Bishop Brian Jones, is known as "the prophet to the kings", Bishop is a international television host, Bishop has been seen on Daystar Network, INSP Network, CTN Christian Televsion Network and many others. Author of the books Power principles on evangelism and How to release the anointing, founder and overseer of the Soul Winners Network International, and senior pastor of the Fathers House Worship Center, and founder of the School of the Apostles and Prophets in the Detroit Metro area.
Venue location may change please call 808 308 8360 to register before 6-15-2010. HolySpirit Personal Prophecy will be availible on location to all.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
5 Fold Team Ministries
At 5 Fold Team Ministries (5FTM) we understand the importance of simplicity and understanding where partnership is concerned. “…In all your getting, get understanding” (Proverbs 4:7, NKJV). The information below gives a clearer understanding of what it means to become in covenant with Bishop Brian M. Jones as your Apostle. Understanding the Ministry of the apostle is sent from Jesus Christ.
"This is the Purpose of the 5-Fold Team Ministries” To bring together the 5- fold gifts as in Eph 4:11-15 working with the local ministries to impart foundational truth and grace to the church. Uniting our anointing, time, talent and resources building in the Kingdom. As we proclaim Jesus, the Christ, as the Head of the church and the manifested Word of God, our goal is to teach the Word of God with simplicity and understanding. Restoration of the ministry of the true Apostles and Prophets and attain oneness in the faith and in the comprehension of the full and accurate knowledge of the Son of God; then we will arrive at really mature manhood - the completeness of personality which is nothing less than the standard height of Christ's own perfection - the measure of the stature of the fullness of the Christ, and the completeness found in Him.
What Covenant is: Covenant is relationship between people who support one another in the achievement of a common goal. According to Ephesians 4:16 and 1 Thessalonians 3:1-3, together we make up the body of Christ and should therefore support one another. As your partner, 5FTM wants to help you fulfill the will of God for your life. That’s what partners do—we help to maximize each other’s strengths.
A. A covenant is the foundation of the family.
1. A covenant is a promise that cannot be broken.
a. A covenant, as opposed to a contract, is based on promises, not conditions.
b. Covenant gives birth to family.
2. In the Old Testament, a covenant was established by blood (Genesis 15:8-10).
3. Jesus was the last blood sacrifice. Covenants, since then, are now established with words.
a. A covenant is a commitment or pledge by two or more parties to carry out the terms agreed upon.
B. The purpose of a covenant is to eliminate weaknesses.
1. When roles are well-defined and understood, a relationship can fulfill its purpose.
2. Each person should always remember his or her promises because it keeps the family together.
3. We need to challenge ourselves to be better than we are now.
C. A covenant is not the same as a contract.
1. A covenant promise means you give up your rights to the other person.
2. A contract aims to protect your rights; in essence saying that you don't trust another person.
3. A covenant means you've made up your mind to honor the promise made to the other person.
4. You can get out of a contract when difficulties arise, but a covenant is binding.
5. A covenant means that problems are opportunities for healing.
By no means is partnership just an avenue through which to raise finances. Instead, it involves a mutual exchange of faithfulness. Bishop Brian M. Jones an Apostle of Jesus Christ will faithfully and actively pray on your behalf daily, declaring the blessing—the empowerment to prosper and excel—on you and your ministry and business. Partners of this ministry have a right to connect to the anointing that is on this ministry so that they, too, can prosper spiritually, socially, mentally, physically, emotionally and financially.
The entire 5FTM family strives to reciprocate in meaningful ways the commitment that our Partners show. For example, this ministry hosts intimate Partner-Only Meetings. We endeavor to provide the best.
Our Part:
• Pray daily for God’s blessings to be on you
• Study and diligently seek the Word of God
• Minister to you personal life coaching monthly from Bishop Brian Jones, Apostle
• Furnish you with an official partner certificate
• Periodically offer special gifts for your spiritual edification and growth
• Be good stewards and operate with integrity and excellence
Your Part:
• Attend meetings in your area
• Always pray for Bishop Brian M Jones, his family and 5-fold Team Ministries
• Contact us periodically
• Actively strive to recruit new Partners
• Support the Apostle financially with your monthly offerings: Your Tithes and first fruits. "Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account” (Philippians 4:17).
Furthermore, as you sow toward the manifestation of 5FTM's vision, expect the manifestation of God’s vision for your life! Each of us possesses a supply of the anointing—empowerment to prosper. Through partnership, we all play a significant role in building the kingdom of God on the foundation of God’s love.
"This is the Purpose of the 5-Fold Team Ministries” To bring together the 5- fold gifts as in Eph 4:11-15 working with the local ministries to impart foundational truth and grace to the church. Uniting our anointing, time, talent and resources building in the Kingdom. As we proclaim Jesus, the Christ, as the Head of the church and the manifested Word of God, our goal is to teach the Word of God with simplicity and understanding. Restoration of the ministry of the true Apostles and Prophets and attain oneness in the faith and in the comprehension of the full and accurate knowledge of the Son of God; then we will arrive at really mature manhood - the completeness of personality which is nothing less than the standard height of Christ's own perfection - the measure of the stature of the fullness of the Christ, and the completeness found in Him.
What Covenant is: Covenant is relationship between people who support one another in the achievement of a common goal. According to Ephesians 4:16 and 1 Thessalonians 3:1-3, together we make up the body of Christ and should therefore support one another. As your partner, 5FTM wants to help you fulfill the will of God for your life. That’s what partners do—we help to maximize each other’s strengths.
A. A covenant is the foundation of the family.
1. A covenant is a promise that cannot be broken.
a. A covenant, as opposed to a contract, is based on promises, not conditions.
b. Covenant gives birth to family.
2. In the Old Testament, a covenant was established by blood (Genesis 15:8-10).
3. Jesus was the last blood sacrifice. Covenants, since then, are now established with words.
a. A covenant is a commitment or pledge by two or more parties to carry out the terms agreed upon.
B. The purpose of a covenant is to eliminate weaknesses.
1. When roles are well-defined and understood, a relationship can fulfill its purpose.
2. Each person should always remember his or her promises because it keeps the family together.
3. We need to challenge ourselves to be better than we are now.
C. A covenant is not the same as a contract.
1. A covenant promise means you give up your rights to the other person.
2. A contract aims to protect your rights; in essence saying that you don't trust another person.
3. A covenant means you've made up your mind to honor the promise made to the other person.
4. You can get out of a contract when difficulties arise, but a covenant is binding.
5. A covenant means that problems are opportunities for healing.
By no means is partnership just an avenue through which to raise finances. Instead, it involves a mutual exchange of faithfulness. Bishop Brian M. Jones an Apostle of Jesus Christ will faithfully and actively pray on your behalf daily, declaring the blessing—the empowerment to prosper and excel—on you and your ministry and business. Partners of this ministry have a right to connect to the anointing that is on this ministry so that they, too, can prosper spiritually, socially, mentally, physically, emotionally and financially.
The entire 5FTM family strives to reciprocate in meaningful ways the commitment that our Partners show. For example, this ministry hosts intimate Partner-Only Meetings. We endeavor to provide the best.
Our Part:
• Pray daily for God’s blessings to be on you
• Study and diligently seek the Word of God
• Minister to you personal life coaching monthly from Bishop Brian Jones, Apostle
• Furnish you with an official partner certificate
• Periodically offer special gifts for your spiritual edification and growth
• Be good stewards and operate with integrity and excellence
Your Part:
• Attend meetings in your area
• Always pray for Bishop Brian M Jones, his family and 5-fold Team Ministries
• Contact us periodically
• Actively strive to recruit new Partners
• Support the Apostle financially with your monthly offerings: Your Tithes and first fruits. "Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account” (Philippians 4:17).
Furthermore, as you sow toward the manifestation of 5FTM's vision, expect the manifestation of God’s vision for your life! Each of us possesses a supply of the anointing—empowerment to prosper. Through partnership, we all play a significant role in building the kingdom of God on the foundation of God’s love.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
GOD IS LOVE
GOD IS LOVE! Such simple, well known words and yet how hard to grasp! None of us can totally comprehend God’s love. If we could only begin to understand a little of it, what a difference it would make in our relationship with Him and with others. What peace and joy and comfort it would bring to our troubled hearts. Because God is infinite, His love is infinite, endless, immeasurable and it has no boundaries.
