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But when the Father sends the Spirit of Holiness, the One like me who sets you free, he will teach you all things in my name. And he will inspire you to remember every word that I’ve told you. (John 14:26, The Passion Translation)

You cannot believe right unless you are hearing right.

Holy Spirit is the one who will give testimony as to whether what we are hearing or reading is truth.

There are many false teachers and teachings out there and whether or not you believe that the pastor/teacher you are listening to is speaking only the Gospel truth.

You must ask and confirm with Holy Spirit so that you are confident that you are not being deceived.

Even when I am teaching I tell those listening “Don’t take my word for it, ask Holy Spirit if it be true”

Paul wrote these words of wisdom to the Thessalonians:

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies. Test all things; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-24, New King James Version)

Yes, the Father has blessed us with Apostles, Prophets, Evangelist and Shepherd teachers.

Yet, let us remember that the enemy operates under the system of counterfeiting, so we must seek Holy Spirit, who can not be deceived, as to whether what we are being taught is truth or not.

The good news is that under the guidance of Holy Spirit we will mature into the place via His training to where we will begin to listen to only what the Father is saying in the Spirit, as did our Lord. For then what is not of the Father will be clearly seen as false.

Now is the hour that the Remnant must rise up, the world is a ripe harvest field, let us gather the generation we have been blessed to be part of in History.

Russ Welch, Director at Beached Rescue & Recovery Mission located in Jacksonville Beach Florida

www.beachesmission.org


Hereafter I will not talk much with you, for the prince of this world comes and has nothing in me. (John 4:30, TPT)

Jesus didn’t have any spiritual strong men of the enemy taking up residence in His soul. Lets take a quick look at the spirit of offense…Now, if we were to put the spirit of offense in the catagory of spiritual “strongmen” we can then see how he brings other strongmen with him such as anger, false judgement and unforgiveness. Then they all take captive the individuals soulish realm to where they are prisoners, having their emotions placed in spiritual chains.

This can either be a short term hostage senario if the individual comes to see what has taking place and repents (takes on the manner of thinking in which Jesus lived His life here, thinking only the thoughts as to what the Father thinks) and through the door of forgiveness they are able to escape this spiritual prison.

If repentance doesn’t happen, then the individual can well be imprisoned soulishly through their emotions for years. To the point that their growth and destiny is at a stand still until the Light of Truth exposes their unforgiving heart. Then once true repentance has taking place and Holy Spirit is given permission by that individual to evict them, then they are set free once again.

Once this happens we must be on guard and leave this area ( and all areas) of our soul surrendered to the Lordship of Jesus so that the strongman doesn’t return with even more in his attacking party.

~Russ G Welch

Director at Beaches Rescue & Recovery Mission, Jacksonville Beach Florida

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But the natural man does not perceive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he understand them because they are spiritually discerned. ( 1 Cor 2:14)

Sad that so many Church’s and Christian schools do not recognize the Accreditation of Holy Spirit. I have several degrees including a doctorate of Theology from ministry schools but because they (those schools) choose to invest in the students lives instead of the worldly system they are not recognized as valid.

Yet truth be told, even having attended ministry schools for 12 years, studied hard and graduated from those schools, my times and seasons in the “School of Knee-ology” as taught by Holy Spirit has taught me the deepest things of the Kingdom.

Do that not realize that the standards they have set in place, means they would not recognize & disqualify such men as Evan Roberts, A.W. Tozer or Smith Wigglesworth as valid teachers or preachers. Nor would they based upon their manmade standards, see Jesus, Paul, Peter, John, James and others in The Bible as being considered qualified to teach or preach.

As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work unto which I have called them (Acts 13:2)

What happened to being led of Holy Spirit as was the first century Church?

I asked the Father about it, and He said it doesn’t matter what they see or believe, for He alone is the One who calls, trains, establishes and ordains those for whom He has called and everyone of His children are qualified by His Son for the works of the Kingdom. So it is clear that God the Father is the One who qualifies, not a board of men based upon a scale derived from human (carnal) intellect.

