DivineWordMinistries: 2014

ABIDING IN THE VINE

John 15:1-6 15 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.²Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.³Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
⁴Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
⁵I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
⁶If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

I am the vine, the Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch that doesn’t produce fruit.
He prunes the branches that do bear fruit, so they will produce even more.
Through the word we have already been pruned for greater fruitfulness…

Christ Jesus is the vine, and God is the gardener who cares for the branches to make them fruitful. The branches are all those who claim to be followers of Christ.

The fruitful branches are true believers who by their belief with Christ produce much fruit.

The ones who turn from following Christ, and are unproductive, even after making a commitment to follow Jesus. They will be separated from the vine and will not have Gods favor in their lives. Dead branches do not produce fruit. Jesus makes a distinction between two kinds of pruning. Cut off the branches and cut back branches. The fruitful branches are cut back to promote growth.

God sometimes must discipline us to strengthen our character and faith.

But the branches that don’t bear fruit are cut off at the trunk, not only because they are worthless but also because they often infect the rest of the vine.

People who don’t bear fruit for God or who try to block the efforts of Gods followers will be cut off from his life giving power. Many people try to be good honest people who do what is right.
But Jesus says that the only way to live a truly good life is to stay close to Him, like a branch attached to a vine.

Apart from Christ our efforts are unfruitful. God is glorified when people come into a right relationship with him, and begin to produce much fruit.

John 15:7 ⁷If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye
will, and it shall be done unto you.

If you continue to live in a relationship with Christ and you believe His words as being the truth, and you receive his words as truth, you can ask for something and it shall be done.

Not only do you receive what you ask for, but since you believed you received, your bore fruit, and God the Father was glorified. When you glorify God, his favor comes upon your life good things start happening.

Philemon 6 ⁶That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

You need to start acknowledging every good thing which is in you, in Christ Jesus. In that way by faith everything in us will become effective for our lives. If you want healing, acknowledge what God has invested in you when you were saved.

When you were saved, God invested prosperity, victory, salvation, all the gifts of the Holy Spirit. All that is needed is for you to believe and to abide in Christ Jesus.

Continue to read the word,

Brother Andy

CLAIMING YOUR HEALING

READ 3^RD JOHN VERSE 2
THAT THOU MAYEST PROSPER AND BE IN HEALTH

READ JOHN 10-10
I AM COME THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE AND THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY

THROUGHOUT THE WORD OF GOD WE FIND PROMISES FOR HEALING HEALTH AND PROSPERITY

IT IS GODS WILL FOR US TO BE WELL AND ENJOY HEALTH AND LIFE IN IT’S FULLEST

ONLY WHEN WE KNOW AND UNDERSTAND GOD’S PROMISES CAN WE APPLY THEM TO OUR HEALTH AND LIVES.

YOU MUST KNOW WHAT THE WORD SAYS AND MEANS.

OUR GOD THAT HEALS, IS THE SAME GOD THAT IS ABLE TO SUSTAIN YOU AND KEEP YOU HEALTHY

HE CAN SUSTAIN YOU FOR A DAY, A MONTH OR A YEAR, OR EVEN A LIFETIME… IT IS ALL ACCORDING TO YOUR FAITH

WHEN THE DEVIL PUTS A THOUGHT OF SICKNESS IN YOUR MIND, DON’T CONFESS IT

WHEN YOU CONFESS SICKNESS OR DISEASE, IT ACTUALLY SHOWS THAT YOU BELIEVE IN SICKNESS MORE THAN YOU BELIEVE IN GODS WORD.

JUST AS HEALING IS RECEIVED BY FAITH… SO IS HEALING KEPT BY FAITH

CHRISTIANS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WALKING IN DEVINE HEALTH

THE ONLY THING SATAN CAN DO IS WORK THRU THOUGHTS AND SUGGESTIONS OR CONVINCE YOU WITH SYMPTOMS…

IF YOUR LISTENING TO THE WORD OF THE WORLD, AND NOT THE WORD OF GOD.. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WHEN THE WORLDS SYSTEM CRUMBLES…

AND IT WILL… SATAN WILL LET YOU DOWN, THE WORLD SYSTEM WILL LET YOU DOWN..DR.S PRACTICING MEDICINE…

ONLY FAITH IN GODS WORD AND HIS KINGDOM WILL SUSTAIN YOU IN THESE PERILESS TIMES.

