In the light of President Obama's decision to speak for the whole country, Lena and I want to say that we stand with Israel. This is what the Word requires of us: to be in right standing with our Creator.
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Shalom,
Our hope is that you have had a very Merry Christmas this year and your New Year will be Prosperous.
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Beyond Imagination
That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints… the love of Christ which passes knowledge. Ephesians 3:17–19
Scripture reading: Romans 8
Are we children of circumstances or children of faith? In our humanity, we may be troubled by the blowing of the wind. As it blows, it whispers fearfulness; but if you are “rooted and grounded,” you can stand the tests, and it is only then that you “may be able to comprehend…what is the width and length and depth and height; to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge” (Eph. 3:18–19). Amen
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Transformed by God
Behold, I will do a new thing.
Isaiah 43:19
Scripture reading: Titus 3
Thank God for His Word. Live it. Be moved by it. We will become anemic and helpless without the Word. We are not any good for anything apart from the Word. It is everything. When the heavens and earth are melted away, then we will be as bright as the day because of the Word of God. Amen
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Worthy Conduct
Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6
Scripture reading: Philippians 1
The Gifts
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Jude 24–25 Scripture reading: Jude
It is very necessary that we receive the Holy Spirit in the first place; after receiving the Holy Spirit, we must earnestly desire the gifts. Then, after receiving the gifts, we must never forget that the gift is entrusted to us for bringing the blessings of God to the people.
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Prophecy and Goodness
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:2 Scripture reading: Psalm 31
Lots of people desire to have faith; many desire to have prophecy; some long to know mysteries. Who knows mysteries? “The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him” (Ps. 25:14). Don’t change the Scriptures. “The just shall live by faith” (Rom. 1:17). Do not alter the Scriptures. Amen
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Humility and Compassion
Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Philippians 2:8 Scripture reading: Philippians 2:1–18
It is very important to minister in the gifts of the Spirit in the proper way. There is no anointing like the unction that comes out of death, when we are dead with Christ. It is this position that makes us live with Him. If we have been conformed to His death, then, in that same death, like Paul, we will be made like Him in His resurrection power (Phil. 3:10–11). Amen
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Yield to the Holy Spirit
Desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak with tongues. Let all things be done decently and in order. 1 Corinthians 14:39–40 Scripture reading: 1 Corinthians 14:1–25
You are not to consider, under any circumstances, that, because you have a spiritual gift, it is right for you to use that gift, unless the unction of the Spirit is upon you. Unless you adhere to this word, every assembly where you are will be broken up, and you will cause trouble. Until you come to a right understanding of the Scriptures, you will never be pleasing to God.
Have you ever wondered why there such a great controversy over tongues and the gifts of the Spirit. The liar will have believe that all this nonsense, that the gift of tongues are nothing more than another crouch for some minded or whacked minded Christians to believe in there is nothing to it at all and it is only a show of emotions that is not needed in the church today because we have just grown out of it. Sorry to get on my box but it true. Jesus said, "He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.” Mark 16:16-18
The reason most of the Church does not walk in this light is not because they have not read this, the truth is they have. The liar cannot understand tongues meaning when the communication that is between your spirit and the Father by the utterance of the Holy Spirit Satan cannot understand the conversation, so his best defense is to make people think it is fake (influences). Amen
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Why Tongues?
Therefore tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers. 1 Corinthians 14:22 Scripture reading: 1 Corinthians 14:26–40
Why has God brought this gift of tongues into operation? There is a reason. If there were not a reason, it would not be there. Why did God design it? You must see with me that the gift of tongues was never in evidence before the Holy Spirit came. The old dispensation was very wonderful in prophetic utterances. Every person, whoever he is, who receives the Holy Spirit will have prophetic utterances in the Spirit unto God or in a human language supernaturally coming forth, so that all the people will know that it is the Spirit.
So when God fulfilled the promise, when the time was appointed, the Holy Spirit came and filled the apostles. The gift that had never been in operation before came into operation that wonderful day in the Upper Room, and for the first time in all of history, men were speaking in a new order; it was not an old language, but language that was to be interpreted.
