Enrich your spiritual life as you study inspirational messages gleaned from the Word of God! The Holy Bible is filled with wisdom that will strengthen your character and deepen your walk with the Lord. As you reflect on key Scripture passages, you will discover encouraging lessons and practical applications woven throughout the Word. Leon Gooden presents an in-depth study of key Bible passages to sharpen your faith and help you grow in your understanding of God. Each chapter explores a different Scripture passage to encourage you in your daily walk with Jesus Christ. In this book, you’ll learn: -How God calls you to be actively involved in His purposes and plans for the world -You are God’s child, accepted and highly favored—made holy and righteous by the blood of Jesus -How the Holy Spirit will empower you to bring life to others who desperately need it -How God wants to sanctify you and move you toward the future He has planned for you -How worship can overcome temptations to sin -When nothing makes sense, God has a perfect handle on things -Why the result of knowing God is an intimate relationship with the Creator of the universe This book is ideal to enhance your personal daily devotions, or as a Bible study tool in a small group setting. Short chapters with edifying messages are perfect for livening up your devotions! Start reading your copy of Walking in the Word today—and spark a flame in your heart for real growth as a child of God!
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EDIFYING, EQUIPPING, EMPOWERING FOR KINGDOM ADVANCEMENT!
EPH. 4:12. For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of CHRIST.
EDIFYING - The word ‘edification' comes from a Latin word, ‘aedificare' which means, “build”. The idea therefore is, ‘to improve the mind or character of some one by teaching'.
Kingdom is the sovereign, power, dominion, and rule to infiltrate, influence, and incorporate all who would receive its provisions, promises, promotion, and protection for the the Kingdom of God and for Experiencing and Enjoying The Kingdom lifestyle.
To Advance is to proceed progressively by divine impartation, inspiration, imagination and instruction to move forward the Kingdom of God and for Experiencing and Enjoying the Kingdom lifestyle. ADVANCING THE KINGDOM OF GOD WITH FORCE.
JOB 22:21-29.....21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defense, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
In Job 22:21-29 there is a prophetic revelation of a list of areas in which The Lord wants to accelerate the good that pertains to your life. The key to this acceleration is to ACQUAINT YOURSELF WITH GOD, i.e. get to know Him and to be in agreement with Him and His Word. The key to Divine acceleration in your life is therefore DEVOTION OR SPENDING TIME WITH GOD IN HIS WORD AND IN PERSONAL PRAYER that you may understand who He is, His nature and ability, what pleases or displeases Him and what propels Him to work.
Job 22:21-23: One of the most important promises of God to you, and also a result of devotion is that YOU WILL BE BUILT UP. This means that in every dimension of your life - in spirit, soul and body, in stature, in economy, in faith, in love, in knowing and serving God etc, God is working with you to bring you to a place of growth, sufficiency, strength and maturity. THE WORD IS GOD's MAIN TOOL IN BUILDING US UP. 1 Peter 2verse 1, 2.
Job 22:24 -27 A very important component of the good that God wants to bring to your life as you spend time with Him is to bring you into the BLESSING OF DIVINE ECONOMY. This is a life in which He empowers you to create ABUNDANT WEALTH as you follow the Divine principle of honoring Him by putting first your financial service to Him in faithful giving of tithes and offerings and fulfilling whatever vows you have made to serve Him.
Vs. 21......The Lord wants to accelerate our PEACE and WELL BEING in all things. The Lord wants to accelerate the coming of GOOD to you & I in all areas of our life.
Vs. 22.......The Lord wants to accelerate BUILDING YOU UP in all areas - leading to a wholesome TRANSFORMATION that brings out holiness.
Vs. 23-24....The Lord wants to accelerate your GATHERING OF WEALTH to where your abundance blesses His House and people's lives. You will practice Divine Economics which is MULTIPLICATION.
Vs. 25....The Lord wants to beef up DEFENSES around all that pertains to you.
Vs. 26-28.....The Lord wants to increase your REVELATION and CONFIDENCE TO DECREE THINGS SO THAT THEY COME TO PASS.
Vs. 29.....The Lord wants to accelerate HIS ANSWERS TO YOUR PRAYERS.
I'M PRAISING MY WAY TO MY HARVEST IN THE MIDST OF MY TRIBULATION.
"Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God even our own God, shall bless us." Psalm 67: 5-6
Are you one of God's children that have been waiting with great expectations for blessings from the Lord? Have you been consistently sowing and not experiencing the blessings that you expected to receive?
There is an ingredient that just might be missing in your life that will bring forth the blessing that you have been waiting and desiring to receive.
Anything that you receive from God must come through faith. Where there is no faith there will be no victory. "Without faith it is impossible to please God." Your Heavenly Father expects you to put all of your trust in Him without any wavering or doubt. Even when you do not see anything, you must know that God will not fail you.
When the manifestation that you desire does not come, what do you do? What is your response when everything appears to be falling apart and going in the opposite direction? What comes out of your mouth when the job did not come, the car is not running and the bills are all past due? The majority of people, even those who are children of God will begin to murmur and complain. Speaking and thinking negative will only yield negative results.
God has set forth in His word the plan for overcoming temporary setbacks.
First of all, you must realize that anyone who achieves great things for God will go through some challenges and obstacles in life. These light afflictions only come to allow us to exercise the faith that God has given to each of His children. The language of faith that moves mountains is praise.
Praising God in the midst of any challenge will cause God’s power to be release in the earth. Most of the children of God spend little or no time praising God. Often times those who do praise or offer up thanksgiving do not realize the power that is being released out into the universe.
When you praise God the Bible says that He inhabits the praises of His people. God actually gets involved in your praises. This means that His very essence and power is now available to bring forth what you have been waiting for.
Phil 4:6 tells you to have no anxiety about anything. Instead, with prayer and thanksgiving continue to make your wants known to God.
This means that you are going to continue to thank and praise God for the desired results that you expect to receive.
Your sincere praise brings glory and honor to God. Praise that comes from a sincere heart will always get the attention of our God. The power of God is already at work in the earth. He is just waiting for you to offer up a sacrifice of praise unto Him with a sincere heart.
Even in the most difficult situation when everything appears to be going in the opposite direction; sincere praise can bring forth a harvest in the midst of tribulation.
If you have been waiting for a release of God’s blessings into your life and nothing has happen. Instead of seeing the manifestation of your harvest, things have gotten worst. Just know that praise that is consistent will create a climate for the release that you desire to see come forth from God. After you praise, “then shall the earth yield her increase and God even our God will bless us.
Your faith mixed with praise can bring forth the miraculous power of God into your life. Become determined to bless the Lord at all times and keep His praise continually coming forth out of your mouth. As the praises go up before our God, the earth must yield her increase and God even our own God will send forth the blessings. Expect to see the miracle working power of God manifested in your life in 2017.
27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
After God created man the first thing he did was bless man. Not just life but the BLESSED LIFE. THE BLESSED LIFE FOLLOWS LIFE.
A blessed life is a life which attracts God's blessing and favor into our environment. How you live determines what you attract into your environment. You shall know them by their FRUIT. God wants to bless his people! NOT JUST LIFE BUT THE BLESSED LIFE!
Deuteronomy 8:18 (NKJV)
18 “And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
God gives us power to get wealth, Faith without works is dead, we have to apply what GOD has given us in order to establish his covenant he made with our fathers. NOT JUST LIFE BUT THE BLESSED LIFE!
God blessed man and woman at creation because he wanted them to live a blessed life. The blessing was the first gift and asset which man received from God.
Man and woman were created to be an expression of God's blessing. God created man and woman to live a blessed life and not a cursed life.
THE BLESSINGS WHICH WERE GIVEN TO ADAM AT CREATION WAS A SPOKEN BLESSING!
Blessings are transmitted through the spoken word of God.
Numbers 6:23-26 (NKJV):
23 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the way you shall bless the children of Israel. Say to them:24 “The Lord bless you and keep you;25 The Lord make His face shine upon you,And be gracious to you;
26 The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,And give you peace.”’
If it is not spoken it will not manifest.
Blessings flow through spiritual authorities which God has established.
It is Priests who carry the authority to bless the flock.
It is parents who carry the authority to bless children.
It is husbands who carry the authority to bless wives.
IT WAS A BLESSING OF INCREASE AND FRUITFULNESS: Increase and fruitfulness is the manifestation of a blessed life. A blessing gives us power for increase and fruitfulness. Whatever carries the blessing will always increase and not decrease. NOT JUST LIFE BUT THE BLESSED LIFE!
