Grace and peace upon the Agape Love Works Intercessory Prayer Network... As you know, I only write when under the influence of the Holy Spirit. Today, I am called to send you this message about your very next step. What is Your next step in life? Yes, you have dreams... yes, you have goals... but what is your very next step towards living out your divine purpose? Recently, I went through a season in the valley. There were a series of trials and tribulations and it lasted for so long I wondered if the Lord was going to see me through. Does this sound familiar? Have you, too, been through a season of hardship? Perhaps you have been having challenges at work, or trying to find a job in this recession. Perhaps you've had marital or relationship problems. Or, perhaps, you are just wondering what more is there to life? When we submit our lives to the Lord, we know that He will see us through every trial, every tribulation. He will order our steps. The valley seasons are there to refine our character, to burn our flesh, to humble us, to quiet our soul and find rest in the Lord. We can try to build in our own strength, but eventually, we will find the works of our hands void of true happiness and fulfillment that only the Lord can provide. When you spend quiet time in the Secret Place.. that place in your home where you pray and spend time with the Lord... ask Him to shed light on your situation. Declare "Let there be light!" and ask the Lord to order your steps. Ask Him "Father, what is the solution to this problem? What is the very next step out of this?" And then patiently wait to hear from Him. He will answer you. He will guide your path in this journey. Let us pray. Father God, We humble ourselves before you. Forgive us for running ahead of you. Forgive us for magnifying our problems instead of magnifying you. We plead the blood of Jesus Christ over us, over our families, over our homes, over our finances, over our church family. Strengthen your saints, Father God and lead us into all truth. We bow before your throne and we humble ourselves before you. You are magnificent and we know that you have plans to prosper us and not to harm us, to give us a hope and a future. Father God, shed light on the lessons to be learned in the valley. Shed light on our path so that we may keep our eyes on you and the path you wish for us to take. Give us strength in this economy to overcome and be a light for the lost in this world. Fill us with the Holy Spirit with fresh fire! Fill us with fresh oil! Enlarge our vessel and fill us with a fresh anointing so that our cup runneth over. You get the glory! You get the honor! You get the praise! I speak favor over the Agape Love Works Intercessory Prayer Network! I speak divine wisdom over the Agape Love Works Intercessory Prayer Network! I speak peace over this group and I loose angels around us in the name of Jesus Christ. I speak life into the valleys of dry bones where you have placed us to minister. Let your living water flow from us, Father God. From our bellies, let your living water flow! No weapon formed against us shall prosper! Your sheep shall know their shepherd. You are our shepherd. And we thank you for leading us and guiding us into Your Truth, Your Will and Your Land you have promised us and our forefathers to this day. We receive your fresh anointing. We receive your direction, your instruction. We are your faithful remnant, Father God and we love you. You reign forever and ever... In Jesus name we pray, Amen. Scripture Meditation: Proverbs 3:5-6 Nehemiah 9:19-21 Psalm 89:14-18 Proverbs 15:24 Proverbs 21:16 Proverbs 16:9 Proverbs 16:3 (c) 2009. Agape Love Works Ministries.
Well, hello!
This is the day that the Lord has made... I will rejoice and be glad in it! I finished up the fast last Saturday and encourage any and all readers to do so when the Holy Spirit leads you.
In this post, I want to teach on the difference between Living by the Spirit vs. Living by the Flesh. Please turn to Galatians 5:16-26
What I suggest is that you form a checklist and keep it posted in various places to do a quick assessment on what type of fruit is being produced in your life. I don't know about you, but I don't want to get to a point in this journey where my flesh gets in the way and everything that has been built falls apart because the wrong fruit is being produced.
