THE POWER OF IMPARTATION
SEVEN KEYS TO UNLOCK THE POWER OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE
PAUL M. GOULET
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DEDICATION I dedicate this boo. to 0esus Christ, my Sa+ior and 4ord I also dedicate dedicate it to the scores of people who ha+e poured into me I am eternally indebted to5 6om5 7our faith, resilience and beautiful disposition inspired me 8ad5 7ou were a hard wor.er, respectable, honest and touh as nails I needed these qualities 8enise5 9+er twenty years of marriae and it :ust .eeps ettin better 7ou are ifted, inspirational and passionate I wouldn;t be here without you Isabelle, Christine and Samuel5 I didn;t .now I could lo+e anyone this way 7ou are a ift from
2his boo. is a product of your commitment to impart ?riends, ?riends, staff and leaders of IC4V5 2he best is yet to come 2han. you for i+in to the 4ord 2ruly, I am a life that has chaned I lo+e you
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FOREWORD 2his new boo. by my friend, astor aul
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INTRODUCTION 2he purpose of this boo. is to help you unloc. the power of
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I am also confident that 7ou better belie+e I am If I weren;t, I would be a doubleJminded man, and the ible says that such a man should not eFpect to recei+e anythin from
Isn;t that how many Christians li+e5 eFpectin nothin from 2hey li+e in fearfear of failure, fear of financial ruin and fear of the future =hat do you eFpect from ower or pity> 4o+e or cond condem emna natio tion> n> 6irac 6iracles les or near near misses isses>> It is your choi choice ce lea lease se realiGe that your choice will determine what and how you recei+e you will find, for better or for worse, that you often et what you eFpect BFpectation is all about faith 3nd 2ait is te substance o tings o)e! or, te evi!ence o tings not seen2 3Heb7 11:1 NKJV67 I eFpect that =ill you :oin your faith with mine and dare to eFpect the same thin> If so, let;s et started
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!ESUS& THE MASTER I IMPARTER
I belie+e our theoloy needs to be firmly ChristJcentered -e is 2te 8l)a an! te >mega2 3;ev7 1:&67 -e is 2te autor an! )erecter )erecter o our ait 2 3Heb7 1$:$6 28ll tings were create! by im an! or im2 3?ol7 1:1"67 -e is the model that we must follow -is words and actions are life and truth -e li+ed -is life accordin to the ?ather;s will -e did and said what what the the ?ath ?ather er inst instru ruct cted ed -im -im to do and and say say 2I !o noting on my own, but s)ea/ @ust wat wat te Aater as taugt me7 e one wo sent me is wit me9 me9 e as not let me alone, alone, or I always !o wat )leases )leases im2 3Jon &:$&= $67 9ur beliefs, whether about impartation or any other sub:ect, must be filtered throuh the life and teachins of 0esus 3s we search the Scriptures, we can find many eFamples of the power of impartation at wor. throuh -is lifein fact, -e was the +ery master of impartation Aecently, durin my early mornin de+otions, I fell upon one of these eFamples I bean by readin the story of 0airus5 .o it was, was, wen wen Jesus Jesus retur returne! ne!,, tat tat te multi multitu! tu!ee welco welcome me! ! Him, or tey were all waiting or Him7 8n! beol!, tere came a man name! Jairus, an! e was a ruler o te synagogue7 synagogue7 8n! e ell !own at Jesus' eet an! begge! begge! Him to come to is ouse, ouse, or e a! an only only !aug !augt ter er abou aboutt twel twelve ve year yearss o age, age, an! an! se se was was !yin !ying7 g7 3
I wept as I read the +erses about 0airus fallin at the feet of 0esus, bein for help I .now what it;s li.e to ha+e a child who is +ery ill erhaps you do too, or ha+e been throuh some other painful situation ""
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that helps you relate in a +ery personal way to this story I recalled many occasions when I had fallen at the feet of my Sa+ior, as 0airus did, cryin out for my own dauhter, my Isabelle I hated the cancer that that had had crep creptt into into her her bo body dy I hate hated d e+ery +eryth thin in abou aboutt this this ho horr rrid id disease 0airus; cry for help roc.ed me that mornin 3s I continued to read, this mo+in scene was interrupted by a desperate woman, the woman with the issue of blood She was wea. from her condition She had spent all her money on doctors who had not been able to help her Somehow she made her way throuh the thron surroundin 0esus She made her way to her one last chance But as He went, te multitu!es multitu!es tronge! Him7 Now a woman, aving a low o bloo! or twelve years, wo a! s)ent all er livelioo! livelioo! on )ysicians an! coul! not be eale! by any, came rom bein! an! touce! te bor!er o His garment7 8n! imme!iately imme!iately er low o bloo! bloo! sto))e!7 3
2he compassion of 0esus seeped throuh the paes that mornin Somehow, in the midst of a chaotic and noisy mass of people who threatened to crush -im, -e was able to remain sensiti+e to the needs of the indi+iduals, and alert to the flow of -is own healin power Somehow, -e was able to lo+inly listen and respond to the bein father, immediately notice a touch of faith that tapped -is power, and affectionately affectionately spea. to the tremblin woman woman who had :ust been healed by that power 8n! Jesus sai!, 'o touce! eC' en all !enie! it, +eter an! tose wit im sai!, 'aster, te multitu!es trong an! )ress You, an! You say, 2o touce! touce! eC2' But Jesus Jesus sai!, '.omebo!y '.omebo!y touce! e, or I )erceive! )ower going out rom e7' 3
-ow could -e feel power lea+e -is body> 2his statement has )erceive! ! )ower )ower going out rom e2 puGGled me for twenty years5 2I )erceive 3 8o you feel the power o out from you when a faithJfilled person touches your arment> 0esus did -a+e -a+e you e+er e+er wonde wondere red d about about this this pass passa ae> e> 0esus 0esus had had po powe werr within -imself 8o we ha+e the same power in us> If not, are we meant to ha+e it> -ow do we et it> If this power is in us, then how do we share it> =hat can we do with it>
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2his woman who had suffered so much finally tapped into the power that could heal her -ow did she do it> y faith Now wen te woman saw tat se was not i!!en, se came trembling9 trembling9 an! alling !own beore Him, se !eclare! to Him in te )resence o all te )eo)le te reason se a! touce! Him an! ow se was eale! imme!iately7 imme!iately7 8n! He sai! to er, 'Daugter, 'Daugter, be o goo! ceer9 your ait as ma!e you well7 (o in )eace7' 3
-er faith was the .ey to unloc. the power of 0esus Christ =ithout faith it is impossible to please
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the same power spo.en of in this portion portion of Scripture Scripture was supposed to li+e li+e in me In fact fact,, for for o+ o+er er se+e se+en n years ears,, it as li+ed in me 6y dauhter;s dauhter;s healin, healin, the rowth rowth of our church from 1$K to o+er %,KKK in less than nine years, my family;s spiritual rowth, and the birth of ible collees around the world are only a small fraction of the fruit
I'(a")a)i$ %*% 3s I continued to read in the boo. of 4u.e, I also stumbled upon some nuets of truth that re+ealed the heartbeat of 0esus ?irst of all, 4u.e #5" i+es us a limpse of 0esus; theoloy of impartation in action5 2en 2en He calle! calle! His twelve twelve !isci)les !isci)les togeter togeter an! gave tem )ower an! autority over all !emons, an! to cure !iseases2 3NKJV67 3ll twel+e disciples recei+ed power and authority, e+en 0udas not because of anythin they had done, but because 0esus chose to i+e it to them -e imparted to them, drawin from the +ery power and authority that -e had within -imself -e could do so because -e wasn;t lac.in in either -e hadand still hasplenty to i+e away to -is followers 3re you a disciple of 0esus Christ> 3re you -is de+oted follower> 8o you belie+e -e has filled you with power and authority o+er demons and sic.ness> If you ha+en;t been filled yet, you can be -e is loo.i loo.in n for for disc discip iple less in the the twen twenty tyJfi Jfirs rstt cent century urym men, en, women and youn people who will follow -im with all their hearts 2he destiny of a true disciple is to wal. with the power and authority of Christ 4u.e #51 tells us -is purpose in impartin power and authority to )reac te /ing!om /ing!om o (o! an! to the disciples5 disciples5 2He sent tem out to )reac eal te sic/72 In this +erse, the word )reac is translated from the