And no, I am not seeking a position, I am at complete rest as to where the Father has my wife and I at this time. 😉

 

~Russ Welch

www.facebook.com/slave2HisGlory/


A highway shall be there, and a road,
And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness.
The unclean shall not pass over it, But it shall be for others. Whoever walks the road, although a fool, Shall not go astray. (Isaiah 35:8)
Is this the narrow road, Jesus spoke of?
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I believe so. And be on the watch, for this road does have warning signs, such as we find in 2 Cor chapter 6:
For this reason,
“Come out from among them and be separate,” says the Lord.
“Touch nothing that is unclean, and I will embrace you. (2 Cor 6:17. TPT)
What was the reason?
Don’t continue to team up with unbelievers in mismatched alliances, for what partnership is there between righteousness and rebellion?
Who could mingle light with darkness?
What harmony can there be between Christ and Satan?
Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
What friendship does God’s temple have with demons?
For indeed, we are the temple of the living God, just as God has said:
I will make my home in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people. (2 Cor 6:14-16, TPT)
This means to walk in purity, do not associate with those who teach contrary to that which the Word teaches. Jesus and Paul both warn us of of false teachers and flase doctrines that run contrary to that which is truth.
The dangerous delusion of these perverse doctrines is seen in how they appear to be holy & righteous, yet they contain just enough of a twist that is so subtle,  many will be they who are fooled and led astray.
Again, Jesus gave us this warning:
For there will be imposters falsely claiming to be God’s ‘Anointed One,’ and false prophets will arise to perform miracle signs to lead astray, if possible, those God has chosen to be his. (Matt 24:24, TPT)
There are times it may be very difficult in having discerned such false teachings and warning others, yet they chose not to listen.
Because of our love for them, do we throw caution to the wind and stay under such teachings or ministries?
NO.
We can clearly see here in 2 Cor chapter 6, how Paul is laying the foundation as to a Kingdom standard that we must not dismiss! The Word is clear:  “Come-out from amongst them”. In in other words let your separation be so evident, that there will be absolutely no room to suggest your still connected to such.
DO NOT let your ternary of effection cause you to stay…for you and your whole family will be subject to paying a great price in all areas of your life.
Now, look at how the reward of being obediant to this warning blesses us:
FOR THIS REASON…….
“Come out from among them and be separate,” says the Lord. “Touch nothing that is unclean,
AND I will embrace you. I will be a true Father to you, and you will be my beloved sons and daughters,” says the Lord Yahweh Almighty. (2 Cor 6:17-18, TPT)
Boom, YAY GOD!!!
Holy Spirit, I ask that You keep me on Yahweh’s Highway of Holiness regardless of the cost.

 

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I long to be more fully connected into the flow of the glory of life eternal and abundant. Father God, Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit of life, consume me now that nothing of me remains and only You fully and securely abide.

Human reason was good enough for a religious season, but now has spent its strength. Immortality must now replace mortality. Mortal life wanes away making place for God’s immortal life to stay: no longer a passing visitor, but now a wellspring of Your life forevermore. (John 7:38).

Hallelujah! The time has come for the sons of glory to come forth. Now is the day for Spirit-natural to replace supernatural.

Now, while yet on earth, living in immortality from the fountain of life flowing living water of eternal life within us and out to a world that has been captured by spirits of death. Setting captives free to walk out of death’s prisons to live life abundantly now and forever.

Truly mortality has put on immortality.

Death must always precede resurrection life. The death experience of our past life is the end of our reasoning season. We are crucified with Christ that we may be recipients of His resurrected life now in these mortal bodies that are the temple of His immortality. (1 Corinthians 6:19).

Even as our natural flesh wanes away, eternal life abides as one with Spirit Christ within us. “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” Galatians 2:20.

The mystery of the ages now revealed is the immortal glorified Christ in you, the hope of glory. The glory of God fills the earth through the resurrected Christ abiding in multitudes of Sons of God, joint heirs with Christ Jesus, ruling and reigning on Planet Earth.

THE BIG QUESTION

The big question is not, “Is there life after death?”. The great question for you and me today is this: Is there life now, real life, eternal life, abundant life? Yes! The true life of Christ, the resurrected life of Jesus alive within our mortal bodies by the Holy Spirit is the immortal, eternal, and abundant life now and forever.

Our time to bring the glory of God on earth is NOW. Only our short time on earth is our given opportunity to bring the ways and glory of heaven to earth. Our time on earth is NOT just preparation for life in heaven someday. This life now is the one that counts in the job assignment that we all have in Christ to bring forth our part of the kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven.

