Just Because You Need To Know!!!

by Diana Bell on Saturday, April 23, 2011 at 12:46pm

“WE ARE IN A GREAT SPIRITUAL WAR BETWEEN GOOD & EVIL”

Our Higher Power has chosen us as his blessed vessels in this royal chess game called life. His love for us all is shown by him believing in us, to believe in him, and guide us through every step of the way. Not only did he die for our sins, but he died knowing that we would “fight the good fight”. People, we are made in His image.

We must show our God that his death was not in vain. The world wants us to believe that life is all about material things and uses the bittersweet weakness of mankind, “our women”, to illuminate media advertising, & poison our subconscious to believe that it’s OK to mentally and physically abuse them, believing its OK to lust for money, cars, clothes, jewelry & music, “when life is truly about LOVE”! See, the unconditional love we have for ourselves, should allow us to love another just the same, “Do to others as you would have others do to you”. Even though there are those who choose to do wrong, we have the free will to right!

We all are connected spiritually in mind, body & soul. Understand, we as a people shouldn’t put the next man/woman down, however, build each other up to having royal mentalities. Some of us who are more fortunate than others, should not be prideful or with greed & selfishness. If you see your brother/sister in need, try being a blessing to them & watch how the law of attraction works as a blessing in your life. Be joyful when sowing a good seed & watch your blessings manifest to another. This is the way of our Lord God!

We have the power to change someone’s whole day with a kind word. Speak great things in your neighbors life by complimenting there day with a good deed. Imagine a society where the negative energy is traded in for peace & the understanding that no one is perfected! “An eye for an eye will only make the world blind”. People, there is a WAR at hand & our very families, are blind to it, due to the fact that, we are so against each other. If we, as a people, are going to choose to be against anything, it should be all odds!!

Thus saith the Lord or did He?

I just starting "Thus Saith The Lord" by John Bevere. Man oh Man. Let me share with you a part that really made me think about my ministry and those that I have comein contact. Sometimes I think we do things thinking we are hearing from the lord but are we truly hearing from god or are we hearing from self?


Ok here is what I want to share...

Flesh vs Promise

The Bible reveals that prophetic ministry will play a crucial role in preparing the church for the Lord's return. Peter quoted the prophet Joel, who said that sone and daughters, menservants and maidservants will prophesy (Acts 2:16-18 and Joel 2-28-31). The enemy know this as well. He longs to cripple or prevert the prophetic and diminsh its effectiveness. He wants the church to remain fleshy, for then the precious is mised with the vile.

It comes as no surprise that a biblical pattern exist that applies to much of the current prophetic ministry. More often than not the Ishmael precedes the Isaac. Flesh will try to bring forth what only the Spirit can. Allow me to explain. When he was seventy-five, Abraham received a promise from God that he would have a son. After eleven years of waiting he and his wife devised a plan of action. Hagar, his wife's slave girl, was given to Abraham, and a son named Ishmael was born.

God allowed this and must have thouhgt, If they think they can bring forth MY promise through their flesh; I will wait until Abram's reproductive system is dead. Then I'll bring forth MY son of promise. Why? Because He will not allow flesh to glory in His sight! Thirteen more years passed, and both of them were dead reproductively (romans 4:19). Then Sarah conceived and gave birth to Isaac. Paul wrote:

The son of the slave wife was born in a humnan attempt to bring about the fulfillment of God's Promise. But the son of the freeborn wife was born as God's own fulfillment of his promise. (Galatians 4:23, NLT)

God has promised to restore the prophetic in full power before Jesus returns (Acts 3:20-21). This expectation permeates the church. However, I have witnessed flesh's attempt to bring forth what God has promised.

There is the prophetic ministry of promise born of the will of the Father and there is the prophetic ministry born of the flesh and the will of man. What is the difference? Though both are conceived through geniune desire to fulfill God's plan and promise, the one birthed in flesh must be maintained by flesh while the one birthed by the Spirit will be sustained by the Spirit. Flesh reproduces flesh and therefore speaks directly to the desires of man. Spirit reproduces Spirit and therefore speaks forth the desires of God. The purpose of this book is the deiscern between the voices. For though the words of flesh may be pleasant to our ears, they will lead us into defilement, destruction or possibly death. Words of the Spirt, even if initially unpleasant, lead to the heart of God.

Let's be mindful of the spirit we operate in when we are giving a word to the people of God.

Let me share this with you too...

Pastor Ted Haggard of new Life Ministries in Colorado Springs, Colorado wrote in Ministries Today a few years back.

There are three levels of Prophesy:

1." Thus saith the Lord..." or "I hear the Lord saying..."
This is the highest form of prophesy. This is given when a believer is claiming to speak for God Himself. This type of prophecy is either 100 percent right or 100 percent wrong. Using this type of prophecy means that there can be no other opinions or contrary thought. Because the Lord has spoken, the discussion is over.

2. "It seemed to the Holy Spirit, and to us" (Acts 15:28)
This type of prophecy reflects a general consensus about the will of God. It may or may not be 100 percent accurate, but by saying this a group is saying that to the best of their ability they believe this is the will of God for a particular situation.

3. "Does this mean anything to you?" or What do you think about this?"
When, as we pray for people, a word or thought comes to mind, we can inquire of them what God is doing in their lives. Sometimes the Lord leads us into prophetic intercession. This could also be called a word of wisdom or a word of knowledge (1 Cor 12:8). This type of prophecy makes no claims of authority.

We must read carefully what the word of the Lord says about those with prophectic ministries and how they should operate. In the same way we will not allow people to speak a false or pagan doctrine in our pulpits or churches, or we reject a liberal theology that doesn't line up with the Word of Truth, we must be equally vigilant that prophetic ministries line up with the Word of God. Not saying we reject it all but saying that we try the Spirit by the Spirit and that we test all prophecy as stated in I Thessalonians 5:19-21.

Be blessed and encouraged!
READY...AIM...FIRE!!!
Evangelist Linda Hillman







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