Mark 16:17 -18
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Lately I have been feeling the desire again to pray for healing. To lay hands on people and command healing to their bodies. This seems so huge to me that it kind of holds me back. I also want to move in operating the gift of Word of Knowledge. This gift I notice more when I randomly pray for people. In my spirit I see like a landscape of happenings ( images) and these I speak forth.
This morning while doing the dishes(!) I reminisced about times in the past when I have prayed healing for people, laid hands on them and they were healed. I just had faith for their healing. Even if I would never hear from them again.
A few incidents came to mind:
* Once I had a college who was regularly going to the doctor for the disease of Crown, a bowel infection. I believe she even had an operation scheduled... I had asked her if she believed the Lord Jesus could heal her. She might have even been a Muslim, I don't fully remember. However I prayed for her, during a time that our canteen was quiet and commanded her body to be healed. A few weeks later I saw her again and asked her how her doctor appointment had been, and she said they could not find anything!!!
* My sister was on her way to the hospital for an required abortion because the doctors said that she had an out of womb pregnancy (I'm afraid I don't know the medical term). She happened to stop by my house on the way there. I then also prayed for her. When she came back to me, she said that everything was fine with the baby and they were not going to abort anymore.
* I had a college who walked limp. She had mentioned that one of her relatives had had a similar condition and that the foot had to be amputated or something like that. This is SO long ago.
I then called her apart and took the foot and prayed healing to it. I felt something pop. Like a vessel was blocked and reopened. Her walking improved immediately and that was that.
* An aunt of mine was in hospital and had a surgery planned. I believe she had already had one, but their was still something going on and she could not eat or so..I also prayed for her and I believe the next day new tissue had grown and the surgery was no longer needed and she was discharged that week.
AMEN!! The healing power of Lord Jesus! These events are of many years ago now, some as old as 10 years up to a few years ago. However I kind of stopped laying hands on people.
After a turbulent time in my faith, during which I had "thrown away" precious things, I feel like now this gift has been rekindled in me to lay hands on the sick.
I am SO excited to see the sick get healed again and even greater things. All for the Glory of the Lord.
Keep me in your prayers as I try to operate in these gifts for the Glory of YAHWEH-RAPHA - The Lord who Heals.
If the Lord has led you to this page and you are reading this now and you need healing and are feeling a stirring up in your heart, then I speak to you. No matter what condition is going on in your body.
1 Peter 2:24
BY HIS STRIPES YOU ARE HEALED!! BE HEALED IN THE NAME OF JESUS. THE NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES!!!
Father I thank you for healing this person for the Glory of your name! AMEN!
Now go and repent of your sins and serve Him!
God Bless!!
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Sunday, 16 June 2013
Don't Be a Leech. Don't Let Greed Fuel Your Prayer.
Prov. 30:15
“The leech has two daughters, ‘Give! Give!’ they cry!"
Other translation reads "greed has two sisters" .
Last night, after I had spoken to the Lord, this scripture came to my mind and suddenly I felt a flow of thoughts I had to write down. I will try to write the flow as accurate as I felt it. I believe it is a Word from the Lord.
Even after almost 14 years of being saved i still don't know how to pray properly. Or rather I know, I just don't do it, because I can get so overwhelmed with my desires, or situations that we face, so the majority of my prayers are in the line of "give, give".
It is really annoying to hear "give give", every time someone speaks to you. Like that is the only thing you are good for. Whenever they spent time with you, it is because they want something from you. But I now realise that The Lord finds this just as annoying if all we ask for is stuff to satisfy our flesh. When the Lord hears all prayers and thoughts, He wants to answer, but we constantly ask for stuff that is perishable, instead of values that we can take back home or ask for the nations.
Here it goes....
“The leech has two daughters.
‘Give! Give!’ they cry
This is how many of us pray. Small minded, like the Lord does not know what we need or desire.
The Lord's Prayer is filled with much more. Yes, we can pray for our daily bread, but The Lord already provides for us daily.
We chase after our desires, our materialistic desires, when we could and should be praying for so much more.
The Lord hears our prayers. Every word, every thought. We could be, should be asking for the nations. The Lord tells us to. Instead of chasing after our desires.
In the Psalms, which are David's devotional time recorded, do we read of his materialistic desires mentioned? Like "God give me a new this or that"?
