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SECRETS OF A GOD CHASER
This is everything! The passion, the pain, the frustration...the raw seek and undying love without inhibition of a God Chaser...seeking His face like never before!

DANIEL 2:22 &47
HE REVEALETH THE DEEP AND SECRET THINGS: HE KNOWETH WHAT IS IN THE DARKNESS, AND THE LIGHT DWELLETH WITH HIM.
THE KING ANSWERED UNTO DANIEL, AND SAID, OF A TRUTH IT IS, THAT YOUR GOD IS A GOD OF GODS, AND A LORD OF KINGS, AND A REVEALER OF SECRETS, SEEING THOU COULDEST REVEAL THIS SECRET.
Matthew 10:26
fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
what i tell you in darkness, that speak ye in the light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

PASSIONATE PURSUIT...TRUST AND STAND

9/27/2023

James 1:3-5

KNOWING THIS, THAT THE TRYING OF YOUR FAITH WORKETH PATIENCE.
BUT LET PATIENCE HAVE HER PERFECT WORK, THAT YE MAY BE PERFECT AND ENTIRE, WANTING NOTHING.
IF ANY OF YOU LACK WISDOM, LET HIM ASK OF GOD THAT GIVETH UNTO ALL MEN LIBERALLY, AND UPBRAIDETH NOT; AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN HIM.

Greeting in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who is the author and finisher of our faith. He is the ancient of days, the god who was dead and liveth evermore to sit at the right hand of the Father. It is needful to mention to the faithful that you continue to seek the face of God and to be not weary in well doing for surely you shall reap if you faint not. Now more than ever as we continue to overcome and endure the foreshadowing of the troublesome and perilous times it is needful to mention that we hold fast to the truth without wavering. The kingdoms of the world will fall and the Kingdom of Heaven and the saints of God will stand as the everlasting kingdom and Jesus Christ will reign. Therefore, hold fast that no man take your crown and be faithful unto death no matter the circumstance or the situation. Your trust in the midst of adversity will birth a patience and that patience tells the Lord that you fear him as the sovereign God.
When we trust him completely patience has her perfect work. Remember, the Lord is perfecting his body until we all come into the unity in the fullness of Christ. That perfect work is molded on the potter’s wheel when we give our all and hold back nothing. When we decrease, it is the spirit of God that gives the increase. The Lord gets the glory completely because the flesh is under subjection. Therefore, because the spirit is reigning, He will perfect that which may be lacking concerning the faith. There is no want for anything with full surrender. The Lord is the light and there is no darkness in him at all. The Lord has begotten us by the truth so use thee truth to spew the adversary. The enemy has come to weary the saints of God with all manner of evil and such things as we have never seen before. He is a liar and has been from the beginning. Hold fast to the truth and love that you’ve been taught from the beginning. Watch and pray. We look forward to a new Heaven and a new earth. Jesus Christ will wipe away every tear from our eyes

Rev 7:16

THEY SHALL HUNGER NO MORE, NEITHER THIRST ANY MORE; NEITHER SHALL THE SUN LIGHT ON THEM, NOR ANY HEAT.

FOR THE LAMB WHICH IS IN THE MIDST OF THE THRONE SHALL FEED THEM, AND SHALL LEAD THEM UNTO LIVING FOUNTAINS OF WATERS: AND GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS FROM THEIR EYES.

#PRAY #SEEK #WATCH #PICKUPYOURWEAPONSANDFIGHT!