This is profound because we recognize that God is speaking. No man understands it. The Spirit is speaking, and the Spirit opens the revelation that they will have, without adulteration.
If you ever want to know why the Holy Spirit was greatly needed, you will find it in the third chapter of Ephesians. You will be amazed. The language is wonderful. Paul said that he was “the least of all the saints” (Eph. 3:8), yet God had called him to be a “minister” (v. 7). His language is wonderful, yet he felt in his heart and life that there was something greater, that the Spirit had him, and he bowed his knees unto the Father (v. 14). Amen
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A Ruined Life
For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. Romans 12:3
Scripture reading: Mark 13:5–20
When Jesus began His ministry, He laid hands upon eleven who turned out to be the most marvelous men, yet they were all younger then He. When Paul was brought into the knowledge of the truth, he was a young man. Jesus began the great ministry of worldwide revival with young life.
God wants young people filled with the power of God to go into the harvest field, because they can stand the stress. Amen
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Mediums Hindered
He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 1 John 4:4 Scripture reading: John 6:47–58
Do you all believe in the blood, beloved?
Have biblical proof for everything you have, and then you will be in a place where no one can move you. Amen
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Misled by a Voice
Do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God.
1 John 4:1
Scripture reading: Matthew 4:1–11
The Christ life, the Christ power, the personality of His presence may be in you in such a way that you cannot doubt the Word of God. Amen
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Misled by a Voice
Do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God.
1 John 4:1
Scripture reading: Isaiah 26:1–15
I read that the voice is full of peace and gentleness; it is willing to submit; it is without partiality; it is full of goodness and truth.
(See James 3:17.)
you can miss it because you have taken on someone else’s burden.
So you can miss the plan. Now, what is the plan? “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You” (Isa. 26:3). Examine yourself to see where you are.
Therefore, if these voices take away your peace, you will know they are not the will of God. But if the Spirit speaks, He will bring harmony and joy. The Spirit always brings three things: comfort, exhortation, and edification. He will make you sing “songs in the night” (Job 35:10).
Hindrances to Discernment
Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. Hebrews 2:1 Scripture reading: Hebrews 2
You will never be able to discern or deal with evil powers as long as there is anything in you that the Devil can touch. Before Satan can bring his evil spirits, there has to be an open door. Hear what the Scriptures say: “The wicked one does not touch him” (1 John 5:18), and “The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul” (Ps. 121:7). How does Satan get an opening? When the believer ceases to seek holiness, purity, righteousness, truth; when he ceases to pray, stops reading the Word, and gives way to carnal appetites. Then it is that Satan comes. So often sickness comes as a result of disobedience. David said, “Before I was afflicted I went astray” (Ps. 119:67). Amen
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Deliverance
Come out of the man, unclean spirit! Mark 5:8
Scripture reading: Isaiah 58:1–12
With the gift of Discerning of spirits, you are in pursuit of divine thought, divine character, and the holy, inward intuition that guides you in knowing what to do. The Lord of Hosts is in you and with you.
The gift of discernment is not criticism. Amen
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Discernment versus Judging
To another discerning of spirits. 1 Corinthians 12:10
Scripture reading: Romans 2:1–13
Discernment is a very necessary gift to understand. Most people seem to think it is a discerning of human persons. It is amazing to find that many people I come across seem to have a tremendous bent toward “discerning” others.
There is a vast difference between natural discernment and spiritual discernment.
God save us from criticism! When we are pure in heart, we only think about pure things. When we are impure in heart, we speak and act and think as we are in our hearts. The pure in heart see purity. Amen
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The Ministry of Longsuffering
You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth. Psalm 86:15
Scripture reading: Galatians 5:19–6:3
A fruit of the Spirit that must accompany the gifts of healing is longsuffering. The person who is persevering with God must always be ready with a word of comfort. If the sick one is in distress and helpless and does not see everything eye to eye with you, you must bear with him. Our Lord Jesus Christ was filled with compassion and lived and moved in a place of longsuffering, and we will have to get into this place if we are to help needy ones. Amen
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The Gifts of Healing
To another gifts of healings by the same Spirit. 1 Corinthians 12:9 Scripture reading: Psalm 65
It is actually “gifts” of healing, not the “gift” of healing. Gifts of healing can deal with every case of sickness, every disease that there is. These gifts are so full that they are beyond human expression, but you come into the fullness of them as the light brings revelation to you.
