Phil. 4:8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.
I still don’t have access to the internet as before – but I am still here doing the will and work of the LORD.
One of the things that is most apparent to me is how far gone I am in living for the LORD. It is obvious to me that though I live in the world I can’t live as the world lives. I need the presence of the LORD like I need oxygen. When I find myself not giving God the attention and reverence that HE deserves in my life then my spirit gets weary and my soul starts seeking HEADSHIP elsewhere. I get preoccupied with the attention and approval of people and seeking the pleasure of things. I can see myself being led more by emotions then by my faith.
It is at that time that I speak out into the atmosphere that GOD IS LORD OVER MY LIFE AND MY CIRCUMSTANCES. It is in His presence that ALL is truly well with my soul. I want to help someone today that may not be living the consecrated lifestyle you use to. Maybe you think you have too much going on or you have started giving to much attention to the things of the world and God has taken a backseat in your life. Then be prepared to head for a total meltdown. Cut off the other stuff off and spend some time with Lord. Let HIM know that He is still and always HEAD over your life.
It is true that the battle is in your mind but in order to walk in VICTORY you must strengthen your spirit for the battle. Get some God in you.
Be Blessed, Manie
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
The warrior in you
For a long time I received and accepted the lie of the enemy that I had NO fight in me. I was the kind to always avoid confrontation and run from a fight. Now I will gave a bold assumption here and say that I don't think I was by myself in that assessment of my weaknesses. I think there are lots of us today that are running scared from the tactics, assignments and accusation from the enemy.
I was literally perishing from the lack of knowledge of my victory in Christ and the enemy's defeat. That is why I spend so much time teaching others the truth of Luke 10:19 and Ephesians 6:10.
The truth of God's word reveals to us how mighty and powerful we are in CHRIST and how weak and ineffective the enemy is in our lives. If nothing else I believe my calling in the kingdom is to dismantle the lies the world has forced upon us and to feed God's people His truth.
The worst thing we could ever do is to not get in the word and know and believe what it has to be about who we are, what we have and what we do in God.
Like any GOOD Father the LORD caused me to face my bully head on and it was in the fight of faith that I saw him for the cowardly liar that he really is. I saw through the deceptions and attacks on my mind, feelings and will. It was bombarding him with weapons of the kingdom that I gained victory over the enemy. The truth is that yeah maybe he will come back with another round of lies and deceptions but the truth is that when he does I will be victorious yet again. I have heard it said that you can never conquer what you never confront in life.
It is only engaging in battle that you see what you are really made of. You are the child of King. You are strong in the LORD and the power of His might. Jesus has given to us power over ALL the power of the enemy, and we can walk among snakes and scorpions and crush them. Nothing will injure us.
Everything and everyone that opposes us has to BOW DOWN to the name of Jesus coming out of our mouths. You are the Head. You are always on top. You are the righteousness of God in Christ.
Be Blessed, Manie
I was literally perishing from the lack of knowledge of my victory in Christ and the enemy's defeat. That is why I spend so much time teaching others the truth of Luke 10:19 and Ephesians 6:10.
The truth of God's word reveals to us how mighty and powerful we are in CHRIST and how weak and ineffective the enemy is in our lives. If nothing else I believe my calling in the kingdom is to dismantle the lies the world has forced upon us and to feed God's people His truth.
The worst thing we could ever do is to not get in the word and know and believe what it has to be about who we are, what we have and what we do in God.
Like any GOOD Father the LORD caused me to face my bully head on and it was in the fight of faith that I saw him for the cowardly liar that he really is. I saw through the deceptions and attacks on my mind, feelings and will. It was bombarding him with weapons of the kingdom that I gained victory over the enemy. The truth is that yeah maybe he will come back with another round of lies and deceptions but the truth is that when he does I will be victorious yet again. I have heard it said that you can never conquer what you never confront in life.
It is only engaging in battle that you see what you are really made of. You are the child of King. You are strong in the LORD and the power of His might. Jesus has given to us power over ALL the power of the enemy, and we can walk among snakes and scorpions and crush them. Nothing will injure us.
Everything and everyone that opposes us has to BOW DOWN to the name of Jesus coming out of our mouths. You are the Head. You are always on top. You are the righteousness of God in Christ.
