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Ears to Hear (Part 35)

Good Morning,

I have been meditating on Genesis 5:22, "Enoch walked in [habitual fellowship] with God after the birth of Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters." I know this is an allegory. Enoch is compared to the end-time "raptured" church. Just think, we need to be a people that walk in habitual fellowship. Let's look at these words, habitual and fellowship. First, we must understand that Enoch didn't become a recluse in order
to walk in habitual fellowship. He did not stop having relationship
with others [for he had more sons and daughters, that takes
relationship]. He ended up spending the majority of his time with the
One whose company he enjoyed the most. Habitual means acquired by custom or frequent repetition of the same act; formed by repeated impressions; rendered permanent by continued action or use; made familiar by
frequent practice.

Before I was a christian, I use to smoke cigarettes,
take drugs and curse like it was an official language. I practiced
these things just by frequent use and continued acts. After the
initial start of them, I just did them everyday. It wasn't anything
that I had to give to much thought to after awhile. It became as
natural as breathing. You know you don't have to go around saying to
yourself, don't forget to breathe (unless, you have a illness). Well,
by repeating the same action over and over again, day in and day out,
it becomes a habitual practice. Cursing spilled out as if I had stayed
up all night trying to put those vulgar words together, but I hadn't. I
perfected it by frequent use.

Keeping that in mind, think about our relationship with God the same way. In the beginning when you first became a Christian, you had to start reading your Bible and initiate prayer and worship
unto God. You were starting a fresh new habit. After awhile of being in
frequent practice and continued use, it should be natural for you to
pray, read your Bible and worship God. Practicing the presence of God, walking and talking with Him all day long, living a life of prayer and worship should become a habit. God is soooo
good and His company is sweet. It's so simple that we often try to make
it difficult with all of our man-made rules. In the end they frustrate
the purpose of God and we end up with religion and not relationship. Do
you time your conversation with a close friend? Do you talk only once a
day to your child, your mate, your buddy? It becomes a duty instead of
developing a Godly habit. No, I talk to my daughter about three or four
times a day, I do the same with my closest friend and my husband. I
have never timed our conversations. And if it wasn't for my cell phone
that does time my phone calls, I would never know how long I've been on the phone. Why? Usually, I enjoy our talks! When was the last time you just
enjoyed talking to God? So, the first thing we have to do is stop
putting God on a time-clock. Second thing, just lean back and let 'er
rip, enjoy God. He is the One who started relationships after all. I
imagine He knows how to form a good habit
with you also. He's quite entertaining, gifted, knowledgeable, unique
and incredible in His ability to make you feel comfortable around Him. I really like Him, as well as love Him.

I believe that is what Enoch discovered. That God was so
awe-inspiring, so positive and just plain likable. Enoch couldn't get
enough of God. That brings us to the next word, fellowship. Fellowship means companionship, familiar company, a state of being together, intimate familiarity, frequency of intercourse – [connection; communication
or exchange; a passing between]. This fellowship is developed by frequent
use or continual acts of simply talking to God. God is so awesome, just
think, He can converse in any language, so He is accessible to everyone.
He made us, so He knows all about why we are the way we are and He
knows how to straighten out the crooked places in us. Yet He wants us
to get to know Him and hang around Him. He knows the issues of all of
mankind, the roots of them, and how to get rid of the roots. Who else
knows all that about you, and still wants to be intimate with you? If
most people knew everything about you (even your thoughts), you would
be by yourself.

Yes, we must become a generation of Enoch's. The only way is to let the love of God teach you the way to "walk in habitual fellowship" with
God. He is coming for those who are so in love with Him that they can't
get enough of Him. Right where you are, forgive yourself for trying to
do it man's way, now let Holy Spirit show you the way. You will delight to walk all day in the presence of God, that's habitual fellowship. It will be said of all of us, "and they were not, for God took them home with Him."

Love,

Pastor D.

Ears to Hear (Part 33)

Good Morning,

Recently, I went to Mt. Vernon, the home of the first president
of the United States of America. As I saw all of his accomplishments
and heard again the history of George Washington, I thought about the
life that he lived and how he lived it to the fullest. His bravery on
the battlefield, his integrity in the office of the president, and his
affection for this land, was all overshadowed by his love and care for
his family. All around in the old mansion, was the evidence of his love
of living and enjoying life. I thought about his prosperity and how
generous he was with those he loved. I thought about my own generosity.
How generous was I really?