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power and authority -e had imparted to them 2en te a)ostles returne!, tey re)orte! to Jesus wat tey a! !one72 2his 2his is the first time the term a)ostles (from the Can you imaine their eFcited +oices as they eaerly told the amaGin stories of repentance, deli+erance, and healin> 2heir testimonies meant that 0esus; power and authority had been transferred successfully to others o thers 6ission accomplished ut this was :ust the beinnin Now that Ehase 9neE had been com complete pleted, d, 0esus 0esus wante wanted d to eFpa eFpand nd the the impa impart rtati ation on of po powe werr and and authority to a larer roup, a roup of se+entyJtwo, to be eFact Can you see the principle of multiplication here> 0esus is ne+er satisfied with a stanant or cliquish mentality mentality (EUs four and no moreE) moreE) 9n the cont contra rary ry,, -e us uses es impa impart rtat atio ion n to eFpa eFpand nd the the .in indo dom m beca becaus usee impartation leads to multiplication -ere, in the form of an equation, is a theoretical account of how 0esus turned -is first twel+e disciples into se+entyJtwo5 " anointed 0esus L "1 empowered apostles L D people discipled by each apostle M $1 disciples healin the sic., castin out demons, and winnin the lost Scripture doesn;t tell us whether the first twel+e disciples had a hand in the disciplin and empowerin of the other siFty 0esus could ha+e and probably did personally impart into all of them, but it would seem loical that -e would use -is closest disciples as models of the success of impartation 0esus bean the onoin process of reachin the world when -e multi ultipl plie ied d -im -imself self thro throu uh h impa impart rtat atio ion n into into -is -is foll follow ower ers s 2h 2hee num nu mber ber of peop people le who hose se li+e li+ess were ere tran transf sfor orm med by
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beun to turn the world upside down -ow much more impact se+entyJ two would ma.e =hen the lare roup returned from their Emissions trip,E they were as triumphant as the first roup had been -ow did they feel abou aboutt what what they they had had :ust :ust eFpe eFperi rienc enced ed>> 6o 6ore re impo importa rtant ntly ly,, ho how w did did 0esus feel about their success> 2he answers to these questions can be found in 4u.e "K5"$J1"5 e e seve sevent nty=t y=two wo retu return rne! e! wit wit @oy @oy an! an! sai! sai!,, '
2he se+entyJtwo disciples had disco+ered that they had the power and and auth authori ority ty to appl apply y e+ery e+erythi thin n they they had had lear learne ned d and and rece recei+ i+ed ed 2
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limpse of our 4ord at a moment when -e was absolutely o+erflowin with :oy, than.s and praise
I'(a")a)i$+ A$ I'(le'e$) , C'(a--i$ 0esus lo+ed people -e cared about their eternity and their welfare B+erywhere -e tra+eled, -e was mo+ed to help, heal and deli+er 0esus was full of compassion for the hurtin and the lost 9f course, -is compassion was not limited to the time -e spent on earth -e still cares for usH -e is not insensiti+e to our strules 2he offer -e made two thousand years ao is still in effect today5 ?ome to e, all you wo labor an! are eavy la!en, la!en, an! I will give you rest7 a/e my yo/e u)on you an! learn rom e, or I am gentle an! lowly in eart, an! you will in! rest or your souls7 Aor y yo/e is easy easy an! y bur!en bur!en is ligt7 3att7 3att7 11:$&=0 NKJV67 NKJV67
2his compassion mo+ed -im to be an imparter =hile 0esus was on the earth in the flesh, -e was limited to one location at a time =hen -e chose to come to earth as a man, man, -e temporarily temporarily a+e up the eFclusi+e rihts and powers -e had as the Son of
-e was no loner able to be e+erywhere e+erywhere at all times times -owe+er, -owe+er, -e was stil stilll mo+ o+ed ed by com compass passio ion n to reac reach h ou outt to the the multi ultitu tude des s Impartation was -is tool to multiply -is impact around -is world Impartation continues to be -is +ehicle to touch a lost world 0esus is stil stilll mo+ o+ed ed by com compass passio ion n -e cont contin inue uess to impa impart rt po powe werr and and authority to -is disciples I am a disciple of 0esus Christ 3re you> If you are, then et ready for -im to impart -is power and authority into you ou 7ou can can beco becom me par part of a wellJ ellJor ora ani niGe Ged, d, equi equipp pped ed,, and and empowered army 2his is -is perfect will for your life
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you 8idn;t -e emphasiGe this truth shortly before he ascended to hea+ hea+en en>> 2Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait or te git my Aater )romise!, wic you ave ear! me s)ea/ about7 Aor Jon ba)tiFe! wit water, water, but in a ew !ays you will be ba)tiFe! ba)tiFe! wit te Holy .)irit .)irit G you will receive )ower wen te Holy .)irit comes on you2 (3cts "5'J@, &) -e repeats -is purpose for the power5 2777an! you will be my witnesses2 (3cts (3cts "5&) 2hen, -e i+es them a plan that, amon other thins, thins, re+eals re+eals to them them the tremendo tremendous us scope scope of their their missio mission5 n5 2777in Jerusalem, an! in all Ju!ea an! .amaria, an! to te en!s o te eart2 (3cts "5&) 2he old adae seems appropriate appropriate here5 E
T0e$)/1,i"-) Ce$)u"/ P0e"& Pu"(-e a$d Pla$ 6en and women women of the twentyJfirst twentyJfirst century church, church, there is power and authority a+ailable to youthe same power that healed the woman with the issue of bloodH the same power that raised 0airus; dauhter from the deadH the same power that 0esus imparted into -is followers 3re you ready to ta.e hold of it and be released into 4et us imaine that someone handed you the .eys to a brandJnew, redJhot 6ustan con+ertible 2he title, reistration and insurance are yours for free =ould you lea+e the car unused in your dri+eway> =ould you continue to dri+e your ?ord into e+ery day or choose to wal. to wor.> 9f course you wouldn;t 7ou would ta.e the .eys, :ump in your new car and dri+e around town with the C8 playin your fa+orite tunes 7ou would stop at your friends; homes to show it off 7ou would e+en let some of them dri+e it I;m sure you would brin the top down and test out your new car;s hue, powerful enine on the hihway Unfortunately, many twentyJfirst century Christians ha+e recei+ed power, authority, and purpose from the 6aster, but it is par.ed in the arae for safe.eepin 6any ne+er use it and others only use it on Sundays, in church =hy =hy do does es this this happ happen en>> =hy =hy woul would d any anyon onee sett settle le for for less less>> I belie+e the answer is quite simple Some don;t .now it is a+ailable to
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them 2hey embrace New 2estament theoloy as best they understand it, but they li+e with EnoJtestamentE power 9thers are crippled by fear 2hey are afraid to dri+e that powerful new sports car 2hey;re afraid they will crash and fail ?ear has crippled their faith and future Inorance miFed with fear is a deadly deadl y combination It hurts to admit it, but often, we pastors and theoloians ha+e been responsible for hinderin the full release of 3s I prayed,
Such passi+ity on the part of the laity a+e the clery an inordinate amount of power and led to reat abuse 9ne type of abuseone that brouht in much re+enue to the churchwas the sale of indulences ?or a price paid to and determined by the church, one supposedly could obtain remission of temporal punishment for sins committed and confessed to a priest 9n 9cto 9ctobe berr %" %",, "@" "@"$, $, an indi indin nan antt
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chur church ch,, is the the so sour urce ce and and no norrm for for all all reli relii iou ouss teac teachi hin nss and and authorityH and that Christ is the sole mediator between
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2he biblical role of all ministers, theoloians, and denominational lead leader erss is to be ho holy ly disp dispen ense sers rs of =hat if they ma.e mista.es> =hat if they ma.e theoloical errors> =hat if thins are done out of order>
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2hese are appropriate questionsH howe+er, they must be answered by Could those same words be a prophetic warnin sin flashin o+er o+ er Nort North h 3m 3mer erica ican n Chri Christ stia iani nity ty>> -ow -ow many past pastor orss and and lead leader erss ha+e sold out their birthriht of power and authority for a bowl of EsafeE but lu.ewarm and powerless practices>
2ere now is te <>;D, te (o! o 4li@aC2 4li@aC2 3$ Blisha cried out, 2ere Kings $:1*67 Is -e in your church, pastors and leaders> Is -e in you>
0esus clearly said in 6ar. "D5"$J"&, 8n! tese signs will accom)any tose wo believe: In my name tey will !rive out !emons9 !emons9 tey will s)ea/ in new tongues9 tey will )ic/ u) sna/es wit teir an!s9 an! wen tey !rin/ !ea!ly )oison, it will not urt tem at all9 tey will )lace )lace teir an!s on sic/ )eo)le, an! tey will get well7
=hen was the last time the sic. were healed, the lost sa+ed, the possessed deli+ered, and the power unleashed at the tips of your finers or the sound of your +oice> 2he 3postle aul was so filled with the power of
