Author: Hal Hollister Ministry

“All that I have Thy hand has provided” Lamentations 2:22

The word from God today deals with the subject of ownership and the source of all your possessions. This will determine your attitudes and behaviors concerning how you manage your life.

Do you believe everything you have comes from the hand of God or through your own efforts or the help of others?

Jesus never had a bank account, owned a home, or had any significant possessions. He depended on God for everything and lived a humble and modest lifestyle. 

Jesus wants you to accept in your heart that all you have comes from Him and can be taken away in a moment’s notice.

Jesus wants you to be content with your present circumstances and have a heart of praise and thanksgiving.

Jesus instructs you to live by faith reaching out to Him for your every need.

Jesus asks you to be generous and share your treasures with others.

In the mind of Christ, your family, work, savings and investments and all your material possessions belong to Him.

Your responsibility is to manage what you have been given under the direction and authority of the Holy Spirit. 

This will give you freedom from the need to control or act with possessive behaviors.

Coveting and hoarding are both indications of your lack of trust in God. This happens to those who are influenced by their fleshly desires and fears. They reject the faithfulness of God and function with self sufficiency.

As a believer, you have to make a decision whether you believe in what you see with your eyes or have unwavering faith in the promises of Jesus.

“For the shields of the earth belong to God; He is greatly exalted.” Psalm 47:7

Jesus told me this morning “He is God of cause and effect”.

God doesn’t hand out protection without just cause. I Fantasy is thinking protection is a promise of God without accountability.

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God protects those who are loyal to Him and devoted to His causes.

God wants your unwavering faith I’m y regardless of the conditions in your life. Without faith you cannot please God.

God protects those who walk in oneness with Him anchored to the Holy Spirit.

God protects those who take Him seriously and vigilantly seek His will.

The protection of God fails when you stray away from Him and pursue worldly living.

God wants all of you. He will not share you with the world. God releases adversity into your life to get your attention and cause you to turn away from living for self.

It is so easy to get off track with God. We give into our emotions and desires. This causes God to remove His protection from your life. 

Don’t take God for granted. He is a God of cause and effect.

God will move mountains for all those who walk by faith and are obedient to His causes.

“Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise” Psalm 100:4

You might think you have big problems but they are nothing compared to what Jesus faced. 

Jesus was perfect and without sin but He was like a lamb led to the slaughter by His own Father.

The word from God in the middle of last night is mettle defined as a person’s ability to cope well with difficulties or to face a demanding situation in a spirited and resilient way.

This is what we all need living in this world dealing with many adversities and the tactics of Satan. 

The mettle (or tenacity) of Christ gives you the strength and courage to overcome any problem.

How do you get this tenacity?

Ask and you shall receive but ask by faith.

Seek the wisdom of God through prayer and the Word of God.

Listen to the voice of God.

Stand up boldly to Satan and command him to leave your life. Tell Satan he has been defeated by the blood of Jesus and must flee from your life.

Walk by faith believing in the promises of God. Jesus will deliver you. 

Invite the Holy Spirit to have authority over your life and stamp His presence in every moment of your life.

Pray for the unspeakable joy of the Lord. You can be facing overwhelming obstacles but still be filled with laughter and the gladness of God. This is a quality that comes from heaven and turns the ashes into beauty. 

The joy of the Lord is your strength and tenacity to deal with any challenge in your life.

Jesus wants you to be an overcomer!

“Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.” Colossians 3:11

Jesus is not a respecter of people. And, He has no bias in His heart regardless of your nationality or position in life.

Jesus is a global God offering unconditional love for any human being living on this planet.

Jesus doesn’t care what encumbrance is blocking you from Him. It might be another religion, an addiction, or worldly living. You might be living in poverty in a third world country or facing death from an enemy.

Jesus has an open heart and a desire to give you the gift of salvation enabling you live with Him forever.

I have personally been in the presence of God and can tell you unequivocally Jesus is the most powerful force in the universe, has no ego and is motivated by unconditional love to supply you an abundant life.

