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Tuesday, August 21, 2018

04 when The Spirit falls

21-04  WHEN THE SPIRIT FALLS
By: Samuel Rodriguez

In a world full of moral relativism, cultural decadence, spiritual apathy and ecclesiastical lukewarmness, there exists good news; The Holy Spirit of God still moves. He continues to convict. He continues to reveal Jesus and he continues to sanctify.

When God's Spirit descends, everything changes.

When the spirit fell, Joseph stood recognized and came out of his pit. So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God?”

When the spirit fell, Moses encouraged the prophetic.
When the spirit fell, the Israelites listened to Joshua–enabling him to conquer.

When the spirit fell, Saul became a different person.

acts 1:8 
Correspondingly, when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, he empowers you to come out of the pit. When the Spirit falls, you prophesy. When the Spirit falls, you conquer your promise and when the Spirit falls, you will be changed into a different person!

Yet there's more! When the Spirit fell, David was anointed to reign.
When the spirit fell, Gideon blew the trumpet and won the war.
When the spirit fell, Samson broke the ropes that bound him!

And the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you, and you will prophesy with them. And you will be turned into another man.
1 Samuel 10:6 MEV

Get ready, for as the Spirit falls upon you in this season, you will function under your anointing, you will win the battle and the all the things that held you back will be broken.

Accordingly, it's time to rise up. Arise with the power of His Spirit and…Walk like Enoch, Believe like Abraham, Dress like Joseph, Stretch like Moses, Shout like Joshua, Dance like David, Fight like Gideon, Pray like Daniel, Build like Nehemiah …And live like Jesus!

For it is not by might nor by power but my Spirit says the Lord!♨

What is the Holy Spirit saying to me?


🙏 Pray for the Holy Spirit to fall upon you!

Ask the Holy Spirit to empower you to be a different person.

Pray that the power of God’s Spirit will bring favor upon your life, work, and ministry🙏

Christian life principle part 6 - 10

The Principle of 🌲Sowing and Reaping🍎

Life Principle 6: You reap what you sow, more than you sow, and later than you sow.

Today is the father of tomorrow.

What we are 🌷today is the result of what we’ve been thinking and the way we’ve lived in 🔔the past. Those who act wisely today will have wisdom in the future to make wise decisions. The same is true when we come to the subject of finances. Those who save 🍓wisely today will have plenty 🌷tomorrow. Those who spend everything they have today will have little or nothing in the future. It’s a shortsighted person who thinks only of the now, doing as little as possible, for on pay day he will have no way to avoid the poor quality and small quantity of his rewards. The nation of Israel had to learn this in a very personal way. Their waywardness and 😟failure to do what God instructed them to do often placed them in a position where they would not have His blessings.
Judges 2:2
The Lord gives principles in Scripture to serve as warnings and as an encouragement. In Galatians 6:7, His Word states, “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man 💡sows, this he will also ⚠reap.” Every farmer understands the meaning of this principle: We reap what we sow, more than we sow, and later than we sow.

The fact that we reap what we sow is good news for those who sow 🙏good habits, but a frightening thought for those currently involved in ungodly😈 activities such as promiscuity, drug and alcohol abuse, neglect of family, or mistreatment of others in order to climb the ladder of success. We cannot sow crabgrass and expect to reap pineapples. We cannot sow disobedience to God and expect to reap His blessing. What we sow, ⚠we reap. Let us not deceive ourselves: We will reap the harvest of our lives.

This same principle is a comforting and assuring thought to those who faithfully labor under difficult circumstances. “For whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.” Faithfulness in such situations will produce a rich harvest in the future, for our heavenly Father always keeps His promises.

7. The Dark 😠Moments in Our Lives

Life Principle 7: The dark moments of our life will last only so long as is 🔔 necessary for God to ☕accomplish His purpose in us.

1 samuel 30:1 - 3

If you want 🎯God’s best for your life and desire🙏 to be used by Him, at some point you’ll have to travel the road of 😟adversity. This means that God can and will use adversity in your life for a 💡good purpose—and yet, sadly, many people view adversity as only negative and defeating. But you don’t have to be among them.

God has designed adversity, regardless of its source, to become a turning 🌷point from which you take your greatest😀 leaps forward in spiritual 🙌growth. He allows adversity to remain in your life only until He accomplishes His purpose in you. He will not keep it in your life one second longer than is necessary.

Right now, right where you are, remember this: God has put a limit on all adversity. Because you are a child of God, the Holy Spirit is living inside of you, and He knows how 🌲much you can bear. The psalmist said: “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord 💕delivers him out of them all” (Ps. 34:19). And, “Just as a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has 💖 compassion on those who fear Him. For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust” (Ps. 103:13-14).

