Acts 13:47 "For this is what the Lord has COMMANDED us: " I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth."
If we are to do what God has commanded us to do, and do it effectively we must remember a few things:
1) You must be grounded and rooted in your God given identity
- All imaginations of defeat must be cast down. The enemy wants you to think that our existence is futile and that their is no way that one person can make a difference.
-You must recognize yourself as a son/daughter of God: you are royalty, the head and not tail, above only and never beneath, God's favorite, His handiwork, His ambassador.
- Immerse yourself and be baptized with the confidence a true son/daughter of God would have
I Samuel 14 - Jonathan was confident that God would give him the victory. He knew that God + 1 always equalled a majority. He knew that God was and is committed to His people.
You must understand your authority and Establish, Secure and Expand God's perimeter (the Kingdom's influence in the area)
Establish- this means to join yourself with other believers to pray and form a cell of the Kingdom of God
Secure- accountability, Keeping a bond of peace, Be a visionary and stay on track. This means that you must know what God has called you to do and no matter what, you stick to it!!!
Expand - Let your life or cell be a model and expand the vision to others. Slowly build up God's army!!
These three things cannot be done without prayer. God will give us and show us His heart in the intimacy of one on one meetings with Him!!
Luke 4:42; 6:12; Mark 1:35; Luke 21:37 Jesus was alone to minister to God. In Luke 5:16; and 6:15 Jesus often withdrew to be alone with God. He is our example!!!
What stops us from drawing near??? Fear, too busy, laziness, selfishness, religiousness!!! or we are just to afraid of being transparent with God.
You will find in prayer that God is our Hiding place, our refuge, our strong tower, our fortress, and our secret place! We must our secret place with God!! Isaiah 26:9 says "My heart longs for you." that should be our cry!! Remember that if God has your presence, You will have His!!
Doing all of this will allow you infiltrate the enemies perimeter. You do this first with intercession. You can intercede while you pray but you don't have to pray to intercede!!! Intercession is a place of meeting. The Blood meets with sickness, weakness meets with strength, unforgiveness meets the cross of Christ...etc, and we are the facilitators of these meetings. The principle behind this is this: If Christ the KING is in us, and a Kingdom is established wherever the KING is, then wherever you go, the Kingdom of God is their ready for a meeting to be established and Christs rule to be established!!!
God has destined victory for all of us not calamity or defeat. He wants you to be a light for Him but first He just plainly wants you to be HIS. "If you seek me you will find me; if you seek me with all of your heart, you will be found by me"
Blessings....Until ALL have heard,
Pastor Oliver NLM
Friday, August 21, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
A call to go out!!!!!!
How many of us have been called to go out!!!!! It happens in the life of any believer destined to do great things in life!!! Enjoy July 15th's notes!!
A Call OUT
Genesis 12:1 “ Leave your country, your people, and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.”
Your journey with God and your new surrender to Him will always call you out. Anytime God wants to promote you and take you higher He will always call you out. It’s not necessarily a geographical shift or call but a shift & move in the Spirit.
God calls you out of familiar settings, out of old mindsets, out of old habits, out of old traditions and out of old patterns.
Coming out is always uncomfortable. Do you believe in God enough to allow yourself to be willingly uncomfortable?
Could you imagine Abrams conversation with his wife??? It would have gone something like this:
Abram: Wife, we are going!!
Sarai: where?
Abram: I don’t know!
Sarai: How will we know when we get their??
Abram: I don’t know!
Sarai: Who told you to leave?
Abram: This God I just met!!
Sarai: How long will it take??
Abram: I don’t know!!
When Abram heard the message he was not only convinced but thoroughly convicted that the author of the message would not steer him wrong. Abram did not believe in God up to a certain point; he gave in a surrendered to God and the call 100%
Lot represents all those people in your life that out of sympathy they have come along in the journey but do not belong!! Lot was not part of the call and he ended up being a detour and a hindrance in Abrams life. Do you have any Lots in your life??
