Stephanie Johnson
Seven-Fold Ministries, Inc.
Higher Ground Studios
Rob Johnson
Director of Ministries
Feed-My-Sheep /
Luke 4:18 Ministries
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The End Times Are Upon Us
Atlanta, GA. (May 1,
2009)......These are days when none of us in the Body of Christ has
the luxury of letting down our shields or laying down our swords.
Events are happening on almost a daily basis which are prophecy
unfolding right before our eyes.
One of the most compelling teachings that we have come across is
the study of the blood red moon and how solar and lunar eclipses
correspond to the Jewish holidays. It is important to read
BLOOD RED
MOON and judge for
yourself!
Also, be sure and
read Stephanie's prophetic dream. There are five storms
coming upon our nation - and several are already here. These can be
frightening times that we are living in - but as long as we keep
our eyes on Jesus Christ and on eternity, we can remain balanced.
Stay informed and don't let the enemy put you to
sleep!
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by Rob Johnson
Two things are required of us as Christian believers in order to
live a life of victory over sin. We must trust in God’s divine
assistance (grace), and we must train ourselves in the Spirit-led
covert disciplines of Christian consecration.
When a parent tells a good child to do something, or not do
something, the child obeys because he wants to please his parent.
When a parent tells a strong-willed child to do something, or not
do something, the child ignores the command because he wants to
please himself. Speaking hereditarily, I believe that a
strong-willed child, or a child who is habitually disobedient to
his parents, is most likely displaying the symptomatic outworking
of his great grandfather Adam’s sin of independence against the
word and will of God.
Now it is true that if a parent has proven to be an untrustworthy
person in a child’s life, the child will have a more difficult time
trusting and obeying him/her. And even if the parent is worthy of
the child’s trust, if the child perceives
that the
parent is untrustworthy, he will have a difficult time trusting the
parent and will trust more in his own will than his parent’s
will.
Perception is
everything, and perception
is often clouded
by deception
as in the
case of Eve. Her vulnerable perception came under attack through
the serpent’s deceiving her in the Garden of Eden by questioning
the validity of God making good on his warning that the day she or
her husband ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
they would surely die. Buying into the serpent’s deception resulted
in her act of disobedience and rebellion against the word and will
of God. When she offered the forbidden fruit to Adam, he ate from
it too, disbelieving the validity of God’s stern and severe
warning. All human beings have suffered the consequences of their
sin from that point onward. The things that made Adam and Eve
susceptible to the serpent’s deception was the lust of the eyes,
the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life.
Unlike Adam, Jesus Christ, the only begotten Child of the Father,
trusted in His Father’s will instead of His own throughout His
passion and at the most crucial and critical time in human history.
Specifically, He chose to do His Father’s will instead of His own
will in the Garden of Gethsemane. From the point of that decision
in the garden, Jesus set His face like a flint to go to Jerusalem
and “drink the cup,” allowing Himself to be crucified on Calvary’s
Cross for the sins of the world. Prior to that time, Jesus had
already overcome Satan’s deceptive temptations in the wilderness,
at the end of a forty-day fast, when He rejected Satan’s offer and
renounced the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the
pride of life, proclaiming, “Get thee behind Me Satan. It is
written.”
Jesus Christ choosing to trust and do His Father’s will instead of
His own will, or Satan’s, has resulted in the salvation of every
human soul who chooses to receive Him into their hearts by faith,
believe on his name for their justification, continue in Him for
their sanctification, and finish in Him for their glorification.
This is why the Apostle Paul called Jesus “the second Adam,” and
this is why I preach that Jesus Christ, the strong Son of God, is
our second chance to “get it right” as individual human beings and
as a human race.
Again, the way we “get it right” and gain the victory over sin is
through trusting in God’s grace found in His Son Jesus Christ, and
by training ourselves in the Spirit-led covert disciplines of
Christian consecration. These covert disciplines of Christian
consecration are fasting, praying, giving, and meditating in God’s
word in order to do His will instead of our own wills, especially
when faced with satanically inspired temptations, tests, and trials
in our lives.
I recommend that you begin an in depth study of covert fasting,
praying, giving, and meditating in God’s word, and most
importantly put into practice
what you learn. A good resource for all
of these subjects is Derek Prince’s ministry website. When you
visit his website, go to the category listed “Resources For
Living.” I recommend that you thoroughly research this listing and
then purchase and study the books and tapes on these subjects.
Derek’s website can be found and accessed through our links page.
May God bless you in the discipline of love, and in the pursuit,
perfecting, and practice of holiness. Amen!
Suggested reading from the Derek Prince’s
bookstore:
Orphans,
Widows, the Poor and Oppressed (Booklet) $2.95
How
to Fast Successfully (Book)$7.95
God's Plan for Your Money (Book)$7.95
Fasting (Book)5.95
Power of Proclamation, The (Book)$9.95
Self-Study Bible Course (Book) $17.95
Shaping History through Prayer & Fasting
(Book)$12.95
Through Repentance to Faith (booklet) $2.95
Through the Psalms (book) $14.95
You Shall Receive Power (book) $9.95
| Dear Friends, Why do people crane their necks to see a car accident on the other side of a highway, yet turn their heads to avoid making eye contact with a homeless person on the street? Why do we watch natural disasters, even chase storms, but close our eyes on human suffering? |
Each of us has an opportunity to make a difference, perhaps an eternal difference, in the life of another. What if we were to do just that:help one other soul? What if we recognised that our field of vision is our mission field? What if we didn't avert our eyes; didn't hold up our hands in the universal sign of “I have nothing to give you,” didn't miss the opportunity....and later regret it?
When we really look at the world, the suffering overwhelms us. The fact that at last estimate, 40 percent of the people groups on earth have yet to be reached with the Gospel of Jesus is staggering. Those are countless unreached people; all of whom are known to our heavenly Father, who counts each hair on each of our heads.
Pondering what must be done often leads to a severe case of paralysis by analysis. We look away, throw up our hands, and pass by another oppoturnity.
I am asking you to rubberneck the human misery you've seen. Brake for the broken. Stop. And then go. Urgently. Send your prayers, your financial gifts, and your talents to the One who gave you everything. Be His hands and feet.
God bless you.
Pastor Duncan Nyozani
Searchlight Ministries
Is it something Jesus said? |
Duncan Nyozani
Migowi, Malawi
The Discipline Of Love
and
The Pursuit, Perfecting, and Practice Of Holiness