God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son to redeem the world. The work of His Son, Christ Jesus, continues today by the Holy Spirit forming Christ in us becoming many sons in the ONE SON, Christ Jesus, as the body of Christ on earth.

MANY TODAY CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST AND ALIVE IN HIM

Probably all religions contain some truth at some level. However, they are all cunningly devised with divergences of man’s reasoning influenced by demon spirits. Satan and powers of darkness cannot continue their false rule on earth when the whole truth of Christ now on earth arising in His people is realized. The realization of Christ in us is the manifestation of Christ to His rightful place of King of His kingdom on earth. (1: Timothy 4:1) (Matthew 15:9) (Ephesians 4:14) (Revelation 1:6, 5:10).

The enemies of God are powerless against the Son of God in His Body on earth. The devil and all works of darkness were and are defeated at the cross. The victory of the cross is brought forth on earth by the resurrected life of Christ Jesus now abiding in His people alive on earth by the Holy Spirit.

THE GREATEST OUTPOURING OF GOD ON EARTH

The greatest revival ever is the imminent massive surge of awakening to the reality of Christ in His people by the Holy Spirit, establishing the fullness of the kingdom of God in and through His people.

It is the voice of God in Christ in His people that will end the false reign of Satan and the powers of darkness on earth. The powerful WORD of God spoken forth through the demonstration of the LOVE works of Christ in His Body on earth recreates the earth to the Garden of Eden type design of God.

This is not a someday by and by reality. This is now available within the hearts and lives of all who will fully seek first, above all else, the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and love not their lives to the death. Thereby making room for the resurrected life of Christ to fully abide where we once lived. To save our lives now is to lose the life of Christ and His kingdom reality now in this life on earth. To lose our lives now for His sake and His gospel of the kingdom is to find His resurrected life now and forever. (Matthew 6:33) (Revelation 12:11) (Matthew 10:39) (Galatians 2:20).

 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Matthew 6:33.

The mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. 27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Colossians 1:26-27.

In this manner, therefore, pray:
Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
10 Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 6:9-10.

Arise, my beloved, your time has come; all is prepared and made ready. That which was is no more, and that which is to come is within you. Awaken to the light of glory in the power of love and peace everlasting.

 

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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7:14)

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The greatest wall that this nation needs has already been paid for.

If we (God’s people) will humble ourselves, repent for seeking after our own desires.

Repent for hiding under the umbrella of selfishness, reject the spirit of religion.

Welcome the fires of holiness, dedicating every part of our lives unto the consecration of the Lord Jesus Christ.

We would see a spiritual dome over this nation in the form of the Presence of the Lord that would be so powerful it would make Israel’s iron dome look like a toy.

Or we can be like ancient Israel, continue believing our protection is by our might, remaining entrenched in the rhetoric of political discussions that the enemy joyfully has engaged us with and watch this nation fail.

For our wrestling match is with persons without bodies, against rulers with various areas and descending orders of authority against the world dominators of this present darkness Spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenlies  (2 Corinthians 10:4, Derek Prince Translation)

Do not be fooled nor deceived into believing this is a mere political battle.

It is a spiritual battle and we must put on the whole armor of the Lord, and hit the prayer rooms, hold all night prayer services.

We as a Body of believers have surrendered so much of our inheritance to the world.

We’ve entrusted our lives into the hands of wicked councils influenced by the spirit of this age.

Over the centuries since the first Church in the book of Act’s we’ve witnessed the Church ever so slowly lose its vision of the healing power of the Lord.

To today where we have for the most part put our faith in science and men of medical means.

We’ve allowed the Gospel message of Christ’s kingdom turn into a watered down self-indulgent message that bears no heavenly good news at all.

We’ve allowed holiness to be replaced with greediness, allowed the standards of Biblical morality to be replaced with the moral less values of this world.

Much of the Church has become a reflection of the society it is in rather than transforming the society to resemble the Kingdom of God.

We have entrusted our children to the government schools where the anti-Christ spirit is having a hay day.

As it slowly replaces truth with the twisted and distorted lies of the enemy calling right that which the Lord calls unholy and abominations.

We’ve allowed our colleges that were once founded upon the Word of God turn into the vilest institutions of demonic influence to a higher degree of wickedness.

We’ve replaced family time, with “me time”.

