undo the Law of the prophets; I have not come to do away with or undo but to complete and fulfill them. For truly I tell you, until the sky and the earth pass away and and perish, not one smallest letter nor one little hook (identifying certain Hebrew letters) will pass from the Law until all things it foreshadowed are accomplished."

    Gal.3:13(Amp) tells us, "Christ purchased our freedom (redeeming us) from the Curse (doom) of the Law, (and its condemnation) (by Himself) becoming a curse for us, for it is written in the scriptures, cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (crucified). To the end that through their receiving Christ Jesus, the Blessing promised to Abraham might come on the Gentiles so that we through faith might all receive the realization of the Promise of the Holy Spirit."

    Yes, but what about the Law? In Matt.22:36-40(Amp) Jesus speaks about the Law, saying that we are to "Love the Lord our God with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength, and love our neighbors as ourselves. These two commandments sum up and upon them depend all the Law and the Prophets." Jesus fulfilled the Law and by faith in what He did, we only have these two laws to walk in now. The Blood and Sacrifice have born the Curse and sickness, the Spirit gave us our new creation Life and restored us back to God. We're clean and pure in spirit, soul and body.

    We must believe what Jesus has done for us and live in and through Him in love. If we get our of love and sin, then we have the Ever Living Blood of our Sacrifice Lam, which continually gives us Life. Remember, "the life of all flesh is in the blood." We're still flesh and maintain life in the flesh, by the Life in Jesus' Blood. 1John1:7(Amp) says, "But if we really are living and walking in the Light, as He Himself is in the Light, we have true unbroken fellowship with one another, and the Blood of Jesus Christ His Son (cleanses and removes us from all sin and guilt, keeps us from sin in all its forms and manifestations."

    This is the healing and redemption from the Curse, given because Jesus became the Curse for us. He gave us His Blood to keep us clean and well. If we do sin, then His Blood and faith in it, will now cleanse us  If we confess our sin before Him, then His Blood will keep us clean and well, so we can walk and live in THE LIGHT (the Light of His Word and Love).

One On One #16

    Spending quiet time alone with the Lord, is one of the greatest times in the believer's life. It's not just reading and hearing the Word that builds up our faith and trust in Him, but it's fellowshipping and spending quiet time with Him. Jesus gave the "Parable of the Sower," in Mark 4:18-22(Amp) where He spoke about different soils (hearts). Verse 18 tells us that the seed is sown among the thorns that choke it out. Jesus never said that this didn't happen to believers. He said that the seed is being choked out by all the cares of the world. In the world we're living in today, there are so many things happening around us and in our daily lives, that we can't find time to think. This doesn't always mean that the cares are sinful. 

     The politics of America and all the things happening in our lives can cause more cares than we need. The price of food, gas, heat, rent, insurance and so many other things, are causing many to work two jobs. We're worn out by the time we get home, so we don't spend time with God. This isn't accidental, but is the enemy's plan. He doesn't want us to bear fruit. We might still be holding onto our salvation, but aren't bearing fruit in the lives of others. Jesus says in Verses19-22, "Then the cares and anxieties of the world and distractions of the age, and the pleasure and delight and false glamour and deceitfulness of riches, and the craving and passionate desire for other things creep in and choke and suffocate the Word, and it becomes fruitless. And those sown on the good (well adapted) soil are the ones who hear the Word and receive and accept and welcome it and bear fruit-some thirty times as much as was sown, some sixty times as much, and some (even) a hundred times as much. And He said to them, Is the lamp brought in to be put under a peck measure or under a bed, and not (to be put) on the lampstand? [Things are hidden temporarily only as a means to revelation.] For there is nothing hidden except to be revealed, nor is anything (temporarily) kept secret except in order that it may be made known."