We see his plea for salvation from his enemies. This is also a part of the Lord's Prayer, to "deliver us from evil".
We see his expression for loving God's laws and regulations. This also applies the Lord's prayer. "Thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven".
David was a blessed man. He lacked nothing, for the Lord blessed him.
If that were not enough, He would have blessed him more.
David spent time with God. He documented his prayers.
We don't even have time to write a letter to God.
Because David documented his devotional time, we now have his words, which are actually God's inspired words through him.
In a smaller way just like I am doing now.
David knew that it is the Lord's blessing that maketh rich, and He adds no sorrow with it. This blessing is a product/result of the Lord's presence.
The Lord's presence is sought and found when we spent time in prayer, in His Word or in worship. When we are mindful of Him all the time.
This will cause us to do what pleases Him. We will do His righteousness.
The Lord is a Holy God. His presence dwells with righteousness.
David knew how to seek God's kingdom and His righteousness (living upright in His sight).
As a result, David was blessed. Everything was added to him.
David was not busy seeking after his materialistic desires in just food, shelter and clothing.
After this I flowed in to how I see God's names in a lot of His promises. Even in the Lord's Prayer the Lord's names are revealed.
I then said to the Lord, "Father it is like I see your name in everything." Then I had the thought, "That is because My promises are steadfast".
I will share His names in a new blog, as the Lords leads.
For now, this was my prayer last night and is today, but I also pray this for you....
“The leech has two daughters, ‘Give! Give!’ they cry!"
Other translation reads "greed has two sisters" .
Last night, after I had spoken to the Lord, this scripture came to my mind and suddenly I felt a flow of thoughts I had to write down. I will try to write the flow as accurate as I felt it. I believe it is a Word from the Lord.
Even after almost 14 years of being saved i still don't know how to pray properly. Or rather I know, I just don't do it, because I can get so overwhelmed with my desires, or situations that we face, so the majority of my prayers are in the line of "give, give".
It is really annoying to hear "give give", every time someone speaks to you. Like that is the only thing you are good for. Whenever they spent time with you, it is because they want something from you. But I now realise that The Lord finds this just as annoying if all we ask for is stuff to satisfy our flesh. When the Lord hears all prayers and thoughts, He wants to answer, but we constantly ask for stuff that is perishable, instead of values that we can take back home or ask for the nations.
Here it goes....
“The leech has two daughters.
‘Give! Give!’ they cry
This is how many of us pray. Small minded, like the Lord does not know what we need or desire.
The Lord's Prayer is filled with much more. Yes, we can pray for our daily bread, but The Lord already provides for us daily.
We chase after our desires, our materialistic desires, when we could and should be praying for so much more.
The Lord hears our prayers. Every word, every thought. We could be, should be asking for the nations. The Lord tells us to. Instead of chasing after our desires.
In the Psalms, which are David's devotional time recorded, do we read of his materialistic desires mentioned? Like "God give me a new this or that"?
We see his plea for salvation from his enemies. This is also a part of the Lord's Prayer, to "deliver us from evil".
We see his expression for loving God's laws and regulations. This also applies the Lord's prayer. "Thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven".
David was a blessed man. He lacked nothing, for the Lord blessed him.
If that were not enough, He would have blessed him more.
David spent time with God. He documented his prayers.
We don't even have time to write a letter to God.
Because David documented his devotional time, we now have his words, which are actually God's inspired words through him.
In a smaller way just like I am doing now.
David knew that it is the Lord's blessing that maketh rich, and He adds no sorrow with it. This blessing is a product/result of the Lord's presence.
The Lord's presence is sought and found when we spent time in prayer, in His Word or in worship. When we are mindful of Him all the time.
This will cause us to do what pleases Him. We will do His righteousness.
The Lord is a Holy God. His presence dwells with righteousness.
David knew how to seek God's kingdom and His righteousness (living upright in His sight).
As a result, David was blessed. Everything was added to him.
David was not busy seeking after his materialistic desires in just food, shelter and clothing.
After this I flowed in to how I see God's names in a lot of His promises. Even in the Lord's Prayer the Lord's names are revealed.
I then said to the Lord, "Father it is like I see your name in everything." Then I had the thought, "That is because My promises are steadfast".
I will share His names in a new blog, as the Lords leads.
For now, this was my prayer last night and is today, but I also pray this for you....
