Gain to Attain

April 27th, 2016

In Philippians Chapter 3, Paul wrote:

7 But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ.

8 More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ,

9 and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith,

10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death;

11 in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

Paul urges us to live by a Spiritual standard established by Jesus Christ.  There will be many who will not view this standard as their priority but have chosen the reward of worldly pleasure instead.  Paul, on the other hand, counts those things as “rubbish” and loss.  He realized that FATHER had set aside a remnant who would press on to attain the resurrection from the dead and that was his goal.  There are some of us who grasp that goal and are in pursuit of it as well.

Everyone wants to operate in the power of His resurrection who have read the Book of Acts and saw how the disciples went from average men to  those having signs and miracles following.  However we must look at the second half of this verse where we have “fellowship” of His sufferings and become “conformed” to His death.  What does this mean?  Paul explains this in Romans chapter 8:

13  for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

We must die to the flesh in order to live and walk in the SPIRIT.  Are you willing to die to the flesh or is your flesh overtaking your desire to come into full maturity in Christ?  Each of us must individually determine our own priority and assess our progress.  Over time our understanding expands and we realize there is more to life than what the world offers.  FATHER reveals HIMSELF to those whom HE has chosen to set a standard of Christ on this earth.  When you realize this high calling you will truly respond in the same manner as Paul in counting all things “loss” in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ!

In Philippians 3, Paul continues:

12 Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.

13 Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do:forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,

14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

15 Let us therefore, as many as are perfect (fully mature), have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you;

16 however, let us keep living by that same standard to which we have attained.

We must not get discouraged by this time period prior to HIS coming in us and through us to minister as lights unto the world.  We must embrace the fellowship of sufferings through the cross by  nailing our old man to that cross and being raised up on the other side.  Our flesh must die!  As we die to the flesh we gain Christ and as we fully mature we attain the standard which men will see.  That standard of righteousness will expose rampant sin and unrighteousness and men will be judged accordingly.

Prince

April 26th, 2016

An appropriate word from my friend Alan Newton:

The Prince is son of the King 4-26-2016

There has been much attention and excitement recently about the sudden and unexpected death of the singer/song writer known as Prince, and many have been emotionally impacted by the death of Prince. If those that are emotionally mourning the passing of Prince understood more clearly the spiritual implication of his name, and the color purple that seemed to be almost a symbolic trademark of his music ministry/career, much of the sadness of his unexpected demise could be replaced with joy, and great peace. Everything is a Spiritual message to us, whether we can hear it or not. It was reported Prince was 57 years of age at his passing. Fifty. And seven. Those numbers are not without serious signification in scripture. I won’t elaborate on that here.

The word ‘purple’ appears in the King James translation 39 times in the Old Testament, and 9 times in the new. This writing is interested primarily in the O.T. usage, and the Hebrew concept that is behind the word we translate as ‘purple’. The Christ was scourged with 39 ‘stripes’ at crucifixion, according to the dictates of Torah. Coincidence? Probably not. Purple is referred to more in Exodus (26 times) than the rest of the Bible combined, for purple is used much in the description of the character of the tabernacle in the wilderness, as Moses was instructed to fashion it. And in every Exodus verse containing the word purple, the purple is preceded by the word blue. Why?

I was first introduced to the concept of purple by Rudy Jones in his Tabernacle Teachings that are rich in character, and deep in spiritual understandings. It was Rudy that introduced to me the idea that blue is representative of Spirit, red is representative of ‘adam ( ‘dam’, among other things, is recognized as blood, and red), and purple was the combining of the red of adam with the blue of spirit. So from this concept, purple could be representative of adam when he is introduced to, and impacted by, God’s Spirit. I accepted that idea, lock stock and barrel, and still do 30 years later; even more so 30+ years later.

My fascination with Biblical Hebrew has taught me that ‘adam’ is living soul, and as such, is destined to produce chaos and disorder until such time as ‘adam’ submits the carnal appetites to the superior leading of Holy Spirit teachings. The Hebrew word ‘torah’, or law, is better understood as ‘teachings’. In that analogy, adam being red would take on the blue of spiritual guidance, and the end result is a manifestation known as purple. But why? What does purple represent; and as purple, why is it always preceded by blue in the tabernacle in the wilderness representations?