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and power and nourishment and ood health> -a+e we compromised the In our desire to appeal to the masses, ha+e we chosen to a+oid stoc.in items that miht be offensi+e, confrontational, confusin or contro+ersialdispensin instead a few predictable minutes of polite, unem un emot otio ional nal wors worshi hipH pH a bit bit of so soci cial ally ly rele rele+a +ant nt,, polit politic icall ally y corr correc ectt teachinH and a couple of cold but poetic prayers, uttered in perfect /in 0ames Bnlish> -a+e we banished those imaes and practices that that miht iht caus causee dist distre ress ss or disc discom omfo fort rt,, su such ch as alta altarr call callss and and repentanceH admonition and eFhortationH the cross and the blood of ChristH the power and the ifts of the -oly Spirit> -a+e we decided that it is too incon+enient, messy, and embarrassin to welcome into our midst a If we ha+e done these thins or held these attitudes, it is time to repent (ie, to chane our mind, our way of thin.in $) =e need to as. ?ord into or mihty 6ustan> 3n empty dispenser or a dispenser full of the -oly Spirit> Isn Isn;t it inte intere rest stin in that that Step Stephe hen, n, the the firs firstt marty artyrr of the the New 2estament church, was a deacon (from the -e did not hold a hih position in the early church -e
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was i+en the role of table waiter and bene+olence steward 7et, he was such a full dispenser, he became .nown for the 2great won!ers an! miraculous signs2 38cts ":&6 he did amon the people Scripture tells us the story of Stephen in :ust two chapters, 3cts D and $ ut within those two chapters are many references to Stephen bein ull7 -e and the other deacons were 2ull o te .)irit an! wis!om2 38cts ":69 Stephen was 2ull o ait an! o te Holy Holy .)irit2 38cts ":-69 and he was 2ul 2ulll o (o!' (o!'ss grac gracee an! )ower2 )ower2 38cts 38cts ":&67 ":&67 6inutes before he became the first person to i+e up his life for the cause of Christ, Scripture tells us aain that Stephen was 2ull o te Holy .)irit2 38cts %:--6, and this time, he was permitted a limpse into 2te glor gloryy o (o!, (o!, an! Jesus Jesus stan stan!i !ing ng at te te hea+en where he saw 2te rig rigtt an! an! o (o!2 (o!2 38cts 8cts %:-%:--66, read ready y to welc welcom omee -is -is o ood od and and faithful ser+ant home Stephen;s life on earth may not ha+e been lon, but it was full, and, more ore impo import rtan antl tly y, he was full full -e had had allow llowed ed
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Sela2 2he word sela was often inserted in the salms as an admon oniishm hmen entt by the author to emphasi asiGe his point nt -e was encourain his readers to fully rasp the depth of the truth 3t the end of e+ery chapter and after each one of the se+en .ey principles in Chapter ?i+e, I ha+e inserted a ESelahE pae to help you diest and assimilate the sub:ect matter of the pre+ious paes Start by re+iewin the scriptures quoted in this chapter and meditatin upon them 2ry to apply them to your own conteFt 3re you ready to bein>
8o you belie+e that Christ;s presentJday followers are meant to ha+e the same power and authority o+er sic.ness and demons that -e had> =hy or why not>
If you aree that impartation is still an important +ehicle
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A Pe"-$al Pe"-(e4)ive 2he principle of impartation has been nelected by educators and ministers I had ne+er heard the term used in church and, althouh I attended a uni+ersity and ible collee, earnin a master;s deree in psycholoy and pastoral counselin, I ne+er heard the term used in any of my classes -owe+er, e+en thouh the term was not used, and the concept was not tauht, the truth was bein eFercised in part 2he fact that I can now put a label to somethin that has been happenin throuhout my life is both enlihtenin and empowerin 2he term translated as im)art in in the New 2estament comes from the 3 list of those who ha+e poured into me would include5 ➢ Pa"e$)-
2hey imparte rted throuh touch, discipline, ne, reinforcement, affection, rewards and modelin
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crucial in the de+elopment of a person;s self esteem, body imae, confidence and position in the world /e+in 4eman;s popular wor., e Birt >r!er Boo/, presen presents ts intere interesti stin n theori theories es and resear research ch about this sub:ect 9ther therss who who com come to mind ind are are othe otherr membe embers rs of my fam family ily, frie friend nds, s, teac teache hers rs,, coac coache hes, s, youth outh wor. wor.er ers, s, past pastor ors, s, auth author ors, s, peer peers, s, employer employers, s, e+anelists e+anelists,, and missionaries missionaries
oldest brother 6ic.ey was a remar.able influence in more ways than than on one e 2en 2en years ears my seni senior or,, he was an amat amateu eurr and, and, late later, r, semiprofessional hoc.ey player who had used his s.ills to et a reat education I admired him tremendously -e was touh on me, but fair, and thouh he li+ed far away, he imparted a reat deal into my life -e played a .ey role in de+elopin my mental touhness as well as my hoc.ey and timeJmanaement timeJmanaement s.ills
-e was the one who placed Norman Vincent eale;s e +ower o +ositive in/ing into into my hands and encouraed me to read other boo.s by the same author 3s a Catholic teenaer rowin up in Canada, these boo.s pro+ed re+olutionary to me 2hey tauht me many any dy dyna nam mic prin princi cipl ples es and and help helped ed me bei bein n to memor emoriG iGee Scripture, and to use it to chane my way of thin.in 8oesn;t 2.o is my wor! tat goes out rom my mout: It will not return to me em)ty, but will accom) accom)lis lis wat wat I !esire !esire an! aciev acievee te )ur)ose )ur)ose or wic wic I sent sent it2 3Isa7 --:1167 2he =ord must bear fruit, and it did for me I don;t .now if my brother realiGed that i+in me eale;s boo. would be my introduction to hidin the =ord in my heart, but I am eternally indebted to him ➢ 2here
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6y :ourney too. an interestin twist when I read a pamphlet written by ill riht on the -oly Spirit -a+in been brouht up in the Catholic Church, I had a healthy respect for the supernatural I remember oin to St 0oseph;s 9ratory in 6ontreal and seein the e+idence of miracles and healins Isn;t this how Blisha felt> 3fter Bli:ah was ta.en up to hea+en by the chariots of fire, and Blisha was left to carry on his mentor;s incredible 2'eree now is te <>;D, <>;D, te (o! o 4li@aC'2 4li@aC'2 3$ ministry, he cried, 2'er Kings $:1*67 $:1* 67 I belie+e that most of us ha+e this same huner =e want to see
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8enise and I were +ery poor 9ur marriae was strained =e were both quite unhappy =e had +ery few tools to build a healthy marri arria ae e ibl iblee coll colle ee, e, rad radua uate te schoo school, l, and and the the firs firstt years ears of ministry put us under tremendous stress 8urin that time 8enise and I souht healin for our marriae and, than.
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I ha+e .nown Christ for o+er twenty years, but only durin the past siF ha+e I beun to eFperience what aul referred to when he said, 2I want ant to /now /now ?ris ristt an! an! te te )owe )owerr o is is resu resurr rrec ecti tion on an! an! te te ellowsi) o saring in is suerings, becoming li/e im in is !eat2 3+il7 :1067 8o you want to .now -im that intimately> =ill you dare shed your old wines.ins> 3re you ready to i+e up the preconcei+ed notions you may harbor about 3re you willin to prepare your heart and mind ind for for di+i di+ine ne impa impart rtat atio ion> n> 3re 3re you lon lonin in for for a su supe pern rnat atur ural al +isitation> If the answer to these questions is yes, you are about to embar. on the most thrillin, challenin, and meaninful :ourney of your life
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2here comes a time in e+eryone;s life when they realiGe they don;t ha+e what it ta.es to et to the neFt le+el 2he eter rinciple states that e+eryone rises to the le+el of his or her own incompetence I belie+e this is true in e+ery aspect of our li+es5 from careers and rela relati tion onsh ship ipss to emot emotio iona nal, l, inte intell llec ectu tual al,, ph phy ysica sical, l, and and sp spir irit itua uall de+elopment ut, as children of I ha+e 2he choice to brea. free from this principle will propel us to our destiny, our inheritance in Christ 9ne of the steps toward brea.in free is simply reconiGin our unhe un heal althy thy or un unpr produ oduct cti+ i+ee patt patter erns ns of thou thouht ht and and beha beha+io +ior r It is insane to .eep doin the same thins in the same way, o+er and o+er aain, each time hopin for different results -a+e you e+er been stuc. in this type of rut> 3s a pastoral counselor, I disco+ered how common this isH howe+er, common is not the same as inevitable7 3s followers of Christ, we must eFpect our li+es to be full of the eFtraordinary, the remar.able, the uncommon7 =e must shed our old wines.ins and learn to li+e in the supernatural rather than the natural In my case,
