Ready for a Stress Test?

November 16th, 2012

Our Heavenly Father places people and resources in place in anticipation of upcoming events.  Next month will mark my seventh year of focus on the revelation of Love, as mandated by My Heavenly Father in 1997.  As we respond to HIS Voice, HE puts us on a course that is integrated into HIS overall plan.  With very few exceptions, we are not given the full picture of what we will be specifically called to do in the future.  If we were, we would probably screw things up a bit.  HE sees no need to reduce the effectiveness of HIS plan with our resistance to adversity.  Our adversities are designed to strengthen us, hone our faith, express our Love, and implicitly trust Our Heavenly Father.  We are not prepared with all of this stress testing and these trials to simply pass the time.  There is a reason.

In the current system, there is also stress testing:

“The Federal Reserve is asking 30 big banks to make sure their capital can withstand a deep recession in which the unemployment rate rises to 12%.”  See: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/banks-told-by-fed-to-test-for-12-unemployment-2012-11-15?link=MW_latest_news

Consider the landscape where there is another 50% unemployed based on the currently massaged statistics.  That would approach the the 1930’s Depression era levels in real terms.  This is not intended put fear in your heart but to provide further understanding of the importance of preparing your heart as a mature overcomer.  Each of us should be personally growing in our walk with Our Heavenly Father.  Yes, there are outwardly things to do but more importantly we must prepare ourselves inwardly.  The inward aspects of our life will manifest outwardly, not the other way around.  Faith, Hope, and Love will all be required when times become dicey, but the greatest requirement of these is Love.  What is your level of preparedness?

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Trust is…

November 15th, 2012

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The Pursuit of Life

November 15th, 2012

Jesus spoke:

John 10:10   The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have [it] more abundantly.

Sometimes we must return to the basics.  Since mankind is in such great pursuit of knowledge, understanding is often left by the wayside.  Understanding the mysteries of Our Heavenly Father will not be obtained through men’s books, logic, derivative patterns or formulas.  We must acknowledge that Our Heavenly Father is the source of all life and anything else simply directs us to death and destruction.  Yes, creation is a reflection of Our Heavenly Father but you cannot view a “speck” of creation and think that you can fully comprehend HIM.  It would be like the proverbial story of the blind men attempting to describe an elephant, each by his touch and from a different position around the elephant’s body.

The abundance of Life is not attained by studying and focusing on the scarcities in the earth, our society, or our life.  The true understanding of abundance is only found when pursuing the Life Giver.  Jesus said that HE is the Door (John 10:9) and that “life” is obtained through Him and His Words.  The prophets and the Law pointed us to Our Lord Jesus Christ.  Don’t get me wrong, the pursuit of knowledge can be a noble undertaking.  However, we should not set aside the most important aspect to life in order to increase our intellect.

Proverbs 16:16  How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

Wisdom is not reserved for the intellectually brilliant.  Instead it is given to those who pursue the fullness of Our Heavenly Father.  The closer you are to the Source of wisdom, the more wisdom you will receive.  What is the best indicator of wisdom?  I would suggest you inspect your fruit:

James 3:17   But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, [and] easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

If our primary focus is not our mind, then what should we focus on?  Our heart!  Jesus said:

Matthew 5:8   Blessed [are] the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

We can become so busy focusing on the complexities that surround us, we forget the simplicity of the relationship Our Heavenly Father wants us to have with HIM.  Each of us must assess where we are at in our walk.  Those of us who have been on this path for decades can just as easily be deceived by our fleshly man who wants to pursue the creation and its derivative patterns and logic rather than the Creator.  Jesus DID NOT say “Blessed are the most intelligent” or “Blessed are the wealthiest” or …  Those who pursue a change in the heart, a cleansing of the heart, burning out the chaff in the heart, those with a circumcised heart of Love, will see Our Heavenly Father.