IT WAS A BLESSING OF SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY: A blessing gives you authority and power over the forces of nature and the forces of satan.
IT WAS A BLESSING OF LEADERSHIP AND INFLUENCE: God created man to be above and not below, to be the head and not the tail.
Leadership is a blessing from God. The Tribe of Judah received the blessing of leadership and rulership.
MAN WAS BLESSED WITH SEED AT CREATION: Every blessing from God comes with a seed. God gave seed to perpetuate life and blessing. God has hidden life into a seed. No seed no life. No seed no blessing.
Genesis 8:22 KJV - 22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Seed time and harvest will never cease it is a principal application from creation.
A BLESSEDED LIFE IS A CHOICE:
Deuteronomy 30:19 KJV - 19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
WE LIVE A BLESSED LIFE BY PUTTING GOD FIRST: Matthew 6:33 - Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these shall be added unto you.
WE LIVE A BLESSED LIFE THROUGH OBEDIENCE AND FAITH: Deuteronomy 28:1 - if you fully obey the commands I give you today
WE LIVE A BLESSED LIFE BY BLESSING WHAT GOD HAS BLESSED: Genesis 12:3 - Whoever blesses you I will bless.
WE LIVE A BLESSED LIFE THROUGH ACTS OF GENEROSITY: Prov 19:17 KJV ...He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Hebrew and Greek words for praise are translated into today's English languages. In this blog you will find the meaning for each word, plus a bible reference. My prayer is that these words would expand your knowledge of the word “praise”, and your praise and worship to God.
Hebrews
Alaz Barak Chagag Taqa’
Guwl Halal Halijkah
Karar Machowl Meachowlah
Pazaz Raqad Ruwa
Shabach Shachah Tehillah
Towdah Yadah Zamar
Alaz means “to rejoice, to exult, to jump for joy”. Most often translated “exult” or “rejoice”.
The word can be found in the following scriptures: Psalms 149:5, and Psalms 96:11.
Barak means “to kneel down, to bless God as an act of adoration.”
This word can be found in the following scriptures: Job 1:21, Psalms 96:2, Psalms 103:1-2, Psalms 18:46, Psalms 95:6, Psalms 34:1, and 1 Chronicles 29:20.
Chagag means “to celebrate, to observe festival, to march in sacred procession, to be giddy, to move in a circle, to dance, to reel to and fro”.
The word can be found in the following scriptures: Leviticus 23:41, and Psalms 42:4.
Halal means “to be clear, to shine, to boast, show, to rave, celebrate, to be clamorously foolish”.
The word “Hallelujah” comes from this base word, and is a primary root word for praise in the Hebrew language. This word can be found in the following scriptures: Psalms 113:1-3, Psalms 150:1, and Psalms 149:3.
Halijkah means “a procession or march, a caravan:-company”. This word is found in Psalms 68:24.
Karar means “to dance and whirl about”. This word is found in 2 Samuel 6:14.
Machowl means “ a round dance (Chowl; whirling particles, as sand)”.
This word can be found in the following scriptures: Psalms 149:3, Psalms 150:4, Jeremiah 31:13, Exodus 15:20, 1 Samuel 18:6, and Psalms 30:11.
Mechowlah means “a dance:-company dances”.
This word can be found in the following scriptures: Exodus 15:20, 1Samuel 21:11, 1Samuel 29:5, and 1Samuel 18:6.
Pazaz means “to leap, to spring, as if separating the limbs.
This word is found in 2 Samuel 6:16
Raqad means “to leap, to stamp, to spring about wildly with joy”.
This word is found in 2Chronicles 15:29
Ruwa means “to shout; to split the ears with sound; to blow an alarm (associated with trumpets)”.
This word can be found in the following scriptures: Psalms 47:1, Zephaniah 3:14, and Joshua 6:5.
Taqa’ (tä—kah’) means “to strike, to smite, or clap your hands.”
This word can be found in the following scriptures: Psalms 47:1, Proverbs 17:18, Proverbs 22:26, Proverbs 6:1, and Nahum 3:19
Tehillah means “the singing of halals, to sing or to laud; perceived to involve music, especially singing; hymns of the Spirit.
