God never changes! We have to change and conform to His values.

I was reading the Bible today and God brought up this topic. There are so many powerful promises of Jesus but it seems impossible or unreal for a believer to receive all of them.

What makes God tick in releasing His promises to His people? God told me this has nothing to do with religion, works or keeping laws.

And, reading the Bible and going to church will not stir Him to action.

The answer to this question goes back to your decision to live for Jesus.

Did you accept Jesus wholeheartedly without compromise or was this like a token commitment?

Jesus looks at how serious you are about loving Him above all else. The love of Jesus is measured by obedience not emotions.

Is your faith strong and unyielding dealing with the trials in life? Without faith you cannot please Him.

Jesus tests believers with trials that seem impossible to overcome. Do you praise God in the darkest moments of life?

Are you obedient to the voice of God or do you run away from His instructions? He will ask you to do things that make no sense or defy human logic.

Jesus wants absolute obedience to His instructions without any wavering. Just look at the example of Abraham.

Jesus releases promises in His perfect timing. This might be after a long drought or a season of intense spiritual warfare. Sometimes you might have to wait many years.

Jesus is omniscient and sees every detail of your future. He knows your every need and asks you to trust Him.

Jesus delivers those who have steadfast faith and are obedient to Him.

Jesus blesses those who walk in oneness with the Living Christ and are not just looking for hand outs.

The Christ follower is thankful for the gift of salvation and the ability to live with Jesus forever. He accepts the work of the Cross providing forgiveness for all of his sins through the blood of Jesus. 

He is thankful for the indwelling Holy Spirit who transforms him into the character of Jesus. 

He lives for Jesus!

“Honest weights and scales are the Lord’s; All the weights in the bag are His work.” Proverbs 16:11

The Holy Spirit spoke this proverb to me and said He is admonishing (reprimanding) those who practice evil tactics in the workplace.

Unfortunately, there is a lack of honesty and integrity in the Christian community. This is evident in work ethics of many who are operating with self serving and dishonest motives.

This verse uses the analogy of God having a work bag of tools including weights and scales. The tools are for the purpose of measuring the truth and justice of people working in the business world. Are they serving mankind with the values of Jesus?

Jesus measures many different ethical and spiritual values in believers.

Are you living by faith and reaching out to Jesus for your every need? Or, are you scheming with evil tactics to benefit yourself?

Are you speaking honestly with your customers or using lies to cover up your actions?

Are you acting with justice in the workplace in all your dealings?

Are you giving your customers excellent products at a fair price or are you taking shortcuts to benefit yourself?

Jesus sees everything. Nothing is hidden from him. He sees your motives and hears your every word.

This spiritual principle is how God judges your work ethics. Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished, but he who gathers by labor will increase.

If you employ dishonest tactics in your work God will diminish your wealth. However, the man or woman who labors under God will increase. 

The success of a believer in the workplace will come to those who commit their works each day to Jesus and invite the Holy Spirit to have authority over their life. 

Here is some excellent advice!

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward.” Colossians 3:23-25

“But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.” Philippians 3:20-21

The Holy Spirit spoke to me last night about how important citizenship is to a believer. It is your anchor to Jesus and His promises.

Citizenship refers to your heritage and allegiance to a homeland. If you are a believer you have a dual citizenship.

The Bible teaches that those who have their citizenship in the world are driven by pride, by what they eat and the things of the world. 

If you become a follower of Jesus your ultimate citizenship is in heaven. 

The citizenship of Jesus offers a glimpse of your home in Heaven and your transformation into a glorious body. 

The heavenly citizenship is in constant conflict with the world’s citizenship. The world will deprive you of the greatness and glory of Jesus. The world has a powerful attraction to lure you away from God.

The Bible teaches that we live in the world but we are not of the world. This is almost impossible to achieve without a mediator. This is why God gave all believers the Holy Spirit. He is the life of Christ and is sealed inside God’s people.

The Holy Spirit will help you navigate through life making decisions that honor Jesus. He will convict you of sin and guide your pathway. He will allow you to prosper in the world without endangering your heavenly citizenship. 

The Christ follower must commit his works each day to Jesus and invite the Holy Spirit to have authority over his life. This will fill the believer with the thoughts of Jesus and provide wisdom and strength to deal with the challenges of life. 

Citizenship with Jesus is life saving!

Citizenship forgives all your sins through the blood of Jesus and restores you to God.

Citizenship will provide a powerful buttress of support in your life. No weapon formed against you shall prosper.

Citizenship will bring the promises of Jesus into fruition in your life. 

Citizenship transforms you into a new identity with the character of Jesus.

Citizenship allows you to live in the reality of the Living Christ every day of your life!

“But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame; but the house of Esau shall be stubble; they shall kindle them and devour them, And no survivor shall remain of the house of Esau.” Obadiah 1:17-18

This is a true story in the Book of Obadiah concerning the outcome of those people who believe in God and those who live for self.

You can read the entire story in just a few minutes about the consequences of the nations of Edom and Israel. 