Why do you continue to clutter your mind with endless formulas in the hope that one of them will unlock the door to the Kingdom?  The door is right there in front of you.  Focusing on your heart and removing all the excess baggage will move you toward the Kingdom.  Hoping that some external event will solve your dilemma of being unable to access the Kingdom of Heaven will only prolong the quest.  Once again Jesus spoke:

Mark 10:13 Then they brought little children to Him, that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

:14 But when Jesus saw it, He was greatly displeased and said to them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God.

:15 Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.”

:16 And He took them up in His arms, laid His hands on them, and blessed them.

Jesus was emphatic about this highlighted text above.  Think about it!  He dispels any view that focuses on knowledge or skill being required to enter through the Door.  Our pursuit of Life will only end well if we pursue the Life Giver.  His Divine Intent is focused around Love.  If you pursue life in any other way, you will truly be disappointed and unfulfilled.

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Gold continues to be reaffirmed

November 14th, 2012

Under the current economic system, gold and silver are true money, both have no liabilities attached to them.  All other forms of money (fiat currency) have some form of liability attached to them and thus their value is not fixed.  The framers of the US Constitution established the dollar and was further defined in 1792 but that has long since been abandoned without much fanfare.

“U.S. Treasury Delays 2012 GAAP-Based Financial Statements Until Mid-January” is a troubling press release.  How in the world could a government agency with plenty of computing power fail to do its job?  If the numbers were positive, I am sure there would have been no delay.  This could only mean that they are bad and there needs to be some additional “massaging” until they can be interpreted to be acceptable.  Recent snafus in the jobs numbers reporting can only be interpreted as a further decline in US economic activity.  Ben Bernanke reaffirms the Fed’s purchasing of Government debt with money created out of thin air.

How long will the market accept these actions?  Only Our Heavenly Father knows.  The longer these suspect actions are taken, “the worse the problem”.  The fiscal cliff will not be resolved but a huge Band-Aid will be placed over the problem and we will be assured that all is well and on the way to recovery.  In the meantime, look for entitlement reform to take place.  This means that all those who receive payments from Uncle Sam will come under the magnifying glass.  They will attempt to renege on the commitments that we have spent a lifetime paying for.  Isn’t that lawlessness?

How can I keep the value of my life savings intact?  I don’t give investment advice but as for my family, we believe investing in hard assets has the greatest chance of retaining value.  Investing in my business is another avenue.  I am staying away from bonds since I believe that they are in a bubble and will burst soon, causing major destruction to retirement accounts.

My best investment is to continue maturing in my relationship with Our Heavenly Father.  Answers to all of our problems are to be found in the Heavenlies.  How do we tap into those solutions?  By lawfully accessing them.  Our fleshly nature will not have access since its motivation is lawlessness.  Our new man will be given access since it operates by Love and will only use the solutions to bring forth life and help mankind.  

 

By the way, China also reaffirms gold:

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Love is

November 13th, 2012

Romans 13:10  Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love [is] the fulfilling of the law.

The fullness of Love is indefinable in human terms because we cannot fully grasp the completeness of Our Heavenly Father.  Our Heavenly Father has infinite ways to frame the universe and all of its parts thus we must attempt to view Love in the same manner- infinite.  This is why it is necessary to describe what Love is not.  “Love worketh no ill to his neighbour” encompasses the essence of the Law.  Love promotes life, not death.  As you promote your neighbor’s life and well-being, you are promoting Love.  All of creation is geared towards life.  Seedtime and harvest is all about perpetuating life.

Do you want to be one of the “elect”?  If so, you must decide what you are committed to in terms of personal development.  Many Christians quit developing at a personal level and become satisfied in their current state.  They become satisfied in reading of others’ revelation and consider that to be sufficient to qualify them as one of the elect.  If that were the case, we would only have to read the books written by others to achieve this goal.

The two books I wrote were not intended to be complete works on understanding what Love is.  They are intended to direct you toward the revelation of Love.  They were intended to stimulate your hunger for the revelation that has been a mystery in times past.  For the Kingdom to come, we should expect mysteries to be revealed to those who are called as the elect.  Who will Our Heavenly Father entrust with those revelations?  I am convinced HE will assess each of us based on our commitment to becoming like our elder brother Jesus.  After all, you become like the company you keep.

