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The following can and will be a blessing to you if you embrace its Truths.

One of the stickiest subjects to write on is financial.  Why?  Because of what Paul wrote in 1 Timothy 6:

10 For the love of money (greed) is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

I have been around many wealthy people over the years as well as many who were poor.  Your current financial condition does not determine whether you are greedy, it simply impacts your intent and actions.  Wealthy people will attempt to hoard what they have, never considering they have enough to sustain them.  Jesus warned us “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions" and then spoke of the self-serving wealthy in the Parable of the Rich Fool in Luke 12:

16 Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully.

17 And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’

18 So he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods.

19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.” ’

20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’

21 “So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

We are to be rich toward FATHER by laying up treasures in Heaven, not by building bigger barns.  What does by rich toward FATHER mean?  Psalms 112 provides us some insight:

1 Praise the LORD! ​​​Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, ​​Who delights greatly in His commandments (of Love)

2 ​​His descendants will be mighty on earth; ​​The generation of the upright will be blessed.

3 ​​Wealth and riches will be in his house, ​​And his righteousness endures forever

As we pursue to closer relationship with Our Heavenly Father, we open up the windows of Heaven to provide blessing.  Fear and greed cannot and will not stand in the Presence of FATHER.  FATHER will bless those according to their calling and will meet every need for HE is faithful and trustworthy to do so.  As we hear HIS Word specifically to us, we will respond and pursue the path HE directs us to.  This path will produce the finances not only to sustain us but will also provide an increase that we may become cheerful givers.  I know this from firsthand experience.

Once HE leads us away from lack, we must be vigilant in properly stewarding the abundance.  We must not become like the rich fool and continue to hoard, thinking only of “self”.  We have brethren in need and we must be sensitive to HIS Voice when he directs us to give.  FATHER will use those with a willing heart to carry out HIS Plan.  Paul provides a warning to those who have wealth:

1 Timothy 6:17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.

18 Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share,

19 storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

Faith requires us to give before the fruit of this giving comes forth as the Law of seedtime and harvest applies.  You must plant seed before you can yield a crop.  However the seed must be planted with a motivation of Love rather than greed.  FATHER knows your heart and will respond accordingly.  When seed is planted in good ground, thirty, sixty, or a hundredfold is the result.  The Parable of the Sower applies in many areas with finances being just one of them.  Psalm 112 continues and provides us a contrast between the righteous man and the greedy:

9 ​​He has dispersed abroad, ​​He has given to the poor;

​​His righteousness endures forever; ​​His horn will be exalted with honor.

10 ​​The wicked will see it and be grieved; ​​He will gnash his teeth and melt away;

​​The desire of the wicked shall perish.

We must quit being so sensitive about money.  FATHER once told me: “Money is a commodity to ME, you should treat it the same way”.  As we seek to bless other, we take on HIS Divine Intent of Love and HE opens up HIS treasury to replenish the supply.  HE is not broke and has unlimited resources to draw from.  Selah!

I will soon be traveling to the UK to visit with Brian Williams (not the NBC news anchor) who was called to bring forth the message of Love over a period of several decades to different countries throughout the world.  His last public ministry occurred at Port Austin and abruptly and unexpectedly ended.  Those that heard him speak were truly blessed.  During the conference, he read “The Law” for one hour each day under an anointing so notable that those who were present can still recall.  I plan to video Brian as he shares what FATHER is showing him for he still has a passion to share “Christ in us, the hope of glory”.  I hope to post these videos on our ustream channel upon my return.  Brian’s life is a testimony to those who have spent much time with him.  He lives what he proclaims and is unwavering in his passion for FATHER.

If you wish bless Brian and Freda in a financial manner, you may send your donations to Servias Ministries.

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Cheerful giving make these trips and broadcasts possible. If FATHER moves you to give, then do so.  If HE doesn’t, no worries.

Romans 8:14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

Who are you led by?  This is a question that each of us must answer in an absolute transparent fashion if we truly want to change.  When entering into a spiritual discussion, who do you quote?  Is your foundation of understanding based on a man’s writings, sermons, or broadcasts or are they based on what the Holy Spirit ministers to you as you spend time with FATHER?