    The things that seem to be hidden from us today, can and will be revealed to us in our quiet time of fellowship with the Lord. I truly recognize how difficult it is sometimes to find the time for fellowship with the Lord. We're saved and love the Lord, but it's still hard to find the time for one on One with Him. When we hear the Word about certain things, it might ring true, but before we can receive it into our hearts satan comes to steal it from us. The things around us steal the Word, before it can take root in our hearts.

    Meditating on God's Word is something that must be developed in us. It doesn't just happen, but must be learning and accepted on an individual level. Some seem to grasp it easier than others, but it's a discipline we must each develop. It's not just reading the Word, but it's spending time meditating on what we read and allowing the Holy Spirit to reveal the hidden truths of the Word to us. Jesus continues in Mark 4:26-27(Amp) saying, "The Kingdom of God, is like a man who scatters seed upon the ground then continues sleeping and rising night and day while the seed sprouts and grows and increases, he knows not how."

    Most of us know that Jesus shed His Blood for us, but don't really know what that means. When we meditate on this Truth, even while we're working or driving or at home, and stay in constant fellowship with the Holy Spirit, then He will reveal the Truth of Jesus' Blood to us. He will reveal what the effect Jesus' Blood means to our natural man/woman. This is one on One time where we will see the seed sprout and grow, but we "know not how." The seed knows how to grow, if it's in good soil. Meditating on the Word causes the soil (our hearts) to be fertile, so the seed can grow. 

    Every seed or Word of God is self-fulfilling in itself. God tells us in Is.54:11(Amp), "My Word will not return unto Me void, but will accomplish that which I have sent it to do."

 

 

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      While spending one on One time with the Lord, He revealed things from the Word to me about the Power of the Blood of the Lamb, Jesus.  Most of us are familiar with Is.53:3-5(Amp)  says, "He was despised and rejected and forsaken by men, a Man of sorrow and pains, and acquainted with grief and  sickness; and like one from Whom men hide their faces. He was despised and we did not appreciate His worth or have any esteem for Him. Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains (of punishment) yet we ignorantly considered Him stricken and smitten and afflicted of God (as if with leprosy); But He was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities, the chastisement (needful to obtain) peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes (that wounded) Him we are healed and made whole."

     Our healing was the result of the stripes that ripped the flesh of Jesus and poured out His Blood. 1Peter2:24(Amp) says, "He Personally bore our sins in His Own Body on the tree (as on an altar and offered Himself on it) that we might die (cease to exist) to sin and live to righteousness. By His stripes you have been healed." 

    Luke22:20,19(Amp) tells us that at the Last Supper, "Jesus in like manner took the cup after supper saying, This cup is the new testament or covenant (ratified) in My Blood which is shed and (poured out) for you." Earlier in Verse 19, Jesus said that His Body was the Bread and His Blood was the wine of communion and when we partake of it, we must "Do this in remembrance of Me."

    Most of us keep the crucifixion of Jesus in mind when partaking of communion, but do we truly understand what Jesus was saying? We get insight into the full meaning of the communion supper in 1Cor.11:29-30(Amp) which says, "For anyone who eats and drinks without discriminating and recognizing with due appreciation (that it is Christ's) Body, eats and drink a sentence (a verdict of judgment) on Himself. (For careless and unworthy participation) is the reason that many of you are weak and sickly, and quite enough of you have fallen into the sleep of death."

    Jesus' Blood was shed on our behalf for healing and length of life. Lev.17:14(Amp) tells us that, "As for the life of all flesh, the blood of it represents the life of it." We aren't covered by the life blood of bulls and goats. The Life of the Blood of our Lamb is now the life of our flesh and blood body, bringing us healing and longevity of life. 

    Jesus said in Luke22:20, "This cup is the new testament or covenant (ratified) in My Blood." He was telling the disciples that the blood of animals will no longer be shed, in order to heal, cover or give life from the animal. Jesus' Blood is now our Life, bringing healing and deliverance from sickness and disease to us and is for eternity.

