What say i? Are you saying what God wants you to say? Or are you say what you want to say? Is He filling your mouth with His words? Or are you allowing your flesh to dictate what comes out of your mouth? Did He not set you up to speak His Word before He even formed you?
Let’s go to: Jeremiah 1:4-11 and hear what the Lord is speaking to our spirits even this day. “4 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.” God has ordained YOU! He has ordained YOU as a minister of His Word. Prophet, Apostle, Evangelist, Pastor and Teacher. It doesn’t matter if you have a title now. God called you YOUR name before you were created. I can see Him now and He’s calling PROPHET. And then He picks a womb to place His prophet in. Before you were even conceived God called you YOUR name. And YOUR name is Prophet, Apostle, Evangelist, Pastor, Teacher, Deacon, Elder. And this calling puts us not above man but it creates in us a servants heart. We become servants of man. We become responsible for helping them reach the place of walking in the spirit and not in the flesh. For helping them to become their name. Prophet, Apostle, Evangelist, Pastor, Teacher, Deacon, Elder. There is always a responsibility that goes with your name. verse “6 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.” When we walked in the world we couldn’t wait to reach the age of maturity. This should be even more so in the spirit. For as we once desired the milk of the Word – (1 Peter 2:2) we now desire the meat of the Word. For your word says in John 6:27, “Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.” It is this meat that we now desire Lord. This seal of the Lord. Your career has become YOUR NAME and God has to teach YOU to walk in these careers, in YOUR NAME. And He now feeds us the meat of His Word because of the anointing in YOUR NAME. And He doesn’t just feed us, but He seals it! What does this mean? “He seals it.” He’s not talking about closing it up, not talking about closing it up in you, because if He were to do that than you would you never be able to speak it. He’s talking about placing His holy seal upon His words. Remember in the days of Kings and Queens and royal courts. Whenever the King made a proclamation to go out to the people he would place his seal on it. It was his stamp of approval. Proof that he wrote this and that he agrees with what was written. Check this out: I googled the word seal because I was interested in what the world has to say about it and this is one of the definitions that I found. Pay close attention now. “SEAL, a device or substance that is used to join two things together so as to prevent them from coming apart or to prevent anything from passing between them.” God’s seal unites His word with you and it not only unites but it prevents anything from coming between you and His word. Hallelujah, Hallelujah! God has placed His seal of approval on the words that He has placed in you. He is saying that He agrees with those words so hold tight to that seal and do not allow compromises to separate (unstick) you from it. Continuing with Jeremiah, Verse “7 But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. Now this is where we sometimes get into trouble. The Word says, “whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak”. Not what we want to speak, not what I say, but what God wants us to speak. Do not allow your flesh to dictate what comes out of your mouth. Flesh will abuse and exploit power, but the spirit, the spirit will respect that power and use it to encourage and uplift both sinners and saints. God is commanding us. His Word is commanding us to speak what He commands us to speak. What does this really mean? It means that we cannot compromise the Word with our flesh. To compromise is to pollute what God has said. Go in your Bible to: Ezra 2:59-62, “59 And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: They could not prove that they were the descendants of Israel. Verse “60 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. 61 And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name: 62 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy,” Those that had proof of their bloodlines. They could not prove their bloodline because they had begun to intermarry with the people of the lands that they inhabited. The Children of Israel had made compromises that affected their offspring generations later. “but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. They were fearful that God would not place His seal on them and so they would not allow them to serve. verse 63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.” They were banished from the priesthood because of a compromise generations ago. They had to wait for a true priest from the rightful bloodline to come. From an unpolluted bloodline. From an uncompromised bloodline. Can you see where I am going with this word? Do not compromise the word that God has placed in your mouth. Personally if you receive what the Lord has told me to say, I consider it a blessing. However for those that will not receive the word it brings me grief and sorrow, but I will not and cannot compromise. We are about our Father’s business and not the business of man. Let’s go back to Jeremiah. verse “8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.” We go forth in the boldness of the Lord just as Peter and John did in Acts 4:13. It was the boldness, the boldness that turned the people to listen to what they perceived to be uneducated men. It is the boldness that says we have been in the presence of Jesus. The boldness. And we need this boldness because it helps the unbeliever. Did