Through adversity, God is 😇molding you into a mature and effective servant. When you know Christ as your Savior, God sees you as a saint—sometimes struggling, sometimes falling, 😇but justified, redeemed, forgiven, and reconciled to Him. He sees a person full of His unconditional love💖, indwelt by His presence, sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, whose name is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. He also sees all of your potential—all the good you could accomplish for His kingdom. So take comfort— adversity😠 won’t take up permanent residence in your life. But when it’s present, it can develop good things if you’re willing to 🍓trust Him. Therefore, no matter what dark moments you may walk through, be confident🍑 He’s going to bring you into the light. And when He does, it will certainly be worth it.

8. Fight Your Battles on Your 🙏Knees

Life Principle 8: Fight all your battles on your 🙏knees and you win every time.

Faith👍 is saying to God, “I 👍believe You will.” In our battle to overcome the enemy, we might pray this way: “I believe You will defeat the enemy and cause him to flee from me as I resist him and put my trust in You.” Again and again, David made this declaration of faith to the Lord: “O my God, in You I trust⚠” (Ps. 25:2; also 31:6). Perfect faith views the battle as being done and God gaining the victory. When David said, “In You I trust,” he meant: “It is done. Lord, You are perfect in nature. You do all things well. And You have victory over all my enemies.” He had absolute faith🌲 in God’s ability. There was no hint of “I hope He will” because David knew it was as good as done.

We grow in faith🎯 by exercising🔥 it, by trusting🙏 God in situation after situation, circumstance after circumstance, relationship after relationship. We develop a personal history in which we 🔔obey God and He remains faithful in His loving care of us.

It’s impossible for you to resist the devil for very long if you don’t believe that Jesus through you can and will defeat the devil. Furthermore, you can remain firm 😇in your faith only when you completely submit🔥 to God in all areas of your life. When you refuse to submit a problem or area to the Lord, you’re saying, “I can handle this. I don’t need Your help.” That’s precisely what Satan wants you to do: trust in 😟your ability and not in omnipotent God. It’s also the place where he will level his greatest attack against you!

The good news is that God has given each of us a measure🍔 of faith to develop. He also gives us the ability to trust⚠ Him and 🌹surrender our lives to Him. We can stand firm and resist the enemy, but only by the power of God. He’s the One who hears our prayers and rushes to our defense. When we pray, Satan flees.

9. The Thrill of 🙏Trusting God

Life Principle 9: Trusting God means looking beyond🍐 what we can see to what God sees.
2 kings 6:17
At some point, each of us will face what seem to be mammoth trials and difficulties. This is why we must know how to 🌷respond to every threat by laying hold of the kind of victorious faith💒 that looks beyond 😇what we can see to what God sees.

In times of extreme pressure, God stretches 😃our faith and deepens🍇 our dependence on Him. Without a strong, abiding 🍎faith, we can quickly yield ⚠to temptation and fear, especially when the trial or difficulty is intense or prolonged.

Whatever Goliath you face, you need to bury one 🔔truth deep within your heart: God 💖loves you, and when you place your trust in Him, He will help you🍟 triumph. You may go through times of 🍄failure. Life may not always turn out the way you planned. But ultimately, God will be glorified, and you will be blessed.

Every challenge presents an opportunity 🍑for the Lord to display His faithfulness 🎯and love. Instead of yielding to thoughts of fear and failure, make a commitment 🙏to trust God, even when you 🌲don’t know what the next day will bring. Train yourself to look beyond 🍎what you can see to what He sees.

How can you gain that kind of faith?

Recall past 🔊victories. Reject🍓 discouraging words. Recognize the true nature of the battle. Respond to the challenge with a positive🍇 confession. Rely on the power 🔥of God. Reckon the victory.

You can face any circumstance with confidence and 🍟hope because it’s not your strength, wisdom, energy, or power that brings victory. Triumph comes because of 🙌Christ’s ability. And when you place your trust in Him, you tap into an irresistible force that no one and nothing can successfully oppose.

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God Will Show🍇 You His Will

Life Principle 10: If necessary, God will move heaven and earth to show us His will.

God always wants the😊 best for us, and He’s committed to showing🍓 us how to follow 🍟the specific plan He’s designed for each of our lives. And when we begin to wander from the course God has set for us, He’ll take all kinds of measures to capture our attention and protect us from harm.

He has a wide variety of ways to ⚠help us take notice, among them:

1. A Restless Spirit

Sometimes God gets our attention by making us restless (Est. 6). If you experience ⚠restlessness deep within—something you cannot quite identify—stop 🙏and pray, “Lord, are You trying to say something to me?”