    Most of us believe that Jesus can heal us, but few understand that by His Blood, He has and still is the Life in our flesh and blood bodies. Remember, "The life of all flesh is in the blood." We're still in our flesh and blood bodies and the same devil that brought sickness and disease before, isn't changing his strategy, Instead of animal's blood that needed to be renewed daily, the Life in Jesus' Blood keeps us healed and redeemed from the Curse once and for all time.

    Paul told us in the above scripture that, "By not judging and understanding what the Power of Jesus' Blood means for our healing, many of God's people are sick, weak and prematurely die." When partaking of communion, we must discern and remember the Lord's Body and Blood.    

One On One #14

      Most of us know that "By Jesus' stripes we were healed," according to Isaiah 53:(Amp). This tells us that the healing of our mortal bodies were healed by the Same Sacrifice that made our spirit man/woman new creations. We know too that many Christians aren't made whole, even though they recognize that the stripes and whippings that Jesus took, were the shedding of His Blood for our healing.

     Our eternal salvation, the new birth, was complete when we accepted Jesus as our Lord and Savior. In the old covenant, goats and lambs were sacrificed and their blood was sprinkled to cover the people's sins. God accepted the life of the animal's blood and used it to give life to the natural man/woman. The blood of animals though, wasn't enough to sustain life, so they needed to continue making offerings. Lev.17:14,11(Amp) says, "As for the life of all flesh, the blood represents the life of it." Verse 11 says, "For the life (the animal soul) is in the blood, and I have given it for you upon the altar to make atonement for yours souls."

     The blood of animals is inferior to that of man's, so it could only cover the flesh or soulish part of men/women for a short period of time. The Life in the Blood of Jesus never diminishes or need to be replenished. Should Jesus tarry in His coming, our natural bodies will die, but our spirits are alive unto God, through Jesus' Sacrifice. The Lord says in Gen.6:3(Amp), "My Spirit shall not forever dwell and strive with man; but his days shall yet be 120 years."

     The Blood Jesus shed for us at His beatings and crucifixion, was to sustain and prolong our natural bodies, so we could carry out our mission here on earth. Most of us know that Jesus shed His Blood for us, but don't know what it truly means on this side of the cross. Those living under the Law were instructed to offer up blood sacrifices for the sick, knowing that God would accept the life blood of the animals and heal the sick. The life of the animal's blood gave life to the man/woman in need, but it had to be renewed over and over.

     We read what God's first actions were, when confronting Adam and Eve after they sinned in Gen.3:21(Amp) which says, "For Adam and also his wife, the Lord God made long coats (tunics) of skins and clothes them." The only way of fashioning coats from skins is to first kill the animal, after which the blood and skin are removed. The day Adam and Eve transgressed in the Garden, God said, "This day you will surely die," so the life of the animal's blood was needed to cover their sin.  

     Adam and Eve taught their children to offer sacrifices, according to Gen.4:3-4(Amp) which says, "And in the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground. And Abel brought the first born of his flock and the fat portions. And the Lord had respect and regard for Abel and his offering." Cain's offering came from the earth, which was now cursed because of Adam and Eve's sin in the Garden. Gen.3:17(Amp) says, "And to Adam He said, 'Because you have listened and given heed to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it, the ground is under a curse because of you.'" Abel offered the first born of his flock, along with the fat portions and blood, so God accepted his offering. Cain killed his brother because of this. Gen.4:10(Amp) says, "The Lord said, What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to Me from the ground." The life of all flesh is in the blood.

     Heb.13:10-12(Amp) says, "We have an altar from which those who serve and worship in the tabernacle have no right to eat. For where the blood of an animal is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin, the victim's bodies are burned outside the limits of the camp. Therefore Jesus also suffered and died outside the city's gate in order that He might purify and consecrate the people through the shedding of His Own Blood and set them apart as holy for God."