The remainder of this writing will require the reader to ‘hear’ by the spirit what is being revealed in this pageantry, and not be confused or distracted by the carnal interpretations and western transliterations of a message that was only intended to communicate a spiritual truth, in parable and metaphor, and not a natural or physical reality. God is Spirit, and so the message to ‘adam’ is one of Spirit Nature.

The Hebrew word we translate as purple is pronounced as ‘argaman’; nmgra The root word in this compound called ‘argaman’ is ‘ragam’, or in Hebrew, ~gr, and as with all root words, ‘ragam’ is an action verb. ‘Ragam’, as an action root verb, appears in scripture 16 times (?), and is translated all but two of those times as “…to stone”, as in stoning an individual. The concept of stoning in the Bible isn’t lost on religion and the natural or carnal mind, but the spiritual life of the word remains mysteriously hidden. Israel, as a group or family that followed the teachings from Moses, was told that those in their midst that refused to conform to the spiritual teachings were to be ‘stoned with stones’. The implication is that the non-conformist was to be stoned to death. But wait. The ‘stoners’ were told to stone the violator with ‘stones’. And the word translated as ‘stones’ is the Hebrew ‘eben’ !ba. And the root of the word eben, a stone and a noun, is the Hebrew ben !b, which is the son. How many times in the scripture is God referred to as the Rock? And ‘eben’, or stone, is the building material with which to build the son.

KJV Numbers 15:36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned (ragam ~gr) him with stones (eben !ba) and he died;

I hope you are beginning to see this spiritual truth. ‘adam’ has to die to his ‘adam nature and control, and come alive anew in the Spirit of God. But that is only the beginning of the story. As adam (red) dies to his carnal appetites, he comes alive anew (rebirth) in the Spirit (blue), and the result then is the purple (red plus blue make purple) that is indicative that the red man has now put on the Spirit of God, which is Love, and his purple recognition is that of royalty. Purple is the color most often designated as royalty. And incidentally, adam never loses his red appetites, but rather submits them to the Spirit of God (blue) in order to obtain a purple recognition. It is in our Purple Identity as Spirit Royalty that we manifest a Purple Reign. The purple rain of the Purple Reign is by having the blue of God Spirit added to our adam red. This is so basic in the pageantry of the tabernacle that Moses was told to rear. And the word purple (argaman) means that you have died to your carnal adam control, and are now submitted to the leading and guidance of God Spirit. We must be stoned (ragam) with stones (eben) to bring us to death to our carnal control and accept the Spirit of God as our ‘son’ (ben) recognition and identity. And as the son, we are also the Prince (sar rf), and the prince is son of the king. The word for prince, or sar, is also the foundation of the word Israel (y’ sar el), ‘Sarai and Sarah (princess), and also the word for flesh (basar rfb). And so the flesh (basar) of the Prince (sar) is covered in purple (argaman) to show that he has died to the control of carnal appetites, and is now alive as the Son by the Spirit of The Father (The King). The Purple Reign is the son living in submission to the Life of The Father. Incidentally, in the pageantry of the tabernacle, we see over and over again the phrase “…blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen…”. [Ex. 25:4] The word translated as ‘fine linen’ is the Hebrew ‘sheysh’, or VV. And this also happens to be the exact spelling, and pronunciation, of the Hebrew for ‘six’. Six? The number for man? So, what does all of this blue and purple and scarlet and fine linen refer to? This entire pageant is all about the parables and metaphors and analogies that prove, over and over and over again, that we are the Tabernacle of God. We always have been, and we always will be. And only when we are submitted to the Spirit of God, which is Love, that we exhibit and manifest our Prince nature in a Purple Reign. And so, what if the Prince of Purple Reign should suddenly and without expectation pass from this scene? Well, he just ascends to The Father. What a glorious finale to ascend from the Prince of Purple Reign to The Father. What great peace that is. Shalom, Y’all.

Being A Disciple

April 26th, 2016

A disciple is one who learns and understands.  Jesus chose twelve men to learn about Him and the Kingdom.  He provided them understanding beyond what had been revealed to the church at the time.  There were higher laws to be revealed by the Son of Man and the mystery of the cross.  In Matthew 16:

21 From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.

22 Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!”

23 But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”

A disciple of Christ must be mindful of the things of FATHER rather than priorities established by men.  Peter was operating in the carnal mindset and expected Jesus to conquer Rome.  Peter wanted war but did not realize that Jesus would conquer by Love.

24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.