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C2a$5e , Pla$2he mo+e came as a complete surprise 9ur ministry had been oin o in well well 2h 2hee coun counse seli lin n cent center er that that I had had star starte ted d was was help helpin in hundreds e+ery wee. 8enise and I led a Sunday school class with three to four hundred people in attendance attendance I was writin, teachin teachin at a ible collee, tra+elin to conduct seminars, and spea.in on a wee.ly radio proram 4ife was ood, and I was en:oyin success on many fronts fronts =e were content and comfortable, comfortable, with a beautiful home, home, three reat .ids, and a lifestyle to be en+ied If left to oursel+es, we probably would be in the same city still, in+ol+ed in the same ministry and li+in the same lifestyle ut
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ha+e me lea+e a successful pastoral counselin ministry in Sacr Sacram amen ento, to, Cali Califo forn rnia ia,, to past pastor or a hom homee missio issions ns chur church ch in 4as 4as Veas, Ne+ada> I was familiar with =est Valley 3ssembly Aobert 8oulas, the foundin pastor of this new church, had attended a seminar I had conducted conducted in 4as Veas 3fter one of the sessions, sessions, he as.ed me me to stay o+er and preach on Sunday, and I accepted =e de+eloped a ood friendship as a result, and our relationship seemed to ma.e it e+en more improbable that I would e+er become pastor of the church 2he thou 2he thouh htt of i+i i+in n up fina financ ncia ial, l, emot emotio iona nall and and rela relati tion onal al stability in order to sub:ect my family and myself to the un.nown challenes that would await us in 4as Veas unner+ed me It was o+er o+ erwh whel elm min in to e+en e+en cons consid ider er su such ch a thin thin esi eside des, s, it seem seemed ed ridiculous Surely, a thouht li.e that could not be from I decided to dismiss it, blamin it on :et la, fatiue or indiestion 2he +ery neFt day, my comfortable little world recei+ed another fri friht hten enin in :olt :olt Aobe Aobert rt 8ou 8oulas las call called ed to info inform rm me that that he was was lea+in his church -e said 3s we tal.ed and prayed about it, we decided we had to obey the 4ord, reardless of the price 3t the time, there was no way to foresee how lon we would be
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called to do this difficult difficult and seeminly seeminly ridiculous ridiculous thin 4ittle did we .now that 9bedience will spar. rowth It will open your mind and spirit to new perspecti+es and insihts It will propel you out of your comfort Gone, forcin you to let o of your security blan.et and depend solely on Commit to .now 0esus Christ more intimately than e+er before In+ite the -oly Spirit to fill e+ery fiber of your bein so that you will truly become one with Christ 2he 3postle aul .ept his huner for
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for bein a senior pastor because I had ne+er planned to be one If ) 2ommy 2enney;s boo., e (o! ?asers , seems to ha+e captured the huner for 0esus said, 2'I anyone is tirsty, let im come come to me an! !rin/7 !rin/7 oever oever believe believess in me, as te .cri)tu .cri)ture re as sai!, streams o living water will low rom witin im'2 (0ohn (0ohn $5%$J %&) -e promised that -e would let you catch -im if you see. -im 2'8s/ an! it will be given given to you9 see/ an! you will in!9 in!9 /noc/ an! te !oor !oor will will be o)ene! o)ene! to you7 Aor everyo everyone ne wo as/s receives receives99 e wo see/s in!s9 an! to im wo /noc/s, te !oor will be o)ene!'2 (6att $5$J&)
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chil childr dren en catc catch h you at reu reula larr inte inter+ r+al alss they they will will eith either er i+e i+e up or become anry ecause we lo+e our children and want our time toether to be warm and pleasant, not frustratin or discourain, we slow down and let oursel+es be cauht 3s human beins, our lo+e cannot e+en bein to compare with our hea+enly ?ather;s, so how much much more will -e allow us to catch -im, -im, when we see. -im with all of our heart> 3t first, the ?ather let me catch -im :ust lon enouh to et a taste of -is intimate presence It happened on an unforettable Sunday in our small church when, at the beinnin of the ser+ice, 7es, of course I did I stil stilll cann cannot ot un unde ders rsta tand nd why why so som me peop people le ha+e ha+e a hard hard tim time acceptin lauhter as a manifestation of the -oly Spirit 6any of those people are mature entecostal or charismatic Christians who ha+e no trouble belie+in in other supernatural ifts or manifestations of the Spirit 3s for me, I thin. lauhter is a beautiful and biblical response to the presence of 2But )atience, /in!ness, goo!ness, aitulness, gentleness an! sel=control7 8gainst suc tings tere is no law2 (;D is your strengt'2 3Ne7 &:1067 3nd we :ust read aul;s assurance that there is no law aainst :oy 4auhter is simply an outward eFpression of that :oy, and personally, I belie+e we need a lot more lauhter and :oy in church 3 :oyJfilled church will become a peopleJfilled church 0oy will attract both the lost and the sa+ed
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Now, until that day when E but I couldn;t come up with a ood answer answer =hen she encouraed encouraed me to stop lauhin, lauhin, I tried e+en harder, but to no a+ail I;m not sure what I preached, but I do remember ha+in a ood time 3fter the ser+ice, a member of our conreation mentioned that I was not alone in what I had :ust eFperiencedH it was happenin to other people in other places, as well 2hat was news to me -e in+ited 8enise and me to attend a pastors; and leaders; conference in 2oronto, Canada Now, at the time, I had not heard any neati+e comments about the phenomenon .nown as E2he 2oronto lessin,E nor had I read any articles condemnin or analyGin what was happenin So, 8enise and I attended the conference with an open mind =e simply went to chec. it out Upon Upon arri arri+i +in n at the the conf confer eren ence ce,, ho howe we+e +er, r, we qu quic ic.l .ly y beca becam me quite s.eptical 3fter a few minutes of obser+ation, 8enise remar.ed that that it loo loo.ed .ed li.e li.e a ho hosp spit ital al for for the the menta entall lly y ill ill 2h 2hro rou uh h ou ourr counselin wor., we had actually +isited such places, and trust me, her comment was not an eFaeration 3lthouh I thorouhly areed with my wife;s first impression, I soon became curious about the power the altar wor.ers seemed to ha+e eople were fallin under the power of Is it more important for you to maintain control than to be touched by 6y wife had a different eFperience =hen she went up for prayer,
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Cau52) / )2e P0e" 8ue to a pre+ious commitment to do a marriae seminar, I had to lea+ lea+ee the the conf confer eren ence ce befo before re it was was fini finish shed ed 3t abou aboutt midni idniht ht,, I decided to as. for prayer one more time, not for me, but for a re+i+al in 4as Veas I was surprised by the response of the altar wor.er -e didn;t want to aree with me in prayer -e wanted to pray for me I told him I didn;t want to be prayed for I was feelin blessed and still in control ut he insisted, so I let him pray for me =hat happened neFt is difficult to describe I remember fallin bac.wards and lyin on the round in perfect peace I was thin.in, E2his is .ind of nice I thin. I will lie here and let
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for a ride I saw a +ision for the first time in my life I had often heard other people describe beautiful imaes they would see durin worship or prayer, but I ne+er saw anythin =hen I closed my eyes at those moments, I would :ust see blac. ut not this time I saw an oil tan.er bein filled with a substance from hea+en 6y heart started to raceH I felt li.e I was ha+in a heart attac. I lay on the round for about two hours I lauhed and I cried 6y body started sha.in and it seemed li.e my stomach was in contractions I remember 8enise leanin o+er me in disbelief and as.in, E3re you o.ay>E 6y sense of humor still intact, I responded to her with, E-oney, I;+e fallen and I can;t et upE 2hen, I as.ed her to help me 3ll my studies in psycholoy and theoloy had not prepared me for this eFperience with the power of =ho li.es to roll on the round, lauhin and cryin and floppin around li.e a fish out of water> It felt as if som someone eone had connected my finers and toes to an electric current, a stron one 3s this was happ happen enin in,, a rush rush of emoti emotion onss o+ o+er erwh whelm elmed ed meem eembarra barrassm ssment ent,, confusion, elation and :oy Now, please understand that my story doesn;t +alidate e+erythin that has one on in 2oronto I was touched by the power of