2. A Spoken Word

God also gets our attention by using the words🎁 of others. If several people in a short span of time begin telling you ⛅the same thing, ask the Lord if He’s trying to speak to you through them.

3. An Unusual Blessing

God may bless 🎁us in an unusual way to gain our attention.

4. Unanswered Prayer

Sometimes God will answer a prayer with “no.” He may remain silent to our prayers as a way of prompting us to examine🍎 ourselves.

5. Disappointment

The Lord may allow 😠setbacks in our lives to keep us from charting our own course.

6. Extraordinary Circumstances

Sometimes God will use extraordinary circumstances to get us to stop 🍎and listen. Learn to look for the presence 🙏of God in every circumstance of life; He leaves His footprints and handiwork all around us (Ex. 3).

7. Defeat

God may use defeat 😠to show us the truth. But even this can prove to be a great stepping-stone to success (Josh. 7).

8. Financial Troubles

The nation of Israel fell into idolatry and 😠disobedience in the time of the Judges when “every man did what was right in his own eyes” (Judg. 17:6). Only when God took away every material belonging did they cry out to Him (Judg. 6:3-6). The Lord knew exactly what it would take to get their attention. The same is true for us.

9. Tragedy, Sickness, and Affliction

When King Hezekiah became prideful, God used 💡illness to alert him to the problem (2 Chr. 32:24). When Saul of Tarsus persecuted Christians, God struck him with 💒blindness—a tactic that certainly got his attention (Acts 9:1-19). We should regard our tragedies and afflictions as reasons to inquire 🙏of the Lord, “What are You trying to say?”

The Father always 💖knows exactly where you are in your journey of faith and precisely what it will take to get your attention. Take notice 🎯if any of these divine methods are occurring—or recurring—in your life. If they are, ask Him what He wants to tell you, and then listen ... not simply to hear, but to 😇obey.


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Sunday, August 19, 2018

Christian life principles part 1 - 5

Our 💖Intimacy With God

Life Principle 1: Our intimacy with God—His highest priority for our lives—determines the impact of our lives.

One of our greatest needs is to know we are loved. Each of us has to feel certain, deep down, that someone loves us, cares for us, and has our best interest at heart. That is how God designed us. He wants us to know He loves us with a passionate intensity too deep for words.

God created human beings with fellowship in mind—first with Himself and then with others. But we cannot fully love one another until we have ourselves experienced the love of God. We experience His love when we willingly surrender to His call to be our Savior, Lord, and Friend.

When you accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior, He not only forgave you but also made you into a new creation. You were no longer standing at a distance from God but were then able to draw near to Him.

If you have drifted in your devotion to the Savior and feel as though you grow more distant each day in your relationship with Him, then pray that He will draw you near once more. He knows your weaknesses, and if you will tell Him you want Him to take control of your life, He will come to you in a mighty way and bring hope and light to your situation, no matter how dark and hopeless it may feel (Isa. 55:6-7).

2.💖 A Life of Obedience
Ex 19:5
Life Principle 2: Obey God and leave all the consequences to Him.

Obedience can be a challenge, especially when we feel tempted to believe that we stand to lose more through our obedience than we might gain. However, obeying God is essential to pleasing Him—not just in times of temptation, but at all times.

When God commands us to obey Him, He’s giving us a principle by which to live. He’s also setting a framework around our lives that forms a hedge of protection from evil.

Can you remember the last time you felt tempted to do the opposite of what you knew God desired for you to do? Most likely, a struggle erupted within your heart. The questions arose: Will obeying God cost me more than disobeying Him? Can I experience greater happiness by committing this sin than I would by obeying God?

When we choose to obey God, we take the way of wisdom. His promises of blessing for obedience far outweigh any possible consequences. He asks us to submit ourselves to Him and leave whatever happens to His loving care.

We must remember that God loves us and is committed to us. He commands our obedience, not because He is a strict taskmaster, but because He knows the 🔔devastating affect that 😟disobedience and sin will have on our lives.

Obedience🙏 may not be easy—you may receive criticism from others or face fierce 😠obstacles and opposition—but it will always put you in a favorable 😇position before God. He will take care of all that concerns you; therefore, stay on the path of obedience and leave the rest to Him.

3. Our Anchor in Times of Storm🔊

Life Principle 3: God's 🍞Word is an immovable anchor in times of storm.
Number 23: 19
Each of us can remember times when we wished we had a sure 😀word from God—something we could cling to when doubts 😟and fears arose. God knows when we need encouragement, 💕guidance, and hope. That’s why He provides specific promises in 🍔His Word so that we might understand 🌹His nature and trust Him. In emotionally devastating times, God’s promises are essential to our spiritual welfare.