Father, please help me to bring Glory to You in everything I do.
Please help me to serve You and walk worthy of the calling.
Amen!!
God Bless!!
Friday, 24 May 2013
The heart of David and Prosperity
Ephesians 1:15 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, 16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit[f] of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength 20 he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church,23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
I have been thinking about David lately and how much God blessed him. God even said to him that He would have given him more if he did not have enough. We know that David lacked nothing.
I was thinking about this because I have thought about how wrong the mainstream prosperity teaching is and how much it feeds unholiness within us. Prosperity teaching proclaims that God wants us to live in huge houses, drive fancy cars and have a great abundance of wealth. It makes us want to chase after the things of this world and not focus on the Lord as our source.
And It is very true that the Lord has promised us wealth when it reads, "the wealth of the wicked is stored up for the righteous". (Proverbs 13:22) But is this a given? Should we just lay back, and do nothing?
I was one of those who wanted to believe the prosperity preachers. I wanted to believe their prophecy of wealth etc...But after years of waiting I have learned some things along the way. It is not so that I don't believe this promise anymore, because I very much do, "For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ. And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory of God. (2 Corinthians 1:20), but I have come to understand that God needs to be able to trust us with this wealth. I believe He tests our heart to see if we will not just make an idol from this wealth, and not use it for what it is meant.
This brings me back to David. Here are some happenings that show the state of Davids heart.
1ste
Of David the Lord said, that "he was a man after God's own heart". 1 Samuel 13:14.
The life of David showed a very intimate friend-relationship with God. In 2 Sam 7, we see how God replies to David, wishing to build Him a house and how David replied
When David wanted to build God's Altar he said: "No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen and paid fifty shekels of silver for them. (2 Sam 24:24).
David did not just want to receive from God, as many of us do. David wanted to give to God. (1st clue)
This tells me also that David was a man that loved God a lot. There are many statements in David's life that show his love for God. His last words in 2 Sam 22 show a debt in this friend- relationship he had with God. He loved God more than anything else. (2nd clue)
He always put God first, except for that one time that he followed after his flesh with Bathsheba. Even from that came the one who God gave his kingdom to.
David trusted God because he knew God. He knew who he was with God, one who could do the impossible. He had a faith in God few had, as demonstrated in his battle with Goliath.
David heard God's voice. He had the Spirit of Wisdom. David was a prophet; he had the Spirit of Revelation. This is seen clearly from David's last words. David had the knowledge of God described in Ephesians 1:18 The eyes of his understanding were enlightened.
David’s Last Words
1These are the last words of David:
“The inspired utterance of David son of Jesse,
the utterance of the man exalted by the Most High,
the man anointed by the God of Jacob,
the hero of Israel’s songs:
2“The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me;
his word was on my tongue.
3The God of Israel spoke,
the Rock of Israel said to me:
‘When one rules over people in righteousness,
when he rules in the fear of God,
4he is like the light of morning at sunrise
on a cloudless morning,
like the brightness after rain
that brings grass from the earth.’
5“If my house were not right with God,
surely he would not have made with me an everlasting covenant,
arranged and secured in every part;
surely he would not bring to fruition my salvation
and grant me my every desire.
6But evil men are all to be cast aside like thorns,
which are not gathered with the hand.
7Whoever touches thorns
uses a tool of iron or the shaft of a spear;
they are burned up where they lie.”
This means that throughout his life he followed God. He did what the Lord commanded Him.
He obeyed God. ( 3rd clue)
When we Give, Love and Obey God, we do what Jesus commanded us to do and the outcome of this is that God will "bring to fruition my salvation and grant me my every desire"
But when we don't Give, Love and Obey God: James 4:3, "When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures." Is this not the financial state of many believers these days?
1 Timothy 6:9, "Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction."
But there is Hope! I believe the Lord will fulfil His promises to His Body for His purpose. He is looking for people with the heart of David.
2 Chronicles 16:9, "For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him."
The Lord has been and is testing people. He will strip them to nothing if that is what it takes. Just to test their heart. Will they still love Him, like Job or will they stop serving Him, and fervently chase after Mammon?
It is the Lord who promotes and humbles. (1 Samuel 2:7) It is the Lord who grants fame and fortune.
