Sunday, October 24, 2010
"The Master Abortionist"
Revelation 12:1-6
1And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
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Yes, interesting title isn't it?
Yet there is a principle within this portion of scripture,
which will explain the title.
This may not be lengthy, but I pray it will be informative and helpful in our everyday battles. We all know that this portion of the word is referring to Christ and his Body....there is a very important principle we can all benefit from here in this as well.
The picture painted is one of a woman giving birth; she is in much pain and travail in birthing this child. Then suddenly as the birth is very near, the enemy is right there, waiting and looking for the opportunity to abort that child, before it has a chance to grow.
Beloveds, that dragon the devil is waiting for an opportunity to abort our "child also", whatever "spiritual child" you are birthing.
Has God put the seed of a Ministry in your spiritual womb? Keeping HIS Feasts, Keeping HIS Sabbath, Establishing a Body of Believers, To Teach? Being a Godly man or woman of God? A dream or vision for you in the Kingdom; a personal change in your walk, in obedience to God; of course he has. Anything that can put us in a closer relationship with the Father, he will try and prevent Amein?
Amein!
There are so many things we as the body of Christ could be in the process of birthing, we each individually know what that is..
Just know, whatever it is we are "pregnant" with, there will be 2 facts:
1) Much pain and travail
2) The enemy is standing by to cause us to abort,
to devour that child before birth.
If we just stop and ponder this...there are many areas in which this very thing is going on right now! Is it any wonder that when we are on the verge of breakthrough, that the devil hits us from all sides?
The harder the hit, the closer the breakthrough..just as in natural birth, the closer together the contractions...the closer we are to birthing the child.
The enemy is waiting to devour, as soon as we are blessed by God in some way, he also comes immediately to abort that seed..doesn't he?
He wants to stop the building of the Kingdom of God!
Yes indeed, Satan is the Master of Abortionist, not only in the physical, but also in the spiritual. He will do his best to get us to abort.
Due to too much pain, too much struggle etc.
Be on guard...protect that child you are carrying..
Almighty God has planted that seed within. He will help you birth it as well, stay close to the Father during this time, he will help you through the delivery.
Note what the woman did when the child was born..she ran into a wilderness:
5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Get into Gods Presence, he has a place for our help, your protection and he will spiritually feed us and build up our strength, as well as for the child.
God has a safe place for all.
In his presence there is fullness of joy!
One thing about pangs of child birth, the pain is intense, in some cases almost unbearable; but when that birth comes to fruition, the pain is no longer a factor...as we see the beautiful result of that seed we have carried all that time.
PUSH! Guard your hearts and minds…KNOW you have a real enemy and get on the offensive! Don’t wait for him to strike and abort that child!
STAND THEREFORE!
Rise Up Children Of God! Let us BE God’s Army To the fullest!
What will you do with your "pregnancy"?
Revelation 12:1-6
2And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
++++++++++++++++++++
Yes, interesting title isn't it?
Yet there is a principle within this portion of scripture,
which will explain the title.
This may not be lengthy, but I pray it will be informative and helpful in our everyday battles. We all know that this portion of the word is referring to Christ and his Body....there is a very important principle we can all benefit from here in this as well.
The picture painted is one of a woman giving birth; she is in much pain and travail in birthing this child. Then suddenly as the birth is very near, the enemy is right there, waiting and looking for the opportunity to abort that child, before it has a chance to grow.
Beloveds, that dragon the devil is waiting for an opportunity to abort our "child also", whatever "spiritual child" you are birthing.
Has God put the seed of a Ministry in your spiritual womb? Keeping HIS Feasts, Keeping HIS Sabbath, Establishing a Body of Believers, To Teach? Being a Godly man or woman of God? A dream or vision for you in the Kingdom; a personal change in your walk, in obedience to God; of course he has. Anything that can put us in a closer relationship with the Father, he will try and prevent Amein?
Amein!
There are so many things we as the body of Christ could be in the process of birthing, we each individually know what that is..
Just know, whatever it is we are "pregnant" with, there will be 2 facts:
1) Much pain and travail
2) The enemy is standing by to cause us to abort,
to devour that child before birth.
If we just stop and ponder this...there are many areas in which this very thing is going on right now! Is it any wonder that when we are on the verge of breakthrough, that the devil hits us from all sides?
The harder the hit, the closer the breakthrough..just as in natural birth, the closer together the contractions...the closer we are to birthing the child.
The enemy is waiting to devour, as soon as we are blessed by God in some way, he also comes immediately to abort that seed..doesn't he?
He wants to stop the building of the Kingdom of God!
Yes indeed, Satan is the Master of Abortionist, not only in the physical, but also in the spiritual. He will do his best to get us to abort.
Due to too much pain, too much struggle etc.
Be on guard...protect that child you are carrying..
Almighty God has planted that seed within. He will help you birth it as well, stay close to the Father during this time, he will help you through the delivery.
Note what the woman did when the child was born..she ran into a wilderness:
5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Get into Gods Presence, he has a place for our help, your protection and he will spiritually feed us and build up our strength, as well as for the child.
God has a safe place for all.
In his presence there is fullness of joy!
One thing about pangs of child birth, the pain is intense, in some cases almost unbearable; but when that birth comes to fruition, the pain is no longer a factor...as we see the beautiful result of that seed we have carried all that time.