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0apan, the United States, India, South 3frica, and /orea, where further re+i+al bro.e out 6any thousands of souls were sa+ed and many miracles were recorded Could it be that the re+i+al that roc.ed /orea bac. then has ne+er ceased> Is the reat church of astor 8a+id 7oni Cho the result of this re+i+al> 0oh ohn n =esley ley was a preacher of reat power who founded ded 6ethodism durin the eihteenth century 2he -oliness 6o+ement, an imm immedia ediate te prec precur urso sorr to ent entec ecos osta tali lism sm,, issu issued ed from from the the hear heartt of 6ethodism 6ethodism 3t that time time in Bnland;s history, history, e+anelicals e+anelicals had to face bitter opposition and persecution In many cities, =esley;s preachin was initially met by shoutin, anry mobs who pelted him with +arious ob:ects, some e+en attemptin to stone him In e+ery case, he met the attac.s with reat courae and calm 1 -is beliefs were also sharply crit critic iciG iGed ed and and ridi ridicu cule led d by many writ writer ersH sH ho howe we+e +er, r, those those crit critic ical al writ writin ins s ha+e ha+e pass passed ed into into ob obsc scur urit ity y, whil whilee the the frui fruits ts of =esl =esley ey;s ;s ministry continue to flourish =illiam Seymour, the pastor from the 3Gusa Street 6ission in 4os 3neles, who was instrumental in spreadin the entecostal mo+ement throuhout the world, also faced ridicule and tremendous hostility =hen he first mo+ed to 4os 3neles, for eFample, he was in+ited to spea. at a church, but was promptly .ic.ed out when he bean to preach on the ift of spea.in in tonues % 2he entire entire entec entecost ostal al mo+ement was treated with similar disdain and disappro+al by many Chri Christ stia ians ns and and no nonJ nJCh Chri rist stia ians ns thro throu uho hout ut mos ostt of the the twen twenti tiet eth h century, and only in recent years has beun to ain a certain le+el of acceptance ?rom my personal eFperience, I belie+e that the power of the -oly Spirit was manifested in 2oronto 2he fruit of these re+i+al ser+ices will one day be reconiGed I ha+e been to the re+i+al hot spots of the twentyJfirst century5 2oronto, ensacola, China and 3rentina 2here are common common threads connectin these places toether toether In each, there is a renewed passion for worshipH there are radical demonstrations of
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mo+ement, but they are recei+in it in faith 9thers are li.e willow trees, flappin e+ery which way in the wind of
Su"("i-ed / Gd>- Wa/8o you rememb ember Naaman;s eFpectations> Naaman, an, the commander of the army of the .in of Syria, had a desperate need -e was so desperate that he souht help outside his comfort Gone, his country and his ods Could it be that you will disco+er somethin new about =hen Naaman souht Blisha for healin from his leprosy, do you thin. he eFpected to see a simple messener instead of the prophet> yoursel seven No way -e didn;t li.e what he heard either5 2(o was yoursel times in te Jor!an2 3$ Kings -:1067 3fter such a ris.y trip, and bein such su ch an impo import rtan antt man, an, he was eFpe eFpect ctin in to et so som me pers person onal al attention from Blisha, himself But Naaman went away angry an! sai!, 2I tougt tat e woul! woul! surely surely come out to me an! stan! an! call on te name o te <>;D is (o!, wave is an! over te s)ot an! cure me o my le)rosy7 8re not 8bana an! +ar)ar, te rivers o Damascus, Damascus, better tan tan any o te waters waters o IsraelC IsraelC ?oul!n ?oul!n't 't I was was in tem tem an! be
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Not only was he eFpectin to see the prophet, he was eFpectin a bi show 6any come to our altars with the same attitude5 I will be healed if, and only if, astor lays hands on me and anoints my head with oil 3nd we do the same same thin with > (o!, )lease orgive us ecause of his position, Naaman was used to preferent ential treatment, e+en thouh he had leprosy -is leprosy was bad, but his pride was worse It almost .ept him from ettin a miracle Could it be that pride has .ept many belie+ers from humblin themsel+es before their -as it .ept you from humblin yourself before your -as it stopped you from oin to the altar or ettin help for a personal problem> -as it .ept you from bein a constant learner at wor. and in life> -as your pride stopped you from mo+in forward with technoloy or from learnin new s.ills> -as it crippled your marri arria aee and and ruin ruined ed you ourr fam family ily beca becaus usee you woul wouldn dn;t ;t list listen en to anybody> Naaman;s pride was his worst sic.ness and it may be ours I don;t belie+e that I doubt it 8id he eFpect it> No 8id he need to be healed> 7es -e had a reat need and I ha+e read much about the ministry of Smith =ilesworth It seems that
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come come to him for healin, healin, he would minister minister to them by punchin them sometimes rather forcefullyin the part of the body where the tumor was located It may ha+e been a far cry from the usual layin on of hands or anointin with oil, but when it came to healin, this man of faith ot results 3nd he didn;t ha+e any trouble belie+in that the same 8o you trust If we are too easily offended by the uncon+entional, too riid, too sophisticated, too attached to our own opinions and eFpectations, we are in daner of missin our miracleworse yet, we are in daner of missin 8ter e too/ im asi!e, away rom te crow!, Jesus )ut is ingers into te man's ears7 en e s)it an! touce! te man's tongue tongue77 He loo/e! loo/e! u) to eaven eaven an! wit a !ee) !ee) sig sai! sai! to im, im, 24))at 24))ata2 a2 3wic 3wic means, means, 2Be o)ene!267 o)ene!267 8t tis, te man's ears were were o)en o)ene! e!,, is is tong tongue ue was was loos loosen ene! e! an! an! e bega began n to s)ea s)ea// )lainly7
8id he as. for 0esus to put sali+a on his tonue> 8id he eFpect it> No, but his physical need was reathe was in no position to ob:ect to 0esus; uncon+entional methods 2hen there was the time that 0esus blew on the disciples to impart the -oly Spirit to them5 E 8gain Jesus sai!, '+eace be wit you 8s te Aater as sent me, I am sen!ing you7' 8n! wit tat e breate! on tem an! sai!, ';eceive te Holy .)irit'2 3Jon $0:$1=$67 =ere the
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disciples offended when the 4ord EblewE or EbreathedE on them> 8id they ob:ect to -is technique> I doubt it 3fter e+erythin they had been throuh with 0esus by this time, they were probably only too aware of their reat spiritual need and willin to submit to anythin the 4ord wanted to do in them, reardless of how -e chose to do it If the apostles were open to that which they had ne+er eFperienced and did not understand, who are we to be offended by certain manifestations of the -oly Spirit or by the beha+ior of those -e is touc touchi hin n or us usin in as -is +ess ssel els> s> =e mus ustt et et ou ourr eyes eyes off off the the manifestations, and :ust commit oursel+es to see.in
We-le/>- Te-) ," T"u)2 I lo+e 0ohn =esley;s theory on discernm nmeent It is called quadrilateral theoloy, and proposes that truth can be discerned by usin four elements5 %. S4"i()u"e 3. Rea-$ :. E9(e"ie$4e <. T"adi)i$
3ccordin to =esley, any e+ent, mo+ement, or teachin must be sub:ected to all four tests before we decide whether to accept it as truth In order to :ude whether somethin is from 2here was a day when I was crit critic ical al of a well wellJ. J.no nown wn e+an e+ane eli list st beca becaus usee of his his tech techni niqu quee of blowin on people when they came to him for prayer I;m not sure why this one beha+ior ir.ed me, but it did
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prayed for people, I ha+e also been clearly clearl y uided by the -oly Spirit to blow on some of them, my myself self I ha+e e+en been criticiGed for it o)inionate!7 +lease +lease orgive me or 9uch (o!, I am sorry or being so o)inionate!7 my )ri!e an! my big mout7 erhaps any of us who ha+e been critical of such thins should ta.e a moment riht now and as.
N M"e Bu-i$e--1a-1U-ual 3fter the trip 8enise and I made to Canada, and the amaGin but unsettlin phenomena we eFperienced there, I was loo.in forward to the first Sunday bac. in our safe, see.erJfriendly see.erJfriendly church in 4as Veas Veas I ha+e to admit that I thouht e+erythin would be businessJasJusual once we ot bac. =e had de+eloped tremendous reputations and our church was rowin so quic.ly astors of other churches used to call us, wantin to .now what our secret was 2he church attracted a wide +ari +ariet ety y of peop people lep prof rofes essio siona nals ls and and blue blueJc Jcol olla larr wor. wor.er ers, s, marri arried ed couples and sinles, people from many different races and cultures 6any came see.in solutions for li+es one awry 9ur church was a healin place ecause I was a pastoral counselor, I preached primarily on hope and healin 2hat first Sunday bac., howe+er, was to chane us fore+er 2he music started on cue, and, at first, I thouht I was bac. to EnormalE howe ho we+e +er, r, I qu quic ic.l .ly y real realiG iGed ed that that E I concluded that maybe I should wal.
