Hal’s Blog

“But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—that, as it is written, “He who glories, let him glory in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 1:30-31

The “holier than thou” attitude is pervasive in the Body of Christ and it grieves the heart of God. 

The sanctifying work of God is not for you; it is to bring glory to God. As a believer, God desires to sanctify you with His life. You cannot take ownership for something that does not belong to you. 

Sanctification comes to those who give God the freedom to do as He pleases with your inner being. The attitude of a believer should be a deep felt humility recognizing your depravity and sinful inner nature. There is no room for spiritual pride in a follower of Christ. 

The holiness of God comes through continual repentance and prayer. You see yourself through the eyes of God and understand you can never match up to the standards of God and are always just a second away from falling into sin. You learn to live with God anchored to the Holy Spirit because this is the only way you can be free from the bondage of sin. 

Sanctification creates obedience to God and a desire to live in oneness with your Creator. 

It is very difficult and painful at times to walk with God because He does not think or act like you. The modicum of success comes to those who walk by faith and live in oneness with God yielding to the Holy Spirit.

Pray diligently with a thankful attitude always giving praise to God. 

The key to success with God is living in a personal and embracing relationship with Christ Jesus. You have to be in contact with the Living Christ through the Holy Spirit and hear His voice.

Forget about trying to do things for God through your individual efforts. God doesn’t want your efforts; He wants your steadfast devotion to Him above all else.

This happens through prayer and a sincere desire to seek the will of God. 

Walking with God is not about keeping laws or doing works. It is living by faith and seeking God out for your every need.

You cannot circumvent the importance of faith; it is the cornerstone to living with Jesus. Without faith you cannot please God or dwell in the splendor and majesty of the kingdom of Heaven.

Jesus wants your obedience to His voice without questioning His motives or complaining about your circumstances. 

Jesus wants you to be dependent on Him for your every need. He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

You will meet the Living Christ when you commit your works each day to Him and give the Holy Spirit authority over your life.

It is not by might nor by power but by the Spirit of Christ. He lives in you and wants to give you the strength and wisdom to overcome every challenge in your life.

This is the attraction to Jesus; He can do for you what you can never do for yourself.

Jesus has power and dominion over the Heavens and Earth. Nothing is impossible for Him!

“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it” Matthew 7:13-14

Salvation begins with making a decision for Jesus however many believers live in a rudimentary stage and fail to realize the potential of a Christ follower. 

This happens for several reasons:

You have not made a serious commitment to live for Jesus and straddle the line between abandonment to God and worldly living.

Many believers make a decision for Jesus but attempt to appease Him through works and keeping laws. They find their comfort zone in religion not the Living Christ. 

The cornerstone to a relationship with Jesus is built on faith which is a lifestyle of believing in the promises of God to meet your every need. It is a discipline of seeking your nourishment for life from the Living Water.

The only way you can walk in oneness with Jesus is by yielding to the Holy Spirit. He is the life of Christ and your link to all the attributes of God. He is the source of strength, wisdom and protection and gives you the ability to walk in the footsteps of Jesus.

As a believer you gain spiritual maturity by your unyielding faith in God. Your faith has nothing to do with the circumstances in your life. You walk by faith without complaining in difficult times and learn to be obedient to the voice of God. 

God speaks to believers through the life of Christ dwelling within you. So you have to listen for the voice of God and be submissive to His instructions. There is no debate when God speaks; you respond with obedience.

If you want a close relationship with Jesus you must pray frequently and meditate on His Word. 

God desires for you to seek out His will for your life. The starting point is to commit your works each day to God and pray for His thoughts to be established in your mind. This pleases God because you are not relying on self sufficiency but desiring to walk with God. This biblical principle coupled with giving the Holy Spirit authority over you life will draw you into an embracing and vibrant relationship with the Living Christ.

Jesus has power and dominion over the heavens and earth and you can have a symbiotic relationship with Him beginning today! 

The word from God today is emblematic which means symbolic. Sometimes it is very difficult to figure out what God is doing in your life.

As a believer your walk with Jesus will be symbolic of His life. You will identify with the death and resurrection of Christ. 

Your life will also reflect the sign of the times. We are living under the judgments of God and this will impact your life.

This week I was taken to Heaven in a deep sleep for a couple of hours. Everything was perfect and there was never any worry or concern. I woke up and the Heavenly anointing was still with me but left soon and I had to again face all the adversities in my life and the severe testing.

Your relationship with Jesus is built on many factors beginning with the depth of your commitment to Him and willingness to suffer for His sake. There is also the issue of your spiritual maturity and the purpose of God for your life. 

The commonality in your walk with Jesus is you have been crucified with Him and the life you now live is for His purposes. 

You and I have to walk by faith trusting in the promises of God. There will be suffering and pain at times. God is perfect although it is impossible to clearly see His purposes living in the depravity of the world. 