This scripture came to mind; I Timothy 6:17-19, says, "Teach
those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in
their money, which is so unreliable. Their trust should be in God, who
richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment. Tell them to
use their money to do good. They should be rich in good works and
generous to those in need, always being ready to share with others. All
of us as believers have heard numerous prophecies regarding the
end-time transference of wealth. [Prov. 13:22, "A good man leaves an
inheritance to his children's children, and the wealth of the sinner
{finds its way eventually} into the hands of the righteous, for whom it
was laid up.] When we hear this, most of us can see ourselves out of
debt and enjoying everyday living to the fullest, with our wealth. Our
new car, our new house, our expensive clothes, the list goes on. Where
does the scripture that we read in Timothy fit in to our wealth?

Let's look at Luke 16:10-12, " If you are faithful in
little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are
dishonest in little things, you won't be honest with greater
responsibilities. And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth,
who will trust you with the true riches of heaven? And if you are not
faithful with other people's things, why should you be trusted with
things of your own." Do you know that right now, with the
'little' wealth that you have been entrusted with, you are showing how
faithful you will be later, with more? Are you faithful with your
tithes now? Do you do good with the wealth you have now? Do you give generously to those in need now? Are you always ready to share with others, now?
If not, work on that now! "Do not be deceived and misled, you cannot
mock or ridicule God, you always harvest [reap] whatever you plant
[sow]. Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will
harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to
please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit."
(Gal.6:8)

Yes, there will be a wealth transfer! Are you preparing to
receive, so that you can distribute freely as directed by the Lord. Of
course, you will be taken care of. You will be the vessel of God's
choosing. "For God gives to a man that is good in His sight wisdom,
and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner He gives travail, to gather
and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God…."
(Eccl.2:26) "So let's not get tired of doing good [now]. At just the
right time we will reap a 'harvest of blessing' if we don't give up.
Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to
everyone–especially to those in the family of faith." (Gal.6:9-10) Do good, give, be generous, now!! You are setting yourself up for the transfer, for the harvest of blessing!

Is it any wonder that even our transfer of wealth comes from the
place of God's great love. It is still the foundation of all things
that comes to us from God. All the while we are growing up in love and
expanding our ability to receive and give. We are looking more like our
Daddy now.

Love,

Pastor D.

Ears to Hear (Part 29)

Good Morning,

As I waited on the Lord to see what he would say to Me for this day, I received two thoughts that was on His heart. I will attempt to share them with you now.

First, this year 2009, is a year of "finality and judgment." Finality, for years of seeds that have laid dormant in our lives. The seeds being, those prophetic words and promises that you have kept and have warred for, by consistently confessing the prophetic words. Holding on to them when it looked like they had dried up on the vine. This is the final year and then a beginning of great harvest, a multiplied harvest. Judgment in the sense that judgment is defined as — a definitive or an authoritative decision; a formal utterance or pronouncing of an authoritative opinion; an official decree. Is. 42:8,9; says, "I Am the Lord that is my name! And My glory will I not give to another nor My praise to graven images. Behold, the former things have come to pass and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them." Job 22:28 says, "You shall also decide and decree a thing and it shall be established for you and the light of God's favor shall shine upon your ways. When they make you low, you will say, there is a lifting up and the humble person He lifts up and saves." I believe God is telling us that this year what we decree or pass judgment on in our lives will be established with a "springing forth". The word for us is up, up, up, we are going up no matter the obstacles in life. We must go up. I am awe as as I see this lived out in Israel now. There is war all around them, yet they are not backing down, their cry is that they must go up! Their Helper is God Almighty, He is the One who will help us go up also! They war with a "prophetic promise"; that Jerusalem was given to them by God, and they received it and won't be denied. Let's war with our promised word!!!