The divine gifts of healing are so profound in the person who has them that there is no such thing as doubt, and there could not be; whatever happens could not change the person’s opinion or thought or act. Amen
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A Questionable Word
To one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit. 1 Corinthians 12:8 Scripture reading: Ecclesiastes 9:13–10:10
There is the word, the word of wisdom. One word is sufficient; you don’t need a lot. One little word from God is all you require. You can count on it; it will never fail. It will bring forth what God has desired. May the Lord give wisdom to you so that you may “rightly [handle] the word of truth” (2 Tim. 2:15), walk in the “fear of the Lord” (2 Chron. 19:7), and be an example to other believers (1 Tim. 4:12). Amen
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A Questionable Word Part One
To one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit. 1 Corinthians 12:8 Scripture reading: Ecclesiastes 7:1–12
Remember, when David went wrong he only went wrong because he violated the holy communion and knowledge of what kept him. What was it? What was the word that would have saved him? “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife” (Exod. 20:17). He had to break that law to commit sin.
I do thank God that we are called to perfection, whether we come into it at once or not. If you miss the mark of holiness ten times a day, fortify yourself to believe that God intends for you to be holy, and then stand again. Amen
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Use the Gifts Wisely
We make it our aim…to be well pleasing to Him. 2 Corinthians 5:9 Scripture reading: 2 Corinthians 5:1–17
While it is right to desire the best gifts, you must recognize that the all-important thing is to be filled with the power of the Holy Spirit Himself.
The Lord does not want us to “come short” in any gift (1 Cor. 1:7). But at the same time, He wants us to be so filled with the Holy Spirit that it will be the Holy Spirit manifesting Himself through the gifts.
When believers are operating in the gifts of the Spirit properly, you must see that the spiritual conditions in the place lend themselves to it and that the people are falling in line with you. Then you will always find it a blessing.
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Guard against Error
No one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 12:3 Scripture reading: John 13:1–20
Many evil, deceiving spirits have been sent forth in the last days who endeavor to rob Jesus of His lordship and of His rightful place. Many people are opening the doors to these latest devils, such as New Theology and New Thought and Christian Science. These evil cults deny the fundamental truths of God’s Word. They all deny eternal punishment and the deity of Jesus Christ.
God’s command is for us to “be filled with the Spirit” (Eph. 5:18). We are no good if we only have a full cup. We need to have an overflowing cup all the time. It is a tragedy not to live in the fullness of overflowing. See that you never live below the overflowing tide. Amen
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Compassion for the Lost
I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.” Isaiah 6:8
Scripture reading: Isaiah 6
Is it possible, after we have been baptized with the Holy Spirit, to be satisfied with what we see? Jesus weeped over Jerusalem because He had a compassionate heart.
We need to cry to God until He brings us up to the “measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ” (Eph. 4:13).
Jesus told in Luke 10:30 of a man who went from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into theives.
Who among those who passed by and saw his predicament was his neighbor? The one who had mercy on him and helped him (vv. 36–37). Are you awake to the great fact that God has given you eternal life? With the power God has put at your disposal, how can you rest as you look out upon your neighbors? How we have sinned against God! How we lack this spirit of compassion! Do we weep as we look out upon the unsaved? If not, we are not Pentecost-full. Jesus was moved with compassion. Are you? Amen
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Endure Temptation
Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. James 1:12 Scripture reading: Psalm 139
People do not know what they are getting when they are in a great place of temptation. Temptation endured brings the “crown of life.”
There is nothing outside of purity except what is sin. All unbelief is sin. God wants you to have a pure, active faith so that you will be living in an advanced place of believing God all the time, and so that you will be on the mountaintop and singing when other people are crying. Amen
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Complete, Lacking Nothing
Let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
James 1:4
Scripture reading: Psalm 91
To be “complete” means that you are not moved by anything, that you are living only in the divine position of God. It means that you are not moved, that you are not changed by what people say. There is something about divine acquaintance that is instilled; it is worked within a person by the mighty God.
