September 10

Missionary Weapons

“When you were under the fig tree, I saw you” (John 1:48).

Worshiping in Everyday Occasions. We presume that we would be ready for battle if confronted with a great crisis, but it is not the crisis that builds something within us—it simply reveals what we are made of already. Do you find yourself saying, “If God calls me to battle, of course I will rise to the occasion”? Yet you won’t rise to the occasion unless you have done so on God’s training ground. If you are not doing the task that is closest to you now, which God has engineered into your life, when the crisis comes, instead of being fit for battle, you will be revealed as being unfit. Crises always reveal a person’s true character.

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September 9

Do It Yourself

“… bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ …” (2 Corinthians 10:5).

Determinedly Discipline Other Things. This is another difficult aspect of the strenuous nature of sainthood. Paul said, according to the Moffatt translation of this verse, “… I take every project prisoner to make it obey Christ … .” So much Christian work today has never been disciplined, but has simply come into being by impulse! In our Lord’s life every project was disciplined to the will of His Father. There was never the slightest tendency to follow the impulse of His own will as distinct from His Father’s will—“the Son can do nothing of Himself …” (John 5:19). Then compare this with what we do—we take “every thought” or project that comes to us by impulse and jump into action immediately, instead of imprisoning and disciplining ourselves to obey Christ.

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September 8

Do It Yourself

“… casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God …” (2 Corinthians 10:5).

Determinedly Demolish Some Things. Deliverance from sin is not the same as deliverance from human nature. There are things in human nature, such as prejudices, that the saint can only destroy through sheer neglect. But there are other things that have to be destroyed through violence, that is, through God’s divine strength imparted by His Spirit. There are some things over which we are not to fight, but only to “stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord …” (Exodus 14:13). But every theory or thought that raises itself up as a fortified barrier “against the knowledge of God” is to be determinedly demolished by drawing on God’s power, not through human effort or by compromise (see 2 Corinthians 10:4).

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September 7

Fountains of Blessings

“The water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life” (John 4:14).

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September 6

The Far-reaching Rivers of Life

“He who believes in Me … out of his heart will flow rivers of living water” (John 7:38).

A river reaches places which its source never knows. And Jesus said that, if we have received His fullness, “rivers of living water” will flow out of us, reaching in blessing even “to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8) regardless of how small the visible effects of our lives may appear to be. We have nothing to do with the outflow—“This is the work of God, that you believe …” (John 6:29). God rarely allows a person to see how great a blessing he is to others.

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September 5

Watching With Jesus

“Stay here and watch with Me” (Matthew 26:38).

“Watch with Me.” Jesus was saying, in effect, “Watch with no private point of view at all, but watch solely and entirely with Me.” In the early stages of our Christian life, we do not watch with Jesus, we watch for Him. We do not watch with Him through the revealed truth of the Bible even in the circumstances of our own lives. Our Lord is trying to introduce us to identification with Himself through a particular “Gethsemane” experience of our own. But we refuse to go, saying, “No, Lord, I can’t see the meaning of this, and besides, it’s very painful.” And how can we possibly watch with Someone who is so incomprehensible? How are we going to understand Jesus sufficiently to watch with Him in His Gethsemane, when we don’t even know why He is suffering? We don’t know how to watch with Him—we are only used to the idea of Jesus watching with us.

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The disciples loved Jesus Christ to the limit of their natural capacity, but they did not fully understand His purpose. In the Garden of Gethsemane they slept as a result of their own sorrow, and at the end of three years of the closest and most intimate relationship of their lives they “all … forsook Him and fled” (26:56).

“They were all filled with the Holy Spirit …” (Acts 2:4). “They” refers to the same people, but something wonderful has happened between these two events—our Lord’s death, resurrection, and ascension—and the disciples have now been invaded and “filled with the Holy Spirit.” Our Lord had said, “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you …” (Acts 1:8). This meant that they learned to watch with Him the rest of their lMy Utmost for His Highest

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“They were Yours, You gave them to Me …” (John 17:6).

A missionary is someone in whom the Holy Spirit has brought about this realization: “You are not your own” (1 Corinthians 6:19). To say, “I am not my own,” is to have reached a high point in my spiritual stature. The true nature of that life in actual everyday confusion is evidenced by the deliberate giving up of myself to another Person through a sovereign decision, and that Person is Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit interprets and explains the nature of Jesus to me to make me one with my Lord, not that I might simply become a trophy for His showcase. Our Lord never sent any of His disciples out on the basis of what He had done for them. It was not until after the resurrection, when the disciples had perceived through the power of the Holy Spirit who Jesus really was, that He said, “Go” (Matthew 28:19; also see Luke 24:49 and Acts 1:8).

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   AUGUST 30, 2017

Greetings Brothers and Sisters, and Friends, grace and peace to you in the name of God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ Who Love us so much that He gave His life as payment for our sins. I thank God for giving me this wonderful opportunity to share His Word concerning the way of salvation.

Lord I pray that you lead me as I share with my brothers and Sisters concerning the great salvation that was provided to us by Jesus Christ. Lord I pray that this message would be a blessing to those who are saved , and encourage them to share with others that don’t know you as it concern the forgiveness of sin. Lord I pray that you open the hearts and minds of those reading this message and enable them to have a overwhelming desire to know Jesus so they can be saved. Thank you Lord God , In Jesus name I pray Amen.