A call out from God guarantees that He is calling you INTO something better than where you were!! God is constantly calling us from “glory to glory, mountaintop to mountaintop, and from one level to another higher one.
The call is point “A.” Where He is taking you is point “Z.” So that will automatically tell you that there is a lot of trusting and unknown trials in the middle. God has orchestrated: wilderness time, cleansing time, stretching time, crushing time, battle time, to ultimately take you to victory time!!! Romans 8: 17b says “ if we are to share His glory we are to share his suffering.” Remember …..please remember that in ALL things God works for the good of those who love Him!! I don’t know where you are in your call but take heart!!!!!! If God called you He will also give you the GRACE to lead you, strengthen you and be your endless supply!!!! It’s time to GO!
A Call OUT
Genesis 12:1 “ Leave your country, your people, and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.”
Your journey with God and your new surrender to Him will always call you out. Anytime God wants to promote you and take you higher He will always call you out. It’s not necessarily a geographical shift or call but a shift & move in the Spirit.
God calls you out of familiar settings, out of old mindsets, out of old habits, out of old traditions and out of old patterns.
Coming out is always uncomfortable. Do you believe in God enough to allow yourself to be willingly uncomfortable?
Could you imagine Abrams conversation with his wife??? It would have gone something like this:
Abram: Wife, we are going!!
Sarai: where?
Abram: I don’t know!
Sarai: How will we know when we get their??
Abram: I don’t know!
Sarai: Who told you to leave?
Abram: This God I just met!!
Sarai: How long will it take??
Abram: I don’t know!!
When Abram heard the message he was not only convinced but thoroughly convicted that the author of the message would not steer him wrong. Abram did not believe in God up to a certain point; he gave in a surrendered to God and the call 100%
Lot represents all those people in your life that out of sympathy they have come along in the journey but do not belong!! Lot was not part of the call and he ended up being a detour and a hindrance in Abrams life. Do you have any Lots in your life??
A call out from God guarantees that He is calling you INTO something better than where you were!! God is constantly calling us from “glory to glory, mountaintop to mountaintop, and from one level to another higher one.
The call is point “A.” Where He is taking you is point “Z.” So that will automatically tell you that there is a lot of trusting and unknown trials in the middle. God has orchestrated: wilderness time, cleansing time, stretching time, crushing time, battle time, to ultimately take you to victory time!!! Romans 8: 17b says “ if we are to share His glory we are to share his suffering.” Remember …..please remember that in ALL things God works for the good of those who love Him!! I don’t know where you are in your call but take heart!!!!!! If God called you He will also give you the GRACE to lead you, strengthen you and be your endless supply!!!! It’s time to GO!
Saturday, July 4, 2009
3 cosas!!! 3 Things!!!
Thursday night at Next Level was as my wife says, "off the gancho" (off the hook.) God had been speaking to me about intimacy and how the church today will be entering, and has entered into a time where God is calling His people to His breast to hear His heartbeat. God spoke to me of three things, and we find these three things in the book of Isaiah chapter 6:1-9
Willingness, Formation, and Surrender
Isaiah 6:1-9 (New Living Translation)
1 It was in the year King Uzziah died[a] that I saw the Lord. He was sitting on a lofty throne, and the train of his robe filled the Temple. 2 Attending him were mighty seraphim, each having six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. 3 They were calling out to each other, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies! The whole earth is filled with his glory!”
4 Their voices shook the Temple to its foundations, and the entire building was filled with smoke.
5 Then I said, “It’s all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.”
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. 7 He touched my lips with it and said, “See, this coal has touched your lips. Now your guilt is removed, and your sins are forgiven.” 8 Then I heard the Lord asking, “Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?”
I said, “Here I am. Send me.”