Accepting Christ as Savior builds the character of a person in purity until his inward heart is filled with divine love and has nothing but thoughts of God alone. “That you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” Amen
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More Precious than Gold
That the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, 1 Peter 1:7
Scripture reading: 1 Peter 1
God never breaks His promise. The trial of your faith is “much more precious than gold.”
God wants to destroy the power of the Devil. He wants to move you so that in the face of hardships, you will praise the Lord.
“Count it all joy” (James 1:2). You have to take a leap today; you have to leap into the promises. You have to believe that God never fails you; you have to believe it is impossible for God to break His word. He is “from everlasting to everlasting” (Ps. 90:2).
Amen
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Hold Fast to the Vision
Where there is no vision, the people perish. Proverbs 29:18 kjv
Scripture reading: Acts 26:1–29
We must see the face of the Lord and understand His workings.
A man must have immovable faith, and the voice of God must mean more to him than what he sees, feels, or what people say. He must have an originality born in heaven, transmitted or expressed in some way. We must bring heaven to earth.
At the end of Ephesians 3 are words that no human could ever think or write on his own. This passage is so mighty, so of God when it speaks about His being able to do all things “exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think” (v. 20). The mighty God of revelation! The Holy Spirit gave these words of grandeur to stir our hearts, to move our affections, to transform us altogether. Amen
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Faithful Servants
His lord said to him, “Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.” Matthew 25:21 Scripture reading: Matthew 25:14–30
God wants you to be “more than conquerors” (Rom. 8:37). The baptism of the Spirit has come for nothing less than to possess the whole of our lives. It sets up Jesus as King, and nothing can stand in His holy presence when He is made King. Everything will wither before Him.
This is hard for most of the Church today to grab a hold of, because the Holy Spirit is viewed in such a way by many Christians they are not taught that the Holy Spirit is the very continuing earthly ministry of Christ.
We are to seek those who are lost (the world) yes, also faith for what they face now plus hope for the future. Amen
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Let Kingdom Life Reign
Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification. Romans 15:2
Scripture reading: Romans 14:12–15:2
If it is the sickness or if is disease, even the smallest thing to rock your world. only a finger or a tooth that aches, Anything in the body that detracts from the highest spiritual attainment, the kingdom of heaven is dethroned to a degree; “the kingdom of heaven suffers violence” (Matt. 11:12).
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A God Who Saves
Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses. Psalm 107:6 Scripture reading: Psalm 50
Does God know all about you? Is He acquainted with you altogether? Why should you, under any circumstances, believe that you will be better off by being diseased? When disease is impurity, why should you ever believe that you will be sanctified by having a great deal of sickness?
Sickness is rampant in this world and the Church. Until we learn our place in Christ and understand what sickness really is (an attack of the devil). Amen
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Jesus Is Our Life
From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. Matthew 11:12
Scripture reading: Matthew 11:25–30
This is a message to every believer. Every believer has the life of the Lord in him. And if Jesus, “who is our life” (Col. 3:4), were to come, instantly our life would go out to meet His life because we exist by and consist of the life of the Son of God. (See verse 4.) “Your life is hidden with Christ in God” Amen
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What Does It Mean to Believe?
And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?” Acts 19:15
Scripture reading: Acts 19:11–20
What is belief?
To believe is to have the knowledge of Him in whom you believe. It is not to believe in the word Jesus, but to believe in the nature of Christ, to believe in the vision of Christ, for all power has been given unto Him, and greater is He who is within you in the revelation of faith than he who is in the world.
It is the power of the Holy Spirit with the revelation of the deity of our Christ of glory; it is knowing that all power is given unto Him. Through the knowledge of Christ, and through faith in who He is, demons must surrender. Amen
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Power in the Name of Jesus
There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12
Scripture reading: Isaiah 42:1–13
“The power seems to be all in the name. Don’t you notice that when he sends out the handkerchiefs and the aprons, he says, ‘In the name of the Lord Jesus, I command the evil spirit to come out’?” (See Acts 19.)
