THE LIFE OF FAITH AND THE GLORIOUS CHURCH - 2009
APRIL 30th

WE MUST COME TO THE PLACE - THROUGH A CLOSE AND INTIMATE FELLOWSHIP WITH THE FATHER AND HIS WORD - WHEREIN WE BEGIN TO SEE ALL THOSE WHO CROSS OUR PATH AS WHO THEY ARE [AND, ALSO, WHO THEY POTENTIALLY ARE] IN CHRIST


...."For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf. Therefore from now on we recognize no one according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer. Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come"....
                                                                                                                                                                                                                2 Corinthians 5:14-17 NASB


          In this last hour one must lay down EVERY "emotional attachment". Every relationship - whether husband and wife, parents and children [and even with our brothers and sisters in Christ] - along with every element of the ministry resources and anointing we have been blessed with - must continually remain at the foot of the Cross. For it is certain that this is the ONLY way that one can avoid the pitfall [snare] of "idolatry" [idolatry being defined as anyone or anything in one's life or ministry that is given pre-eminence over God] in this last of the last hour. We must come to the place - through a close and intimate fellowship with the Father and His Word - wherein we begin to see all those who cross our path as who they are [and, also who they potentially are] in Christ - our children included. This will most certainly call for the continual exercising of faith, but the end result of our faith will be the bearing of "maximum fruit" in the lives of all those we are exercising the perfect love of the Father towards. As you faithfully stand for those in your sphere of existance to come into the fullness of the Father's call upon their life you can expect the Holy Spirit to expose any "ground" from which Satan has been allowed to "set up" his schemes. This will empower you to pray with pin-point accuracy [lay the axe to the root of the stronghold, so to speak], and continually release the various forces of the Kingdom [love, righteousness, wisdom etc.] into the life of the one that you are praying for. It is obvious that Satan and his forces continually attempt to influence the soul [mind, will and emotions] through lies and fear in order to keep one from entering into right relationship with God. How much more then will the Holy Spirit [Who is the Spirit of Love] work through us to "influence" [captivate] those that He has put in our path [as we are faithful to lay our lives down] so that the captives can truly be set free? Everyone, indeed, has a "free will" but let us be found "influencing" [in and by the power of the Holy Spirit abiding within us] all those who cross our path towards the true Christian life of faith, holiness and obedience - for GREATER is He [the Holy Spirit] who lives within us than he [the Enemy and his forces] that lives [dwells] in the "world"!

Related Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 10:14; Galatians 5:19-23; 2 Corinthians 3:17; 1 John 4:4;

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