Be Blessed, Manie
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Total Salvation
Romans 1:16 (NLT) For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes- the Jew first and also the Gentile.
Too many of us initially at the time of our being "born again" thought salvation only meant NOT going to hell and NOT committing sin. Before and even after salvation too much is being said about sin and hell and NOT enough is being taught redemption and righteousness. The message that God wanted to send through His son Jesus Christ is that He loves us. The word tells us that NOTHING can ever separate us from His love. The message of His salvation is that He loves us and wants us saved from all the threats of hell and the enemy. In his victory at the cross He has given us authority over all the powers of the enemy. When you get a tight grip on that kind of message then you will want to honor HIM by the way that you live out your life.
My prayer for our churches today is we do the JOB of presenting the gospel in the way that non-believers want to be saved. Again I say, I want people to understand the message of Jesus Christ means deliverance, healing, wholeness. Salvation means protection, peace and prosperity. Salvation doesn't means that trials and tribulation won't come your way BUT it does mean that you through your faith in Jesus Christ you will overcome them all.
As you read thru the four gospels you see the masses flocking and crowding Jesus Christ to be get from HIM what they needed. Jesus said it himself that it is the sick that need a doctor. Yet today the church presents itself as so polish and put together that the very ONES that need God the most are the ones that are turned off and turned away. We have made salvation look so boring and legalistic. We need to get people to understand that the commandments are there to HELP and KEEP us. What looks like freedom in having premaritial sex, using drugs and drinking alcohol is really bondage. Christianity is not a religion it is a relationship with Jesus Christ. Our living Saviour.
Acts 4:11-13 (NLT) For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, 'The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.' There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under the heaven by which we must be saved."
Be Blessed, Manie
Too many of us initially at the time of our being "born again" thought salvation only meant NOT going to hell and NOT committing sin. Before and even after salvation too much is being said about sin and hell and NOT enough is being taught redemption and righteousness. The message that God wanted to send through His son Jesus Christ is that He loves us. The word tells us that NOTHING can ever separate us from His love. The message of His salvation is that He loves us and wants us saved from all the threats of hell and the enemy. In his victory at the cross He has given us authority over all the powers of the enemy. When you get a tight grip on that kind of message then you will want to honor HIM by the way that you live out your life.
My prayer for our churches today is we do the JOB of presenting the gospel in the way that non-believers want to be saved. Again I say, I want people to understand the message of Jesus Christ means deliverance, healing, wholeness. Salvation means protection, peace and prosperity. Salvation doesn't means that trials and tribulation won't come your way BUT it does mean that you through your faith in Jesus Christ you will overcome them all.
As you read thru the four gospels you see the masses flocking and crowding Jesus Christ to be get from HIM what they needed. Jesus said it himself that it is the sick that need a doctor. Yet today the church presents itself as so polish and put together that the very ONES that need God the most are the ones that are turned off and turned away. We have made salvation look so boring and legalistic. We need to get people to understand that the commandments are there to HELP and KEEP us. What looks like freedom in having premaritial sex, using drugs and drinking alcohol is really bondage. Christianity is not a religion it is a relationship with Jesus Christ. Our living Saviour.
Acts 4:11-13 (NLT) For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, 'The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.' There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under the heaven by which we must be saved."
Be Blessed, Manie
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Planted Deep
If you would read through Mark 4 you will see the Jesus talk of planting seeds (the word of God) and then dealing with the forces that try and stop the harvest from that seed.
I want to tell that right now MORE than ever before we have to hold on to the truth. Especially when things couldn't more opposite than the word we got from the LORD. That is the most precious time of patiently enduring to see THIS thing all the way to the end.
It reads to us in Proverbs 12:3 (NLT) that the godly have deep roots. It time out for being wishy washy and doubleminded about the things of God. We have been through enough to know of His character, personality and nature. Our faith is FIRM in the truth that He is for us and that with HIM we will overcome all that we face today. We exercise that faith by being excited and expectant of His manifestation.
The day is NOW and the time is here.
Be Blessed, Manie
I want to tell that right now MORE than ever before we have to hold on to the truth. Especially when things couldn't more opposite than the word we got from the LORD. That is the most precious time of patiently enduring to see THIS thing all the way to the end.