PUSH! Guard your hearts and minds…KNOW you have a real enemy and get on the offensive! Don’t wait for him to strike and abort that child!
STAND THEREFORE!
Rise Up Children Of God! Let us BE God’s Army To the fullest!
What will you do with your "pregnancy"?
Pastor Deb
Lay It All At His Feet
September 2010
Lay It All At His Feet
There are days you feel as if you just can’t go on. Have you ever felt this way? I know I have many times. It feels as if you have so much going on that you can’t do it all. It builds to the point you feel as if you are drowning under the weight of it all. Well there is a way to go on. Jesus said for us to cast all our cares on Him for He cares for us. That means taking everything giving it to Him. Not taking it back. If we take it back we are telling Jesus that we don’t trust Him to take care of our needs. Which in turn breaks His heart. So today let Him take care of you and whatever comes your way. Turn it all over to Him!!
1Peter 5:7 AMPLIFIED
Casting the whole of your cares (all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all) on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.
Psalm 55:22 AMPLIFIED
Cast your burden on the Lord (releasing the weight of it) and He will sustain you; He will never allow the (consistently) righteous to be moved (made to slip, fall, or fail).
Minister Janice Frame MIT
Admin/Asst. Living For God Ministries
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
When We Bind The Strongman, We receive blessings
When We Bind The Strongman,
We Receive Heavenly Blessings
Matthew 18:18 (KJV)
Verily I say unto you whatsoever you bind on earth shall be bound in Heaven, and whatsoever you loose on earth shall be loosed in Heaven.
This scripture was the very first one I was given to internalize and apply in my daily walk with the Lord, as well as my personal life.
This is what I have learned about this verse. First I had to understand what this verse was saying to us as believers. The first part of this scripture talks about whatever we bind on earth will be bound in Heaven. Binding here in this scripture means to secure or tie up to where it can’t do harm to us as believers.
So let me ask you this, is there any sickness in Heaven? Is there any disease in Heaven? What about pain, hurt, lack, abuse are they in Heaven? The answer here is NO! Therefore we as Spirit Filled believers are to bind those things in Jesus Name and they will be bound in Heaven.
We are to be on guard all day everyday not just a part of it. We are to be watchmen, watching for the enemy! Don’t let him into your camp bind him before he can get a stronghold!
The next part of this scripture states that whatever we loose on earth is loosed in Heaven. In Heaven there is joy, peace, health, wealth, happiness and so much more. Once we have bound the enemy off of our lives and our homes, we need to loose all that which is in Heaven.
The Lord wants us to have everything in abundance. When we loose spiritual blessings we are loosing and setting it free so that it has access in our lives. Once we loose those Heavenly things such as joy, peace, health, don’t allow the enemy back in keep on guard.
Copyright Living For God Ministries January 27, 2010
Janice Frame MIT
All Rights Reserved
We Receive Heavenly Blessings
Matthew 18:18 (KJV)
Verily I say unto you whatsoever you bind on earth shall be bound in Heaven, and whatsoever you loose on earth shall be loosed in Heaven.
This scripture was the very first one I was given to internalize and apply in my daily walk with the Lord, as well as my personal life.
This is what I have learned about this verse. First I had to understand what this verse was saying to us as believers. The first part of this scripture talks about whatever we bind on earth will be bound in Heaven. Binding here in this scripture means to secure or tie up to where it can’t do harm to us as believers.
So let me ask you this, is there any sickness in Heaven? Is there any disease in Heaven? What about pain, hurt, lack, abuse are they in Heaven? The answer here is NO! Therefore we as Spirit Filled believers are to bind those things in Jesus Name and they will be bound in Heaven.
We are to be on guard all day everyday not just a part of it. We are to be watchmen, watching for the enemy! Don’t let him into your camp bind him before he can get a stronghold!
The next part of this scripture states that whatever we loose on earth is loosed in Heaven. In Heaven there is joy, peace, health, wealth, happiness and so much more. Once we have bound the enemy off of our lives and our homes, we need to loose all that which is in Heaven.
The Lord wants us to have everything in abundance. When we loose spiritual blessings we are loosing and setting it free so that it has access in our lives. Once we loose those Heavenly things such as joy, peace, health, don’t allow the enemy back in keep on guard.
Copyright Living For God Ministries January 27, 2010
Janice Frame MIT
All Rights Reserved
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
I realized too late
I wrote this on October 20, 2007 and felt the need to share it with all of you in the hopes that you will spend more time with your parents and not realize to late just as I did.
I realized something today. I finally knew what my mom was talking about. No one hardly spent any time with her. Oh yes some did but the ones she wanted most had no time for her. Even I living in the same house with her did not spend much time with her. I stayed in my room in my own little world. I am truly sorry for not spending time with my own mom.
What brought me to this realization was the fact that I spent this last week at home by myself. The only people who came to my house were the lady who brings my lunches and the lady who helps me each day. Also a former worker came by for a few minutes. Yes I spent many an hour on the phone but it was not the same.
I have shed many tears this week not just for myself but for my mom. I am truly blessed to have had a caring loving mom. I really do miss her.
For those who read this I ask that you take time out of your busy day and go spend time with your parents. Call others and see how they are doing, see if they need any help or need to go some where.
Your family is a very important part of your life, don’t make the same mistake I did by not spending time with them as they won’t be around forever.