Pick Up Your Weapons and Fight!...Trust with your whole heart

9/25/2023

HABBAKKUK 1:5-6&8
BEHOLD, YE AMONG THE HEATHEN, AND REGARD, AND WONDER MARVELLOUSLY: FOR WILL WORK A WORK IN YOUR DAYS, WHICH YE WILL NOT BELIEVE, THOUGH IT BE TOLD TO YOU.
FOR, LO, I RAISE UP THE CHALDEANS, THAT BETTER AND HASTY NATION, WHICH SHALL MARCH THROUGH THE BREADTH OF THE LAND, TO POSSESS THE DWELLING PLACES THAT ARE NO TTHEIRS.
THEIR HORSES ARE ALSO SWIFTER THAN THE LEOPARDS, AND ARE MORE FIERCE THAN THE EVENING WOLVES: AND THEIR HORSEMEN SHALL COME FORM FAR; THEY SHALL FLY AS THE EAGLE THAT HASTETH TO EAT.
   The Lord makes it clear that in the last days he will do a work such as never has been seen before. He is coming and his reward is with him. For the righteous and for the disobedient just as well. He is bringing forth judgment and it will come with astonishment. Therefore, he says to the believer, watch as well as pray, lest he come upon you as a thief in the night when you least expect it.
   He said he is raising up enemies that will come in and possess land and dwelling places that weren't meant for them.
   Spiritually these adversaries will come swiftly with their horses and spread themselves and their horseman from afar and come upon the rebellious ones as prey.
   However, in the last days, the Lord says that he will be a deliverer and savior to those who will surrender completely to his will and purpose.
   The Lord, by His Spirit, reveals unto us several kingdoms, and kings that shall come into power. Nonetheless, he pleads with his chosen to seek his kingdom, because his kingdom is the eternal, everlasting kingdom.
MATTHEW 6:33-34
BUT SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS; AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU.
TAKE THEREFORE NO THOUGHT FOR THE MORROW: FOR THE MORROW SHALL TAKE THOUGHT FOR THE THINGS OF ITSELF. SUFFICIENT UNTO THE DAY IS THE EVIL THEREOF.
   The Lord pleads with us to choose him. Choose to trust in Jesus Christ who has been given as a ransom for our sins and transgressions. He says to make him your choice, the son of the living God. He is your savior and a refuge, within a wicked and perverse generation. The kingdoms of this world have been overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of his testimony.
   The Lord makes a promise by his word that though these kingdoms shall rise, he is a good sheppard. He will be known of his. He will seek for his lost and restore all things unto himself.
EZEKIEL 34:11
FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD, BEHOLD I, EVEN I, WILL BOTH SEARCH MY SHEEP, and SEEK THEM OUT.
AS A SHEPPARD SEEKETH OUT HIS FLOCK IN THE DAY THAT HE IS AMONG HIS SHEEP THAT ARE SCATTERED; SO WILL I SEEK OUT MY SHEEP, AND WILL DELIVER OUT OF ALL PLACES WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE CLOUDY AND DARK DAY.
   The kingdoms in the last days are so corrupt. The leadership will be unified to work iniquity and come against the saints of the Most High. They are given to covetous practices, lies, and deceit. The deception among the rulers, governors, princes, counselors, and captains will be so marvelous that if the Lord hadn't shortened the days, even the very elect would be deceived.
   The leadership within these kingdoms are given to intimidation, fear, and authority abuse to attempt to get the chosen to surrender and give in. we have even been shown through the testimony of Daniel that they watch over our lifestyle and watch how we pray and worship. They will bring their lies and conspiracies to deliver up the very elect to be tried and some even will be put to death for their belief in Jesus Christ.
   These kingdoms and rulers will have such turmoil and chaos that the saints of God will be scattered and either want to give up and die or give in. Though their being spread may seem like the adversary has the advantage, the Lord promises to restore and to avenge our enemies. The Lord will unify his children, but this unity will not be a fleshly unity, but a unity by the Holy Spirit.
EPHESIANS 4:11-13
AND HE GAVE SOME, APOSTLES, AND SOME, PROPHETS; AND SOME EVANGELISTS; AND SOME, PASTORS AND TEACHERS;
FOR THE PERFECTING OF THE SAINTS, FOR THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY, FOR THE EDIFICATION OF THE BODY OF CHRIST:
TILL WE ALL COME IN THE UNTIY OF TH E FAITH, AND OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD, UNTO A PERFECT MAN, UNTO THE MEASURE OF THE STATURE OF THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST.
   So, the Lord pours out his spirit in the last days upon all flesh so that we are able to withstand the wiles of the enemy. His Holy Spirit is what keeps us and leads and guides us in the path of all truths and righteousness. By his Spirit we are strengthened and brought together as one body. By His Holy Spirit we are able to overcome the kingdoms of this world and the powers of darkness that are within them.
      Within the third kingdom there were four weaker rulers that came forth which are the four heads mentioned. Even though the kingdom of Alexander the Great broke into pieces we must remain spiritual minded. Flesh and blood passes away, but the spiritual things are eternal. These rulers that come forth still have the same overall mission. The adversary comes to steal, kill, and destroy. Dominion was given for them to reign over certain territories for an appointed time.
ROM 13:1-3
LET EVERY SOUL BE SUBJECT UNTO THE HIGHER POWERS. FOR THERE IS NO POWER BUT OF GOD: POWERS THAT BE ARE ORDAINED OF GOD.
Though the flesh and blood of the men have perished, the principalities have still been ordained for centuries of old and exist spiritually. Just as the spirit of God has been poured and have allowed his people to unify, the adversary of the kingdoms unifies his people to war with the saints of God.

Stand faithful unto the end. Those who endure unto the end shall be saved. Having done all to stand, again I say stand and see the salvation of the Lord. #pickupyourweaponsandfight #watch #pray #praise #believe