The cross is a door between two ages and one must come to a close and at the same time the next age begins.  Death represented that door and Jesus knew He had to embrace the cross for the next age to begin.  His reward was to come from Heaven rather than the trappings of the world.  The devil attempted to give Him the whole world at the beginning of His ministry in Matthew chapter 4:

8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

9 And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”

10 Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.’

11 Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.

As we fully accept the death of our flesh, Heaven opens up to us with its resources to minister.  As disciples we accept the cross and the path we must take and embrace the death of the old man.  We must do away with the Pentecostal mindset and let it pass away as well.  We must receive our understanding from FATHER as HE prepares us to minister in the dispensation at hand.

Jesus challenged the leaders of the day as He instructed His disciples.  In Matthew 12:

1 At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on the Sabbath. And His disciples were hungry, and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.

2 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!”

Jesus corrected their thinking and told them “I desire mercy and not sacrifice” and “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”  We must believe there are higher Laws than those we are currently aware of and as we die to the flesh those higher Laws will be revealed and at our disposal.  The angels are given to those who choose the cross as the door to the other side and will not seek the world’s reward but that only found in Heaven.  In Philippians chapter 3, Paul wrote:

7 But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ.

8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ.

Are you will to accept that narrow path to be a disciple of Christ?  If so you too will be challenged by the adversary.  Do not allow compromise to cause you to take an alternative path but trust FATHER to show you the Way.

Executing HIS Plan

April 25th, 2016

In Romans chapter 5, Paul wrote:

6 For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die.

8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Our Heavenly Father has a plan for you and me and we are not just on this earth without purpose.  HE specifically place us here at this very point in history as part of HIS overall plan for humanity.  HE sent HIS Son Jesus to die for us as an act of unconditional Love for none of us were worthy of HIS Blood.  What a beautiful act of Love!

The stronger must minister to the weaker.  You can’t expect the weak to perform and live up to your expectation but instead you must bring them up higher.  Isn’t that what Christ has done for each of us?  None of us had the capacity to do what HE did so it was necessary for Him to provide The Way, The Truth, and The Life for us to follow.  Following any other path will lead to death and destruction so we must keep our focus ON HIM, and IN HIM.  Christ is our example in our daily walk.

In Romans chapter 1, Paul explains:

20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,

21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,

23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.

As you become mature in Christ and develop a personal relationship with FATHER you are able to see the reality of HIS Majesty.  Simply look through a telescope at the planets and the moon and consider how HE is able to keep them in orbit.  The vastness of the universe is a testimony to FATHER’S Majesty.  Look through a microscope and you will get a similar understanding of the vastness of creation in the opposite direction.

Do not give consideration to the futility of the mind.  Your mind if given the opportunity would take you off the path of Love.  It would have you on a different path known by its complexity and will attempt to raise the level of noise in your life until you are unable to hear FATHER’S Voice.  Men and women would attempt to have you believe their worldly views in order to convince you to follow them into the abyss.  You should not worship the corruptible but keep your focus on the incorruptible.

No matter what you do today, FATHER will continue to execute HIS Plan and the only question will be whether you are part of the positive aspects of HIS Plan or the negative.  It is your choice.  If a thought rises up that conflicts with HIS Plan, cast it down.  Do not let your ego rise up and take possession of your day.  If you see a brother or sister needing assistance, see if it is in your power to help the weaker.  In order to ascend we must cut away any weight which would hold us down.  Simplicity removes such weights.  Clutter also gets in the way and hinders us.

Purpose to be part of HIS Plan and HE will utilize the resources HE placed in your stewardship.  You will then marvel in seeing HIS Plan come together.

16th Year of OKC Memorial Marathon

April 24th, 2016

This year nearly 25,000 runners participated in the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon, Half Marathon, and 5K Run.  48 States and 13 countries were represented.  21 years ago many of experience the Murrah Bombing on April 19th.  Those who lived here remember exactly where we were at 9:01 AM.  Violence and war are not the solutions to our problems, Love is the only enduring solution.  More bombs and bullets will not solve any dispute but instead living by the Commandment of Love will bring us into unity.