It is time for us to awaken our souls and respond for He is summoning us to the Door.  You can read volumes about FATHER and increase your knowledge or you can respond to HIS call and know HIM on a personal basis, which path you take is up to you.

Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians chapter 8:

1 Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.

2 And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.

3 But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him.

If we continue to focus on knowledge, we feed our mind, will, and emotions and we further empower our mind.  At the same time we feed our emotions by satisfying the need to appear to be seeking the Spiritual.  We can point to the time we spend reading as though it increases our Spiritual sensitivity and provides us satisfaction toward meeting and achieving some goal.  In reality, we must spend time seeking FATHER and listening for HIS Voice.  Don’t get me wrong, HE will direct us to various reading materials etc. as HE determines the need, but it should be in response to HIS direction, not our soul’s desire.  On the other hand, if we focus on Love, we are known by HIM.  It is critical that you understand the difference between the pursuit of knowledge versus Love!

If you pursue the external, your fruit will be lacking in the Spiritual and your reward will be temporal.  Jesus made it very clear in Matthew 6:

5 “And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.”

The hypocrite wants to impress others of his apparent spirituality by placing the focus on him and his ministry.  He redirects the attention of others by his outward actions and words.  It should be every mature believer’s purpose to direct others to maturity in Christ, not himself.  Each of us should be pursuing a personal, intimate relationship with FATHER, not becoming disciples of men who would convince us of their “anointing” by outward acts void of Spiritual fruit.  You are not called to judge men’s hearts but you are called to be “fruit” inspectors.

Paul spoke this warning in Acts chapter 20:

27  For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.

28  Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church (called out ones) of God which He purchased with His own blood.

29  For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

30  Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.

As each of us mature, we must direct the focus of others to HIM, not us.  When Jesus knocks, our souls must be awaken to immediately respond to His call.  In Revelation chapter 3, Jesus emphatically stated:

20 “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.

21 To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.”

You must prepare yourself to respond to His Call.  Don’t be caught asleep when the knocking at the door comes forth.

Have you ever betrayed the confidence of another person by failing to keep an oath of secrecy?

Have you ever misused resources given for you to oversee?

Have you ever been deceptive?

Have you ever compromised you commitment to another?

I would suggest that we all are guilty of the above and have needed to repent many times.  The ramification of your action is not the issue here, it is the intent.  A “white” lie is still a lie.  The root of this type of behavior has the ego at its source and until we are led by The Spirit, we will have to be ever vigilant concerning the deceptions of the flesh.

Those in charge of the current system view their actions as necessary to keep the status quo even though their actions are outright lawless in nature.  Their actions are focused on improving the relative position among their peers and are willing to sacrifice others for their personal agendas.  What is the solution?  Love.

When you walk according to your ego, you feed the cravings of the soul or flesh depending on which presents a stronger demand at the time.  Your mind rationalizes why it is okay to be deceptive and betray Love in order that the lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and/or pride of life be fulfilled.  The sad reality is that lust and pride are never fulfilled but instead only require more and to a greater degree.

Hebrews 13:5  Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Greed is the root of all evil and as we overcome the world and realize that Our Heavenly Father’s Love includes HIS faithfulness to supply our needs, we will conduct ourselves in a Loving manner.  We will no longer manipulate the circumstances because of some previous lack in our lives.  HIS Love fills the void and removes the craving of the flesh.  As those cravings are removed by Love’s presence, you will find you no longer need to deceive others in any manner.

FATHER’S faithfulness is unwavering and Who better to commit to you than the Creator of the universe!  Each of us can cite examples of apparent lack in our past but we must allow FATHER to show us the necessity of those past experiences required for our maturing process.  As we pursue HIS Divine Intent of Love, we will begin to see the big picture unfold before our very eyes.

3 John 2   Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.

The above Scripture was referenced heavily in the Faith movement in past decades for it contained the solution to many problems in the area of health and finances.  In the area of finances betrayal, fraud, treachery, and deceit are all alive and well in the current system.  It is becoming increasingly difficult to find righteous dealings among businessmen.  In growing up, your word was your bond.  Nowadays, you must create a lengthy contract in an attempt to cover all the potential ways the other party can deceive you.  If men dealt righteously, the legal profession would be much smaller than it is today. 

