FAITH OVER FEAR

I want to encourage you in the upcoming month. That our natural relationships or never to outweigh our spiritual relationships. As spring come into existence it is time for Spiritual Spring cleaning

When we allow our connection to be natural rather than spiritual: Many times the enemy will use those relationships to keep you thinking on a natural and outward plane rather than a Spiritual and inward plane. In 2009. We will see the manifestation of the Spiritual gifts in a greater operation.

Corinthians 12
 1Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
 2Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
 3Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
 4Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
 5And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
 6And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
 7But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
 8For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
 9To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
 10To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
 11But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
 12For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
 

These 9 gifts are given by the Spirit of the Living God, our willingness to submit to God and hear and listen to his voice in this season, is going to literally, cause more manifestations of these gifts. We can not and should not try and manipulate the Holy Spirit our job is to hear and obey and it is his job to increase operations of the 9 gifts of the Spirit. So that God's righteousness will be increased in the earth . It is so important that we operate in discerning: Many people are faced with financial challenges and have given up hope. Our job is help them see the hope in Christ Jesus, whether that be through getting them Spiritual and Natural Counseling, Praying or giving out of your pocket to meet a need , if God reveals a need he will show you how to approach it........... DO NOT LET FEAR keep you from moving in the things of God.

In the month of March, take time to evaluate who you are in the relationships, that you have developed
From the inner circle to the outer circle Also evaluate who are those who surrounding you in this season.. The center of your circle shall be your base on how you connect with the inner and outer circle- . Never should the outer and inner circle of relationships dictate. Your decisions, but they are based on Christ being the center of the circle.


The world is looking for something supernatural and explosive. for leaders and laymen to hear what method God wants to reach all for the Kingdom, one must first listen for the sound of God's voice in stillness and trust what God is saying, God is responsible for actions he chooses to use. My husband gave me a word a few weeks ago and this is what he said was spoken to him in prayer. He said that the Lord said this season would be like Katrina, but not a physical storm. I begin to reflect on what took place during Hurricane Katrina. Here is a summation of what took place

1.The church stopped being religious and became relational (relationship)



We must do like the prophet Habakkuk go directly to God and ask those hard questions. God had a answer for the man of God and he has one today for us, and that answer was the just shall live by faith:
This could have been stated we will trust God and we will listen attentively to what he has to say and we will diligently obey his voice, never to be based on our intellect or our 30 years in the church or those natural relationships that mean so much to us.(What natural relationships: Friends, co-workers, advisors,careers, church affiliations, every relationship.)So if God stated that the just shall live by faith: Guess what is also implying that we are not to live by fear.

There are two types of Fear that the bible speaks about
The awe or respect of God read Proverb 1 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Knowledge, this scripture implies that we respect/put him First in every area of our lives and hearing and following the Lords instruction and we increase in the Knowledge of him and who we are in him in every area of our lives
1.The second is the spirit of fear- an overwhelming spirit that cause you to believe that God will not take care, or protect you.

HOW DO WE OVERCOME THIS FEAR
1. The one and only thing is to trust the Love of the Lord

First John 4:18 tells us, “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.” Well guess what God knew we would need his word to encourage us when fear would try to creep on and in our lives.
Here are few scripture to read and meditate upon.,
Isaiah 41:10 encourages us “'Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.”
Daniel 10:12, the angel of the Lord encourages Daniel: “Then he continued, ‘Do not be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.’”

New Testament Jesus says, “So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows” (Matthew 10:31). Just these few verses cover many different types of fear. God tells us not to be afraid of being alone, of being too weak, of not being heard, and not to be afraid for our physical necessities. And these admonishments continue throughout the Bible covering the many different aspects of the “spirit of fear.” FIND A SCRITPURE THAT WILL BE LIFE FOR YOU AND SAY IT, MEDITATE IT, BELIEVE IT AND DO IT

But with all said above we must not be afraid to go be fore the presence of our father and ask him for the very things he desire for our lives. And the word has promise if we would delight ourselves in him that he would grant the desires of our heart, and let me explain I do not believe that God is just talking about our list of things. I believe that he changes the desire for you and your stuff to kingdom desires for others. And yes he does grant us things, but the primary desire he wants is for us to desire what he wants. Prayer lines you with the desires of God.

Fear that torment is not of God it is from the pit of hell and you and I need to tell that spirit to go back to the pit of hell. Body of Christ never forget we have a really enemy Read Ephesians 6 and it will tell you the different levels of spiritual warfare that we encounter and it will also tell you what armor to put on.

This season is a season of the Glory of God invading the body of Christ, well guess what children of God there is also a spirit trying to show and tell you that God's presence is not in the earth at this time and he does not care about his people.

Pray Pray and Pray some more- It is time to increase your prayer life- Get involved with prayer at your local church, start a pray meeting at your home, join a Christian prayer group, I must emphasize Christians some groups are praying to every god.


This is the season that God is going to deal with the thought Mega Church, being Mega Righteous, he is bringing the thirst back to the body of Christ, and those local assembly that will look at people as kingdom assignment, will see advancement, but I warn you never get comfortable where you are, for this has led to Mega downfall of the hearts of many men and women of God and as the Lord transfer the wealth into your local Church or ministries, do not look at it from the eyes of the last 10-15 years, if you will approach it and see it like many of the prosperity message, the hidden failing of the heart will start first and eventually a open pulling away from God's love. I encourage everyone to evaluate his heart and put in check every characteristic of the mammon spirit that would lead you away from the Kingdom. This is not the time to stop tithing,sowing into the Kingdom of God and walking in wisdom of what God would tell each individual about his or her finances. I want to warn you again, do not let deception enter in you as it relates to our relationship with money. Nor become emotional givers walk in wisdom in this season. God will tell you what to do and whatever he tells you will always line up with the word of God.

I know with all of my fiber of being that God is trying to take the Body of Christ to a level of change: We can not be like the world and it's changes. We must be prepared to make changes, the changes we make will literally draw people to Christ by the love that we show. I am telling you that many will get to know Jesus and it will be our corporate and individual changes that we will allow to take place.


Remember This is the year that God will speak in details so Listen, Hear and Obey and go back over the previous words that the Lord have spoken unto you. And know that God is a promise keeper..... Not a Promise stealer.