you see that? Hallelujah! God has already set them up to receive what you must say. He made them respect the boldness. He made them believe the boldness. Hallelujah! Thank you Lord! verse “9 Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.” Reach up and place your hand on your mouths right now. God is placing His Words in your mouth even now. Hallelujah! He wants to tell you what to say because His words have purpose. Repeat after me: I will say, what God tells me to say, and I will make no compromises. I will not, compromise His words. I will say it, the way, God tells me, to say it. And, I will not, change, nor add, to His word. Amen Know this now… the words of the flesh will harm men. But the words of God will strengthen, uplift and empower men. It is only the words of God that He will place His seal upon. He will never bless what comes from your flesh. He blesses only the words that He has told you to speak. verse “10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.” The Word has a purpose. The Word has a purpose. It has a purpose and that purpose can root out or it can dig up. It can pull down or it can lift up. It can destroy or it can build. The Word has a definite purpose and that purpose only comes when we say what God has told us to say. Verse “11 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou?” What seeth thou? It is the Word combined with our faith and Holy Spirit that allows us to see into the spirit realm. To see that thing before it even gets here. It’s called vision. Do you have God’s vision? What seeth thou? The words that He has placed in your mouth is not just for the world, but it for you too. It takes us to a place of vision. Of seeing what the Lord has already declared. What He has already spoken and what He has command us to speak. So I ask you, are you saying, “what say I”? Or are you saying”, “what saidth the Lord”? And so I end this short but powerful message today asking you, “What seest thou?” Written by: Evangelist Cheryl Davies 5/26/2014
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Revelations 2:2-5. The Loveless Church
This is the Church that has left its first love. It is loveless despite all the things that they are doing. They labored, they had patience, and they couldn’t bear evil. But they had not love. This is a very strong accusation: "You have left your first love." (v4). When Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment in the law was, His reply was: (Matthew 22:39) "You shall love the Lord your God with all of your heart, and with all of your soul, and with all of your mind." God should be the first love of every Christian, and when we go back and set our heart on worldly things then we have left off loving God. We must refocus our love on God and set aside our worldly aspiration because we are instructed by John to : "Not love the world, nor the things that are in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him." (1 John 2:15) Revelations 2:8-11. The Persecuted Church This is the Church that is being tested by faith. It goes through trials and tribulations and is expected to be tested even to the death. But God says to stay faithful and He will grant you the Crown of life. Revelations 2:12-17 The Compromising Church This is the Church that changes direction so much that it begins to make compromises. It members came out of the darkness but still held onto some of their former beliefs before making their confession for Christ. These are the things like the pagan holidays being celebrated by Christians. Some may even change the name but it’s still a compromise. This is exactly what is called the doctrine of the Nicolaitans that is mentioned in verse 15. Named after a man called Nicholas who was a pagan idol worshipper who converted to Judaism and then to the Christian belief. Nicholas taught a doctrine of compromise because he, himself had made many compromises in his lifetime. We can say that it was his lifestyle and that’s what he taught. And the last Church for this message is The Corrupt Church. Revelations 2:18-28, This is the Church that seemed to be doing everything right. Good works, love, service, faith and patience, but they allowed Jezebel into the Church and she began to seduce them. The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 11:3 But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. The head of woman is man. The world has turned this around and many of us have been raised in families with the female actually being the head. Let us turn back to God’s order for the church and the family. Let’s get our houses back in order so that God will receive us as His own. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”’ By Evangelist Cheryl Davies Hebrews 11:1, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Faith is believing in the unseen. Believing that God will. 23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s command. Faith conquers your fear. 24 By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, Faith sees beyond all our afflictions into the supernatural power of God. Just as many things in the Kingdom works, faith grows by levels. Romans 1:17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.” So what is this faith to faith? How many remember the first time that they recited the sinner’s prayer? The 1st time I felt nothing. But after I began to build a relationship with God it began to have a value. Why? Because I didn't have faith the 1st time. As I began to mature in Christ it began to mean more and more to me. Can you see the faith to faith? And no you know in your knowa that the words of salvation really achieved