Remove the scales from your eyes.

Romans 8:5-6 (NLT) "Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit. So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace."

Become aware of conditions around you. Too often you get caught up in your daily routine of doing things and lose touch with the spiritual world around you. Ask Me to remove scales from your eyes so you can see. Satan is the ultimate deceiver and he wants to keep blinders on your eyes to keep you in uninterrupted obscurity. Can you see the spiritual world around you? Is your life consumed by possessions in the natural? Can you see? Ask Me to reveal My truths to you.


Acts 9:18 (NASB) "And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight, and he got up and was baptized;"

He Threatened Not

I am passing this on to all of you it will be a blessing to all. This is from David Wilkerson.

HE THREATENED NOT
by David Wilkerson
[May 19, 1931 - April 27, 2011]

Here is an amazing truth connected with Christ's suffering: "When he was
reviled, [he] reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not" (1 Peter
2:23).

What a tremendous statement: "When He suffered, He threatened not." He never
once defended Himself against those who mistreated Him. He punished no one nor
retaliated against any.

How unlike us! We threaten when suffering gets unbearable; we defend ourselves;
we constantly protect our rights and reputation. Worst of all, we threaten God.
It's a very subtle thing, and most of us are not aware of what we are doing.
When our prayers go unanswered—when trouble and disaster strike our
lives—when it seems as though the Lord has let us down and we end up lonely
and in pain—we pull back on God. We slack up on prayer and Bible reading. We
still love Him, but we let go of our zeal. We begin to drift and our faith
becomes dull, inactive. Those responses are all threats against the Lord.

Every time we back off from seeking the Lord with all our hearts, we are
threatening Him. It's a subtle way of saying, "Lord, I did my best and You let
me down."

The Lord has infinite patience with those of us who hurt. He waits lovingly
until we return to His tender care. But it can become a way of life, a threat
to God's faithfulness, if we refuse to wake up and renew our faith and hope in
Him. Some become so disillusioned, they give in to their lusts and passions.
They indulge their desires because the battle seems so hopeless. It's their way
of saying, "What's the use? I call on God to help me, to deliver me, but help
never comes. I've still got this thing in me, after all my tears and prayers."

It finally comes to this: "I have a right to do it—because I've been hurt so
badly." It's a threat to God, a way of getting even with Him for not answering
prayer on schedule.

Beloved, there is hope! The Lord of Hosts is with us! He alone is our keeper.
He will not let His children slip or fall. We are held in the palm of His hand.

Let us do as Christ did. He "committed himself to him that judgeth righteously"
(1 Peter 2:23). "To commit" is to place your life completely in His hands. Give
up your struggle, quit trying to accomplish anything in your own strength, and
commit the keeping of your body and soul to the Lord of Hosts!

Two Absolutes: I am passing this on to all of you, it is a blessing to read it. Note: Jordan is much better, I thank all of you who prayed for her and her family.

David Wilkerson Today
A Ministry of World Challenge

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013

TWO ABSOLUTES
by David Wilkerson
[May 19, 1931 - April 27, 2011]

The longer I live for Christ, the more difficult it is for me to accept easy,
cure-all solutions. But in my own struggles, I have found great comfort and
help in two wonderful absolutes.

The first absolute: GOD REALLY LOVES ME. God is not in the business of
condemning His children, failures or not. He is a loving Father, wanting only
to lift us out of our weaknesses.

I caught a glimpse of that love recently while walking in the woods around our
ranch. Not once did I stop to consider the birds flying about, free and
healthy. But suddenly, on the ground just ahead, a crippled little bird flopped
around. Struggling so hard to fly, the baby bird could only flip over helplessly
in the dust. I stooped to pick it up. It was then a familiar Scripture came
flashing through my mind. "Not one [sparrow] shall fall on the ground without
your Father" (Matthew 10:29).

I once thought that verse read, "Not a sparrow falls to the ground without the
Father knowing about it." But Matthew's version states, "One shall not fall
without the Father."