Exodus 20:12 (AMP) Is the only commandment with a promise. It says Regard (treat with honor, due obedience, and courtesy) your father and mother, that your days may be long in the land the Lord your God gives you. We need to be treating our parents with the honor and respect they deserve, if we want to have a long life here on this earth. We can or could cut our lives short if we do not heed this commandment that God has given to us.
In Memory of My Mom
Barbara Smith
October 5, 1945
February 16, 2007
©Living For God Ministries/Janice Frame 2010
All Rights Reserved
I realized something today. I finally knew what my mom was talking about. No one hardly spent any time with her. Oh yes some did but the ones she wanted most had no time for her. Even I living in the same house with her did not spend much time with her. I stayed in my room in my own little world. I am truly sorry for not spending time with my own mom.
What brought me to this realization was the fact that I spent this last week at home by myself. The only people who came to my house were the lady who brings my lunches and the lady who helps me each day. Also a former worker came by for a few minutes. Yes I spent many an hour on the phone but it was not the same.
I have shed many tears this week not just for myself but for my mom. I am truly blessed to have had a caring loving mom. I really do miss her.
For those who read this I ask that you take time out of your busy day and go spend time with your parents. Call others and see how they are doing, see if they need any help or need to go some where.
Your family is a very important part of your life, don’t make the same mistake I did by not spending time with them as they won’t be around forever.
Exodus 20:12 (AMP) Is the only commandment with a promise. It says Regard (treat with honor, due obedience, and courtesy) your father and mother, that your days may be long in the land the Lord your God gives you. We need to be treating our parents with the honor and respect they deserve, if we want to have a long life here on this earth. We can or could cut our lives short if we do not heed this commandment that God has given to us.
In Memory of My Mom
Barbara Smith
October 5, 1945
February 16, 2007
©Living For God Ministries/Janice Frame 2010
All Rights Reserved
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Trusting Like "David"
Psalm 7:1-17
Once again, David makes clear who it is he puts his trust in and confesses God as his refuge, his deliver, his defense, his shield.
This is how David saw our God, do we?
I also believe that sometimes we get so involved in a wrong that may have been done to us that we don't stop and check ourselves first, we focus on the other person.
Look at verses 3-5
This is how David saw our God, do we?
I also believe that sometimes we get so involved in a wrong that may have been done to us that we don't stop and check ourselves first, we focus on the other person.
Look at verses 3-5
3 O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands
4 If I have paid back with evil him who was at peace with me or without cause have robbed him who was my enemy,
5 Let the enemy pursue my life and take it; yes, let him trample my life to the ground and lay my honor in the dust.
That was a pretty strong comment David made in verse 5. That gives us a sense of how important and how confident David was in his standing before the God of Israel. Obviously, David made sure he was free of wronging or hurting someone.
4 If I have paid back with evil him who was at peace with me or without cause have robbed him who was my enemy,
5 Let the enemy pursue my life and take it; yes, let him trample my life to the ground and lay my honor in the dust.
That was a pretty strong comment David made in verse 5. That gives us a sense of how important and how confident David was in his standing before the God of Israel. Obviously, David made sure he was free of wronging or hurting someone.
We seem, at times to be just the opposite, we are more concerned about ourselves being wronged and ask for justice first!
David in no way wanted to hurt anyone or wrong anyone, he wanted to maintain right standing and a pure heart before his God, that was his number one concern and should be our first concern also. Once that was established he then began to, desire justice, not the other way around
This portion of scripture also shows the consequences for those that are not in right standing before him: Verses 11-17; I surely do not want to be in that category!
This portion of scripture also shows the consequences for those that are not in right standing before him: Verses 11-17; I surely do not want to be in that category!
To have a clear conscience before God is a wonderful and freeing thing; it allows us the confidence of approaching the Father knowing we are doing so in purity of heart, with pure motives and that in return God will justify.
We are in the last seconds of this old system of things, lets make our #1 priority getting right and staying right, having a pure heart and motives before our God.
Pastor Deborah
We are in the last seconds of this old system of things, lets make our #1 priority getting right and staying right, having a pure heart and motives before our God.
Pastor Deborah
Which Are We Prideful Or Humble? Janice Frame
There are two types of pride in the body of Christ. One being the pride we take in ourselves as a person, what we look like and how we present ourselves to others. This is a good type of pride. This one is pleasing to God. What does it mean to be humble before the Lord? James 4:10 says to humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He shall lift you up.
The other type is that of having a puffed up attitude, thinking we are better than anyone else and in Proverbs 16:18 it says that pride goes before destruction and haughty spirit before a fall, We are to be humble and not prideful, or full of arrogance. 1 Peter 5:5 & 6 “Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. We are to not let ourselves get puffy in the eyes of the world lest we should fall. If you let pride rule in your life you will be destroyed. This is the wrong one to have in the body of Christ! We as believers should resist the devil and not let pride take root in our hearts. It will take you out and down to the pits of hell if you let it. It is an abomination to God and He hates it. Whatever He hates we are to hate and whatever He loves we are to love. Saints if we let it take hold of us it will be our downfall.
