Part 21 Thankfulness a Prerequisite for Multiplication

Part 21 Thankfulness a Prerequisite for Multiplication

2 Corinthians 4:15

For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.

The word redound in this verse is the Greek word 4052. perisseuo, which means to greatly  multiply in quantity and quality. This is quite remarkable!

Being grateful is a quality of heart that emits a signal into the kingdom of God that releases abundance. No matter what circumstances you are in, there is reason to be thankful, and this thankfulness needs to be constantly expressed through you.

1 Thessalonians 5:18	In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Acts 24:2	And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,
3	We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with allthankfulness.

Being thankful opens up a supply line into your life for greater things, it furnishes a channel a corridor with which the Lord can out of His abundance bring profusion into our lives.

I have said many times before that emotions, thoughts, words releases through us power, a vibration of life or death in the form of  power, color, sound smell, this energy provides the materiel with which a supply line is opened up.

Proverbs 23:7

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:

The vast majority in the world today are worse off than you

Over two thirds of the world went to bed last night hungry. You have so much to be thankful for. This should make your heart glad with continuous expressions of thankfulness.

Romans 1:20	For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21	Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Psalms 100:4	Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

Gratitude is a quality that so few these days posses and as a result their lives are meaningless and unfruitful. Gratitude is a very powerful force in ones life, it has the power of transformation inherent in it.

Depression and self pity is rooted into the lives of most people who are ungrateful

These negative attitudes and very destructive and set up a spirit of death, depression, and self pity, in ones life. If you are sensitive to the realm of spirit you will find the self pity and an ungrateful heart emit a foul smell and a dingy depressing color which the demonic use to close the doors of blessing to you.

You furnish the material the spirit world needs to either bring good or evil into your lives. Being a Christian does not automatically release you from the responsibility and consequences of wrong heart attitudes.  It is your thoughts and attitudes that create your own personal world.

We are told that even in the midst of great loss we are to be thankfull; this is required to bring change  and blessing into our lives.

Hebrews 10:34

For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

We must be careful to keep our lives carefree and light hearted no matter what the circumstances

1 Peter 5:7

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

There are some things in your lives that cannot be changed right now; so be happy and grateful most of the world is worse off than you. Don’t inflict those around you with your moodiness and ungrateful hearts; be a ray of sunshine and The Son, will shine upon you.

The power of letting go

Some things you cannot change, at least at the moment so in acceptance there lieth peace and rest. 

Philemon 4:11	Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. Let go and let God have His way if you don’t I can promise you a miserable existence. Every sacrifice everything you give up in order to be in and stay in the will of God results in great rewards.
Matthew 10:38	And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
39	He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
Luke 14:26	If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
27	And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

God wants to give you life’ joy’ peace’ and fulfillment’ but you have to play by His rules,  these things can only be found doing the will of God, let go and let God. Sacrifice is part of our love for God and no sacrifice goes unrewarded. Make a decision to be happy to be light hearted to be grateful to be thankfull and watch your world change.

Get over what is bugging you and do something to make others people lives happy. Lat go of your so called rights and live to bless others and I can guarantee your life will change dramatically.

God Bless youN Johnson ©   April 25. 2007

Part 20 Who Are You

Part 20  Who Are You

Thousands of years ago King David asked this question and the response he received was nothing short of startling

Psalms 8:4	What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
5	For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
6	Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

The word Angels in verse 5 is not rendered accurate in this verse; the word ANGELS is the word ELOHIYM in the Hebrew language.

430. 'elohiym, el-o-heem'; plur. of H433; gods in the ordinary sense; but spec. used (in the plur. thus, esp. with the art.) of the supreme God;

For thou hast made him little lower than God v 5

This puts a whole new light on the meaning of this verse. God made man just a little lower than himself.

Genesis 1:27

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

A new born lion is in the image of its Father/ Mother because each brings forth in its own image. We are sons, children of God in His image.