His Word is therefore a 🍞compass, a guide, and an instruction 🌷book to life. Just as we use instruction manuals at work or in the kitchen, we’re to use ⚠God’s Word as our resource for 💕wisdom and truth. No one would think of baking a cake without a recipe, nor would a mechanic rebuild a car engine without a manual.

At times God brings a specific🔊 Scripture to mind that ministers His hope and reassurance 🌷to our hearts. At other times, He challenges us to pray 🙏and seek His wisdom on a certain issue. When we look to God in faith, He will lead 💒us according to His will. Of course, this may not happen overnight. Many times God wants us to meditate💖 on a certain Scripture over a period of time before He gives His guidance.

When King David sought God’s heart regarding his desire to build the temple, the Bible says: “Then David the king went in and sat🙏 before the Lord” (2 Sam. 7:18). David didn’t order his men to begin construction. He waited for 💡God’s leadership—and it was a good thing he did because the Lord wanted David’s son, Solomon, to do the job instead.

God honored David’s attitude, however, and gave him a wonderful promise: “Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever” (2 Sam. 7:16). The Lord always honors our desire to seek 👍His guidance and wisdom. If we will come to God ⛅expecting Him to answer, He will never disappoint us.

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Energized by His Presence

Life Principle 4: The awareness🙌 of God’s presence energizes us for our work.

If you're a Christian, Jesus Christ is the supervisor at your place of work—and He not only watches you from afar, He’s right 😊there with you. You and I need to give a full day’s labor, regardless of whether we think management is fair. Jesus is ultimately the One we 🌲serve, and He’s always on site. You and I should do our very best because the Holy Spirit is present, equipping⚠, and energizing us.

We make a terrible mistake by segmenting life. We may think that Monday through Friday we go to work, Saturday we play, and Sunday we worship. God has not designed life that way. If Jesus Christ is our Savior, we can’t exclude Him from any part of life. It isn’t right to teach a Sunday school class with everything we have, then meander into work the rest of the week—we must honor and glorify Him in everything😇 we do. It eliminates the temptation of doing our work merely to be seen by men when we commit ourselves wholeheartedly to Jesus (Matt. 6:24).

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
Matthew 6:24 NKJV

Do I mean that your mundane job is also the 🍑Lord’s work? Yes! Ministry is not just what you do at church. You worship God every 🍓day of the week—on Sunday, you do so in church; on Monday through Friday, you show your devotion 💖to Him by doing a good ☕job at work. Your exalted status as a child of God dignifies your labor, and your office or place of employment should be 💡better off because you are there.

You serve the Lord Jesus Christ (Col. 3:24). Do you have a good😊 testimony in the marketplace for Him? Are you one of your company’s most faithful🌹 employees because you serve God? Does your attitude reflect the 😊joy you have in considering Him the real CEO? If so, then you are truly getting the most out of your work.

5. The Unreasonable Will of God

Life Principle 5: God does not require us to understand His will, just 🙏obey it, even if it seems unreasonable.

Do you often find yourself wondering why God 😟doesn’t answer your prayers or why, despite your best efforts, the circumstances of your life still don’t ⚠work out? The answer could lie in your level of 🙏obedience to God. Or waiting may be the result of God wanting you to be 🙏still, trust Him, and watch for His cue to move forward.

You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, ‘When you have come to the edge of the water of the Jordan, you shall stand in the Jordan.’ ”
Joshua 3:8 NKJV

When we choose the path of obedience, we must be prepared for any response we’ll undoubtedly receive (both positive or negative), knowing that God has an excellent reason for His command and will 👑help us in extraordinary ways. We must never focus on the things or the people who try to 💡distract us from doing God’s will. The Holy Spirit enables us to 🌹obey every one of God’s commandments and always directs🌲 us in the best way possible. Therefore, whatever He requires of us—whether it be painful or joyful, profitable or costly, reasonable or peculiar—our heavenly Father will give us the ability 🍔and strength to be faithful, regardless of what others think or how our circumstances appear.

Obedience⚠ must be a priority🌲 in every believer’s life. It’s the only way you will ever become the person God wants you to be and the only💒 way you will ever 🍔achieve the things in life He has so wonderfully prepared for you. It’s the Holy Spirit who🌲 enables you to walk 🙏obediently before the Lord in His strength and His power.

So choose to 💒obey Him, even if you don’t understand why He asks you to do something. Have faith that His instructions are for your good
Jer. 29:11.
That way, you can become the person He wants you to be, do the work🍓 He desires of you, bear the fruit 🍑He enables you to bear, and receive all the 🍞blessings He’s prepared for you.


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