Church I know for a fact all this is true. As I have dealt with this same area of pride myself. I have been corrected on this many times, and God’s arms are not to short; He can’t reach down and discipline us when we fall into sin. So don’t let the devil deceive you in this area. This is the devil’s main area of expertise as this was why he was kicked out of Heaven. So he knows all the ways to get you to act in pride and to not be humble, as the Lord would have you to be. He knows every trick in the book and he will use all of them to take you down if you let him.
Take time to think about how you are acting or how you are talking to others. Are you doing it with a humble heart or are you doing it out of pride thinking that you know so much more than they do and you can do it better than them? Do everything as you are doing it unto the Lord. Ask yourself would you do that to the Lord and if not then you don’t do it to one of His children.
Scripture References (KJV):
Isaiah 59:2
1John 2:16
John 15:19
Romans 12:2
2009-2010 Living For God Ministries/Janice Frame MIT All rights reserved
The other type is that of having a puffed up attitude, thinking we are better than anyone else and in Proverbs 16:18 it says that pride goes before destruction and haughty spirit before a fall, We are to be humble and not prideful, or full of arrogance. 1 Peter 5:5 & 6 “Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. We are to not let ourselves get puffy in the eyes of the world lest we should fall. If you let pride rule in your life you will be destroyed. This is the wrong one to have in the body of Christ! We as believers should resist the devil and not let pride take root in our hearts. It will take you out and down to the pits of hell if you let it. It is an abomination to God and He hates it. Whatever He hates we are to hate and whatever He loves we are to love. Saints if we let it take hold of us it will be our downfall.
Church I know for a fact all this is true. As I have dealt with this same area of pride myself. I have been corrected on this many times, and God’s arms are not to short; He can’t reach down and discipline us when we fall into sin. So don’t let the devil deceive you in this area. This is the devil’s main area of expertise as this was why he was kicked out of Heaven. So he knows all the ways to get you to act in pride and to not be humble, as the Lord would have you to be. He knows every trick in the book and he will use all of them to take you down if you let him.
Take time to think about how you are acting or how you are talking to others. Are you doing it with a humble heart or are you doing it out of pride thinking that you know so much more than they do and you can do it better than them? Do everything as you are doing it unto the Lord. Ask yourself would you do that to the Lord and if not then you don’t do it to one of His children.
Scripture References (KJV):
Isaiah 59:2
1John 2:16
John 15:19
Romans 12:2
2009-2010 Living For God Ministries/Janice Frame MIT All rights reserved
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Christ Our Strength , By Janice Frame
September,2009
Christ Our Strength
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me!
This verse is for the Body of Christ, not just me. We as believers have strength to do any and all things in and through Him. We can’t do it on our own. We would fail, but with the Lord’s help we can do anything from the easiest to the most difficult. So Saints we have to totally trust the Lord to give us the strength we need for the task at hand.
Let me give you an example, last year at this time I was very over weight and had many health issues. I could not lose the weight on my own. The Lord gave me the strength to get up, get out, and start walking and to cut back on my food intake. So you see without His super with my natural I would have surely failed, but I didn’t because HE was there with the strength I needed. He can also be there for you when you need His super with your natural. All you have to do is allow Him to be your strength when you need Him the most.
Stand on Philippians 4:13.
That is my prayer for each and every one of you, that you ask the Lord to put His super with your natural so you can carry out things He would have you to do in your daily walk with Him. So the next time you think you can’t do something, ask the Lord to give you the strength to carry it through!
BECAUSE HE WILL GIVE YOU THE STRENGTH!
Copyright Living For God Ministries 2009 Janice Frame
All rights reserved
Christ Our Strength
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me!
This verse is for the Body of Christ, not just me. We as believers have strength to do any and all things in and through Him. We can’t do it on our own. We would fail, but with the Lord’s help we can do anything from the easiest to the most difficult. So Saints we have to totally trust the Lord to give us the strength we need for the task at hand.
Let me give you an example, last year at this time I was very over weight and had many health issues. I could not lose the weight on my own. The Lord gave me the strength to get up, get out, and start walking and to cut back on my food intake. So you see without His super with my natural I would have surely failed, but I didn’t because HE was there with the strength I needed. He can also be there for you when you need His super with your natural. All you have to do is allow Him to be your strength when you need Him the most.
Stand on Philippians 4:13.
That is my prayer for each and every one of you, that you ask the Lord to put His super with your natural so you can carry out things He would have you to do in your daily walk with Him. So the next time you think you can’t do something, ask the Lord to give you the strength to carry it through!
BECAUSE HE WILL GIVE YOU THE STRENGTH!
Copyright Living For God Ministries 2009 Janice Frame
All rights reserved
An Encounter With Darkness - With Commentary
Matthew 26:41-75
The hour was here, our Lord was in grievous agony in the garden.
He knew what was coming, he carried all the sin and iniquity and agony of us all at that moment, this was the beginning of a agonizing journey to his final destination of "accomplishing that to which he was sent.
John 14:29-31"I've told you this ahead of time, before it happens, so that when it does happen, the confirmation will deepen your belief in me. I'll not be talking with you much more like this because the chief of this godless world is about to attack. But don't worry—he has nothing on me, no claim on me. But so the world might know how thoroughly I love the Father, I am carrying out my Father's instructions right down to the last detail.
"Get up. Let's go. It's time to leave here."