It reads to us in Proverbs 12:3 (NLT) that the godly have deep roots. It time out for being wishy washy and doubleminded about the things of God. We have been through enough to know of His character, personality and nature. Our faith is FIRM in the truth that He is for us and that with HIM we will overcome all that we face today. We exercise that faith by being excited and expectant of His manifestation.
The day is NOW and the time is here.
Be Blessed, Manie
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Affirm who you are..
Today I want to really comission to you NOT take this message lightly although you may have heard and read it before. I want you to take TIME to really make the decision to plant the seed DEEP into your heart to live RIGHT NOW like the overcomer God chose you to be.
Right now I dont know what is going on in your life. But I just want to remind you to affirm who you are through your relationship with Jesus Christ. You are the head and not the tail. You are the light of the world. You are the apple of His eyes. You are the righteousness of God in Christ. You are blessed in your comings and goings. The favor of God surrounds you.
You need to know that regardless to what is going on God is perfecting everything that concerns you. You need to speak OUT with your spiritual authority against everything and everyone that opposes you that GOD CAUSES ALL THINGS TO WORK TOGETHER FOR YOUR GOOD. You need to remind yourself as the Apostle Paul said our present troubles are very small and won't last very long.
When the enemy can't get you to directly doubt God then he will try and cause you to doubnt who YOU are in God. That was his major deception back in the garden of Eden. He got Adam and Eve to believe that were NOT who God had already made them to be. It is time NOW to stop letting him do the same with you.
You were not made to compete but called to create. You don't have to match what others are doing but you need to set your own higher standards. I have made the decision that there is NO ONE that can cause me to feel or think of myself as inferior to them. There is only one ME and that is the same with you. It is not selfish or wrong for us to think highly of ourselves. When God Himself He made us in His own image and likeness. You need to speak out aloud for all of hell to hear from you that you walk in the authority of Jesus Christ and that you are baptize with the power of the Holy Spirit. I trust today that you are reminded to know who you are in Him.
Be Blessed, Manie
Right now I dont know what is going on in your life. But I just want to remind you to affirm who you are through your relationship with Jesus Christ. You are the head and not the tail. You are the light of the world. You are the apple of His eyes. You are the righteousness of God in Christ. You are blessed in your comings and goings. The favor of God surrounds you.
You need to know that regardless to what is going on God is perfecting everything that concerns you. You need to speak OUT with your spiritual authority against everything and everyone that opposes you that GOD CAUSES ALL THINGS TO WORK TOGETHER FOR YOUR GOOD. You need to remind yourself as the Apostle Paul said our present troubles are very small and won't last very long.
When the enemy can't get you to directly doubt God then he will try and cause you to doubnt who YOU are in God. That was his major deception back in the garden of Eden. He got Adam and Eve to believe that were NOT who God had already made them to be. It is time NOW to stop letting him do the same with you.
You were not made to compete but called to create. You don't have to match what others are doing but you need to set your own higher standards. I have made the decision that there is NO ONE that can cause me to feel or think of myself as inferior to them. There is only one ME and that is the same with you. It is not selfish or wrong for us to think highly of ourselves. When God Himself He made us in His own image and likeness. You need to speak out aloud for all of hell to hear from you that you walk in the authority of Jesus Christ and that you are baptize with the power of the Holy Spirit. I trust today that you are reminded to know who you are in Him.
Be Blessed, Manie
Monday, April 06, 2009
You are safe!
Deut. 12:10 But you will soon cross the Jordan River and live in the land the LORD your God is giving you. When he gives you rest from all your enemies and you're living safely in the land.
Psalm 4:8 In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O Lord, will keep me safe.
Today the LORD start to speak to me about the correlation of the children of Israel and the life of Jesus Christ. For both the Israelites and Jesus there seemed to be lurking not to far off the threat of danger.
Not in the most literal sense but I know the feeling and attack from the enemy of being scared and oppressed. I could never really understand growing up but I always had nightmares and was scared of the most ridiculous things. Honestly there was never a sense of security and safety anywhere for me as I was growing up and even through some time as an adult. I always felt alone, rejected, abandoned, and at times attacked. Regardless to the fact that attack from the enemy in my mind and feelings- it was real enough to me that it began to manifest in my natural life.
