Posts Tagged ‘boldness’

Moved With Compassion

Thursday, 10 June, 2010 16:23 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

We are called to move toward the unlovely! (not run from them to a place of protection and security)

Now a leper came to Him, imploring Him, kneeling down to Him and saying to Him, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.” As soon as He had spoken, immediately the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed. (Mar 1:40-42 NKJV)

Jesus was MOVED with COMPASSION (the love of God in action) toward a leper!

The untouchable man was touched by the Healer! In that instance Jesus displayed for us all that it is God’s will that ALL be healed and whole. He also showed us how we should respond to the untouchable and unlovable…move with the love of God TOWARD them.

If God is going to use us we must go out to where there are hurting people that need a touch. Jesus did not come to earth to be secluded in a cave somewhere only to come out and be crucified when the time was right. The Great Physician came to the wounded ones in order to heal them. We have got to do more moving! Moving toward those who want deliverance and help!

Begin to pray, “Thank you Lord that I am moving with compassion as Jesus did! I see people that are reaching out in faith and move toward them so that you can move through me to meet their need! The love of God moves me to speak to people about their eternal destination. Thank you Lord for using me to bring help, hope and healing to all those around me.”

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Torn Veil, Access Granted!

Tuesday, 09 February, 2010 18:17 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

You may enter now…

Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, – Matthew 27:51

When Jesus gave Himself in the crucifixion He opened the door to the Holy of Holies. There was a manifestation in the natural realm (world) and the spiritual realm (world), the earth quaked and the veil in the temple was torn from top to bottom. That act of obedience forever opened the door to the heart of our Father God.

We have access to the very presence of God whenever we choose to enter. Jesus sacrifice and His blood provides access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. God has an “open door policy”.

Few people understand and believe this and even fewer people actually act on this and take full advantage of this supernatural access.

We live in a day where people will stand in line for hours on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving) to burst through the doors of a store to get 30% off of their big ticket item (while knocking down everyone in their way)…And others will pay their friends money to wait in line to get in the door to buy tickets for the greatest concert in the world. With all this rush and passion to get something that is really worth nothing…we have access to the very riches of heaven but refuse to take advantage of the the access that Jesus has provided. Most would rather be satisfied with the trinkets of the world than the treasures of heaven.

Quit waiting for God to do something for you and go boldly into His Throne Room through the blood of Jesus to obtain grace and help in time of need. The door is forever open!

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If God be For Us

Thursday, 04 February, 2010 15:25 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

Dealing with opposition? Is his name Goliath?

Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord’S, and he will give you into our hands. – 1 Sam 17:45-47 (KJV)

There was once a young man named David that faced a giant named Goliath. The odds were totally against him and everything in the natural pointed to David’s defeat. By all outward appearance he was doomed before the battle started.

But God…

God was for him! David had God on his side and he was convinced that he had all that he needed to show all the earth that the God of Israel was the only true God! David knew in whom he had trusted and that God was well able to empower him for victory.

If you are facing a giant right now, don’t look at the size of “Goliath”, instead look at the size of God and begin to get bold! Stand in the armor of God and declare that “since God is for me then no one or nothing will defeat me. I will win because greater is He that is in me than he that is against me. I walk in victory because I walk in the faith of God. The battle is the Lord’s and He wins everytime. I am on His side and therefore I win everytime!”

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You Hold the Key

Wednesday, 27 January, 2010 17:57 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

You have authority whether you use it or not.

“Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” – Matthew 18:18 NKJV

Jesus gave us authority to bind and to loose. This is one of the most powerful New Testament principles that we have as born again believers. When we realize this there is no excuse for allowing the enemy any ground in our lives or our families. We are held accountable and must be responsible.

It is always our “move”. There is always something that we can do. We take authority in the Name of Jesus and bind the works of the enemy, the lies of the enemy, the tactics of the enemy and command him to stop, to cease.

God has trusted us with His power, the Name of Jesus and His blood. What more do we need? We just need to begin to discover what we have and then use it, boldly! Resist the devil and he will flee…(play patti-cake and he will surely stay) Get aggressive and stand against him using the authority that you have been given.

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Power Up

Thursday, 21 January, 2010 10:43 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

Plug into the power source.

But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, – Jude 1:20 NKJV

He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, … -1 Corinthians 14:4 NKJV

He has the power, we must tap in. The way that we tap in is to pray in the spirit. Praying in the spirit builds you up or energizes you from the inside. The Holy Spirit lives in us and empowers us as we yield to Him by praying in other tongues. (More on being filled with the Holy Spirit) Do you have to pray in an unknown tongue? No, but you get to, if you want more of His power! (The Lord will not make you do anything, but has made the baptism with the Holy Spirit available to all.)

The great thing is that we can choose at any time to hook up to the power source. He has made Himself available to us 24/7/365! He is ready, willing and able to strengthen us when we put ourselves in that “hook up” place by hooking up our spirit to His spirit. When we begin to give utterance and speak the words that He gives us, His power flows through us. The Apostle Paul said that when he prayed in the spirit that his understanding was unfruitful. (meaning that he did not understand with his mind what he was saying with his spirit, because it was not in a language that he understood.) There are times where it is to our advantage that we do not know what we are praying. But all the while we know that every time that we choose to pray in the spirit we are being charged up and connected to the power of God. Connect today…and power up!

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