Servias Ministries Blog

Paul spoke by The Holy Spirit in 2 Corinthians chapter 8:

1 Beloved ones, we must tell you about the grace God poured out upon the churches of Macedonia. 2 For even during a season of severe difficulty and tremendous suffering, they became even more filled with joy. From the depths of their extreme poverty, super-abundant joy overflowed into an act of extravagant generosity.

FATHER intends for us to walk in “super-abundant” joy at all times no matter what our financial state.  We may be facing extreme difficulty and tremendous suffering but our joy cannot be taken away from us if we don’t allow it.

As I give according to what The Holy Spirit instructs, I know that blessing will flow both to the recipient and my family.  The orientation to scarcity departs from my mindset for this is where the adversary wants to challenge us.  The adversary wants to convince us to no longer trust FATHER’S Word in the area of prosperity.

3 For I can verify that they spontaneously gave, not only according to their means but far beyond what they could afford. 4 They actually begged us for the privilege of sharing in this ministry of giving to God’s Holy people who are living in poverty. 5 They exceeded our expectations by first dedicating themselves fully to the Lord and then to us, according to God’s pleasure.

I must say that I have not experienced anyone “begging me” to share in helping those living in poverty.  It is clear they had the revelation of FATHER’S Heart to those who are impoverished.  Don’t get me wrong, I am overjoyed by every person’s giving to those who are impoverished.  However, the churches Paul is referencing were extremely intent on giving… enough to be included in Scripture.

Paul continues:

6 That is why we appealed to Titus, since he was the one who got you started and encouraged you to give, so he could help you complete this generous undertaking on your behalf.

7 You do well and excel in every respect—

in unstoppable faith,

in powerful preaching,

in revelation knowledge,

in your passionate devotion,

and in sharing the Love we have shown to you.

This list of attributes seems to be what we all seek out and want to be known for.  How many of us are known for our unstoppable faith?  Our ability to preach in a powerful manner?  The next attribute is especially intriguing- revelation knowledge!  People will go to great extemes in order to unlock some new hidden revelation that no one else has been able to see.

We all want to be known for passionate devotion and that is a good thing.  The Corinthian church was complemented for sharing the Agape Love with Paul and his associates.

Paul was not finished in verse 7:

So make sure that you also excel in grace-filled generosity.

Grace-filled generosity was the one thing left to be fulfilled.  Those believers were excelling in other area but they need encouragement in the area of generosity.  Paul continues:

8 I’m not saying this as though I were issuing an order but to stir you to greater Love by mentioning the enthusiasm of the Macedonians as a challenge to you. 9 For you have experienced the extravagant grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although He was infinitely rich, He impoverished himself for our sake, so that by His poverty, we could become rich beyond measure.

Everything I write is intended to help us all mature to greater Love!  How are we to walk in this greater Love if we have difficulty in being generous without regard to our current state?  Love and trust in FATHER go hand in hand.  Trust requires discipline to respond to The Holy Spirit when He directs us to give.

Are you known as being generous by those whom you encounter?  Did Jesus barely supply food to those who hunger just to meet some “minimum standard”?

10 So here are my thoughts concerning this matter, and it’s in your best interests. Since you made such a good start last year, both in the grace of giving and in your longing to give, 11 you should finish what you started. You were so eager in your intentions to give, so go do it. Finish this act of worship according to your ability to give. 12 For if the intention and desire are there, the size of the gift doesn’t matter. Your gift is fully acceptable to God according to what you have, not what you don’t have. 13 I’m not saying this in order to ease someone else’s load by overloading you, but as a matter of fair balance.

Giving generously is an act of worship toward FATHER.  Our generosity reflects our trust IN HIM as OUR PROVIDER.  Why do you think greed is the root of all evil?  If we can’t truly hear and understand thus embrace the revelation of Grace-filled generosity, we will not ascend to full maturity as Sons and Daughters.

Life is all about relationships.  Relationships are meant to promote unity, not division.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2 Corinthians chapter 6:

14 Don’t continue to team up with unbelievers in mismatched alliances, for what partnership is there between righteousness and rebellion? Who could mingle light with darkness? 15 What harmony can there be between Christ and satan? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16 What friendship does God’s temple have with demons? For indeed, we are the temple of the living God, just as God has said:

I will make my home in them and walk among them.

I will be their God, and they will be My people.

17 For this reason,

“Come out from among them and be separate,” says the Lord.

“Touch nothing that is unclean, and I will embrace you.

18 I will be a true Father to you,

    and you will be MY Beloved Sons and Daughters,”

    says the Lord Yahweh Almighty.

With whom do you want to be in unity?  Those who are led by satan and his demons or those who are led by the Lord Yahweh Almighty?  How can we become “one” in Christ unless we are in unity with each other?

