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Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Colossians chapter 2:

8 Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.

9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily;

10 and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.

Paul warns us of those who would try to convince us to walk according to worldly principles, customs, and philosophies.  Every day we are bombarded with man’s philosophies of how life works yet the simplicity found in Christ can be embraced by all.  Men attempt to sway our thinking by constant reiteration of lies and propaganda in order to align ourselves with their view of life.  We must protect our hearts from such foolish thinking and look to FATHER in establishing our foundational beliefs in all areas for only HIS Wisdom will endure the test of time.  Paul continued:

20 Therefore, if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations—

21 “Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle,”

22 which all concern things which perish with the using—according to the commandments and doctrines of men?

23 These things indeed have an appearance of wisdom in self-imposed religion,false humility, and neglect of the body, but are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

There are a multitude of opinions of how we ought to live and many of those opinions sound reasonable and are supported by science.  However, each of us has a unique history which in turn necessitates being sensitive to HIS SPIRIT when we decide what daily choices we should make.  There is no standard formula that man can establish to guide our daily lives.  Men would have us neglect our bodies by following their methods and perspective only to find what works for them will not have the same impact on us.  Why?  We all have unique histories thus we all have unique needs and requirements.  Only HIS SPIRIT knows what we need and when we need it.

The issue at hand is our individual sensitivity to hearing FATHER.  If we are able to hear FATHER’S directives, we will be perfected in HIS perfect timing.  As I purpose to maintain this sensitivity I find that HE navigates me through life’s challenges and opportunities which all are intended to mature me in some manner.  Since we all have a unique calling, we all have a unique training course set before us.  Some will be required to attend various meetings and functions to add life and others will be directed to other activities specific to the maturing of the Body of Christ.  Anyone who requires or compels you to comply with their view of life is in direct conflict with HIS SPIRIT.  Let us encourage each other to pursue a deeper and direct relationship with FATHER.

Paul continues in chapter 3:

1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.

2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.

I find that as I set my mind on things above, the earthly things and activities are less important.  My priorities are slowly but surely changing and my life is becoming simpler and more fulfilling than ever before.  I am able to appreciate more because I am not as preoccupied with the things of the world.  I marvel how FATHER’S creation testifies of HIS Wisdom and creativity.  If we are complete IN HIM then why do we place such emphasis and focus such tremendous energy on things of this world?  When we finally ask the question, it is an indication that our blindness is being removed to what is truly important and lasting versus what is worldly and temporal in nature.

Our goal is to establish HIS Kingdom on this earth and we are HIS ambassadors.  Let us be walking testimonies which will draw mankind to seek out the ONE we trust in.  Let our fruit be “eaten” by those who hunger for a change in their life.  As people perceive that we have something they are in need of, we will do our part in drawing all men to Christ.  They will see the stark contrast to those who promote indulgence to the flesh.

By THE SPIRIT Paul wrote in Romans chapter 7:

25 I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!

So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.

We will either serve the Law of Our Heavenly Father through our mind or we will serve our flesh and its cravings.  The choice lies with us.  Since the law can be summed up by the two great commandments of Love, our choice to serve with the mind must be founded on serving in Love.  When you consider the simplicity of serving in Love versus the chaotic complexities surrounding the flesh, the decision should be quite clear yet Paul talks about the battle of the two “I”s in our members.  Whichever “I” you feed is the one which will overpower the other.  If your decision is to focus on being led by THE SPIRIT, you must feed on the Word daily just as your body needs its daily nourishment.

Paul further wrote by THE SPIRIT in chapter 12:

1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

I urge you as well to join me in presenting our bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable.  Paul presents us with this choice and explains that is is our reasonable service to do so.  The word “reasonable” means that it is the logical action to take given the reality of the matter.  As we submit to THE SPIRIT we begin to weaken the flesh until the cravings of the flesh cease all together and no longer dominate our consciousness.  This renewing of our mind produces tangible results as we begin to react differently to situations that in previous times we would have responded by the flesh.  FATHER in HIS great grace and mercy brings those times in remembrance to show us our improvement in those areas where we were weakest.

And by THE SPIRIT in chapter 15:

4 For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

5 Now may the God who gives perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,

6 so that with one accord you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The Scriptures were written for our instruction with the intent for us to become “one mind” in Christ Jesus.  How is the done?  By walking in Love which brings us into unity.  Paul explains this in Colossians chapter 3:

12 So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience;

13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.

14 Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.