Because God is everlasting, His love is everlasting. It has no beginning and it has no end. “The Lord hath appeared of old unto me saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee.” Jeremiah 31:3
Because God is omnipotent, His love is powerful enough to accomplish whatever is best for me. God will take all the circumstances of your life and mix them together for your good. Read Romans 8:28-39. Nothing is too good for God to give His child and no power can destroy His love for us. If I delight myself in Him, He promises to give me the desires of my heart. Psalms 37:4
Because God is omniscient (all knowing ), He sees the end from the beginning and knows what is best for me. God is pleased when I trust in Him with my plans for my future. Jeremiah 29:11; Isaiah 55 8-9.
Because God is holy, His love is holy and pure. God, who is omnipotent (all powerful) could be an ogre or a tyrant is His love weren’t holy. Because of His holiness and purity, I see only good from Him.
Because God is omnipresent, (He is everywhere) His love is with me wherever I am and regardless of my situation. He is able to show His love to me. Psalm 139:1-18
Because God is immutable, (unchanging) His love is unchanging. He isn’t fickle. He does not withhold His love from us as we do from others when we think it is undeserved.
Because we are human and have our physical and emotional weaknesses, we cannot always feel His love, but He is still with us, working out good in our lives.
God’s love is practical. It is more than just words. God’s love is self-giving and is shown to us in His Son Jesus Christ, who died to pay the penalty for our sins. Only as I trust Jesus and know Him as my Saviour and Lord can, I ever know His love for me. No one deserves God’s love. We can never earn it. It’s a totally free gift of His grace and He lavishes it on His children.
If we are yielded to Him, living under the control of His Holy Spirit, Jesus fills us with His love and it spills over to others.
Because God is everlasting, His love is everlasting. It has no beginning and it has no end. “The Lord hath appeared of old unto me saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee.” Jeremiah 31:3
Because God is omnipotent, His love is powerful enough to accomplish whatever is best for me. God will take all the circumstances of your life and mix them together for your good. Read Romans 8:28-39. Nothing is too good for God to give His child and no power can destroy His love for us. If I delight myself in Him, He promises to give me the desires of my heart. Psalms 37:4
Because God is omniscient (all knowing ), He sees the end from the beginning and knows what is best for me. God is pleased when I trust in Him with my plans for my future. Jeremiah 29:11; Isaiah 55 8-9.
Because God is holy, His love is holy and pure. God, who is omnipotent (all powerful) could be an ogre or a tyrant is His love weren’t holy. Because of His holiness and purity, I see only good from Him.
Because God is omnipresent, (He is everywhere) His love is with me wherever I am and regardless of my situation. He is able to show His love to me. Psalm 139:1-18
Because God is immutable, (unchanging) His love is unchanging. He isn’t fickle. He does not withhold His love from us as we do from others when we think it is undeserved.
Because we are human and have our physical and emotional weaknesses, we cannot always feel His love, but He is still with us, working out good in our lives.
God’s love is practical. It is more than just words. God’s love is self-giving and is shown to us in His Son Jesus Christ, who died to pay the penalty for our sins. Only as I trust Jesus and know Him as my Saviour and Lord can, I ever know His love for me. No one deserves God’s love. We can never earn it. It’s a totally free gift of His grace and He lavishes it on His children.
If we are yielded to Him, living under the control of His Holy Spirit, Jesus fills us with His love and it spills over to others.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
COVENANT TREASURE
A PROPHETIC WORD FOR THIS SEASON
THIS IS THE OF REVEALING HIDDEN TREASURES, REMEDIES, HEALING POWERS, AND VIRTUE NEEDED TO ATTAIN DESIRE.
So this is the season of manifestation, transfer of wealth, and release of miracles. Meaning that we need to ask the Lord to cause His desires or we will find ourselves attempting to satisfy desires that are not the best for our lives. desire is a function of the emotions.
HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE HARVEST?
Joshua and God’s covenant people had to gain daily strategy over how to advance and “possess” God’s inheritance that had been promised to Abraham. In other words, if they were going up against another obstacle, whether it was a city, people, or whatever, they had to get their instructions from the Lord on how to advance and what to do with the spoils of war. All the examples in the Word of God become types and shadows for us and produce principles of harvest that we should grasp today. within every FIELD on earth, there is a harvest. When we study harvest in the Bible, we find that there was a SHORT opportunity to gather the crops in the field. I believe we are entering into a door of opportunity and need to begin to pray accordingly.
There is a great principle that runs throughout the Word of God in relation to BOUNDARIES, DOMINION, AND AUTHORITY. When God placed Adam and Even in the garden, He told them to TEND or WATCH AFTER the garden boundaries. They didn’t do to well in this area. Finally, we see the Lord finding a person - a man named Abraham. Abraham had been called out of Ur, a Chaldean city whose main worship was to the Queen of Heaven, to follow God into the boundaries of freedom and prosperity. When Abraham responded to God’s call to leave the form of worship he was practicing and follow Him, the Lord cut covenant with Abraham in GENESIS 15. In this covenant, He established the boundaries of Abraham’s inheritance. This established the precedent. God has an inheritance for us. But, our inheritance, or portion had physical boundaries determined with its portion.
In the New Testament, we find the same example of boundaries. In II CORINTHIANS 10, Paul is discussing spiritual warfare. He then begins to declare the reality of his apostolic authority and the limit of its territorial boundaries.
VERSE 13, says, WE, HOWEVER, WILL NOT BOAST BEYOND MEASURE, BUT WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE SPHERE THAT GOD APPOINTED US - A SPHERE THAT ESPECIALLY INCLUDES YOU.
The New International says it this way, WE WILL CONFINE OUR BOASTING TO THE FIELD GOD HAS ASSIGNED TO US...
So, in this season, at this time it will be important that each one of us know the boundaries and assignments that the Spirit of God has for us. Once these are established, we can UNLOCK the inheritance within those boundaries. This is a time of
UNLOCKING. A key in our unlocking process is to understand timing. Each new season has a transition time. TRANSITION means, CROSSING OVER. I believe we have now entered our CRONOS season, and we are being disciplined and established in this new time frame. But, now we have entered a shift that causes us to begin to look for key KAIROS times that will start breaking forth. KAIROS means, a set opportune time for spiritual breakthrough. This phrase also means a key time to unlock what has been held behind closed doors.
We need to pray that our emotions are made whole.
There are some ways we enter into this season and there are some key issues.
1. THIS IS A SEASON OF REALIGNMENT AND ORDER.
THIS IS A TIME OF REALIGNMENT. GOD HAS BEEN GATHERING HIS ARMY. NOW HE WILL ALIGN AND REALIGN THEM FOR VICTORY. I HEWILL CREATE A NEW ORDER. FROM THIS ORDER MANY TERRITORIES WILL BE SET FREE.
The word REALIGN means, TO BRING INTO A STRAIGHT LINE OR TO REARRANGE SO AN AGREEMENT AND CLOSE COOPERATION CAN OCCUR, OR AN ARRANGEMENT OF EVENTS THAT PRODUCES A PROPER GROUND PLAN.
REALIGNMENT is linked with timing and place.
The word ORDER is a mathematical and a military term. Order is also used in defining the law of arrangement. This law says that, THERE IS A SEQUENCE OF EVENTS ARRANGED, OR ALIGNED, IN A DEFINATE PLAN AND TIME THAT CAUSES THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF A SYSTEM , RESULTING IN VICTORY.
Order is also linked with authority. When an authority gives a decree, order is produced, events are aligned, and victory occurs.
Another key word to understanding this season is TRANSFORM.
TRANSFORM means, TO CHANGE THE CONDITION OR NATURE OF SOMETHING, PARTICULARY PRODUCING A CHANGE IN OUTWARD APPEARANCE.
There is one necessary condition to accomplish the heart of the Lord with this realignment order, and transformation in each one of our lives:
HOLD ON VERY LOOSELY TO WHERE YOU ARE BECAUSE SUPERNATURAL SHIFTS ARE HAPPENING.
Review your line of authority and influence. Many who have felt displaced or out of place will find themselves connecting with you. Others will find many connected with them that they have not been associated with in the past. The Lord is in the process of releasing new assignments for His people.
The Lord is aligning and connecting the gifts of His Body in such a way that a new maturity will come forth in His Kingdom and permeate the world. This alignment will loose wisdom in the earth. Wisdom dismantles demons and releases harvest. We need to be careful to not resist this adjustment.
