by Kenneth Copeland
Not Debt or Depression, but Dominion
Not everyone knows about this restored gift. Or if they do, they don’t receive it and put it to use in their lives. They are not celebrating at all during this Christmas season. In fact, some people are suffering from depression. Others are getting into debt by buying gifts they can’t afford. Satan’s goal in all this—causing depression, debt and every other distraction—is to make believers lose sight of one thing in particular. He wants us to forget that the celebration of Christmas is the celebration of a gift restored…and that gift is the restoration of the purpose for which man was created.
Jesus told us that in His last words on earth. Just before He ascended to His heavenly Father, He said, “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations…to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always…” (Matthew 28:18-20).
He had gone into hell and broken its power. Jesus had triumphed over the grave, “led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men” (Ephesians 4:8). He “spoiled principalities and powers” making a public show of them “triumphing over them in it” (Colossians 2:15).
And now Jesus has commanded us to enforce that victory. How? Through that same regained authority and dominion, and by manifesting His love and operating in the gifts He has given us.
Notice Jesus didn’t say, “I'm going into all the earth to preach the gospel; come go with me.” Instead, He said, “You go, and I'll go with you.”
That’s why we read in the last chapter of Mark that the disciples obeyed His command to go into all the earth casting out the devil, speaking in tongues and preaching everywhere. And as they did, He went with them, working with and confirming the Word with signs following (Mark 16:15-20). They preached it; He confirmed it! They took authority; He backed it. They bound; He bound. They loosed; He loosed.
From His exalted position of authority at the right hand of the Father, He “ever liveth to make intercession” for us (Hebrews 7:25). He is anointed and appointed High Priest over our profession, or confession, of His Word (Hebrews 3:1).
The gift that had been lost—the dominion and authority God had created man to use to bless the earth—had been restored (Genesis 1:28; Psalm 8:5-6).
Be Busy Obeying
Receiving and administering this great gift begins with you and me. We do it by confessing and ordering our lives according to Jesus’ command in Matthew 22:37-39: “Father, I love you with all my heart, all my soul and all my mind. And I love my neighbor as myself. Reveal to me Your plan for my life. Whatever You reveal for me to do, I will do it.”
Then we stay in the Word and in prayer. We refuse to do anything until we know what God desires for us to do. We walk like Jesus walked on this earth: “I say nothing except what I hear my Father say. I do nothing except what I see Him do.”
When He does tell you to do something, be faithful to do it even if it seems insignificant. Have the attitude that if He desires for something to be done, you’re going to be the one who is faithful to do it! Your obedience to His instruction is what will open the door to the next, and that door will lead to the next, and so on until you are continually following the Spirit of God. You’ll begin to hear His voice more clearly—in prayer, as you meditate the Word and as you are ministering to people.
When you begin loving others—helping people, praying for them, laying hands on them, telling them Jesus loves them—I guarantee God will move with you! Jesus will work with His words spoken in faith from your mouth. He will confirm them with the manifestation of His life and love.
As you are busy obeying God, the pattern and plan for your life will begin to take shape. Before you know it, you’ll find yourself walking smack in the center of God’s will for your life.
A benefit of being in God’s will that you’ll immediately notice is this: Any heaviness or troubling spirit that may have condemned and tormented you about being out of God’s will, will be gone.
Next you’ll find that as you obey the Lord, He will confirm His Word with the manifestation of His life and love. With each success you experience, you will gain confidence in God’s love at work in you. As fear loses its grip and is being flushed out of your life, love is being developed.
When you increase in knowledge of how Love works, the gifts of the spirit will begin to manifest in greater power in your life. Soon you will be marked as a man or woman of authority. And authority will bring what it always brings: success, respect, advanced knowledge and joy!
You Become the Gift
I don't care what's going on in your life right now—it is time to receive the gift Jesus suffered, died and rose from the grave to give you! It is time to walk in the blessings of God’s love and be His instrument of blessing in the earth. It’s time to celebrate a gift restored—the gift of the believer’s authority and dominion.
Don’t allow anything to keep you from celebrating!