I continue to be emphatic that Love is the key to the next major move by Our Heavenly Father.  I have heard nothing nor read anything that would change this position.  Once you see this, then the Scripture comes alive with a new facet of understanding.  Many unanswered questions of the past get resolved.  A greater understanding of Our Heavenly Father’s intent comes to light.  Many say they believe “GOD is Love” but don’t really act like it.  They would prefer to see death and destruction than to see life and reconciliation.  If Mystery Babylon is centered around the economic system, and the economic system is centered around the love of money or greed, what better way to overcome the current system than by spreading the Love of Our Heavenly Father to all mankind?  My calling is that of a Treasurer for the Kingdom.  I no longer need prophets to come and reaffirm the calling.  In my younger years, Our Heavenly Father would send countless reassurances to me.  But now one would ask if I am called to be a Treasurer, why I am so focused on Love?  Because that is the most critical requirement of any calling in establishing the Kingdom on earth.

I will hop off my soapbox for today… maybe. 

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Initial Inspection of Fruit

November 12th, 2012

We have now concluded five weeks of our live streaming Bible study on Love.  Based on the statistics kept at ustream.tv we have about 100 viewers per week join us for this study.  Most watch the Bible study recording.  We thank all of you for joining us in this pursuit of a deeper revelation of Love.  No longer does distance separate us from coming together.  We have comments from Canada, Minnesota, Florida, and Brazil.

We see positive changes among the members who attend here locally.  Our anticipation and expectation is growing as we are being stimulated by the WORD of Our Heavenly Father.  The washing of the WORD does that.  Our Temples are being prepared for the next major Spiritual move on the earth.  Many are called but few are chosen.  One would ask “Who are the chosen ones?”  I would submit that it is those who have prepared themselves for their calling even in the midst of trials and testing.  It will be those whom THE FATHER is well pleased.  Yes, we must be well-rounded in all aspects of our walk but without the revelation of HIS Love I believe we would fall short of the essence of being MY BELOVED SON.

Hbr 10:23  Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;

Hbr 10:24  and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds,

Hbr 10:25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near. NASB

I trust we are helping to stimulate your Love and good deeds!

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Bible Study on Love

November 10th, 2012

Tomorrow at 3 PM CST we will have our next Bible Study live on the Internet.  Servias Ministries offers this to allow our brothers and sisters around the world to pursue the most important characteristic of Our Heavenly Father with us.  HIS Love is the primary motivation in which all of creation is framed.  All aspects of understanding the depth of Scripture require us to view revelation from a standpoint of Love.  Without this critical viewpoint, man will manipulate Scripture to fit his own agenda, often centered around money and power.

Love has no opposite.  This week we will explore this reality that goes against the logic we have been taught.  The logic of the mind would have you believe that “hate” is the opposite of Love… not true.  Our fleshly man wants to control us by having us believe Love is a passive, powerless attribute of the weak.  Not so.  It is the most powerful aspect of the universe.  Let us together pursue this greater understanding.

To participate live or watch this Bible study as a recording afterwards, go to  http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-baptism-of-love

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Economic Pain may be deferred

November 7th, 2012

In a recent blog, I suggested that there would be a time difference of economic pain depending on which candidate won.  It would now appear that we have been given a reprieve an immediate currency event.  This delay will serve the Body of Christ to continue its preparation of bringing forth the Kingdom.  Ben Bernanke will not be fired but will continue his quantitative easing path.  Of course I believe Our Heavenly Father is in ultimate control and Obama has been ordained to continue for the next four years.

The fiscal cliff is ahead but I know of no country that wants to see an immediate US crisis.  China is not quite ready to take on the central role but they will continue to move away from reliance on the US Dollar.  Their leaders openly acknowledge that the US is sending them a depreciating asset in the US Dollar.  Right now, there is nothing they can do but to accept this reality.  Long term, they will remove the influence of the Dollar on their economy.