a purpose. But there is a higher purpose for your faith. Faith is your portal to the Glory of God. Why should we be so concerned with the Glory of God? Because it is the Glory of God that leads to the Power of God. Repeat after me: “The supernatural power of God” Say it again. Again. We are meant to walk in the supernatural power of God and our faith takes us to the gates of heaven which God has already opened to pour out His glory. This has always been the plan of God for us to have access to His glory. Someone read Ephesians 1:10 for me. Now let’s simplify that some. I just love how the Message says it: Ephesians 1:10, “He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in Him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth.” Until now we the church haven’t been accessing everything that God had set up for us from the time He created the earth and man. You see heaven contains 3 dimensions of the supernatural: The Kingdom The Glory The Power Matt. 6:13, “For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.” The Kingdom is our faith guys. So many people are talking about the Kingdom of God, but you have to know what the true essence of the Kingdom is. It’s our faith. Matthew 6:33, “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” You cannot seek the Kingdom of God without faith. Mark 4:30, “Then He said, “To what shall we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable shall we picture it?” We talked a little about this last week. We are again talking about a seed. Isn’t it funny how we can get so much from a little seed. But today we are talking about having faith the size of a mustard seed. And that little bit of faith giving us access to the Kingdom of God. So what does this say to us? It says that the Kingdom of God is the manifestation of our faith. God created the heavens on the first day but the Kingdom of God is a connection between our faith and the Spirit of God. From faith to faith to faith to faith the size of a mustard seed, to the Kingdom of God. Matthew 6:10, “Your Kingdom come. Your Will be done On earth as it is in heaven.” Go to: Matthew 12:28, “But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the Kingdom of God has come upon you.” Did you see that? Hallelujah! Someone better begin to praise the Lord. The Glory The Glory is the Fullness of God. Colossians 2:8-10, “8 See to it that no one carries you off as spoil or makes you yourselves captive by his so-called philosophy and intellectualism and vain deceit (idle fancies and plain nonsense), following human tradition (men’s ideas of the material rather than the spiritual world), just crude notions following the rudimentary and elemental teachings of the universe and disregarding [the teachings of] Christ (the Messiah). 9 For in Him the whole fullness of Deity (the Godhead) continues to dwell in bodily form [giving complete expression of the divine nature]. 10 And you are in Him, made full and having come to fullness of life [in Christ you too are filled with the Godhead—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—and reach full spiritual stature]. And He is the Head of all rule and authority [of every angelic principality and power].” Now this is what the glory does: The glory transforms us into God’s image. 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 says, “Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.” There is so much power in the glory that it transforms us. This is the deep calling to the deep. John 17:22, “And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one:” This glory unites us with God, with Jesus and with the Holy Spirit. The Power - The power is the anointing of God. It is this anointing that moves us into the supernatural power of God. Jesus had the anointing without measure and He passed this anointing down to us, the church. But in order to access this anointing we have to create an atmosphere conducive to calling forth the miracles. Our atmosphere is spirit so we must change it so that we may be lifted up and touch the glory of God. Touching this glory is what brings about the miracles and the changes in our lives. The thing is that we have been focusing on how Peter fell after walking on the water when we need to be focusing on how he walked on water. Matt. 14:26 Notice how Jesus didn’t lift him out of the boat, but He called him to Him. He waited for Peter to activate his faith, to tap into the glory of Christ by taking a step on his own to walk on water. Now is the time for the Church to step into the fullness of God. The heavens are already open because they were opened when Jesus was baptized and He gave us access to that power through His glory. Until now we have been in bondage to time, allowing time to control us when we are supposed to be controlling time. Look at when Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. He never worried because He had already stopped time and He knew that Lazarus wasn’t going anywhere. Stop allowing time to tell you what to do. We are supposed to be telling time what to do. In time things breaks down, decay and become old, but when we step into the glory of God things regenerates and moves back into order. The glory of God is a restorer. It brings heaven down to the earth through you. This is our moment in time to touch the glory and to begin to perform miracles and take dominion over every inch of our lives. So reach up and touch the glory of God and pull down that job you are in need of or the money for that car payment that you don’t have. Reach up and touch the glory. By Evangelist Cheryl Davies |
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