16 posts tagged “god”
Extracted from Singapore's 40day prayer and fast for the Nation (5July2009)
We know when we have been neglecting the True Fountain and sipping from other sources that can never satisfy. The symptoms:-
> When ritual replaces revelation and radical obedience
> When man-made rules replace divine guidance
> When we trust systems and structures more than we trust God
> When tradition trounces Truth
> When man's approval matters more than God's
> When logic prevails over love and wisdom
> When professionalism replaces passion
> When identity is based on performance
> When ambition takes precedence over relationships
> When we place career above Christ, Church and community
> When the economy seems more important than eternity
> When entertainment is more exciting then evangelism and intercession
> When gimmicks and fads replace true worship, prayer and quality time in the Word
> When discipleship is "toll-free"
> When our affection and first love for Jesus fades into memory
> When we pump ourselves up to worship, pray or minister
| Brenda was almost halfway to the top of the tremendous granite cliff. She was standing on a ledge where she was taking a breather during this, her first rock climb. As she rested there, the safety rope snapped against her eye and knocked out her contact lens. 'Great',
she thought. 'Here I am on a rock ledge, hundreds of feet from the
bottom and hundreds of feet to the top of this cliff, and now my sight
is blurry.' She looked and looked, hoping that somehow it had landed on the ledge. But it just wasn't there. She felt the panic Rising in her, so she began praying. She prayed for calm, and she prayed that she may find her contact lens. When she got to the top, a friend examined her eye and her clothing for the lens, but it was not to be found. Although she was calm now that she was at the top, she was saddened because she could not clearly see across the range of mountains. She thought of the bible verse 'The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth.' She thought, 'Lord, You can see all these mountains. You know every stone and leaf, and You know exactly where my contact lens is. Please help me.' Later, when they had hiked down the trail to the bottom of the cliff they met another party of climbers just s tarting up the face of the cliff. One of them shouted out, 'Hey, you guys! Anybody lose a contact lens?' Well, that would be startling enough, but you know why the climber saw it? An ant was moving slowly across a twig on the face of the rock, carrying it! The story doesn't end there. Brenda's father is a cartoonist. When she told him the incredible story of the ant, the prayer, and the contact lens, he drew a cartoon of an ant lugging that contact lens with the caption, 'Lord, I don't know why You want me to carry this thing. I can't eat it, and it's awfully heavy. But if this is what You want me to do, I'll carry it for You.' I think it would do all of us some good to say, 'God, I don't know why You want me to carry this load. I can see no good in it and it's awfully heavy. But, if You want me to carry it, I will. God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called. Yes, I do love GOD. He is my source of existence and my Savior. He keeps me functioning each and every day Without Him, I am nothing, but with Him... I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me. (Phil. 4:13) |
Extract from Journal of the Unknown Prophet by Wendy Alec "Volume Three The Church of the Last Age - Prerequisites To Healings, Miracles And Power In The End-Time Age"
O My Church...
...can you not see or understand that you walk in but a shadow of what My Church is ordained to walk in, of what My first Church walked in? And I hear some of you ministers immediately in your heart say, "Yes Lord, we walk in but a shadow. We would do more. We would see more. We would do great miracles for You."
And so I would say to you: Until you, until your congregations, seek Me, Jesus Christ alone, I tell you, indeed you will not see greater things. For instead you seek the miracles. I watch, and My heart is torn as I see My sent ones seek the signs instead of the Sign-Giver. They seek My wonders, yes, they seek My power and My anointing, and I see their congregations follow in pursuit. And they seek the signs, they seek the wonders. They seek the anointing.
And so I tell you, My hand is removed from all of these. For in this dispensation I tell you that My signs and My wonders will only be given to those who seek Me, not for the power they might receive or for the anointing they can carry, but because I am their life. I am their very breath. And so I stretch My hand across the Earth seeking for a people who would seek My face alone.
Seek My Presence, for it is to those who love to be with Me - it is to those alone who would seek only Me and not My gifts - it is to these whose lives are laid down for Me, to these beloved ones, I shall pour My Spirit out upon them. I shall pour My Spirit out in these End-Times as I find these ones I trust.