If you have never made Jesus the Lord of your life, now’s the time to do it. Or if you have walked away from fellowship with the Lord, it’s time for you to come back to Him. Don’t be embarrassed—run as hard as you can straight into His arms! He never left you; He has been right there with you all along—even while you were doing crazy stuff. Confess your sin, turn from it and get on with your life in Him. Pray this prayer right now:
Oh God in heaven, thank You for loving me. I take You at Your Word. I confess that Jesus is Lord. And I believe in my heart that You raised Him from the dead. Thank You for coming into my heart, for giving me Your Holy Spirit as You have promised, and for being Lord over my life. Thank You, Jesus. I give You my whole life. I give You this whole situation. I give You praise and honor. Right now, I rebuke you, Satan. Get out of my life! Shut up! I speak to you in the Name of Jesus! Oh Lord, fill me with Your Holy Spirit. I thank You, in Jesus’ Name.
God can take you from anywhere to total victory. He can give you success and bless you with abundance no matter what kind of mess you are in. You may owe so many people, they are looking for you on every corner. But God will help you, He’ll deliver you, He’ll get you out of debt. He’ll heal your body, if that’s the problem. He’ll restore your marriage. He’ll bring your children into His kingdom.
No wonder when Jesus was born that angel shouted, “I bring you good news!”
Take it! Rise up right now with a renewed faith in the words of Jesus’ authority in your mouth. Put the devil on the run. Cast the mountain of debt into the sea. Take authority over sickness and disease.
In your mind “see” Jesus standing right behind you with fire in His eyes and a smile on His face. You are standing right in the middle of His perfect will for you and your life. You are on your way. To where? To victory! Overwhelming victory. Victory in the blood. Victory in the Word. Victory in the Name of Jesus.
Take back the authority that is yours. That is the way to victory in your life. Don't throw your life away—give it away. Give it to Jesus and give it to other people.
Saturday 21 July 2007
Tuesday 17 July 2007
OH MY GOD
by Tasos Kanellas
In the following message, I will not try to convince you that you have to turn to God. Anyway God never do that. Its plain and simple. He never force anyone to do something or avoid something. He gives you the plan, you see the paths, then you decide. Everything you decide to do, if you are in GOD, HE will support your decision and you will see HIS blessings in your choice. If you are NOT in Him, you are just by your own. And what I mean when I say this. I mean that, consider a small 5-year-old-child walking in the road alone when cars coming from both sides. Now consider another 5-year-old child walking in the same road, the same time BUT with the difference that the second child, walking this road with his/her earthly father or mother. Which one you believe feels better? safer? WHO TOLD YOU THAT GOD wants you to make sacrifices. kissing woods or metals..wear black clothes and crying all day asking for God...please do this and please do that for me. God's message in the Bible its clear. "You believe what I say, you act under my rules, you admit that :" Jesus Christ ALREADY PAID everything for you and everything you do, you do it in HIS name and for just this you are: healed from any disease, free for any fear, you start see how HIS blessings and HIS promises apply in your own life. Nothing to do with saints, churches, classic priests and so on. It has to do with your direct communication with God.
Now some will say " ok , too complicated". NO its not. I mean...the only thing that all the people do to be BORN AGAIN is just to pray OUT loud the salvation prayer.
What is this? ok...
The "prayer of salvation" is the most important prayer we'll ever pray. When we're ready to become a Christian, we're ready to have our first real conversation with God, and these are its components:
We acknowledge that Jesus Christ is God, that He came to earth as a man in order to live the sinless life that we cannot live, that He died in our place, so that we would not have to pay the penalty we deserve.
We confess our past life of sin ,living for ourselves and not obeying God.
We admit we are ready to trust Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord.
We ask Jesus to come into our heart, take up residence there, and begin living through us.
Oh yess yess..its too simple. Then you will start laughing in your day life. You will laugh again and again..when you will start see things in your life..and you will want to share YOUR OWN experience then with ohter people.
You do not have to do any sacrifice to win your salvation. ITS FREE DUDE.
I mean, no one will explain to you how God works, if you really want to know...start studying God. He is a friend of you, He is not the white-hair-old-man we use to have in our minds.