This happens to be my 4th year to run the half-marathon and I am grateful to be able to complete the course.  I believe Super Limber is central to my preparation for such a grueling event.  At the end of the race I was in much better shape than many of those who are half my age.  I set up www.superlimber.com to help my friend Doug continue to supply the supplement he formulated to people like me.  I have been using the product for over 15 years and plan to continue.  My joints feel great after 13.1 miles.  It is my desire to help others who are over 40 continue their active lifestyle.  As my beloved friend Dr. Vince Speckhart would remind me:

The body is designed to live forever.   The body is designed to heal itself.

We simply need to give the body some appropriate nutrients to allow it to do its job.

My beloved wife took a picture (outside the fenced area at the finish line) to capture the moment:

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This event raised nearly $1 Million Dollars to keep the museum open.  It amazes me that 25,000 people can come into unity at 6:30 AM on a Sunday Morning with a tremendous amount of positive energy all around.  If only that would spread to the four corners of the earth.  I expect FATHER has that plan in place.

As In The Times of Noah

April 23rd, 2016

I purpose to encourage each person who reads these blogs to develop an intimate relationship with Our Heavenly Father, not just simply knowing HIM as GOD but instead knowing HIM as FATHER.  As your relationship grows with HIM, HE will not only flow in you but through you to others.  You will begin to discern grace and mercy as well as when judgment is at hand.  Your faith will be placed IN HIM rather than in man and you will begin to place less weight on men’s opinions no matter how qualified they appear to be.  FATHER will show you Truth and give you wisdom in all matters thus as you walk out your life among the chaos, you will be in peace.  Noah was such a man:

Hebrews 11:7    By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

Why was Noah divinely warned of impending judgment?

Genesis 6:8  But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

Noah walked with FATHER just as Enoch had walked with HIM.  Both men had a personal relationship with FATHER and HE protected Noah’s family from certain destruction.  The other seven members of his family were protected through Noah’s righteousness and faith.  Can you imagine the adversity the family suffered as they built the ark?  The local crowd made them the laughingstock of the region until the day it began to rain.

Noah was to be FATHER’S witness during the time of judgment whereas Enoch was spared by being taken up.  In a sense, Noah was a type and shadow of the Sons who would witness the judgment by fire.  Noah believed FATHER’S Word every single day of his life as he worked on the ark.  His faith saw him through the ridicule as he beavered away on his building project.  His faith strengthened him in times of emotional upheaval in his family.  He had endurance to run the race set before him and would not quit along the way.  FATHER assured him of his destiny as the rest of the world suffered the needed judgment due to their perversity.

In Luke chapter 17, Jesus spoke:

26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:

27 They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

Most people are oblivious to the times for they simply continue with their normal routine and do not expect anything catastrophic to occur to them.  They cannot hear the warnings for preparation concerning the coming judgment.  Just as in the times of Noah, they will not realize that judgment is at hand until they are in the midst of it.  Jesus revealed this in Matthew 24:

37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,

39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

He who has ears to hear, let him hear!  It is imperative to focus on hearing FATHER and walking with HIM on a daily basis.  Going to church once a week is not the answer.  FATHER is looking for an intimate relationship with those who Love HIM.  FATHER Loved Noah and sustained him and his family through the judgment of water.  FATHER closed the door to the ark and sealed it from the rest of the world.  Noah stayed in the ark until FATHER instructed him to come out.

Noah was able to hear FATHER’S Words because he walked with HIM.  Let us walk with FATHER in the same manner for when judgment has fully come, we will be sustained through it all.

Overcoming Faith

April 22nd, 2016

In Hebrews chapter 11 we read:

1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

2 For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.

3 By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

To overcome means to succeed in dealing with a problem or difficulty, to prevail.  Faith is required to obtain a good testimony and as we walk out the narrow path of The Way, we will have challenges confront us.  We are given opportunities to take alternate paths which are less difficult but not according to FATHER’S Perfect Will.  It may be more convenient but allows compromise to enter in and before long we are no longer walking according to HIS SPIRIT.

Abraham trusted in FATHER’S Word and stood on it rather than consider his age or Sarah’s womb.  He was rewarded for this faith in FATHER’S Word.  We too should not consider our current circumstances but trust IN HIM as we walk out our calling.  We may be lacking resources but we should expect FATHER to provide sufficiency in order for us to complete our calling.  We must endure hardship when it comes upon us.  Faith overcomes hardship and our growth depends on being presented with obstacles to overcome.