God is with us, even when we fall. The Father does not fall into our sin, but
He does come down to our fallen condition. He does not abandon us on our way
down. For, you see, we are that sparrow.

Sometimes we recognize His great love only when we hit bottom. You will have
won a great victory if you can be convinced God loves you even in your wounded,
crippled condition. Our strength is renewed by His everlasting love. Just rest
in that wonderful love. Don't panic. Deliverance will come.

The second absolute: IT IS MY FAITH THAT PLEASES HIM THE MOST! "Without faith,
it is impossible to please him" (Hebrews 11:6). God counts our trust as
righteousness. “Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for
righteousness” (Romans 4:3).

I may not understand why He sometimes seems to take a long time to intervene,
but I know He will keep His word to me.

PRAYER ALERT!! PRAY FOR JORDAN!!

PRAYER ALERT!!

To all my friends in Jesus Christ I am asking you to pray for a 13 year old young evangelist, her name is Jordan, last Sunday she preached a very good teaching the enemy did not like and all week she has been ill and now it is worse, she has been throwing up green stuff with blood and is being taken to the hospital as I write this. This all started out as what looked like a common cold or virus and now the enemy has increased his attack. We are calling her healed in Jesus name!!. By the blood of Jesus and by his stripes she is healed and we pray comfort and love for her family. The enemies plan will not succeed. We call Jordan healed and with new anointing and the hedge of protection and the blood of Jesus over her, her family and her ministry.    

Do not ever get the spirit of this world confused with the Holy Spirit. I am passing this on to all of you.

April 12, 2013. Do not ever get the spirit of this world confused with the Holy Spirit. The former will destroy you, your family and whatever else you hold dear. It is from the devil, pure and simple. What you want is the Spirit which is from God. God has willed to His children all the bounties Heaven has stored. His will is a living will and thus is ready for activation as the Spirit brings to light His intentions toward the intended beneficiary. You are the beneficiary. The transfer is ready. Ask.

 

1 Corinthians 2:12 "Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God."

The wonderful word of God is Alive!!

Hebrews 4:12-13 (NLT) "For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes, and he is the one to whom we are accountable."

Inexpensive Love by David Wilkerson; read and heed!

I am forwarding this devotional on, it is important to all of us.

David Wilkerson Today
A Ministry of World Challenge

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2013

INEXPENSIVE LOVE
by David Wilkerson
[May 19, 1931 - April 27, 2011]

When I use the word "lukewarm" to describe a person's love for Jesus, I don't
mean he is cold toward the Lord. Rather, I mean his love is "inexpensive"—not
costly. Let me give you an example: When Jesus addresses the church at Ephesus
in Revelation 2, He first commends them for all they have done. He acknowledges
that they have labored hard in the faith—hating sin and compromise, refusing
to accept false doctrines, never fainting or giving up when persecuted, always
taking a stand for the gospel. But, Christ says, He holds one thing against
them: They have forsaken their fervent, expensive love for Him! "Nevertheless I
have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love" (Revelation
2:4).

Somehow amid all their good works, they left behind their loving, disciplined
walk with Jesus. And now He tells them, "You have left your first love and
forsaken the costly discipline of coming into My presence to commune with Me."

Please note: Jesus is speaking here of believers who started out with a burning
love for Him, not to cold, nominal Christians who never loved Him in the first
place. He is saying, "It's possible for someone who once had a heart of love
for Me to let his zeal become lukewarm, seldom praying at all."

Think about how insulting this must be to Christ, our Bridegroom. What kind of
marriage can there be when a husband and wife have no private times of
intimacy? And that's just what Jesus is talking about here. He wants moments
with you all to Himself!

It does not matter how loudly you praise the Lord in church, how much you say
you love Him, how many tears you shed. You can give generously, love others,
hate sin, rebuke wrongdoers, but if your heart is not being continually drawn
to Christ's presence, you have lost your love for Him.

All our works are in vain unless we return to our bright, burning love for
Jesus. We have to realize, "Loving Jesus isn't just about doing things. It
involves the daily discipline of maintaining a relationship, and that will cost
me something."