     We still sin in our natural bodies and the "wages of sin is death." Our spirit has been cleansed once and for all time, by His Resurrected Spirit and the body is cleansed by His Blood, which gives it life for 120 years. The Blood of Jesus washes us daily and keeps us whole and sin free, even in the flesh and extends the life of our natural bodies. 3John1:2(Amp) says, "Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in every way and that your body may keep well, even as I know your soul keeps well and prospers."

     1John1:7(Amp) says, "But if we really are living and walking in the Light, as He Himself is in the Light, we have true and unbroken fellowship with one another, and the Blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanses, removes us from all sin and guilt, (keeps us cleansed from sin and all its forms and manifestations." While we're constantly learning how to walk in the Light, we still make mistakes that would take our natural lives. The healing and Life Giving Blood of Jesus will give us His Life and maintain our life and healing, if we will accept it.

     

One On One #13

    So many things we've been taught about our Heavenly Father are not really true. Because he/she didn't understand the Truth of what God's Word said, he/she taught what they though it said. When we spend one on One time with the Father, He will reveal the depth of His Truth to us. 

    If I was a math teacher who didn't know or understand the laws or principals of math, then I would be fired and hopefully, I didn't teach errors to the students. There are laws of principals of math that can't be changed. Two plus two will always equal four. I can believe that two plus two equals five, teach that to my students and have them believe that it's true. They will probably believe that until someone tells them then truth. The errors I taught them could affect their entire futures, unless the truth is revealed to them.

    1Cor.2:9-13(Amp) says, "But on the contrary, as the scripture says; What eye has not seen and ear has not heard and what has not entered into the heart of man, (all that) God has prepared (made and keeps ready) for those who love Him (who hold Him in affectionate reverence, promptly obeying Him and gratefully recognizing the benefits He bestowed) Yet to us, God has unveiled and revealed them by and through His Spirit, for the Holy Spirit searches diligently, exploring and examining everything even sounding the profound and bottomless things of God (the Divine counsels and things hidden and beyond man's scrutiny) For what person perceives (knows and understands) what passes through a man's thoughts except the man's own spirit within Him? Just so no one discerns (comes to know and comprehends) the thoughts of God. NOW we have not received the spirit (that belongs to) the world, but the Holy Spirit Who is from God that we might realize and comprehend and appreciate the Gifts (of Divine favor and Blessing so freely and lavishly) bestowed on us by God. And we are setting these Truths (faith in Words not taught by human wisdom) but taught by the Holy Spirit, combining and interpreting Spiritual Truths with Spiritual language (to those who possess the Holy Spirit)." 

    Paul goes on to tell us that, "The unspiritual man doesn't accept or welcome these teachings and the Revelation of what the Truth of the Word has revealed." God hasn't held back or left us in a place where we're guessing what is or isn't His will and His inheritance for us. He has revealed them to us by the Holy Spirit, Who is now Living in our own spirits. He is God and He is a Spirit and has given us the Mind of Christ. 

  Paul tells us in 1Cor.12:1-8(Amp) that he was taken into into the "third heaven" and received Revelation directly from the Lord. The Revelation God gave to Paul was about the new creation man/woman who has been born into the Kingdom, through Jesus' Sacrifice. Paul writes in 1Cor.14:2(Amp), "For one who speaks in an (unknown) tongue, speaks not to men, but to God, for no one understands or catches his meaning, because in the Holy Spirit, he utters Divine secrets and hidden Truths (not obvious to the understandings)."

    These aren't hidden things or secrets to God, but hidden and secret to the carnal mind of man. In his own wisdom, man doesn't comprehend the things of the Spirit of God. Jude encourages the Church and child of God in Jude1:2(Amp) saying, "Build yourselves up, founded on your most holy faith, (make progress rise like an edifice higher and higher), praying in the Holy Spirit."