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Pentecostal Power
Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 3:18
Scripture reading: Hebrews 12:12–24
Sometimes I think that we have only just touched the surface of it. We must not give in because we have only touched the surface.
When hearts are burdened and they come face-to-face with the need of the day, they look into God’s Word, and it brings in a propeller of power or an anointing that makes them know that He has truly visited.
I know that Pentecost in my life is working up to a climax; it is not all accomplished in a day. There are many waters and all kinds of experiences that we go through before we get to the real summit of everything. The power of God is here to prevail. God is with us.
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Blessings of Grace and Peace
Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Romans 5:1–2
Scripture reading: 1 Corinthians 1
You are justified. You are being brought into a place of peace. And remember, the peace of God is different from any other peace. It “surpasses all understanding”
(Phil. 4:7)
Peter called it a “precious faith” (2 Pet. 1:1). It has passed through Abraham, Jesus, the Father, and the Holy Spirit. We have access, we have a right into, we have an open door to all that the Father has, all that Jesus has, and all that the Holy Spirit has. Nothing can keep us out of it. Jesus Christ is the “Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End” (Rev. 1:8). Through Him, we may know grace, favor, and mercy, which will lift us and take us through into grace and peace: “Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord” (2 Pet.1:2). Amen
Ready and Waiting
The carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. Romans 8:7 Scripture reading: Romans 8:6–25
A man may be saved and still be carnally minded. When many people hear about the baptism of the Holy Spirit, their carnal minds at once arise against the Holy Spirit.
For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life. Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.(2 Cor. 5:4–5) Amen
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A Higher Standard
From now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. 2 Corinthians 5:16
Scripture reading: Matthew 16:1–19
To no longer know any man according to the flesh is a great thing. Beloved, we will no longer know any man along natural lines. From this moment, we will know everything only on a spiritual basis.
Know no man according to the flesh. People want holiness. People want righteousness. People want purity. People have an inward longing to be clothed with the Spirit. Amen
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Alive to God
Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him. Romans 6:8
Scripture reading: Romans 6
The apostle Paul could see that if he had any communion with flesh and blood, he couldn’t go forward in the Lord. (See Galatians 1:15–17.) It was even necessary for Jesus’ flesh and blood ties to be put in this context.
When God the Holy Spirit brings us to see these truths, we will deny ourselves for the sake of the Cross. We will deny ourselves of anything that would cause our brother to stumble. We will die to all fleshly indulgences, lest we should miss the great swallowing up by life (2 Cor. 5:4). We will not even mention or ever pay attention to anything along natural lines. Amen
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What about Manifestations?
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all. 1 Corinthians 12:7
Scripture reading: 1 Corinthians 12:1–11
We must never transgress because of liberty. What I mean is this: it would be wrong for me to take opportunities just because the Spirit of the Lord is upon me. But it would be perfectly justifiable if I clearly allow the Spirit of the Lord to have His liberty with me. However, we are not to behave inappropriately in our liberty, for the flesh is more extravagant than the Spirit. Amen
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Dissolved and Made like Christ
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 Corinthians 5:1
kjv Scripture reading: Revelation 3
The power of God can so dwell in us that it can burn up everything that is not spiritual and dissolve it to the perfection of beauty and holiness that Jesus has. Jesus was perfectly dissolved in regard to everything in His human nature, and He lived in the Spirit over everything else. As He is, so we have to be. (See 1 John 4:17.)
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Higher Heights
I will declare Your name to My brethren; in the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You. Hebrews 2:12 Scripture reading: Hebrews 2:1–13
The Spirit of the Lord must have His way in everything.