Jesus, was as a Champion taking the field for his damsel in great distress....warring against the very powers of darkness, the prince of darkness himself to bring his dominion to a halt; he was agonizing due to the great sin and iniquity placed on him; It was written Jesus was to be "a man of sorrows", and that he was, even to the point of seeing no way out but through death. He knew this and carried it all anyway....Jesus was exceedingly sorrowful- Perilypos, meaning compassed about with sorrow on all hands....it was surrounding him, attempting to overpower our Lord...But all the while his focus stayed upon the work of his Father and doing his will until "It is finished". This was great heaviness upon Jesus, we have but tasted of what true heaviness is...and that in itself is because Jesus carried it all so we wouldn't have too....he knew we could not , he knew if that task was put upon us, we would surely die at the hands of the enemy! Jesus the Son of the Living God, stood in between the enemy and "this damsel in distress" to free her. Truly Jesus IS our Champion....he took the field arrayed in humility, love for his Father and for his Fathers purpose in saving mankind....he went forward in battle conquering the foes and enemies of our very souls...he put to shame the principalities and powers of darkness...he took back the "Keys" of death and hell...and openly stripped the devil of ALL power!
Colossians 2:11-15 Entering into this fullness is not something you figure out or achieve. It's not a matter of being circumcised or keeping a long list of laws. No, you're already in—insiders—not through some secretive initiation rite but rather through what Christ has already gone through for you, destroying the power of sin. If it's an initiation ritual you're after, you've already been through it by submitting to baptism. Going under the water was a burial of your old life; coming up out of it was a resurrection, God raising you from the dead as he did Christ. When you were stuck in your old sin-dead life, you were incapable of responding to God. God brought you alive—right along with Christ! Think of it! All sins forgiven, the slate wiped clean, that old arrest warrant canceled and nailed to Christ's cross. He stripped all the spiritual tyrants in the universe of their sham authority at the Cross and marched them naked through the streets.
Through his agony and sorrow on the cross...we were given joy; through the agony of the cross, we were forgiven, through the agony and sorrow of the cross we were redeemed from the power of the enemy, we were delivered and set free, healed and seated with our Lord in heavenly places, Jesus saved his damsel in distress, and protected her from a foe of which she could not contend...He truly was a" Knight in shining armor" coming to our rescue. Jesus never wanted help in carrying any of this none at all...He went into hand to hand combat with Satan and his demons and bought us back with his own blood! Don't we see the sorrows this man carried...don't we realize that he carried ALL mankind's sin and iniquity then and for all those to come after...what agony this was, is it any wonder he sweat great drops of blood? Even then he was shedding blood on our behalf....because the stress and heaviness upon him manifested itself in the physical, showing us how he fought on our behalf...Jesus covered the whole of man during this journey to the cross....He not only redeemed us from sin and death but bought back ALL that was lost in the beginning in the Garden of Eden...don't we see that? When sin entered the world, we lost it all....our right to life abundant, or peace, our health, our communion with God, Jesus now is standing in the place of Adam, Jesus the second Adam....Bought it all back BY this shed blood, Paradise Lost to Paradise Regained. Jesus didn't flinch he stood firm and immovable, took every strike against his body, every lash for us that by those stripes we would be healed, every attack against his mind and emotions, that we would be able to have the mind of Christ, was steadfast in his obedience to his Father, thereby opening communication with the God of Israel for us through him. Thereby bringing a COMPLETE restoration of man unto God...
Ohhh if we would but see all Jesus, Our Champion actually accomplished on this journey, we would not be able to contain ourselves! No greater love Church, No greater Love....
The most wonderful words of our Lord, spoken in death, fulfilling all in all
"It Is Finished"
Revelation 1:18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.
"Jesus IS The Champion" Now And Forever More, Amen
Pastor Deborah Covington
His agony in the garden.
Matthew Henry Commentary
He who made atonement for the sins of mankind, submitted himself in a garden of suffering, to the will of God, from which man had revolted in a garden of pleasure. Christ took with him into that part of the garden where he suffered his agony, only those who had witnessed his glory in his transfiguration. Those are best prepared to suffer with Christ, who have by faith beheld his glory. The words used denote the most entire dejection, amazement, anguish, and horror of mind; the state
of one surrounded with sorrows, overwhelmed with miseries, and almost swallowed up with terror and dismay. He now began to be sorrowful, and never ceased to be so till he said, It is finished. He prayed that, if possible, the cup might pass from him. But he also showed his perfect readiness to bear the load of his sufferings; he was willing to submit to all for our redemption and salvation. According to this example of Christ, we must drink of the bitterest cup which God puts into our hands;
though nature struggle, it must submit. It should be more our care to get troubles sanctified, and our hearts satisfied under them, than to get them taken away. It is well for us that our salvation is in the hand of One who neither slumbers nor sleeps. All are tempted, but we should be much afraid of entering into temptation. To be secured from this, we should watch and pray, and continually look unto the Lord to hold us up that we may be safe. Doubtless our Lord had a clear and full view of
the sufferings he was to endure, yet he spoke with the greatest calmness till this time. Christ was a Surety, who undertook to be answerable for our sins. Accordingly he was made sin for us, and suffered for our sins, the Just for the unjust; and Scripture ascribes his heaviest sufferings to the hand of God. He had full knowledge of the infinite evil of sin, and of the immense extent of that guilt for which he was to atone; with awful views of the Divine justice and holiness, and the punishment
deserved by the sins of men, such as no tongue can express, or mind conceive. At the same time, Christ suffered being tempted; probably horrible thoughts were suggested by Satan that tended to gloom and every dreadful conclusion: these would be the more hard to bear from his perfect holiness. And did the load of imputed guilt so weigh down the soul of Him of whom it is said, He upholdeth all things by the word of his power? into what misery then must those sink whose sins are left upon their own heads! How will those escape who neglect so great salvation?
