Saturday, July 25, 2009

IMAGINE YOURSELF IN HEAVEN

Heaven is a place of everlasting worship, peace victory as well as God's centre of operation. Imagine yourself seated next to the likes of Moses and Abraham, having a meal on the same table?

That is possible through his grace and everlasting mercy to those who also sacrificed a lot during their life time. Heaven is by grace, say the scriptures, but does not mean that people have to just sin and forget God and live their lives as they please because they risk missing that grace.

Heaven is there and for sure it is a reality.

THE TONGUES

Tongues are the gift from the Holy Ghost. The word says he who speaks in tongues speaks to no man for no one understands him, but rather speaks to God. Speaking or praying in tongues is good for the individual' self edification. The bible also says we do not know how we ought to pray as individuals so by praying in tongues we are made to pray for some of the things that we are aware of.

Tongues need not to be discouraged because they bring worshippers closer to their creator.

FASTING LINKS YOU WITH THE CREATOR

Fasting is a form of disciplining the body so that it becomes subject or docile to God's spirit. If properly done, fasting real produces the intended results. Jesus challenged his disciples in his sermon on the mouth that when they are fasting they should not disfigure their faces like hypocrites who do that so their fasting could be seen by man.


Should one publicize his personal fasting, the individual automatically loses his reward from the father. Fasting strengthens the individual and draws them nearer to God as it is a step of showing dependence on God. You start your own private fasting; do not always wait for an announcement from the church.

DO YOU LIKE YOUR PAST?

Everyone has his or her own past or background which they are not happy with it. They hate it so much that they do not even want to be reminded of. Maybe you aborted, killed or done something horrible and you are still worried even today about it. If you have accepted Christ as your Lord just forget about it and turn to your maker who makes us perfect.

In the house of God background is nothing but a stepping stone. Do not let it weigh you down but rather stand your ground and shine in the house of the father. No one is perfect for the word says all have seen and fallen short of the glory of the father.

THE JUDGEMENT DAY

The bible says on the last day Jesus will come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne from which he will separate the sheep from the goats and is the righteous from the sinners.

Just think of yourself on that day! Are you ready for it or you still feel that you need more time so that you can set right your relationship with God. But how much time do you need if that is the case because for sure that day will one day meet you. It is important to remember that one day you will find yourself in a spiritual form after your death and that will be the beginning of everlasting life. However, there will be two issues involved should you find yourself in that condition. It is either you are destined for Heaven of hell. The two are determined by the kind of life you would have lived while on earth.

HE IS WORSHIPED FOR WHAT HE IS

Jehovah is a Mighty God and the word says he is the same yesterday, today and forever more. God is not like us men who change like the weather. When you worship God, you do not have to do it basing on what he has done in your life because if you approach him with such an attitude you will not last in his house. The genuine worship and praise given to God is not based on his performance in the individual's life.

I am saying this is dangerous because once you feel like God is not doing anything in your life you may stop worshiping him. However, God never ceases to do good thing in people's lives, it is only that manifest at an appointed time. Whether you are sad, angry, dejected or disappointed just remember the name of your father.

WALKING IN FAITH

2Corinthians 5v7 says "For we walk by faith and not by sight." This means that as a Christian you life should not be determined by the things that you see around because the bible says they are temporary. Walking by faith entails means treating things that are not seen by naked eyes as if they were in existence. Taking for example, Abram had to change his name to Abraham, meaning father of many nations when he did not even have a single child and when Sarah his wife was barren.

It took the man of the Old Testament's faith to believe that for sure he was the father of many even if there was no sign whatsoever on the ground indicating that he would be a father of even one considering that his wife was already at menopause.

Abraham walked in faith and staggered not at the promise of the one in the heavens until Isaac was born from whom the great nation of Israel sprouted. When declarations are made about your life, take them and walk in them until they manifest in reality.