What are you hearing?

So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. - Romans 10:17

What you hear about God will affect how you receive from God. God is a gracious and loving God. He only has good thoughts toward His people. In the new testament, God says He will be a God to His people and their sins and lawless deeds He shall remember no more.

At the cross some two thousand years ago, Jesus Christ died at the cross so that He can divinely exchanged His position of righteousness for our sin. At the cross, Jesus Christ has finished the completely complete work of redemption. He has reconciled us to the Heavenly Father! There is no separation between the Almighty God and us.

As Christ is, so are we in this world. Whatever Jesus has, we have also. We have His peace, joy, compassion and prosperity. We shall lack nothing in this world. We are abundantly provided in all things. Be it in the area of our health or in the area of our prosperity, Jesus has already provided for them at the cross. He has instituted the Holy Communion for us to remember Him and His finished work at the cross.

Yet some of us may be hearing a very different God Jesus has come to reveal. We may have heard of a angry God who is quick to punish His people for their sins. We may have heard of a God who would send disease and illness to punish His children for their sins. We may have heard of God making His people poor so that they may learn humility. We may have heard of God healing only those whose actions are right and whose behaviors are perfect. We may have heard of God taking away the precious lives of our loved ones. All these are definitely not the true and they are not the truth as well!

The bible says God has cut a covenant with Noah that He will not be angry with the people of the world and that He will never flood the earth again. At the cross, Christ bore all our diseases and pains on His own body so that we today can enjoy robust health and strong bodies. At the cross, all our sins are forgiven so God will never ever punish a believer for his sins. At the cross, Christ was made poor so that we through His poverty shall be made rich!

While we may not have all the answers to all that happen around us, it is definitely not God's will to take away someone's life prematurely. Our actions and behaviors will never be perfect, yet God doesn't see us in our actions and deeds but He sees Christ in us. he sees Christ, His precious Son!

We are in Christ as much as Christ is in us! We are so one with Christ that Jesus said in the bible we are one with God also. We are made so cleaned inside that the Holy Spirit now indwells in us forever or till the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

See a loving Heavenly Father always caring for us, always preparing our paths and making them straight for us. See a God working behind the scene to make sure all things turn out for our good. See a God who WILL leave us nor forsake us. In the darkest hour of our lives, God is still there with us. The Holy Spirit is still there to guide and lead us.

Keep taking from God for He is so rich that even if everyone on earth were to take from Him He will still have plenty left over to bless everyone with so much more! Hallelujah!

True Heart Transformation

When push comes to shove, what do we really believe in our hearts? When we don't see the light at the end of the tunnel, do we still trust God? When all things that surround us seem so bleak, do we still dare hold tightly to the Word? Are we truly being transformed within or are we just plain "lip service" our faith?

True transformation doesn't come from our doings or workings. We do and work because there is an inward desire to perform well, to do good, because our hearts have been transformed by the Lord. It has been touched by the grace of God! It is through the hearing of the gospel that we are being transformed!

When we grow in the Lord, we will want to dwell more in His word. For when fresh revelation of Jesus and His finished work at the cross comes, we WILL want to find out more about Jesus! And the more we hear or read the word, the more we will be conscious of Jesus' presence in our lives. And the more we will want to dwell in His word! It is an upward spiral in His goodness.

The law insists that we do good. Yet we are not able to do good, in and of ourselves, under the law for the law demands and does not impart strength to us to perform. That is the basis of the law: demand. Yet when we were under the law, there was no way to fulfill the law for everyone of us has sinned and fall short of the glory of God!

However, Jesus has fully fulfilled the demands of God at the cross some two thousand years ago. Today we are no longer under law but under grace! The basis of grace is this: supply! Jesus has borne all our punishments for our sins and transgressions at the cross and through His finished work at the cross, the divine exchange has taken place. We are made right with God because of Jesus' finished work.

It is His grace that will transform us from within. The bible says we are to prosper outwardly as our souls prosper. We are being prospered by God everyday of our lives. Sometimes it may seem that God is slow in answering our prayer, but His timing is always perfect. If the manifestation of a request has not come to pass, it is because it is not the right time yet. We just simply have to trust in God's grace for us for only His grace will see us through!

When we first see the answer in our hearts, we shall see the outward manifestation in our lives. It is His delight to answer our prayer. And God never fails! He has a master plan for every child of His and He is still carrying out that plan which He has originally. It is the goodness of God that transforms us and not our own works.

The bible tells us how Peter fell at Jesus' when he and his partners caught a net-breaking, boat-sinking load of fishes. He believed AFTER he saw God's goodness. We believe because in one point of our lives, we heard about Jesus and we believed Him and accepted His gift of salvation.

Keep hearing the word of God. For it is God's will that through the foolishness of preaching that we are been sozoed, made whole in every aspect of our lives. When God is so Big in our hearts, all the outward circumstances shall fall in line with His word. All things will turn out to be good for those in Christ. To quote Pastor Prince: When you see Him in His grace, He sees you in your faith! Hallelujah!