3 John 2 begins with the word “Beloved” thus it sets the condition for the rest of the passage.  It would be appropriate to expand this verse to say “For those of you who walk and follow the path of Divine Love, I pray, believe, and expect you to prosper and have sufficiency in all aspects of life and for your body to function according to its Divine Intent and design, and for your soul to be a blessing to you as it serves your spiritual walk of Love”.

As we pursue this path of Love, we will see doors open up to us and our bodies respond accordingly.  Betrayal, fraud, treachery, nor deceit will be found among us.  Our word will be our bond just as FATHER’S Word is HIS unwavering commitment to us.  As we truly rely on HIM for our being, we will be able to say with great confidence:

Hebrews 13:6  So we may boldly say:
“The LORD is my helper;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?

2 Timothy 1:7   For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

A sound mind is a call to moderation and self-control.  Associated with a sound mind is power and Love.  We have been give HIS Spirit of Love, power, and a mind of moderation and the control of “self”.  It is my belief that this particular quality of your walk is tied to the first Beatitude given to us by Jesus:

Matthew 5:3

“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

‘Poor in spirit” indicates living in moderation and self-control.  As we control “self” and not allow ourselves to pursue to cravings of the carnal man which always moves to the extreme, we set the stage to become focused on Heaven rather than the world.  When your mind leads you to the extreme, you only end up tired and unfulfilled.  This is especially true with the advent of the Internet.  This medium allows mankind to “surf the net” for endless hours in search of some key to life, happiness, and/or health.  It is true that there are benefits to such a massive database, but it is also true that excessive focus will lead to emptiness.  Just consider if you spent the same time focused on a relationship with FATHER.  Would you not have a greater and better result by hearing HIS Voice in response to a problem that is plaguing you?

There are a multitude of opinions now accessible to all who have an Internet connection.  These opinions cover virtually every topic you can imagine.  The human brain is designed to believe what the eyes see, the ears hear, and the mind reads.  We must protect ourselves from man’s opinions that would lead us astray from the Truth.  Television’s 24 hour news channels provide a similar source of opinions that can impact you and produce fear and cause responses which you lead you away from the Truth.

So how do we sift through all of the various opinions and influence of man?  We must seek the One where all Truth originates.  Our Heavenly Father knows the end from the beginning and HE will lead us safely through all of the events that are on the horizon.  We must not move away from a sound mind due to some sensationalized, convincing view of what is about to take place on the earth.  The current system is so complex, no man can fully grasp the effects of any action by men in control, only FATHER knows for sure.

As we continue our pursuit of the fullness of Love guiding our walk, we will walk in moderation in all areas of our life.  We will not go extremes and exhaust our resources because of some soulish desire.  When you walk in extremes, you become focused on scarcity and lack.  Love has a sufficiency beyond what man can hoard or use up.  As we continue in Love, our sound mind will uncover Truth among all the opinions and we will not be moved by those opinions which serve only to produce fear among the masses.

Major changes are ahead for men are moving to greater desperation.  What worked in the past will not work in the future since the two are not identical environments.  It is imperative that we seek FATHER’S direction in order to quiet our soul and let peace prevail in our lives.  We must place our trust in HIM and not the opinions of people.  This goes for the physical as well as the spiritual.  We must not think that another man has a greater ability to hear FATHER more than us at an individual level.  Yes, we may receive a confirmation through a brother but we should receive the initial Word from FATHER.  Otherwise, we may jut be getting another opinion.  Be assured, everyone has one.  We must control “self” and stay away from the excesses associated with the carnal mind.  We must focus on Love and as we do, we will receive power from Above to deal with whatever life sends our way.  What a simple solution to our problems.

I will be unavailable until Wednesday.  Love is on the move!

Jesus let us know what was in His heart for He prayed the following to FATHER:

John 17:22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one:

Glory Is splendor, brightness, and majesty, an exalted state above the natural.  Jesus prayed that we may be one with FATHER, Him, and each other.  Does His prayer denote a limitation?  Is it meant that this prayer is restrictive in nature or does it embrace all realms?  I believe there are no restrictions to what Jesus is praying here and we should expect to “see” the glory of His Presence not only in the spiritual realm but also in the lower realm of the physical.  Jesus further prayed:

23  I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

It is Jesus’ prayer that we made be made perfect in one in Love.  Does Love restrict itself from the physical?  I think not.  Does Jesus desire to make Himself expressly known to men in the physical?