We’ve turned Sundays into a fast-food mentality organization where Church goers have been taught to simply want to rush in, get the worship of “How great we are” and “pamper my wounded ego” songs over with.

listen to a quick soothing Dr. Phil make me feel good message to at least get us to the parking lot, and then go out to be influenced by the world’s philosophies.

Or rush to the American dreams replacement of the Colosseum games of Rome style sports rather than devoting the day to our own families and the family of God.

And influencing the world by showing them the awesomeness of what it is to be a family dedicated to the Lord.

Wake up Bride!!!!

The Spirit of the Lord is crying out this very hour “Repent and turn back to your first love”.

Renounce your allegiance to the prince of the spiritual realm over this nation.

And turn back into the safety of the loving arms of your Holy Father in Heaven!!!

Russ Welch

Director at Beaches Rescue & Recovery Mission located in Jacksonville Beach Florida

http://www.beachesmission.org


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But if you don’t want to serve the LORD, then choose today whom you will serve. Even if you choose the gods your ancestors served on the other side of the Euphrates or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live, my family and I will still serve the LORD.” (Joshua 24:15)
Many will pass judgment on another individual or group today based on their looks, their dress and other situations they may be in. Yet Jesus said to show grace, mercy and love, judge not lest ye be judged. Wisdom would testify that in following the teaching of Jesus here can be a tough decision, one that will find you facing much opposition as it will cause one to walk down a narrow path that few choose to take.
 
Sadly the “many” are not even including those outside the Church but rather those who sit in the Church week after week. Religion has done it job, it has separated the believer from truth and interwoven the philosophies of this world and labeled them wisdom, yet true wisdom comes from the Father and it never contradicts the Son. You see, wisdom never says the message of Jesus has changed, it never says that what was once considered sin by the Father has now become acceptable. But it also has never said that we pass judgment first and then if needed show love, it clearly stands on the teachings of Christ not to judge and to show LOVE above all else.
 But you, beloved brothers and sisters, are not living in the dark, allowing that day to creep up on you like a thief coming to steal. For you are all children of the light and children of the day. We don’t belong to the night nor to darkness. This is why we must not fall asleep, as the rest do, but keep wide awake and clearheaded.  For those who are asleep sleep the night away, and drunkards get drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, we must stay alert and clearheaded by placing the breastplate of faith and love over our hearts, and a helmet of the hope of salvation over our thoughts (1 Thes 5:4-8).  
 
The ways of this world, the thinking, the philosophies and such have been bombarding the Church from the beginning and much has over taking the Church in that the Church has succumbed to its teachings over that of the Lords. After all these are different times, times have changed and situations people find themselves in have changed thus the Gospel must bend and adhere to these times that we find ourselves in, right?
 
Wrong, a thousand times wrong. You see in the first Church they held to the teachings of Christ even if it caused them their lives, and for many it did. Yet they turned the world upside down. Whereas today the world has turned the Church inside out so that it looks more like the world than the Body of Christ. It has morphed into an entertainment industry for big money.
 
Not the whole Church is this way, for indeed there is a Remnant in our day who still holds the torch of truth and refuses to bend knee to the modern teachings that have striped the power of truth in exchange for feel-good doctrines. That inspires the emotions but does not transform the individual, enlightens ones mind but does not produce Christ-like hearts. This present day message draws in the people and uses them to by the numbers to validate ones ego then spits them out just as fast when they begin to see the cracks in this false Lamb, leaving them often times in more of a state of lost ness than when they first entered, for they were drawn with a hope of a Messiah but were met with a man and his program.
Never restrain or put out the fire of the Holy Spirit.  And don’t be one who scorns prophecies, but be faithful to examine them by putting them to the test, and afterward hold tightly to what has proven to be right. Avoid every appearance of evil. (1 Thes 5:19-22)
 
Today, more than ever we must hold to the pure teachings of Christ and His Apostles and never trade them in for a lighter message. Paul said of such that ther would come a double curse upon their lives (Gal 3:10). Grace is powerful when taught in Truth and the Gospel Message found in the Word has not lost one once of its power and ability to impact cultures and peoples. It is time to bring the teaching of fasting & prayer back, the truth of the communion table back, the teachings of obedience and the reward of following Jesus. It is time to cut ties with those who seek to change the Gospel message, to seperate ourselves from those who wish to inject the ways of the world as means of reaching the people. It is time once again to turn and follow Jesus with surrendered hearts and lives. The narrow road is bordered by legalism on one side and compromise on the other.
 