1^ST PETER 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

ISAIAH 53: 5 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.

ISAIAH SAYS WITH HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED

1^ST PETER SAYS… BY WHOSE STRIPES YE WERE HEALED

ISAIAH WAS SAYING THERE IS COMING A SAVIOR THAT BY TAKING STRIPES WE CAN BE HEALED.

THIS WAS WRITTEN 700 YEARS BEFORE THE CROSS

1^ST PETER IS SAYING, BECAUSE JESUS FULFILLED THIS PROPHESY.. BY HIS STRIPES WE WERE HEALED

ALL WE NEED TO DO IS HAVE FAITH IN WHAT JESUS HAS ALREADY DONE.. IT WAS SETTLED AT CALVARY

SICKNESS AND DISEASE IS A DEMONIC CURSE

CANCER IS A CURSE, THAT IS WHY THEY WON’T EVER FIND A NATURAL CURE

YOU CAN’T CURE A SPIRITUAL DISEASE WITH A NATURAL MEANS, IT WON’T WORK

GOD DOES NOT PUT SICKNESS AND DISEASES ON PEOPLE TO HUMBLE THEM OR TEACH THEM A LESSON

ONLY THE NAME AND BLOOD OF JESUS WITH A CONFESSION OF FAITH WILL SUSTAIN YOU.

REMEMBER WHAT 3^RD JOHN VERSE 2 SAID

THE WILL OF GOD IS FOR YOU TO PROSPER AND BE IN GOOD HEALTH

Living and Understanding His Presence

Psalms 16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

If you will put away the stress of the day, and set aside its daily pressures, learning each day to rest in the presence of God, your life will change.

Gen 39:1-3 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.

²And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
³And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

God was with Joseph and blessed him greatly: Joseph stayed in Gods presence.

Everyday we need to acknowledge the presence of God, recognize what God has already done for us.

In his presence there is joy, which is your strength, there is pleasure knowing God will never leave you or forsake you.

Expand your consciousness of his presence; let God be part of your life.

God can’t be a part of your life unless you practice being in his presence.

If your life is a big zero, I know someone that can make something out of zero.

See the Lord in everything you do, when you praise Him you’re continuing in his presence.

When you’re reading the word, thanking Him for what he has done for you, meditating, acting on his promises, you’re continuing in His presence.

Let the grace of God bless your increase. Experience what God has in store for you in the heavenly realm.

Christians should not have difficulty producing fruit, God is with you, God is for you, and God is on your side.

An apple tree has no difficulty producing apples, give it plenty of sun light and plenty of water and it will grow and produce fruit.

It is the same thing with Christians we can’t change and produce fruit unless we are exposed to the Son’s light and the living water of Jesus Christ.

What you are exposed to the most, that is what you will end up producing.

God can’t be a part of your life, the favor of God can’t be on your life until you acknowledge his presence.

When you get up in the morning do you say good morning Lord or do you say good lord it’s morning.

The presence of God was with Moses at the red sea:

The presence of God was with Daniel in the lions den

The presence of God was with Shadrac, Meshach and Abednego in the furnace

The presence of God was with David when he killed Goliath.

The presence of God was only with them, how much better off are we with the New Blood covenant, God is now in us.

Most Christians believe that God will help them if they help themselves.

When you work you get the glory, when God works He gets the glory.

Psalms 72: 17-19 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
¹⁸Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
¹⁹And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.

Resting in the Lord means you believe and trust what has already been done at the Cross.

When God created the earth, He didn’t create man until it was finished.

God has this thing about not putting man in a place when things are not ready.

God is only going to put us in a place when everything has already been made ready.

Under the dispensation of grace, God has us in a place that everything you need is already done.

Most of the time our prayers are asking God to do something that has already been done.

You need to see faith as what goes into the past to get what is already available and bring it to the present.

What you have confidence in the most is what you are going to lean on the most.

Let God know you need Him, he loves to be needed. This wonderful opportunity to trust God will one day be gone.