I want to say something to all Christian Entrepreneurs and professionals out there. Search your heart. If you truly wish to prosper, which is also the Lord's desire for you, set your priorities straight. The Lord shall not have any other God before Him. If he has called you to something greater, don't settle for the crumbs by worshipping Mammon. Be a giver, Love God and be obedient. Spend time with Him, listen to Him. Follow as He leads. Be faithful.
I am not saying that I have achieved it all already. I too have gone through many testings, and maybe there is more to come. But as I go I pick up certain truths.
God is not in a hurry, we are. He will bring you to where He wants you to be, no matter how long it takes. Why should we be wasting time by resisting God? I have followed after my own heart and have had to learn hard lessons. When you burn your self you have to sit on the blisters. What ever we sow in the flesh we harvest in the flesh. In all of this road of learning, I have learned that what stated in 2 Corinthians 15:9 is true: "But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me."
If God has given you faith, then He has called you for so much more that the state you are in right now. Stick with it: (Philippians 1:6) "because being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." No matter what gifting or calling.
If there is a stripping process going on in your life, it is for the purpose that God can clothe you with His mantle. The outcome of this stripping should be that you will desire God more than any other thing. In this state you will care less about the wealth of this world. In that state i believe, God can trust you with His wealth meant for His purpose because He knows we will obey Him. In this I see the promise of Matthew 6:33 being fulfilled: "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."
May the Lord enlighten the eyes of your understanding.
God Bless!!
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
From Transformation to Transfiguration: Our Hope for the Future.
(I felt inspired to write while listening to my favourite teacher, pastor Peter Tan. I have listened to his teaching for years and I always feel spiritually well fed afterwards. He teaches indepth spiritual truth that creates such a hunger for more of God and holiness in me. Feel free to look him up on www.petertan.net.)
From Transformation to Transfiguration.
When I heard these words I immediately thought of Jesus on the mount with Moses and Elijah. He was transfigured.
Matthew 17:1 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. 3 Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.
This is also the promise of the Bride of Christ; we will be transfigured when we receive our Glorified bodies at the rapture.
Phill 3:21 Who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
The Church will first have to be transformed on the inside. In our soul as our spirit man grows. We have to became without spot or wrinkle.
Efe 5:27 So that he might present the church to himself in splendour, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish
We have to grow from glory to glory until we become one with Jesus completely, as He is without spot or wrinkle. In Him there is no sin and darkness. He invites us to this unity with him in His prayer to the FATHER. We have to grow to Christ who is the head, and walk with God in such a way as Elijah did before he was taken away. He embodied the Glory of God and his body did not die, but changed when taken up to Heaven.
Moses saw and walked in the Glory of God and his body did not age. He was still in his prime of strength when he went up the mountain and was taken by God.
The Glory of God was with the Israelites in such a way that during the forty years in the wilderness not even their clothes nor shoes broke.
The complete transformation within will lead to the transfiguration at the rapture. The Lord will come for a Holy Bride. Not a half backslidden, sleepy, dirty bride. But one without spot or wrinkle.
Who of us can say we are there already? Who is preparing themself?
I desire to. My flesh is slowly catching up to my spirit. In my spirit I want all these things but my flesh often chooses something else. I pray that my flesh may be more submitted to my spirit so that my transformation can be completed in due time. There is no formula for this to happen. We just have to follow the examples set by Jesus Himself. How he spent time with the FATHER in prayer, and also Enoch who walked with the Lord and was in His presence and Elijah who also walked closely with the Lord in prayer.
So prayer, spending time with the Lord, is the key to the complete transformation that will lead to transfiguration. I believe prayer in Tongues has the greatest part in this process because it is the spirit man that has to grow to that stage. There are many testimonies of people who spent a lengthy time in prayer, in tongues, with the Lord, and then had some level of spiritual awakening and open visions. A more close walk with the Lord.
Let us join in more fervent prayer in Tongues, so the spirit can do His complete work in us.
God Bless!!
Thursday, 11 April 2013
Dream and interpretation: How our mouth produces an open sewer in the spirit world.
Matthew 15:18
But the things that come out of a person's mouth come from the heart, and these defile them
I had a dream a few days ago that I felt so embarassed about when I woke up. I could not tell anyone about the dream because it was too filthy for words.
In my dream I saw myself vomiting excrement.
I prayed about it and asked the Lord to give me insight into the dream. If it was from Him, then He should show me the dream's meaning, and if it was not from Him then He should take it away from my mind.