Prayer and intercession are the characteristics of followers of Christ. And, you live on a roller coaster ride where at times nothing seems to make sense.

The biblical principle of ministry is best described in these words; Bring counsel, execute judgment; make your shadow like the night in the middle of the day; hide the outcasts. Jesus has given you the keys to the kingdom of God and it is your responsibility to seek wisdom from the Holy Spirit concerning the priorities of your ministry.

Your ministry must originate with the Holy Spirit to have value to God. Wait on God to empower you and release you in His perfect timing.

It is difficult and painful to walk with God because He thinks and acts differently than humans. It takes time and training to live in oneness with God but it is well worth the effort.

Seek your help from God who has power and dominion over the heavens and earth.

Make a decision to live under the auspices of Jesus because there is no hope anywhere else.

My encouragement is to seek out Jesus with all your heart. He is above all things, through all things and in all things. 

There is no one like Him!

Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again,  but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” John 4:13-14

It is very possible to have a live stream coming directly from God and filling your inner being every day of your life. The live stream is the Living Water, the life of Christ. 

The live stream originates in Heaven and is given to all who make a decision to live for Christ. The stream of Living Water is deposited into the Holy Spirit who dwells in all believers.

The live stream transforms you into a new creature in Christ. You think and act differently. You identify with the life of Jesus. 

The live stream speaks to believers and shares all the attributes of Christ with you. The Living Water is the source of strength, wisdom, joy and protection. 

The live stream teaches you the values of Christ and the importance of walking by faith.

This powerful flow coming from the throne of God is restricted by sin. You and I must continually confess our sins and ask for the blood of Christ to cover us. We must be open to the conviction of the Holy Spirit and the correction of God in our lives. 

God is calling all believers to turn away from darkness and walk in the light of Christ. 

You cannot do this on your own regardless of how hard you try. This is because you have an inner nature that wants to live for self and defy God. The good news is God has provided a method to be free from the bondage of sin.

The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus lives in all believers in the essence of the Holy Spirit. This law will set you free from the law of sin and death.

it is just a matter of yielding to the Holy Spirit and rejecting the lusts of the flesh. Pray God will keep you anchored to the Holy Spirit and free from the temptations of the world.

Sin begins in your thought processes so pray your thoughts and words are pleasing to God.

Have an amazing day filled with the Living Water! 

Jesus loves you!

“For the day of the Lord upon all the nations is near; As you have done, it shall be done to you; Your reprisal shall return upon your own head.” Obidah 1:15

This story in the book of Obidah is taking place again today. It is very relevant for all believers. 

The ancient kingdom of Edom was founded by Esau. The Edomites aroused the wrath of God over their actions. They would not allow the Israelites to pass through their country on their journey to the Promised Land.

During the Babylonian siege against Jerusalem the Edomites participated in the destruction of Israel and took away many of their possessions.

Obidah, a prophet of God, spoke out concerning the judgments of God against Edom. 

He said “As you have done, it shall be done to you.” This act of retribution would eventually destroy Edom. 

God promised to deliver the Israelites and they would live in the holiness of the kingdom of God. 

God promised to return the possessions taken from them and the nation of Israel would be filled with the fire of God. 

How does this story relate to the people of God today? 

The judgments of God are over all nations. 

We have defamed God and do not respect or fear Him. We have an insolent attitude and are an arrogant people.

The remnant people of Christ have been persecuted and suffered financial distress.   

The promise from Christ is “Now I will arise. I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”

You can claim this promise today. Make a heartfelt decision to follow God above all else and seek out His wisdom for your life. 

Ask Jesus to cover you with His blood and be open to the conviction of the Holy Spirit.

Walk by faith anchored to the Holy Spirit and God will give you strength, comfort you on every side and deliver you out of adversity. 

God keeps His promises!

“Who do you say I am?” Matthew 16:15

You cannot identify who Jesus is through your human attributes including intellectual reasoning. And, listening to a sermon or reading a book will not introduce you to the reality of the Living Christ.  

If you try to find Jesus through the ways of religion you will be misled and have a false understanding about Jesus.

Jesus asked His disciples “Who do people say I am?”

There were many conjectures about who Jesus was among the people. Was Jesus a prophet?  Was He really sent to earth by God?

Peter declared “Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the Living God”.

Jesus responded to Peter you are blessed by God  because this truth was revealed to you by the Spirit of God.

Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. The revelation of Jesus comes to you by hearing the word of God delivered with the power of Holy Spirit. You hear and accept the truth in the depth of your heart.   

The word of God is alive and powerful and pierces the essence of your inner being. 

The Spirit of Christ will reveal the nature of Jesus and teach you His values. He lives in all believers and will lead you into all truth. He speaks on behalf of Jesus and will always bring glory to God.