The word tehillah is derived from the word “halal”. This word can be found in the following scriptures: Psalms 22:3, Psalms 33:1, Psalms 34:1, Psalms 147:1-2, 1Chronicles 16:35, 2Chronicles 20:22, Deuteronomy 10:21, Exodus 15:11, and Isaiah 61:3
Towdah means “ to extended the hand in adoration, avowal, or acceptance.”
The word Towdah is derived from the word “yadah”. The usage of this word can be found in the following scriptures: 2Chronicles 29:31, Jeremiah 33:11, Psalms 42:4, Psalms 50:14, 23 and used for thanking God for things not yet received, as well as things you are ready have.
Shabach means “to shout, to address in a loud tone, to command, to triumph”.
This word can be found in the following scriptures: Psalms 63:1-4, Psalms 117:1, Psalms 35:27, Psalms 145:4, and Isaiah 12:6.
Shachah means “(translated: “worship”) to prostate in homage or worship.
This word can be found in the following scriptures: Psalms 95:6, Psalms 99:5, 1 Chronicles 16:29, and Psalms 22:27.
Yadah means “the extended hand, to throw out the hand, therefore to worship with hands extended”.
This word can be found in the following scriptures: Genesis 49:8, 2 Chronicles 8:14, Ezra 3:10, Psalms 22:22, Psalms 69:30, 2 Chronicles 7:6, Isaiah 12:4, Jeremiah 33:11, and 2 C.hronicles 20:21.
Zamar means “to pluck the strings of an instrument, to sing, to praise; a musical word which is largely involved with joyful expressions of music with music instruments.
This word can be found in the following scriptures: Psalms 66:2-4, 1 Chronicles 16:9, Isaiah 12:5, Psalms 27:6, Psalms 149:3, Psalms 30:4, Psalms 21:13, and Psalms 57:8-9
BILL#1-He was stricken ( Isa. 53: 4, 8).
BILL#2-He was smitten ( Isa. 53: 4).
BILL#3-He was afflicted (Isa. 53:4).
BILL#4-He carried the iniquity of us all ( Isa. 53: 6, 11).
BILL#5-He was bruised ( Isa. 53: 10).
BILL#6-He was put to grief and made sick. Isa.53:4
BILL#7-He was made an offering for sin and sickness ( Isa.53: 4- 5, 10).
We don't need to pay a high hospital bill because JESUS paid for our healing at the CROSS.
PRAYERS FOR DIVINE HEALTH
Heavenly Father, I thank you for your Living Word. You said that your Word is Life to those who find it and medicine to all their flesh. Today, by my confession, I apply your Word giving voice to it BY DECLARING IT ALOUD.
You said in Psalm 139:14 that we are fearfully and wonderfully made and that your works are marvelous. I declare that we are created by you and that we are a marvelous creation.
I speak to sickness and disease today and proclaim that according to Philippians 2:10 that they must bow down to the mighty name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Every name in Heaven, on earth, and under the earth bows its knee to JESUS.
I speak to sickness & infirmities today and declare that I have authority over it.
I command it to receive the Word of GOD. Matthew 8:17 proclaims that Jesus bore our sicknesses and took our infirmities.
Heavenly Father, I thank you that the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead dwells in us and makes alive our mortal body. I speak to immune systems and command them to line up with the Word of God.
I thank you Father that every cell responds to your Word. That your Word permeates our bodys from the top of our heads to the bottom of our feet. I confess that the Word of GOD is being made flesh in all who have prayed this prayer.
Psalm 103:3 declares that you Father, forgave all my iniquities and healed all my diseases. Father, that is your confession and I make it my confession also. I don’t judge by the sight of my eyes, I judge by your Living Word. It is your Word that lives in me and brings health and healing to every part of my body.
Heavenly Father, I rejoice at your promise of divine health. You said it and I believe it! Today, I declare that I will see your promise of healing manifest in all who have prayed and believed this prayer. Amen.
MOSES was given a difficult assignment. It was a {BIG} responsibility. It involved a {LONG} period of time. It came {LATE} in his life. It forced him to depend upon God {DAILY}.
The Bible says Moses:
Endured thru {FAITH}! (Hebrews 11:27)
God wants Moses to be an {EXAMPLE} for us (Jeremiah 5:5).
