The Secret of the Stairs

Currently reading Wade Taylor’s The Secret of the Stairs.

Incredible guide to finding the secret walk with God. You won’t be the same after studying this book.

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The Spirit and the Bride Conference

Lancaster, CA– August 11-16th, 2010.

Neville Johnson, Sadhu Sundar Selvaraj and Paul Keith Davis.

INFO HERE.

Summer Campmeeting Announced, Red Deer, Alberta

July 25- August 4, 2010. Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.

Neville Johnson, Sadhu Sundar Selvaraj, Paul Keith Davis, Steven L. Shelley, Charlie Robinson, Peter and Cathryn Nash and more TBA.

Check here for updates and information.

Summer Conference with Neville Johnson, Sadhu Sundar Selvaraj, Paul Keith Davis and Steven L. Shelley

New Hope Revival Ministries has just opened up registration for their summer campmeetings– AUGUST 4-8, 2010.

Speakers include Neville Johnson, Sadhu Sundar Selevaraj, Paul Keith Davis and Steven L. Shelley

REGISTER HERE to attend in person or by Web! Don’t think about it! Just do it! And in a hurry!

WhiteDove Conference– Unlocking New Things

This weekend– stream upcoming conference with Paul Keith Davis, Steven L. Shelly, and Chuck Pierce for free on WhiteDove Ministries

fall upon the S(word) of the Lord

It should provoke  great awe within us to consider we have been given a book that is without beginning nor end.  There is never a period in all eternity when it did not exist. Long before its faithful scribes existed– the book already was. Long before the foundations of the world were laid and long after they have passed away, this book and its words shall remain.

We often marvel at books of antiquity whose authorship and publication dates stretch back hundreds and sometimes even thousands of years. Yet we possess a book whose authorship and publication stretch back to the time before time– the time when there was only The I Am.  This book is of course the Holy Word of God, all sixty-six books from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22.

John gives us some profound insight into this book:

John 1: 1-4 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ²He was with God in the beginning.  ³Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. ⁴In him was life, and that life was the light of men.

It has been said, and rightly so I believe, that the Bible is actually better described as the holy  “record of the Word of God”  for no book could  wholly contain the complete revelation of Word of God Himself in all His glory, mystic knowledge and power. We must remember, the Word is not a book, He is a Person.

John tells us that before time existed, the Word as Person existed with God, and was God and at a divinely appointed time in human history the Word became flesh in the person of Jesus Christ.

What is exciting to me is that no power in hell nor in Heaven can diminish nor erase a single word or promise from this Holy Book. It shall ALL be FULFILLED! The words of this book, abiding with God from before time began, simply cannot be deconstructed nor dissolved by the most brilliant minds of the day. Nor can these holy words be understood in the slightest by the total sum of all the knowledge of men. It shall continually and forever elude the grasp of human reason and intelligence– and shall only be known through the mind of the Spirit.

The Word of God is the divine sword of the Lord, forged in the fires of His Heart, which most absolutely and with complete certainty cannot be destroyed. Amen! Though all creation will pass away– this Word will remain!

Hallelujah! Isn’t it encouraging to know that no person, whether scholar or atheist, politician or evangelical,  not nobody can perform a single act of destruction toward God’s Holy Word. It shall withstand all argument, all controversy (which is only a result of carnality), all theory and doctrinal debate, and all manner of persecution. Of course the presentation of the scriptures can always be twisted, distorted and deformed– but the Word itself remains intact without a single scratch!

And though one day soon it may be banned from our bookshelves, it cannot be expunged from the tablets of our hearts! This is the new covenant of God toward His people Hebrews 8:10– we shall be a people of the Open Book manifesting the Word once again in flesh! This is remarkable and praiseworthy! This is why the Word of God is the single ‘thing’ — more correctly, the single Person, we can stake our lives upon.  His Word is the Sword of the Lord we must fall upon in order to truly live. Fall upon His Word and He will give you Life!

“If you trust me, you will die for me”

This morning I was reminded of a powerful vision given to Rick Joyner in 1993. The vision is recorded in The MorningStar Journal Vol 4. No. 2. I’ve been able to find a copy online.

The most compelling part for me is below: (Full visonary account here)

When each ship arrived, the people on it were led straight to the Lord. He looked into the eyes of each one and said, “If you trust Me, you will die for me.” When one said “I will die for You,” He immediately thrust His sword right through his heart. This caused very real pain. To those who tried to avoid the sword, it was obviously even more painful. To those who relaxed, it did not seem to hurt as much. …

When the Lord pierced My heart, I was surprised to feel so little pain when it seemed to have been so hard on others. He then said, “Those who request death die easier.” I remembered His statement in Matthew 21:44 “And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whoever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.”

I did not remember being carried to the cemetery, but just as if no time at all had passed, I was emerging from it again. Now the glory of everything I saw was unspeakable. I looked at the rock and loved it. I looked at trees, the sky and clouds, and could not believe how wonderful they were. A sparrow seemed more glorious than any bird I had ever seen. I wondered at the great treasure that this little bird was, and why I had not appreciated him like this before.