The World is in desperate need of the true sons & daughters of the Lord Most High to manifest in this hour. We need men and women who will follow the teachings of Christ regardless of the cost and having counted it they dive into His ways with everything they have. Those that fully trust the Words of the Master, He said lay hands on the sick and they do it, He said to love the unlovable and they do it, He said to lay down our lives and they do it. For indeed He is a worthy King and just the reward of being called His friend, brother and sister is world far more than anything this world has to offer.
~Dr. Russ Welch, Th.D.

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Now Christ lives his life in you! And even though your body may be dead because of the effects of sin, his life-giving Spirit imparts life to you because you are fully accepted by God. Yes, God raised Jesus to life! And since God’s Spirit of Resurrection lives in you, he will also raise your dying body to life by the same Spirit that breathes life into you! So then, beloved ones, the flesh has no claims on us at all, and we have no further obligation to live in obedience to it. For when you live controlled by the flesh, you are about to die. But if the life of the Spirit puts to death the corrupt ways of the flesh, we then taste his abundant life. (Romans 8:10-13, TPT)        

Not to cause a stir…merely my opinion as to the finished work of the cross….          

When I look at the resurrection power of the cross and what it did for me, to say I am a recovering addict is like saying I am a recovering sinner. I can not confess either for the powerful freedom that Jesus accomplished on the cross liberated me from the lifestyles of both..I once was bound yet Praise God, for I am now free..I took one step..one action and laid my burdens down..and He in His Great faithfulness, He took them away.          

I understand the merits of programs and the desire to get people free…Yet to recite time and time again that I am still an addict to whatever is not confessing freedom into the New Creation that Christ won for us on the cross, rather it is programing I am still hostage to the old nature.          

I know people who’ve attended these programs for short periods as well as others who have attended them for many years and some have experiencrd freedom to where they no longer drink, do drugs, watch porn ect. Yet, they are not truly free for they live within the confines of an addiction mentality. I have counseled many of these same people and they are so fearful of slipping up. It is like being free and looking at an open prison door yet never daring to step out of the prison cell to experience the freedom ones been given.

The power of the Blood of the Lamb is fully capable of severing the individual from the nature of addiction.        

I have witnessed the freedom that the true revelation of the cross and what Jesus did there fully set people free including myself. I don’t have to avoid the alcohol aisle in the store because of the fear of being tempted, I can freely stroll down the isle in compete freedom knowing that addiction no longer holds me captive.        

I opened with stating this is my opinion yet the witness of seeing the miracle in others lives as well, transfers it from opinion to truth..For whom the Son sets free is free indeed.            

I welcome any individual who has not found this freedom to come and talk with me and let us together, allow Holy Spirit bring you into the place, through the revelation of the finished work of the cross, where you too can experience the complete freedom that Jesus purchased for you on the cross.          

Dr. Russ Welch, Th.D. Miracle power of Biblical counseling


 

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I can see a spiritual reality in the picture above. looking out across the Church horizon one can see three aspects of the Church community in this hour. Two of which are represented in the above photo as being either dead spiritually or greatly malnourished spiritually.
On the right side one can see dead churches stuck in seasons gone by on one side. Some of it being intermingled with the purpose of the Kingdom and that of the purposes of man, which has left them in a strangled stance. These often speak of grace yet teach from a legalistic side of the law.
Then on the left side of the healthy green growth, we see an aspect of the Church in this present day as that of having a strong religious mindset (stronghold). Knowing of Grace yet not fully embracing it or worse, having given way to complete compromise with no Heavenly order whatsoever. Even worse, we see some segments even walking off the path of truth completely, entering into erroneous doctrines to that of even knocking on the door of mysticism.
Then in the very middle is the Remnant in the midst of the other two, who is rising up from the foundational teaching of Jesus and His apostles. They are those who have died, or are dying to self and only want to be that which is the perfect image of the Son. Those who have seen their identity according to the Father’s view and are living their lives out in the identity of son’s and daughter’s. They have begun living lives of co-laboring with Heaven. Some of the Remnant has been assigned by the Father, to remain inside the others two in some form or another. Yet in this hour we are seeing more and more coming out and are gathering together living out the Kingdom life according to the direction of it’s King, Jesus Christ.

