Going Over To Faith-Domain Bound

"And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundread years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb. He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief. but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform." (Romans 4:19-21)

Abraham went above and beyond natural facts. He transcended the boundaries of the earth and stepped into the supernatural through his resilient believing in God's Word. He latched on by faith and by trust. He stepped across over to faith-domain bound. Stepping out of the strains, weights and burdens of facts surrounding him and into His Love, mercy and perfect rest -- Abraham has shown us the few things to observe.

• Do not consider the natural things, systems or circumstances.

• Do not waver -- do not permit lingering thoughts of doubts and unbelief to nest in your mind.
  
  
• Strengthen -- develop, build and root your faith and trust in God. Keep His Word constantly in your thoughts, in your ears and before your eyes...which produces the results of a fully-convinced trust.
  
  
• Fully convinced -- this is uncontaminated and unrestrained faith. A trust that refused to be wavered or questioned.

God's Word transcends the boundaries and realm of time on earth. Abraham was 100 years old when the promise was manifested into the physical realm on earth. Isaac, the son whom God promised him, was born by his wife Sarah who was then ninety years old.

Arise! Shine!

Arise, Shine;
For your light has come!
And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you.

For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,
And deep darkness the people;
But the LORD will arise over you,
And His glory will be seen upon you.
(Isaiah 60:1,2)

Snapped this shot at the breaking of dawn today. It's not much of a shot but the Word of the Lord resounded in my spirit as I stood looking onto the breaking dawn. The Amplified Bible translation puts it in definition:
Arise [from tje depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you - rise to a new life!]
Shine [be radiant with the glory of the Lord.]

It is time to Arise! Step up higher in the spirit of the Lord. Step up higher into His Righteousness, His ways of right standing and doing right. Shine His Light, Shine His glory! For His Light has come upon us. His glory has risen upon us and it shall be seen upon the earth in these last days.

Transcendence of Peace

"And may the God of Peace Himself sanctify you through and through [separate you from profane things, make you pure and wholly consecrated to God]; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved sound and complete [and found] blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah). Faithful is He Who is calling you [to Himself] and utterly trustworthy, and He will also do it [fulfill His call by hallowing and keeping you].
(1 Thessalonians 5:23-24)

As we close the last chapter of the old year what better way to open a new page in the new year, in-God's Peace. The peace of God is not as the peace the world gives. The peace of God is wholeness, soundness, complete, nothing missing and nothing broken. In other words it is restoration complete.

When Jesus defeated death and arose from the grave, He appeared in the midst of His disciples and declared to them, "Peace be with you." Jesus has taken every weakness, sickness, grief, pain, wrong and broken thing that He bore for you and I to the Cross and and restored us back to wholeness by His Resurrection. When you come to Him and give Him of your life -- "Peace be with you" -- is what He declares over you. He restores every wrong and broken thing in your life back to wholeness. Complete health in all spectrum of your life.

So when you accept God's Way as your way of life you step into the arena of His Peace. And His ways will draw you away from, set you apart from the ways of darkness, bondage and brokenness -- into His arena of Wholeness, Soundness and Complete Health -- in your spirit, in your soul (mental and emotional), in your physical body (physically, financially and socially).

Complete and Absolute Wholeness, Soundness and Health.

So begin your new page in God's Peace in this new year. He is faithful to His Word.

December 13, 2005 - Unfaltering, Unwavering

The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. (Psalm 37:31)

Keep, hedge about, guard, indwell, abide, protect -- His Word in the very center of your being. And none of your steps or ways shall waver. You will not falter or be shaken.

December 09, 2005 - Sowing The Right Seed

Another parable He put forth to them, saying: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field, which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches." - Matthew 13:31-32

When you think about it, everything on this earth moves in a cycle. The saying "What goes around, comes around" originates from God's Principle of Sowing and Harvesting. It is a spiritual law that governs the earth. You sow an apple seed you get an apple tree, a durian seed for a durian tree so on and so forth. The same principle applies in how we sow in and from our life. We are our own field. We are sowing throughout our life. And that which we sow we will harvest--both good seeds and bad seeds.

A good man out of the good treasures of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. -- What we give or practice is the same of that which we develop and mature into. When we sow into the Word of God we develop and reap growth and maturity in our innerman, that in the face of challenges and tossing winds we will stand steadfast, rooted and inmovable in all things. If we haven't been sowing and developing our innerman we will be so ill-prepared that when challenges come our way, instead of walking in overcoming victory we will be beaten to dust in disaster after disaster. It is a simple truth that in often times is not heeded in wisdom and consciousness. There are many of us who spend so much time sowing in carnality and satisfying the lust of the flesh by the constant junk we sow in our mind, in our ears, in our mouth and before our eyes. That in due time we harvest a very junkie life, of desolation and death--failure, lifelessness, profitless.

What kind of bird will we find nesting on the branches of our tree? Will it be an eagle? Or will it be a vulture?

So make the choice to sow good seeds. Start sowing into the Spirit and the Word of Life and harvest the overflowing abundant Life. Start sowing Love and harvest the powerful fruit Love brings.

November 25, 2005 – Pillar of Cloud, Pillar of Fire

"And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night. He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night from before the people." (Exodus 13:21-22)

The pillar of cloud represents Water, which symbolizes the Word of God.

The pillar of fire symbolizes the Spirit of God – His Power, His Glory, His Hand.