The aspiring overcomers should use this delay to further prepare themselves for a simplified, unencumbered lifestyle.  Remove the clutter from your life as well as your home.  Retire your debt, you will sleep better.  Debt always takes the focus away from other more important matters.  Join us for our weekly Bible study as we focus on the Love of Our Heavenly Father.  You can catch up be watching the recorded sessions.

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Miracles discussed in the Bible Study

November 5th, 2012

Yesterday, one of our Bible Study viewers from Brazil requested that I post the miracles of Jesus Christ, Elijah, and Elisha.  They are as follows:

Elijah’s 8 miracles:

1. Shut up the heavens causing a drought and opening to cause rain

1 Kings 17:14, 41-46

2. multiplies flour and oil

1 Kings 17:7-16

3. raises the widow’s son from the dead

1 Kings 17:17-24

4. defeats the prophets of Baal

1 Kings 18:16-40

5. fed by ravens

1 Kings 17:2-8

6. destroys Ahaziah’s soldiers with lightening

2 Kings 1:9-13

7. parts the Jordan River

2 Kings 2:8

8. taken to heaven in God’s chariot

2 Kings 2:9-18

Elisha’s 16 miracles: 2 miracles of healing; 4 miracles of life over death; 7 miracles of command over GOD particles/nature; 2 miracles of the judgment of death; 1 miracle of blindness

1. parted the Jordan River: entering into the Promised Land

2 Kings 2:14-15

2. purified water (healed the water)

2 Kings 2: 19-22

3. curses attackers who are then savaged by bears (removed those who mock the Gospel; evoked judgment)

2 Kings 2: 23-25

4. caused a flood to foil the Moabites

2 Kings 3: 14-25

5. miraculous flow of oil for the poor widow: economic blessing

2 Kings 4: 2-7

6. fertility to the woman of Shunem: gift of a son

2 Kings 4: 8-17

7. raised a child from the dead[1]: giving life

2 Kings 4:32-37

8. purified poisoned soup: removing toxins from the food

2 Kings 4:38-41

9. multiplication of loaves to feed a large crowd[2]: eliminating the famine

2 Kings 4:42-44

10. healing Naaman of leprosy[3] (giving life, removing death)

2 Kings 5: 1-19

11. Gehazi cursed with leprosy (sends death to Gehazi who took money for the miracle of healing: death to the love of money; greed)

2 Kings 5:20-27

12. made an iron axehead float (taking command over the GOD particles)

2 Kings 6:1-7

13. Elisha’s servant’s eyes were opened to see the angelic hosts (gave sight to the blind)

2 Kings 6: 17

14. struck the Syrians with blindness

2 Kings 6:18

15. restored sight to the Syrians after he led them into Samaria (to keep watch)

2 Kings 6:20

16. raised a man from the dead, after his death

2 Kings 13:21

Jesus repeated these miracles in the Gospels
Raised from the dead: Matthew 9:18-19, 23-26; Mark 5:22-24, 35-43; Luke 7:11-17; 8:40-42, 49-56; 11:1-44
Multiplication of loaves: Matthew 14:13-21; 18:32-38; Mark 6:31-44; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-13
Curing of Skin Disease: Matthew 8:1-4; Mark 1:40-45; Luke 5:12-16; 17:11-19

37 Miracles of Jesus: 21 miracles of healing; 5 miracles of restoring life over death; 9 miracles of taking command over GOD particles/nature; 2 miracles dealing with evil spirits