Allow Him to show up in your life

We are in the age of grace and God wants you to take advantage of it. Please trust God in this.

In order to experience the benefit of the presence of God you must be assured that he will never leave you or forsake you.

BATTLE OF THE MIND

Heb 12: 1-3 12 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,²Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
³For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

Before you can enjoy the kind of victory that God has made available for you, you must first learn about the strategies the devil is using against you.

You must learn how he operates, so you can put a stop to his operations in your life. You must find out exactly where he is going to attack you.

We must lay aside and get rid of everything that slows us down… sin, wrong desires…We must look away from ourselves, or at the circumstances surrounding us, and keep or eyes upon Jesus.

If we start looking away, our eyes will be deceived; we must keep Jesus in our sight.

We are not the first to struggle with the problems we face, look at what the disciples faced.

Look at what Jesus faced, he saw the joy ahead of him, so he endured death on the cross and ignored the disgrace it brought Him.

Then he received the highest position in heaven, the one next to the throne of God the father.

Unless you become weary and faint in your minds, you too will have an eternal position with Christ.

As long as you live in a mortal body, your carnal natural mind is the place where your fight with Satan will be won or lost. Some people think Satan’s attacks come in the realm of the spirit, but they don’t.

Jesus defeated him where the spirit realm is concerned…once and for all. When we made Jesus the Lord of our life, that victory became forever ours. The battle for your spirit is over; it has already been fought and won.

As a believer you have been spiritually re-born into the image of God. There is absolutely nothing the devil can do to change that.

You must understand the difference between the soul and the spirit.

When you’re operating purely in the realm of the spirit, your mind, which is the realm of the soul is not in charge.

Even though Satan himself is a spirit, he has lost all his authority in the spiritual realm. He can not fight you in the spiritual realm anymore. But he can battle you in the mind.

1^st Corinthian 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

When you are tempted, God will give you the ability to endure the temptation as your way of escape.

That means, satin has to operate in this natural soulish realm, and even in the natural realm he has no authority.

But he can deceive you, deception is all he has. That doesn’t mean that he will just pack up and go home. He is still going to try to steal, kill and destroy you and your relationship with Jesus. He is going to try to do it by gaining control of your mind.

If you’re going to take a successful stand against the devil, you will have to do it on the battlefield of your mind.

If we start looking away from Jesus, our eyes will be deceived; we must keep Jesus in our sight.

Stay in the word,

Brother Andy

BLESSED BY GRACE

Eph. 1: 3-5   Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

⁴According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

⁵Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

Who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms or places.

This means, that in Christ we have all the benefits of knowing God.

Being chosen for salvation, Mathew 22:14 says, for many are called, but few are chosen.

To enter into these spiritual blessings, we must receive the invitation of his righteousness through Jesus Christ.

Being adopted as His children, Eph 1:5, we were predestinated (or fore ordained by divine decree) unto the adoption by Jesus Christ to Himself.

John 1: 12-13   That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

Being born makes you physically alive and places you in your parent’s family.

Being born of God makes you spiritually alive and puts you in Gods family.

Another spiritual blessing is forgiveness.

1^st John 1:9   If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

All people by nature and by practice are sinners, at our conversion; all our sins are forgiven, past present and future.

Even after we become Christians, we still sin and still need to confess or repent.

Another spiritual blessing is insight

Insight is a clear understanding of the inner nature of some specific thing.

Insight is: The ability to see and understand clearly.

2^nd Tim 2:7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

God speaks through His word and we need to be open to it and meditate on it.

Read the word then consider what you have read by thinking it through and meditating on it.

God, through the Holy Spirit will give you understanding.

Another blessing is the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Eph 4:4-12   There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
⁵One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

⁶One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

⁷But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

⁸Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

⁹(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

¹⁰He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

¹¹And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

¹²For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
Eph 1:17   That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

The spirit of wisdom, knowledge and understanding, comes from God the Father, through the Holy Spirit who reveals the truth to your spirit.

We receive through His mercy and grace. This is His gift to you. It is not of your works, but of His grace and favor.

Another spiritual blessing is Power to do the will of God.

God’s will is His word, and the will of God, will never lead you where the grace of God can not keep you.