As I am led by The Holy Spirit, I promote unity with others who have the same intent, no matter what level of maturity they are in Christ.  I may be seeing a different facet of the Kingdom than a brother or sister but it does not make any of us wrong.  The Holy Spirit provides each of us with the affirmation of Truth concerning what we are seeing and/or hearing in this world.

Jesus came to correct people back to FATHER’S normal.  He came to correct what satan had perverted.  Jesus spoke in John chapter 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.”

Jesus promotes life and abundance whereas satan promotes death and scarcity.  Can this be made any clearer?  You and I only need to look at our own circumstances to determine where we individually need correction.  It is up to each of us to embrace FATHER’S Word in the areas requiring correction.

We are to trust Jesus and His Words rather than what the world is promoting.  Trust and faith are equivalent in the Hebrew thus we must embrace the Word as our Truth and take command over our circumstances.  We are not meant to be victims.

Jesus is the exact representation of FATHER.  You and I are meant to be that same representation and walk in the same authority.  Do you and I dare embrace this Truth?

Now is the time!  Let us come into full unity with FATHER and each other.

We continue to help impoverished kids with 100% of your tithes and contributions.  Since they cannot repay the assistance, FATHER takes on that responsibility and you cannot out-give Our Heavenly Father.

One comment provided to us:

We had to adjust our lunch schedules to make sure every grade could be in the cafeteria without mixing with other grades.  This meant that some grade levels had to eat earlier or later than usual.  This made snack time very important to get them through the day.  Unfortunately, we have many kids who can’t afford snacks or whose parents don’t remember to provide snacks each day.  Using your funds, we were able to purchase enough snacks to provide these daily to those kids who don’t have any.  It has ensured that every child is fed and ready to learn even if they forgot their snack that day.  Some kids will need this assistance every day.  Thank you so much for meeting this need.

Other comments:

Our purchase of journals and pens was funded by this donor. I will be sharing the journals/pens with students who come into my office that are struggling with anxiety/stress/loss.

The people that I have given the food gift cards to have deeply appreciated the cards – they said they came at a good time for them.

With your funds, we bought a student a pair of shoes since the soles of his shoes were worn out and “flapping”.  Thank you!

This is what Agape Love does!

Your word needs to count and be reliable.  When it is, it creates trust and results in faith.  Don’t we realize that FATHER’S Word meets these criteria?

Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 12:

35 “When virtue is stored within, the hearts of good and upright people will produce good fruit. But when evil is hidden within, those who are evil will produce evil fruit. 36 You can be sure of this: when the day of judgment comes, everyone will be held accountable for every careless (Or “worthless word.” The Aramaic is “every untrue word.”) word he has spoken. 37 Your very words will be used as evidence against you, and your words will declare you either innocent or guilty.”

We don’t need to convince FATHER to fulfill HIS Word, we need to remove the unbelief in our hearts.

Mark wrote by the Holy Spirit in chapter 9:

14 Now when they came down the mountain to the other nine disciples, they noticed a large crowd of people gathered around them, with the religious scholars arguing with them. 15 The crowd was astonished to see Jesus Himself walking toward them, so they immediately ran to welcome Him.

16 “What are you arguing about with the religious scholars?” He asked them.

17 A man spoke up out of the crowd. “Teacher,” he said, “I have a son possessed by a demon that makes him mute. I brought him here to You, Jesus. 18 Whenever the demon takes control of him, it knocks him down, and he foams at the mouth and gnashes his teeth, and his body becomes stiff as a board. I brought him to Your disciples, hoping they could deliver him, but they were not strong enough.”

19 Jesus said to the crowd, “Why are you such a faithless people? How much longer must I remain with you and put up with your unbelief? Now, bring the boy to Me.”

20 So they brought him to Jesus. As soon as the demon saw Him, it threw the boy into convulsions. He fell to the ground, rolling around and foaming at the mouth. 21 Jesus turned to the father and asked, “How long has your son been tormented like this?”

“Since childhood,” he replied. 22 “It tries over and over to kill him by throwing him into fire or water. But please, if You’re able to do something, anything—have compassion on us and help us!”

23 Jesus said to him, “What do you mean ‘if’? If you are able to believe, all things are possible to the believer.”

24 When he heard this, the boy’s father cried out with tears, saying, “I do believe, Lord; help my little faith!”

25 Now when Jesus saw that the crowd was quickly growing larger, He commanded the demon, saying, “Deaf and mute spirit, I command you to come out of him and never enter him again!”

26 The demon shrieked and threw the boy into terrible seizures and finally came out of him! As the boy lay there, looking like a corpse, everyone thought he was dead. 27 But Jesus stooped down, gently took his hand, and raised him up to his feet, and he stood there completely set free!

28 Afterwards, when Jesus arrived at the house, his disciples asked Him in private, “Why couldn’t we cast out the demon?”