    This is left to the individual child of God to receive Revelation and strength, by the Truth and understanding of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. So many things which man believes to be not important and dismissed by the natural mind, could have improved his/her relationship and walk with God. The Power of His Blood didn't just cover our sins, but eradicated them. The sins of our old man/woman n don't exist in the new creation. Our natural minds might not yet understand this Truth, but the Holy Spirit will reveal this and how our healing is in the Blood. Lev.17:14(Amp) says, "As for the life of all flesh, the blood represents the life of it." The life of our flesh and blood bodies is now the Life that the Blood of Jesus represents. We've been redeemed from the Curse of the Law and have come into a place where the life of our flesh is now the Blood of Jesus, which gives us life in this natural realm on earth. The Blood of Christ isn't a temporary covering for us, but now God's Own Blood removes our sin and brings us healing, deliverance, protection from disease. 

One On One #12

     Gen.1:26(Amp) tells us, "And God said, Let Us (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) make mankind in Our Image, after Our Likeness, and let them have complete authority." Gen.2:7(Amp) says, "Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath or life, and man became a living being." 

     After God formed and brought forth all the vegetation and life on the earth, He said that, "There was no man to till the ground." Adam and Eve were spirit beings, made in God's Own Likeness and God is a Spirit Being, they needed a natural body to till the ground. 1Cor.15:45(Amp) says, "Thus is is written, the first man Adam became a living being (an individual personality), the Last Adam (Christ) became a Life Giving Spirit), restoring the dead to life." 

     Adam was first created a spirit being like God and was an eternal being, then God formed a body in which to function in the natural realm. Adam and Eve would not have died, except for the sin in the Garden. Jesus wasn't born from the seed of man, which was already dead by sin. He was born by the Seed of God and submitted Himself to death. Jesus told Pilate in Matt.26:53(Amp), "You could have no authority over Me at all; I could call down twelve legions of angels to deliver Me, if I choose."

     Sin entered Adam and Eve when they committed the sin of high treason in the Garden. They didn't just die in the flesh, but in the spirit too. Adam's spirit was cut off from God, Who is the Source of Life, and joined together with satan, who is against God and is death itself. A spirit being doesn't die, but is eternal because God is eternal and we're made in His Image. 

     Lev.17:14(Amp) says, "As for the life of all flesh, the blood of it represents the life of it." Now it's easy to understand God's order to sacrifice animals to cover and retain life in the flesh. God accepted the life of animals to cover man's trespasses and continue the life to man. The blood of animals couldn't give life, unlike the Blood of Jesus, but could only extend the life and cover man's sins. So, daily sacrifices needed to be performed in order to maintain life to God's people, until He could bring Jesus into this world and eradicate all sin and death.

     Those in covenant with the Father, like Abraham, his descendants and many others, didn't die like we know death, but they were destined to enter Heaven. The natural body is yet to be made new according to God's Word and will be immortal and eternal through Jesus. 1Cor.15:49-50(Amp) says, "Just as we have borne the image of (the man of dust), so shall we and so let us also bear the Image of (the Man of Heaven), But I tell you this brethren, flesh and blood cannot become partakers of eternal salvation and inherit or share in the Kingdom of God; nor does the perishable (that which is decaying) inherit or share in the imperishable (the immortal)."

     John3:1-3,6(Amp) says,"Jesus answered him (Nicodemus) and said; I assure, most solemnly I tell you, that unless a person is born again (anew, from above) he cannot ever see (know, be acquainted with, and experience) the Kingdom of Heaven." He continues in Verse 6, saying, "What is born of (from) the flesh is flesh (of the physical is physical; and what is born of the Spirit is spirit."

     Religion and tradition can't do what needs to be done, in order to inherit the Kingdom. We must be born again from on High, by faith in Jesus as our Lord and Savior. The term "born again" isn't just a term used by so many people, but is an actual experience with the Holy Spirit and a personal relationship with the Father, by covenant of the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ. One on One. 

One On One #11

     God made Adam and Eve in His Image, before He created a natural body.  John 4:24(Amp) tells us, that God "is a Spirit," so Adam was a spiritual being before he had a flesh and blood body for his spirit to live in. God formed Adam's body  from the dust of the earth, but before the transgression in the Garden, Adam and Eve dwelt in spirit with God. 