2^nd Peter 1:3   According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

Many believers want an abundance of God’s special favor and peace, but they are unwilling to put forth the effort to know Him better.

The power to lead a godly life comes from God

God allows us to share in His divine nature, in order to keep us from sin.

God by his spirit empowers us with his own goodness…

Another blessing is the hope of living forever with Christ.

Hope is the inner image of who we are in Christ Jesus

Heb 6:19   Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

This confidence is like a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls.

Two unchangeable things are God’s promise and his oath. He can not lie, because God is truth.

You can be sure of his promises; you don’t need to wonder if he will change His plans.

Our hope is secure and immoveable, anchored in God

Don’t loose hope, have faith in God, faith is a positive response to what grace has already made available.

FOUNDATION FOR OUR DAILY LIVES

Psalms 11: 1-3 In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
²For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
³If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

For some reason David was forced to flee for safety several times.

Being Gods anointed King did not make him immune to injustice and hatred from others.

Even with all of this happening David always knew that God was always in control.

Like David, faith in God keeps us from loosing hope, and helps us to resist fear.

Hope is and always will be the foundation for faith. In knowing Gods word we build on this foundation.

David was comforted because he knew God was greater than anything his enemies could bring against him.

When your foundation is shaken and you feel like hiding, remember that God is still in control.

God’s power is not diminished by the turn of today’s events.

Nothing happens without his knowledge and permission

God has had a plan since the beginning of time and no leader, no president, no man or event can change Gods plan.

It is going to be as He planed, and just as it was planned

So if you watch fox news and sometimes feel like running away, run to God.

He is the one with the plan.

God will restore justice and goodness on the earth in His own good time

Something you should know. God does not preserve the believers from difficult circumstances.

But he tests both the righteous and the wicked.

For some, Gods tests become a refining fire, while for others they become an incinerator for destruction.

Don’t ignore Gods tests and challenges; use them as opportunities for growth.

Sometimes for Christians in these days, living for God in a deceitful world can be full of difficulty and lonely.

At one time the great prophet Elijah felt so lonely he wanted to die.

We are never alone in our battle against evil, so when you feel alone, seek out other believers for strength and support.

God cares for the weak and the needy. He promises His protection. His promises and provision are mightier than any problem.

We have one hope, the word of God. God’s words are as flawless as refined silver, so listen carefully when He speaks.

Sometimes all we need to do is talk over a problem with a friend

A believing friend can help you put things in a different perspective.

There are times we think that God is slow to act on our behalf.

Like most humans we want it, and we want it now.

When you feel impatient, remember David’s steadfast faith in God’s unfailing love.

God not only expects us to obey his guidelines but he wants us to love Him with all our heart.

No one except Jesus Christ has done that perfectly, sometime we humans fall short.

Today we live among evil people whose standards and morals are eroding.

Our standard of living this life, as believers, should not come from our evil society, but from Gods word.

Words are powerful and how you use them reflects on your relationship with God.

It is human nature to make our own plans and then ask God to bless them.

Instead, we should seek Gods will first.

We can do this by constantly thinking about the Lord and His way of living.

Believers and unbelievers alike experience pain and trouble as well as failure at times.

Those who seek God can move ahead, confident in knowing what is right in Gods eyes.

Those who know God know that God will help keep them from straying off His chosen path.

The Inner Man, part one

3 John 2…Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

The human person is made up of three individual personalities called, body, soul and spirit.

The body is the temple or housing for the spirit man to operate thru, In relation to the natural world

The soul is also made up of three parts, the mind, will and emotion.

The spirit is only one same as our body.

The human body takes in food, but you don’t have to educate the body as to how the food is to be digested, and how the food contributes to benefit the bodies function.

The body doesn’t have to think, it does what comes naturally…

But when you feed the spirit man, you do have to think.

Why? because your spirit man is similar to a computer. A computer can be plugged into the power and turned on, but if it hasn’t been programmed it will only give you a blank screen.

Why? It is simple, if there is nothing going into the heart of the computer, nothing can come out.

It is the exact same thing with the spirit man, the heart of any thing is the central part. In essence, heart of man, heart of the watermelon and so forth.