When we think of order and alignment, a key verse is I CORINTHIANS 12:28. We are all members of the Body, but the Lord gives special abilities, or gifts to maintain His headship on earth. We see God’s order in this verse,
...FIRST APOSTLES, SECOND PROPHETS, THIRD TEACHERS, AND AFTER THAT, GIFTS OF MIRACLES AND HEALINGS...
2. THIS IS A TIME OF RELEASE OF GOD’S POWER AND DEMONSTRATION.
This order is a functioning order of gifting resulting in power evangelism. Ever notice in the Bible where one healing, one miracle, or one deliverance caused and entire region to be set free? The Gospel spread quickly after Aeneas was healed. He had been bedridden for eight years, and Peter declared: JESUS CHRIST HEALS YOU. He immediately arose, and all of Lydia and Sharon turned to the Lord. (ACTS 9:32-35).
This is a season in which apostolic order produces miracles, healings and transformations.
3. THIS IS A SEASON WHEN THE SPIRIT OF FEAR WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THE CHURCH.
We need to be a bold people. Even though there is a growing awareness of evil growing by leaps and bounds around us, we have to be bold. Daniel is a good example. He prayed three times a day and even went into the pit (with lions) for praying. But, he kept praying and ended up ruling in the midst of his enemies. Fear is an emotion and it’s a spirit - a demon force (II TIMOTHY 1:7).
When we agree with this spirit and allow it to bury itself in our emotions, we grow confused and unstable. Fear agrees with a spirit of poverty. The voice of fear says, “There’s a lion in my path, I must hide out.” This stops us from going forward. Poverty says, “God is not able to deal with what is ahead in my path.” The Body has been bogged down in this over the last few years. Even though plots of terrorism, financial instability, increasing legalities, and government oppression lay ahead of us, we can advance with confidence.
4. THIS IS A SEASON WHEN WEALTH WILL BE TRANSFERRED.
When we study Canaanite history, we find that the ruling god of the Canaanites was mammon. We also find the Lord looking for a corporate people hat could go into the covenant boundaries established with Abraham and unlock all the inheritance within those boundaries. The assignment, or mission, that Joshua and the tribes of Israel had to accomplish was a TRANSFERRENCE OF THE WEALTH from all the inhabitants of Canaan into God’s covenant, Kingdom plan. Finally, 470 years after the Lord spoke to Abraham and promised him total victory within territorial boundaries, the god of mammon was defeated and the wealth held by its false worship was transferred.
WHAT IS WEALTH?
There are different ways to look at wealth in the Bible. But the Lord says in, DEUTERONOMY 8:18, ...IT IS HE WHO GIVES YOU POWER TO GET WEALTH THAT HE MAY ESTABLISH HIS COVENANT THAT HE SWORE TO YOUR FATHERS...
POWER means, VIGOR, STRENGTH, FORCE, OR CAPACITY, whether physical, mental, or spiritual.
WEALTH means, MATERIAL SUBSTANCE, STRENGTH, AND THE SPOILS OF WAR NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH GOD’S PLAN ON EARTH.
The Bible has two basic attitudes towards wealth. Know that wealth is known to be a blessing from God. All the men in the Bible became very wealthy. Solomon’s wealth is seen in God’s favour. Job had wealth, lost it, he regained a double portion. Jesus also admonished us to multiply whatever we have (LUKE 19). But He did warn us that the pursuit of riches and pleasure could keep our faith from maturing.
Jesus looked at wealth as spiritual power (MATTHEW 6:24), warning us not to let it become a rival with God. The issue of wealth should only be for the advancement of God’s Kingdom. With one of the greatest spiritual Harvests ever witnessed by a generation about to come on this earth, we need to begin to see a transfer of wealth like what we read about in Joshua.
This is a season in history when wealth needs to be channeled into ministries that serve the Gospel and spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
5. THIS IS A SEASON OF AN INCREASE OF GOD’S MANIFEST GLORY THAT WILL PRODUCE HARVEST.
We are the Third Day, End-Time, Prophetic Church and we are ARISING.
JOHN 2 is a record of when the Lord first began to operate in His ministry and miracles on earth. He did this to manifest His glory and propel his Kingdom forward.
We are shifting, changing season where this is going to happen again.
BE READY!
BE EXPECTANT!
BE FILLED WITH JOY!
TRANSFORMATION OF OUR CITIES,
AND OUR NATION,
IS ON THE WAY!
THIS IS THE OF REVEALING HIDDEN TREASURES, REMEDIES, HEALING POWERS, AND VIRTUE NEEDED TO ATTAIN DESIRE.
So this is the season of manifestation, transfer of wealth, and release of miracles. Meaning that we need to ask the Lord to cause His desires or we will find ourselves attempting to satisfy desires that are not the best for our lives. desire is a function of the emotions.
HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE HARVEST?
Joshua and God’s covenant people had to gain daily strategy over how to advance and “possess” God’s inheritance that had been promised to Abraham. In other words, if they were going up against another obstacle, whether it was a city, people, or whatever, they had to get their instructions from the Lord on how to advance and what to do with the spoils of war. All the examples in the Word of God become types and shadows for us and produce principles of harvest that we should grasp today. within every FIELD on earth, there is a harvest. When we study harvest in the Bible, we find that there was a SHORT opportunity to gather the crops in the field. I believe we are entering into a door of opportunity and need to begin to pray accordingly.
There is a great principle that runs throughout the Word of God in relation to BOUNDARIES, DOMINION, AND AUTHORITY. When God placed Adam and Even in the garden, He told them to TEND or WATCH AFTER the garden boundaries. They didn’t do to well in this area. Finally, we see the Lord finding a person - a man named Abraham. Abraham had been called out of Ur, a Chaldean city whose main worship was to the Queen of Heaven, to follow God into the boundaries of freedom and prosperity. When Abraham responded to God’s call to leave the form of worship he was practicing and follow Him, the Lord cut covenant with Abraham in GENESIS 15. In this covenant, He established the boundaries of Abraham’s inheritance. This established the precedent. God has an inheritance for us. But, our inheritance, or portion had physical boundaries determined with its portion.
In the New Testament, we find the same example of boundaries. In II CORINTHIANS 10, Paul is discussing spiritual warfare. He then begins to declare the reality of his apostolic authority and the limit of its territorial boundaries.
VERSE 13, says, WE, HOWEVER, WILL NOT BOAST BEYOND MEASURE, BUT WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE SPHERE THAT GOD APPOINTED US - A SPHERE THAT ESPECIALLY INCLUDES YOU.
The New International says it this way, WE WILL CONFINE OUR BOASTING TO THE FIELD GOD HAS ASSIGNED TO US...
So, in this season, at this time it will be important that each one of us know the boundaries and assignments that the Spirit of God has for us. Once these are established, we can UNLOCK the inheritance within those boundaries. This is a time of
UNLOCKING. A key in our unlocking process is to understand timing. Each new season has a transition time. TRANSITION means, CROSSING OVER. I believe we have now entered our CRONOS season, and we are being disciplined and established in this new time frame. But, now we have entered a shift that causes us to begin to look for key KAIROS times that will start breaking forth. KAIROS means, a set opportune time for spiritual breakthrough. This phrase also means a key time to unlock what has been held behind closed doors.
We need to pray that our emotions are made whole.
There are some ways we enter into this season and there are some key issues.
1. THIS IS A SEASON OF REALIGNMENT AND ORDER.
THIS IS A TIME OF REALIGNMENT. GOD HAS BEEN GATHERING HIS ARMY. NOW HE WILL ALIGN AND REALIGN THEM FOR VICTORY. I HEWILL CREATE A NEW ORDER. FROM THIS ORDER MANY TERRITORIES WILL BE SET FREE.
The word REALIGN means, TO BRING INTO A STRAIGHT LINE OR TO REARRANGE SO AN AGREEMENT AND CLOSE COOPERATION CAN OCCUR, OR AN ARRANGEMENT OF EVENTS THAT PRODUCES A PROPER GROUND PLAN.
REALIGNMENT is linked with timing and place.
The word ORDER is a mathematical and a military term. Order is also used in defining the law of arrangement. This law says that, THERE IS A SEQUENCE OF EVENTS ARRANGED, OR ALIGNED, IN A DEFINATE PLAN AND TIME THAT CAUSES THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF A SYSTEM , RESULTING IN VICTORY.