I am convinced that myriads of Christians live in defeat far because they do not know who they are in Christ.

Adam was made in the image and likeness of God, but when He sinned he received another nature, he received the spiritual DNA of another being a fallen being called Lucifer and what you yield to will posses you. The inner qualities of man underwent a negative transformation; Jesus put it this way.

John 8:44a

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do.

This change of nature in Adam affected the whole of the human race, we were all in Adam and he passed on this nature to us all.

Ye must be born again

The new birth was necessary in order to undo what Adam had done to the race. Death to the old and rebirth as something new was necessary in order to restore the original pattern in man, that of a son of God.

Man had to be born again from above, born with a nature that comes from above.

1 Corinthains 15:45	And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
47	The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
48	As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49	And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

Jesus came to start a new race of people in the earth

This race would be in the image and likeness of God the seed of God in the earth.

Your spirit man received all that the Lord Jesus is and we are complete in Him who is the first born of many that would come forth in the earth just like Him

The problem is this is all in our spirit man

The new creation man is a spirit man and our soul man and physical man is at war with our spiritual man.

Galatians 5:17  For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

The born again man is schizophrenic

He has two natures which are fighting for dominance within him.

Romans 7:22	For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
23	But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
24	O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

The choice is yours who will you serve

You must chose with your mind and will who is going to live through you; you must choose to release the new nature, the new man which is in the likeness and image of God within you. The new man is more powerful than the old man and Jesus through His death and resurrection has empowered the New Man within you, and all you have to do is chose righteousness and the righteousness within the new man will prevail putting to death or rendering powerless the old nature.

Romans 8:1	There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, ( the old man) but after the Spirit. (The new man)
2	For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

Your choice either empowers the New Man or the Old Man

Romans 6:16

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

Who you are depends upon who you yield to.

If you choose to let the New Creation Man rule within you, the new creation nature abilities, and attributes, will begin to be manifested through you. The very DNA of God within you will manifest within you bringing transformation and the seed of God will be seen in the earth. The whole of creation still waits for the manifestation of the sons of God.

God Bless youN Johnson ©  April  2007   

Part 19 Prayer that moves mountains: Part 2

Part 19 Prayer that moves mountains: Part 2

Revelation 8:3	And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
4	And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
5	And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

The use of incense in scripture is clearly identified as a symbol for prayer

Psalms 141:2

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

We must move beyond the symbolism to the realty, Gods house must be filled with incense if we are to move on to the next level breaking through into the manifest presence of God and taking the presence with us out into the world.

We are to become the censor of Gods presence

God wants our prayer life to be ignited by the fire of God which can make a difference in this earth;

Revelation 8:5

And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake

We are very good at offering strange incense

Leviticus 10:1	And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
2	And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.

Thank God we are living in the day of grace; if we were not the Christian population would be greatly reduced.

We are very good at making unclean incense; we are often guilty of offering strange fire. True intercession is not presenting to God a list of things that our on our heart, it is God who takes the incense of His own heart and sprinkles it on the Holy Spirit fire in our hearts.

We have seen that the closer one gets to Gods presence the greater the requirement for Gold in our lives; you can’t even enter the holy place with brass or wood.

2 Timothy 2:20	But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
21	If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.

When the Lord finds a purified vessel in which He can pour incense into, the result is EXPLOSIVE PROPHETIC PRAYER THAT IS ALLWAYS ANSWERED.

The incense bursts into flame within our hearts and is acceptable to God achieving the desires of His heart

Psalm 37:4 elegantly expresses this concept:

Psalms 37:4

Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Quite often this scripture is interpreted as; if we love God He will grant the desires of our own heart. However this is not the case, what this scripture is saying is this.

If you delight yourself in the Lord (develop an intimate relationship with Him) He will place in your heart HIS DESIRES.

When this happens and God places his incense His desires into a pure heart? an explosion of prayer takes place that is so powerful that nothing can stand against it.