Matthew 12: 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks…

The heart does not speak thru the soul, it speaks thru the inner man, which is the heart of the person or spirit or inner man, spiritually speaking they are the same.

The food or words for the spirit man or inner man, is fed thru the eyes and ears, to the mind, which is part of the soul.

At that time this has to be decide by the mind (or thinking part), and by the will, and by the emotions, which is the soul, as to how the spirit or inner man should receive this information.

Remember what it said in Matthew 12: 34. What goes in thru the soul comes out of the abundance of the heart, or the inner man.

If your eyes and ears take in the wrong information, then your soul has to deal with this before it gets to your spirit man.

If you see something that God wouldn’t approve of, bind it right then so it won’t go in your spirit man.

Same thing with hearing something worldly, rebuke it and say that is not my thought.

Matthew 15: 18-19 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.¹⁹For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, and blasphemies:

The reason this spiritual war is so hard for the natural person is every word you hear whether good or bad, religious or non-religious has to go thru the soul.

Every thing you see good or bad also has to go thru the soul. Let’s get a mental picture going here

You hear something, good or bad, wrong or right, religious or non-religious…

At this time your soul, which is made up of the mind, will and emotions has to direct this information that is coming in.

Now which one of the three parts of the soul is going to do the directing?

Your mind which is carnal?

Your emotions which are natural?

Or your will, which is controlled either by the natural ability from your mind or emotions or supernatural ability governed by the Holy Spirit.

Only one will feed your spirit or inner man. That is why we need to put on the full armor of God.

This armor is to protect the spirit man.

The name of Jesus, the blood of Jesus and the word of God protect the natural man.

The coverage of the armor is as following…

The helmet Protects the soul or thinking part of you.

The breastplate covers and protects the heart which is the place or dwelling of the Holy Spirit.

The belt of truth is to girt your self with the truths of God.

The gospel shoes are to protect your peace of mind while going thru tribulations on earth.

The two edged sword is the word of God

The shield of faith is to protect you from the fiery darts of the wicked.

BEING SET APART

1^ST COR 1: 29-30 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
³⁰But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
³¹That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

We know Jesus has been made sanctification and holiness for us

Jesus has also been made righteousness and redemption for us.

We can not call ourselves righteous unless we except Jesus who has made us righteous.

Without Jesus, we can not be righteous

We can’t say we are redeemed without accepting Jesus who is our redeemer.

We can’t say we have wisdom without accepting Jesus who is our wisdom.

When we receive Jesus He is our everything; He is our wisdom, our righteousness our holiness and our redemption.

Holiness can’t be reduced down to conduct. Holiness is a person and his name is Jesus.

When we get Jesus we get sanctification. When we get Jesus we get holiness.

But we can’t get holiness until we get Jesus, and we can’t get sanctification until we get Jesus. We can’t be righteous until we get Jesus.

So when you have Jesus you have everything.

The book of Romans says I give you my Son and with him you can freely receive all things.

For Christians, Jesus is everything for us.

God’s way of deliverance is to take your eyes off yourself and put them on Jesus.

If you want to be healed, know that life is in Him, when you know you have the life of God living throughout the whole of you the other things God has for you are going to be there.

We must get our eyes off our circumstances and back on Jesus. That is the key to all deliverance.

When the snakes were killing the people in the desert, God told Moses to put a serpent on a stick and when they looked upon it they would be healed.

God wanted them to get their eyes off their circumstances.

When you start getting your eyes off of circumstances and get your eyes on Jesus, you are going to start moving into the supernatural.

Holiness to the world looks different to them than it looks to the body of Christ.

2^nd Cor 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

This means we see Jesus through the word of God. The Holy Spirit will now change us into the image of what we behold.

Not your self effort, not your works, the Holy Spirit is going to change you into what you behold.

As you get into the word and start to see the glory in the word, and you see Jesus in the word, the Holy Spirit says I am going to change the things about you to this image.

Then you look up one day and your financial situation has changed, and the Dr. said you were sick but you kept looking at the word and the Holy Spirit changed you into that image.

The Holy Spirit can’t change you without you looking at Jesus and the Word.

If you don’t change and get into the word, twenty years from now you will be in the same image that you are in now.