When we are going through difficult times, there are certain things we need to always remember!
The Lord says, Raise the Bar. Set the standard. Don't minimize your standards, influence them to come up to (GOD'S) standard.
I taught you this way says the Lord. I know what you need to get to the higher place I'm calling you to. I know what I'm birthing In you. Trust me, walk with Me. I Am moving you in a new direction, for a Greater purpose. They may not recognize this NEW you, but it's ME working through you. Let it flow! Your Metamorphosis is now, yield to it. Stay surrendered, It's for my Glory, not theirs. Everyone can't walk with you in this place, you can't take all of them, but you will be positioned to bless them later. Forgive them, for they know not what they do. The people who struggle with their own insecurity, can't accept your GOD SECURITY. It's my Confidence they are afraid of.
Did I not walk with great Confidence. Should you not do the same. Greatness will always be misunderstood. Like the 100 of times you almost gave up for my purpose because of persecution. (Mark 10:27...And Jesus looking upon them saith with men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible) So Stand anyway! Forge ahead anyway. You can do nothing without confidence in God because confidence feeds your Faith.
Confidence in God Empowers you to PUSH!
Confidence in God let's the devil and his agents know that you KNOW whose You are. I Am yours and You are Mine says the Lord.
"Cast not away your Confidence which has great Recompense of ***Reward***, you have need of PATIENCE, that after you have done the will of God, you might receive the Promise".
YOU GOT TO GO THROUGH YOUR MARAH TO GET TO YOUR ELIM
Exodus 15:22-25
"Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness and found no water. When they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah. So the people grumbled at Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?" Then he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree; and he threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There He made for them a statute and regulation, and there He tested (proved) them.
Numbers 33:8-9
"They journeyed from before Hahiroth and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness; and they went three days' journey in the wilderness together and camped at Marah. They journeyed from Marah and came to Elim; and in Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there."
Marah
Marah (H4781) means "bitter." Chemicals made the water unfit for drinking. Arabs seldom even permit their camels to drink from it. The experience at Marah was just another in the training of God's people.
ELIM
Elim the name of the second station where the Israelites encamped after crossing the Red Sea. It had "twelve wells of water and threescore and ten palm trees."
SEE WHEN THE FIRST TIME DONT WORK TRY IT AGAIN, THE DEVIL HAS A PATTERN OF SENDING YOU THE FAKE ONE BEFORE GOD SENDS THE REAL ONE.
THE ISRAELITES DIDNT SETTLE FOR MARAH, BECAUSE THEY REMEMBERED THE PROMISE GOD GAVE TO MOSES TO GIVE TO THEM, MARAH WAS A TEST, ELIM WAS THE REWARD FOR GOING THROUGH THE TEST.
TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR ITS ONLY A TEST. ELIM IS JUST UP THE STREET.
ELIM HAD 12 SPRINGS OF CLEAR WATER AND 70 PALM TREES, DONT SETTLE FOR YOUR LITTLE WHEN GOD HAS A WHOLE LOT.
KBCMI WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH OUR MARAH WITHOUT MUMBLING AND COMPLAINING ABOUT THE ROUTE WE ARE HAVING TO GO DOWN, YOU CANT START ON THE AUTOBAHN, TOO FAST, YOU HAVE TO WORK YOUR WAY UP, FROM THE BACK ROADS, THE POT HOLES, AND EVEN THE NO ROADS BEFORE YOU GET ON THE AUTOBAHN. COME ON SOMEBODY.
SEE WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH:
Darkness before light
Sacrifice before blessing
Marah before Elim
Wilderness before Canaan
Humiliation before exaltation
Death before life
Travail before birth
Mortgage before redemption
Tribulation before patience
Suffering before glory
Work before reward
Cross before crown
Fight before victory
Temptation before overcoming
1. Apostolic Ministry is "in Christ" - Jesus is the Chief Apostle - the focus is upon Christ and NOT the Apostle/s.
- Heb. 3:1 - "consider (fix your thoughts) Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession"
- 2 Cor. 4:5 - "for we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus' sake"
2. Apostolic ministry begins in humility & continues in humility - God left heaven and became a man IN HUMILITY
- Phil. 2:3 - "Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves"
3. Apostolic ministry honors women Mary "birthed" Jesus' earthly Apostolic ministry, women followed Jesus.
- Gal. 3:28 - "there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus".