God never changes. He judges all people about sin whether they lived several thousand years ago or are alive today. 

Choosing your destiny!

Deliverance, holiness and the fire of God or stubble and destruction!

We all have to make a choice in life concerning God. Is He worth the time and effort?

If you are determined to live for self and doubt the sovereignty and efficacy of Jesus, then you are on your own.

Jesus did not disappear in heaven. He is very accessible but you must reach out to Him by faith.

Jesus is alive today and desires to have a personal and embracing relationship with you. This has nothing to do with religion, mandated works, or keeping laws.

Imagine having the reality of the Living Christ in your life every day. This happens when you make a decision for Jesus and are sealed with the Holy Spirit. He is the life of Jesus and transforms you into a new identity.

The gift of salvation entitles you to all the promises of Jesus and the ability to live with Him forever. 

Jesus speaks to you and is present in all the moments of your life.

Jesus shares His powerful attributes with you which come directly from Heaven.

Jesus has power and dominion over the heavens and earth. Nothing is impossible for Him. He becomes your refuge and fortress against the evils in the world.

Jesus wants to give you an abundant life filled with the supernatural qualities of God.

Seek out Jesus and ask Him to show you who He is. It is impossible to live an abandoned life for Jesus without experiencing the transfigured Son of God.

The glory and greatness of Jesus will give you a passion that can never be quenched. 

Check out Jesus! He wants to live with you.

The Holy Spirit has been speaking to me about Psalm 12. This scripture has three powerful themes.

The signs of slipping away from Jesus!

The godly man ceases in his relationship with God.

He discredits faith, speaks with idle and flattering words and a deceitful heart.

The request to God from David is to cut off all flattering lips and prideful words.

Another sign is the man who speaks whatever he desires and believes his words belong to him and God has no control over what he speaks.

God’s desire to help His people!

God shows where His heart is by responding to the oppression of the poor and the cries of the needy.

God says He will arise and set these people in the safety for which they are seeking from God.

The precious and irrevocable words of God!

The words of God are pure and like silver refined in a roaring fire and purified seven times. 

God keeps His words and will preserve them forever. 

We live in a world inhabited by the wicked and vileness is present everywhere.

The Christ follower walks by faith and lives under the authority of the Holy Spirit. He is filled with the fruit of the Spirit. 

Check yourself out with the standards of Jesus:

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control.

“To console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness” Isaiah 61:3

The word from God today is catharsis which refers to exfoliating unhappy memories or strong emotions such as anger or sadness by asking Jesus for healing. 

We all experience disasters in life. The challenge is how to recover and get ready for a new season. 

The past brings feelings and memories of irreparable things and can cause destructive anxiety, anger and bitterness. We strike out at God for the misfortunes in life. 

We are healed by His stripes!

God desires to transform an injured believer with a positive attitude and healthy outlook for the future. This requires you to let go of the past. Give your past and the attendant feelings to Christ.

Leave the irreparable past in the hands of God and pray for inner healing and renewal of a strong faith.

Trust the promises of Jesus! He wants to turn ashes into beauty.

The miracle of Easter is you can experience the Living Christ every moment of your life.

This happens because Jesus sacrificed His life on the Cross.

Christianity attempts to turn Easter into a new member recruitment effort but Easter is not about a church. 

Easter gives a human being the ability to have a personal and symbiotic relationship with Jesus. 

Jesus comes out of the Bible to be present in your life, speak to you, and share His powerful attributes with you. 

The Living Christ desires to give you the gift of salvation. This gift allows you to live with Jesus forever. He forgives your every sin with His precious blood and restores you to God. 

Salvation is a system of living with Jesus. Salvation does not relate to time. It is an endless relationship with Jesus.

The decision for Jesus seals a believer with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the life of Christ and gives you the ability to walk in oneness with Him.

The Holy Spirit spoke to me today about the importance of Easter.

Jesus transforms a human being from a nondescript character lacking spiritual features into a new creature in Christ filled with the values and personality of Jesus. 

Jesus can do for you what you can never get from the world. Have an awesome Easter!

The world equates success with results.

Jesus thinks differently. He does not measure success by productivity. 

Your desire to do works, keep laws or pursue religion will not create success or impress Jesus.

Jesus measures success by those who are devoted and loyal to Him above all else. They are obedient to the voice of Jesus regardless of the cost or lack of logic. 

The Christ follower walks by faith believing in the promises of Jesus and not what He sees with his eyes.

He lets go of independence and control over his life.

The secret is to give the Holy Spirit authority over your life and listen for His wisdom.

The Holy Spirit will teach you how to live by the values of Jesus in all the routine and unexciting moments of life. This discipline can then be expanded to the bigger challenges of life. 

The importance is to understand success comes from Jesus and not self achievement. 

Jesus desires for you to build a personal and embracing relationship with Him. He wants a believer to pray vigilantly, read the Bible, and listen for His voice.

Jesus wants you to reach out to Him for your every need and sever your ties to the world. 

