Posts Tagged ‘God’s Word’

Yes to Your Spirit and No to Your Flesh

Thursday, 22 September, 2011 20:56 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

A key to living a victorious life is taking control of your flesh and allowing your spirit to rule.

Romans 8:13 AMP – For if you live according to [the dictates of] the flesh, you will surely die. But if through the power of the [Holy] Spirit you are [habitually] putting to death (making extinct, deadening) the [evil] deeds prompted by the body, you shall [really and genuinely] live forever.

We have to become strong spiritually first by feeding on the Word of God daily in order to take control of our flesh. Galatians 5 lists some of the works of the flesh and they are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting and “the like” (or things that are similar to these). This is a long list and only controllable by those who are walking in the spirit and after the Spirit of God.

The way that we gain control over our flesh and it’s desires is to learn an important word, “NO”! When we say NO to our flesh at the moment of temptation then we are able to say YES to our spirit! Our spirit wants to do right and wants to serve the Lord. We have to make the conscious decision to allow our spirit to rule over our flesh. Live in the supernatural rather than the natural. Take the high road and do the right thing by saying YES to the spirit. You CAN do it!

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God’s Will? Jesus Healed!

Tuesday, 22 March, 2011 07:51 Written by Pastor Bruce 1 Comment

Jesus’ earthly ministry was the manifest will of God. He went about healing and doing good! (Acts 10:38)

One Sabbath day as Jesus was teaching in a synagogue, He saw a woman who had been crippled by an evil spirit. She had been bent double for eighteen years and was unable to stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said, “Dear woman, you are healed of your sickness!” Then He touched her, and instantly she could stand straight. How she praised God! – Luke 13:10-13 (NLT)

Healing is always and forever the will of God because Jesus always did the will of the Father. There was never a time in the earthly ministry of Jesus where He withheld or denied someone healing yet there are some today that doubt whether it is God’s will to heal. Leave your doubt and come over to the life-giving truth of God’s Word!

Jesus is God’s will in action and He heals. Hebrews 13:8 declares that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever therefore we know with absolute certainty that He is healing today. Regardless of who believes this truth or who got mad at Jesus for healing on the Sabbath decide to believe the Word of God and align your heart and mouth with His Word.

Say out loud – I believe that Jesus is healing me right now and I receive it! I line my body, my heart and my mouth up with the Word of God and I praise God for my healing! Thank you Jesus for fulfilling the will of the Father!

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With God

Friday, 04 March, 2011 09:28 Written by Pastor Bruce 1 Comment

With God there are NO IMPOSSIBILITIES! None at all…nothing means no-thing! God’s promise to Mary in Luke 1 is God’s promise to each one of us in 2011!

“For with God nothing is ever impossible and no word from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfillment.” Luke 1:37 AMP

The key is WITH GOD! Don’t ever do anything without God because that is when we run into the wall of impossibility. Walking with God and doing only what He tells us to do will permit us to do things that are impossible with man. Jesus did these type of things during His ministry on the earth and we can do them because He said that the things that He did we should and would do.

He wants us to walk in the realm of the supernatural. He has empowered us with His Spirit to walk in His power to do His will! We can declare as Mary did – let it be with me Lord, according to Your Word!

Get up from your seemingly impossible situation and begin to do what God has told you to do and He will turn the impossibilities into possibilities! He will make a way where it doesn’t seem like there is one. He is on your side and if He is for you, who can stop you?

 

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Get Out of the Boat

Thursday, 20 January, 2011 08:03 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

Desire alone is not enough. Acting on the will of God is what will bring His will to pass in your life.

And Peter answered Him and said, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.” So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. – Matthew 14:28-29 NKJV

Peter saw Jesus walking on the water and wanted to walk with Him. Somehow he knew that he was created to do the supernatural as Jesus did the supernatural. The desire was there. But he didn’t just stop at the desire he wanted to get in on the ACTION! He could have sat in the boat with the rest of the disciples and been awed at the supernatural power of Jesus to walk on the water and take control over the natural elements.

Before he acted he asked (in a round about way) if he could come and walk on the water with Jesus. He made sure that he was acting on Jesus’ will or His Word. (Many times good meaning Christians begin to act prematurely) Make sure that your actions are in line with the will and the Word of God. Faith begins where the will of God is known. Don’t get out of the boat based on someone else getting out of the boat.

Once you are sure that the Lord has told you to do something, DO IT! Jesus walked on the water. Peter walked on the water. We can do all that the Lord has told us to do. Will you do it?

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If You Say So

Tuesday, 18 January, 2011 08:22 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

“Whatever you say can and will be held against you in a court of law…” Words matter.

You brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is good and right? For whatever is in your heart determines what you say. A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. And I tell you this, you must give an account on judgment day for every idle word you speak. The words you say will either acquit you or condemn you.” – Matt. 12:34-37

These words that Jesus spoke are still ringing out over 200o years after He spoke them. Words are more important than we know. We are using more words today than at anytime in the past but communicating less. Humor and sarcasm are rampant which has produced a devaluation of words. Most people don’t mean what they say and don’t value what they say (or anything that is said by anyone else).

We have been led to believe that “talk is cheap” and words are a “dime a dozen”. This is far from the truth.

The words that you speak are an indication of what is in your heart (where your heart is). That is why you can listen to someone speak for five minutes and identify where they are in a spiritual sense. Your words are so powerful that the Word of God says that life and death are in the power of the tongue!

Watch what you say. Analyze your words and make sure that you are speaking life. Make sure that you are not just running your mouth but saying something positive and valuable. Don’t fall into the trap of believing that words don’t matter or that sarcastic humor is acceptable. Remember that your words are the most powerful thing that God has given you.

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