When we abide-IN His Word we abide-IN His protection and under His shelter. And even when we encounter darkness His Light encompasses us in protection. Standing in Right-standing before God we will always, at all Times have the pillar of cloud and the pillar of fire inside of us and shielding around us.

November 01, 2005 - The Resurrection And The Life

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.” (John 11:25)

This verse had struck a cord in my heart since a long while back that He is God who brings dead areas in our heart back to life. Lost visions and dreams. Hopelessness and despairs. He is God who can bring Life into them. It still rings in me to this day. Further to it I came upon a letter about it written by a woman minister that I just have to put it out on here. It had ministered so much to me and may it bless you as much as it did me… God Bless!


(Taken from the Women of Destiny Bible
Copyright © 2000 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.)

When we think of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we are reminded of His great sacrifice and love. We are reminded of the words in 1 John 3:8: “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.”

Friends, think about the full impact of these words coupled with Jesus’ actions, of dying, but then rising from the dead. That which was dead is now alive—the implications are powerful.

Resurrection is only needed if something is dead. As a woman, many times there is feeling of being trapped in life. You discover that you are trapped by circumstances, trapped by a lack of finances, or trapped because of a lack of love. Then because of that sense of being trapped, many things seem to “die” inside your heart. Even though you cannot put your finger on the emotions you are going through, still they are felt; and they impact your outlook on life, eating you up on the inside. Ultimately, you cry out, “Oh God, is there any hope?”

Today, the words of Jesus in John 11:25 should cause faith to arise in your spirit. The Holy Spirit is saying to you right now, “Arise, Woman of Destiny, for that which was dead can live again.” The resurrection of Jesus is proof that dead things can have life returned to them.

In the Old Testament, we see Ezekiel standing in the valley of dry. Dead bones. God asked the ultimate question: “can these bones live?” (Ezekiel 37:3). Ezekiel had the right answer—a non-answer! “You know,” was his only reply to the Omnipotent God. As a test of Ezekiel’s faith and a sign of His own power, God instructed the prophet, “Prophesy to these bones” (v.4). Ezekiel needed to get his eyes off what seemed to be reality—all those dry, dead bones. For the moment, Ezekiel began to see the situation through God’s eyes. He was then freed to act upon the word of the Lord—and things began to change.

This same faith should begin to arise in your spirit right now for your own personal situation. God is speaking a word into your spirit through the resurrection of Jesus. He is saying to you, “All of your dreams that have died, your marriage that seems to have lost its spark and excitement, your hope for joy and fulfillment—they can live again. Where you have lost hope for things passing though the valley of death, allow His resurrection power to begin to flow with revived hope.

Jesus’ resurrection tells you even your vision and your ministry that you have buried can be resurrected again. Believe it! All of your days, all of your future will never be the same, because of the fresh awareness of the power of His resurrection.

Today, right now, Jesus is saying to you, “I am the resurrection and the life. That which was dead shall live again.” Therefore I say to you, in the authority of Jesus’ resurrection power, “Be healed. Be restored, and reclaim your God-given destiny.”

-- Naomi Dowdy --

October 28, 2005 - The Law Of The Spirit Is Life!

For the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:2)

Absolute freedom. Absolute liberty. No restrain. No restriction. No boundaries. No captivity of any kind or form, in all aspect and in all spectrum.

Completely. Infinitely.

Death comes in any form of misery, darkness and pain in all spectrum of life. But all praise to God in the highest, we in Christ Jesus are completely free from this death - in Spirit, Soul and Body.

If this truth becomes a revelation that floods our entire being, the glory and the power of God will manifest through and in around us. We will be walking as Christ walked and no evil, darkness or death wil be able to withstand us. Nothing in both the spiritual and earthly realm will be able to faze us.

Life is Spirit.

October 20, 2005 - A Pressure, A Decision

Had heard this quote since a while ago and it still rings in my mind this day. It is truth indeed and is something to be remembered that in whatever we face the entrance to progress or to digress lies in a decision.

Everything is a decision which influences the next step we take. Big or small, significant or insignificant. Every action leads to a consequence.


"When a pressure shows up, it requires a decision." - Creflo A. Dollar

November 22, 2004 - Believe To See The Glory

Jesus said to her, "Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the Glory of God?" (John 11:40)

Do not cast away the promises and the vision that He has given you - only have faith and believe. Bleak as it may seem but "blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord" (Luke 1:45). Do not steer your eyes to distracted or diversion, to the bleakness of your natural surrounding. But look with the eyes of the Spirit and take heed to what He is saying to you.

BELIEVE. Remove the stumblings to your faith.

Martha, Mary’s sister, represents the natural side of us. In Luke 10, the Lord was spending time at the sisters’ home and Martha was very busy preparing meals and hosting the guests in the house while Mary sat quietly at His feet and listened to Him as He taught. Martha was caught up in the natural things. Though it seemed at that moment, the needful thing to do, but it was not THE thing to do – keeping our sight, our attention and concerns on to the natural things instead of keeping and staying in the spirit and in Presence of the Lord. Finally the frustrations of natural burdens welled up in Martha and she couldn’t stand it anymore. She “complained” to the Lord, to which He answered.

“Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.” (Luke 10:41,42)

Martha had let the seemingly important natural things and affairs take place over the spirit. When we allow the 'Martha' to arise within and function over us, we will lose sight and focus and slide over in our faith stand. Our faith will become swayed and persuaded by the natural realm instead of the spirit.

Do not be a "Martha". Be a "Mary" - one who listens, believes and obeys.