The Holy Spirit can only come into us (His temples) when we are fully yielded to Him, for the Spirit “does not dwell in temples made with hands” (Acts 7:48) but in “tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart” (2 Cor. 3:3). So it doesn’t matter what kind of a building you get; you cannot count on the building being a substitute for the Holy Spirit. You will all have to be temples of the Holy Spirit for the building to be anything like Holy Spirit order. Amen
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The Baptism Is Resurrection
That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection. Philippians 3:10 Scripture reading: Philippians 3
The power of the Holy Spirit creates new men and new women. The Holy Spirit takes away stony hearts and gives hearts of flesh (Ezek. 36:26–27). And when God gets His way like that, there is a tremendous shaking among the dry bones. (See Ezekiel 37:4–10.)
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God’s Gift for Everyone
He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. John 7:38 Scripture reading: John 4:1–14
God wants to help us to see that every child of God ought to receive the Holy Spirit. Beloved, God wants us to understand that this is not difficult when we are in the right order. I want you to see what it means to seek the Holy Spirit.
God the Holy Spirit wants us to know the reality of this fullness of the Spirit so that we will neither be ignorant nor have mystic conceptions but will have a clear, unmistakable revelation of the entire mind of God for these days. Amen
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Paul’s Conversion and Baptism
He received his sight at once; and he arose and was baptized. Acts 9:18 Scripture reading: Acts 9:10–22
God chose Saul. What was he? A blasphemer. A persecutor. That is grace. Our God is gracious, and He loves to show His mercy to the vilest and worst of men.
God saved Saul of Tarsus at the very time he was breathing out threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, and He redeemed Berry the hangman. He will do it for hundreds more in response to our cries. Amen
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Paul’s Conversion and Baptism
He received his sight at once; and he arose and was baptized. Acts 9:18 Scripture reading: Acts 8:14–40
Some people have an idea that it is only preachers who can know the will of God. However, this account of Saul shows us that the Lord had a disciple in Damascus, named Ananias, a man behind the scenes, who lived in a place where God could talk to him. His ears were open. He was one who listened in to the things from heaven.
Saul was given a vision that was soon to be a reality, the vision of Ananias coming to pray for him so that he would receive his sight.
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Biblical Evidence of the Baptism
Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? Acts 19:2
Scripture reading: Acts 19:1–20
“When you get baptized with the Holy Spirit, you will speak in tongues.”
Many people today, confuse the twelfth chapter of 1 Corinthians with the second chapter of Acts. These two chapters deal with different things; one deals with the gifts of the Spirit, and the other deals with the baptism of the Spirit with the accompanying sign of tongues.
If you only knew the unspeakably wonderful blessing of being filled with the third person of the Trinity, you would set aside everything else to wait for this infilling. Amen
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The More Excellent Way
Pursue love. 1 Corinthians 14:1 Scripture reading: 1 Corinthians 13
When love is in perfect operation, all other things will work in harmony, for prophetic utterances are of no value unless they are perfectly covered with divine love. Our Lord Jesus would never have accomplished His great plan in this world except that He was so full of love for His Father, and love for us, that His love never failed to accomplish its purpose. Amen
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A Powerful Anointing
God anointed Jesus…with the Holy Spirit and with power. Acts 10:38 Scripture reading: Acts 10:24–48
All around me are people with needs.
God does not want me to cry. God does not want me to labor. God does not want me to anguish and to be filled with anxiety and a sorrowful spirit. What does He want me to do? Only believe. After you have received, only believe. Come to the authority of it; dare to believe.
the baptism of the Holy Spirit says to me, “You have an anointing” (1 John 2:20). The anointing has come; the anointing remains; the anointing is with us. But what if you have not lived in the place in which the unction, the anointing, can be increased? Then the Spirit is grieved; then you are not moved. You are like one who is dead.
The same anointing from God that anointed Jesus is with you, “and you do not need that anyone teach you.” The same anointing will teach you all things. Amen
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Overcoming Hindrances
They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues. Acts 2:4
Scripture reading: Acts 2:1–41
When God begins dealing with you on the baptism, He begins on this line: He starts with the things that are the most difficult. He starts with your fear; He starts with your human nature. He puts the fear away; He gets the human nature out of the way. And just as you dissolve, just as the power of the Spirit brings a dissolving to your human nature, in the same act the Holy Spirit flows into the place where you are being dissolved, and you are quickened just where you come into death. Amen
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