PASSIONATE PURSUIT...HUMILITY AND FEAR OF THE LORD

9/14/2023

As I have grown and abounded in revelations of the Lord Jesus Christ, I must admit that I have learned patience. When I was younger, I thought I had patience. I mentioned it. I said I had it. However, I had no clue what patience was or how to define it it in my daily routine because what first had to be established within me was what I was waiting for. Once it was clear whom and what I was waiting with patience for, then the Lord God established in me a godly and reverent fear. The fear was there with the initial measure of faith, but then the Lord began to pour His Holy Spirit the more I sought him.
With the pouring came the teaching of His Holy precepts. It's almost like a child learning to crawl and then walk. You begin to hear the voice of the Lord. He teaches us what pleases him and what doesn't. Similar to how a parent teaches us growing up. In some instances a parent can just give us a certain look at us or give a slight frown and we get the memo about what not to do again. Relationships require patience. Therefore, from faith to faith and glory to glory the initial measure of fear of the Lord elevates and you go higher heights and deeper depths because of it. If you ask a friend and out growing up, I'm sure they could mention some highs and lows, some ups and some downs. It is easy to receive instructions when the revelation of the end result is revealed, but where is the faith established in that? You are going to have shortcomings it is a part of the faith process. The Lord chastens those He loves...again I say He loves you. He wants you to grow and abound in that love. He who began a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.
Then the Lord says in necessities. Besides requiring much patience, he says were going to need things; natural and spiritual, yet he will be in the mist of it all. We need love and affections, confidence, and assurance. You're going to need finances, as well as spiritual edification. Nonetheless, He states that He knows what we stand in need of even before we ask. Pray and believe only and He will do it.
There are distresses that happen to come with the cares of life. There will be people who will desire to pull you in different directions. So folk who love you know how to get to your heart. They know what moves you and so does the Lord. Do not give room to the adversary. He's often lurking as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. He's a n accuser of the brethren say and night. He never sleeps. He never slumbers. Therefore, we must surrender completely and keep the flesh under subjection. No matter the pressures to give in. The power of God is unveiled as we allow the Holy Ghost to reign through each circumstance or situation. The Lord by His Spirit introduces to himself in each person and teaches us the operation of His Spirit through each of his names if we allow him to. We learn to walk by the Holy Ghost. We learn the role of the Father, and of the Son, as they exist in three persons. The Lord Jesus Christ takes us through levels of humility as we learn to trust him and die daily. So then, we can be encouraged to know and understand that these afflictions or circumstances whatever the form or fashion are to glorify God in the fullness of His being.
THE FATHER
On several occasions after services I have encountered a person or two who would ask why I spend so time teaching and studying the old testament. My response was simply that our Father and the operations of His Spirit as our Father are revealed there.
His accounts through the patriarchs teach is of his patience, mercy, love, and long suffering towards us. He teaches us what pleases Him as God and what provokes Him to wrath. He reveals His glory, his strength, and his willingness to reign through us. Though Jesus Christ had not manifested in the flesh, he was present by His Spirit as the word in the mouth of His Holy prophets.
The Father chooses people as the apple of His eye and favors them to do a work in Him. He speaks and by His wisdom and understanding foundations were established. When you understand the role of the Father it is then that you can receive his love through his son Jesus Christ. It is needful to mention again, that it is there also that the fear of the Lord established.
As mentioned previously, the Lord doesn't do things just to do them. He does things so that we know him in all of his persons as He is established as three-in-one being. The Lord wants to establish is on a firm foundation of faith and that our testimony is received because we have lived and experienced the words that are spoken. How can we testify what we haven't lived? How can we encourage if we haven't overcome anything? The overcoming power comes with trusting the Lord and allowing him to carry us through the fire of life's circumstances and situations.

PSALM 23
THE LORD IS MY SHEPPERD; I SHALL NOT WANT.
HE MAKETH ME TO LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES. HE LEADETH ME BESIDE THE STILL WATERS. HE RESTORETH MY SOUL: HE LEADETH ME IN THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR HIS NAME'S SAKE.
YEA, THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, I WILL FEAR NO EVIL: FOR THOU ARE WITH ME; THY ROD AND THY STAFF THEY COMFORT ME.
THOU PREPAREST A TABLE BEFORE ME IN THE PRESENCE OF MINE ENEMIES: THOU ANOINTEST MY HEAD WITH OIL; MY CUP RUNNETH OVER.
SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY SHALL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE: AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOR EVER.
The lord has showed me that he is my shepherd from the beginning. Even before I recognized Him as my shepherd, He led me on the path of righteousness. While I was still trying to find myself in Him, He had always been in me a minister of help. That's what I was moved to do, even in the midst of my own sin and transgressions; I would move in compassion, place my flesh under subjection and help others with whatever they needed help with.
He was and is my Sheppard in all things and as He continued to build me on my most holy faith he would often confirm Hi sword with that reminder. He said, “Pastor, I am your Sheppard and I'm the only Sheppard you'll ever need. No one else can be your Sheppard and do my works.”
People would attempt to pull me in different directions. They would tell me to humble myself under their ministry, even after having been established in my own. Those times when I did give in to the intimidation and relinquished, the Lord told me I had taken down for the adversary. However, He allowed me to feel the pain of that mistake by being silent for an appointed season. I prayed, yet there was no response. I praised, but yet it seemed like I wasn't reaching Him like before. Then one day when I went back to that place where I had come short of the glory, and cur ties with that particular ministry, the Lord began to reign again completely. However, He chastens those He loves and you know when it is the chastening of the Most High. #humility #surrender #pray

PASSIONATE PURSUIT...POWER OF GOD UNVEILED LONGSUFFERING

9/12/2023

WE MUST PARTAKE OF THE SUFFERINGS OF THE CROSS

II CORINTHIANS 6:3-10

GIVING NO OFFENCE IN ANYTHING THAT THE MINISTRY BE NOT BLAMED.
BUT IN ALL THINGS APPROVING OURSELVES AS THE MINISTERS OF GOD, IN MUCH PATIENCE, IN AFFLICTIONS, IN NECESSITIES, IN DISTRESSES, IN STRIPES, IN IMPRISONMENTS, IN TUMULTS, IN LABORS, IN WATCHINGS, IN FASTINGS;
BY PURENESS, BY KNOWLEDGE, BY LONGSUFFERING, BY KINDNESS, BY THE HOLY GHOST, BY LOVE UNFEIGNED.
BY THE WORD OF TRUTH, BY THE POWER OF GOD, BY THE ARMOUR OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ON THE RIGHT HAND AND ON THE LEFT,
BY HONOUR AND DISHONOUR, BY EVIL REPORT AND GOOD REPORT: AS DECEIVER, AND YET TRUE;
AS UNKNOWN, AND YET WELL KNOWN; AS DYING, AND , BEHOLD, WE LIVE; AS CHASTENED, AND NOT KILLED;
AS SORROWFUL, YET ALWAYS REJOICING, AS POOR, YET MAKING MANY RICH; AS HAVING NOTHING, AND YET POSSESSING ALL THINGS.