     God saw that it was important to create a body for His son Adam to inhabit this world, so God made him from the dust of the earth and gave him dominion over it. Like his Heavenly Father, Adam needed someone to share his kingdom with, so God made a helpmate for Adam to fellowship with, enjoy and love.

     When Eve fell to satan's temptation, sin entered into her spirit and then into Adam's, after he accepted satan's lies. God had told both of them, "If you eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, then you will die." Death entered their spirits at the moment they disobeyed God and they were separated from Him instantly. Adam died in the natural body, 930 years after he sinned.

     Rom.5:17(Amp) says, "For if because of one man's trespass (lapse, offense) death reigned through that one (Adam), much more surely will those who receive (God's) overflowing Grace (unmerited favor) and the free Gift of Righteousness (putting them in right standing with Himself) reign as kings in life through the One Man Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One)." Adam's sin caused his separation from God and could only be restored by a Spiritual Life. 

     Many Christians don't believe that Jesus Christ was separated from the Father, while paying for our spiritual penalty. Jesus suffered the cost of Spiritual death, which separated Him from the Father, Who is Life. Jesus' Spirit was made sin with our sin, which caused the same separation from God, just like Adam's did. Jesus said to the Father on the Cross, "It is finished." His physical body died and His Spirit was actually take into the belly of the earth, because the wages of our sin was death.

     By the shedding of innocent (Blood), Jesus' Own Sinless Blood, He cleansed us from the results of that that sin, bringing healing and life again to our natural man/woman. Jesus' Blood represents healing and deliverance from sickness and the Curse of the Law, while we're still in these flesh and blood bodies, if we will accept it. We are healed by the stripes of Jesus. His Blood didn't just cover us, but cleansed us and gave healing to our bodies. Gen.6:3(Amp) says that, "Man's life will be yet 120 years."

     Those who lived before Jesus' Sacrifice shed the innocent blood of bulls, goats and doves, but could never fulfill the Curse of the Law, according to Deut.28. Jesus paid for the life in our flesh and the Life that is in His Own Blood. His Spirit paid for our eternal life and His Body also paid for our natural lives.

     We are now alive unto God and can do the work He has called us to do. When Jesus calls us to Heaven, we will receive new bodies which will never die. 1John3:2(Amp) says, "Beloved, even here and now God's children, it is not yet disclosed and made clear what we shall be hereafter, but we know that when He comes and is manifested, we shall as God's children resemble and be like Him, for we shall see Him just as He really is."

One On One #10

      Few of us see ourselves as the Lord has already mad and formed us to be, while we're still in this body. 2Cor. 5:16-18(Amp) says, "Consequently, from now on we estimate and regard no one from a (purely) human point of view (in terms of natural standards of value). No, even though we once did estimate Christ from a human point of view and as a man, yet now (we have such knowledge of Him) that we know Him no longer (in terms of the flesh). Therefore if any person is (ingrafted) in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether; the old previous moral and spiritual condition) has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come."

     Most of us still see ourselves after the flesh, even after being born again. If we look into a mirror, we see the flaws and scars of the flesh. Everyone sees these things too. Paul goes on in Verse 18, saying, "And all of us, as with unveiled face (because we) continue to behold (in the Word of God) as in a mirror or in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His Very Own Image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another (for this comes) from the Lord (Who is) the Spirit."

     God's Word is like a mirror that shows us who we really are now, in the eyes of our Father. The natural mirror only reflects who the flesh is, as our earthly house. James also says this in James 1:23-25(Amp), writing, "For is anyone only listens to the Word without obeying it and being a doer of it, he is like a man who looks carefully at his (own) natural face in a mirror; For he thoughtfully observes himself, and then goes off and promptly forgets what he was like. But he who looks carefully into the faultless Law of Liberty, and is faithful to it and perseveres in looking into it, being not a forgetful, being not a heedless listener who forgets but an active doer (who obeys), he shall be blessed in his doing (his life of obedience)."