4. Apostolic Ministry is "team-oriented" Jesus built a team, Paul built teams - even the Trinity is a "team".
5. Apostolic Ministry is "released-oriented" / It's about Fathering & releasing sons and daughters to carry on the ministry in an even greater way.
- John 14:12b - "Greater works you shall do".
6. Apostolic Ministry is Kingdom-focused (not just Church-focused) is part of something GREATER. The Church is PART of the Kingdom. Jesus is PART of the Trinity.
- Jesus spoke hardly anything about the Church and almost exclusively about the Kingdom.
- For example, the "Church" is mentioned 2X in Matthew and the "Kingdom" 50X!
7. Apostolic Ministry is relationally, NOT structurally-based begins with the Trinity.
8. Apostolic Ministry is "marked by signs wonders and miracles"
- 2 Cor. 12:12 - the signs/marks of a true apostle were performed among you with all perserverance, by signs wonders and miracles.
- 1 Cor. 2:4 - "my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power"
9. Apostolic Ministry doesn¹t build on another man¹s (churches) foundation - it is evangelistic.
- NOT SHEEP STEALING, Not Church "Transfer" growth.
10. True Apostles "have seen the Lord" and are chosen by Jesus Himself - they are NOT self-appointed, or Apostles because people "recognize" them as such.
- 1 Cor. 9:1 - Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord?
11. Apostolic ministry will attract problems / Persecution
- 2 Cor. 4:8-11 - "we are afflicted in EVERY WAY, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus for we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus¹ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh"
12. True Apostolic ministry doesn¹t focus on money.
- Jesus said, "Freely you have received, freely give"
OPEN INTIMACY (Lk 10 : 21-24) – We will have a revelation of the God of increase, a foretaste of future happenings NOW, people will come from far and wide to the church, Visions, Dreams, Divine Knowledge, Wisdom and Revelation knowledge and Spiritual Acceleration will become a reality in the church. To achieve this your life must be HOLY and SANCTIFIED.
OPEN HEAVENS (Lk 10: 17-20) – Heaven will be OPEN for you and Satan cannot block what God is going to deliver. God will move Satan away as he is going down and we are going up. He is getting weaker and we are getting stronger. There will be “Spiritual Blessings ” for us as adopted Sons & Daughters and the WORD that comes forth from God through us will dispel the works of the darkness. We who are in this “Upper Room” must be ready to receive from the Throne Room. – To achieve this you must have FAITH.
OPEN FAVOUR (Lk 10:1-2) – God will give us unequal advantage over all our enemies. We will have his POWER of Attorney, fresh commissioning and the rod of iron as our Kingdom mandate. Jesus has given us His NAME, his HEART, his VOICE, his WORD, his WAY, his TRUTH and his LIFE-To achieve this you must ACT in TRUST.
OPEN OPPORTUNITY (Lk 10:3-9) – All the RESOURCES that we need to finish the race will be given us. Businesses will be established, finances will flow in, people will come looking for you, for when we seek the Kingdom assignment, money will flow in. Do not work for money, do the work of the Lord and money will come. Remember God pays well. To achieve this you must WORK for God and not man.
OPEN HOUSE (Lk 10:5-12) – The time to Prophesy, speak the WORD has come and the hearts of people will be open and attentive. All it takes is for one person to be touched and all will follow. Strategic people will ARISE to work with you and for you. To achieve this you must GO OUT and touch people.
OPEN HEARTS (Lk 10:13-16) – SPEAK the PROCEEDING WORD and people’s hearts will align themselves. Preach the strong word. Walk in total obedience and accuracy in the Word and people will be set free. To achieve this you must PREACH, TEACH and SPEAK.
OPEN DOORS (Lk 10:25-37) – God will OPEN DOORS for effective Ministry in your cities, counties, states and the nations. The City will be transformed, your home Apostolic bases will see an influx of people who will be impacted and the City transformed back to GOD. To achieve this you must USE THE CHURCH AS YOUR APOSTOLIC BASE.
Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers:but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door:by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd:the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
See I used to be a good fisherman of fish and one thing I learned is that when you go fishing you have to
1. GO AT THE RIGHT TIME
2. GO TO THE RIGHT PLACE
3. HAVE THE RIGHT TYPE OF BAIT
4. HAVE PATIENCE DONT RUSH
5. STAY ALERT WATCH POLE
6. AFTER FISH TAKES HOOK LET HIM TIE OUT
7. REEL HIM IN, DONT LET HIM GET OFF YOUR LINE
NOW THAT YOURE QUALIFIED FISHERMEN, COME TO THE HOUSE OF GOD, YOUR PLACE OF DUTY TO BE DEPUTIZED TO GO OUT AND CATCH SOME FISH (SOULS).
SEE SOME OF YOU ARE SITTING IN HERE TODAY THAT HAVE BEEN RUNNING FROM YOUR OCCUPATION, THATS WHY THINGS NEVER WORK OUT FOR YOUR GOOD, COME BACK TO YOUR ASSIGNMENT FROM GOD, ITS IN YOUR DNA TO BE FISHERMEN, NOT DRUG DEALERS, PIMPS, ROBBERS, CRACK HEADS, FELONIES, ADULTERERS, FORNICATORS, LIERS.
COME BACK TO JESUS, COME BACK TO YOUR FIRST LOVE, ROM 5:17 IF ANY MAN BE IN ...........
JESUS SAID IAM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE., NO MAN CAN SEE THE FATHER WITHOUT GOING THROUGH HIM.
NOW LET'S GO FISHING IN JESUS NAME!
CA L.R.Gooden Jr.
Kingdom Builders Christian Ministries A Spiritually Militant Church
In the process of apostolic maturing of the Church there is an emerging, spiritually militant boldness on all fronts of Church life. Not with guns and bombs like deluded terrorists, but spiritual weapons like strategic prayer, intercession, preaching, teaching and praise & worship. Music (SHOFAR & PRAISE/WORSHIP) has been, and is increasingly setting this tone of spiritual militancy. Now it is time for the prophetic to take its true mature place alongside the apostolic gifts and anointing. To bring structure both spiritual and natural to facilitate what the Lord is doing in the Church - to clear the rubble from the spiritual gaps in the wall of the House of the Lord (Nehemiah 4:10), and to build apostolic churches. To plant churches powerfully, in spiritually governing strength, with five-fold ministry teams. Apostolic church bases that will actually affect and change whole cities, nations, and even governments.
We have seen this in part happening in KBCM but there are more wonderful days ahead of all of us as we press on to the high calling of Christ JESUS in our lives. Singers, musicians, Preachers, Teachers, THE FIVE FOLD MINISTRY in the realm of the creative arts will also need to carry apostolic wisdom in the nurturing and releasing of these gifts in the MARKETPLACE. It is important we prepare - because we will not handle the onslaught of spiritual wickedness that will inevitably come against the rising army of the Church. It is a global army because there is a global fight! A fight against the ultimate global terrorist - the devil!
Apostolic Alignment for Kingdom Advancement
Apostolic Alignment for Kingdom Advancement: Is the worldwide activation of the Holy Spirit being released in the Body of Christ resulting in the restoration (re-ordering) of all things according to Acts 3:19-21
Restoration of:
Relationships - Malachi 4:6; Luke 15:11-32; 1 Corinthians 4:15
Biblical Doctrine/Teaching – Hebrews 6:1
Five-Fold Ministry- Ephesians 4:11-12
Ministry of the Holy Spirit – Luke 3:16; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:1-4
Miracles – 1 Corinthians 12:10-11
The Ministry of the Apostle: Apostle- (Greek-apostolos) “One who is sent forth.” One called and sent by the Anointing to have and operate in spiritual authority. Character, gifts, and abilities enable Apostles to gather and establish people in Kingdom truth and order, especially through founding and overseeing churches and ministries.
1 Corinthians 12:28 “And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.” Ephesians 4:11 “And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers.”
Functions of Apostles and Apostolic Ministries:
Establish a Spiritual climate/atmosphere in regions that is conducive for a release of God’s Glory
1 Corinthians 12:28 “First (Greek-proton) apostles.” Blasting, Trailblazers, Penetrating, Forerunner, Pioneer Anointing. Territorial Spirits – Governing spirits/strongholds over regions, cities, nations. Daniel 10:13 “But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days:” 1 Corinthians 15:32 ‘If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus,”
Strongholds – Mindsets, Doctrines, Ideologies contrary to the Word of God. 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 “… mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds,”
To establish the Apostolic in GOD's people
Matthew 28:19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations” NKJV This is an Apostolic Commission!! Evangelists make believers/converts – Apostles make disciples.