As we have studied in previous chapters concerning joy, it is safe to share that there is no joy without overcoming trials and tests building us up in our most holy faith. If we partake of the heavenly callings, then we must also partake of the sufferings of the cross. We must eat of the whole loaf and take the bitter with the sweet.
In the last days the Lord warns his children that we will endure diverse temptations and all manners of evil. Yet, while warning the Lord also states that we must not allow our good to be evil spoken of and He also states for us to be good stewards of the mysteries of His Holy Word and walk worthy of our vocation. In doing so we are no offending or causing blame to come upon the ministry. The Lord doesn't want our labors or suffering to be in vain. He wants us obtain the promises in Him.
It is needful to recognize that after mentioning that we maintain ourselves blameless unto God, He mentions that we maintain our worthiness as ministers of God in patience, afflictions, necessities, and distresses. We are going to go through trials and sufferings simply because by faith we have obtained a divine nature and have been given divine power. We will be afflicted bu the Lord delivers us out of them all. He says we must endure in much patience.

September 11th, 2023

9/11/2023

DANIEL 5 STUDY GUIDE

BELSHAZZAR THE KING MADE A GREAT FEAST TO A THOUSAND OF HIS LORDS, AND DRANK WINE BEFORE THE THOUSAND.
BELSHAZZAR, WHILES HE TASTED THE WINE, COMMANDED TO BRING THE GOLDEN AND SILVER VESSELS WHICH HIS FATHER NEBUCHADNEZZAR HAD TAKEN OUT OF THE TEMPLE WHICH WAS IN JERUSALEM; THAT THE KING, AND HIS PRINCES, HIS WIVES, AND HIS CONCUBINES, MIGHT DRINK THEREIN.
THEN THEY BROUGHT THE GOLDEN VESSELS THAT WERE TAKEN OU TOF THE TEMPLE OF THE HOUSE OF GOD WHICH WAS AT JERUSALEM; AND THE KING AND HIS PRINCES, HIS WIVES, AND HIS CONCUBINES, DRANK IN THEM.
THEY DRANK WINE, AND PRAISED THE GODS OF GOLD, AND OF SILVER, OF BRASS, OF IRON, OF WOOD, AND OF STONE.

Through previous chapters the revelation is given of the Lord humbling the King Nebuchadnezzar; the spirit of pride and arrogance managed to also grasp a hold of his son Belshazzar.
It was a common thing to commune and fellowship with those within the kingdom and often celebrate the luxuries that accompany victory in battle.

Belshazzar invited about a thousand of the princes of the kingdom to a great feast, and while preparing for such a festive celebration, He commanded that the gold and silver vessels that were taken out of the temple of Jerusalem when his father took captives; and that they would be used in service to his guests.

One thing we cannot do is take what is blessed, sanctified, and Holy to use in a way that is unholy and abominable. Those vessels had been dedicated unto the Lord by the forefathers and were considered Holy unto God.

Not only did they take the vessels, but they used them to partake in fellowships while giving praise and honor unto other gods. They began to praise the gods of silver and gold which is an abomination in the sight of God. Such wickedness moved the spirit of God to take action immediately.

In the same hour came fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the King spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
Consider for a moment the vessels that are within the house of God which he hath sanctified unto himself. He has many types of vessels. Consider the symbolism of a vessel as something more than just a thing to supp with, but a being used to show forth the glory of God in some sort of way.

Romans 9:21-28

HATH NOT THE POTTER POWER OVER THE CLAY, OF THE SAME LUMP TO MAKE ONE VESSEL UNTO HONOR, AND TO ANOTHER DISHONOR?
WHAT IF GOD, WILLING TO SHEW his WRATH, AND TO MAKE HIS POWER KNOWN, ENDURED WITH MUCH LONGSUFFERING THE VESSELS OF WRATH FITTED FOR DESTRUCTION:
AND THAT HE MIGHT MAKE KNOWN THE RICHES OF HIS GLORY ON THE VESSELS OF MERCY,WHICH HE HAD AFORE PREPARED UNTO GLORY,
EVEN US, WHOM HE HATH CALLED, NOT OF THE JEWS ONLY, BUT ALSO OF THE GENTILES?
AS HE SAITH ALSO IN O'SEE, I WILL CALL THEM MY PEOPLE WHICH WERE NOT MY PEOPLE; AND HER BELOVED, WHICH WS NOT BELOVED.
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, THAT IN THE PLACE WHERE IT WS SAID UNTO THEM, YE ARE NOT MY PEOPLE; THERE SHALL THEY BE CALLED THE CHILDREN OF THE LIVING GOD.
ESAIAS ALSO CRIED CONCERNING ISRAEL, THOUGH THE NUMBER OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL BE AS THE SAND OF THE SEA, A REMNANT SHALL BE SAVED:
FOR HE WILL FINISH THE WORK AND CUT IT SHORT IN RIGHTEOUSNESS: BECAUSE A SHORT WORK WILL THE LORD MAKE UPON THE EARTH.