Weekly Proverb:
Proverb 13:3"He that keepth his mouth, keepeth his life; but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction"
Copyright © Living For God Ministries 2004-2011 All rights reserved
The hour was here, our Lord was in grievous agony in the garden.
He knew what was coming, he carried all the sin and iniquity and agony of us all at that moment, this was the beginning of a agonizing journey to his final destination of "accomplishing that to which he was sent.
John 14:29-31"I've told you this ahead of time, before it happens, so that when it does happen, the confirmation will deepen your belief in me. I'll not be talking with you much more like this because the chief of this godless world is about to attack. But don't worry—he has nothing on me, no claim on me. But so the world might know how thoroughly I love the Father, I am carrying out my Father's instructions right down to the last detail.
"Get up. Let's go. It's time to leave here."
Jesus, was as a Champion taking the field for his damsel in great distress....warring against the very powers of darkness, the prince of darkness himself to bring his dominion to a halt; he was agonizing due to the great sin and iniquity placed on him; It was written Jesus was to be "a man of sorrows", and that he was, even to the point of seeing no way out but through death. He knew this and carried it all anyway....Jesus was exceedingly sorrowful- Perilypos, meaning compassed about with sorrow on all hands....it was surrounding him, attempting to overpower our Lord...But all the while his focus stayed upon the work of his Father and doing his will until "It is finished". This was great heaviness upon Jesus, we have but tasted of what true heaviness is...and that in itself is because Jesus carried it all so we wouldn't have too....he knew we could not , he knew if that task was put upon us, we would surely die at the hands of the enemy! Jesus the Son of the Living God, stood in between the enemy and "this damsel in distress" to free her. Truly Jesus IS our Champion....he took the field arrayed in humility, love for his Father and for his Fathers purpose in saving mankind....he went forward in battle conquering the foes and enemies of our very souls...he put to shame the principalities and powers of darkness...he took back the "Keys" of death and hell...and openly stripped the devil of ALL power!
Colossians 2:11-15 Entering into this fullness is not something you figure out or achieve. It's not a matter of being circumcised or keeping a long list of laws. No, you're already in—insiders—not through some secretive initiation rite but rather through what Christ has already gone through for you, destroying the power of sin. If it's an initiation ritual you're after, you've already been through it by submitting to baptism. Going under the water was a burial of your old life; coming up out of it was a resurrection, God raising you from the dead as he did Christ. When you were stuck in your old sin-dead life, you were incapable of responding to God. God brought you alive—right along with Christ! Think of it! All sins forgiven, the slate wiped clean, that old arrest warrant canceled and nailed to Christ's cross. He stripped all the spiritual tyrants in the universe of their sham authority at the Cross and marched them naked through the streets.
Through his agony and sorrow on the cross...we were given joy; through the agony of the cross, we were forgiven, through the agony and sorrow of the cross we were redeemed from the power of the enemy, we were delivered and set free, healed and seated with our Lord in heavenly places, Jesus saved his damsel in distress, and protected her from a foe of which she could not contend...He truly was a" Knight in shining armor" coming to our rescue. Jesus never wanted help in carrying any of this none at all...He went into hand to hand combat with Satan and his demons and bought us back with his own blood! Don't we see the sorrows this man carried...don't we realize that he carried ALL mankind's sin and iniquity then and for all those to come after...what agony this was, is it any wonder he sweat great drops of blood? Even then he was shedding blood on our behalf....because the stress and heaviness upon him manifested itself in the physical, showing us how he fought on our behalf...Jesus covered the whole of man during this journey to the cross....He not only redeemed us from sin and death but bought back ALL that was lost in the beginning in the Garden of Eden...don't we see that? When sin entered the world, we lost it all....our right to life abundant, or peace, our health, our communion with God, Jesus now is standing in the place of Adam, Jesus the second Adam....Bought it all back BY this shed blood, Paradise Lost to Paradise Regained. Jesus didn't flinch he stood firm and immovable, took every strike against his body, every lash for us that by those stripes we would be healed, every attack against his mind and emotions, that we would be able to have the mind of Christ, was steadfast in his obedience to his Father, thereby opening communication with the God of Israel for us through him. Thereby bringing a COMPLETE restoration of man unto God...
Ohhh if we would but see all Jesus, Our Champion actually accomplished on this journey, we would not be able to contain ourselves! No greater love Church, No greater Love....
The most wonderful words of our Lord, spoken in death, fulfilling all in all
"It Is Finished"
Revelation 1:18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.
"Jesus IS The Champion" Now And Forever More, Amen
Pastor Deborah Covington
His agony in the garden.