Praying in tongues

1 Corinthians 14:4
4 He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.

There is so much controversies regarding speaking in tongues. The devil is extremely afraid when a beloved of the Lord speaks in tongues. And because of his fear for this weapon of God, he has insinuated many preachers to come against this weapon of God. He has suggested to many Christians that speaking in tongues is work and not of God. Praise be to God, that number is dwindling as the revelation of speaking in tongues spread like wildfire in the kingdom of God! Speaking in tongues is rest! It is not a laborious work as the devil suggests.

The bible says when one speaks in tongues, he edifies himself. The word edify here means to build, to solidify, to strengthen oneself. I believe, when one speaks in tongues, he is been built up by God. He is been made whole through the perfect prayer via the Holy Spirit. God quickens His body and soul.

The bible tells us of the story of Jesus cursing the fig tree. Between the time when Jesus proclaimed no man shall see the fruit of the fig tree to the time when Jesus and His disciples came to the withered tree, the temple of God was "cleansed". Jesus drove out all the money changers for He wanted the temple of praise to remain as that and not den of thieves! Our bodies are the temples of God.

That cleansing comes in the form of speaking in tongues. When we speak in tongues, we are praying the perfect prayer. We may be speaking our future in existence. We may be praying for another child of God somewhere in another part of the world. We may be praying for the safety of our loved ones or even a complete Christian. To expound this slightly further, we may be praying for the salvation of someone in the world, be it someone we know or a complete stranger.

1 Corinthians 12:7-11
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: 8 for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.

The gifts of the holy spirits are activated by the gift of speaking in tongues. When we speak in tongues, we are flaming into flame the other gift of the Holy Spirit! When we speak in tongues, we will experience shalom peace within.

Philippians 4:6-7
6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

The prayer mentions here is praying in the perfect prayer: speaking in tongues. The effective fervent of the righteous avails much. And God answer readily the prayer of the righteous. In the book of Daniel, the archangel Gabriel told Daniel that his prayer was already answered in the spiritual realm but the worldly manifestation would come later because of the hindrance placed by the devil. Keep on praying in the Holy Spirit.

In the new Pentecost, the bible tells us of the Holy Spirit rushing as a mighty wind to fill our spirits. This is only possible because Jesus had completed the complete work at the cross! We are so cleaned that the Holy Spirit is able to indwell in us, forever, till the coming of Christ for us.

Beloved of the Lord, lets press on with this gift of God. For it is refreshing and full of live in speaking in tongues. Hallelujah!

The passover feast

Exodus 12:7-9
7 "Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. 8 They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts.

A young lamb was sacrificed for the Passover feast before the children of Israel were to come out of Egypt. The lamb had to be killed at the threshold of the door of a house so that the family was able to roast it over fire. These speak of the body of Jesus Christ which was burnt, scourged and striped for our healing! Jesus Christ bore the full blunt of God's wrath and punishment. The blood that was placed on the doorposts and the lintel and the blood on the threshold signified the precious blood of Jesus shed on the cross. It speaks of the forgiveness of our sins at the cross!

Luke 22:19-20
19 And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, " This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me."
20 Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, " This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.

This passage in the new testament tells the same thing regarding the Passover feast. Now, instead of a young lamb, Jesus said that His body and His blood are to consumed for our wholeness and right standing with God. In another portion of the bible it says partake of the Passover feast as often as we want in remembrance of Jesus Christ and His finished work at the cross. We keep partaking of the Passover feast to remember that Jesus has bore all our diseases and pains on His body so that we, today, can enjoy robust health.

Also, Jesus wants us to remember His precious blood has been shed for our righteousness! All our sins are forgiven and at the cross Jesus divinely exchanged His state of righteousness for our state of sin! We can come to the throne of God, aka throne of grace, boldly in times of need to cry out Abba, Father. It is His delight to hear our prayers and it is His joy to answer our prayers.

Hey, wait! God doesn't answer our prayers. He will answer exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us! That's the grace of God! He is so BIG that He cannot contain His richness of blessings but to bless His children with much more! Wow! See the love of Abba. See His heart yearning for us to take and take from Him. It is His pleasure to supply to us, all the times.

Proverbs 9:1-2
1 Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars; 2 She has slaughtered her meat, She has mixed her wine, She has also furnished her table.

I believe Proverbs 9 speaks of wisdom been imparted to us when we partake of the Passover feast, aka Holy Communion. So, when we want more of God's wisdom to flow into our lives, partake of the Holy Communion more often. How difficult it is for us to just eat and drink of Jesus' body and His precious blood? Jesus has taken the impossible part on our behalf so that we can "feast" in His finished work! Hallelujah!

Don't partake of the Holy Communion unworthily. Do not despise the simple things of God. It costs God His only begotten Son to died at the cross so that we can just enjoy our salvation now. Give thanks to God! Hallelujah!