There are so many things taking place in the world, the prophetic word of God is being manifested in greater measure than I have seen in my lifetime. Know that God has so much in store for the Body of Christ and we have great confidence in knowing we are victorious!
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I want to welcome you to my blog, to this page and Jesus Is Lord Church. Starting this year I will be posting a blog each week and sharing with you what the Lord is sharing with me. I pray you will be strengthen, encouraged and equipped to soar in this year with wings as eagles.
There are so many things taking place in the world, the prophetic word of God is being manifested in greater measure than I have seen in my lifetime. Know that God has so much in store for the Body of Christ and we have great confidence in knowing we are victorious!
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One of the greatest struggles faced by the believer is that of complicating what is very simple and making something very simple so complicated. We struggle with living the Christian life because we try to equate that life to our immediate surroundings, what we see, feel, hear, touch and taste.
To begin understanding the Kingdom of God, we must totally remove ourselves from this world, its way of thinking. The Kingdom of God is so far removed from what we are taught naturally – human education. God essentially must “re-educate” us to even begin understanding what His Kingdom is like and how to reign in that Kingdom victoriously. When I say remove us from this world, I am not saying we can’t see God in this world, the very nature of this world declares His glory! I am referring to mindsets – the mindset of this world and the mindset of God. The difference with us being newborn babes in Christ and being newborn babes coming into this world is that the natural baby doesn’t have a mind filled with this world’s thought system. A natural baby’s mind can be taught, a newborn babe in Christ must first be untaught, then taught all over again. This is a process that requires patience, great grace, and a lot of humility. It takes great humility to realize that what you have been taught all your life as being truth, may in fact, not be true at all. We continually repent – “change our minds and belief systems” – as often as necessary until we come into the full knowledge of the truth. That doesn’t mean that everything we have ever been taught is a lie, what it means is that everything we have been taught must now be judged by the Word of God to see whether it is the spirit of truth or the spirit of error. Romans 12:2 “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” (Bible in Basic English) “And let not your behavior be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.” (Contemporary English Version) “Don't be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him.” The following blogs are inserts from my upcoming book, hope you are encouraged by these post.
From the time of birth until the time of death, there is a natural progression of learning, growing, and experiencing what we learn as we grow. An educational process begins that is designed to teach us about our world, primarily that part of the world we call home. As a newborn citizen we are ignorant, unlearned, and unskilled in the ways of life in our newfound country, its people, and its ways – good or bad. We have no concept of government, education, work, religion, entertainment, crime, social interaction, or those things associated with day-to-day life on a planet called Earth. Some things in life are not learned until they are encountered. This also is true of the born-again believer. We have been birthed into a new country (The Kingdom of God) and are no longer citizens of this world (The Kingdom of Darkness). By nature, or our natural birth into this world, we were children of darkness, children of disobedience but we have been translated (repositioned) into the Kingdom of God. “Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:” (Col 1:13) Translated - 1) to transpose, transfer, remove from one place to another 7a) of change of situation or place Everything I just spoke about in the natural can be equated to Kingdom life and those things that belong to the Kingdom of God. In this book, we want to take you from the cradle to the grave and beyond. We will show you life in the Kingdom of God in a simple way you can apply to everyday living. You will be truly able to say as Jesus did: “……My kingdom is not of this world: …. but now is my kingdom not from hence.” (John 18:36 Emphasis mine) This is also a statement we will elaborate on, because of the misunderstanding people have about the Kingdom of God. Let me say this, God’s Kingdom is always present where God’s Spirit is, but that does not mean that His Kingdom is established there. Everything has a beginning, or origin. This is true for the natural world, as it is for the spiritual world and everything in between.
One of the greatest struggles faced by the believer is that of complicating what is very simple and making something very simple so complicated. We struggle with living the Christian life because we try to equate that life to our immediate surroundings, what we see, feel, hear, touch and taste. To begin understanding the Kingdom of God, we must totally remove ourselves from this world, its way of thinking. The Kingdom of God is so far removed from what we are taught naturally – human education. God essentially must “re-educate” us to even begin understanding what His Kingdom is like. When I say remove ourselves from this world, I am not saying we can’t see God in this world, the very nature of this world declares His glory! I am referring to mindsets – the mindset of this world and the mindset of God. The difference with us being newborn babes in Christ and being newborn babes coming into this world is that the natural baby doesn’t have a mind filled with this world’s thought system. A natural baby’s mind can be taught, a newborn babe in Christ must first be untaught, then taught all over again. This is a process that requires patience, great grace, and a lot of humility. It takes great humility to realize that what you have been taught all your life as being truth, was in actually a lie. We continually repent – “change our minds and belief systems” – as often as necessary until we come into the full knowledge of the truth. That doesn’t mean that everything we have ever been taught is a lie, what it means is that everything we have been taught must now be judged by the Word of God to see whether it is the spirit of truth or the spirit of error. Romans 12:2 “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” (Bible in Basic English) “And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.” (Contemporary English Version) “Don't be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him.” Jeremiah 3:3
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