So, you see these vessels belonged to God for his purpose whether to make his power known or to show forth the riches of his glory. However, for a short time allotted the Lord allowed his chosen vessels to be dispersed among their enemies.

The Lord begins to reveal himself with the appearance of a man's hand writing on the wall in the midst of all who had accompanied the king. The writing on the wall was the set judgment for th e abominations and idolatry in the sight of God.

FORASMUCH AS AN EXCELLENT SPIRIT, AND KNOWLEDGE, AND UNDERSTANDING, INTERPRETING OF DREAMS, AND SHOWING OF HARD SENTENCES, AND DISSOLVING OF DOUBTS, WERE FOUND IN THE SAME DANIEL, WHOM THE KING NAMED BELTESHAZZAR: NOW LET DANIEL BE CALLED,A ND HE WILL SHEW THE INTERPRETATION.

A writing of judgment can make anyone's countenance change and heart tremble. However, in all of the king's fear, he still went first to the astrologers, soothsayers, and wise men just as his Father did. They could not make known the interpretation of the Lord's holy judgments. Yet, Daniel had a reputation of righteousness and his wisdom of spiritual things had been known to the queen.

These people were heathens. They had no reverence or fear for the living god. Therefore, was there a breech among them for putting their hands to the holy things of the Most High. The Lord utilizes the opportunity to glorify himself as the true and living God in this situation. Remember that before the Lord renders judgment he sends warning. These breeches didn't take place in ignorance, for Belshazzar had received the prophetic and the warning alongside his Father, Nebuchadnezzar in previous years of his reign.

THEN DANIEL ANSWERED AND SAID BEFORE THE KING, LET THY GIFTS BE TO THYSELF, AND GIVE THY REWARDS TO ANOTHER; YET I WILLL READ THE WRINTING UNTO THE KING, AND MAKE KNOWN TO HIM THE INTERPRETATION.
O THOU KING, THE MOST HIGH GOD GAVE NEBUCHADNEZZAR THY FATHER A KINGDOM, A MAJESTY, AND GLORY,A DN HONOUR:
AND FOR THE MAJESTY THAT HE GAVE HIM, ALL PEOPLE, NATIONS,AND LANGUAGES TREMBLED AND FEARED BEFORE HIM: WHOM HE WOULD HE SLEW, AND WHOM HE WOULD HE KEPT ALIVE; AND WHOM HE WOULD HE SET UP; AND WHOM HE WOULD HE PUT DOWN.
BUT WHEN HIS HEART WAS LIFTED UP,ADN HIS MIND HARDENED WITH PRIDE, HE WAS DEPOSED FROM HIS KINGLY THRONE,AND THEY TOOK HIS GLORY FORM HIM:
AND THOU HIS SON, O BELSHEZZAR, HAST NOT HUMBLED THINE HEART, THOUGH THOU KNEWEST ALL THIS;
AND THIS IS THE WRITING THAT WAS WRITTEN, MENE; GOD HATH NUMBERED THY KINGDOM, AND FINISHED IT.
TEKEL, THOU ART WEIGHED IN THE BALANCES, AND ART FOUND WANTING.
PERES; THY KINGDOM IS DIVIDED, AND GIVEN TO THE MEDES AND PERSIANS.
THEN COMMANDED BELSHAZZAR, AND THEY CLOTHED DANIEL WITH SCARLET, AND PUT A CHAIN OF GOLD ABOUT HIS NECK, AND MADE A PROCLAMATION CONCERNING HIM, THAT HE SHOULD BE THIRD IN THE KINGDOM.
IN THAT NIGHT WAS BELSHAZZAR THE KING OF THE CHALDEANS SLAIN.
AND DARIUS THE MEDIAN TOOK THE KINGDOM, BEING ABOUT THREESCORE AND TWO YEARS OLD.

The Lord has shown that He is the first and the last. He is the one who appoints and ordains the powers and thrones. When pride and arrogance creeps in then the Lord comes and appoints judgment to re-establish holiness and order among his chosen.

He shows us this with King David when he is moved to number the people of the kingdom of God. We also see this with King Asa, and again with King Uzzah. This was an appointed time where the children of Israel had been dispersed into captivity among their adversaries so they could learn to humbles themselves at the mighty hand of God and to know that He is the God that reigns. There is no other god. There is no other Sheppard. Then he shows the children that he will judge their enemies in like manner that they will be judged , if they do not return to him their whole heart. God is no respecter of persons. King Solomon was a man after God's own heart just as King David, his Father was. But when he allowed pride to creep in and foreign Gods to become a snare, the Lord divided the kingdom in the same manner. God is the same. He changeth not.

Just as the Lord did with King David, He numbered the kingdom and finished it. He is the author and the finisher. He will perform His Word. Then He said they were weighed in the balances and were found wanting because he has given his children a spirit that craves and strives for unity and to perfect that which is lacking in the faith. The Lord reminds us that in Christ Jesus there is no separation and when there is a need for separation or a spiritual harvest, which is judgment; we don't do the separation. His reapers, which are his angels are sent to sever the wicked from the just.

