Many great structures and monuments have arisen through the ages to the God of our Salvation and to our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ. Buildings with exquisite Design. Men and women have raised up structures that would be worthy of any substantial man or woman’s fancy. Relished and cherished have they been through the eyes of men, but that’s not what’s important when it comes to pleasing him.” If what I say, is not cherished in exactly the same way, then all other things, though they be dressed in bows, proceeding forth from kings, will wither away with no recognition, except, for the laud and praise of those peers who help bring them to fruition.” (Simple gift of prophecy found in 1Corinthians 12). Let’s build beautiful structures with elaborate designs but adore God’s word at the very same time.
Psalm 119:11 “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Would you like to see a glimmer of hope in the skies? Would you like to see beauty for ashes arise? Would you like to see the changing of the tide? Would you like to see truth and justice increase and not subside? Would you like to see the Almighty change lives? Would you like to see men freed from Satan’s lies? Would you take hold together with the cause of Christ? Would you submit yourself to His counsel that is right? Would you wait upon God both day and night? Then you will see the things you desire in your life.
Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
It Ministers Grace To Know That No One Has Had An Original Thought . We Got It From Others Who Got It From The Lord
I remember years ago when I listened to my mentor Kenneth Hagin, how he overcame the un-overcomeable. He told of his early years of the struggle he had with obedience to the word of God. You see he had a very serious incurable diseases. Kenneth Hagin had just given his heart to the Lord. He was bedfast and going the way that the doctors said. They gave him no hope and he would die before his sixteenth birthday. But when he was feeling good enough, they would prop the bible up before him and he said he would read through the New Testament since he didn’t have long to live. To summarize, there were two important scriptures that seem to stand up before him, one was Mark 11:24 which says what things so ever you desire when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you should have them. The second scripture was, cast all your cares upon the Lord for he cares for you 1 Peter 5:7. Well, his heart grasped the first scripture and he began to seek to put it into motion in his life. But when it came to that second scripture, when it speaks about not worrying, he began to cry. He said “Lord I’m lying here on the bed of affliction, having these heart attacks, trying my best to remain here, and you tell me not to worry?” Then grief turn to bitterness. He began to count all the people he knew that didn’t even live half as good as he did and they weren’t sick and they weren’t afflicted. And he cried and cried all day and all night until he said he had a dark brown headache. But once he got over that crying, that verse stood up before him again, casting all your care upon the Lord for he cares for you. And he said, “OK Lord I’m going to obey you I’m not gonna worry I know where I’m going when I die so I’m just gonna let her go. if I had these heart attacks, and I don’t wake up in the morning, I know where I will be.” But the Lord took his obedience and as he got rid of that fear, ( worry is fear), than his faith begin to take hold. He began to practice the word of God. Not only did God make him well, he made him whole and he had a family, and he raised up a great ministry, and many of us have been beneficiaries of his ministry. And as I quote him, he said, Friends, its God’s word acted upon that brings results. I will never forget the legacy that he left
God wants you to have that same legacy, act upon his word today.
(The Nations) refer to a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory. Life hasn’t been to sweet for many. Third world countries have suffered tremendously, but for different reasons then the more advanced and highly sophisticated ones. As a matter of fact the more highly sophisticated nations sufferings stem from a different type of pressure. All suffering wether it is released into a highly advance culture or one that is not as developed originates from one regime, that men either refused to recognize or are unconcerned about. (One Other group exists. There are still those who have not had the Gospel preached to them and are made victims by the leaders of their nations due to the rejection of the Gospel.) What we must realize and not turn a deaf ear to is that there is a spiritual nation behind the nations. Their is an outlaw spiritual world which never ceases to manipulate the minds of those who refuse to honor God’s requirements. We even see this as men declare their faith, and say that Jesus is their Savior but refuse to serve him as Lord. ( We read in the Old Testament that judgement starts first of all with the house of God. Then Jesus reiterates this in the first few chapters of the book of Revelation and throughout the Gospels). God said, the nations, ( those who opened their doors), were to be impacted for good, by the standard that Jesus set forth, “Love one Another as I have Loved you”. And Praise be to God there are those who have followed more closely our Savior words and we see pockets of nationals enjoying the beauty of Salvation together with each other. But to those who have clung to their former preferences, before salvation, we see the suffering of many nations, and many rebellious to the Gospels because of these things. This has been a theme throughout history. Many followers of Christ continue to allow themselves to be subdued by their flesh and the devices of Satan. It’s a very sad picture for some who refuse to repent because when one refuses to do obey God’s word, they deceive their own heart. So wether he be a man of the cloth, or a lay-person, even though it appears that there are no consequences for the things they are doing, he or she will stand before God’s judgement seat and give an account for everything they have done in this life. He may reap what he sows in the next life if the believers aren’t compliant enough with the Holy Ghost now. Remember Ananias and Sapphira?
We pray for those who have felt the rejection of their brothers to continue to persevere. Think about Timothy in the early church. God has deemed that those who hold on to him without denouncing their faith, (having walked through the bitter cast systems orchestrated by Satan but carried out by men,) will be able to walk down the streets of the city and partake of the tree of life, who’s leaves are for the healing of the nations.
Revelation 22:8
down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nation
These are words of Jesus
Revelations 3: 11-13
11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. 12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. 13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