Matthew Henry Commentary
He who made atonement for the sins of mankind, submitted himself in a garden of suffering, to the will of God, from which man had revolted in a garden of pleasure. Christ took with him into that part of the garden where he suffered his agony, only those who had witnessed his glory in his transfiguration. Those are best prepared to suffer with Christ, who have by faith beheld his glory. The words used denote the most entire dejection, amazement, anguish, and horror of mind; the state
of one surrounded with sorrows, overwhelmed with miseries, and almost swallowed up with terror and dismay. He now began to be sorrowful, and never ceased to be so till he said, It is finished. He prayed that, if possible, the cup might pass from him. But he also showed his perfect readiness to bear the load of his sufferings; he was willing to submit to all for our redemption and salvation. According to this example of Christ, we must drink of the bitterest cup which God puts into our hands;
though nature struggle, it must submit. It should be more our care to get troubles sanctified, and our hearts satisfied under them, than to get them taken away. It is well for us that our salvation is in the hand of One who neither slumbers nor sleeps. All are tempted, but we should be much afraid of entering into temptation. To be secured from this, we should watch and pray, and continually look unto the Lord to hold us up that we may be safe. Doubtless our Lord had a clear and full view of
the sufferings he was to endure, yet he spoke with the greatest calmness till this time. Christ was a Surety, who undertook to be answerable for our sins. Accordingly he was made sin for us, and suffered for our sins, the Just for the unjust; and Scripture ascribes his heaviest sufferings to the hand of God. He had full knowledge of the infinite evil of sin, and of the immense extent of that guilt for which he was to atone; with awful views of the Divine justice and holiness, and the punishment
deserved by the sins of men, such as no tongue can express, or mind conceive. At the same time, Christ suffered being tempted; probably horrible thoughts were suggested by Satan that tended to gloom and every dreadful conclusion: these would be the more hard to bear from his perfect holiness. And did the load of imputed guilt so weigh down the soul of Him of whom it is said, He upholdeth all things by the word of his power? into what misery then must those sink whose sins are left upon their own heads! How will those escape who neglect so great salvation?
Weekly Proverb:
Proverb 13:3"He that keepth his mouth, keepeth his life; but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction"
Copyright © Living For God Ministries 2004-2011 All rights reserved
Monday, December 14, 2009
Living For God In These Last Days Part 2
Who we are in Messiah....
We are Faith filled people in the GOD of Israel!
We are all given a measure of FAITH....we are to walk by that FAITH. If we believe a certain thing long enough it will become a part of our very being...we MUST be careful in our faith walk...
Last time we studied a bit about fear and how it can attack our minds in various ways. We also learned that it is up to us to re-new our minds to the word of God in order to be free from the spirit of fear.
Unbelief, doubt, and fear are opposites of faith, and can shipwreck our faith if we are not mindful of it.
But where do they come from?
1)Unbelief, comes through the theories of men (listening to others)
2) Doubt, comes by hearing and accepting the voices of religious traditions or others who are doubtful (once again, hearing)
3) Fear, comes by listening to the lies of the devil, all of these are the seeds planted by the devil , doubt, unbelief, and fear...they have the same same source. (hmm once again, hearing)
NOTE: it is at these points of "hearing" that we must determine whether we accept it by "faith " or not. There is ONE truth..
I want to share 7 facts about faith, they are as follows:
1) It is impossible to please God without faith - Hebrews 11:6
2) Messiah/Christ is our source, author and developer and finisher of our faith Hebrews 12:2
3) the word of God is called the word of faith, and faith comes by hearing the word of God
We must HEAR the word, internalize it, over and over again, speak in agreement with the word of God; our words are seed and will produce in like kind; the word of God is for ALL his people, the LORD GOD, by his Spirit, shared something with me years ago that has been so beneficial in my faith walk; I would like to share it with you as well. He told me, my word is for each of my people, individually as well as corporate; put the word in first person ( put your name in there ) for example:
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Would read:
I, Deborah CAN do ALL things through Messiah/Christ who strengthens her. Phil 4:13 This has been a real blessing to me over the years and I pray it will benefit you as well. God is a personal God, we have a personal relationship, therefore make his word just as personal.
Once heard then what? OBEY! Walk in it, DO IT!
This pertains to all scripture, front to back cover!
There are only 2 sides in this world, God's and Satan, our words form our lives, words are creative folks. We are where we are now by the words we spoke and choices we made in the past; we can frame our future by our words. We must not listen to anything that opposes the word of God....like fear we cannot afford for it to slip into our minds, become thought, those thoughts become actions and actions will produce a destiny. We are created in Gods image...God SPOKE and there was light, God SPOKE and there was the sun and moon etc etc We must imitate our Father in heaven and speak HIS word; faith filled words.
The power of life and death are IN the tongues Proverbs 18:21.
Gods words = Life; Satan's words = Death, its just that simple. As I said earlier...there are only 2 forces at work in this world, God's and Satan's, where do we line up?
This is a daily choice we can accept fear, doubt and worry and unbelief or we can choose NOT to accept it, by the power of our testimony; Speaking what God has to say about it all..regardless of what it is.
Fear Not! Do not be moved by what you see and hear from this world; cling to Y'shua and his promises, that is the only truth.
4) God has given to every believer a measure of faith Romans 12:3;Ephesians 2:8
If we say we have no faith, that is a lie, we all have been given a measure of faith. The problem with us is, we don't exercise it enough, and we don't allow it to grow, we dont feed it! We wont discipline ourselves to. If we would just put a 1/4 of the trust we have in this world and man in the one true God...we would be truly blessed indeed!