And as I watch them only worship Me - not for My power or My anointing, but for the wonder of communing in My presence - then I shall move My mighty hand and I shall pour out a portion of My Spirit upon these precious ones. Not one portion, not two, but manifold. And I shall raise them up, and they shall be as flames of fire, and they shall yet speak and utter My Word, and My presence shall fall upon the multitudes. And the fire, the fire of My presence shall fall, and so shall the multitudes bow down, with their face to the floor. And so shall My power flow, in might, in magnitude, in conviction, in healing power, in miracles.
And this is the great outpouring that shall come from My sovereign hand upon those who truly love Me, upon those beloved ones who seek only My face. For surely they are the ones who hold My Person and My presence dearer than their ministry for they want to be with Me more than they want to be used by Me. These are My beloved, these are My trusted ones. And so I shall release them into the four corners of the Earth with passion and with power, with might and with fire.
And they shall light a flame of My Spirit from East to West and from North to South, and My healing power shall flow, and miracles of a magnitude hitherto unseen shall manifest. As lightning, so shall My power and anointing manifest in these end days, and all the nations of the Earth shall be touched by it. They shall know that I, the Sovereign God, Creator of Heaven and Earth, has visited them in power, in majesty and in judgment.
For surely they are the ones who hold My Person and My presence dearer than their ministry.
Shiloh Place
Shiloh Place is a ministry founded in 1991 by Jack and Trisha Frost. Jack Frost ministers powerfully in the area of "Father, Heart of God" but unfortunately he died in May 2007 due to cancer. He wrote two very powerful books
1) Experiencing The Father's Embrace
2) Spiritual Slavery To Spiritual Sonship
The book, "Experiencing the Father's Embrace" is for those interested in growing or ministering in the Father's love message.It is one of the most thorough and profoundly impacting books available on knowing God as a Father.
Father's Love Ministry
Jeff and Diane Littleton from Youth With a Mission (YWAM) ministers powerfully in the anointing of "Father" and "Mother" Heart of God. They hold regular conferences on "Father, Heart of God" theme together with Shiloh Place and Father Heart Ministries in Penang, Malaysia.
Father Heart Ministries
James and Denise Jordan is another couple that ministers in the "Father, Heart of God".
These are some excellent books on Father Heart of God. I first heard the teaching on "Father, Heart of God" during my Discipleship Training School (DTS) with Youth With a Mission (YWAM). I subsequently realised that not many have heard this teaching. But so many of us as Christians need to know God as Father.
This is an amazing and truly inspirational story of a father and son. A father who loves the son so much that he gives him so much love and encouragement.
This is an amazing teaching by Louie Giglio attached with amazing photos of the universe describing how amazing God is, how Big and how Awesome! A Must See Video for every christian.
I have heard about Create International a few years ago but it was still in its infancy stage and at that point there was no website etc. Today I was just surfing the net trying to find any sermons by Joy Dawson and I chance upon the God Network News (GNN) and Create International. I have yet to check it or to listen to it, but knowing Youth With A Mission (YWAM), I am certain it would be fantastic. I am excited to be able to hear about world news from a Christian Perspective on what God is doing.
God Network News (GNN)
This is news around the world that is different from what major news agencies like CNN is feeding you. It is God News. Check it out and find out what God is doing in the
world today in missions.
Create International
The vision of Create International is to communicate the message of
Jesus Christ in ways that people can understand from their cultural and
linguistic background, using tools that can be widely circulated.
Dramatic films, evangelistic artwork, websites, indigenous music - God
has given us creative strategies to make His message known among the
nations. Here, you can find inspirational
teaching, stories of what God is doing in the nations, and news casts
from various staff members of Create International.
YWAM Foundational Teaching
Thought since I am showcasing some YWAM ministries, I might as well add this website. This is a website full of YWAM Foundational Teachings by many leaders in YWAM including Loren Cunningham, Joy Dawson, Dean Sherman, David Hamilton etc.