The image of my dream stayed with me. I was very shocked by it.
Today as I was talking to a sister in the Lord, the image came back to me again and I understood what it meant.
I believe that it refers to when we gossip about and slander other people all the bad stuff we can say with our mouth, even when we think we are justified about doing it. Our mouth is like an open sewer. It produces filth. That is what defiles us. In the spirit it is an open stream of filth. The most disgusting kind.
I remember reading in a book written by Anna Rountree how she saw a stream of sewerage in the spirit world and how much demons loved it. She was shown by the Lord how that place was being created by the mouths of the people. Whenever they spoke bad language, gossiping, back biting or all that other bad stuff we speak with our mouths.
Now I know the meaning of a dream I was so embarassed about, I now have the boldness to share it with my readers. Please watch your mouth at all times. It can be hard at times but The Lord can help all of us.
We are called to such a special time as this. We, the endtime church, have to become Holy, without spot or wrinkle. Without defilement. Guarding our mouth is a step in the right direction.
God Bless!!!
Lydjus
But the things that come out of a person's mouth come from the heart, and these defile them
I had a dream a few days ago that I felt so embarassed about when I woke up. I could not tell anyone about the dream because it was too filthy for words.
In my dream I saw myself vomiting excrement.
I prayed about it and asked the Lord to give me insight into the dream. If it was from Him, then He should show me the dream's meaning, and if it was not from Him then He should take it away from my mind.
The image of my dream stayed with me. I was very shocked by it.
Today as I was talking to a sister in the Lord, the image came back to me again and I understood what it meant.
I believe that it refers to when we gossip about and slander other people all the bad stuff we can say with our mouth, even when we think we are justified about doing it. Our mouth is like an open sewer. It produces filth. That is what defiles us. In the spirit it is an open stream of filth. The most disgusting kind.
I remember reading in a book written by Anna Rountree how she saw a stream of sewerage in the spirit world and how much demons loved it. She was shown by the Lord how that place was being created by the mouths of the people. Whenever they spoke bad language, gossiping, back biting or all that other bad stuff we speak with our mouths.
Now I know the meaning of a dream I was so embarassed about, I now have the boldness to share it with my readers. Please watch your mouth at all times. It can be hard at times but The Lord can help all of us.
We are called to such a special time as this. We, the endtime church, have to become Holy, without spot or wrinkle. Without defilement. Guarding our mouth is a step in the right direction.
God Bless!!!
Lydjus
Thursday, 20 December 2012
The Doorway of Hope Part 2 - the Lifting Up of Holy Hands
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the LORD psalm 134:2
What is the lifting up of hands?
Lifting up of hands in the Bible always resulted in mighty miracles. Moses parting the water Exo 14:26. The battle were Moses had to lift up his hands from morning till sunset Exo 17:11
Body language says a lot. Although the mouth says nothing. Actions speak louder then words.. Everyone knows that, right? When we are open, our arms are open. When we are closed, our arms are folded.
Let me start by sternly saying that people who say they cannot lift up their hands to the Lord are in pride. Pride is evil in the eyes of the Lord. To lift up your hands is the simple action of throwing your hands in the air and holding them there for any length of time during worship, prayer or praise.
Imagine someone who falls into a pit. Its all dark around them. The only light they see is that above them. Will they not lift up their hands when someone stretches forth to pull them out? This is also our state in this world. We live in a dark world and the Lord is stretching forth His hands to lift us up. Will we not also lift up our hands to reach His? With this in mind, I can can also say that people who don't lift up their hands to the Lord, are basically saying that they don't need saving.
Why we should lift up our hands
Lifting up of hands also stands for surrendering. We surrender our life and heart to the Lord .
So when we pray with hands lifted up we surrender the situation to the Lord. Lifting up our hands also shows our longing for the Lord.
With the miracles of Exodus in mind, we can say there is a supernatural meaning behind lifting up our hands.
I once heard in a sermon that when we lift up our hand to the Lord it is also a sign to the angels working on our behalf to go forth for us. This is not a strange thought because we stretch out to the Lords salvation. It is also a sign of trusting in the Lord.
When I lift up my hands to the Lord, I believe my heart is saying to the Lord:
"I love you. I can do nothing without you. From you is my salvation. In you I trust. Help me! I long for you".