We have a choice- to walk in Love and unity or walk by the flesh which separates and divides.  The choice is very simple when it get boiled down to its most basic options.  Once we choose we must reinforce our choice with actions that consistently support that choice.  There will be times when your flesh will scream out but you must disregard its call and continue on the path of Love, knowing that the screams will cease once your flesh realizes it is no longer in control.  This is when we let patience have its perfect work.

The word meditate means to think deeply or focus one’s mind for a period of time.  This can’t be done with a 140 character “tweet”, cell phone text, or FaceTime comment.  This requires focused attention.  In the Book of Joshua the children of Israel were instructed in chapter 1:

 8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

People want to live and not die yet they are for the most part unwilling to direct their attention to the Book of Life.  In order to promote life we must renew our minds which requires us to remove toxic thinking and actions which promote death and destruction.  Men’s egos will embrace toxic thoughts which will exploit others and squeeze the life out of relationships rather than die to self and thus live a life of Love and service.

The consequences of toxic thinking are mental disorders such as attention deficit disorder or ADD.  Treating kids with chemicals is not the solution but promoting the Word of Life will change their chemical makeup.  Science is beginning to embrace the reality of thoughts effecting changes in the DNA strands.  It is time to no longer accept the agenda of those who have a bias against the Creator of Life.  Our Thoughts have been proven to change our bodies and I personally observed that to be the case while studying under the direction of Dr. Vincent Speckhart who proved that cancer was not a death sentence but could be arrested and often reversed without orthodox chemical or radiation therapy.

In 1984, FATHER healed me of hepatitis by having me renew my mind and focus (meditate) day and night on HIS healing Scriptures or promises.  The doctors had no cure but yet I was healed in less than 11 days.  They had no understanding of how that could happen and were not interested in finding out how the worst case they had ever seen was remedied in a short time.  I made a commitment to dwell and meditate on HIS Word which in turn my body responded and submitted to the higher power contained in HIS Word.  It takes full commitment and many would rather simply take a pill for relief.  I did not have that option, and… I had nothing else to distract me.  Everyone kept their distance from the guy with yellow eyes.

It is time that we no longer accept the current status quo and really begin to trust in HIS Word.  If you have the power to renew your mind and given it is in command of your body, then you have the power to renew your body.  Caleb was 85 years old when he claimed his inheritance and I am sure he meditated on what FATHER had told the children of Israel concerning the key to life.  Quit allowing the world to bombard you with its toxic, stinkin’ thinking!  

Set yourself aside with a quiet time to feed your mind with the positive promises contained in HIS Word and dwell on them throughout the day.  Resist the noise that the world is bombarding you with through your five physical senses.  Allow FATHER’S Word to be rooted and grounded in your spirit, mind, and ultimately your body.  That is the pathway to all being well with you.

By THE SPIRIT, Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians chapter 10:

 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

Our job is to bring our thoughts into alignment with FATHER’S Divine Intent which is expressed in HIS Word.  Men will look for external signs to guide their actions because they want their soulish thoughts confirmed in some manner.  The enemy will gladly oblige with whatever sign you are looking for that will justify an act of lawlessness.  It has happened to us all and none can say they have been immune.

If we are told to bring into captivity our thoughts then that is exactly what we should focus on and those impure, negative, judgmental thoughts need to cease being planted in your mind.  You can act as though the thoughts aren’t there but FATHER knows.  We can choose to reject those impure thoughts which will surely come and attempt to gain root.  Let us each only reinforce FATHER’S Word and thus align ourselves with HIM.

Proverbs 23:7 states:

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.

We have a responsibility to protect our hearts and our minds from the world’s perverted views.  We can control what we allow to become a part of us by not allowing any evil thoughts to be given time in our thought life.  Let us spend quiet time pondering FATHER’S Word to us and let us be rooted and grounded IN HIM.  As we align ourselves in our thought life with HIS Word we become transformed by the renewing of our mind.  Once we are fully aligned with HIM, then we will  truly be able to say with certainty: As HE is so are we!

By THE SPIRIT Paul wrote in 2 Timothy chapter 1:

 7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

FATHER has given us power, Love, and a sound mind thus it is your choice whether you pursue what HE has ordained or you choose to be controlled by man’s traditions and sensual wisdom.  Men would have you believe that you have no choice but FATHER makes it quite clear that you do.  The mere fact they are trying to convince us means they really understand we have a choice and they want us to submit to their view.

Choices either produce life or death, good or evil… it is that simple.  In Deuteronomy chapter 30, by THE SPIRIT it is written:

 19 “I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; 20 that you may love the LORD your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”

If we had no choice, FATHER would not have asked us to choose.  Your thoughts are controlled by you, not someone else so we must not allow the intellectuals to trick us into submitting to man’s excuse not to choose life.  Those who believe we have no choice are often lawless and/or irresponsible because they don’t accept accountability for their actions.  “The devil made me do it” just doesn’t fly.

Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Philippians chapter 4:

8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.

We are given the directive of what to allow our minds to dwell on- pure, true, and positive life-giving thoughts.  Any other thoughts produce toxic and evil results.  Which are you going to entertain?  In the end, it is your choice.

In Psalm 95 it is written by THE SPIRIT:

​​6  Oh come, let us worship and bow down; ​​Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.

7 ​​For He is our God, ​​And we are the people of His pasture, ​​And the sheep of His hand.

​​​Today, if you will hear His voice:

8 ​​“Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, ​​As in the day of trial in the wilderness,

​​9 ​​When your fathers tested Me; ​​They tried Me, though they saw My work.

10 ​​For forty years I was grieved with that generation, ​​And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts,

​​And they do not know My ways.’

11 ​​So I swore in My wrath, ​‘​They shall not enter My rest.’ ”

How do we enter the rest spoken of in the above passage?  By hearing HIS Voice.  We must come to the realization that if we were unable to hear FATHER, HE would not have directed us to seek HIM in this manner.  Therefore the issue is not HIM but it lies with us and our pursuit of this level of relationship.  We must overcome the flesh and the old man who would convince us that hearing in THE SPIRIT is impossible.  Some men will simply mimic what they have seen like children mimicking their parents rather than pursuing a true and pure relationship with FATHER.  As we intend to become sensitive to hearing HIS Voice, FATHER will respond for HE knows our hearts.  In Hebrews chapter 4, it is written by THE SPIRIT:

11 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.

12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

Don’t kid yourself, FATHER knows what is going on inside you and you can’t hide your true intent.  Given that reality, simply repent and go forth in the understanding that HE is quite aware of your weaknesses, thoughts, and pursuits.  Come clean with HIM and start rejecting thoughts that are contrary to HIS Word.  It is your choice to what thoughts your entertain.  When your mind brings up an impure thought, reject it and choose to think pure thoughts.  Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Philippians chapter 4:

8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.

9 The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.

As you improve your hearing toward FATHER you will begin to rest in all that you do.  Your anxiety level will go down and no matter what the world throws at you, your state of rest will not be affected.  Is there any greater priority than hearing HIS Voice and entering into HIS Rest?

By THE SPIRIT Paul wrote in Romans chapter 7:

4 Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God.

5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law were at work in our members to bear fruit to death.

6 But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.

Everyone is subject to to either their flesh or Our Heavenly Father.  The Law sentenced us to death but Christ fulfilled the Law that we might live.  The Law defined our lawlessness and thus we were obligated to its judgments concerning death but when we died with Christ we are no longer under the Law because His Blood fulfilled the Law on our behalf.

We either produce fruit unto death or fruit unto life so let us be in agreement with FATHER by aligning our wills with HIS and serve in the newness of THE SPIRIT rather than under the penalty of the Law.  In Matthew 20, Jesus spoke:

25 But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them.

26 Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant.

27 And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave—

28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

The ego wants to be served and return us to the path which leads toward death and destruction.  In the newness of THE SPIRIT we decide to put the old man to death and become willing servants to every Word which proceeds out of FATHER’S Mouth.  Those Words include the Written Word and moreover HIS specific Words to us by HIS SPIRIT.  Jesus did not walk around with a stack of Old Testament scrolls yet FATHER’S Words were in Him.  This is because Jesus fully aligned His Will with FATHER’S Divine Intent, Will, and purpose.  He continuously communed with FATHER as He stated in John chapter 10:

25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father’s name, they bear witness of Me.

26 But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you.

27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.

29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand.

30 I and My Father are one.”

As we serve in the newness of THE SPIRIT we too will be one with Our Heavenly Father and we will bear fruit to HIM.  We too will reach the point where we will be able to say “When you see me you have seen Our Heavenly Father” for we shall fully bear witness of HIM by the fruit of life we feed to others.  We become fully willing to serve all of mankind, both friend and foe.  Paul was an enemy of Christ whom Christ converted and thus we must look at all men and women as eventual brothers and sisters in Christ.  In the end, they will be for time is the only issue in their conversion.  Let us not delay in walking in the newness of SPIRT but let us purpose each and every day to align our will with HIS by spending time in receiving our directives for the day.  Let men see us as being blessings in their lives for we serve THE CREATOR of Heaven and earth WHO represents the fullness of life.  Let us become the Living Word for as He is so are we.

