Servias Ministries Blog

Each of us must be vigilant to weigh the words spoken and written concerning the Spiritual realm.  This is precisely why I continue to urge people to hear FATHER themselves rather than relying on others to hear for them.  When you rely on others to hear, you become subject to their humanity and their weaknesses in certain areas which may include idols of the heart.  Ezekiel was shown the elders of Israel thought they could get away with sinning in the darkness out of view of others yet in chapter 8 we find:

7 So He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, there was a hole in the wall. 

8 Then He said to me, “Son of man, dig into the wall”; and when I dug into the wall, there was a door.

9 And He said to me, “Go in, and see the wicked abominations which they are doing there.” 

10 So I went in and saw, and there—every sort of creeping thing, abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed all around on the walls. 

11 And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in their midst stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan. Each man had a censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense went up. 

12 Then He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the room of his idols? For they say, ‘The LORD does not see us, the LORD has forsaken the land.’ ”

We must not be ignorant of the reality that FATHER is fully aware of everything we do, both good and bad.  If we fail to repent, the necessary judgment arrives at our doorstep.  This is for our good and because FATHER’S Love demands cleansing and purification for us to be able to enter into HIS Presence.  You can deceive others but FATHER is not deceived by what happens in the depths of your heart, mind, and body.

We must consider the fact that these were elders and should have known better.  People looked up to them and treated them with respect yet that did not stop them from sinning “in the dark”.  Does their sin keep the Word from performing its intended function?  FATHER watches over HIS Word as HE told Ezekiel in chapter 12:

25  “For I am the LORD. I speak, and the word which I speak will come to pass; it will no more be postponed; for in your days, O rebellious house, I will say the word and perform it,” says the Lord GOD.’ ”

This is precisely why evangelists such as Jimmy Swaggart could minister salvation and healing while at the same time conducting illicit activities.  His activities in the dark did not negate the salvation of those whose faith brought forth blessing in those meetings.  Otherwise, none of us would have received many blessings through vessels marked with imperfections.  We must not be fearful of being subjected to man’s opinions but simply be aware that unless the Word is specifically being stated, man’s interpretation or influence might affect its Divine Intent.  FATHER will help you separate the dross from the pure Word.

FATHER does not put sickness on people or HE would not have had Jesus heal all of those with sickness and disease.  Jesus dealt with the spirits of infirmities as well.  Mary Magdalene was one whom Jesus set free:

Luke 8:1 Now it came to pass, afterward, that He went through every city and village, preaching and bringing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with Him, 

2 and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities—Mary called Magdalene, out of whom had come seven demons,

Are there still evil spirits?  Certainly, but we have overcome them and all sickness and disease by His Blood.  We need to embrace the reality of what the Blood really means to us.  As joint heirs we are called to walk in the same manner as Jesus Christ and with the same boldness.  Consider the Love Jesus had for the woman with the spirit of infirmity for eighteen years in Luke 13:

10 Now He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. 

11 And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent over and could in no way raise herself up. 

12 But when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, “Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity.” 

13 And He laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

Her healing is what glorifies FATHER, not walking a day longer with the spirit of infirmity.  Jesus manifested the Divine Intent of FATHER to set the captives free and we should take up the same mantle.  Do we dare make ourselves equal with Jesus?  No, He made us equal with Him as we accept the Truth of being joint heirs.  Peter had no problem in accepting the power and authority when he spoke “look on us” in Acts chapter 3:

1 Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. 

2 And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple; 

3 who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms. 

4 And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.” 

5 So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. 

6 Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” 

7 And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. 

8 So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God.

Let’s embrace HIS Love and accept HIS commission to be the solution to the world’s problem rather than simply accept the status quo of the world’s solutions which in fact treat only the symptoms of the problem, not the root.  The world needs to experience FATHER’S supernatural power and HE will use us as HIS vessels if we are fully aligned with HIM.

Paul wrote in Colossians chapter 1:

13 For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, 

14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

We are no longer subject to the domain of darkness yet many Believers still unknowingly live according to that realm.  IN HIM there is no darkness and we have been legally transferred into FATHER’S Kingdom but are still not living in the fullness of the rights and privileges of our citizenship.  Why?  We have accepted our physical senses as having the final word rather than looking up into the Spiritual realm where our citizenship resides.

Your passport affords you the rights associated with the country that issued it.  The Word is in a sense a passport of your Heavenly citizenship and in it are contained the rights afforded to you by FATHER.  Jesus died for our sins and sicknesses but we tend to omit the second promise of His death and resurrection.  Cancer is not omitted from the list of diseases dealt with by His Blood.  Dementia is also not excluded.  In Deuteronomy 28, FATHER described the list for those who persisted in their rebellion:

58 “If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, to fear this honored and awesome name, fnthe LORD your God, 

59 then the LORD will bring(permit) extraordinary plagues on you and fnyour descendants, even fnsevere and lasting plagues, and miserable and chronic sicknesses. 