The Lord is shoeing the accounts of happenings in the kingdoms of the world so that we may come out form them and take part in the Kingdom of Heaven which is the everlasting kingdom that hs been prepared from the foundations of the worlds for all those who would believe on him with their whole heart.

COLOSSIANS 2:13-15

AND YOU BEING DEAD IN YOUR SINS AND THE UNCIRCUMCISION OF YOUR FLESH, HATH HE QUICKENED TOGETHER WITH HIM, HAVING FORGIVEN YOU ALL TRESSPASSES;
BLOTTING OUT THE HANDWRITING OF ORDINANCES THAT WAS AGAINST US, WHICH WAS CONTRARY TO US, AND TOOK IT OUT OF THE WAY, NAILING IT TO THE CROSS;
AND HAVING SPOILED PRINCIPALITY AND POWERS, HE MADE A SHOW OF THEM OPENLY, TRIUMPHING OVER THEM IN IT.

The writing on the wall is symbolic of the judgment against us for our sin and transgressions against the Lord God. However a relationship with Jesus Christ our Lord quickened us and spoiled those handwriting of ordinances that were written against that were contrary to us. Jesus paid the price with his blood to redeem us and having done so has presented us blameless unto God.

PASSIONATE PURSUIT...WORD OF THE LORD

9/11/2023

MATTHEW 9:12-13

BUT WHEN JESUS HEARD THAT, HE SAID UNTO THEM, THEY THAT BE WHOLE NEED NOT A PHYSICIAN, BUT THEY THAT ARE SICK.
BUT GO YE AND LEARN WHAT THAT MEANETH, I WILL HAVE MERCY AND NOT SACRIFICE: FOR I AM NOT COME TO CALL THE RIGHTEOUS BUT SINNERS TO REPENTANCE.
JEREMIAH 8:14-22
IS THERE NO BALM IN GILEAD, IS THERE NO PHYSICIAN THERE? WHY THEN IS NOT THE HEALTH OF THE DAUGHTER OF MY PEOPLE RECOVERED?
WHY DO WE SIT STILL? ASSEMBLE YOURSELVES, AND LET US ENTER INTO THE DEFENCED CITIES, AND LET US BE SILENT THERE: FOR THE LORD OUR GOD HATH PUT US TO SILENCE, AND GIVEN US WATER OF GALL TO DRINK BECAUSE WE HAVE SINNED AGAINST THE LORD.
WE LOOKED FOR PEACE, BUT NO GOOD CAME; AND FOR A TIME OF HEALTH, AND BEHOLD TROUBLE.
WHEN I WOULD COMFORT MYSELF AGAINST SORROW, MY HEART IS FAINT WITHIN ME.
BEHOLD, THE VOICE OF THE CRY OF THE DAUGHTER OF MY PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THEM THAT DWELL IN A FAR COUNTRY:
IS NOT THE LORD IN ZION? IS NOT THE KING IN HER? WHY HAVE THEY PROVOKED ME TO ANGER WITH THEIR GRAVEN IMAGES AND WITH STRANGE VANITIES?
THE HARVEST IS PAST, THE SUMMER IS ENDED, AND WE ARE NOT SAVED.
FOR THE HURT OF THE DAUGTHER OF MY PEOPLE AM I HURT. I AM BLACK. ASTONISHMENT HAVE TAKEN HOLD OF ME.

THE WORD SPEAKS VOLUMES FOR HIMSELF. HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO GO THE WAY OF THE WORLD AND NOT SEEK THE FACE OF GOD? HOW DO YOU ACT AS IF YOU HAVE IT ALL COVERED ON YOUR OWN CONTINUING TO ELIMINATE THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD? HOW HAVE YOU GONE TO THE PHYSICIANS OF THE WORLD WHEN JESUS HAS STATED THAT HE IS OUR HEALER? IF WE HAVE HEAVENLY SEATS WITH HIM, SHOULD NOT OUR DELIVERANCE BE FROM ON HIGH? SHOULDN’T OUR HEALINGS BE A SPIRITUAL ONE? WE CANNOT PUT A BAND-AID ON SPIRITUAL JUDGMENT. HAVE YOU SEEN THE WORDS OF THE HOLY PROPHETS MANIFEST BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES? YET, THIS PEOPLE DRAWETH NEAR TO ME WITH THEIR MOUTH, AND HONOURETH ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR FROM ME.