But if you will get in the word, and see your life through the word, instead of the circumstances around you, you will bypass natural processes and will be connected to supernatural processes and when you look up one day, and you see that you look like the image of God, that which you have been looking at.

When things come up in your life, don’t respond in the natural, because you will only stay in the natural.

1^st Peter 2: 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

We are a purchased people, Purchased by the blood of Jesus.

John 17: 15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

Jesus does not say take them out of the world, but rather I am going to take you out of the influence of it.

NOT BY OUR WORK

NOT BY OUR WORKS

Romans 8:34-39…Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is

risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
³⁵Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
³⁶As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
³⁷Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
³⁸For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
³⁹Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Who can separate us from the love of Christ?

Nothing can ever separate us from His love

Death can’t, and life can’t, the angel can’t, and demons can’t, and even the powers of hell can’t keep Gods love away.

Nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God, that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

We have to believe that we are highly favored and beloved by God.

If you have done something in your past or in your life that has convinced you that God doesn’t love you, you must get rid of it right now.

You must settle it with God, for he wants to prosper you in every way.

3^rd John 2…Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

Prosperity is not just about money, God wants to prosper you in every way.

God is saying he wants all things well with you as your soul prospers… above all things.

Prosperity in your spirit…is being born again.

Prosperity in your soul… is renewing your mind

Prosperity in your body… is being healthy and being well.

Start meditating in this, being consciously aware that God loves you.

When you don’t believe God loves you and you look around and see things are not working for you, you will have a problem with every promise God has made for you.

You will think that’s not for me, I’ve done so many bad things.

The devil has a hard time bringing the problems and destruction to the lives of people, who know they are highly loved of God.

Under the law, God had a part and you had a part.

Under the law it was about what ever you do, God does, under the law… do good, get good.

Romans 6:14…For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

We are no longer under the Law; Sin has no more dominion over us, now we are under grace.

Under grace there is a new way of freedom

It is the gift of Jesus that we have no condemnation.

To condemn a building, means it has no further use.

Don’t even think if you happen to miss the mark, that you can no longer be used of God.

If you’re born again, God can always find a use for you, if you are willing to be used by Him.

Prospering in every way is subject to the prosperity of a person’s soul.

Even as your soul prospers, so everything else will prosper.

As goes you soul, so goes everything else.

As a man thinketh, then in his heart so is he.

The devil will always try to get a person in the area of wrong thinking.

Because he knows wrong thinking will prevent you being successful in every way.

So who is governing your thinking, is it your five senses, what you see, what you hear, smell or taste, or maybe it is what you feel…

What you are exposed to will determine how you think.

You must bring your thinking to be on nothing else but the things of God.

It is about making adjustments so you can be successful in every way.

Wrong thinking will produce wrong living

Wrong thinking will not let you be successful in every way.

Walking in the flesh does not line up with the word of God.

Walking in the spirit is the way of thinking that lines up with the word of God.

Above all things, walk in the truth.

John 1:17…For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

You will either live a life of merited favor of God, which is undeserved favor, because we can’t earn it, or works in our own self effort can’t earn it.

Every successful outcome that was successful because of the favor of God… it was never you.

You have to be careful not to confuse what God made happen with you making it happen.

Sometime supernatural things can look natural.

Stay in the Word

Brother Andy

RIGHTEOUS CONCIOUS

2^ND Timothy 2: 19…¹⁹Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

When we accept Jesus as Lord and Savior, and the finished work of the cross, we become a new creation. At that moment that we accept Jesus, the Holy Spirit seals this new spirit, or new creation, and lives or dwells in us.

The Holy Spirit reveals Gods wisdom, to our spirit, keeping us on the path of righteousness. We are heirs to the kingdom of God and no devil in hell can take this away from you.

John 10: 27-30…²⁷My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

²⁸And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

²⁹My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

³⁰I and my Father are one.

No one can take you out of Jesus’ hand, and even if they could, they can’t take you out of the Fathers hand… Jesus and the Father are as one…

Hebrews 13: 5…⁵Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Jesus says, I will never leave you or forsake you… and by no means will I ever forsake you, we must believe that.