I then looked at the presumptuous people. Not only did I feel no temptation to be angry, I loved them so much I would have let one each pierce my heart again if it would help them. I then began to think of how blessed I was to be able to meet them and be with them. Now I actually wanted them to stay and could not even comprehend how I was ever tempted to be angry at them–they were much greater treasures than the sparrow!

the purity and simplicity of devotion

2 Corinthians 11:3 (NASB) But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.

How easy it can be and how seduced we can become (if not for the Spirit of Christ dwelling in us) to be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ! Our prayer must be– “Lord, reveal to us the purity and simplicity of devotion that you desire of us.”

What a relief it should be to us that Christ and His Eternal Truth is readily revealed by Himself  through simplicity. In fact– Jesus tells us we must learn to approach God’s Kingdom Truth from the position of little children– humble, teachable, no hidden agendas, no need to impress, no need to complicate the simple things of God.

Those of us over 4 feet tall should take note of Christ’s charge.  If a child cannot comprehend the truth and spirit of a particular spiritual concept– perhaps we should first evaluate whether it’s Biblical Truth at all! Or, perhaps it is a genuinely sound Truth, yet so utterly obfuscated (I used that world deliberately to aid my point) with the debris of religious flotsam and jetsam that no one can differentiate between God and the shipwreck of man’s natural thinking.

A man who understood the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ was Brother Lawrence. He tells it best:

I have ceased all forms of devotion and set prayers except those which my state requires. I make it my priority to persevere in His holy presence, wherein I maintain a simple attention and a fond regard for God, which I may call an actual presence of God. Or, to put it another way, it is an habitual, silent, and private conversation of the soul with God. This gives me much joy and contentment. In short, I am sure, beyond all doubt, that my soul has been with God above these past thirty years.

Yet, I think it is appropriate to tell you how I perceive myself before God, whom I behold as my King. I consider myself as the most wretched of men. I am full of faults, flaws, and weaknesses, and have committed all sorts of crimes against his King. In deep regret I confess all my wickedness to Him. I ask His forgiveness. I abandon myself in His hands that He may do what He pleases with me.

My King is full of mercy and goodness. Far from chastising me, He embraces me with love. He makes me eat at His table. He serves me with His own hands and gives me the key to His treasures. He converses and delights Himself with me incessantly, in a thousand and a thousand ways. And He treats me in all respects as His favorite. In this way I consider myself continually in His holy presence.

My most usual method is this simple attention, an affectionate regard for God to whom I find myself often attached with greater sweetness and delight than that of an infant at the mother’s breast. To choose an expression, I would call this state the bosom of God for the inexpressible sweetness which I taste and experience there. If, at any time, my thoughts wander from this state from necessity or infirmity, I am presently recalled by inward emotions so charming and delicious that I cannot find words to describe them.

all we need is love- His Love

Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love.
There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done.  -The Beatles

If the church will not demonstrate a biblical truth, then it inevitably manifests itself in some counterfeit form in the world (hence, the Beatles distorted song on the powerful truth about love.)  Truly, love is all we need– HIS Love is all we need. Our own human-soulish love will only lead to destruction.

But with Christ’s Perfect Love– there is nothing we can do that can’t be done! All things are possible in Him! Perhaps the most seemingly impossible task for us– genuinely loving our enemies.

Before he was the apostle of love, John was a disciple of Love. We too can become Love’s disciple. It is mandatory in fact to walk with God. We must always remember, love is not a mere emotion– it is a Person. The single source for both experiencing and giving true love is Christ Himself. As we personally experience revelations of His love and then give it away– we undergo a supernatural transformation to BECOME LOVE.

John mentions Love at least 50 times in his writings.  We simply cannot dismiss it’s undeniable foundation to fulfilling Christ’s gospel.

To become Perfect Love is the single highest aim we could have in our spiritual walk. This pursuit alone will catapult us into the highest realms of the Spirit. It can only be accomplished through Jesus who is Love Himself.  God’s very essence is Love, out of which all His goodness, mercy, truth, grace and even judgment flows.

All that Christ did while on earth was motivated by Perfect Love.  Imagine that! He did nothing apart from a pure motivation of Love. In our desire to become like Him– in fact, nothing less than the full and perfect stature of Christ Himself– (read Ephesians 4:13 in the Amplified),  we must learn to do nothing, say nothing, think nothing apart from the motivation of His love. It is hard to comprehend. But IT IS POSSIBLE with Christ’s Spirit working in us.

John gives us God’s example of His Perfect Love and His desire for us to follow His way (interesting how these two verses parallel each other in both content and  chapter/verse numeration).

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

1 John 3: 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

There is no higher spiritual calling available to humankind than to become exactly like Jesus Christ, a mirror reflection of His Perfect Love. We must relinquish the pressure for ‘doing’ in these last days, and humbly believe in Christ’s Perfect Love being fully revealed in us. As we behold Him, we shall become like Him.

Prophetic Perspective with Rick Joyner– Health Care Update

An important update for all by Rick Joyner sharing some of his prophetic insights into the health care bill- H.R. 3590 now a part of American law.  What is in this bill involves us all– whether your American or not, if you’re contending for the high calling of God– this bill has profound implications as to the lateness of the hour we are living in. Watch and pray. Click the picture below to get to the site.