PASSIONATE PURSUIT...STUDY GUIDE NOTES MEEKNESS

9/11/2023

I suppose I have addressed the issues of humbling yourself under leadership in so much detail because it is often one of the first things that come into question when a servant of the Lord Jesus Christ accepts their calling. It is an exciting moment to acknowledge the purpose that you have on your life and it is something that one would want to share with others, especially their fellow laborers in ministry and leadership, if they have been planted within their local community. There is a natural need for acceptance especially from loved ones who brought you into the fold and by those whom the Lord used to sow and pour into your spirit man in the first place. However, what the Lord has most often allowed us to see in operation is a form of godliness denying the power of God. The traditional church has been operating according to the rudiments of the world and by the spirit of the age. Most of what is being taught is by the precepts of men. Therefore, the Lord is calling a new generation, a new people with a vision that will do His will and purpose completely. He is moving this people by his spirit to a perfected unity where he gets the glory completely. Therefore, the humility the Lord Jesus desires is a surrender to His Holy Spirit as the leadership and not a surrender to man. The ultimate frustration comes from a pressing in the spirit realm for people and the chosen vessels of God to surrender themselves to a set of natural ordinances where there is no power and the spiritual works that the Lord has ordained do not get accomplished. There are heavenly ordinances where the Lord reigns by His Holy Spirit and the signs, miracles, and wonders are accomplished when He reigns completely.
COLOSSIANS 2:8-10
BEWARE LEST ANY MAN SPOIL YOU THROUGH PHILOSOPHY AND VAIN DECEIT, AFTER THE TRADITIONS OF MEN, AFTER THE RUDIMENTS FO THE WORLD, AND NOT AFTER CHRIST.
FOR IN HIM DWELLETH ALL THE FULLNESS OF THE GODHEAD BODILY.
AND YE ARE COMPLETE IN HIM, WHICH IS THE HEAD OF ALL PRINCIPALITY AND POWER.
The Lord uses the Apostle Paul to confirm these works in his epistle to the Colossians. Many people ere being converted daily as such as needed to be saved. However, the Lord wanted to encourage them to stay rooted and grounded in the faith and to have assurance in the work they were called to do. He ministered these reminders in detail because the truth and the steadfastness of the faith was not popular at the time and it was easy to be enticed to do in another direction that was not the narrow path of righteousness. We must take us our cross and die daily so that through our humility the gospel can be preached in purity without hindrance. Therefore, it is needful that we let our own will die so that we can take a heavenly seat and reign as joint-heirs with Christ.
Philippians 2:5
LET THIS MIND BE IN YOU; WHICH WAS ALSO IN CHRIST JESUS:
WHO BEING IN THE FORM OF GOD, THOUGH IT NOT ROBBERY TO BE EQUAL WITH GOD: BUT MADE HIMSELF OF NO REPUTATION, AND TOOK UPON HIM THE FORM OF A SERVANT, AND WAS MADE IN THE LIKENESS OF MEN:
AND BEING FOUND IN FASHION AS A MAN, HE HUMBLED HIMSELF, AND BECAME OBEDIENT UNTO DEATH, EVEN UNTO DEATH OF THE CROSS, WHEREFORE GOD ALSSO HAVE HIGHLY EXALTED HIM, AND GIVEN HIM A NAME WHICH IS ABOVE EVERY NAME:
So then we recognize that when we humble ourselves completely as Joint-Heirs with Christ Jesus it si then that we are able to see the “greater works” done through our lives. The Lord said, “miracles, signs, and wonders will follow the believer.” These miracles are faith builders that keep us on a firm foundation in Him because He stated that He goes to prepare a place for us. He also stated that He would sit on the right hand of God until his enemies were made his foot stool. We have been told that the adversary doesn't want those works to be done. Therefore, He tries to create snares and traps to block and hinder the operations of the Spirit of God. Knowing these things, we put on garments of righteousness that puts us in unity by His Holy Spirit and do our jobs as servants of the Most High.
It is needful to highlight the fact that Jesus Christ was obedient to death, even death of the cross. He was not speaking of natural things, but the spiritual that we place flesh under subjection and carry our cross. So then we are trusting the Lord as our redeemer. We do not have control of our destiny. However, we have been purchased by the blood of Jesus and by faith we reign with Him. Daily dying to the flesh we can see the works of faith done while seeking ye first the kingdom of God, we can witness the building and adding daily as such as need to be saved.
COLOSSIANS 2:18
LET NO MAN BEGUILE YOU OF YOUR REWARD IN A VOLUNTARY HUMILITY AND WORSHIPPING OF ANGELS, INTRUDING INTO THOSE THINGS WHICH HE HATH NOT SEEN, VAINLY PUFFED UP BY THE FLESHLY MIND.
It wasn't until I wanted to go forth in my calling as a pastor that I understood the meaning of this particular scripture. When you surrender your heart to God, the Holy Spirit moves you in the ways of righteousness. There is desire to honor the head and submit to proper authority. The Lord has an order and chain of command. Saying these things, there were people in authority that happened to take advantage of their God-given authority. They would use words like “humble yourself.” Playing on your hearts desire to please the Lord. They may even mention, “let the pride die.” However, their desire was for me to relinquish authority which was not the will of the Living God. This is what the Lord considers a false humility and there are spiritual principalities behind it.
This is why the Lord states that by doing so we intrude into unseen places and what happens is there are vain imaginations which exalt themselves above the knowledge of God ( II Cor 10:4-5). The Lord states that men attempt to beguile his chosen with these rudiments and precepts taught of men and by taking heed and giving in many are forfeiting their reward through this form of deception. The Lord states that where the spirit of the Lord is there is liberty. The Lord doesn't put boundaries on His Holy Spirit in such a way.

JUDE 4

FOR THERE ARE CERTAIN MEN CREPT IN UNAWARES, WHO WERE BEFORE OF OLD ORDAINED TO THIS CONDEMNATION, UNGODLY MEN, TURNING THE GRACE OF GOD INTO LASCIVIOUSNESS, AND FENYING THE ONLY LORD GOD, AND OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
I will therefore put you in remembrance, tough ye once knew this, how the Lord, having saved the people out of the Land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. And the angels which kept not their first, but left their habitation, He hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

There is no condemnation in Christ. The Lord tells us these things in His Holy word. These are principalities that war with the saints of God in the last days. They have crept in unawares because outwardly they appear to be sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. The Lord warns that we shall know them by their fruits and that some will give in to those having seducing spirits and doctrines of demons. Therefore, we must recognize the times that we are in and watch and pray that we are not deceived.