When God speak in His Word about Heaven, Kingdom of Heaven in Greek Scriptures (Kingdom of God in Hebrew Scriptures), He says about a taste of Heaven, here in earth, in this life. So, live in God in nowadays, by MY means, means that you experience something different in your life that you NEVER tried it before. I am trying to tell you that is something you will realize and see after you believe. You can not imagine for what I am talking about. Well, telling you the truth, I know that after the completion of this email, there are some people that they will ask for more.
ANYTIME YOU WANT I AM HERE TO SHARE MY OWN EXPERIENCE WITH ANYONE OF YOU.
SOME PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE. EVERY BORN-AGAIN-IN-SPIRIT
People afraid to ask for God. Do you know why? Because they would be criticized by their friends and even by their family. No one denies the fact that people will start think that you got crazy or you have a lot of problems. If your " friends" worth more than you then..stay with your fears, unsecurities, bondages that cannot leave you, sleepless nights, sickness, diseases and so on. By means, you choose death instead of LIFE and darkness instead of LIGHT. Its your choise. Always was. And always will be. :)
I will just remind you something. You only see God when you seek Him with all your heart. Then you understand and see some things that every day people could not see.
The good news though is not that you will see God and His presence. Good News will come in your life for that moment. You will experience a different kind of life ( with God on our side Bob Dylan says in a song). WE ARE talking about a living God, that His presence has affect in your every day life. God in a womb, ready to give birth , new birth in to your life and NOT God in a tomb, such as Greek Orthodox, Catholic, Protestants, Muslims, Buddists and so on churches try to teach you. These churches use to speak about a history of God, see the Bible as a history book and they DO NOT allow to people, see the real God, get His real and clear message..and decide if you really want this amazing experience or not.
This is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain and
suffering that I have seen. It's an explanation other people will understand:
A lady went to a beauty shop to have her hair cut and
her nails painted and trimmed. As the lady began to work, they
began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many
things and various subjects.
When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the
beautician said : "I don't believe that God exists."
"Why do you say that?" asked Sheryl who has MS.
Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize
that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so
many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God
existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine
a loving God who would allow all of these things."
Then Sheryl thought for a moment, but didn't respond because
she didn't want to start an argument. The beautician just
finished her job and the customer left the shop.
Just after she left the beauty shop, she saw a woman in the street with
long,stringy, dirty hair and not groomed at all. She looked dirty and unkempt.
Then Sheryl turned back and entered the beauty shop again and
she said to the beautician: "You know what? Beauticians do not
exist."
"How can you say that?" asked the surprised beautician.
"I am here, and I am a beautician. And I just worked on you!"
"No!" Sheryl exclaimed. "Beauticians don't exist because if
they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and
be very unkempt, like that woman outside."
"Ah, but beauticians DO exist! What happens is, people do not
come to me."
"Exactly!", affirmed Sheryl. "That 's the
point! God, too, DOES exist! What happens, is, people
don't go to Him and do not look for Him. That's why there's so
much pain and suffering in the world."
AND THAT’S WHY GOD’S CHILDREN NEVER SUFFER AND NEVER HAVE PAIN.
( its better to give your own definition for what is suffering and what is pain FOR you guys)
woo hoooo :)
Shalom :)
In the following message, I will not try to convince you that you have to turn to God. Anyway God never do that. Its plain and simple. He never force anyone to do something or avoid something. He gives you the plan, you see the paths, then you decide. Everything you decide to do, if you are in GOD, HE will support your decision and you will see HIS blessings in your choice. If you are NOT in Him, you are just by your own. And what I mean when I say this. I mean that, consider a small 5-year-old-child walking in the road alone when cars coming from both sides. Now consider another 5-year-old child walking in the same road, the same time BUT with the difference that the second child, walking this road with his/her earthly father or mother. Which one you believe feels better? safer? WHO TOLD YOU THAT GOD wants you to make sacrifices. kissing woods or metals..wear black clothes and crying all day asking for God...please do this and please do that for me. God's message in the Bible its clear. "You believe what I say, you act under my rules, you admit that :" Jesus Christ ALREADY PAID everything for you and everything you do, you do it in HIS name and for just this you are: healed from any disease, free for any fear, you start see how HIS blessings and HIS promises apply in your own life. Nothing to do with saints, churches, classic priests and so on. It has to do with your direct communication with God.
Now some will say " ok , too complicated". NO its not. I mean...the only thing that all the people do to be BORN AGAIN is just to pray OUT loud the salvation prayer.