Now I am at the point of wholeness, healing and freedom that I know with all my heart, soul and spirit that I am safe. The LORD has called me to deposit into your spirit to believe as well that even in the most dangerous and perilous of situations that you are safe.
Like me maybe you have never really safe in your entire life. Maybe you too struggled with the threat of danger and a spirit of fear. It may not even have been because of abuse but just a mental and emotional attack from the enemy still TODAY decree to your heart, soul and spirit that The name of the Lord is a strong fortress; the godly run to him and are safe.
Jude 1:1b I am writing to all who have been called by God the Father, who loves you and keeps you safe in the care of Jesus Christ.
Be Blessed, Manie
Psalm 4:8 In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O Lord, will keep me safe.
Today the LORD start to speak to me about the correlation of the children of Israel and the life of Jesus Christ. For both the Israelites and Jesus there seemed to be lurking not to far off the threat of danger.
Not in the most literal sense but I know the feeling and attack from the enemy of being scared and oppressed. I could never really understand growing up but I always had nightmares and was scared of the most ridiculous things. Honestly there was never a sense of security and safety anywhere for me as I was growing up and even through some time as an adult. I always felt alone, rejected, abandoned, and at times attacked. Regardless to the fact that attack from the enemy in my mind and feelings- it was real enough to me that it began to manifest in my natural life.
Now I am at the point of wholeness, healing and freedom that I know with all my heart, soul and spirit that I am safe. The LORD has called me to deposit into your spirit to believe as well that even in the most dangerous and perilous of situations that you are safe.
Like me maybe you have never really safe in your entire life. Maybe you too struggled with the threat of danger and a spirit of fear. It may not even have been because of abuse but just a mental and emotional attack from the enemy still TODAY decree to your heart, soul and spirit that The name of the Lord is a strong fortress; the godly run to him and are safe.
Jude 1:1b I am writing to all who have been called by God the Father, who loves you and keeps you safe in the care of Jesus Christ.
Be Blessed, Manie
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
My eyes are on the prize
Right now the LORD wants His children to know the worst thing you can do is get caught up in what is going on around you. The LORD wants to minister to you to keep presssing forward and never get sidelined by where you are right now. Since this past Sundy as I worshipped in church the LORD was saying to me press forward because this too shall pass. During this particular season of my life the LORD has been saying to me: YOU ARE NOT STUCK WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW.
That is the message for all of us in the body of Christ. I don't know about you but I talk kingdom, walk kingdom, sleep kingdom. There is literally no way for me to get away from the message of the kingdom of God. The more I get from God it seems the more I want from Him.
Another side of this message is keep your eyes stretched out in front of you as you walk into your promise land. Keep looking ahead and never behind you. Keep your vision for your future in clear view in front of you and even if it seems slow in coming, wait patiently for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed. Thisis according to the word of God in Hab 2:3.
Keep your soul content as you wait for His timing to move you into your new place. But never lose your zest and hunger for where God is taking you at this time.
Like the Apostle Paul in Phil 3:13 Let us focus on one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.
Malachi 3:17 "They will be my people," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. "On the day when I act in judgement, they will be my own special treasure. I will spare them as a father spares on obedient child. Then you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not."
Be Blessed, Manie
That is the message for all of us in the body of Christ. I don't know about you but I talk kingdom, walk kingdom, sleep kingdom. There is literally no way for me to get away from the message of the kingdom of God. The more I get from God it seems the more I want from Him.
Another side of this message is keep your eyes stretched out in front of you as you walk into your promise land. Keep looking ahead and never behind you. Keep your vision for your future in clear view in front of you and even if it seems slow in coming, wait patiently for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed. Thisis according to the word of God in Hab 2:3.
Keep your soul content as you wait for His timing to move you into your new place. But never lose your zest and hunger for where God is taking you at this time.
Like the Apostle Paul in Phil 3:13 Let us focus on one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.
Malachi 3:17 "They will be my people," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. "On the day when I act in judgement, they will be my own special treasure. I will spare them as a father spares on obedient child. Then you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not."
Be Blessed, Manie
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