Jesus cuts across all racial barriers, religious divisions and those living in the abyss of immorality. 

Jesus has a heart for the downtrodden. He spent most of His ministry healing the sick, freeing those in bondage to sin and reaching out to the likes of tax collector cheats and adulterers.

If you think you are religious or morally upright Jesus will bypass you looking for those who mourn over their impoverished soul.

Jesus wants one thing from you. Walk with Him by faith seeking His will for your life.

You do not have to get entrapped in religion, keeping laws, or doing works. Jesus spent most of His life confronting religion.

Come to Jesus with an open heart and He will deliver you into the kingdom of God. 

You will see the reality of the Living Christ and your life will never be the same.

Jesus is the sufficiency of life. There is no one like Him!

Do not be left behind and denied the majesty of Christ. He will do for you what you can never do for yourself!

“But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to declare My statutes, or take My covenant in your mouth, seeing you hate instruction and cast My words behind you?” Psalm 50:16-17

This is a sticky point with most believers. We attempt to take the goodness of God but tend to disregard His instructions. 

If you don’t listen to the voice of God it is impossible to comply with His instructions. 

God is adamant about His instructions. You have no right to declare His statutes or speak His covenants if you are not open to the instructions and correction of God.

The instructions of God never cease for a believer. They are perfect for those who walk with God. You will find His instructions through prayer and the Word of God.

Jesus is a perfect role model for this subject. Jesus, the Son of God, frequently withdrew from the crowds and His disciples to pray and hear instructions from His Father. 

If you don’t listen to God speaking through the Holy Spirit you will be like someone walking through a thick blanket of fog facing all kinds of adversity. 

The instructions of God bring good health, prosperity, protection and the joy of the Lord.

They are life changing and will draw you into oneness with the reality of the Living Christ.

“Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god; Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, Nor take up their names on my lips.” Psalm 16:4

Trading with Jesus is an attempt to live as you please and appease God through offerings and works.

This is the practice of living for self and satisfying the desires of the flesh. You worship other idols and attempt to cover up your actions by offering God a paltry offering. 

God will not accept your worthless offerings or take up your name on His lips or mind. 

The action of trading with God will bring sorrow and destruction upon your life.

You cannot make the rules with God; the Christ follower must submit to God seeking His will for your life.

God never changes and you cannot barter with Him. He will attenuate (or reduce) His presence in your life. 

Religion is a perfect example of trading with God. Believers substitute works and keeping laws for making a heart transaction with God. 

God wants all of you. He will never trade or make concessions for worldly living.

Come to God with a penitent heart and abandon yourself to Him without compromise. You will meet the Living Christ and your life will never be the same.

“For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.” I Corinthians 3:11

The starting point for a believer is the foundation of Christ. This is accepting that Jesus comes first and your goals and desires are subservient to His will. You live for God not self. 

Jesus laid the foundation for life by dying on the Cross. You must build your life on the values of the Cross and operate with pure motives. 

The fire of God will test your work to determine if you have built your life on the foundation of Christ. 

Your work will become clear under the fiery microscope of God. 

If your work endures the fire of God it will bring glorify to Jesus, last forever and you will be rewarded.

If your work is built with impure motives the fire will burn up your efforts and you will suffer great loss but God will save you. 

The vast majority of Christian ministry will be incinerated by the fires of God. 

It is very difficult to find a church or Christian organization built on the foundation of God.

How do you and I deal with this sickening mess?

Walk with God by faith believing in His promises. 

Take every thought or word spoken to you captive to the obedience of Christ Jesus.

Give the Holy Spirit authority over your life. He will confirm the truths of God and dispel the lies of Satan. 

Listen to the voice of God and respond with obedience to His instructions.

Pray vigilantly seeking the will of God for your life. 

Spend time every day in the Word and accept the teachings of Jesus without compromise. 