60 He will bring (permit) back on you all the diseases of Egypt of which you were afraid, and they will cling to you. 

61 Also every sickness and every plague which, not written in the book of this law, the LORD will bring (permit) on you until you are destroyed.

The list covers ALL sickness and ALL disease, there are no exclusions for nothing is truly incurable.  Let us embrace the reality that we have been rescued from the kingdom of darkness and let our testimony line up with our true citizenship.  Those in the other kingdom will not understand and may attempt to judge us according to their blindness but that should not deter us from expressing who we are in Christ.

We have been made alive in Christ as Paul shared in Ephesians chapter 2:

 6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 

7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and fnthat not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 

9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. 

10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

We are commissioned to good works which FATHER prepared for us to walk in so let us embrace this Truth over any temporal opinion of the world.  When you have been rescued you are no longer subject to the previous situation you were in unless you attempt to return to that state.  Let us go forth and be a witness of FATHER to the rest of mankind so they too can and will be rescued.

Remember:

1 Corinthians 6:

19  Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 

20 For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.

Paul embraced the Great Commission and ministered healing in the same manner as Jesus even though he never saw Jesus heal in His earthly ministry.  Paul believed the Words of Jesus, so should we.  In Acts chapter 14:

8 And in Lystra a certain man without strength in his feet was sitting, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who had never walked.

9 This man heard Paul speaking. Paul, observing him intently and seeing that he had faith to be healed,

10 said with a loud voice, “Stand up straight on your feet!” And he leaped and walked.

The man heard Paul speaking the Word and the Word brought forth faith in him.  Can you imagine the reality of this man being crippled from birth hearing Paul speak of the power of the Word of Life being able to heal and restore?  This man had never walked in his life yet his faith became greater than the physical situation he found himself in.  His faith was energized by the Word Paul spoke and FATHER opened Paul’s eyes to see the faith of the man.  Paul observed the man intently!

Suddenly the man’s bones, muscles, tendons, and ligaments all responded to the command.  There is no way in the physical realm for this to naturally occur for his feet were surely shriveled up in a minimal fashion yet that did not impede the power of FATHER’S Love for the man to energize those cells in his body.  The natural must submit to the supernatural.

I am sharing these passages that your faith may be energized as well.  The world would have you believe that its pharmaceuticals are the only solution to your problem even though they only mask the symptoms and bring forth no permanent cure.  The world would have you believe that cancer is the “kiss of death” and you must follow their protocols of “cut, burn, and/or poison” to add a few years to your life.  It is time we trusted in FATHER rather than man and remove the unbelief instilled in us by the world.  HIS Word will purify us and remove the spot and blemish brought on by the world’s way.

Peter and John operated in the same power and anointing.  In Acts chapter 3:

1 Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour..

2 And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple;

3 who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms.

4 And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.”

5 So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.

6 Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.”

7 And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

8 So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God.

9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God.

10 Then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

If you don’t expect the supernatural, it will not come forth.  Let these passages minister to you to the point where you truly believe and trust in FATHER’S willingness and desire to heal all.  It takes faith on behalf of someone whether it be the recipient of the mature Son.  Let faith be in full operation as we go forth.

As is our custom and pleasure, we had coffee with our friends Kemper and Shari.  FATHER ultimately guided our discussion to an area that needed to be addressed among the brethren- knowing when to speak and when to remain silent.  FATHER awoke me early with the following passage:

Psalm 39:1 I said, “I will guard my ways,

​​Lest I sin with my tongue;

​​I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle,

​​While the wicked are before me.”

2 ​​I was mute with silence,

​​I held my peace even from good;

​​And my sorrow was stirred up.

Some of the mysteries be revealed to us by FATHER is not for us to share with everyone.  There are those who are called to the Holy of Holies, others to the Holy Place, and many others called to the Outer Court.  Then there are those who will inhabit the outer darkness, the farthest point from the Throne.  It is not our decision who ends up where but only FATHER’S.  HE will lead, guide, and speak to us when it is appropriate to share a revelation of a mystery given to us.  Our words become fewer as we ponder the path HE has put us on.

Isaiah 22:22 ​​The key of the house of David ​​I will lay on his shoulder;

​​So he shall open, and no one shall shut; ​​And he shall shut, and no one shall open.

A key allows you access or restricts you from entering in or out.  I believe the Key of David represents the revelation of Love but I am fully aware that it may also represent other aspects of the Kingdom.  “Unlocking” the character of FATHER and walking in that revelation places you in the supernatural realm and what you see and hear is not for everyone.  However this revelation is to allow you to serve in a much greater capacity than you would otherwise.  It is not to be used as a means to separate yourself as one of the “privileged” or “elite”.  You are to make yourself of no reputation for after all you are only a vessel to be used by FATHER.