2 Corinthians 5: 21…For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

God made Jesus to be sin for us… who knew no sin… Jesus died so we could live, he was born to die. He died so that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. He was made sin so we could be made righteous He did nothing to be made sin; we did nothing to be made righteous.

Matthew 7: 21-23…²¹Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

²²Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

²³And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Someone might say, just because you are saved, doesn’t mean you will go to heaven. That automatically puts you on the works mentality.

If you believe that, and except it, you will revert back to the Law, doing things under your own effort… you will fail. That is where Satan wants to keep you; he knows that he can defeat you if you are in your own effort.

This is the reason we must stay with a righteous conscious…

These people Jesus was talking to were not Christians, had they been he would have known them. What he was saying, never at any time did I have a relationship with them, that I knew them. Here is what he said, depart from me, you workers of iniquity, for I never knew you

These people depended on their works and not what Jesus did at the cross. He accused these people of their iniquities…

Before you can use that scripture, you have to figure out, who are these people saying Lord, Lord. Who are these people that are questioning, have I not prophesied in your name?

Luke 6: 46…⁴⁶And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

These people never did prophecy, they did cast out demons…they never did good works, they were deceived.

Many people today think signing a card, joining a church, being baptized and many wonderful works of the flesh, believing works produce salvation. So many people have been trained that the wonderful works will save you, works will not save you.

These people that Jesus is speaking about are not born again believers…They were not operating in the spiritual gifts, and fell away, and became reprobates.

Romans 1:28-29…²⁸And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

²⁹Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

A reprobate mind is a person rejected by God. They are excluded from or beyond the hope of salvation. A worker of the flesh is a worker of iniquity. The wages of sin is for the worker of iniquity

The gift of righteousness is for the believer. If you are a believer and have been born again, he will know you; you are what God made you.

Continue in the Word

Brother Andy

WHEN THE CROSSES ARE GONE

WHEN THE CROSSES ARE GONE

Phil. 3:18-19   ¹⁸(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

¹⁹Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

In these last days or better said; so close to the rapture days. The world situation is reaching the peak of evilness

People in the world having the mindset that if everyone is doing it then it must be ok… No conscious of sin or wrong doing, bombing churches, killing seems to be the thing to do.

There seems to be no right or wrong anymore. People are thinking only on this life on earth, their god is their appetite for shameful things, lust, money, sexual perversion…

Are we responding to the world situations or the inspired word of God? What will we do when the crosses are gone?

Several things need to take place before the end of days, which is after the rapture. But nothing needs to happen before the son of God takes us out of this world into His world. If you are not a believer and not serving God through his word, you are in trouble.

Mark 8: 36-38   ³⁶For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

³⁷Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

³⁸Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

What would you give in exchange for your soul…? Your soul is made up of your mind, will and emotion.

What will it profit us if we gain all the things of the world and loose our eternity with Christ. Are we going to be ashamed to stand and look into the eyes of Jesus?

John 14: 6   Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

John 14:17   ¹⁷Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

The world cannot receive the truth, because the truth only comes through the wisdom of the Holy Spirit.

You will never know the truth if you haven’t made Jesus the Lord of your life and received the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the one who reveals truth to your spirit.

John 15: 18-19   ¹⁸If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

¹⁹If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

Christians are not of this world, we are here only to be a vessel that Christ can use to carry out what he finished at the cross. The world hated Christ without a cause and the world will hate you also.

Very soon as Christians keep following the religions of the world and not following the word of God, the point of no return will keep getting smaller and smaller.

John 1: 1-5 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

²The same was in the beginning with God.

³All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

⁴In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

⁵And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

The word of God overcame by the blood of the lamb, Jesus Christ. This is what the cross is about…

What will you do when the crosses are gone?

Stay in the word

Brother Andy

FREEDOM FROM A SIN CONCIOUS

FREEDOM FROM A SIN CONCIOUS

Hebrew 2: 14-15 ¹⁴Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

¹⁵And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

When you know and understand what Jesus has done for you, then you are free from bondage. But to be free from bondage, you have to know the truth.

The danger of a sin conscious is that your faith won’t work. No matter what you are believing for, it won’t work.

The question is what did Jesus really do? Jesus left his home in heaven, then came to earth, took on a body of flesh and blood, so he could die. As a spirit he could not die, spirit doesn’t die.