In Mark chapter 9, Peter, James, and John went up the mountain with Jesus and they saw Elijah and Moses:

4  And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.

Two men from the past were speaking to Jesus Who is in the flesh.  Their appearance was not necessary to deal with unbelief, issues of faith, or any other weakness in Jesus.  It was Divinely ordained and provided increased understanding to Peter, James, and John.  What is the point?  We should not restrict our expectation of FATHER’S Desire and Intent to make HIMSELF known to us.

Let us continue in Jesus prayer to FATHER:

24 “Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

If you were able to set an expectation to “behold HIS Glory” what would be included in that expectation?  What would be excluded?  The Song of Songs is about the longing of the Shulamite being in the presence of Her Beloved.  But just as important, it is the longing and intense desire of the Beloved to make Himself known and in the presence of HIS Love, the Shulamite.

When I fell in Love with my wife, I wanted to be in her presence every day, not have some long distance relationship.  I wanted a relationship without restriction.  It was about experiencing life together whatever the circumstance.  Is it any different with the intense Love Jesus has for you and me?  Do you think He wants a long distance relationship or one that is unrestricted?  What about FATHER?  HE wants an intimate relationship with each of us without hindrance.  HIS Love awaits our desire to be fully with HIM and will not move beyond our choice to keep a distance due to guilt, unworthiness, or some other carnal reason for separation.

FATHER open our eyes that we may behold Your Manifested Presence and Glory!  Let there be no restrictions to our relationship in any realm.  Let not my weakness prevent Your Manifested Presence but let YOUR Love overtake me.  Amen!

By now, those who read these blogs should realize that I am urging you to have a direct relationship with FATHER.  It is my heartfelt desire that these blogs encourage you to that end.  Yes, we are to do our part in supplying other parts of the Body of Christ but we must never take our focus off the Head- Our Lord Jesus Christ.

When dross rises to the top and forms a thin layer ready to be removed, you cannot see beyond the dross but Our Heavenly Father can.  Day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute, HE continues the process of extracting the dross from our lives.  After all, it is HIS Dwelling Place that HE is cleaning up.  The Song of Solomon, the new song, is about a Love relationship between the Bridegroom and the Bride.  Others would attempt to rush or delay the relationship but there is no set time frame to Love and both simply want to express themselves to each other.  It is about who we are rather than what we do.

Men want to keep you busy and on the move.  They want to keep the momentum going of their current path and want to convince you that their current course should be your course as well.  Deep down inside they believe there is safety in numbers.  The inherent problem with their assumptions is that if FATHER is not in what they are doing, their path ultimately leads to nowhere.  They simply burned up resources that could have been used for fruitful purposes.

Paul wrote in Colossians chapter 1:

24 I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the “called out ones”.

The ekklēsia has been translated as church but it means “called out ones”, those who have been separated out and known as members of the Body of Christ.  We as members of HIS Body should supply our gifts and callings for the maturing of the Body with the continual focus on The Head, not ourselves.  The more mature are to serve the less mature, not to exalt themselves as being special conduits selected by FATHER denoting some sort of superiority.  The ego must not be allowed to infiltrate the message of Christ.  When a man constantly moves the spotlight onto himself, he becomes an “anti-christ”.  I implore you to seek out a relationship with FATHER first and foremost.

Paul continues:

25  of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God

Each of us who minister should have a common goal- to fulfill the Word of FATHER, nothing else.  HIS most primary Word is Love and as you know, I will continue to focus on HIS most primary characteristic that has received little or no focus in the past by those charged with stewardship.

Can anyone Love you more than Christ?  Most who have loved you in the past were of a conditional nature.  If you perform then you will be loved.  Jesus Christ shed His blood before you could perform thus His Love is unconditional.  It is HE Who seeks the most intimate relationship with you on a moment by moment basis.  As we embrace this Love, we will seek to spread His unconditional Love to others.  We need not seek the revelation of HIS Love twice removed from men who would lead you to believe that you must follow their lead in order to fulfill FATHER’S mandate for your life.  Jesus Christ and FATHER are One and you should expect to become One with FATHER as well.  There is but one door you can enter through:

John 10:7  Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

8  All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

9  I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

10  The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

Whose door are you pursuing?