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Miracle

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

1

Jesus Turns Water into Wine

2:1-11

2

Jesus Heals an Official’s Son

4:43-54

3

Jesus Drives Out an Evil Spirit

1:21-27

4:31-36

4

Jesus Heals Peter’s Mother-in-Law

8:14-15

1:29-31

4:38-39

5

Jesus Heals Many Sick at Evening

8:16-17

1:32-34

4:40-41

6

First Miraculous Catch of Fish

5:1-11

7

Jesus Cleanses a Man With Leprosy

8:1-4

1:40-45

5:12-14

8

Jesus Heals a Centurion‘s Servant

8:5-13

7:1-10

9

Jesus Heals a Paralytic

9:1-8

2:1-12

5:17-12

10

Jesus Heals a Man’s Withered Hand

12:9-14

3:1-6

6:6-11

11

Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son in Nain

7:11-17

12

Jesus Calms a Storm

8:23-27

4:35-41

8:22-25

13

Jesus Casts Demons into a Herd of Pigs

8:28-33

5:1-20

8:26-39

14

Jesus Heals a Woman in the Crowd

9:20-22

5:25-34

8:42-48

15

Jesus Raises Jairus’ Daughter to Life

9:18,
23-26

5:21-24,
35-43

8:40-42,
49-56

16

Jesus Heals Two Blind Men

9:27-31

17

Jesus Heals a Man Unable to Speak

9:32-34

18

Jesus Heals an Invalid at Bethesda

5:1-15

19

Jesus Feeds 5,000

14:13-21

6:30-44

9:10-17

6:1-15

20

Jesus Walks on Water

14:22-33

6:45-52

6:16-21

21

Jesus Heals Many Sick in Gennesaret

14:34-36

6:53-56

22

Jesus Heals a Gentile Woman’s Demon-Possessed Daughter

5:21-28

7:24-30

23

Jesus Heals a Deaf and Dumb Man

7:31-37

24

Jesus Feeds 4,000

15:32-39

8:1-13

25

Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida

8:22-26

26

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

9:1-12

27

Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon

17:14-20

9:14-29

9:37-43

28

Miraculous Temple Tax in a Fish’s Mouth

17:24-27

29

Jesus Heals a Blind, Mute Demoniac

12:22-23

11:14-23

30

Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman

13:10-17

31

Jesus Heals a Man With Dropsy on the Sabbath

14:1-6

32

Jesus Cleanses Ten Lepers

17:11-19

33

Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead

11:1-45

34

Jesus Restores Sight to Bartimaeus

20:29-34

10:46-52

18:35-43

35

Jesus Withers the Fig Tree

21:18:22

11:12-14

36

Jesus Heals a Servant’s Severed Ear

22:50-51

37

Second Miraculous Catch of Fish

21:4-11

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The Timing of Economic Pain

November 4th, 2012

The next four years are probably the most critical years in my economic lifetime.  My parents were able to ride the wave of postwar prosperity and enjoy relative stable rates and a stable economy throughout their later years. 5 to 7% interest on their retirement allowed them to live a moderate and simple lifestyle without much worry.  I am thankful for that.  There now appears to be an abrupt end to that relatively stable economy in sight.  One presidential candidate will probably cause an economic collapse in six to nine months whereas the other will attempt to postpone one until the 2016 time frame.  Either way the time is now for those of us who are called to become mature Sons to set aside every weight that so easily besets us.

On Tuesday the people will select their perceived future.  Hurricane Sandy (defender of mankind) has impacted the campaigns substantially.  How will the people view the two candidates in light of the recent disaster?  Since I believe that Our Heavenly Father’s plan will be carried out either way, I believe each candidate can take us to the final destiny even though their paths appear to be different.  There is so much social change occurring right now that the polls really have no clue.  In the recent Lindsay Williams’ interview, he believes the globalists want Mitt Romney to take the helm.  This would speed up their attempt to move us to a one world currency after the US Dollar’s collapse.  He contends that Obama double-crossed the “Elite” and they are going to make him a one-term President.  Either way, my focus will be on the intimacy of my relationship  with Our Heavenly Father, looking to Jesus Christ as my example, and the Most Holy Spirit to draw me into the Holy of Holies on a daily basis.  Being led by the Holy Spirit and being one with THE FATHER and THE SON will take me through any economic crisis that mankind can throw at me.  Our fruitfulness is what will nourish the earth in the coming times of economic upheaval.

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