So in order for him to die he had to take on something that could die a body of flesh and blood. Not only did he take on flesh and blood so he could die, he now has a body to give as a sin offering.

He was born to die… there had to be a death, there had to be a blood sacrifice. Everything Jesus suffered was supposed to be for us.

He took our suffering; our pain of death, the whipping, being beat, spit on, and even went to hell in our place. Because he went to hell we don’t have to.

The sin debt had to be paid for, and Jesus was the only one that could pay that debt. Jesus set us free from shame, poverty and the bondage of fear of death. Satan does not have the power of death anymore

If you don’t absolutely understand what Jesus did on that cross and as soon as the sin conscious comes back you will be back to step one.

Hebrew 10: 26 ²⁶For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

If you don’t know who this is written to you will miss the whole thing. How can we give a correct interpretation of this verse of scripture, and not know what the Jewish people went through.

We have been taught that if you willfully or deliberately sin there is no more sacrifice for sin.

What did that do to you when someone said that to you? It makes you feel condemned, hopeless and it makes you feel like I might miss heaven.

This letter was written to the Jewish Hebrew people. It was never meant for the believers of Jesus. Under the Mosaic Law if you sin willfully after Jesus has come and go back to the sacrificing of bulls and goats… there is no more sacrifice!

The Hebrews willfully sinning is the refection of Jesus Christ as the final sacrifice and going back to the temple sacrifice.

The only sacrifice for the remission of sin is the blood of Jesus Christ. And if you reject Him as the only sacrifice, there is none other sacrifice for sin.

This is and was always plan A. there is no plan B. When you go back under the Law, and try to make Gods word work in your life under your own efforts you will fail.

You will always have a sin conscious, wondering if I break the law will this or that happen. You will always be in bondage with a sin conscious.

That is why Jesus came to deliver us and make us right before God, so we could be righteous conscious.

That is why Jesus came to deliver us and make us right before God, so we could be righteous conscious.

Righteousness by the law says…do. Righteousness by faith says… done. It is not about what God is going to do… it is about what God has already done…

Stay in the word,

Brother Andy

How Do I Know It Is The Voice of God

How do I know it is the Voice of God

Today we live in a natural world, in a natural flesh body. We also have a soul and spirit.

Because we live in a natural world, in the flesh, we have the tendency to lean toward our five physical senses.

What we see, hear, smell, touch and taste are the natural things we focus on most of the time. However this is the main reason Satan, the devil, can manipulate us. We are in his natural arena.

Now is the time to move ahead and focus on the spirit man, which is inside of you, and the spirits way of thinking.

Doing this will put you over into Gods arena, and there you will have Gods thoughts, the way that God wants you to go, and Gods protection.

Here is how you do that:

Keep Gods word in front of your eyes at all times. No matter what you think you see with your natural eyes, go to Gods word. See what he has to say about your situation.

The same thing goes with what you hear; sometimes what we think we hear might not be what was actually said.

There is a lot of difference between something truly stated and a statement of truth.

John 8:32 says… and you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. God’s word is the truth that sets you free.

Sometimes people doubt Gods word, they say if I can’t see it, hear it, smell it, taste it, or touch it probably isn’t there.

That kind of thinking will only lead into deception. You can’t fight spiritual war thinking in the natural realm, or in a carnal mind set.

Smell and taste have similar reactions, but on another level…there are a lot of times when God is speaking to us but we are not listening.

There are a lot of times that God hears our cry but we haven’t trained our spiritual ears to hear him speak.

Satan works in the natural, where as God works in the supernatural.

The reason we are not hearing the voice of God is we stay in the natural arena of thinking and Satan blocks us from hearing from the supernatural way that God speaks to us.

John 5:25 says… the hour is coming when even the dead in Christ will hear his voice and respond to it.

So if the dead can hear his voice and respond to it, surely we the living can train ourselves to recognize it…think about it, try it.

Open up your heart to God, talk to him, meditate on his word, you might be surprised how close God is to you in your life.

Read the word,

Brother Andy.

WHERE IS THE BATTLE

Where is the battle

Heb 12: 1-3 12 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

²Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

³For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.