9 And he said, “Yes, go, and say to this people,
intimacy is WILLINGNESS: Willingness speaks to us not of emotions but of commitment. It speaks to us about an act of the will. Following Christ can be an emotion filled roller coaster; sometimes your up and sometimes your down but at all times our hope and strength and commitment is strong for the Lord. The principal surrounding this point is this: You follow Christ based on the fact that He is Lord and God and that He died on the Cross for your sins. You follow God because He is worthy of of praise, honor, glory, and worship. It's not a feeling thing, it's an act of the will, devoid of feelings. Now saying that let me state that the Joy of the Lord is our driving force on a day to day basis, but this joy only comes when we are committed to His word and His way.
intimacy is FORMATION: Isaiah went through a formation process. Remember, God is the potter, we are the clay, we are on the anvil and God is the one forming and molding us. It may not be pleasant at times but endure, endure, endure!!! All Christians must go through a formation process, we all must go through a time where what does not belong must be removed from us. God's fire is a purging fire, burning up everything that stand between Him, you and His perfect will for your life. The best thing to do is allow God to form you!!! Say yes and Amen to His molding hand!!! Remember that ALL things are working together for Good!!!!
intimacy is SURRENDER: Isaiah said " Here I am, send me" He did not hear the plan and decide if he wanted to do it or not. He just surrendered to God completely!!! He surrendered to God in every area of His life. As true believers our life must be completely consecrated to Him, not just parts of our life but ALL of our life!!! Just like their is no such thing as being a "little" pregnant, their is no such thing as being a little bit surrendered to God, you either are or aren't!!!
God is seeking intimacy with His people, but we must first declare with our heart, actions, will, mind, and strength that we are His and He is ours. He is our everything; our life, breath, reason for being. God shares His most secret thoughts with those that He is intimate with. Let's pursue God!!!!!
Willingness, Formation, and Surrender
Isaiah 6:1-9 (New Living Translation)
1 It was in the year King Uzziah died[a] that I saw the Lord. He was sitting on a lofty throne, and the train of his robe filled the Temple. 2 Attending him were mighty seraphim, each having six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. 3 They were calling out to each other, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies! The whole earth is filled with his glory!”
4 Their voices shook the Temple to its foundations, and the entire building was filled with smoke.
5 Then I said, “It’s all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.”
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. 7 He touched my lips with it and said, “See, this coal has touched your lips. Now your guilt is removed, and your sins are forgiven.” 8 Then I heard the Lord asking, “Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?”
I said, “Here I am. Send me.”
9 And he said, “Yes, go, and say to this people,
intimacy is WILLINGNESS: Willingness speaks to us not of emotions but of commitment. It speaks to us about an act of the will. Following Christ can be an emotion filled roller coaster; sometimes your up and sometimes your down but at all times our hope and strength and commitment is strong for the Lord. The principal surrounding this point is this: You follow Christ based on the fact that He is Lord and God and that He died on the Cross for your sins. You follow God because He is worthy of of praise, honor, glory, and worship. It's not a feeling thing, it's an act of the will, devoid of feelings. Now saying that let me state that the Joy of the Lord is our driving force on a day to day basis, but this joy only comes when we are committed to His word and His way.
intimacy is FORMATION: Isaiah went through a formation process. Remember, God is the potter, we are the clay, we are on the anvil and God is the one forming and molding us. It may not be pleasant at times but endure, endure, endure!!! All Christians must go through a formation process, we all must go through a time where what does not belong must be removed from us. God's fire is a purging fire, burning up everything that stand between Him, you and His perfect will for your life. The best thing to do is allow God to form you!!! Say yes and Amen to His molding hand!!! Remember that ALL things are working together for Good!!!!
intimacy is SURRENDER: Isaiah said " Here I am, send me" He did not hear the plan and decide if he wanted to do it or not. He just surrendered to God completely!!! He surrendered to God in every area of His life. As true believers our life must be completely consecrated to Him, not just parts of our life but ALL of our life!!! Just like their is no such thing as being a "little" pregnant, their is no such thing as being a little bit surrendered to God, you either are or aren't!!!
God is seeking intimacy with His people, but we must first declare with our heart, actions, will, mind, and strength that we are His and He is ours. He is our everything; our life, breath, reason for being. God shares His most secret thoughts with those that He is intimate with. Let's pursue God!!!!!
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