The Holy Spirit will dispel the mystique about Jesus and you will know in the essence of your heart Jesus is the Son of God and has power and dominion over the heavens and earth. There is no one like Him!

Ask the Holy Spirit today to give you a revelation about Jesus and how He wants to operate in your life?

Then just be still with an open mind and you will hear the voice of the Living Christ!

“Everyone who thirsts, Come to the waters; And you who have no money, Come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And let your soul delight itself in abundance.” Isaiah 55:1-2

We all have a thirst for the things of life like water, food, and materialistic needs. 

However, every living being has a deeper thirst (or longing) that can never be satisfied by the world. This thirst is for the love of God and lives in your soul.

We try to quench this thirst for God through worldly living but are never satisfied regardless of our prosperity or success. 

This intrinsic quality was created by God before you were born and can only be satisfied by the Living Water of Christ Jesus.

The Living Water is the life of Christ. It is the gift of salvation and the ability to live with God today and forever. This gift cannot be earned.

To receive this precious gift you simply make a decision by faith to live for Jesus above all else.

This is a deep stirring in the heart to abandon yourself to God without any strings attached. The angelic beings will rejoice in your words and God will move mountains for you.

This decision will entitle you to drink from the fountain of Living Water forever.

When you make a decision for Jesus, God seals you with the Holy Spirit. He is the life of Christ. He lives in you and is your unlimited source for the Living Water. He fills you with strength, wisdom, joy and the love of God.

The Living Water is the resurrected life of Jesus and will fulfill your every need. You will no longer have to look to the world to satisfy your needs. You are complete in Christ and lack nothing.

The fullness of the Living Water comes to you through prayer, meditating on the Word, and listening to the voice of God. 

Confess your sins and ask Jesus to cover you with His blood. 

Walk by faith anchored to the Holy Spirit believing in the promises of God.

Commit your works each day to God and seek out His wisdom for your life.

Drink the Living Water today and your life will never be the same. 

Jesus will do for you what you can never do for yourself!

We question God because what we see with our eyes does not line up with the promises of God.

This causes fear, doubt and weakens our faith. 

We have to abide in the divine nature of God and live in consciousness with Christ Jesus through the Holy Spirit.

The truth will come to you from the Spirit and the Word. They will always be in agreement. God never changes.

God has placed everything in the hands of Jesus. He is the source of life for a believer. 

Jesus is the catalyst for becoming a new creature in Christ Jesus. You receive the gift of salvation and become a fountain of Living Water springing up to eternal life.

The Holy Spirit dwelling in believers is the source of strength, wisdom, joy and protection. These attributes come from Heaven and cannot be found on the earth.

The challenge is learning how you be resolute in Christ without questioning Him or falling into unbelief?

Meditate on the character of God and ask the Holy Spirit to burn this knowledge into your soul. God is greatness, power, glory, victory, and majesty. He has power and dominion over the heavens and earth. He is the Head over all.

Walk by faith believing in the words of Jesus. Without faith you cannot please God. Remember, Jesus calls things that don’t exist as if they did.

Pray vigilantly and listen for His voice.

Ask God to reveal anything in your life that is blocking you from the fullness of God. Pray for the blood of Christ to cover you.

Renounce your allegiance to all false gods or idols.

Pray for God to break any curses that have been spoken over you in the past. 

Pray for inner healing. Your broken heart is an open door for Satan to attack you. He wants to live in your vulnerabilities. 

Stand firm in Christ. Your hope is in His promises. Jesus came from heaven and wants to make you Christ like.

Commit your works each day to God and ask for His wisdom and protection.

You have the mind of Christ. Live in consciousness with God through His Spirit. 

Obey God when He speaks to you even though it might not make any sense to you.

It is not by might nor by power but by the Spirit of Christ. Rest in God by faith. He can do for you what you can never do for yourself!

God works in the invisible!

“Who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.” 1 Corinthians 2:16

The Living Christ is at work every day in your life and His Spirit lives in you. He wants to have an embracing and personal relationship with you through the Holy Spirit. Jesus wants to live in your thoughts.

The goal of a believer is to walk in oneness with God. This epiphany happens by yielding to the Holy Spirit and listening to His voice. You have to be in contact with the Living Christ or you are just spinning your wheels. 

You develop an intimate consciousness with God through prayer and meditating on His Word. Most importantly, you invite the Holy Spirit to have authority over your life.

Commit your works each day to God and His thoughts will be established within you. 

The mindset is to wake up each day seeking the will of God. It is easy to live in obedience to God if you fully understand He has power and dominion over the heavens and earth and you can do nothing without the resurrected power of Christ.

Most believers try to think and act for God. Jesus wants you to walk by faith living in His thoughts.

The footsteps of Jesus will cause you to rest in Him and rely on the promises of God.

Wait on the Lord and He will do great things in your life. He is a God of miracles!