Order is also linked with authority. When an authority gives a decree, order is produced, events are aligned, and victory occurs.
Another key word to understanding this season is TRANSFORM.
TRANSFORM means, TO CHANGE THE CONDITION OR NATURE OF SOMETHING, PARTICULARY PRODUCING A CHANGE IN OUTWARD APPEARANCE.
There is one necessary condition to accomplish the heart of the Lord with this realignment order, and transformation in each one of our lives:
HOLD ON VERY LOOSELY TO WHERE YOU ARE BECAUSE SUPERNATURAL SHIFTS ARE HAPPENING.
Review your line of authority and influence. Many who have felt displaced or out of place will find themselves connecting with you. Others will find many connected with them that they have not been associated with in the past. The Lord is in the process of releasing new assignments for His people.
The Lord is aligning and connecting the gifts of His Body in such a way that a new maturity will come forth in His Kingdom and permeate the world. This alignment will loose wisdom in the earth. Wisdom dismantles demons and releases harvest. We need to be careful to not resist this adjustment.
When we think of order and alignment, a key verse is I CORINTHIANS 12:28. We are all members of the Body, but the Lord gives special abilities, or gifts to maintain His headship on earth. We see God’s order in this verse,
...FIRST APOSTLES, SECOND PROPHETS, THIRD TEACHERS, AND AFTER THAT, GIFTS OF MIRACLES AND HEALINGS...
2. THIS IS A TIME OF RELEASE OF GOD’S POWER AND DEMONSTRATION.
This order is a functioning order of gifting resulting in power evangelism. Ever notice in the Bible where one healing, one miracle, or one deliverance caused and entire region to be set free? The Gospel spread quickly after Aeneas was healed. He had been bedridden for eight years, and Peter declared: JESUS CHRIST HEALS YOU. He immediately arose, and all of Lydia and Sharon turned to the Lord. (ACTS 9:32-35).
This is a season in which apostolic order produces miracles, healings and transformations.
3. THIS IS A SEASON WHEN THE SPIRIT OF FEAR WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THE CHURCH.
We need to be a bold people. Even though there is a growing awareness of evil growing by leaps and bounds around us, we have to be bold. Daniel is a good example. He prayed three times a day and even went into the pit (with lions) for praying. But, he kept praying and ended up ruling in the midst of his enemies. Fear is an emotion and it’s a spirit - a demon force (II TIMOTHY 1:7).
When we agree with this spirit and allow it to bury itself in our emotions, we grow confused and unstable. Fear agrees with a spirit of poverty. The voice of fear says, “There’s a lion in my path, I must hide out.” This stops us from going forward. Poverty says, “God is not able to deal with what is ahead in my path.” The Body has been bogged down in this over the last few years. Even though plots of terrorism, financial instability, increasing legalities, and government oppression lay ahead of us, we can advance with confidence.
4. THIS IS A SEASON WHEN WEALTH WILL BE TRANSFERRED.
When we study Canaanite history, we find that the ruling god of the Canaanites was mammon. We also find the Lord looking for a corporate people hat could go into the covenant boundaries established with Abraham and unlock all the inheritance within those boundaries. The assignment, or mission, that Joshua and the tribes of Israel had to accomplish was a TRANSFERRENCE OF THE WEALTH from all the inhabitants of Canaan into God’s covenant, Kingdom plan. Finally, 470 years after the Lord spoke to Abraham and promised him total victory within territorial boundaries, the god of mammon was defeated and the wealth held by its false worship was transferred.
WHAT IS WEALTH?
There are different ways to look at wealth in the Bible. But the Lord says in, DEUTERONOMY 8:18, ...IT IS HE WHO GIVES YOU POWER TO GET WEALTH THAT HE MAY ESTABLISH HIS COVENANT THAT HE SWORE TO YOUR FATHERS...
POWER means, VIGOR, STRENGTH, FORCE, OR CAPACITY, whether physical, mental, or spiritual.
WEALTH means, MATERIAL SUBSTANCE, STRENGTH, AND THE SPOILS OF WAR NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH GOD’S PLAN ON EARTH.
The Bible has two basic attitudes towards wealth. Know that wealth is known to be a blessing from God. All the men in the Bible became very wealthy. Solomon’s wealth is seen in God’s favour. Job had wealth, lost it, he regained a double portion. Jesus also admonished us to multiply whatever we have (LUKE 19). But He did warn us that the pursuit of riches and pleasure could keep our faith from maturing.
Jesus looked at wealth as spiritual power (MATTHEW 6:24), warning us not to let it become a rival with God. The issue of wealth should only be for the advancement of God’s Kingdom. With one of the greatest spiritual Harvests ever witnessed by a generation about to come on this earth, we need to begin to see a transfer of wealth like what we read about in Joshua.
This is a season in history when wealth needs to be channeled into ministries that serve the Gospel and spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
5. THIS IS A SEASON OF AN INCREASE OF GOD’S MANIFEST GLORY THAT WILL PRODUCE HARVEST.
We are the Third Day, End-Time, Prophetic Church and we are ARISING.
JOHN 2 is a record of when the Lord first began to operate in His ministry and miracles on earth. He did this to manifest His glory and propel his Kingdom forward.
We are shifting, changing season where this is going to happen again.
BE READY!
BE EXPECTANT!
BE FILLED WITH JOY!
TRANSFORMATION OF OUR CITIES,
AND OUR NATION,
IS ON THE WAY!
Monday, July 21, 2008
Grace of the Apostle
We have been taught down through the years that grace means unmerited favor, which is true, but what is unmerited favor? Unmerited favor is being able to do something or get something that would be impossible to do or get on our own ability. It is God’s ability working in you to do the impossible. Grace is being able to speak things that no one else can say and get away with. You have grace on your life when you don’t have an education, but are able to minister to kings. It is good to recognize grace so we don’t think we did it on our own. We must give God the glory when we see grace in action. If we are having a season of grace expect to see God’s ability working in you to do impossible things. The expectation brings the manefestion, we must begin to believe God to do the impossible.
We have got to get more violent in our growth, development and commitment in the things of God; it takes a mature person to do that. We have got to shake off some things in order to walk in this grace in 2008. We must be able to stand up tall and rebuke the devil with authority. We are lying to self if we think we are mature while not doing the first basic things of God such as first fruits, tithes and offerings.
The Lord has anointed me as an apostle and I must speak out. Sons and daughters can take chastisement. As an apostle, I must speak these things to you to challenge you to come up a little higher. This ministry is my first fruit to minister to the body.
We have got to embrace the word that we have been getting in this school. Don’t get knowledge just to be informed. To whom much is given, much is required. The more you know the more you are going to be held accountable for. Also, we can’t shun knowledge because those that resisted the word of God were turned over to a reprobate mind. If you want to walk into the fullness of grace, you must walk in this word. You can’t be swayed by what other people are saying or doing. Also, you can’t tell your business to everybody. Some of you get held back in the things of God because you are waiting on someone else’s approval of what God has for you to do, or you want someone else to see you doing it, but what you do secretly, He rewards openly.
God is going to break the spirit of depression off His people, so we can walk in His liberty and freedom. There are some changes coming in the earth and we must be ready, walking with God for real. When other people are perplexed and going through stuff, you will be walking in abundance, health, peace, love and joy while all hell is breaking out around you. When people see you at peace, they will see God and He gets the glory.
God spoke to me that He is loosing the spirit of Joseph on those who will walk in obedience to what they have been called to do in this ministry. God blessed Joseph in whatever situation he was in, whether the pit, prison, Potiphar’s house or Pharoah’s house. Wherever he was, God blessed him. The world calls it the Midas touch, but it is really the Joseph touch. Joseph was raised up by God to save the entire world at that time. Egypt was the only place where there was food, all the nations had to come to Egypt to get some food. When all hell is breaking out around the world, you are blessed, sitting on all type of abundance. Break it open and feed the people from your abundance.
Joseph had been trained by his father, he had skills and a strategic mind that was anointed by God. Everything Joseph touched was blessed. Wherever he went he ran things. Even the heathen know the anointing of God and will put you in charge. God wants people to be consistent, committed and ready to do whatever it takes. We must become violent. Matthew 11:12 “And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.” Satan will tempt you in fasting, praying, bible reading, giving and all the things of God, but we have to press through these temptations and walk in the blessing of the Lord.