29 He answered them, “This type of powerful spirit can only be cast out by fasting and prayer.”

ALL things are possible to the believer and our level of belief and trust in FATHER determines our fruitfulness.  Yes, there are demons out there that must be dealt with by the believer.  If you discount this reality, you have been hoodwinked and have become powerless to deal with this spiritual reality.

Sickness and disease are contrary to FATHER’S Divine Intent so we must seek out the root cause of the issue and deal with it.  The deeper the root, the more intense we must fast and pray.  We must not allow our past to justify our current issues.  Jesus’ Blood was more than sufficient to deal with our individual history.  We really are new creations in Christ.  Get rid of the unbelief and experience greater fruitfulness.

Life begins with a thought in GOD’S Heart!

David wrote by The Holy Spirit in Psalm 139:

¹³ You formed my innermost being, shaping my delicate inside
and my intricate outside,
and wove them all together in my mother’s womb
¹⁴ I thank you, God, for making me so mysteriously complex!
Everything you do is marvelously breathtaking.
It simply amazes me to think about it!
How thoroughly you know me, Lord!
¹⁵ You even formed every bone in my body
when you created me in the secret place,
carefully, skillfully shaping me from nothing to something.
¹⁶ You saw who you created me to be before I became me!
Before I’d ever seen the light of day,
the number of days you planned for me
were already recorded in your book.
^17–18 Every single moment you are thinking of me!
How precious and wonderful to consider
that you cherish me constantly in your every thought!
O God, your desires toward me are more
than the grains of sand on every shore!
When I awake each morning, you’re still with me.

Next question?

Healing is spiritual and it comes from Heaven.  It then manifests in the flesh.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 8:

10 Now Christ lives his life in you! And even though your body may be dead because of the effects of sin, his life-giving Spirit imparts life to you because you are fully accepted by God. 11 Yes, God raised Jesus to life! And since God’s Spirit of Resurrection lives in you, he will also raise your dying body to life by the same Spirit that breathes life into you!

12 So then, beloved ones, the flesh has no claims on us at all, and we have no further obligation to live in obedience to it. 13 For when you live controlled by the flesh, you are about to die. But if the life of the Spirit puts to death the corrupt ways of the flesh, we then taste His abundant life.

Jesus always provides for our healing for He is the Healer, not man, not drugs, not any other manmade device.  When Divine Life flows to us and through us, we can’t help but be healed thus the key to healing is to focus on HIM.  We should immerse ourselves in HIS Word.

The Holy Spirit spoke through Moses in Exodus 15:

There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them, 26 and said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will permit none of the diseases on you which I have allowed on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD WHO heals you.”

Be diligent and heed!  Satan will attempt to draw you away from this revelation… count on it.  FATHER is speaking thus we must heed and be diligent.  HE is watching us and we are called to do what is right IN HIS SIGHT.  If we only give lip service to HIS Word, we will not walk in the Divine flow from Heaven.

He further spoke in Exodus 23:

25 “So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you.”

As we serve HIM, HE takes away sickness from our midst AND blesses our food.  Does it get any better than that?  FATHER wants us to live in Divine health and live without any infirmity of any kind for that is HIS Will.

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Psalm 105:

37 At last, God freed all the Hebrews from their slavery

and sent them away laden with the silver and gold of Egypt.

And not even one was feeble on their way out!

FATHER’S Divine Intent is for us to walk in health AND provision.  Let us not walk in unbelief in these two areas as we go forth and minister to others.  The purpose of mature Sons and Daughters is to bring forth the Kingdom through ministry in a manner similar to Jesus’ ministry.  We must not shy away from healing or provision but instead embrace both.

38 Egypt was relieved at their exodus, ready to see them go,

for the terror of the Lord of the Hebrews had fallen upon them!

Does the world fear us yet?  The issue is not with FATHER.  Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 12:

9 Let Love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.

10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly Love, in honor giving preference to one another;

11 not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

12 rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer;

13 distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality.

These attributes should describe each of us as we come to full maturity as Sons and Daughters.  Let us not be distracted by unrighteousness around us but let us set our focus on rising up to full maturity. 

Therefore, having these promises, Beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting Holiness in the Fear of GOD.  We will walk in both healing AND provision.  Be diligent and let HIS Divine Life flow in all areas!

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Psalm 80:

1 God-Enthroned, be revealed in splendor

as You ride upon the cherubim!

How perfectly You lead us, a people set free.

Loving shepherd of Israel—listen to our hearts’ cry!

Shine forth from Your throne of dazzling light.

2 In the sight of Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh,

stir up Your mighty power in full display before our eyes.

Break through and reveal Yourself by coming to our rescue.

3 Revive us, O God! Let Your beaming Face shine upon us

with the sunrise rays of glory;

then nothing will be able to stop us.