The Lord gives so many promises to those who trust in Him, wait on Him, cry out to Him. Because with our hands we lift up our heart. Something supernatural happens when we do this.
The Apostle Paul is telling us in the letter to Timothy:
"I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing". 1 Tim 2:8
It comes to mind that when men do this they are pledging allegiance to the Lord with their heart. How many
people pledge allegiance to futile things like a flag. Why is it hard for them to do the same for the Lord? When we lift up our hand to the Lord we should be aware that our heart is praying a different prayer than our mouth is. With our hands and heart lifted up to the Lord we can easily say, "THANK YOU LORD!!" - an even bigger sign of trusting the Lord.
Psalm 66:16-20
"Come and hear, all you who fear God;
let me tell you what he has done for me.
I cried out to him with my mouth;
his praise was on my tongue.
If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened;
but God has surely listened
and has heard my prayer.
Praise be to God,
who has not rejected my prayer
or withheld his love from me!"
This passage shows the heart of one who was in a deep pit of trouble, and he chose to trust the Lord. This person surrendered to the Lord. He must have lifted up his hands to demonstrate it to the Lord; maybe even cried many tears without saying a word. However God saw his HEART! If he could have spoken beautiful heartfelt words, but cherished unbelief in his heart, God would not have listened. So what better way to speak to the Lord than with our hands lifted up and our heart surrendered?!!
Psalm 66:10-12
"For you, God, tested us;
you refined us like silver.
You brought us into prison
and laid burdens on our backs.
You let people ride over our heads;
we went through fire and water,
but you brought us to a place of abundance".
Look at the trouble this person went through. One would think he would have every reason not to trust God and even to be angry with Him. But he did what pleased the Lord and so the Lord brought him out. Trusting in God is the place of abundace. The Word tells us "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you" Mat 6:33
and also:
God Bless!!!
What is the lifting up of hands?
Lifting up of hands in the Bible always resulted in mighty miracles. Moses parting the water Exo 14:26. The battle were Moses had to lift up his hands from morning till sunset Exo 17:11
Body language says a lot. Although the mouth says nothing. Actions speak louder then words.. Everyone knows that, right? When we are open, our arms are open. When we are closed, our arms are folded.
Let me start by sternly saying that people who say they cannot lift up their hands to the Lord are in pride. Pride is evil in the eyes of the Lord. To lift up your hands is the simple action of throwing your hands in the air and holding them there for any length of time during worship, prayer or praise.
Imagine someone who falls into a pit. Its all dark around them. The only light they see is that above them. Will they not lift up their hands when someone stretches forth to pull them out? This is also our state in this world. We live in a dark world and the Lord is stretching forth His hands to lift us up. Will we not also lift up our hands to reach His? With this in mind, I can can also say that people who don't lift up their hands to the Lord, are basically saying that they don't need saving.
Why we should lift up our hands
Lifting up of hands also stands for surrendering. We surrender our life and heart to the Lord .
So when we pray with hands lifted up we surrender the situation to the Lord. Lifting up our hands also shows our longing for the Lord.
With the miracles of Exodus in mind, we can say there is a supernatural meaning behind lifting up our hands.
I once heard in a sermon that when we lift up our hand to the Lord it is also a sign to the angels working on our behalf to go forth for us. This is not a strange thought because we stretch out to the Lords salvation. It is also a sign of trusting in the Lord.
When I lift up my hands to the Lord, I believe my heart is saying to the Lord:
"I love you. I can do nothing without you. From you is my salvation. In you I trust. Help me! I long for you".
The Lord gives so many promises to those who trust in Him, wait on Him, cry out to Him. Because with our hands we lift up our heart. Something supernatural happens when we do this.
The Apostle Paul is telling us in the letter to Timothy:
"I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing". 1 Tim 2:8
It comes to mind that when men do this they are pledging allegiance to the Lord with their heart. How many
people pledge allegiance to futile things like a flag. Why is it hard for them to do the same for the Lord? When we lift up our hand to the Lord we should be aware that our heart is praying a different prayer than our mouth is. With our hands and heart lifted up to the Lord we can easily say, "THANK YOU LORD!!" - an even bigger sign of trusting the Lord.
Psalm 66:16-20
"Come and hear, all you who fear God;
let me tell you what he has done for me.
I cried out to him with my mouth;
his praise was on my tongue.
