Some Ambition June 11

Some Ambition

“And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant.” [Mt.20:27, KJV].

 And yet in competition, when ambition stays linked with collective right doing as to who might out-give the other for purposes of the collective right doing, then ambition becomes useful for the Kingdom because it stays directed toward the right results.

You can be an ambitious servant.

Disappointment June 10

Disappointment

“Oh Jerusalem. Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!”

[Mt.23:37, NKJV].

Jesus was not upset over Jerusalem because He was disappointed. The idea of disappointment is based on missing the mark (sin) which Jesus did not experience. His statement shows more a sorrow of lost innocence and of missed potential of what the people could have had.

God is not so much disappointed in us as He has a kind of sorrow based on Grace, when we are unwilling to understand Him and go our own way.

Jesus I AM Statements June 9

Seven I AM Statements of Jesus

1.   Before Abraham I AM.   John 8:58

2.   Bread of Life.              John6:35

3.   Light of World.            Jo.8:12

4.   Good Shepherd           Jo.10:11

5.   The Resurrection.        Jo.11:25

6.   I Am the WAY.            Jo. 14:6

7.   I Am the True Vine.     Jo. 15:1

“And God said to Moses. I AM WHO I AM. And He said, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.” [Gen.3:14, NKJV].

Sow Seed June 8

Sow Seed

When you behave with love, patience, faith, joy, service- - - you reveal a small glimpse of the heavenly Father and Kingdom principles to the world. This remains a seed sown. The Holy Spirit will nurture and grow the seed until someone gets the harvest.

“Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.” [Luke 8:8, NIV].

How Much Surrender? June 7

How Much Surrender?

When the mind is guided by the Holy Spirit and the emotions controlled by the physical, a person’s will remains confused. [The will contains the decision making function].

When the emotions are guided by the Spirit and the mind stays carnal, the will still becomes confused.

Mind, emotion and will must be submitted to the Spirit. All that we are needs to surrender.

“But for us, There is only one God, the Father. Everything came from him, and we live for him. There is only one Lord, Jesus Christ. Everything came into being through him, and we live because of him.” [1Cor.8:6, GWT].

True Surrender June 6

True Surrender

“Jesus replied, No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.” [Lk.9:62, NIV].

The key is in full surrender.

When God has begun the work of full surrender in us, and when God has accepted our surrender, then He holds Himself bound to care for the surrender to keep it.

“Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy . . . “

[Jude 24, NKJV].

True Healing June 5

True Healing

“And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.” [Ro.8:11, NIV].

The Holy Spirit maintains the potential to heal ANY situation.

1.   He may heal directly through another. (James 5:14)

2.   He can remove difficulties if person has faith.

3.   He can heal indirectly through another’s efforts.

Only our perspective limits the Spirit.