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emotio tions in 8enise and me, includin a tre tremendo endou us sense of insecurity =e were under attac. by the enemy, who had his own reasons for wantin to stop the new mo+e of E9/,
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-a+e you sett settle led d for for com comfort fortab able le conf confor orm mity ity to the the eFpe eFpect ctat atio ions ns of peop people le instead of total commitment to the will and power of 2he apostle 0ames 0ames had had stro stron n word wordss for for thos thosee who who were were li+i li+in n li.e li.e this this55 2You a!ulte a!ulterous rous )eo)le, )eo)le, !on't !on't you /now tat rien!si) rien!si) wit te worl! worl! is atre! atre! towar! towar! (o!C 8nyone 8nyone wo cooses cooses to be a rien! o te worl! becomes an enemy o (o!2 3James *:*=-67 2he ood news is that our -a+e you rie+ed the -oly Spirit> =ould you li.e to .now how to reain lost territory, and ta.e bac. what the de+il has stolen from you> 2ry doin what /in 0ehoshaphat did when he needed another chance -umble yourself and repentH see. the 4ord throuh prayer and fastinH fastinH cry out to -im, confessin confessin your helplessnessH helplessnessH put your trust in -imH submit yourself to -im completely and resol+e to do whate+er -e tells youH i+e -im than.s and praise 2hen position yourself for +ict +ictor ory y, wait wait on the the 4o 4ord rd eFpe eFpect ctan antl tly y, and and et et read ready y for for anot anothe herr lorious +isitation -e did it for 0ehoshaphat and -e did it for me -e can do it for you 2You will not nee! to igt in tis battle7 +osition yourselves,
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stan! still an! see te salvation salvation o te <>;D, wo is wit you, > Ju!a an! Jerusalem2 Jerusalem2 Do not ear or be !ismaye!9 !ismaye!9 tomorrow tomorrow go out against tem, or te <>;D is wit you7 3$ ?ron7 $0:1% NKJV6
3re you in position for a mihty mo+e of 3re you ready for a second chance>
Ta6e I)? 6y second chance came :ust when I needed it most 8enise and I had been as.ed to o to Awanda to conduct trainin in postJenocide crisis counselin for the sur+i+in pastors and leaders Awanda is a nation that suffered a racial massacre comparable to the -olocaust, at least in terms of sheer horror, cruelty, and sufferin In one hundred days the rulin political o+ernment and its supporters .illed &KK,KKK 2utsis 2he racial tension had been oin on for years, and, for that, there was room for blame on both sidesH but the ruthlessness and ferocity of this campain was appallin 6en, women and children of e+ery ae were murdered, tortured, raped and dispossessed 2he traedy was still +ery fresh when we were as.ed to train some of the pastors in ;econcilers @ counse counselin lin techni techniques ques 2hey needed needed tools to help the +ictims who sur+i+ed and the families that were left behind I was feelin inadequate for the tas. =hat could I say to these people who had seen and suffered more than I e+er could ha+e imained> imained> In my desperation, desperation, I cried out to
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2he 4ord used a conference set up by the 3ssemblies of I didn;t care what people said anymore anymore I had eFperienced eFperienced 8id -e want me to admit once aain how foolish I had been> It is amaGin how many thouhts shoot throuh your mind at a moment li.e this 2hen, before I could thin. of a cle+er response response to the situation, situation, the
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6aster rescued me by ta.in the matter entirely out of my control 2he -oly Spirit surprised me with a rush of power that sent me fallin on my bottom I;m sure it didn;t loo. +ery raceful Claudio wa+ed his hand aain and I fell on my bac. 8urin the neFt hour, =ould I die to self> 9n the round that niht, I areed to pay, whate+er the price I ne+er wanted to rie+e the -oly Spirit aain E E7es, 4ord,E was my response B+ery area of my life that displeased -im was brouht to my attention, one by one 3fter each, -e would as. me if I was willin to crucify that area E=ill you crucify your pride>E E=ill you crucify your aner>E E=ill you crucify your ambi ambitio tions ns>E >E E=ill E=ill you cruc crucify ify your tend tenden ency cy to be a peopl peopleJ eJ pleaser>E E=ill you crucify your fear of man>E Bach time I areed, the scro scroll ll rew rew lone loner r Isn; Isn;tt this this what what the the 3pos 3postl tlee aul aul refe referr rred ed to in ave been cruc cruci iie ie! ! wit wit ?ri ?rist st an! an! I no long longer er > 2I ave live live,, but but ?ri ?rist st live livess in me72 e72 3nd 2+ut to !eat !eat, , 3nd Colo Coloss ssia ians ns %5@> %5@> 2+ut tereore, watever belongs to your eartly nature72 8yin to self is not a popular theme in the twentyJfirst century, a time when con+enience is lorified, wealth is idoliGed, and personal pri+ilees are eFalted as if they were sacred rihts 2he
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2I anyone woul! come come ater ater me, e must must !eny imsel imsel an! ta/e u) is cross an! ollow ollow me7 Aor woever woever wants to save is lie lie will lose it, but woever loses is is lie or me will in! it7 at at goo! will it be or or a man man i e gain gainss te te wol wolee worl worl!, !, yet yet or orei eits ts is is soul soulC2 C2 3att7 1":$*=$"67
In 0esus; estimation, we find our true li+es only by losin them =e find oursel+es by losin oursel+es in -im =e become wealthy by i+in oursel+es away =e climb to the top by humblin oursel+es In order for
T2e Se4$d Vi-i$+ M/ Ne0 Rle 3fter the crucifiFion of my flesh that niht, 3 funnel can;t .eep that which is poured into it It is desined solely for con+eyin or passin a substance alon to a +essel as that substance flows from the source It reminds me of the widow with the flas. of oil 3ll she had to do was .eep pourin and
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It has been only about four years since that incredible niht In somee ways it was painful, som painful, e+en eFcruciatin, eFcruciatin, but I wouldn;t wouldn;t trade it for all all the the o old ld in ?ort ?ort /noF /noF So much uch has has happ happen ened ed sinc sincee Clau Claudi dio o imparted to me that which
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sufferins 6y recent choice introduced me to a new new le+e le+ell of commitment and sacrifice Ae+i+als do not come cheap If we want to .now Christ and the power of -is resurrection, we will ha+e to enter new le+els of sufferin =hy> ecause we are in close fellowship with 0esus Christ, and -e came to destroy the wor.s of the enemy 3ll those who lon for a close union with 0esus and want to ser+e as conduit for -is lory and power will find themsel+es fihtin the forces of e+il In 1 Corinthians '5&J#, the 3postle aul summariGes his eFperience with 2e are are ar! ar! )res )resse se! ! on ever everyy si!e si!e,, but but not not crus cruse e!9 !9 sufferin5 2e )er)le5e!, but not in !es)air9 )ersecute!, but not aban!one!9 struc/ !own, but not !estroye!72 No one is eFempt from these trials 8enise and I were honored recently with the opportunity to ha+e dinner with 9ral and B+elyn Aobe Aobert rts s =e were were o+erw +erwhe helm lmed ed as we lear learne ned d of the the incr incred edib ible le amount of sufferin they ha+e one throuh o+er the years 2hese dear saints ha+e seen
Ou" Re-($-e ) Su,,e"i$5 2he price of .nowin -im in the fellowship of -is sufferins, howe ho we+e +er, r, is chea cheap p com compare pared d to the the pay paybac. bac. =hen =hen ad+e ad+ers rsit ity y has has threatened to crush me li.e rapes in a wine press, I ha+e as.ed that the :uice flowin out of my life would be an acceptable offerin offerin to the 4ord =hen I ha+e felt that I was wal.in throuh the fire, I ha+e prayed that the smo.e would be li.e frarant incense to -is nostrils =hen I ha+e felt hindered hindered by fearH I ha+e reminded myself myself that no one cruciie! wit ?rist an! I no longer can .ill a dead man 2I ave been cruciie! live, but ?rist lives in me2 3(al7 $:$0a67 If you are oin throuh the fire, please i+e your pain to -im as a sweetJsmellin offerin 7ou will be amaGed how much emptyin of yourself will be required alon the road of impartation 6any of us ha+e prayed, E4et there be less of me and more of 7ou, 4ord,E ne+er imainin what
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/now /now ?rist ?rist an! te )ower )ower o is resurr resurrect ection ion an! te ellows ellowsi) i) o saring in is suerings, becoming li/e im in is !eat, an! so, someow, to attain to te resurrection rom te !ea!72 ?or ?or many years I had .nown Christ as my personal Sa+ior ut it wasn;t until "##' that I was introduced to -is resurrection powerH and it wasn;t until "##$ that the door of the fellowship of his sufferins was opened
2he phrase ellowsi) o is suerings is often misinterpreted 2he reality of these words has brouht reat comfort to me in these last few years 2he term translated as ellowsi) comes from the
Paul E'"a4ed Su,,e"i$5 2he 3postle aul seems to ha+e had a tremendous rip on this principle -e .new that his sufferin had a purpose B+ery time he suffered, he saw it as an in+estment in the .indom of ?irst eter %5"&J"# %5"&J"# says, says, 2Aor ?rist !ie! or sins once once an! an! or or all, all, te te rig rigte teous ous or te te unri unrig gte teous ous,, to bring bring you you to (o!7 He was )ut to !eat in te bo!y but ma!e alive by te .)irit72 -ere;s the re+elation that the -oly Spirit a+e to me5 Nothin is lac.in in terms of the debt paid for our sal+ation It was paid in full =e don;t need any further sacrifice to atone for sin or to recei+e
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eternal life in hea+en 2he lost, on the other hand, still need the sufferins of the saints Aeachin the lost almost always requires some deree of sacrifice and sufferin =hat sacrifices are you prepared to ma.e> =hat sufferin are you willin to eFperience in order to brin re+i+al> Some will pay the price on their .neesH others, with their resourcesH and others, with their strenth, but e+eryone who truly wants to reach the lost must pay 9ur sufferins are ne+er wasted5 8o you .now what -e wants to pour throuh you> =hen the power of
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2he question that needs to be answered before we can o any further is5 =hat does 2here are eiht answers to this question #1 God God want wantss to pour pour his his power power thr throu ough gh us. us.