The second thought is that intimacy is the breeding ground for trust. Intimacy is knowing the genuine inner core of someone; indicative of ones deepest nature, interconnected, interwoven, interrelated, very close connection. We discussed this in an earlier message. We understand that God will share His secrets with those who are intimate with Him. Psalm 25:14 says, "The secret [of sweet, satisfying companionship] of the Lord have they who fear (revere and worship) Him, and He will show them His covenant and reveal to them its [deep, inner] meaning." The Message Bible says it this way, "God-friendship is for God-worshipers; they are the ones He confides in." I want to be one of those that God confides in, don't you? Connect that thought with this one in Matthew 5:8 – "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God." Pure means, clean and clear, free from dust, dirt or taint, free from harshness or roughness, containing nothing that impairs or that is hurtful, free from what harms, weakens or pollutes, uncontaminated. This is the character that God by His Spirit helps us to become and then He delights to have intimate relationship with the pure in heart. While we are becoming more intimate with Him, our hearts are being made more pure. That is how trust is built and He then confides with the pure in heart and shares His secrets with them. I want a pure heart so I must stay in the presence of the Purifier of hearts. Then, what I decree will come from a pure heart not a dirty, tainted, polluted, harsh, hurtful, harmful and rough heart. When I come from the place of intimacy with God and having a pure heart then my decrees will be backed with pure love. Since, love never fails [1 Corin. 13:8], then my decrees will not fail, they will be with finality and judgment! We have a lot of prophetic promises this year, miracles, transitions, enlargement, and greater glory, etc. It all begins with a pure heart. Remember, God is a God of the heart, who knows our thoughts, motives and intents. Let's strive for a pure heart.

Love,

Pastor D.

Artistic Gifts from God

Good Morning,

Here is the Word of God in artistic form. Poetry and art given by two "daughters of Z"; Perinda Lowe and Adrienne Berry. God desires for us to become a "whole body" utilizing every gift, talent and ability for the fullness and the maturing of His body. Romans 12:4-6; "For as in one physical body we have many parts (organs and members) and all of these parts do not have the same function or use. So we, numerous as we are, are one body in Christ and individually we are parts one of another [mutually dependent on one another]. Having gifts (faculties, talents, qualities) that differ according to the grace given us, let us use them…"
Enjoy, receive, grow, be healed and set free as you enjoy the gifts that are being used for your growth.

Love,
Pastor D.

The Change of Life

What does it mean to change anyway?
Is it something you feel?
Is it something you say?
Is it something that you can wish for or away?

To change, to transform
To become something else
To leave behind all the former parts of yourself?

Some say, that change is good
To just go with the flow
And not to resist
Or rock the boat

Some ancient cultures hold onto their way
And they’re still the same as they were then, today

Change is the agent that rips your soul out
It’s what makes you fear
It’s what makes you doubt
It’s the something that most never figure out

Change

Change is the anger that drives you to act
It’s the fire that burns
It makes gossip fact

Transformation is swift
Like the flick of a blade
Shining and gleaming with a hint of rage

Ready to take and ready to steal
Ready to give and ready to heal

Change is a pain
Like you’ve never known
That squeezes your heart
Until you’re alone

It’s the ripping apart of your family or friend
It’s that feeling
You just want it all to end

Turmoil, hurt, pain, and grief
They all walk with change
While you look for relief

Change is that thing that you’ve always feared
That you looked for to happen
But fought it with tears

I had cried out for change
But I didn’t think that You’d hear
Change me, O God
I whispered in Your ear

And you started to work
And my world started to crumble
You searched my ways
For things you could humble

And the process was hard
Making stone into clay
My life became darker
The sun went away

You said there’d be shaking
And every moveable thing
Got torn away as I stood in Your rain

My heart broke
And You spoke again
You called me Your child, Your lover, Your friend

How God, could You even say that to me?
Did You see what just happened?
You let these things be?

One by one, they left me
As I cried out to You
And You did nothing
Of what I thought You would do

They beat me, they hurt me
I cried out in pain
As the world turned against me
Again and again

God, don’t You love me?
God, don’t You care?
How much more do You think I can bear?