Mary, the mother of Jesus, understood the need to hold her tongue.  In Luke 2:

18 And all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

19 But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.

She heard the Truth of her son Jesus and knew the implication of revealing all that she had been told.  For His benefit, she kept quiet.

In the times ahead it will become increasingly important to watch your words and what you share as FATHER unlocks mysteries to the initiated.  The babes won’t understand the revelation, the immature will misuse and abuse it, but the mature will have ears to hear.  Jesus spoke in John chapter 12:

49 “For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.

50 And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak.”

We must be sensitive to whom and what FATHER wants spoken so we must be sensitive to FATHER opening and closing doors.  Don’t try to force the door in either direction.

Can and will FATHER heal and restore all?  The world would have us believe there are incurable diseases and permanent disabilities.  We must place our trust above the natural where FATHER resides and operates from.  HIS higher laws are not subject to the lower laws but supersede what our five physical senses would have us believe.  In Matthew chapter 14, Jesus was just told of John the Baptist’s death yet He continued to go forth in His anointing:

13 When Jesus heard it, He departed from there by boat to a deserted place by Himself. But when the multitudes heard it, they followed Him on foot from the cities.

14 And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick.

How many were in this great multitude?  About five thousand men, besides women and children, most likely in excess of 10,000.  Jesus healed every one of their sick.  There were no exceptions.  Should we expect anything less?  Yet Jesus did not stop there:

15 When it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food.”

16 But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”

17 And they said to Him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish.”

The multitudes were drawn to Jesus and did not want to go home.  Would you?  We are not told how many were healed but you can be certain that there were a substantial number in need.  Hunger became secondary in their eyes for the healing of a loved one caused them to stay and see what else would take place.  Jesus responded:

18 He said, “Bring them here to Me.”

19 Then He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass. And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes.

20 So they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained.

21 Now those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

100% were healed and 100% were fed, that is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.  We need to get back to the basics of the Kingdom and quit analyzing and reasoning with our left brain.  The ego will analyze away a blessing if given the opportunity.  It will look for hidden meanings, subtle signs, and other diversions when instead you should be accepting the power of FATHER at face value.  We must not dilute the power of The Word but be cleansed by it so that we can walk in its fullness.

Let us not settle for 1% success when Jesus provided us with His example of faith working by Love.  The healing results in most Pentecostal meetings were reckoned at about 5-10% of the people prayed for… at best.  There is the good, acceptable, and perfect Will.  Let us move on in boldness to the perfect and let not fear of failure be found among us.

1 John 4:17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.

18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.

By HIS Power, 100% is attainable and should be expected as we move forward in Love perfected in us and align ourselves completely with FATHER as Jesus did.

Jesus provided us the example of establishing the Kingdom on earth as it is in Heaven.  When the power of FATHER shows up, people respond and the only hindrance is unbelief.  In Matthew chapter 9 Jesus healed two blind men:

27 When Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, “Son of David, have mercy on us!”

28 And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”

They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.”

29 Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be to you.”

30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, saying, “See that no one knows it.”

31 But when they had departed, they spread the news about Him in all that country.

Their faith was critical to their sight being restored.  Faith comes by hearing The Word and testimony about the power of GOD.  Jesus had just raised a young girl from the dead and the two blind men’s faith were activated when they heard of this miracle.  Their faith demanded that they follow Jesus and receive their sight.  He was happy to respond to their faith.  His anointing flowed from Heaven through Him to them and their eyes were opened.   Unbelief did not restrict the anointing.

The miracles are not the focus of the Kingdom but are to be a witness of the Good News.  Miracles provide credibility to the message of the Gospel and give people hope.  Our every word and action should focus on bringing people into FATHER’S Kingdom, not exalting ourselves in any manner.  We are vessels of honor to be used by HIM as HIS SPIRIT in us guides us in our walk.  We become sensitive to HIS SPIRIT and respond by taking action and speaking as HE directs.  Our eyes are opened to the needs of those we encounter.  The recipient responds because he or she realizes FATHER in personally interested in his or her welfare.

As we walk according to FATHER’S direction, the news will spread.  We don’t have to intervene on behalf of FATHER for HE will bring those who are ready to receive into our midst.  We don’t need to force the situation but instead be led by THE SPIRIT as we prepare ourselves by aligning with HIM.  As we walk in Love and are empowered by great faith in FATHER’S willingness and commitment to establish HIS Kingdom through us, we will have rich and rewarding experiences that many thought were not possible. 

FATHER opens doors and closes doors.  We must accept that not all we encounter are ready to walk through the open door.  We know that FATHER opens eyes and ears to see and hear so we must not be disappointed when people don’t respond to FATHER’S invitation.  We must simply go on about FATHER’S Business and spread the Gospel to those HE places before us.  We are the light in a world moving toward great darkness.