Establish Churches Apostolic People require Apostolic Churches where they will be equipped and released for the work of the ministry through:
Doctrine- Acts 2:42 “…they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship,”
Preaching- Inspiration through exhortation, proclamation and demonstration. Mark 16:15 “And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature,”
Teaching- Inspiration through edification (building up). Matthew 28:19 “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,”
Treaching - (combination of teaching & preaching) Matthew 4:23 “And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and
healing (demonstration) all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people,”
Establish Biblical Order/Government Restore five-fold (government) ministry to oversee and maintain the order of God, which is represented through theocracy and not democracy.
Theocracy -God controlled, God centered, God ruled.
Democracy- People controlled, People centered, People ruled. 1 Corinthians 12:28; Ephesians 4:11-16; Titus 1:5
Establish “Fathering Ministries/Relationship” 1 Corinthians 4:15 “For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet [have ye] not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.” Fathers and overseers are committed to establishing and developing growing relationship.
Some Fatherly Responsibilities:
1. Training and Discipline - Exodus 18:13-26; Hebrews 12:5-10; Colossians 1:28
2. Reproduce - John 15:16
3.. Releasing - Acts11: 21-22; Acts13:3-4
4.. Impartation - 2 Timothy 1:6
5. Provision
Everyone needs to submit under GOD's government, no one is exempt, Kingdom Builders Christian Ministries definitely is a place for anyone who is without a Church home and wants to grow in the LORD.
Everyone – Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, Teachers and laypersons, are required to submit to a Pastor. This is God’s order of government. The Pastor is the head of the local Church and everyone is to be a part of a local Church somewhere. (Ephesians 4:11-14)
What I am saying is that everyone, even the other Ministry offices, should have a Pastor. There are no exceptions to this. The most effective Five-fold Ministers in the Earth have Pastors whom they can call upon.
Everyone will ultimately give account for how they treated their Pastors. 2Corinthians 5:10)
Sincerely from Apostle L.R. Gooden Jr.
A quick teaching on the theme for 2015 for KBCM by Apostle L.R.Gooden Jr.
SCRIPTURE AND THEME FOR 2015
EDIFYING, EQUIPPING, EMPOWERING FOR KINGDOM ADVANCEMENT
EPH. 4:12. For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
These ministry gifts (EPH 4:11) are to equip the saints, and then the saints are to do the work of the ministry. The Amplified Bible translates this verse as "His intention was the perfecting and the full equipping of the saints (His consecrated people), [that they should do] the work of ministering toward building up Christ's body (the church)."
It is a mistake to place the burden of ministry on what we call "the clergy." Full-time ministers are to minister the Word to the saints, but the saints are to go out and reach the lost and carry the bulk of the ministry within the church. Shepherds don't have sheep; they tend the sheep, and the sheep should reproduce.
It has been a big mistake to "hire" ministers to do what the individual members of the church are supposed to do. Apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers are simply leaders who equip the saints so that they can be successful in the ministries God has given them.
In EPH 4:12 the word "for" can mean because of, as a result of, since, or it can mean so as to obtain. It is the latter definition that is meant here. The apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers of EPH 4:11 minister "so as to obtain" the saints being equipped so that they can do the work of the ministry, which in turn obtains the edifying of the body of Christ. The clergy doesn't do all these things. They start the process through leadership, and the body edifies itself in love (EPH 4:16).
The Greek word that was translated "perfecting" here is "KATARTISMOS," and it means "a fitting or preparing fully" (Vine's Expository Dictionary). It does not denote the absence of all flaws. The Lord gave the gifted ministers listed in EPH 4:11 to help fully prepare the saints so that they could do the work of the ministry.
Remember it takes a Disciple (a disciplined learner) not a complainer, not a critic, not a murmurer, not a know it all, but a DISCIPLE. It's time for the Church to line-up, straighten-up and fall in place with true GOD ordained leadership. Amen.