message an! my )reacing were not wit wise 3s aul said, 2y message an! )ersuasive wor!s, but wit a !emonstration o te .)irit's )ower2 (" Cor 15')
aul was con+inced that the power of #2 God God wants wants to perfo perform rm signs signs,, wonder wonders, s, mirac miracle less and heali healing ngss through us. 28n! tese signs will will accom)any accom)any tose wo believe: In my name tey will !rive out !emons9 !emons9 tey will s)ea/ in new tongues9 tey will )ic/ u) sna/es wit teir an!s9 an! wen tey !rin/ !ea!ly )oison, it will not urt tem at all9 tey will )lace )lace teir an!s on sic/ )eo)le, an! tey will get well2 3ar/ 1":1%=1&67
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aul aul was was su sure re that that the the beli belie+ e+er erss in Aom Aome woul would d rece recei+ i+ee ift iftss (caris) throuh him -e wasn;t claimin to be the author of the ifts, :ust the +essel that
aul was eFtremely wellJeducated but he reconiGed that worldly .nowlede is not enouhH we need to ha+e the wisdom and understandin that only
2his commandment of 0esus was for all of -is followers 2hat means that the discipleship of new Christians is the responsibility of e+ery belie+er If we are not disciplin at least one belie+er each, we
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If we all too. our role as our brother;s .eeper seriously, would suic su icid ide, e, alco alcoho holi lism sm and and depr depres essi sion on stat statis isti tics cs be so hih hih>> =arm =arm touc touche hes, s, .ind ind words ords,, i+i i+in n or cari carin n acti action ons, s, are are all all tool toolss of impartation that, as simple as they may seem, can chane someone;s life fore+er #' God God want wantss to deli% deli%er er peopl peoplee from from !ond !ondag agee and and poss posses essi sion on through us. 28n! tese signs will will accom)any accom)any tose wo believe: In my name tey will !rive !rive out !emons9 !emons9 tey will s)ea/ s)ea/ in new tongues2 tongues2 3ar/ 1":1%67
I ha+e encountered so many people who are bound by addictions, depres depression sion,, lusts, lusts, bitter bitternes ness, s, and aner aner Some Some need need healin healinH H others others need deli+erance
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e+anelism, healin, teachin and preachin are not the only ones who are candidates 2hey are simply the only ones who ha+e said yes 2Aor it is (o! wo wor/s accor!ing to is goo! )ur)oses2 3+il7 $:167 Shouldn;t we start cryin unbelie2C 3ar/ 3ar/ :$* NKJV67 NKJV67 se me, out, 2
G"adua)e ) )2e Ma"velu4et;s et ready for the amaGin, the astonishin, and the wonderful 3lthouh, 3lthouh, enerally, enerally, we must bein by ma.in oursel+es oursel+es a+ailable for the menial, we can raduate to the mar+elous 8enise and I started our ministry by cleanin toilets, washin dishes and mowin lawns Not +ery lamorous, but effecti+e nonetheless It ta.es time, but ne an! >nly, >nly, wo came rom te Aater, ull o grace gra ce an! trut2 3Jon 1:1*67 2he apos 2he apostl tles es beli belie+ e+ed ed that that 2he ible assures me that
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spea.s to us, stimulatin us Eto thin. thouhts that are creati+e and di+ineH thouhts that will brin more :oy and peace and purposeE 2o whom will you choose to listen> 3s for me and my house, we ha+e decided to be powerful aents of impartation =e want If you do, the neFt step is to study the se+en .eys to unloc. the power of 2hen, let;s et started
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se+eral eFamples in the ible of +ery ordinary people throuh whom
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Ke/ %+ Yu 4a$>) 5ive 02a) /u d$>) 2ave -a+e you e+er been as.ed for somethin you could not i+e> It .ind of ma.es you feel uncomfortable, doesn;t it> It;s hard to .now what to say at times li.e that 7ou want to help, but can;t uarantee results results In the past few years, this scenario scenario has occurred occurred many times times at altars around the world Scores of bro.en people come to our church see.in deli+erance, healin, reconciliation, and sal+ation Some ha+e e+en as.ed me to heal them, fiF their marriae, help them et their .ids bac., or sol+e seem seemin inl ly y impo imposs ssibl iblee fina financ ncial ial prob problem lems s 3s a past pastor or,, I ofte often n feel feel pretty helpless Sil+er and old (or maical powers) ha+e I none, but what I ha+e, I i+e 3nd the first thin I ha+e to i+e is the truth that I am not the one who deli+ers, heals, reconciles, sa+es, and pro+ides 0esus is In ministry, it is crucial that we always point people to Christ, the author and finisher of their faith 4on ao, the prophet Bli:ah was confronted with a request that was beyond his ability and eFperienceperhaps e+en beyond his faith Bli:ah;s intern, Blisha, made this request on what was to be the older prophet;s last day on earth 2he story of that e+entful day is found in 1 D#
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/ins5 e com)any com)any o te )ro)ets )ro)ets at Jerico Jerico went went u) to 4lisa an! as/e! im, 2Do you /now tat te <>;D is going to ta/e your master rom you to!ayC2 2Yes, I /now,2 e re)lie!, 2but !o not s)ea/ o it72 en 4li@a 4li@a sai! to im, 2.tay 2.tay ere9 te <>;D as sent me to te Jor!an72 8n! e re)lie!, 28s surely as te <>;D lives an! as you live, I will not leave you72 .o te two o tem wal/e! on7 3$ Kings $: -="6
B+eryone B+eryone was told to stay away 3s Bli:ah wal.ed toward his final meeti eetin n with ith
at a ra!ical res)onse to te call Blisha a+e up e+erythin -e e+en e+en dest destro roy yed the the so sour urce ce of his his inco incom me =itho ithout ut a mom omen entt;s hesitation, he became a faithful armor bearer, ser+in the needs of his leader for o+er ten years
(-a+e you you heard If so, did you answer answer with immediate immediate obedience and total surrender>) Blis Blisha ha;s ;s hu hum mble ble atti attitu tude de was e+id e+iden entt to othe others rs =hen =hen /in in 0ehoshaphat needed a man of
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-andJwasher Not a position most of us would want to include in our resumes 7et, it was precisely this part of Blisha;s :ob history that impres impressed sed the .in; .in;ss ad+iso ad+isor r In additi addition on to demonst demonstrati ratin n Blisha Blisha;s ;s humility and willinness to ser+e, it attested to the close, confidential nature of his relationship with Bli:ah It is my firm firm beli belief ef that that deep deep impa impart rtat atio ions ns com come from from dee deep rela relati tions onshi hips ps 4o 4on nJl Jlas asti tin n minist inistry ry also also come comess from from lon lonJl Jlas asti tin n relationships Blisha reaped a lifeJchanin intimate moment with his mentor mentor because of the time he had in+ested in+ested in Bli:ah;s Bli:ah;s ministry ministry I ha+e had had the the pri+ pri+il ile eee of ser+ ser+in in se+e se+era rall wond wonder erfu full men of
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ministry So he as.ed Blisha a question one would only as. of loyal, me, wat can I !o or you beore beore I am intimate friends or family5 2'ell me, ta/e ta/en n rom rom youC youC'2 '2 (1 /in /inss 15#a 15#a) ) Blis Blisha ha;s ;s resp respon onse se mus ustt ha+e ha+e surp su rpri rised sed him him 2' =ho else would ha+e moc.ed their od as he did> 2'.out
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=as Blisha bein unrealistic when he as.ed for a double portion of that .ind of spirit> =as he bein pretentious or did he .now there had to be more, e+en more than Bli:ah had eFperienced> Blisha had set his sihts beyond the hihJwater mar. left by his mentor, so he as.ed for more
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conference If I were loo.in for an apostolic ift, I would +isit 8r 0im 6arocco of 6aui, -awaii If I wanted a ift for pastoral counselin, I would see 8r Aichard 8obbins of Bmere 6inistries 2hese men would be capable of impartin certain ifts to me, because they ha+e those ifts themsel+es 9f course, the con+erse would also be true5 2hey couldn;t impart a ift to me that they didn;t ha+e 8o you need more ifts to achie+e your 2hen, find someone who has the type of ift you are see.in Visit them, attend their seminars, read their boo.s, listen to their tapes 2hen, as. them to lay hands on you =hen they pray for you, recei+e by faith whate+er
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attendance -owe+er, she sensed that in order to pray for and minister to them effecti+ely, she would ha+e to tap into the power of 2heir prayers would ha+e been sincere but powerless 2hey 2h ey wou ould ld ha+e ha+e felt felt terr terrib ible le and and the the peop people le wou ould ld ha+e ha+e been been disappointed Unfortunately, many Christian leaders li+e this way for years on end 2hey ha+e de+eloped a reliious form that is appropriate, but their prayers lac. the power of the resurrection 2hey pray for people, but nothin happens 6eanwhile,
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includin members of our staff, in order to impart to them what had been imparted to us 9ur altars would stay open until "K5%K or later e+ery Sunday niht 9ur staff :ust obser+ed and recei+ed for wee.s 3s we prayed, ecause the ible says, 2e wo )ro)esies te curc2 31 ?or7 1*:*67 I especially wanted e+ery one of our pastors to function in this ift Can you imaine the benefit to hundreds of people who need a word from So, we held a prophetic seminar, and I as.ed our in+ited spea.ers, two ser+ants of