The authenticity of Christian ministry is performed by those who are not seeking personal glory or attempting to benefit from their work. They teach the truths of Christ without mediation.

Jesus gave up His life to save souls!

“I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church” Colossians 1:24

Last night God gave me a vision of a heavy metal ball secured by a chain. He said this represents all those who have a crippling encumbrance. They are in bondage to sin.

The good news is our powerful and loving God can break the power of the chain and deliver those afflicted into the freedom of Christ. 

This begins with God working through the labor of prayers and intercession to set believers free.

The purpose of God is to draw believers into oneness with Christ through the Holy Spirit.

Many of those anchored to the chain may not care or even be aware of the severity of the bondage.

This doesn’t matter to God. Nothing is impossible for Him. Jesus loves to perform miracles and set those free from the strongholds of Satan.

Jesus spent the majority of His ministry healing those in distress and delivering people from the power of Satan.

This encumbrance might be an addiction, a health issue, financial adversity, or a deep emotional injury. 

Or, this might be about the throngs of believers in bondage to religion. They have no freedom or ability to walk with the Living Christ. They are bound by laws and works. 

All that is required is for the afflicted to seriously reach out to God. This will cause God to move heaven and earth to deliver those in bondage.

The penalty of sin is death and destruction. 

We have an obligation to God to bind evil on earth as it is in Heaven. 

The Christ follower must live in the blood of Christ and seek repentance from sin. This is a lifelong endeavor.

We must also pray vigilantly and be in touch with the Living Christ.

The Holy Spirit will bring up those anchored to the heavy metal ball and show you how to pray under the auspices of the resurrected power of Christ.

God is at work in you to will and to work for His good pleasure. Are you on His team? 

“Without faith it is impossible to please God.” Hebrews 11:6

God impressed upon me last night the priorities for a Christ follower. He told me “With God your actions speak louder than your words.”

God also said “Be faithful in the little things and I will give you bigger things.”

Draw near to God by expressing your faith in every aspect of your life. Live by faith believing in the promises of God not by what you see with your eyes.

Without faith you cannot please God. Faith cannot be compromised or replaced by religion.

Build your life on the bedrock of Christ through prayer and studying the Word. Listen for the voice of God. He desires to speak to you.

The secret to walking with God is to give the Holy Spirit authority over your life. It is impossible to get close to God unless you yield to the Holy Spirit who lives in you. He is the life of Christ and the source to all the attributes of God.

God is not interested in your works. You cannot do anything for Him. He is complete without any needs. 

He wants your loyalty and obedience to His voice. 

You will never be able to figure Him out. He thinks and acts in ways a human being cannot comprehend.

God never changes and He keeps His promises!

Jesus is your only hope for an abundant life. He cares for you in ways which cannot be understood through your human nature. 

God wants to give you a life you can never achieve on your own!

This narrative was delivered to me by God in the middle of last night. 

Jesus feels like He has been slapped in the face by believers who practice two timing. 

Very simply, you make a commitment to love God with all your heart, mind and soul. You enter into a relationship with Jesus like a marriage partner.

Then you find another lover to share in your life. This is the definition of two timing. This might be about sexual immorality or seeking the riches of the world. In reality you have made something a priority over God in your life.

God hates two timing. He has given you the gift of salvation, forgiven your sins and redeemed you to live with Him forever.

God is very jealous and does not want to share you with other gods or idols. 

Two timing grieves the Holy Spirit and opens the door to the judgments of God. You cannot escape from this behavior without facing the recourse of God. 

Two timing ruins your life. You have given Satan authority over your actions. This can easily lead to a stronghold and living in bondage to sin. 

Two timing starts by giving in to the the lusts of the flesh. You entertain thoughts from Satan and allow them to become a desire. Sin is now conceived in your heart and will be lived out.

Two timing is an act of prostitution. 

Jesus died to give you a new identity and fill you with His life. 

Come clean with God and turn away from the darkness. 

Jesus will welcome you back with open arms and unconditional love.