The Spirit of Ressurection

THE SPIRIT OF RESURRECTION
Monday, 11th January, 2016

“But if the Spirit of him that raised Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he..shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his spirit that dwells in you” (Romans 8:11)

This is for those who have “wasted years”. To those that feel they have lost so much. You find it difficult to start again. Your life right now feels like shambles. Your mates are far ahead of you. Perhaps you are grouping in the darkness of shame and disgrace…

Be strong dear, whatever it might have been, there is an ability of the Spirit called the Spirit of resurrection. The Spirit of resurrection is often mistaken to be just the spirit of restoration, but it’s far more than that; it is a combination of God’s creative power with His restoration ability.

Now consider Jesus while he was on earth, he was not Lord, he was Emmanuel. Before his death he did not have the name above all names, the devil had partial dominion over the earth due to the authority he stole from Adam.

In revelation however, we see Jesus introducing himself, I am he who was, who is and is to come and I (now) hold the keys of hell and death.  (Revelation 1:18). So he who once lived on earth experienced transformation by the spirit of resurrection and was exalted to heaven.

Now this is how it works. When the Spirit of resurrection steps into your situation it does not merely restore you to your former state but it creates a by far greater reality so that your later is greater than your former.

God is love. He is not just able to restore your lost years but also to transform you into a better person, with a brighter future.

SELAH: No matter how bad it has been, the spirit of resurrection is more potent.

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Expressing Love

EXPRESSING LOVE
Saturday, 9th January, 2016
“…let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth” (1 John 3:18)

I never saw Jesus say, “I Love you”, no, not even to Peter, James and John. Yet you could not be around Jesus and not feel loved.

Today there are a lot of emotional screams in the air, “I love you!” and all kinds of emotional response, yet relationships are on the downward slide, unity is nowhere, and people don’t feel loved.

In fact, more people have committed suicide because of the vain expression “I love you”, than the real expression “I hate you”

There is no issue with saying “I love you”, only that it is the same thing as saying “I bless you” You don’t have to say I bless you, simply bless by words of comfort or by acts and demonstrations of blessings.  It is same instance with love.

Although we didn’t see Jesus screaming “I love you”, He said, “I am with you always” In evidence we saw Emmanuel, God became flesh, and next we saw the Holy Spirit bearing witness within us. He said. “I will die for you” and then he did. He also spoke words of comfort.

Even if your love language is words of affirmation, I bet you cannot stand words without performance. In addition to “I Love you”, why not say; “I understand your pain”; “I would react same if I were in your shoes”, “don’t cry”, “it will be well”, “I’m thinking of you”

Make a decision to love for real. You may say I love you, but remember that words never moved Jesus when speaking to Peter, he said if you love me, Feed my sheep. (John 21:15-17)

The God way of expressing love is through words of comfort, exhortation, actions and deeds, the least is saying, “I Love You”, although you may add it. “I love you” is only one of many kind words.  Love God and man this way.

SELAH- (kind words, deeds) + Sincerity (actions)  is God’s way of expressing love.

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