     We're a three-fold being. We're a spirit, we have a soul and we reside in a body. Jesus came to recreate a new and living spirit within us, and by His Spirit and Word we grow. Rom. 12:1-2(Amp) says, "Therefor I appeal to you brethren, and beg of you in view of all the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies (presenting all of your members and faculties) as a living sacrifice (holy, devoted, consecrated) and well-pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world (this age, fashioned after and adapted to its external (superficial custom), but be transformed (changed) by the (entire) renewal of your mind (By its new ideals and its attitude), so that you may prove (for yourself) what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God (in His sight for you)."

     When we spend one on One time with God in His Word, we'll see what He has made us to be in Christ Jesus. Most of us are afraid of seeing ourselves as being righteous in God's eyes, because of who we once were. The enemy will constantly remind us of who we were, when we were in the world. We, within ourselves) can never be righteous, but because of what Jesus did, we're no longer in ourselves, but in Him and He is Righteous.

     This is the mirror of God's Word that reflects back to us who we are now in the new creation. Begin seeing yourself as the Father sees you in His new creation family. Don't let the enemy hold you down in the old man/woman. Spend much of your worship time one on One with the Father and live by the new man/woman who has been made righteous, holy, sanctified, consecrated and brand new in Him.    

One On One #9

     We've been learning how important it is for God's children to spend time listening and hearing from our Heavenly Father. When we spend personal one on One time with Him, then we will learn His will and the direction of His leading in our lives. God wants every one of His children to know Him on a personal on a  personal basis.

     When we spend personal time in God's Word and His Presence, our faith in His Word will allow us to receive His instruction and Guidance. Jesus said in John 10:14 (Amp), "I Am the Good Shepherd and I know and recognize My Own, and My Own know and recognize Me." Do we know and  recognize His Voice or do we listen to the voices of others? 1Cor. 14:2(Amp) tells us, "For one who speaks in an unknown tongue speaks not to men but to God, for no one understands or catches his meaning because in the Holy Spirit he utters secret truths and hidden things not obvious to the understanding."

     These "secret truths and hidden secrets" aren't unknown to God, but to us. The Holy Spirit is revealing things that our understanding doesn't directly to our spirits one on One. Jesus was close to the cross when He told His followers in John 14:16-17(Amp), "And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Stand-By) that He may remain with you forever. The Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot receive (welcome, take to heart) because it does not see Him or know and recognize Him. But you know and recognize Him, for He lives with you constantly and will be in you."

     In John 8:63(Amp) Jesus said, "It is the Spirit Who gives Life (He is the Life Giver); the flesh conveys no benefit whatsoever (there is no profit in it). The Words (Truths) that I have been speaking to you are Spirit and Life." When we spend one on One time with the Father, through His Word and speaking to Him in the spirit, it builds up our spirits. It also gives us more faith in God and brings Life (Truth) into us, in a way that strengthens our entire life.

     In John 4:23-24(Amp) Jesus says, "A time will come however, indeed it is already here, when the true (genuine) worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth (reality); for the Father is seeking just such a people as these are His worshipers. God is a Spirit (a Spiritual Being), and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth (reality)." 

     1Cor. 14:2(Amp) tells us, "When a man speaks in an unknown tongue, he speaks not to men but unto God." When we spend one on One time with the Father and pray in unknown tongues, the enemy doesn't know what we're speaking and can't interfere or block our prayers. God shares the Mysteries and secrets of the Spirit when we do this. Through the Holy Spirit, we receive directions, Revelations and instructions from the Father. The enemy has no defense for and can't stop or hinder our prayers, because he can't understand what we're praying. 

     It's the most precious time when we come boldly before God's Throne of Grace and we spend in God's Presence. This has always been the Heart of God, that we spend time in fellowship with Him. Many Christians only call on God when we need something, instead of spending time learning, growing and honoring Him for Who He is. Jesus instructed, "But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His Kingdom and His Righteousness (His way of doing and being right) and all these things taken together will be given you besides."

