"Be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil." - Ephesians 5:15,16

Jesus knew this world was a realm under satanic siege. From the casting out of lucifer and his angels from Heaven, to the temptation in the Garden of Eden, to Babylon and the multiplication of nations under satanic influence, planet Earth has been an embattled world. The idea that somehow our era is less threatened by evil is the height of deception. We must fight if we will follow Christ into victory.

No matter how beautiful or even innocent the world around us seems at times, remember there was a serpent in Paradise itself. If Adam and Eve had possessed a war mode mentality, they never would have casually accepted the lies of lucifer. Likewise today, we need to be wise and walk carefully, for "the days are evil."

 

 

 

A test is different from a temptation. Spiritual tests are given to us so that we can go on to the greater anointing and spiritual authority.

 

 

 

Luke 11:9 - "So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."

Jesus is telling us, "Don't stop after you pray. Get up and go look for what you asked for. You will find it if you seek it. It may be behind some closed doors. If that is the case, then knock. When the devil tries to hold it back, just keep persisting until the door falls down."

According to the Word of God, If you knock it will come to pass. This is the meaning of active prayer.

2 Timothy 3:17 - "That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works."

 

 

 

Do not accept what the world calls normal. We need a fresh Gospel mentality that is willing to walk away from the things that hinder and hamper our CALLING IN CHRIST.

Jesus' invitation to Peter is still being given to us today. Are you ready to leave the shore and become something more?

"Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; all your waves and billows have gone over me." - Psalm 42:7

 

 

 

Can you feel the depth of God's heart CALLING to you in this season? Can you feel the depth of your spirit desiring Him more than your next breath? Launch out and launch into Him. It is in this place that your wilderness becomes a fruitful field.

 

 

 

His power is alive and flowing through us, and once you receive the breakthrough in one area, your faith will become stronger and you will find that you have faith to move mountains that are a little larger than what the last ones were, because you are attaining the understanding unto believing, and that simply means that the word no longer remains as only head knowledge, but also becomes written on the tablets of your heart ie. it has been made real to your spirit.

When we make a place of agreement with discouragement, we tend to shortly thereafter give up. As Believers, we must see the enemy as he really is...underneath our feet!

Luke 10:19 - "Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you."

Jeremiah 23:29 says, "'Is not My word like a fire?' says the LORD, 'And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?'"

 

 

 

 

Words are not enough to claim the Kingdom of God. It takes strength and courage and violence. You must violently resist the tides of the world. Violently give up all that holds you back from God. Violently turn your will over to God to do His will alone.

 

 

 

We have many concerns and many thoughts that should have been taken captive but were not (2 Corinthians 10:5, Matthew 6:31). But when we enter into that place of His Presence (Psalm 91:1), He begins to re-order our thinking Heavenward. Most of the earthly stuff moves into the unimportant category.
Oh, how the Lord longs for His church to receive a revelation of His ravished heart - utterly overwhelmed with delight for us - even though we may not like or believe in ourselves. (Psalm 45:11)

 

 

 

John the Baptist was a prophet. He introduced Jesus. We may be ordinary people, but we do the same thing -- men and women introducing the Man, Christ Jesus.

 

 

 

The Lord is calling His sons to arise. They will arise with power and authority when they know their identity in Christ and they stand on that truth. Our true identity comes from our position as children of God. As children of God we inherit everything that Jesus has as we are co-heirs with Him.
The idea of spiritual adoption is presented in John 1:12 - "But those who embraced him and took hold of his name were given authority to become the children of God!"

 

 

To make Christians, we must get people attached to Jesus, not to certain evangelical teachings. As witnesses, we as persons are important. Our personalities and Christ combine in this work.

 

 

ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY
http://afministry.ning.com/