Jesus tells believers success comes from the blood of Jesus and an open heart to turn away from darkness. 

The success of Jesus is creating a humble and contrite human vessel who has no need to boast of himself.

The Christ follower knows he is nothing without Jesus!

This is not make believe. Satan and his army of demons are very dangerous and desire to destroy you. 

The demons are very devious and they know all your weaknesses. They hear all your words and see all your actions and attempt to deceive you into evil schemes. The demons cannot hear your thoughts. This is a safe haven for a believer.

Jesus cannot kill the demons at this time but He has the power to cast them out of a human being. In the perfect timing of God, Jesus will destroy Satan and every demon in the world. 

Jesus has given believers the power to cast out demons. This requires concentration on Jesus and using the tools He has provided. Prayer and fasting are excellent preparation for casting out demons. 

Last night I saw a vision of a net to protect believers from demons and a container of insecticide that forces demons to flee from your presence. The net is the armor of God and the insecticide is the blood of Jesus. 

The Bible explains your struggle is not against flesh and blood but against the rulers, against the authorities and against the powers of this dark world. 

The armor of God is your protection against demons and will allow you to defeat all the schemes of Satan.

The belt of truth is the Word of God. Pray the Word will dwell richly in you with all wisdom and understanding. The Word is alive and powerful and is sealed in a believer.

Jesus desires for you to be fitted with the breast plate of righteousness. The righteousness of God comes to those who have unyielding faith in the promises of Jesus and are obedient to the voice of God. Pray for an open heart to the conviction and correction of the Holy Spirit. This will keep you on track with Jesus.

Pray for readiness every day by walking in the footsteps of Jesus. Make decisions under the authority of the Holy Spirit seeking the anointing of the gospel of peace from Jesus. Commit your works each day to Jesus and ask Him to fill you with His thoughts.

Take the shield of faith speaking the words of God which can extinguish the flaming darts of the enemy. 

No weapon formed against me shall prosper.

I can do all things through Christ who gives me the strength. 

The blood of Christ gives me victory over Satan, sin and death.

I have the authority of Jesus over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt me.

Thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph through Jesus and dispenses the fragrance of His knowledge everywhere.

Walk in oneness with Jesus abiding in the gift of salvation and respond to all the demonic challenges in life with the sword of the Spirit.

Pray in the Spirit for protection and wisdom. Listen for the voice of Jesus and allow Him to guide your prayers. 

How to cast out demons!

Ask Jesus to share His authority over demons with you.

Pray for the discerning of spirits. Ask Jesus to identify the head demon or leader inside the afflicted individual.

Jesus will reveal the name of the demon which usually refers to something evil. Then it is your responsibility to pray the words of Jesus to cast out the demon. It is not necessary to go after other demons in the individual. They will flee with the head demon.

The demonic strongholds are very difficult to crush particularly if the afflicted individual welcomes them in his life.

Sometimes, Jesus will choose intercession to bring down an impossible stronghold. Intercession is based on this scripture in Colossians: “Filling up the flesh with the afflictions of Christ for His body, the church.”

Jesus will work through the Holy Spirit dwelling in you to crush the stronghold. Most of the intercession takes place below your consciousness but you will identify with the feelings and darkness in the afflicted individual.

Spiritual warfare is tiresome and weary but don’t give up. Jesus is a God of victory!

The Holy Spirit spoke to me last night about the reciprocal privileges of Jesus. They are the most important treasures in life and should be sought after and cherished by every human being in the world.

A reciprocal relationship is between two parties where one completes (or compliments) the other. In the spiritual realm Jesus and a believer work together to accomplish the desires of God.

Every human being is born with a void of God and an inner nature to live for self and defy God. This contrasts with God who is perfect and without sin or any ego.

God has no interest in the natural life of a human being from birth. He created the act of salvation to transform a human being into a new creature in Christ and give him the gift of eternal life. 

The new creature is made complete in Jesus and is entitled to all the privileges of the Lord. Jesus and the new believer form a symbiotic relationship where they compliment one another. 

The blood of Jesus covers all the sins of a new creature and allows for him to be restored to God. He can face Jesus without any shame or condemnation. 

The new creature inherits all the promises of Jesus and has access to the attributes of His life. 

He walks in oneness with the Living Christ and hears His voice with consistency. 

He lives by faith and relies on Jesus for his every need. 

He seeks the will of God for his life above all else.

He invites the Holy Spirit to have authority over his life. The Holy Spirit is sealed inside a believer. He is the life of Jesus and desires to be a presence and powerful force in the life of a believer.

The Holy Spirit will provide a believer with omniscient wisdom and protect him from evil. He sees every detail of your life from the past and into the future. Nothing is hidden from Jesus.

The Holy Spirit will empower a believer with supernatural strength to overcome any challenge in life.

The new believer becomes a powerful witness for Jesus and learns to be obedient to His instructions.

Come to Jesus and be reciprocated by His precious privileges. He loves you!