It was quiet
But I was desperate
And I searched for You
For Your love, Your voice
That touch I once knew

And I started to hear
And You started to speak
Past my pain and my suffering
And the darkness, so bleak

And you rolled the tape
When You heard my cry
When I asked for change
And You heard from the sky

And You started working out things in my life
That were holding me back
And getting me off my off track

And You took them from me
Per my request
And You started moving things
Where they fit best

And I started feeling the pain of the growing
Which started blocking the love You were showing

You are that change
That one that we fear
Will rip us away
From what we hold dear

Transforming us into what?
And since we don’t know
It halts us from moving
So, that we can’t grow

But that one small prayer
That fell from my mouth
Was enough for You
To take control of my doubt

The pain that I felt
As I was transforming
That sense of dread
That led me through mourning

Was replaced with a strength
That I’d never known
That started to grow
From the seeds You had sown

The shaking You spoke of
Put me in a place
Where I started to walk
In the fullness of grace

Not relying on man
Or woman or child
Every false idol
Was left in a pile

Change is a thief and bandit all right
But it stole my fear
And renewed my fight

It’s that process
Of a slave becoming the free
When the ugly
Becomes the picture of beauty

There’s a shifting
When the bound is let loose in the streets
When the one that was forgotten
Does amazing feats

Change is that suddenly
That was always in the works
Change is the life
On the other side of the hurt

Change is the hope
We always crave for
It’s the future, the healing
It’s the open door

Change is our Savior
Redeeming the time
Making us into
A people that shine

Propelling, moving, changing, growing
Pushing you forward
Without you ever knowing

Making you do
What you thought you never could
Making you love
Like you thought you never would
Higher heights, deeper depths
Closer than your next breath

Transformation, the word is a beautiful thing
When you should be crying, you can now sing
When you should be crumbling
You can now soar
When you should be dying
There is joy to your core

There’s a peace to the saying
That this too shall pass
And while our world keeps changing
God’s love with last

Ears to Hear (Part 3)

Good Morning,

How many times have we heard something and interpreted it out of context that may have caused us a great deal of difficulties? You know the familiar conversation, it goes something like this……"You said ———–!!!!" and the person who was speaking says:…."No, that’s not what I said!!!!!" Has that happened to you lately?
Do you remember the game we learned as children, where we would start a conversation by saying a simple sentence and it would be repeated to the next person and on to the next and it would go on until the last person would repeat what they heard? It would begin by saying something like, " my dog is a black and brown shepherd," by the time it got to the last person it might be, "the shepherd is brown where the black dog bit him." Well, I learned several things from that exercise: #1- you can not listen to gossip, it is never complete in truth; #2-people do not listen intently and last but not least, I came to the conclusion that when you speak there is a force that causes our conversation at times to be misdirected or confused. Ephesians 2:2 makes reference to the "prince of the power of air". Later on in Ephesians 6:12, we have a little more insight into this, "prince of the power of air". Listen, it reads, "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places". So we can see that the devil has a rank of delegated authority, and one of those evil spirits job is the "airwaves". His sole purpose is to scramble up our communication lines. He keeps the atmosphere charged with misunderstandings, misinterpretations, dirty filters, poor comprehensions, and selfish hearing, so that we are constantly dealing with offences, unforgiveness, bitterness, hatred, anger, deception and all other kinds of little foxes that spoil our growth in our ability to hear clearly. I am not saying this is the case everytime, but we are told to know the ways of our enemy, so that we can be victorious all the time. We take authority over this low-ranking prince of the power of the air and we say that you will not hinder our ability to hear clearly & or communicate effectively. We will keep the garden of our heart free of offences, bitterness, malice, unforgiveness, etc.

Hear what the Spirit is saying right now:
"For I am coming for My bride and she must no longer allow spots, wrinkles or blemishes to continue to grow on her. These hearing problems have caused so many blemishes on My church. My children continually hurting one another, fighting and bickering over small temporal things that have been destroying their abilities. You must cease the wars among My beloved, and direct your attention to the enemy, who pitts you against one another. You must see and understand that a house divided cannot stand, and will end up in self-slaughter. Stop! My children, I have given to you all the power over all the power of the enemy, now use your power against the enemy and not against each other. Love, love and prefer one another. Be merciful, tenderhearted and kind. Give allowances to one another. Every time you are hurt by each other, quickly forgive them. Those seeds of forgiveness will return to you on swift wings of My favor to you. You will grow twice as much because of the mercy you extend. You will become more mature and more sensitive to Me and My ways you will be alert to following Me. This is the way of the Spirit. Following the high road of love will always cause you to be on top, it is the steps to prosperity that will bring you to good. Love will mature my bride and keep for her an atmosphere of miracles, wholeness, soundness and true prosperity. Love is the atmosphere where I, in My glory abounds".

Wow! Well, I’m speechless.
Love,
Pastor D.