JUDE
HOW THAT THEY TOLD YOU THERE should BE MOCKERS IN THE LAST TIME, WHO SHOULD WALK AFTER THEIR OWN UNGODLY LUSTS.
THESE BE THEY WHO SEPARATE THEMSELVES, SENSUAL, HAVING NOT THE SPIRIT.
BUT YE, BELOVED, BUILDING UP YOURSELVES ON YOUR MOST HOLY FAITH, PRAYING IN THE HOLY GHOST.
KEEP YOURSELVES IN THE LOVE OF GOD, LOOKING FO R THE MERCY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST UNTO ETERNAL LIFE.
There are many who have fallen away and shall continue to fall away in the last days because of seducing spirits and doctrines of demons. They, as well as others are mockers and walk in the flesh and not after the spirit of the living God. They even separate themselves, call themselves sanctified and consecrated, but the Lord says to recognize the operations of the Spirit and keep yourselves in His love.
Even though the Lord Jesus Christ says to watch and that you shall know them by their fruits, He also shares that in the last days he shall cut short time in righteousness for his elect sake. He states that it will be very difficult to discern because of false brethren among us working signs and false wonders. He encourages his chosen to be saturated in His Holy Spirit which will lead us and guide us in all truths.
Therefore, the Lord says trust him completely as a refuge in these last and evil days. The true surrender says that no flesh can glory in his presence. However, where the spirit of the Lord is there is liberty. The humility says that all things are possible in Christ when we allow the flesh to die and allow God to do the work by His Spirit and that nothing can separate us from the love of Christ when we are about our father's business and trust him all the way...not half-way; regardless of the circumstances or situations.

WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT

9/11/2023

MALACHI 3:1-7

BEHOLD, I WILL SEND MY MESSENGER, AND HE SHALL PREPARE THE WAY BEFORE ME: AND THE LORD WHOM YE SEEK, SHALL SUDDENLY COME TO HIS TEMPLE, EVEN THE MESSENGER OF THE COVENANT, WHOM YE DELIGHT IN: BEHOLD, HE SHALL COME, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS.
BUT WHO MAY ABIDE THE DAY OF HIS COMING? AND WHO SHALL STAND WHEN HE APPEARETH? FOR HE IS LIKE A REFINER'S FIRE, AND LIKE FULLER'S SOAP:
AND I WILL COME NEAR TO YOU TO JUDGMENT: AND I WILL BE A SWIFT WITNESS AGAINST THE SORCERERS, AND AGAINST THE ADULTERERS, AND AGAINST FALSE SWEARERS, AND AGAINST THOSE THAT OPPRESS THE HIRELING IN HIS WAGES, THE WIDOW, AND THE FATHERLESS, AND THAT TURN ASIDE THE STRANGER FROM HIS RIGHT, AND FEAR NOT ME, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS.
WITH OUR MOUTHS WE SPEAK THAT WE SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD. YET, OUR ACTIONS SHOW THAT WE ARE NOT READY. THEY HAVE PROFANED THE SANCTUARY, THEY HAVE TRAMPLED THE WORD OF GOD AND THE FALSE BRETHREN HAVE CREPT IN STEALING THE WORDS OF THE TRUE PROPHETS AND MAKING MOCKERY AMONG THE SAINTS OF THE LIVING GOD. THEY HAVE TAKEN WHAT'S HOLY AND PROFANED THE ALTAR, THE PRAYERS, THE WORSHIP, THE PRAISE. THE FEAR OF THE LORD HAS BECOME A JOKE AMONG HIS OWN CHOSEN. THEY HAVE DEALT TREACHEROUSLY WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD AS WELL AS EACH OTHER. HOW HAVE THE PEOPLE OF GOD TURNED FORM HIS ORDINANCES? WHERE HAS THE LAW OF TRUTH GONE? HAS NOT ELIJAH COME? HAS NOT THE LORD POURED OUT HIS HOLY SPIRIT. WHO CAN STAND IN THE DAY OF VISITATION?
YE SORCERERS WHO COVER WITH COVERINGS THAT ARE NOT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, REPENT, LEST YE SUFFER A GREATER JUDGMENT AND BE CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE. YE ADULTERERS, AND FALSE ACCUSERS AND THOSE THAT ARE VOW BREAKERS, REPENT AND RETURN WHILE THE LORD HAS YET GIVEN ROOM FILLED WITH MERCY. FEAR THE LORD YOUR GOD BEFORE HIS WRATH COME UPON YOU SWIFTLY. GOD IS NOT A RESPECTOR OF PERSONS. WOE TO THEM THAT DESIRE THE DAY OF THE LORD FOR SURELY IT IS A DAY OF DARKNESS AND NOT A DAY OF LIGHT.

REV 21:8
BUT THE FEARFUL, AND UNBELIEVING, AND THE ABOMINABLE, AND MURDERERS, AND WHOREMONGERS AND SORCERERS, AND IDOLATERS, AND ALL LIARS, SHALL HAVE their PAST IN THE LAKE WHICH BURNETH WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE: WHICH IS THE SECOND DEATH.