4 O God, the mighty Commander of Angel Armies,

how much longer will You smolder in anger?

How much longer will You be disgusted with Your people

even when they pray?

5 You have fed us with sorrow and grief

and made us drink our tears by the bowlful.

6 You’ve made us a thorn in the side of all the neighboring lands,

and now they just laugh at us with their mocking scorn.

7 Come back, come back, O God, and restore us!

You are the Commander of Angel Armies.

Let Your beaming face shine upon us with the sunrise rays of glory,

and then nothing will be able to stop us!

8–9 Remember how You transplanted us here

like a tender vine from Egypt.

You cleared the land for Your vineyard,

evicting the nations from Your land and planting us here.

The roots of Your vineyard went deep into the soil

and filled the land with fruit.

10–11 Because of Your favor on Your vineyard,

blessing extended to every mountain of influence.

Through this flourishing vineyard mighty ones were raised up.

The nations were blessed by Your fruitful vineyard of Israel,

all the way from the Mediterranean to the Euphrates.

12–13 So Lord, why have You broken down

Your fence of favor around us?

Trespassers can steal the fruit from off our vines,

and now every wild beast comes

breaking through our wall to ravage us.

You’ve left us without protection!

14 Come back, come back, O God to restore us!

You are the Commander of Angel Armies.

Look down from heaven and see our crisis.

Come down and care for Your lovely vineyard once again.

15 Nurture our root and our fruit with Your loving care.

Raise up the Branch-Man, the Son whom You’ve made strong.

16 Enemies chopped down our vine and set it on fire;

now show them Your anger and let them perish by Your frown.

17 Strengthen this Branch-Man, the Son of YOUR Love,

the Son of Man who dwells at Your right hand.

18 Then we will never turn back from You.

Revive us again, that we may trust in You.

19 O God, the mighty Commander of Angel Armies,

come back and rescue us!

Let Your beaming face shine upon us

with the sunrise rays of glory.

Then nothing will ever stop us again!

The above Psalm is all about restoration of HIS people who have gone astray and have become lukewarm causing the loss of FATHER’S protection from their enemies.  How could the church allow the legalization of killing unborn babies?  How could unrighteousness permeate our land?

The “church” must repent else their lampstands will be removed forthwith.  There are no acceptable excuses for letting this happen any longer.

Verse 2 references Numbers 2:

17 “And the tabernacle of meeting shall move out with the camp of the Levites in the middle of the camps; as they camp, so they shall move out, everyone in his place, by their standards.

18 “On the west side shall be the standard of the forces with Ephraim according to their armies, and the leader of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.” 19 And his army was numbered at forty thousand five hundred.

20 “Next to him comes the tribe of Manasseh, and the leader of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.” 21 And his army was numbered at thirty-two thousand two hundred.

22 “Then comes the tribe of Benjamin, and the leader of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.” 23 And his army was numbered at thirty-five thousand four hundred.

The Hebrew text includes the names Ephraim (“doubly fruitful”), Benjamin (“son of my right hand”), and Manassah (“You made me forget”). These three sons of Rachel marched together behind the ark of Glory (Num. 2:17-24) and became representatives of all who follow the Glory of God. They will be “doubly fruitful,” “Sons of HIS Right Hand,” and those who have “forgotten” their lives in Adam.

These three tribes represent the Sons of GOD and their names reflect the attributes of mature Sons.  We are to fully accept and embrace those attributes as we reach full maturity and expect those qualities to operate in our lives.

It is especially important to “forget” our lives in Adam and not allow the adversary to bring up our past and continue to accuse us for those past sins.  I cast down all vain imaginations and every thought which exalts itself above The Word!  You should too!

The  Blood of Jesus was and is more than sufficient to deal with the past so we must never forget that Truth.  We are called to follow the Glory and not man.  We are to be shining lights to those who have embrace darkness for the light emanating from the Sons will expose darkness and all the lies of the enemy.  Let FATHER’S Glory come forth over the land!

Today and tomorrow. I like to start the day with Psalm 91

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Philippians chapter 2:

¹⁴ Live a cheerful life, without complaining or division among yourselves. ¹⁵ For then you will be seen as innocent, faultless, and pure children of God, even though you live in the midst of a brutal and perverse culture. For you will appear among them as shining lights^[in the universe, ¹⁶ offering them the words of eternal life.

The children of Israel were delivered out of Egypt and saw the miraculous yet they soon complained about what their eyes saw rather than what FATHER promised.

This is not the time to complain or fear what the world is projecting for FATHER is well ahead of the adversary in HIS plans and purposes. FATHER inhabits the praise of HIS Sons and Daughters. Think about it!

Jude 1:14 Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, 15 to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”

http://www.scriptural-truth.com/images/BookOfEnoch.pdf