“Every person will know by this that you are my disciples, if you shall have love one to the other.” John 13:35

One important thing is to remember that the Father deeply loves those in all three groups yet we must not mistake His love for His Children as a node of confirmation to the structures they are in. In fact I believe it is because of His great love for them that He is raising up modern day “Moses” if you will, to rescue them from the confines of religion. And we must always live our lives out of the motivation of the Father’s love no matter who we are dealing with or find our selves.

Yeshua answered and said to him: “You are the Teacher of Israel and you do not know these things? (John 3:10)

Now, all these groups are able to draw people who are desperate to find hope. Yet the question must be asked, what are they drawing them too? Religion or Spiritual freedom in Christ Jesus.
Many Churches idea of evangelism is built upon the premise of “Building” their fellowships. Yet the are blind to the true evangelism of what Jesus taught. I know because I was of both groups. Praise God that Holy Spirit was able to break through the walls of religion in my own life and bring John 3:10 into that prison cell like a sledge hammer, tearing down the wall that had been built up by wrong teaching.
Now the true Remnant of Christ is beginning to walk in a deeper level of power in the area’s of the prophetic, healing’s and miracles. We are beginning to see what happened in the book of Acts manifesting today. And I believe as we begin to walk in these gift’s of God, reaching the level of “heavens works here on earth” of which our Lord did, then we shall see a shift into the “Greater” works than these happening.
Now, we must also realize that there is still a great hope in Christ that He can in fact bring a major Spiritual reformation into the groups which are off center, having stepped off from the Chief corner stone (Jesus) and His teachings, and held strongly to the misrepresentation of Biblical by men. Having replaced Heaven’s translation of truth for that of men.
Let us pray for the Church as a whole, that a fresh wind of Spiritual truth will blow upon them and release a fresh vision of who we are as a Body according to what the Father desires. Which I believe will not really be so much of a “new” vision as much as it will be a fresh reset to the foundation that Christ Jesus brought and that His apostles of the first Church lived upon and taught from.
While at the same time, may our own spiritual eyes be open to the truth that religion, legalism and compromise have no place in the Kingdom of God. For in all things (actions, words and deeds) may our lives bring Glory to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

And from him, the whole body constructed and joined in every joint, according to a gift given in measure to every member for his growth of the body, that his building may be completed in love. (Eph 4:16)

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Have you ever really looked at a hand – the four fingers and the thumb – all different in size and even shaped differently yet together they function in beautiful harmony.

Now if you cut one or more away, the hand doesn’t function to it’s full capacity – one of the fingers and or thumb must over react to make the adjustment for the missing member. Something else, when they are all there they number 5, Grace – even as when they are all there working according to their design, there is a beautiful gracefulness about them.

Now, I have seen people who are missing one or more, I’ve also seen people who have had all of them yet because of nerve damage or arthritis they suffer as they members seem to have a mind of there own.

Sadly today the Body at large is suffering because of each member desiring to do its own thing. Everyone feels that they each have a call to do their “own” ministry. Yet when you look at the teachings of Jesus, the Book of Acts, and the writings of Paul, they speak of anything but a “single ministry” mentality – they truthfully speak of team work, family and unity.

“My ministry” sound so selfishly self-serving and self centered….

This “my ministry” mentality has caused great damage to the body when the Biblical truth is that we each need each other and until we can put down our pride, erase wrong teaching and become united in unity with one mind, but to please the Father the body and the world will continue to suffer the loss of what Jesus created and Holy Spirit seeks to continue.

I use to have the “my ministry” mindset or sometimes I would refer to it being “My wife and I’s ministry”. Yet now I cringe when people put that label on me, for in all truth it is HIS ministry which is purposed to flow through myself and those whom the Father has purposed me to serve with.

Where ever you are, stop being a single ministry minded servant and seek out the very people the Lord has purposed you to serve with (Not over) that the Body may be whole, functioning according the the Lords design, each a very important member yet no more important greater than the members the Father has purposed you to be joined too. For then we shall see the Father being pleased and the world shall see His Glory shine forth.

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This is HIS Kingdom and we all are Co-heirs, fellow citizens re-birthed as adopted children of the Father but to worship Him in Truth & Love and walk in His lavishing love poured out on us each equally..

 

Let us be the generation that puts an end to the spiritual arthritis in the Body and become united in Christ minded ministry……