Here is the Checklist: FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT note: if you lack in any of these areas, ask the Holy Spirit to do a work in you so that you produce the fruit in increasing measure:
LOVE JOY PEACE PATIENCE KINDNESS GOODNESS FAITHFULNESS GENTLENESS SELF-CONTROL
FRUIT FROM THE FLESH conceit provoking and envying one another impurity and debauchery idolatry and witchcraft hatred discord jealousy fits of rage selfish ambition dissensions factions and envy drunkenness orgies
....any of the above fruit from the flesh sound familiar?
Let us pray... Father God,
We bow before you in the mighty name of your son, Jesus Christ. We thank you for this beautiful Monday to live and produce for your Kingdom. We thank you for your presence and love and grace. We thank you for being the Great I Am, there is no one or nothing like you, Lord.
We ask your forgiveness, Father, for the times we have walked in the flesh... the times we have sinned. Father God, we need your help to walk by the Spirit and not by flesh. We want to produce good fruit for Your kingdom, Lord... to live holy and righteous. We submit to you Lord and we allow the Holy Spirit to begin cleansing us from the inside out. I understand it is a process, Father, and I yield to it instead of fighting it. My Will is to live by the Spirit, not by the Flesh. I make the choice this day. I receive your cleansing, and I begin this sanctification process by faith.
In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
Let us do an assessment throughout the day to ensure that we are operating in the Spirit and not in the flesh. Then, we will see abundant fruit manifest.
Grace and Peace upon you in increasing measure.
Scripture meditation: Galatians 5:16-26
Grace and peace upon you...
Today, I returned from church fellowship and came home to spend extra time to be with the Lord intimately.
Let me exhort you to spend time with Him personally as well, to get to know Him beyond church service. You will grow spiritually and also your spiritual gifts will activate. It says in His word that "deep draws upon deep"... and "if you seek Me you will find Me.. if you seek me with all of your heart"...
The key word is to seek the Lord with all of your Heart.
What are your interests? Cars? Clothes? Career? In all of these things, you have done inexhaustible research, you have prepared and clocked in hours upon hours and then you reaped the benefits, correct?
It is the same way when it comes to getting to know the Lord and His will for your life.
Have you ever gone to a church and it just didn't feel quite right? Maybe you didn't feel comfortable with the people there, or you left with the same heaviness that you had upon entering and thought "what's the point?"
Well, I say unto you this day, you had been seeking your freedom and your answers from man... from religion... not seeking the Lord. People are flawed and will not be able to give you what the Lord gives you.. unconditional love, acceptance and power. Religion is bondage and law... like the Pharisees in the Bible.. who were so bound by theology that they didn't even recognize Jesus when He came!
The same in some churches today.. the ones that do not have His spirit there...(also known as "dead" churches)...they are so bound by religion that the Holy Spirit isn't even free to move during the sermon. Everything is ordered by a bulletin and by the clock on the wall. Do you think the Lord moves according to OUR timetable or His? This is why I encourage you to get to know Him outside of church service... yes, find a Bible-based, Holy Spirit-filled church to belong to, but also have intimate time with the Lord on a daily basis.
I reached this point a few years ago, around the age of 30. I went to church and was a Christian.. but I didn't really know Him intimately... I didn't really operate in any spiritual gifts and I had a bunch of darkness from life that was piling on my shoulders and affecting my spirit. So I made the Decision to get to know Him better. To draw deeper into His wonderful treasure chest of His word, and through prayer, praise and worship and fasting. So, because He is the Promise Keeper.. He met me during the search! It was the most beautiful experience...to feel His glory, to feel His presence clean out all of the darkness and I want you to have the same experience. He loves you so much and so do I.
I pray that you also make the decision to draw deeper into His Well... where the healing waters flow abundantly.. and where He will lift all darkness from you as you walk in His power to set other captives free.
I write this unto you in the name of Christ Jesus, our Lord and Saviour and pray that this word is a seed planted into your spirit that will grow and bear fruit in due time.
May His love and grace pour over us in this journey...
Amen.
(c) 2009 Agape Love Works Ministries.
Eddie James performing "No More Shackles, I am Free"... love it!
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