This takes prayer to a completely new level where one operates out of the holiest of all in great power and authority, bringing us to place where our prayers become a declaration of what God wants done; and this is achieved through God being able to ignite the incense that He has placed in our hearts. We then become His sons administrating the affairs of His kingdom, co heirs in the Kingdom of God, working together with God not for God.

Romans 8:17	And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Galatians 4:1	Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
2	But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
7	Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

Its time to grow up It is time for our relationship to change from a servant to a son, its time to know the heart of God, to know His desires and to administer His desires into this earth.

John 15:15	Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
Romans 8:19	For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

God BlessN Johnson © April 13. 2007

Part 18 Prayer that moves mountains: Part 1

Part 18 Prayer that moves mountains: Part 1

Mark 11:23

For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

Yesterday I was watching a traditional Easter church service on TV and I was struck by the symbolism used in this particular denomination. The priest walked down the aisle waving a censer filled incense. As he walked through the church the incense filtered throughout the church perfuming the air until the atmosphere became saturated with this sweet smelling offering to God. I was reminded of the scripture;

2 Timothy 3:5a

Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof:

How easy it is to loose the spiritual reality in what eventually becomes a ritual weather we be Church of England, or Catholic, or Pentecostal, or of any of any other Christian denominational persuasion.

The atmosphere of Gods house was supposed to be that of prayer, true incense sent forth from the heart of Man. The priest in the old testament would take a censer filled with live coals off fire taken from the alter of the Lord, then he would sprinkle incense upon the hot coals, the smoldering incense would then fill the house of God with smoke perfuming the atmosphere with a sweet fragrance. See Number 16:6, 17-18,46.

The censers used inside the tabernacle were made of pure Gold, and were used for burning incense in the Holy Place upon the Alter of Incense; this duty was performed in the morning and later in the evening. It is worthy of note that the tabernacle furniture in the outer court was made of wood and brass, but in the inner court, the candlestick was made of Gold. The alter of incense was covered with a crown of Gold, and gold covered the Ark of the Covenant. The high priest would never enter the Holy place with a brass censer. Once a year the high priest would stand before the alter of incense burning incense which paved the way for him to enter the holiest of all. The Alter of incense was the last piece of furniture in the holy place and it guarded the way to the Holiest of all. No one but h high priest could pass this point and even he, had to pass into the holiest of all burning pure incense.

Leviticus 16:12	And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil:
13	And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:

Building and alter of Incense

We are now at a point in time where we must move on to a higher level of prayer in order to enter into the holiest of all relationship with the Lord. The outer court experience of salvation is good and necessary; the holy place experience of the baptism of the Holy Spirit is wonderful, but we must move on to a new level in God which can only be done by standing before the alter of incense and burning incense before the Lord.

It is time to establish the alter of incense in our hearts

Just as Salvation is a real experience and the baptism in the Holy Spirit is a wonderful experience so to we must enter into another life changing experience and way of life. The alter of incense needs to be experienced and established in our lives.

Prophetic intercessory prayer is needed to take us into the holiest of all, 
the manifest tangible continuous presence of God

If you want to pass through the veil not just in theory but in experience you must build another alter in your heart that of intercessory prophetic prayer.

We must not stop at Pentecost we must go on, there is so much more. We must not stay just in the holy place but this generation must enter into the holiest of all in order to meet the needs of this generation reaping the final harvest before the Lords return.

Hebrews 6:1	Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go onunto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
2	Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
3	And this will we do, if God permit.

The Apostle Paul here clearly states that there is more for us to experience that what we currently have, there is another feast or experience after Pentecost, that of the feast of Tabernacles.

