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Tuesday, 28 August 2007

A DEVOTIONAL STUDY September 2007, from the EXTREME PROPHETIC'S DEVOTIONAL CORNER

A DEVOTIONAL STUDY September 2007

Subject: "Do you know who you are?"

By Kyle Barr

STUDY INCLUDES:

A. Prophetic Encouragement

B. Devotional Teaching

C. Weekly Scripture Meditation

A. PROPHETIC ENCOURAGEMENT

Recently, while in prayer, the Lord showed me a vision. I saw a HUGE wall of water held back by a thin barrier, like a veil. As I looked closer, I saw how individuals had gone throughout time past and ripped holes in various parts of this barrier. These present holes represented past moves of the Spirit, where different individuals and ministries had created an opening; therefore, experiencing revival. However, these were only small openings compared to the fullness of the wave of revival to soon be released.

I then asked the Lord, “What needs to be done to allow the Sword of the Spirit to go before and rip the entire barrier from top to bottom?” The Lord said, “It begins with you. If you will let me search you out, every part, every broken piece, every hidden place, then I will come and bring healing and wholeness. If My Body will surrender, I will fill them with Righteousness and Purity. This will be what allows Myself to move in fullness. Because once the temple is cleaned and purified, I will allow my train to fill it. This wave will actually be YOU, walking in fullness of the Kingdom wherever you go.”

B. DEVOTIONAL TEACHING

Lately, I have been faced with the challenge of understanding who I really am and come to realize just how many lies and false beliefs I have about myself. Somewhere, I have allowed the enemy to decieve my heart and mind. But be encouraged, because the Spirit of Truth resides within you.

Jesus stated, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:31-32 ESV)

So as we meditate and receive the living word of who God says we are, we become free in Christ. I’ve found knowing the truth and receiving this freedom births great confidence, boldness, and steadiness to stand no matter what may be around us or coming against us. I love the lyric from a Misty Edward’s song stating, “I’m in love with God and God’s in love with me. This is who I am and this is who I’ll be and that settles it completely.”

As we understand more of the truth of who we are, it allows us to advance the Kingdom to a greater degree. Because ultimately, we are created in His image and likeness, so by “knowing thyself” we are able to make Him known to others. In this, I believe God will expand our sphere of influence. Just as Peter’s shadow healed, the Body of Christ will walk in such an atmosphere of Kingdom reality.

This all goes back and fulfills God’s original decree: And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” (Genesis 1:28) We will walk in true authority and dominion, reclaiming this earth and releasing the knowledge of the glory of God.

So if you desire to see the fullness of the Kingdom and this wave of revival, prepare yourself, for Christ is coming back for a Bride who has made herself ready. You are the revival, because Christ is in YOU-the hope of glory!!

C. SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Week One: Song of Solomon 2:8-17

Week Two: Isaiah 61

Week Three: Matthew 28: 16-20, Mark 16: 14-18

Week Four: Acts 5: 1-16

Link: www.extremeprophetic.com

Today's Word from Joel Osteen "New Every Morning."

New Every Morning

Today's Scripture

“His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22-23 NASB).

Today's Word from Joel and Victoria

You may have done something last week or last month that you're not particularly happy about, but the good news is you don't have to carry that around with you. That's part of what the Scripture means when it says that God's mercies are new every morning. God's mercy and forgiveness are available to you each and every day. His compassions never fail. That means that as soon as you call on Him and repent and change your ways, God pours out His compassion and forgiveness. Simply open your heart and receive it. You can have a new beginning every single day! Do you feel like there's something between you and God right now? Take a moment and call on His faithfulness. Call on His mercy. Ask for His forgiveness. Don't waste another moment in the past. Let Him refresh and restore your soul right now. Praise Him and thank Him for the work He is doing in your life and enjoy a fresh new beginning today!

A Prayer for Today
God, I don't want to go through another day dragging the weight of the past. Thank You for opening the door of that prison and setting me free. Help me to claim and enjoy Your new mercies each day.

In Jesus' Name.

Amen.

Joel Osteen Ministries, 3700 Southwest Freeway, Houston TX 77027

Monday, 27 August 2007

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON DIVINE HEALING, Maria Woodworth-Etter

What is divine healing?

Divine healing is the act of God's grace, by the direct power of the Holy Spirit, by which the physical body is delivered from sickness and disease and restored to soundness and health.

Have we any promise in the Bible that Divine healing was ever intended to be an attainable blessing to the people of God?

Yes. There are many such promises. We find it given to the people of Israel in a special covenant promise. "If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in His sight, and wilt give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians; for I am the Lord that healeth thee." Ex. 15. 26. "And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and He shall bless thy bread and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee." Ex. 23. 25.

Does the Bible prove that any of the people of God ever enjoyed this blessing?

Yes. We read that even before this covenant blessing was promised the physical condition of the people was perfect, which indicates plainly that God had a special interest in their health. See Ps. 105. 37. There were at least two and one-half million people in the Exodus from Egypt, "and there was not one feeble person among their tribes." Moses enjoyed this blessing in a special manner. Deut. 34. 7. So also did Caleb in an unusual experience of preservation and health to an old age. Josh. 14. 10, 11. David personally knew of the benefits and blessings of healing. Ps. 6. 2; 30. 2; 103. 1-4. Whenever Israel lived up to the covenant conditions; they all had the benefits of healing and health. Ps. 107. 20; 2 Chron. 30. 20. Hezekiah had a personal experience of the same. 2 Kings 20. 1-5.