The only thing that should cause you to make a decision is the word of God, not the situation and not how bad it looks. Joseph desired to be accepted and loved by his brothers, just as some of us have desired to be accepted and loved by folk that don’t love us. God has put us in this small group and we are accepted and loved, in the right place where we don’t have to seek love because God has sent it to us. What the brothers meant for evil to Joseph, God turned it around for his good and then God flipped the script on them.
A son is a matured one, we are the sons of God, no matter what our gender is. When you come to a place of maturity and can handle, carry, and be able to disperse the anointing you stop being a reservoir and become a river. God said out of our bellies shall flow rivers of living waters. People can come and get a drink from a reservoir but a river feeds reservoir, it takes a river to keep a reservoir from becoming a dead source. God made us to be spring wells that spring up, moves along, shapes, blazes trails, moving water is one of the most powerful things on the earth. We need to be a resource and impart into the lives of others. We can’t always be in need or lack. When we get something from God it is not to lock away for self, but to feed others.
We have got to be violent about our prayers, tithes, bible reading, prospering in health, finances, and all the things of God, realizing that when we get serious, God also gets serious. “I want to see some millionaires birthed out of this school”. This grace that God has placed on us is to be loosed into the Kingdom. We have not had the heart for the Kingdom of God, planting in our own ministry is not sowing. Sowing goes to someone else, for the building of kingdom business. When He called for the tithe and offering to prove Him, it is to prove to ourselves, because God already knows everything.
The apostolic anointing challenges you to look at self. Change will never come unless we do it now. Don’t let the devil deceive you, if you are not doing the things of God now, when God blesses you, you still will not do the things of God. Once you get serious and violent, you will do what you need to do no matter what comes and goes. There is a change, a new fruit coming forth for the mature trees; a baby tree doesn’t bring forth fruit. Mature trees bring strong fruit that remains and nourishes others. Psalms 1:3 “And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.”
We must tighten up our game, get bold, and launch out into the deep. See yourselves as a source that God uses to impart life and prosperity to others.
If you focus on getting things to store up for self, the blessings will not come from God, but the devil may bless you and deceive you. You need to get closer to each other in this school, you have anointings that need to be shared with each other. Get closer, tighten up so there won’t be any leaks, “no leaky vessels”. Then if there are some leaks, you need to have some mending glue on you to share.
Colossians 1:10 says “that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God”. We are getting ready to expand our borders, so we must be serious, once you receive the word, embrace it fully and do what you have been taught.
I want the anointing of Joseph on my life and I pray that the same anointing rest upon your lives. Go back and read the story of Joseph to see the depth of this anointing. If you know God is with you, can others tell it when they are around you, does it prosper others lives? This prosperity is abundance, joy and the peace to enjoy it along with a double portion for others, for taking care of families, for cities and for nations.
We have got to get more violent in our growth, development and commitment in the things of God; it takes a mature person to do that. We have got to shake off some things in order to walk in this grace in 2008. We must be able to stand up tall and rebuke the devil with authority. We are lying to self if we think we are mature while not doing the first basic things of God such as first fruits, tithes and offerings.
The Lord has anointed me as an apostle and I must speak out. Sons and daughters can take chastisement. As an apostle, I must speak these things to you to challenge you to come up a little higher. This ministry is my first fruit to minister to the body.
We have got to embrace the word that we have been getting in this school. Don’t get knowledge just to be informed. To whom much is given, much is required. The more you know the more you are going to be held accountable for. Also, we can’t shun knowledge because those that resisted the word of God were turned over to a reprobate mind. If you want to walk into the fullness of grace, you must walk in this word. You can’t be swayed by what other people are saying or doing. Also, you can’t tell your business to everybody. Some of you get held back in the things of God because you are waiting on someone else’s approval of what God has for you to do, or you want someone else to see you doing it, but what you do secretly, He rewards openly.
God is going to break the spirit of depression off His people, so we can walk in His liberty and freedom. There are some changes coming in the earth and we must be ready, walking with God for real. When other people are perplexed and going through stuff, you will be walking in abundance, health, peace, love and joy while all hell is breaking out around you. When people see you at peace, they will see God and He gets the glory.
God spoke to me that He is loosing the spirit of Joseph on those who will walk in obedience to what they have been called to do in this ministry. God blessed Joseph in whatever situation he was in, whether the pit, prison, Potiphar’s house or Pharoah’s house. Wherever he was, God blessed him. The world calls it the Midas touch, but it is really the Joseph touch. Joseph was raised up by God to save the entire world at that time. Egypt was the only place where there was food, all the nations had to come to Egypt to get some food. When all hell is breaking out around the world, you are blessed, sitting on all type of abundance. Break it open and feed the people from your abundance.
Joseph had been trained by his father, he had skills and a strategic mind that was anointed by God. Everything Joseph touched was blessed. Wherever he went he ran things. Even the heathen know the anointing of God and will put you in charge. God wants people to be consistent, committed and ready to do whatever it takes. We must become violent. Matthew 11:12 “And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.” Satan will tempt you in fasting, praying, bible reading, giving and all the things of God, but we have to press through these temptations and walk in the blessing of the Lord.
The only thing that should cause you to make a decision is the word of God, not the situation and not how bad it looks. Joseph desired to be accepted and loved by his brothers, just as some of us have desired to be accepted and loved by folk that don’t love us. God has put us in this small group and we are accepted and loved, in the right place where we don’t have to seek love because God has sent it to us. What the brothers meant for evil to Joseph, God turned it around for his good and then God flipped the script on them.
A son is a matured one, we are the sons of God, no matter what our gender is. When you come to a place of maturity and can handle, carry, and be able to disperse the anointing you stop being a reservoir and become a river. God said out of our bellies shall flow rivers of living waters. People can come and get a drink from a reservoir but a river feeds reservoir, it takes a river to keep a reservoir from becoming a dead source. God made us to be spring wells that spring up, moves along, shapes, blazes trails, moving water is one of the most powerful things on the earth. We need to be a resource and impart into the lives of others. We can’t always be in need or lack. When we get something from God it is not to lock away for self, but to feed others.
We have got to be violent about our prayers, tithes, bible reading, prospering in health, finances, and all the things of God, realizing that when we get serious, God also gets serious. “I want to see some millionaires birthed out of this school”. This grace that God has placed on us is to be loosed into the Kingdom. We have not had the heart for the Kingdom of God, planting in our own ministry is not sowing. Sowing goes to someone else, for the building of kingdom business. When He called for the tithe and offering to prove Him, it is to prove to ourselves, because God already knows everything.
The apostolic anointing challenges you to look at self. Change will never come unless we do it now. Don’t let the devil deceive you, if you are not doing the things of God now, when God blesses you, you still will not do the things of God. Once you get serious and violent, you will do what you need to do no matter what comes and goes. There is a change, a new fruit coming forth for the mature trees; a baby tree doesn’t bring forth fruit. Mature trees bring strong fruit that remains and nourishes others. Psalms 1:3 “And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.”
We must tighten up our game, get bold, and launch out into the deep. See yourselves as a source that God uses to impart life and prosperity to others.
If you focus on getting things to store up for self, the blessings will not come from God, but the devil may bless you and deceive you. You need to get closer to each other in this school, you have anointings that need to be shared with each other. Get closer, tighten up so there won’t be any leaks, “no leaky vessels”. Then if there are some leaks, you need to have some mending glue on you to share.
Colossians 1:10 says “that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God”. We are getting ready to expand our borders, so we must be serious, once you receive the word, embrace it fully and do what you have been taught.
I want the anointing of Joseph on my life and I pray that the same anointing rest upon your lives. Go back and read the story of Joseph to see the depth of this anointing. If you know God is with you, can others tell it when they are around you, does it prosper others lives? This prosperity is abundance, joy and the peace to enjoy it along with a double portion for others, for taking care of families, for cities and for nations.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
THE REASON FOR PARTICIPATION IN CHURCH
Hebrews 10:25: "Not forsaking the assembly of ourselves together as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another and so much more as you see the day approaching." (NKJ)
The main reason that we should participate in our own church is because it's commanded by god. the writer of the book of hebrews points out that, members of the church have an obligation to one another. They are to provoke one another to live life constantly worthy of God. This can be best done within the church you've been called to, so believers are commanded not to forsake the assemblying of themselves together.
BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATION IN CHURCH ACTS 2:42-47
The benefits of church participation are immediately apparent.
From the above scripture, Acts 2:42-47, there are seven benefits immediately apparent:
1. Instruction
2. Fellowship
3. Breaking of bread
4. Prayer (corporate prayer)
5. Effective outreach
6. Common cause
7. Mutual help
Plus the above seven, four more benefits are clear:
1. Worship (Acts 20:7)
2. Discipline (Matthew 18:15-17)
3. Pastoral care (1 Peter 5:1-3)
4. Obedience to God's commands (Hebrews 10:25)
Church participation is a must and gives ETERNAL benefits.
The main reason that we should participate in our own church is because it's commanded by god. the writer of the book of hebrews points out that, members of the church have an obligation to one another. They are to provoke one another to live life constantly worthy of God. This can be best done within the church you've been called to, so believers are commanded not to forsake the assemblying of themselves together.
BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATION IN CHURCH ACTS 2:42-47
The benefits of church participation are immediately apparent.
From the above scripture, Acts 2:42-47, there are seven benefits immediately apparent:
1. Instruction
2. Fellowship
3. Breaking of bread
4. Prayer (corporate prayer)
5. Effective outreach
6. Common cause
7. Mutual help
Plus the above seven, four more benefits are clear:
1. Worship (Acts 20:7)
2. Discipline (Matthew 18:15-17)
3. Pastoral care (1 Peter 5:1-3)
4. Obedience to God's commands (Hebrews 10:25)
Church participation is a must and gives ETERNAL benefits.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
SOARING WITH EAGLES
“Now have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the weak, And those who have no might, He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall. But those who wait on the Lord, Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.” (Isaiah 40:28-41)
This verse begins talking about who God is, He is the everlasting Lord, Creator of the earth. He doesn’t faint, He doesn’t get weary, He gives power to the weak. Then the verse contrasts God with teenagers, “..even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young shall utterly fall.” Normally, when people talk about teenagers, they are seen as an example of strength, energy, and vitality. Yet, the verse uses the strong vitality of youth to contrast our limited strength and energy with His unlimited strength and energy. It’s almost like this verse is saying, “You know those youth, with boundless energy and zeal for life? Well, even the best of them will eventually wear out, but, I am the Lord, I never get weary.”
How does this Bible verse encourage us? It’s good to learn about the nature of god, But what is the practical application for us here? Let’s consider the encouragement found in verse 31, “Those who wait on the lord shall renew their strength.” The word wait means to wait, hope for, look, expect. Psalm 63:1, “O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water.” When many people hear the word “wait” they often think of a passive sitting back kind of waiting, but this isn’t what it says. It’s an active seeking after, looking for, expecting to meet together with the Lord.
The second meaning of wait is to collect, or bind together. This binding describes what is done when someone braids a girls hair, the two or three strands of hair are bound together. That’s what it means to wait on the Lord. To bind your self together with Him in intimately in prayer.
What will happen when we begin to wait, look for, hope, and expect the Lord in prayer? We shall renew our strength; we shall mount up with wings like eagles, we shall run and not be weary, we shall walk and not faint. Jesus said, “Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28) Come to Jesus in prayer, wait on the Lord, look for, hope, expect, and then bind yourself to Him. When you do you’ll find in His rest a strength that will have you soaring with the eagles.
This verse begins talking about who God is, He is the everlasting Lord, Creator of the earth. He doesn’t faint, He doesn’t get weary, He gives power to the weak. Then the verse contrasts God with teenagers, “..even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young shall utterly fall.” Normally, when people talk about teenagers, they are seen as an example of strength, energy, and vitality. Yet, the verse uses the strong vitality of youth to contrast our limited strength and energy with His unlimited strength and energy. It’s almost like this verse is saying, “You know those youth, with boundless energy and zeal for life? Well, even the best of them will eventually wear out, but, I am the Lord, I never get weary.”
How does this Bible verse encourage us? It’s good to learn about the nature of god, But what is the practical application for us here? Let’s consider the encouragement found in verse 31, “Those who wait on the lord shall renew their strength.” The word wait means to wait, hope for, look, expect. Psalm 63:1, “O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water.” When many people hear the word “wait” they often think of a passive sitting back kind of waiting, but this isn’t what it says. It’s an active seeking after, looking for, expecting to meet together with the Lord.
The second meaning of wait is to collect, or bind together. This binding describes what is done when someone braids a girls hair, the two or three strands of hair are bound together. That’s what it means to wait on the Lord. To bind your self together with Him in intimately in prayer.
What will happen when we begin to wait, look for, hope, and expect the Lord in prayer? We shall renew our strength; we shall mount up with wings like eagles, we shall run and not be weary, we shall walk and not faint. Jesus said, “Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28) Come to Jesus in prayer, wait on the Lord, look for, hope, expect, and then bind yourself to Him. When you do you’ll find in His rest a strength that will have you soaring with the eagles.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
THE DIVINE PLAN
THE DIVINE PLAN
There is a divine plan for the success of the Church, a divine order God has put into place to ensure that His Bride, the church reaches full maturity and manifest Christ to the World.
“And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers.” (Eph 4:11 KJV)
We must utilize His plan to fulfill our purpose as soul winners. First, we must understand we are in warfare and that Jesus is in command.
The most important thing to remember is to be led by the Spirit of God. The Bible declares: “They that are led be the Spirit of God are the sons of God” (Romans 8:14). The Holy Spirit will lead you and guide you. He will put you in a win-win situation. The Spirit of the Lord will go before you to prepare the hearts of every individual, comprising the area of evangelistic release where the Holy Spirit has strategically chosen for that particular hour.
We must go out with that confidence in Him to prepare our path and scatter the enemy!
This is why intercessory prayer is so important. We must have our prayer warriors allied with us, blazing a path, and providing air support for the ground troops. The ground troops should also be skilled in spiritual warfare and have clear communication through intercessory prayer. Each gift and part of the Body must be working together if we are to fulfill the mission God has for us!
“And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.” (Isaiah 59:16 KJV)
Under Apostolic Authority
We must have God’s wisdom to be effective.
“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.” (Proverbs 4:7 KJV)
We also need to understand authority. The soul winner can have an apostolic dimension. A dimension is a range of ability or a portion of grace.
“Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.” (Phil 1:7 KJV)
There are levels of authority and each one has a certain area of specialty.
“And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” (Eph 4:11-13 KJV)
Who is an Apostle?
The word “apostle” is from the Greek word, apostolos. This means “messenger, envoy, ambassador.” Jesus Christ is the head Apostle. He is the sent one of the Father (Hebrews 3:1).
“Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.” (John 8:28-29 KJV)
First, the apostle is a person who is sent by the King (Jesus Christ, the Head Apostle) with orders and provisions to advance the Kingdom in a certain territory or region. Therefore the apostle is connected to the King or in other words under authority (has been authorized). This is the apostolic dimension.
The prophet is submitted to apostolic authority. Therefore, he is connected to an apostle. Since the apostle will esteem the prophet and make himself accountable to the prophet, he can receive ministry from the prophet. This is the prophetic dimension.
Barnabas is an example of New Testament prophet (Acts 13). In Acts 11:25-26, we read how he went to Tarsus to find Paul, an apostle, and bring him to Antioch. He accompanied the Apostle Paul to Jerusalem.
The evangelist is submitted to an apostolic and prophetic authority. The evangelist is sent by an apostle with prophetic guidance. In the following scripture, an evangelistic team is sent forth under apostolic leadership with prophetic guidance. These three dimensions work together winning souls, building churches. Then the pastoral and teaching gifts will operate in the church to continue spiritual maturity in the local body, raising up the next generation of the five-fold ministry gifts.
Study this example from Acts 21:
“And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him. And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy. And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus. And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done. And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.” (Acts 21: 8-15)
This is the inter-dependent chain; the five-fold ministry gifts. This is the Body of Christ working together. This shows that we all need each other.
We must come together to win souls at a corporate level with a corporate harvest. We must be an organized army to deploy its strength strategically, to take the regions and the world for Jesus.
There is a divine plan for the success of the Church, a divine order God has put into place to ensure that His Bride, the church reaches full maturity and manifest Christ to the World.
“And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers.” (Eph 4:11 KJV)
We must utilize His plan to fulfill our purpose as soul winners. First, we must understand we are in warfare and that Jesus is in command.