If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened;
but God has surely listened
and has heard my prayer.
Praise be to God,
who has not rejected my prayer
or withheld his love from me!"
This passage shows the heart of one who was in a deep pit of trouble, and he chose to trust the Lord. This person surrendered to the Lord. He must have lifted up his hands to demonstrate it to the Lord; maybe even cried many tears without saying a word. However God saw his HEART! If he could have spoken beautiful heartfelt words, but cherished unbelief in his heart, God would not have listened. So what better way to speak to the Lord than with our hands lifted up and our heart surrendered?!!
Psalm 66:10-12
"For you, God, tested us;
you refined us like silver.
You brought us into prison
and laid burdens on our backs.
You let people ride over our heads;
we went through fire and water,
but you brought us to a place of abundance".
Look at the trouble this person went through. One would think he would have every reason not to trust God and even to be angry with Him. But he did what pleased the Lord and so the Lord brought him out. Trusting in God is the place of abundace. The Word tells us "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you" Mat 6:33
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God Bless!!!
Sunday, 16 December 2012
The Doorway of Hope
" There I will give her vineyards back to her and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came out of the land of Egypt " Hosea 2:15
This is such an amazing promise to all children of God. However there is so much that can be said about this because I believe there is a red cord that ties all promises in the bible together. It is like before you can have one you have to do the other. Every promise is linked to another. I believe it takes many stages of growth on our part before we will see these promises manifest. God promises to do something but it does not mean that we just lay back and see it happen. I always wondered about that. The Word says this, but my life shows that..and I ask why my life is not in line with the Word. I will try to explain how I now understand that all promises are linked and it takes action on our part.
We have to remember that we are Spirit first and then flesh. The invisible comes first and then the visible.
The state of mind comes first and then the action. The first battle ground and valley there is, is that of our mind. First we are defeated in our mind and then this defeat is seen in our life. We have to guard our heart and mind with the word otherwise we will be defeated in life.We don't have a physical valley of trouble but it is visible in our life's circumstances. Also the doorway of Hope has many layers.
First of all is that God gives it. He gives it by faith. In your heart and mind you know "It is done." When we have prayed for something we know in our heart that God has heard and answered our prayer.
The second layer for me is based on other promises in the Word "It is written." Because you know it is written you also know that God has already said "YES". For example, you can pray for healing, but you can also say, Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed "Isa 53:4-5.
So it is written, so it is done.
This scripture will turn your valley of Achor in your healing into a doorway of hope, if that is what God intends for you.
If a situation you find yourself in is designed by God for your growth then it will be as He leads, but if a situation is caused by our enemy, it changes when we overcome with the word and the power of our testimony.
The doorway of hope is also found in the verse “In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.” Phill 4:6
Thanksgiving is the doorway of Hope. When we give thanks we demonstrate our faith in God; that it is done, according to His Word. We show our trust in Him. And He does say that without trust ( faith) it is impossible to please Him. And in fact we receive nothing ( in our heart first). The Lord Jesus performed many miracles, but in the places where the people did not believe He could not do any. Although they needed healing they did not receive it.
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
So God gives the doorway of Hope, but we have to enter it. It takes action on our part othewise we will stay in the valley of Achor with the doorway in front of us. I have the image of a doorway that opens in this dimension and leads to another dimention but the door is made from glass. The password is: THANKSGIVING.When we enter that door with thanksgiving we then start to adjust the eyes of our mind to the new sorroundings. Our mind gets renewed and this has effect on our physical life. We are seated with Christ in the Heavenlies in the spirit and in the physical we walk on earth.
" for as he thinks within himself, so he is"..Prov 23:7.
From our mind (thinking), to our heart ( believing) to our mouth ( confessing), to our reality ( salvation)
"For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved."Rom 10:10
Many people pray for a lot of things God has already said "YES" to. In these last days we have to step up our game. We have to get familiar with God's "YES" in order to have "the power of our testimony." When we have experienced something once it is easier to experience it again. It becomes our natural state. The supernatural becomes Natural. We need this state of mind and heart to see the promises that God has made to manifest. There are still so many promises unrealised. The greatest manifest of power has yet to happen. How will we see if our hearts are blind?
The rest of the teaching I leave to the Holy Spirit in your heart. May He enlighten the eyes of your understanding.
God Bless!!!
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