Was this blessing ever promised to anyone else than the Jews?

Yes. It is given in prophecy as a redemption blessing, which, together with all other gospel blessings through Christ, is offered to both Jew and Gentile. Gal. 3. 27-29

http://www.lit4ever.org/questions.html

SMITH WIGGLESWORTH:"WHAT IT MEANS TO BE FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST

SMITH WIGGLESWORTH SERMON #11:"WHAT IT MEANS TO BE FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST"

Bible Reading-Acts 6.

In the days when the number of disciples began to be multiplied there developed a situation which caused the twelve to make a definite decision not to occupy themselves with serving tables, but to give themselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the Word. How important it is for all God's ministers to be continually in prayer, and constantly feeding on the Scriptures of Truth. I often offer a reward to anyone who can catch me anywhere without my Bible or my Testament.

None of you can be strong in God unless you are diligently and constantly hearkening to what God has to say to you through His Word. You cannot know the power and the nature of God unless you partake of His inbreathed Word. Read it at morn and at night, and at every opportunity you get. After every meal, instead of indulging in unprofitable conversation round the table, read a chapter from the Word and then have a season of prayer. I endeavor to make a point of doing this no matter where or with whom I am staying.

The Psalmist said that he had hid God's Word in his heart, that he might not sin against Him; and you will find that the more of God's Word you hide in your heart, the easier it is to live a holy life. He also testified that God's Word lead quickened him; and, as you receive God's Word into your being, your whole physical being will be quickened and you will be made strong. As you receive with meekness the Word, you will find faith upspringing within. And you will have life through the Word.

The twelve told the rest to look out seven men to look after the business end of things. They were to be men of honest report and filled with the Holy Ghost. These were just ordinary men who were chosen, but they were filled with the Holy Spirit, and this infilling always lifts a man to a plane above the ordinary. It does not take a cultured or a learned man to fill a position in God's church; what God requires is a yielded, consecrated, holy life, and He can make of such a flame of fire. Baptized with the Holy Ghost and fire!

http://www.lit4ever.org/sermon11.html

Blessings

Blair

God is Drawn to Movement by Paul Scanlon:

There are, broadly speaking, two distinct schools of thinking among charismatic Believers with regard to divine guidance and the discovery of God’s will for our lives.

School one, and by far the largest, is summed up by the mentality that says: ‘I don’t move without God’s guidance’.

School two is the complete opposite. It says: ‘I don’t expect God’s guidance until I move.’
I wonder which one you are in. Do you believe that God’s guidance is the cause of your movement, or an effect your movement causes?

School one adherents believe that divine guidance is like a map showing them where to go and what to do. Whereas, school two followers know that God doesn’t do maps, just compasses.

That compass is the built-in guidance system God has placed within every Believer, consisting of their gifts, passions, leanings and deepest concerns. These inner guides are indicators of the way towards their personal ‘true north’.

School two people believe that if they follow their heart they will bump into the perfect will of God for their lives without trying to plot a precise course towards it.

Link: http://www.alm.org.uk/church/

Budget flights of faith, Vatican Travel Service, BBC News Story

Budget flights of faith

By Stephanie Holmes BBC News website

The chartered flight service being launched by a Vatican-linked travel organisation along with an Italian airline has both lofty and more mundane goals. It aims to provide a journey of faith for pilgrims as well as turning a profit.

The first flight will shuttle pilgrims to Lourdes, in southern France.You can forget the complimentary bag of salted peanuts and plastic pot of orange juice because each plane ticket will come with unlimited spiritual refreshment, Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi (ORP) suggests.

Flights are planned from Rome to many of the sites which draw hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims seeking solace and or doing penance each year.

Monday's inaugural passengers are due to travel from the Italian capital to an airport just 10 minutes from the shrine of Lourdes in France.

But from December, planes emblazoned inside and out with the logo "Seeking your face, Lord" will be dropping off energetic faithful near Spain's Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage route, as well as at Poland's Czestochowa sanctuary and at the shrine to Fatima, in Portugal.

China girl completes 3,500km run, from the BBC News Website

China girl completes 3,500km run

The girl's father denies abusing his daughter by forcing her to run. A Chinese girl has arrived in Beijing after running more than 3,550km (2,200 miles) from the southern province of Hainan in less than two months.

Zhang Huimin, eight, rose each day at 0230 and ran about 1.5 marathons (84km, 40 miles), Xinhua news agency said. Her father accompanied her on a bicycle. He said the feat was aimed at drawing attention to her Olympic potential ahead of the Beijing games next year.

He denied forcing her to run, but some experts have said it amounted to abuse.
The girl arrived in the Chinese capital on Sunday after starting out in Hainan on 3 July.
She loves to run. Many people don't understand us

Zhang Huimin, who is 1.22m (4ft) tall and weighs 21kg (46lb), is too young to compete in the 2008 Olympics but her father, Zhang Jianmin, believes she can compete in the 2016 games, when she will be 17.