Faith requires us to look beyond the current circumstances in the physical realm for they are temporary and subject to change.  Can you imagine a farmer standing before a field with a bag of seed and fearful of his crop not coming forth so he is unwilling to plant the seed?  He must have faith in what he knows to be true and by faith he prepares the soil and plants his seed expecting success.  We must approach life with the same expectation.  When FATHER speaks to us, we must cast down vain imaginations of failure and simply walk out what we show us.

By faith Abraham…

By faith Isaac…

By faith Jacob…

By faith Joseph…

By faith Moses…

By faith, you should run the race set before you:

12:1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Endurance is the ability to withstand hardship or adversity; especially : the ability to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity.  In these times everyone wants instantaneous results yet FATHER tells us we must develop endurance to run the race.  This is not a 100 yard dash but more akin to a marathon which requires much preparation.  Marathon runners train for months in order to improve their cardiovascular system in order to complete a 26.2 mile course.  Your race is similar to the marathon.  There will be days when you simply want to quit but instead FATHER sends someone to encourage you to forge ahead.  Maybe your spark has dimmed but HE will bring forth a Word to reignite the intensity required to complete your race.

Let not your obstacles prevent you from crossing your finish line.  Let these words encourage you to draw from HIS Strength.  Jesus endured the cross so let us likewise endure our “cross”.  Let no wall before you keep you from success.  Climb it, go around it, or knock it down if need be.  Don’t let your circumstances dictate your life but let your faith rise to the state of overcoming and the great cloud of witnesses will cheer you on!

Above The Circumstance

April 21st, 2016

In Philippians chapter 4, Paul wrote:

11 Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.

12 I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.

13 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

As we move to simplify our life and differentiate what is truly important, we can be content and live above the circumstances before us.  We are not tied to the complexities preventing us from ministering according to the need of others but are free to respond as FATHER directs.  We truly know and expect FATHER to provide our needs according to HIS riches in glory.  FATHER uses other people whom HE can trust to do HIS bidding to provide fruit to the laborers.  I have been on both sides of the equation of giving and receiving.

Living above the circumstance requires faith IN HIM otherwise we would have our focus on the circumstance and would be expending energy managing the circumstance rather than ministering according to the need.  Jesus ministered life in all situations and if the people were hungry, He would minister “above” the circumstance and multiply the fishes and loaves to provide food for the people.  He revealed the Truth of the Spiritual being in command of the physical but He did use the young boy’s willingness to provide the initial offering to be multiplied.  The boy’s “seed” was rapidly multiplied according to the need at hand.

Paul continues:

14 Nevertheless, you have done well to share with me in my affliction.

Paul was enduring hardship and the Philippians gave him assistance thus he was able to endure and overcome the circumstance.  Each of us will be placed in a similar position and those who listen to FATHER will respond and give to the need at hand.  What will they give?  Out of the good fruit they have produced and there is plenty of fruit to go around as people become part of the flow intended by FATHER.  The boy who provide fishes and loaves gave a little but took home much more.  His “seeds” brought forth a great harvest in just a few hours.  Moreover he was blessed in his willingness to give which I am sure served him well in later years.

15 You yourselves also know, Philippians, that at the first preaching of the gospel, after I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you alone;

16 for even in Thessalonica you sent a gift more than once for my needs.

17 Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek for the profit which increases to your account.

Paul understands the Spiritual law of giving and receiving and communicates it here.  His focus was not on the gift he received but on the result it produced on their behalf.  By their pure intent to give, they positioned themselves for a greater harvest.  When you place your trust in FATHER and are willing to give of the resources that have been given you, you will reap a greater harvest that will enable you to minister in a greater way. 

Those with a pure heart will grab ahold of this Truth and those with an impure heart will think otherwise.  Some people will “get” to give, and other will give to “get”.  Many people have deferred their giving awaiting FATHER to provide them with a windfall.  I suspect they will keep waiting.  Others will give according to their current ability and FATHER will raise them up into a greater capacity to give.  How simple!

As you embrace what Paul is communicating to the Philippians, you will better understand what Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 6:

38  “Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.”

Mission of Love

April 18th, 2016

FATHER has called me to minister to a young grieving family in Western Michigan until Wednesday.  May FATHER’S Love be fully manifested in their hearts as they process the loss of their loved one.

Mission of Love

April 18th, 2016

FATHER has called me to minister to a young grieving family in Western Michigan until Wednesday.  May FATHER’S Love be fully manifested in their hearts as they process the loss of their loved one.