THE LIFE OF FAITH AND THE GLORIOUS CHURCH - 2009
  DECEMBER 30TH

SATAN IS ATTEMPTING TO THROW EVERYTHING HE HAS AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE CALLED TO BE "FORERUNNERS" IN AN EFFORT TO LURE THEM INTO COMPROMISE OR OFFENSE


...."Jesus said, "Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel's sake, but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life. "But many who are first will be last, and the last, first"....

                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Mark 10:29-31 NASB

...." and A MAN'S ENEMIES WILL BE THE MEMBERS OF HIS HOUSEHOLD. "He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. "And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. "He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it"....

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Matthew 10:36-39 NASB


It is important for all those who are truly seeking the fullness of the Father s plan for their life and ministry to understand that we are entering into a time of the greatest manifestation of divine restoration [not the least of which concerns the family and marriages] this earth has ever seen. In reality, it is the first fruits [through a Glorious Church] of the eventual and complete restoration that will be found in the Millenial Kingdom. Because of these things, Satan is attempting to throw everything he has against those who are called to be "forerunners" in an effort to lure them into compromise or offense. The good news is that these vile schemes that Satan is trying to orchestrate against all those who have been faithful and obedient to "hold fast the vision" is that it becomes for us simply a glorious opportunity to remain in faith [which of course works by love] on the behalf of those who are being used as vessels of persecution against us - KNOWING that NO weapon that is formed against us shall prosper and, also, that the very weapons that Satan has attempted against us will become the sure catalyst for our entrance into the fullness of the Father's blessing and provision that He has held for us - UP UNTIL THIS TIME. In every case, it is a glorious opportunity to solidify our commitment to the highest purposes of the Father and, in doing so, gain a revelation of the Father's trustworthiness and love for us - a trustworthiness and love that will empower us right through to the end of the age. 

Related Scriptures:  Habakkuk 2:2-4; Matthew 5:10-12; Isaiah 54:17; Psalm 84:10-12;