The most important thing to remember is to be led by the Spirit of God. The Bible declares: “They that are led be the Spirit of God are the sons of God” (Romans 8:14). The Holy Spirit will lead you and guide you. He will put you in a win-win situation. The Spirit of the Lord will go before you to prepare the hearts of every individual, comprising the area of evangelistic release where the Holy Spirit has strategically chosen for that particular hour.
We must go out with that confidence in Him to prepare our path and scatter the enemy!
This is why intercessory prayer is so important. We must have our prayer warriors allied with us, blazing a path, and providing air support for the ground troops. The ground troops should also be skilled in spiritual warfare and have clear communication through intercessory prayer. Each gift and part of the Body must be working together if we are to fulfill the mission God has for us!
“And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.” (Isaiah 59:16 KJV)
Under Apostolic Authority
We must have God’s wisdom to be effective.
“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.” (Proverbs 4:7 KJV)
We also need to understand authority. The soul winner can have an apostolic dimension. A dimension is a range of ability or a portion of grace.
“Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.” (Phil 1:7 KJV)
There are levels of authority and each one has a certain area of specialty.
“And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” (Eph 4:11-13 KJV)
Who is an Apostle?
The word “apostle” is from the Greek word, apostolos. This means “messenger, envoy, ambassador.” Jesus Christ is the head Apostle. He is the sent one of the Father (Hebrews 3:1).
“Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.” (John 8:28-29 KJV)
First, the apostle is a person who is sent by the King (Jesus Christ, the Head Apostle) with orders and provisions to advance the Kingdom in a certain territory or region. Therefore the apostle is connected to the King or in other words under authority (has been authorized). This is the apostolic dimension.
The prophet is submitted to apostolic authority. Therefore, he is connected to an apostle. Since the apostle will esteem the prophet and make himself accountable to the prophet, he can receive ministry from the prophet. This is the prophetic dimension.
Barnabas is an example of New Testament prophet (Acts 13). In Acts 11:25-26, we read how he went to Tarsus to find Paul, an apostle, and bring him to Antioch. He accompanied the Apostle Paul to Jerusalem.
The evangelist is submitted to an apostolic and prophetic authority. The evangelist is sent by an apostle with prophetic guidance. In the following scripture, an evangelistic team is sent forth under apostolic leadership with prophetic guidance. These three dimensions work together winning souls, building churches. Then the pastoral and teaching gifts will operate in the church to continue spiritual maturity in the local body, raising up the next generation of the five-fold ministry gifts.
Study this example from Acts 21:
“And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him. And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy. And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus. And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done. And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.” (Acts 21: 8-15)
This is the inter-dependent chain; the five-fold ministry gifts. This is the Body of Christ working together. This shows that we all need each other.
We must come together to win souls at a corporate level with a corporate harvest. We must be an organized army to deploy its strength strategically, to take the regions and the world for Jesus.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Prepare Yourself
Prepare yourself today for the next great move of the Spirit of God .
In Acts 19:9, we read how the Apostle Paul “separated his disciples.” He split them up into teams, and they disputed daily in the school of one, Tyrannus. This is why training, impartation and activation are so important. These are the basic principles for a move of God.
The apostle, Paul separated the disciples according to their gifts. Each five-fold ministry gift imparted wisdom and grace to students until they were able to train others.
When the cycle was complete, the class would be activated and sent out to evangelize a certain territory. They would take a dimension of each five-fold ministry gift with them.
Their gifts were received through impartation in the School of Tyrannus. As the numbers of disciples grew, they in turn would attend the School of Tyrannus until the entire province of Asia was evangelized in only two years.
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Monday, November 12, 2007
EXHORTATION: LEADERSHIP
How many times did our parents have to tell us to clean our room before we did it. If you are really hungry, every time you hear the word it will be new, fresh bread, this Bread doesn't go bad! As leaders, we should be ready to explain to complainers that if we are really living for God, we can get something new from the same message every time, this is a Living Word. If you keep hearing the same thing over, ask God “OK God what am I missing”, maybe He is trying to show me something I missed. As leaders we must realize that everybody has a complaint, people have not changed since the times of Moses, we must be able to explain so that they can understand. We cant try to please everybody, everybody will not be happy with the decisions that you make. Sometime it is basic simple things that we miss. God is in the little things, we are looking for Him in thunder, lighting and earthquakes and he is in the still small voice. A disciple is a disciplined one, and we need to become disciplined in hearing and doing the small things God calls us to do. This is your food for thought today. I'm ready to share with you what God is speaking to me. Touch your ears and say, “ Jesus help me to hear what the Spirit of the Lord is saying to the church – Thank You, Jesus for Your word.” Matt 25:31- There is a shifting of leadership; God is putting His anointing on people that He has reserved for such a time as this. He said I’ll take the foolish things of the world to confound the wise. He is going to raise up a people that most folks wouldn't think would ever amount to anything. It does not matter what color, social background, education or what you have been through. You can go with God as far as your dedication and devotion will take you. We see in the body that people are filled with fear because of what is going on in the world. This spirit of fear has penetrated even the church and they are grabbing for straws because the leadership has not emerged as they should. Jesus talked about these signs in Matthew 25:31 - 39. We are the righteousness of God in this text, we see that God's people are victorious no matter what happens in the world. We as the righteous have ministered to the Lord personally, and true leaders are interested in ministering to the body. We talked about the priest sons of Zadok who minister to the Lord. The body has to grow and expand that is why He gave a symbolism of the body as an organism that has to be nurtured, feed, taken care of and ministered to. We as leaders can't have anointing without a relationship in the body of Christ and the relationship cant be superficial. If it is superficial, God is not in it. How many of you want superficial relationships? If we are going to judge our relationship with God just look around you. Cannot get to God any other way but through Jesus and that happens through His body, someone had to tell you—a part of the body had to minister to us.The bible teaches that we are the body of Christ we are a part of the body and He wants to do it through us. There is a God man walking in the earth, the body of Christ. We must find our place in the body so he can use us to minister to Him by ministering to the body. Every part of the body has an assignment, a function, a call, and a purpose and there is nothing that is insignificant. We don't know what our assignment is most of the time. If we want to have longevity of life, always have a Holy Ghost assignment, we can not step off this planet if we are on assignment. He who has begun a good work in you is faithful to perform it. He might start out with small assignments, because if we are faithful over a few things He will make us rulers over many. Our assignment is to minister to Him, how do I minister to Him - through touching my neighbor. The problem is we disrespect the Lord's body and that is why there are many sick and dead among us, because we discern not the Lord's body. I am not just talking about the partaking of communion. How can you discern the blood and body in the act of partaking communion but you can't discern the body and blood in your brother and sister? I'm glad my brain is not territorial about the other parts of my body or my body would be in trouble with the brain wanting to say that there is no need for my liver, kidneys and other body parts. There is a place that we as leaders must mature to the point that we can minister to the body at every level. This is how we become priests unto Him. You can be a priest to the people but you carry your weakness, your iniquities and you are working, but working with a limp. I want to minister to Him, you cant minister to Him and not reach the world. Consider such a time as we are living in now, there is fear of stuff that is going on in the world right now there is fear in the church.I'm grieved by the things I hear from Christian TV, I want to say is there a prophet in the house. Last month we did a prophetic activation and some of you actually prophesied, and did a great job. We learned the different levels of the prophetic -- household, national, cooperate, regional and governmental. The world is asking questions and reaching for an answer and the leadership of the body has got to emerge (this is prayer food), because these things are going to continue to happen until we wake up. You have nothing to be afraid of, 1000 can fall at your side and 10,000 at your right hand, but it is not coming near you. Some folks lived near where Hurricane Katrina hit and were completely unharmed. I'm here to tell you if you are on Holy Ghost assignment, even if you were on a ship like Paul and the whole ship crashed, God will save everyone on the ship just to save you for completion of your assignment. Leaders cannot preach fear from the pulpit and minister to the Body of Christ at the same time. We have learned that prophecy is for edification, exhortation and comfort. If we are going to minister to the body we must have a prophetic voice and hear a prophetic sound so we can minister to the body as we ought to.There are plenty folk going around calling themselves prophets trying to conjure the next tragedy that will happen, crying something is going to happen -- yea something is going to happen something is happening right now, something will always be happening. We can not get on national