Many christens are shocked when you try to tell them that the experience of Pentecost is not the end  or final experience it is just a small deposit of what is to come

Hebrews 12:18	For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
19	And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

(This speaks of the experience of Pentecost, they had journeyed fifty days from the first Passover to get to this point, and fifty speaks of Pentecost. Fifty days after the death of Jesus the feast of Pentecost was being observed in Jerusalem when the Holy Spirit fell on those in the upper room)

We must not stay at Pentecost we must move on

Hebrews 12:22	But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
23	To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

Mount Zion was the place where King David took the Ark of the Covenant which was taken from the Holiest of all and placed in a simple open tent on My Zion.

The Tabernacle of David symbolized Christians in these latter days that have moved from the holy place to the holiest of all. Its time to move from Pentecost to Zion, its time to pass the alter of incense into the manifest presence of God and from there heal a dying world.

God Bless youN Johnson ©   April 7. 2007

Part 17 Missions the heart of Gods program on earth Behind the ever-changing Political and global movements in the earth today

Part 17 Missions the heart of Gods program on earth

Behind the ever-changing Political and global movements in the earth today there is one and only one underlying cause which is the struggle for world dominance. Word dominance is the underlying cause of all Political, Economic and Social Intrigue in the world today

There is a battle raging over this planet of gigantic proportionsThis battle will not cease until Revelation Chap 20:1-3 is fulfilled

Revelation 20:1	And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2	And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3	And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

UNTIL THEN THE BATTLE WILL RAGE.

Adam was given this planet as a sacred trust with the mandate to bring heaven to earth.  From the time that Adam gave it to Lucifer there has been a battle ever since to recover and restore to earth.

Planet earth is first on Gods agenda in establishing His kingdom throughout the entire universe. This planet has the right conditions for the making of true Sons of God. The conditions are hard enough; the battle is fierce enough to produce the required conditions to prepare His sons for the role of extending His kingdom throughout the universe.

In the 1980s the phenomenon of the Movie Star Wars depicted a struggle between good and evil and the expanding of empires and kingdoms. This phenomenon caught the imaginations of millions around the world. God has placed in us all a pull towards discovery and adventure; this is inherent in us as our destiny is to advance the Kingdom of God. Many in these last days will rise to this pull and challenge.

It is worthy of note: Many of the early missionaries were also pioneers and discoverers mapping and exploring new lands.

We are involved in a life and death struggle over who will rule this planet

The goal of Islam is to rule the earth, let’s not loose our way in the maze of political correctness which can so easily cause us to loose sight of the real issues that are playing out across this planet.

Our mandate is to retake the planet

Mark 16:15	And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Matthew 24:14	And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

God’s people will retake the planet pushing the enemy to great defeat and the kingdoms of this world will fall to the army of the Lord

Ezekiel 37:10	So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
Revelation 11:15	And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become [the kingdoms] of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

Notice the phrase in verse Revelation 11:15  “AND HIS CHRIST”  Who is being referred to here? The Kingdoms of our Lord, and His Christ!  Who is His Christ?

The word Christ here is:  5547. Christos, khris-tos'; from G5548; anointed,

Jesus along with His anointed ones will take the kingdom the kingdoms of this world will become the Kingdoms of our Lord Jesus and His anointed ones.

Daniel 7:18

But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.

The great harvest spoken of in the scriptures is about to start to be reaped, myriads of new Christians will flood into the Kingdom of God and these will form part of a great army. We must be ready to give this army something to live for and something worth dying for, a new and glorious age of righteousness, peace, and unprecedented opportunities to be a part of Gods plan for this universe is worth living and dying for.

Isaiah 9:7a

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end,

Those who qualify to be on this earth during the millennium will be trained to take Gods plan to the next level, to go where no man has gone before, this last 6000 years has just been a blink in of the eye of God, a training time, a school to prepare us for the purposes of God in the eons to come.

Isaiah 2:3	And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
4	And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Graduation time is coming for us to qualify to be a part of the next level of training. God will establish a university in Jerusalem to teach of His ways. We know very little about the universe in which we live and Gods purposes for it.

1 Corinthians 2:9	But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Ezekiel 37:10	So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

God Bless youN Johnson ©   March 22. 2007