If it was not for Jesus

Jesus loves to inhabit the praise and presence of his people. In Matthew 26:36-46, we read of Jesus praying to his Father and asking his disciple to watch and pray with him. However, the burden was not theirs but God. Matthew 27:46 let us know that at this point Jesus had to become sin so that we might be free; he was separated from his Father and experienced that which he had never experienced. Jesus was without sin and therefore the very act of becoming sin, separated him from God and caused him more pain than anything. When we realize at this point what Jesus did, it will convict us of our sins. The separation was the sin; when you are separated from God you automatically go into sin nature. The deceitfulness of sin will cause your heart to harden and cause you to depart from God and eventually you will swallow death.

Jesus came to usher us back into fellowship with God. However, oftentimes, we think that separation from God is a way for the enemy to take us out. God has established a throne of grace to bring us back into fellowship with him. When you are separated from Jesus, God sees only wrath. Jesus is your high priest who covers and pray for you so that the wrath of God may not come against you. When we return back to Jesus, he reintroduces us back to God. Jesus grace and mercy is there to catch us if things are trying to come and separate us from God. Don't allow your trust to rely on the worldly things and not God. Stop separating yourself from God. Jesus is your everything. If it was not the for the blood of Jesus, none of us would be here. How long will we grieve the Holy Spirit. Thank God for his grace and mercy. Thank him that he would not separate himself from you. There are a lot of people, that don't understand the love of Jesus. They don't understand the cross; if it was not for Jesus interceding on our behalf the church would be desolate.

God is faithful. Hold onto the mighty hand of God. Don't allow the world to separate you from God. If you are not able to hear God's voice, then you are out of position and going at your own pace. You are resting when you and Jesus are hand-in-hand. God is trying to establish you into your purpose and destiny. He is going to deliver his children before they get to their destiny. God is going to deliver us all of the way. In our relationship with Jesus, we have to understand the Throne of Grace. His grace is there to get us back into position. We ought to appreciate his grace and mercy.

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From the Pastors Corner

Operating in Faith

God wants us to operate in Faith. To operate a means to produce an effect. An example is that Advil operates quickly; to operate a business, or to operate on someones mind. To operate means you have to know how to use something. Some of us need to believe God in faith for deliverance and healing not just finance. One of the challenges we face in operating in faith is that you can only operate as far as you can see God. Our natural eye has to exhaust out so that our spiritual eyes can operate.

Let's read James 2:14 "What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?" If your water turns off, will faith turn it back on or will some money. Faith without works is dead as a doorknob. In the process of serving God, he will give you revelation regarding your purpose and destiny. You will soon realize that your resources are limited. It is by design that your faith grow. Don't sit back to wait for the materials to become apparent before applying faith which is the substance. The word of God says that Faith is the substance of things hope for and the evidence of things not seen.

If you are operating an airplane, at some point you are going to get so high that you can't see the ground of where you are going. At some point you have to trust the equipment to direct you. There are some things going on that you might not be able to see pass the door; but God is requiring you to operate your faith. You have to take your faith and add to my faith. God is trying to add to your substance. There are some things that have to be added to your faith so that it can work. Stop crying, God is giving you faith. If you have faith the size of the mustard seed, you can say to that mountain be thou removed and it should be. There is a difference between living in faith and operating in faith. There is a difference when you are operating in faith because you are proactive; believing that if you be obedient God is going to do that which he said.

Your belief in God is tested when storms come. Storms are designed to take your faith higher. You have to reach a maturity in God so that it will not require a storm for your faith to be elevated. You know that a storm is coming, you are prepared and soar like an eagle. You have to see beyond the natural and stop complaining. 2nd Peter 1:3-4 "According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins."

Unto your faith, God is trying to add what you need to succeed. Your faith should take the form of a spiritual resume. You ought to be able to look at your faith and see how far it has brought us. Your faith of last season has to exhaust out so that God can add some substance to your faith to get you to the next level. God is going to add some patience, virtue and other things to your faith. Don't let your issue hinder your faith. God has to add some deliverance to your faith so that you can make it to the next level. When your faith is weak, understand that it is not that you have a lack of faith but that you need to go another level. God has to bring death to that faith so that you will not take the glory.

As Paul said in Galatains, he lives by the faith of Christ. Your faith is going to exhaust out and you have to have enough sense to grab the faith of Christ. Bring your faith to the cross so that God can give you his faith which has resurrection power. The gift of faith has to be empowered and now when you pray for someone by faith for healing it is not you but the faith of God manifesting in you. This next level of faith is coming from God; his faith operating through you...that is the gift of faith. So that now when you operate, you are operating in the whole vision of what God has called you to do. Now you have to operate in the vision of God. God is adding deliverance, healing, the word, and endurance to your faith to accomplish what God has called you. It is okay to exhaust out your faith; be still so that God can add what you need.

The key to God adding to your faith is your humility. In this season, there are more responsibilities and therefore you cannot afford to be blinded by the tribulations of this world. When you are empty on your faith, some old issues will resurface and it will difficult to move forward. Get up, shake yourself off and get busy for the Lord. God is not going to add to something that is not doing anything. Your mindset has to shift in this new season. Losing is not an option; you have to operate in the faith of God.

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From the Pastors Corner

The Seed of your Suffering

God is always with us and he has not left us. Whatever your heart is going through, know that God has not forsaken you. Galatians 6:7-9 "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."

When you are in transition don't be weary. When your due season comes, you want a supernatural return. There are some things that you are going through that are bringing forth seeds so that you may know it is from God. This seed is your suffering so that the manifestations of God to occur. When you look at your suffering as a seed being planted into some heavenly places, then you look at your enduring point differently. This should bring you some security to know that your suffering is going to bring some supernatural breakthroughs.

Romans 8:18 "For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." The plural form of suffering means that there are more than just one suffering. What you are going through means that it cannot even be in comparison to what God is going to do in your life. The joy of the product of the end result is going to be worth it. You will be able to look back over what you endured and be amazed by the blessing that is ahead. 1st Peter 5:10 "But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you." After, not before but after means that by necessity, I need to suffer some things so that God can complete you in Him. Sufferings cannot be avoided. When the sufferings of Christ invades your life, nothing is off limits. Therefore you might as well surrender everything. When the reward of your suffering manifested, the blessing is unlimited.

In the midst of your struggling, God knows your doubt. When you suffer, God will allow people to see you suffer.Your suffering is a set up for the supernatural to manifest in your life. Look at your suffering in a different perspective so that you will not faint. If you faint, then some blessings can pass you by. You are about to give up but stand up and don't miss out your blessing. Your next level in God is not connected to a financial seed but the suffering that is inside of you. Humility will shorten your suffering stage. Therefore be persuaded to stay focus in God. For a little while can turn into some years because of your disobedience. You have to pass that trial so that you can graduate. Line up in the position of obedience to God so that you can obtain the things of God.

The supernatural blessing is in your future because it is going to be birth out of your suffering. It is your suffering that is going to make it supernatural. It is the fact that you are broke (suffering) that will make it supernatural. If you want to walk prophetically in God, then you will need to be crushed. The supernatural things of God stays with you. Therefore if you need healing, even though you might be sick, you will have to pay the price for your own healing so that you can lay hands on other people. Don't give up, throw in the towel, hold on and see God come through supernaturally. Look at every disappointments in our lives as a means to partipate in the sufferins of Christ. You don't complain or fight people because you know that you storm is over.

It might look like a storm but it is going to just pass on over. God is saying to us that my storm is passing over, my suffering is the seed for the supernatural things of God to manifest in my life.

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From the Pastor's Corner