TV guessing at a prophetic word. If God is going to give a prophetic word, He is going to give clarity and there is going to be a reason why He gave it, not to the point that you having a lot of questions in your brain.In Acts 11 the prophet prophesied that there would be a great dearth in the land and encouraged the people to get their food and stuff together because there was going to be a famine. God desires to raise up true apostles and prophets to prophesy with accuracy and authority, we have got to be bold with this thing. The world needs to hear from God. We cant be leaders and feel like we need to get in before people and make up stuff, we must make ourselves available to God, so He can use us. Many talk about false prophets, but I'm here to tell you that if there is a false prophet, then there is a true prophet. We resist the prophetic anointing, but we want to speak in tongues, Paul said I would rather that you all prophesy than speak in tongues. I am not against speaking in tongues, go into your prayer room and speak and pray in tongues. If you are going to speak in tongues in the house of God, there should be mature persons to interpret. Leaders need to prophesy with authority. I have got a message! “The next greatest tragedy that is about to happen is that Jesus is coming back and somebody is going to get left behind. Somebody is going to die without knowing Jesus Christ as Savior. Somebody is suffering in a third world country and nobody told them about a good and awesome God.” That is the message of this hour. We as leaders must emerge as people of power, destiny, purpose and authority to speak the word with clarity and boldness and God will watch over your word and what comes out of your mouth will come to pass. In order for that to happen, we must be people of integrity and God must be able to trust us. He will even watch over your word to where if you make a mistake he will still watch.Why do you think he sent an angel to stop Balaam from cursing Israel? There is an authority in the office of a prophet. Why are bad things happening, “What is coming out of your mouth”? There is a creative force working in your mouth. There is an authority that God has put in your mouth. I'm not talking about name it and claim it, we have to become experts, hit the target every time. If I don't have a message from God, quoting pastors, books and other sources is not like having the Light of Holy Ghost shine the revelation into your spirit. When it becomes real to you, you don’t have to quote others, because the same Person that told others will make it real in you, you will be able to speak from a place of authority. You will be powerful if you get this! You can have a successful church and not have an anointing. Look at new age, Jehovah Witness, Mormon, Muslim, they have successful ministries but do you want success or a real anointing. If God is not speaking, I don't want to say it. We have been entertained so long in church, that if the preacher doesn't tickle our flesh we don't feel like we have been in God's presence. We are here on assignment to deal with demons in people, but we are so busy swatting in the heavens that all the people around us are going to hell. The reason why the apostle said we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities against powers against the rulers the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places is because people thought it was a physical fight, because demons work through people. While we are swatting in the heavens the demons are taking over here in the earth. In the Bible, the apostle cast demons out of people. Fighting in the heavens is a distraction. God gave us the earth to take over, and He will handle the heavens. We need to deal with earth; demons are running free in people. A lot of the names of demons that we have been reading about come from pagan cults. Jesus didn't care what the demons names were, don't you think He already knew, the only reason Jesus asked what legions name was- was to teach us that a person could be inhabited by more than one demon. The devil is on assignment in the earth not above the earth. We cannot accept everything we read and see on TV. Somebody told you that you had a generational curse on your life and you needed to come to the preacher to get it broke. We are trying to put Jesus back on the cross, when He said “it is finished”, it was finished. I would that you prosper and be in health even as your soul prospers; (how does your soul prosper?) by knowing God and knowing His Word. The reason we think we have a generational curse is because we have not let the cross do its work and our minds have not been renewed. Why would Jesus die for us and say that who the Son has set free is free indeed and we still need a preacher to come along to break a curse off us. He either did it or didn't, just accept Him, if you accept Him as Savior then accept Him as Deliverer. I m not going to tell people who have been washed in the blood of Jesus Christ that they need me to set them free. These teachings are designed to get you dependent and get your money. Jesus has set us free, He has opened up the prison doors and we refuse to come out. As a leader we do not want people depending on us, we have to teach Jesus Christ as the way to salvation and everything else we need. Ephesians 4:11 is a prophetic word -Ephesians 4:9-10 lets us know that this is a post ascension gift, given after He ascended. Jesus had other apostles that the 12 apostles were mad about, because they didn't know them. We are always busy looking at what someone else is doing, but must find what God tells us to do. - 4:11 He gave some apostles, prophets, evangelist, pastors and teachers - 4:12 for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, He is calling us to perfection and the reason why we don't have perfection is because we have not embraced all these anointings. Ministry should be team ministry, but we have put it all on the pastors and that is why many of them are leaving the church. We cant even do the work of the ministry without all these anointings. The work of the ministry is to win souls and destroy the works of devil; we must learn about and be activated in these anointings. Edify the body of Christ – Ask self “How have I edified the Body?” -This is the prophetic part – 4:13 Until we all come in the unity of faith (gifts have been given until we come into the unity of faith) – Ask self “Have we come to the unity of faith” - we are not there yet, but it has to happen. God will shake the earth until we wake up. The whole creation groans for a manifestation of sons of God, which means the matured ones. -Knowledge of the Son of God—“how do you prosper your mind” by knowing Him. You won’t go around worrying about being cursed if we know Him, because what He calls blessed can not be cursed. Intimacy is a oneness, we are a part of Him, grafted into His body, a part of the organism of Jesus Christ. When the devil sees us walking in authority he doesn't see us, he sees Jesus. -Unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ - we should measure up to the same stature as Jesus Christ moving in the earth; the cooperate man, but we have a ways to go. -4:14That we henceforth be no more children tossed to and fro --- we can’t be a toys r us kid, children don’t have to lead, just follow around. We must become mature in Christ.-Carried about with every wind of doctrine – if it doesn't produce faith and bring closer to Jesus Christ, if it leaves you in fear, lack or wanting it is not of Christ. God fills all things and leaves us with confidence, that we can move forward in Him by the power of the Holy Ghost. -Sleight of men and cunning craftiness—leaders are trying to develop more ways to manipulate and keep people dependent, the devil is using them and they don’t even know it. If we are not trying to mentor, raise up, and share Christ with others than we are not leading and are not in the perfect will of God. - Grow up into Him in all things—God wants us to grow up and be mature in Christ. You may not be a pastor, but whatever you are called to, you are to be the best and he wants you to lead and minister to others. If we want to minister to Him and have a real anointing it is meetings like these and your sacrifice to come that will help get you there. It is nothing like knowing your assignment and flowing in it. If it is hard to do what you do, maybe God wants to mold you another way. We are going to be ministers unto Him and have a prophetic voice, you will be surprised of the people that God will use you to influence, but we must be ready. Part of our job is to help you find your assignment, develop you, so that the person coming behind you can receive what you have.Bishop Brian Jones, Apostle of Jesus Christ313-828-8192
Sunday, October 21, 2007
THE WORTH OF A SOUL
The worth of a soul! Who can count its value? Who can appraise its worth? An immortal soul is beyond all price.
In money, one soul is of more value than the wealth of the whole world.
In suffering, it is better that all the people of the world would suffer all their lives on earth, if by their suffering one soul could be saved.
In journeying, no foreign land is too distant or any portion of it too inaccessible, for .all the people of the world to take a journey there, if by so doing one soul could be saved.
There is no trouble too great, no humiliation too deep, no suffering too severe, no love too strong, no labor too hard, no expense too large, but that is worth it, if it is spent in the effort to win a soul.
Of all the creations in this world and in the world to come, the greatest, the most wonderful, the most priceless, the most enduring is a soul.
God loves the soul more than all other creation. He fashioned it after His own image, and made it like unto Himself. Every soul has departed from God and gone astray, and God has brought every soul back again with a price. That price was the blood of His only begotten Son, Who took upon Himself the sin of the soul, suffered the death penalty, that the soul might be saved, cleansed, and made holy again. God loves every soul with an everlasting, eternal love greater and deeper than any human love can possibly be.
Satan hates the soul. In Satan's enmity towards God, he is using all his energy, using every snare, his utmost cunning, employing every means with the one single purpose of ruining the soul of man, because Satan knows the soul is God's most cherished creation, the very apple of His eye.
A soul will never die.
When this earth of ours has crumbled to dust and has passed away into the forgotten past, a soul will still be in its freshness of youth.
When in the fathomless future eternity has become hoary with age, the soul will still be young.
When a million, million eternities have each lived out their endless ages and have rolled by into the unthinkable past and time is no more, the soul will still be living, a conscious personal reality, endowed with perpetual youth and perpetual life.
God has said: "He that winneth souls is wise."
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