In Sharon, Oklahoma there is a small United Methodist church my wife’s brother and sister-in-law attended.  Over the years we were added to their mailing list and the article below appeared in their last mailing:

Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Ephesians chapter 4:

11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,

12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,

13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,

15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—

16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

The purpose of the five-fold ministry is to bring us into the fullness of Christ and this is done by Love.  This is done by equipping or preparing the saints for the task and the word “saint” mean pure and cherished.  As I wrote yesterday the Bride of Christ is adorned in clean and bright linen which describes the saints as well.  As we go forth in purity of purpose, our acts will be cherished by FATHER WHO instructed and empowered us to perform those acts.  There will be those who show up to the marriage supper of the Lamb unprepared as evidenced by their attire.

Jesus spoke a parable about this wedding feast in Matthew chapter 22:

11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment.

12 So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.

13 Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

14 “For many are called, but few are chosen.”

Acts done in Love qualify as righteous acts and those acts are what clothe us so that we are qualified to participate in the Wedding Feast of the Lamb.  Acts done by any other intent are thus disqualified and will subject the person to removal from the event.  Those of us who fully embrace this walk of Love understand its ramifications and are willing to accept the responsibility of the revelation of Love.  Many will walk away from this revelation and will avoid it at all costs because their egos would prefer to be subjected to trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting.  They willing to be subjected to the strong delusion plaguing the world today. 

The union of Christ and HIS Body will bring forth the next Age.  His Bride will be seen as pure and cherished above all.  Men will have no excuse for their exclusion from this Body for the Gospel has been preached and they have had the opportunity to accept and align themselves with the Divine Intent of FATHER.  Jesus describes this reality in Matthew 22:

Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said:

2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son,

3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come.

4 Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.” ’

5 But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business.

6 And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them.

Men will go to great lengths to reject FATHER’S Divine Intent, even to the point of “shooting the messenger”.  They will look for ways to reject the fullness of Christ by any means possible.  On the flipside there are those of us who are willing to set all else aside in order to walk in HIS abiding Love knowing the the reward in Heaven is greater than any temporal reward on earth.  Let us take on the fullness of Christ.

By THE SPIRIT, the Beloved disciple wrote in  the Revelation of Jesus Christ chapter 19:

6 And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns!

7 Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.”

8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

We are the bride of Christ and it is our responsibility to make ourselves ready.  Moreover it should also be our innermost desire and intent to do so.  A bride wants to come into full and complete union with her groom thus her focus in leading up to the marriage feast is to set everything else aside in order to prepare for that joyous occasion and she will spare no expense to make that day perfect in the eyes of those attending.  That day is the culmination of the prophetic intent of both the bride and the groom to come into full and complete unity in all aspects… they become one.

She is granted by FATHER to be arrayed in fine linen and this fine linen represents the righteous acts of the saints.  This indicates that we are called “to do” not just “be”.  There are those who stand passively by while the world is in dire need for they are waiting for some external event to happen before their so-called ministry can begin.  I say to you that our next encounter falls within our ministry whether it be a loved one or a stranger.  Our righteous acts should not be few and far between for we should be known for those acts motivated by Love.

The linen is described as clean or pure.  I believe there is absolutely no way you can claim purity unless you act based solely on Love.  The moment your intent is to benefit your “self” at the expense of others, there is no longer purity of purpose.  Purity comes by cleansing and cleansing comes by the Word of FATHER.  As we purpose to hear and act according to HIS Word, our hearts become pure.  In Matthew chapter 5, Jesus stated:

8  “Blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see God.”

FATHER directed me to that particular verse in August of 1987 and told me this was the basis for HIM removing me from a management position of a particular company.  HE needed to purify me after that experience and the purification process has been occurring ever since.  Am I getting close to being 100% pure?  I hope so!

Our righteous acts should also be “bright”.  This Greek word lampros means:

1. shining

   1. brilliant

   2. clear, transparent

2. splendid, magnificent

1. splendid things i.e. luxuries or elegancies in dress or style

Our motives should be clear and transparent so that others have no question about our intent.  Our intent should be based solely on Love and the desire to be a blessing to others.  If you have no “works” then where is your faith?  By THE SPIRIT James wrote in chapter 2:

18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!

20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?”

It is never too late to initiate and bring forth righteous acts.  It is never too late to be cleansed by responding to FATHER’S Voice and HIS Word.  Let us purpose to be clean and bright so that FATHER will grant us to wear HIS fine linen.  Oh what a privilege to adorn such a garment!