Years ago I worked for a railroad co named. North American Car Corporation. I was working with a guy by the name of will. Will was a very nice person. At break time Will would share bible scripture with me. He share scripture like, John 3:16, Romans 3:23, and so on. One Day while on break will said to me ” Reggie did you know that you can not even talk to God unless you go through Jesus.” I said to will ” Are you kidding me”? He said to me” no I am not, look at this”. He showed me John 14:6. I was amazed, It was like getting a hold of some very important secret information. I new that there was something about this information that I would need in some way, one day. I was so intrigued with this information I would never forget it. It was like the map to a hidden treasure.

In the gospel of John Chapter 14:6 Jesus made such a profound statement. “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” To me hearing this was sort of eye opening. It made a lot of sense. In my very limited understanding at the time, I thought that this was a good idea. What I new about Jesus dying on the cross for our sins  and now He would stand before God on my behalf,I thought this is wonderful. Somehow I knew that I needed somebody to talk to God for me, God being so powerful, and according to everything I had ever learned about God, He does not put up with any nonsense, He can see through you, and you don’t want to make Him angry. These thoughts  although they are true only encapsulate part of what is true, this is surface truth.

God created us and gave us something that is so precious saved or not saved we don’t want to lose it. Anyone that does want to lose it, has something mentally wrong with them. There is also those that say they want to die, again I say some of them are mentally Ill and some of them are just lying. The bottom line is God know you  want to live. God also know that you want to live under your own terms, under your own authority, Free of being responsible to anyone other than yourself. God want you to live, however He is not going to allow any of His creation to live in rebellion to Him , or in sin . As far as God is concerned you are either with Him or against Him there is no neutral ground. If you believe in Christ and the work that He did You will live,. If you don’t believe In Christ you will surely die and suffer eternal condemnation and Hell and Fire.

John from the very beginning of His writing was telling us who Jesus is, John 1:1,2,3,-14. We were not able to receive the understanding of these scriptures because of unbelief. In John 3:16 Jesus revealed how a person can receive  eternal life. In the culture of those days, the people understood that God’s very nature is God. To be the Son of God you have to be of the same nature as God. Just as we are human, we have a human nature. To show that they understood this look at John 8:58, In this scripture Jesus answered their question by reminding them of His relationship with Moses,  revealing to him His name, I AM  and  Abraham before him, who was delighted to see Him. The people knew what He was saying and they took up stones to kill Him, because He was claiming to be God.  John chapter 11 Jesus did something before many witnesses, that which  only God could do when he raised Lazarus from the dead.  somehow the truth of who He is  was obscured in unbelief even though people saw it with their own eyes

In John chapter 14:1-6  Jesus wanted to prepare  His disciples for His impending shameful death on the cross. Jesus gave them  words to comfort them. In His words of comfort Jesus told them 1.. Trust God and trust Me., this statement still was not clear to them.2. He is going to  His father’s house that has many mansions. 3. Because He is going to prepare a place for us He is coming back for us. 4. They know where He is going and the way to get there. He totally capture their every though and felt their sorrow. Peter ask Jesus where He was going and why can’t He come with Him now. Jesus told Him he cannot come now but he will come later. Thomas told Jesus that they do not know where He is going so how can they know the way. Jesus said “I Am the way the truth, and the life and no one comes to the Father except through Me.”  Phillip made a request that unknown to himself that would make it totally clear and remove all doubt as to exactly who Jesus claim to be . Phillip said to Jesus show us the Father. Jesus told him “He who has seen me has seen the Father, so how can you say “show us the Father”. Jesus told his disciples that He is telling them this now so when it happens they will believe

This revelation is totally astonishing, This is the greatest of all miracles known to man. God the creator of the universe became one of the creatures He created. God walked the earth as a man and taught men about God, and made provisions for us  to be reconciled to the rightful and original relationship with Himself. He did this by paying the penalty demanded by His Holiness according to righteousness of the law. He did this by dying on the cross. My friends Jesus is Almighty God The Son. God The Father love us so much that He sent His Son to die a shameful death on the cross for our sin. God said if you believe in Him you shall have eternal life. Jesus said I Am The Way and The Truth and The Life, no one can come to my father except through me. If you want to live forever you have to take God up on His gracious offer and believe in His Son and the work He did by dying on the cross for you and for me. Thank you brothers and sisters and friends, If you know Christ I hope this message has increased you knowledge and encouraged your heart, if so contact me , let me know post to my blog. If you don’t know Jesus concerning the pardoning of your sin, do you believe God, Do you believe in His Son Jesus and the work He has done, if so and you don’t know what to do, contact me allow me to help you. Thank you Lord for this wonderful opportunity, in Jesus name Amen.

God Bless You

Rev. Reginald Stevens

September 3

Pouring Out the Water of Satisfaction

“He would not drink it, but poured it out to the Lord” (2 Samuel 23:16).

What has been like “water from the well of Bethlehem” to you recently—love, friendship, or maybe some spiritual blessing (23:16)? Have you taken whatever it may be, even at the risk of damaging your own soul, simply to satisfy yourself? If you have, then you cannot pour it out “to the Lord.” You can never set apart for God something that you desire for yourself to achieve your own satisfaction. If you try to satisfy yourself with a blessing from God, it will corrupt you. You must sacrifice it, pouring it out to God—something that your common sense says is an absurd waste.

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