Our land
Where the most honoured and respected churches, denominations and ministries, will no longer be those that have grown large and powerful in our human reckoning.
But instead will be those who unconditionally serve the others around them the most, regardless of their differences
or how we are received.
Where the biggest and strongest will be 'seen',
carrying the smallest and weakest.
Those with the 'right doctrine'
will easily be recognisable by the way they serve
those that have it 'wrong'.
Our pride can be in our serving towards others,
the greatest will be the greatest servers.
Matt 23:11
The greatest among you will be your servant
The Holy Spirit will be able to bless us in a new way,
as we now compete instead to serve the churches,
ministries and denominations around our own,
and this becomes as important to us as serving the lost.
We can have no more comprehension of the spiritual blessings in store, any more than we did when we first died to ourselves, and gave our lives up for Christ.
Unless we believe the fundamental spiritual principle of not being able to out give our God, has deserted us, we know that
our churches and ministries will be blessed like never before.
Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you". Luke 6:38
The previously reticent congregations will rise,
as they see their own leaders 'washing the feet' of others, regardless of their differences.
7 Jesus answered and said to him,
“What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will know after this.”
John 13:7 NKJV
This is not partnering or cooperating with churches similar to our own, this is serving just as we serve the lost,
illogically we'll have no expectation of anything in return,
we'll look only to our God.
The Holy Spirit will lead us as we walk by faith,
and it wont be our concern whether this church or that are truly saved or not, we can trust everything to the Holy Spirit,
who is far more able to reach them through our love,
then we are with our 'corrections'.
We believe in this principle, and it is nothing more than has been asked of the congregations within their own churches for years.
Leaders, it is our enemy's stronghold that has
hindered us from doing this more.
Satan says "it wont work because"..etc..etc
but none of it would have any traction with us
without his deep rooted stronghold in our thoughts.
This stronghold in our lives is no different to any other,
to quote Jeffrey Stewart, who's message I read recently,
"As long as a believer has an enemy stronghold in their lives,
they can be used by the enemy unknowingly against themselves or others. A stronghold is any area in your thinking that agrees with a lie from the enemy, and is contrary to God's Word".
When I said "This stronghold is no different than any other",
I believe it most definitely is different in regards to the catastrophic global consequences it has had on the
Bride of Christ reaching the lost.
"Unity in the global church is impossible",
this is our enemy's stronghold, a colossal deception.
But just as hopelessly weak as any other stronghold,
when confronted by the power of our Father's truth,
IN FAITH
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As we survey the world around us, the pain, the hopelessness, the advancement of darkness....
The Holy Spirit tells my heart, He has heard our prayers, and
He has answered us, and that He is the lion of Judah
the warrior King, and He is with us, and
He fights for us now. .
We are the army of the most high God,
and we are going home together,
with our strongest carrying
our weakest.
Leaders, which are we?
Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come,
and his bride has made herself ready.
Rev 19:7
So please put on your armour, take your thoughts captive for Christ,
(tell the enemy, that actually we do have time for this)
and come to the next page with a spirit that is open to receive again in faith,
what we once believed God had already done for us.
and we are going home together,
with our strongest carrying
our weakest.
Leaders, which are we?
Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come,
and his bride has made herself ready.
Rev 19:7
So please put on your armour, take your thoughts captive for Christ,
(tell the enemy, that actually we do have time for this)
and come to the next page with a spirit that is open to receive again in faith,
what we once believed God had already done for us.