What is this? ok...
The "prayer of salvation" is the most important prayer we'll ever pray. When we're ready to become a Christian, we're ready to have our first real conversation with God, and these are its components:
We acknowledge that Jesus Christ is God, that He came to earth as a man in order to live the sinless life that we cannot live, that He died in our place, so that we would not have to pay the penalty we deserve.
We confess our past life of sin ,living for ourselves and not obeying God.
We admit we are ready to trust Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord.
We ask Jesus to come into our heart, take up residence there, and begin living through us.
Oh yess yess..its too simple. Then you will start laughing in your day life. You will laugh again and again..when you will start see things in your life..and you will want to share YOUR OWN experience then with ohter people.
You do not have to do any sacrifice to win your salvation. ITS FREE DUDE.
I mean, no one will explain to you how God works, if you really want to know...start studying God. He is a friend of you, He is not the white-hair-old-man we use to have in our minds.
When God speak in His Word about Heaven, Kingdom of Heaven in Greek Scriptures (Kingdom of God in Hebrew Scriptures), He says about a taste of Heaven, here in earth, in this life. So, live in God in nowadays, by MY means, means that you experience something different in your life that you NEVER tried it before. I am trying to tell you that is something you will realize and see after you believe. You can not imagine for what I am talking about. Well, telling you the truth, I know that after the completion of this email, there are some people that they will ask for more.
ANYTIME YOU WANT I AM HERE TO SHARE MY OWN EXPERIENCE WITH ANYONE OF YOU.
SOME PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE. EVERY BORN-AGAIN-IN-SPIRIT
People afraid to ask for God. Do you know why? Because they would be criticized by their friends and even by their family. No one denies the fact that people will start think that you got crazy or you have a lot of problems. If your " friends" worth more than you then..stay with your fears, unsecurities, bondages that cannot leave you, sleepless nights, sickness, diseases and so on. By means, you choose death instead of LIFE and darkness instead of LIGHT. Its your choise. Always was. And always will be. :)
I will just remind you something. You only see God when you seek Him with all your heart. Then you understand and see some things that every day people could not see.
The good news though is not that you will see God and His presence. Good News will come in your life for that moment. You will experience a different kind of life ( with God on our side Bob Dylan says in a song). WE ARE talking about a living God, that His presence has affect in your every day life. God in a womb, ready to give birth , new birth in to your life and NOT God in a tomb, such as Greek Orthodox, Catholic, Protestants, Muslims, Buddists and so on churches try to teach you. These churches use to speak about a history of God, see the Bible as a history book and they DO NOT allow to people, see the real God, get His real and clear message..and decide if you really want this amazing experience or not.
This is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain and
suffering that I have seen. It's an explanation other people will understand:
A lady went to a beauty shop to have her hair cut and
her nails painted and trimmed. As the lady began to work, they
began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many
things and various subjects.
When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the
beautician said : "I don't believe that God exists."
"Why do you say that?" asked Sheryl who has MS.
Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize
that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so
many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God
existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine
a loving God who would allow all of these things."
Then Sheryl thought for a moment, but didn't respond because
she didn't want to start an argument. The beautician just
finished her job and the customer left the shop.
Just after she left the beauty shop, she saw a woman in the street with
long,stringy, dirty hair and not groomed at all. She looked dirty and unkempt.
Then Sheryl turned back and entered the beauty shop again and
she said to the beautician: "You know what? Beauticians do not
exist."
"How can you say that?" asked the surprised beautician.
"I am here, and I am a beautician. And I just worked on you!"
"No!" Sheryl exclaimed. "Beauticians don't exist because if
they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and
be very unkempt, like that woman outside."
"Ah, but beauticians DO exist! What happens is, people do not
come to me."
"Exactly!", affirmed Sheryl. "That 's the
point! God, too, DOES exist! What happens, is, people
don't go to Him and do not look for Him. That's why there's so
much pain and suffering in the world."
AND THAT’S WHY GOD’S CHILDREN NEVER SUFFER AND NEVER HAVE PAIN.
( its better to give your own definition for what is suffering and what is pain FOR you guys)
woo hoooo :)
Shalom :)
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