 

One On One #8

      We've been discussing the importance of spending one on One time with our Heavenly Father and the Holy Spirit. Too many things have been lost to God's people, because we lack understanding how important spending time in God's Word and in fellowship with Him. I go to the feed store on a weekly basis and talk about God with a friend of mine there. He's a Lay preacher at his local church and sometimes we ask each other what are you going to speak about this Sunday. This week I told him I had some things lined out, but I was waiting on the Holy Spirit to guide me.

     He told me that he was going to preach about the pearl of Great Price. I asked, "Who is the pearl of Great Price" and he answered,"Jesus is." I suggested that if he reread the Parable, then he would find the rich man saw a field which contained a pearl of Great Price. The rich man purchased the field, for the pearl. The rich man in the Parable was God, the field was earth, the pearl is us  and the Great Price was Jesus. 

     We must understand how valuable we are to our Father. John 3:16(Amp) says, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believed would be saved." Jesus prayed to His, saying in John17:23(Amp), "I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one perfectly united, that the world may know and (definitely) recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved them (even) as You have loved Me." It's hard to understand with our own minds, but we have the Mind of Christ, so we can see how valuable we are to the Father.

     The world has dimmed our eyes, with its way of thinking, so we don't know how much God truly loves us. Religion constantly reminds us that we're "old sinners who are saved by Grace." We were old sinners and were saved by faith in God's Grace. We're now sons and daughters of God. We are heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus. Jesus said, "Father show them that You love them even as You love Me." This breaks down unbelief, lack of faith and confidence in our prayers, letting us know that God hears us and answers our prayers. All doubt and fear that God will deny our requests, fall away when we know that God loves us so much that He gave His Only Begotten Son to save us.

     Read the "Parable of the Pearl of Great Price" again, then spend one on One time with God in quiet fellowship, so the Holy Spirit can explain it. This will change your entire attitude about Who He is and who we are in Christ Jesus. Put faith in what god has said about you and how important you are to Him. If He was willing to send Jesus to take our place on Calvary's Cross. Know too that everything Jesus endured was meant for us. God loves us more than we love ourselves.

     We cannot allow anything contrary to God's Word to penetrate our hearts and minds. If God said it, then it is Truth and God won't change His Word. Believe what God says above what others tell you, so you can have the Peace Jesus spoke of in John 14:27(Amp) where He said, "Peace I leave you; My (Own) peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. (Stop allowing yourselves to be agitate and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled)." Having peace with God is the peace that overcomes the world.

     You're so valuable to God that He sent Jesus to the cross, so that we wouldn't be separated from, but united with Him once again. You are the pearl of Great Price and were of such worth that Jesus sacrificed Himself for us. Never underestimate the Power of God's Love for us. Don't stop daring to believe that He will never leave or forsake you. Galatians 5:6(Amp) tells us, "For (if we are) in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision count for anything, for only faith activated and energized and expressed and working through love." Understanding that faith works by love, will lift your faith to a higher level.

     We won't understand how God's Kingdom works, until we understand His love for us. God's entire Kingdom is based on His love for us and is Jesus has prepared a place for us there, by His Sacrifice. 1John 4:18(Amp) says, "There is no fear in love (dread does not exist), but full-grown (complete, perfect) love turns out of doors and expels every trace of terror! For fear brings with it the thought of punishment and he who is afraid has not reached the full maturity of love (is not yet grown into love's complete perfection)."

     God wants us to understand the depth of His love for us, so we won't fear that He will hear and answer our prayers. God wants to spend one on One time with us. He wants us to "Come boldly before His Throne of Grace." My children know they can approach me at any time in boldness and have confidence that I will not only hear their supplications, but help them. My children know that I love them, so they come boldly to me. How much more should God's children trust in His love and come boldly to Him?