After all, there would be no world, there would no "man" had God not brought it forth amen? We need to read the instruction manual and walk by it; apply it; LISTEN to it. It is the voice of God your Father.
5) The God kind of faith is produced in the heart and released by the mouth Mark 11:23; Romans 4:17; Romans 10:8
From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks take time to notice what comes out of your mouth...are the words God filled words or the enemies; faith or doubt, fear or unbelief; Jesus said SAY to this mountain be thou cast down and thrown into the sea...not merely think about it; but think about it and then SAY it. That mountain can be anything in our lives, even Fear, doubt and worry, unbelief! In these last days more than ever we need to cling to the words of God and align our hearts, mind and words up with what God has to say about it. It will produce fruit, NOT might, it WILL!
6) Faith IS believing what God said in his word Hebrews 4:2; 2Cor 4:16,18
Faith is an action word; God said it, I believe it, that settles and THEN walking and talking like we mean it...
Finally,
7) Faith is measurable and it can grow, 2 Thessalonians 1:3; Acts 6:7,8
With this world in constant turmoil; with all the truth of God's word coming to pass more and more everyday, would it not be wisdom to KNOW what God says about it all and to be in agreement with him, which will in turn give us HIS peace that passes ALL understanding
And friends I think we can all agree that we ALL need HIS "peace" in these end times.
Tid Bit for you all:
"Sow a thought - reap an act"
Sow an act - reap a habit
Sow a habit - reap a lifestyle
Sow a lifestyle - reap a destiny
The choice is ours. Speak Life Filled Words...
Remember..we serve a mighty God an awesome God and there is nothing that catches him by surprise!
Love In Christ To You All,
Shalom
Pastor Deborah
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Living ForGod In These Last Days Part 1
Living For God In These Last Days Fear is one of the major routes of attack the enemy uses with Gods people. Have you ever stopped to see what brings this fear on us? What constitutes fear? Below are some of the other types of fear that we all need to really look at and take inventory of in our lives. Keeping in mind fear is the opposite of faith; and without faith it is impossible to please God.
1) Fear of poverty; lack, not making ends meets; job playing out; hours cut; pay cuts, not affording food etc
2) Fear of the past; inability to let go of our past and let God; dragging it with us into the now and into our futures; afraid of things being/or relationships being like our dreadful pasts.
3) Fear of future; uncertainty of what will come; afraid of not being able to cope or succeed
4) Fear of sickness; cancer runs in the family, so you guess your next; afraid of the many diseases that are arising in this world
5) Fear of rejection; afraid you wont be accepted by others including family members
6) Fear of man; afraid of venturing outside in some cases because of a fear of being victimized in one form or another; afraid of what men can do to you.
7) Fear of height, flying and the like; these are phobias
These are all signs of our minds under attack from the enemy. Firstly, there is a answer and cure for all the above Jesus! Did you know that the term Fear Not is repeated 366 times in the word of God? God is trying to tell us something, but are we listening? Do we really trust God as much as we claim too, or do we limit our trust in him. Do we put more faith in men and the enemy than we do our heavenly Father? God has not given us the spirit of fear child of God 1 Timothy 1:7, note what he DID give us ( paraphrased ) Love, Power AND a Strong Mind so that leaves only one that plants seeds of fear in minds, Satan. We can choose to receive it or to resist it by the blood of Jesus and according to the word of God.
Sometimes, we bring fear on ourselves to. How? Well what we watch for movies, on TV, what we read, listening to other people. In doing that we give permission for fear to come in. These seeds of fear, if not put in check by casting these thoughts down and speaking the word of God over our minds, can cause a stronghold of fear in our minds to built by the enemy. Our minds are the battleground, we must win the battles of our minds for Christ; our minds are not saved they are to be re-newed or re-trained to think as God would think; therefore the enemy knowing this, thats where he is focusing much of his attacks, he knows already our minds can be vulnerable if NOT renewed to the truths of the word of God. It is up to us to KNOW the word of God, not merely read over it; but to internalize it, deep in our spirit. Worry is a form of fear; Jesus said Matthew 6:25 Casting ALL your Cares/Worry upon him because he cares for you. As a matter of fact Jesus tells us dont worry 6 times! So this brings us back to the question, where does our trust and faith truly lie? Fear is a demon spirit as it is referred to in 1 Timothy above.
Refuse to fear in any way and trust God at HIS word and not that of this world or the god of this world Satan. In closing lets get back to Matthew 6:25 for just a minute. The term care or cares of this life derives from the Greek word merimna Meaning the following: 1) To have anxious cares about present world conditions 2) To be full of concern, anxiety, and worry about the present circumstances 3) To have our minds occupied with the problems of this life 4) Mental suffering or torment, anguish, grief 5) To be harassed by fearful or negative thoughts 6) Troubling of the mind and emotions caused by a painful load of anxious thoughts 7)
Oppression of the mind weighed down by the pressure of circumstances. I pray this will in some way help and minister to you, as our minds must be free of all fear and renewed to Gods word. I wanted to start here because there is so much fear raging in this world and even seeping into the body of Christ! It is up to us to stand up and take control of our own minds by the word of God! Here s a little tid bit to chew on till next time.
Till next time, Keep Looking Up!
Jesus is coming soon! Are you ready?
Pastor Deborah
Living For God Ministries
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