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N Gua"a$)ee2he Bli:ahs in your life cannot uarantee what you will recei+e when they pray 3ll they can do is to pray in faith 2hey are mere +essels it pleases =hat ifts ha+e you recei+ed since you accepted Christ into your life> =hat ifts has the -oly Spirit imparted into you> =ho has 2hese are questions that need to be answered 8o not ta.e for ranted the many sermons and ible studies that
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Ha$$a2 In bitterness bitterness o soul Hanna we)t muc an! )raye! to te <>;D7 8n! se ma!e a vow, saying, 2> 2 > <>;D 8lmigty, i you will only loo/ u)on your servant's misery an! remember me, an! not orget your servant but give er a son, ten I will give im to te <>;D or all te !ays o is lie, an! no raFor will ever be use! on is ea!72 31 .am7 1:10=116
-annah -annah had a tremendous tremendous need She was desperate for a child, and not only for the reasons that miht seem ob+ious to us In her culture, a woman unable to bear children was considered a failure 2o ma.e matters worse, her ri+al ininah was harassin her 8ay after day, year afte afterr year, ear, sh shee woul would d face face the the sam same ridi ridicu cule le She She was was the the clas classi sicc +ictim +ictim She seemed hopeless and helpless, helpless, until she too. a bold step of faith She went to the house of needed> ?or whate+er whate+er reason, she decided to ta.e action action 2his spar.s a question in my mind5 =hy do people remain in their misery year after year> =hy don;t they try somethin different> -annah did 3 contemporary -annah miht ha+e prayed somethin li.e this5 E9/ 24li an! may te (o! o Israel Israel grant grant you wat you ave as/e! as/e! o im'2 im'2 31 .am7 1:1%67
3lthouh Bli was not a model dad or priest, and his prayer may ha+e lac.ed a certain Geal, -annah immediately responded in faith 8oesn;t her faith bear a stri.in resemblance to that of the woman who, after touchin the hem of 0esus; arment, was healed of a twel+eJ year issue of blood> -annah;s faith reached riht up to hea+en and rabbed her miracle 2.e 2.e sai! sai!,, 'ay 'ay your your serv servan antt in! in! avor avor in your eyes7' eyes7' en en se se
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went er way an! ate someting ing, an! er ace was no longer !owncast2 31 .am7 1:1&67 =hat chaned -annah> It was her faithJ fill filled ed atti attitud tudee that that chan chane ed d her her emot emotion ions s No more ore depr depres essio sion n or +ictim mentality 2he circumstances had not chaned but -annah had chan chane ed d She She was was stil stilll chil childl dles essH sH stil stilll faci facin n the the hara harass ssme ment nt from from ininah ininah and the critical comments comments from the neihbors neihbors ut her attitude attitude was different -er faith helped her eFperience hope aain She could dream about ha+in a son, not with desperate lonin but with happy anticipation She could e+en .nit little blue baby booties in faith =e need to face our challenes in the same way e specific with
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Blisha is another hero who was bold, specific, and determined -e had a oal, and he wasn;t afraid to o after it So he, li.e -annah, was an eFcellent candidate for a miracle 9ut of the entire company of the prophets, he was the only one who pressed in to the man of ;D as sent sent me to Jerico7L 8n! e re)lie!, re)lie!, 8s surely surely as te <>;D lives lives an! as you live, I will not not leave you7L .o tey went went to Jerico7 Jerico7 3$ Kings $:*67 $:*67
Blis Blisha ha rece recei+ i+ed ed a do doub uble le po port rtio ion n of Bli: Bli:ah ah;s ;s sp spir irit it beca becaus usee he refused to accept less 2he fifty prophets who ministered with Bli:ah chose to stay on the wron side of the 0ordan 2hey settled for the cheap seats of life Isn;t it a shame that eFperienced prophets of Blisha .new eFactly what he wanted and what he didn;t want -e wasn;t satisfied to watch from the stands or to sit on the bench -e wanted to et in the ame -e wanted to mo+e up to the bi leaues -e as.ed, he pressed in, and he rece recei+ i+ed ed 2h 2hos osee thre threee step stepss chan chane ed d his his dest destin iny y and and they they can can chane yours -e could ha+e allowed the fear of re:ection to stop him, but he didn;t -e was willin to ris. re:ection and disappointment in order to seiGe his blessin 3re you hidin in the crowd because you are afraid
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of stic.in out> 3re you afraid of oin to the altar because you miht be disappointed> Come on, saint e the first at the altar and be the last to lea+e 8on;t be satisfied with a tric.le from the ri+er, di+e in and swim around
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0acob was so desperate for -a+e you prayed with such fer+ency and abandon that an obser+er miht mista.enly belie+e you were intoFicated, as happened in -annah;s case> -a+e you, li.e Blisha, burned your brides behind you, ris.ed re:ection and disappointment, and perse+ered in the pursuit of your dream e+en when e+eryone else chos chosee to stay stay safe safely ly behi behind nd>> -a+e -a+e you dare dared d to chas chasee afte afterr 9ne of the most intense, lifeJtransformin impartations I ha+e e+er rece recei+ i+ed ed happ happen ened ed on only ly afte afterr many any ho hour urss of pu purs rsui uin n
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had left eFcept a few of us 0acobs, still wrestlin with the 4ord for a blessin I wal.ed up to a wor.er and as.ed him to pray for re+i+al in 4as 4as Vea Veas s -e insi insist sted ed on pray prayin in for for me inst instea ead d I was was a rea reatt candid candidate ate for impar impartati tations onspeci pecific fic,, tenaci tenacious ous,, and desper desperate ateand and I would ha+e missed my hour of +isitation =hat about you> 8o you lea+e church durin the altar call or do you tarr tarry y in > -ow -ow desperate are you for re+i+al in your life> 3re you willin to fiht for it>
Su,,e"i$5+ A D" ) I'(a")a)i$ ne wo was tere a! been an invali! invali! or tirty= tirty=eig eigtt years7 en Jesus saw im lying lying tere an! learne! tat e a! been in tis con!ition or a long time, e as/e! im, 2Do you want to get wellC2 2.ir,2 te invali! re)lie!, re)lie!, 2I ave no one to el) me into te )ool wen te water is stirre! stirre!77 ile ile I am trying trying to get in, someone someone else goes !own aea! aea! o me72 en Jesus sai! sai! to im, 2(et u) +ic/ u) your mat an! an! wal/72 8t once once te te man man was was cure! cure!99 e )ic/e! )ic/e! u) is mat mat an! an! wal/e wal/e!7 !7 3Jon 3Jon -:-=6
2I ave no one to el) me77772 =hat =hat a ri+etin statement =hen you are in the middle of reat sufferin, it feels as if there were no one who could help you Sometimes, it;s e+en difficult to find people who care =e li+e in such a busy society -urtin people often fall throuh the crac.s 2hey want help but they can;t find it I can truly understand why some sufferers decide to i+e up 2he ible says, 2Ho)e !eerre! ma/es te eart sic/2 3+rov7 1:1$67 2his reality moti+ates me to ma.e
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a difference in my little little world world 9ur entire church family family is encouraed encouraed to pour out where+er they find a need 2ommy arnett li+es by a sloan that he repeats at his pastors; and leaders; school in hoeniF, 3riGona5 E?ind a need and fill itE If you follow this eFample, your life, family and community will chane 0esus li+ed -is life by this motto motto B+erywhere B+erywhere -e went, -e healed the sic., fora+e sinners, deli+ered the possessed, and tauht those see.in see.in truth In this scene, by as.in a strane question, question, 0esus re+eals re+eals Do you want to get wellC'2 Isn;t -imself as the one who can help5 E; Do Isn;t that why e+erybody was at the pool> 3n anel would stir the waters 2he first one in would et healedH the others would only et wet 2han. -e wants us me, all you to come to -imH -e wants to hear where it hurts E; ?ome to me, wo are weary an! bur!ene!, an! I will give you rest'2 3att7 11:$&67 0esus still has -is arms wide open today, in+itin each one of us to come to -im In the middle of our sufferin, -e is as.in us, E-ow can I help you> 8o you want to et well>E -ow many years had that man lain near those healin waters, clinin to the hope that someday, somehow he would et in first> It must ha+e been a traic siht 8ay after day, year after year, there he was, waitin near the pool, :ust one of many on a shore awash with human sufferin 2hen, one day the 6aster of Impartation stepped into the scene5 the one who later would breathe on -is disciples and say, 2';eceive te te Holy oly .)ir .)irit it'2 '2 3Jon Jon $0:$ $0:$$b $b667 2he 4ord 0esus loo.ed .ed with compassion upon this man who wasn;t fast enouh or ood enouh to win his own healinH this man who had suffered for so lon 3nd 0esus decided to le+el the playin field -e can do the same for you and I -e can come in when we are at our most desperate desperate point lease allow the Imparter to hear the cry of your heart e bold and tell -im eFactly what you need 2hen, let -im touch you -e is able to touch you, -e is willin to touch youall you ha+e to do is as. I can spea. from eFperience 3s I mentioned earlier, after the 4ord called us to 4as Veas, my family and I became more familiar with sufferin than we would ha+e li.ed I;m sure that our sufferin was part of the de+il;s stratey to discourae us, weary us, and frihten usH
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he was hopin to dri+e us away or force us to throw in the towel -owe+er, the 4ord faithfully pro+ided us with e+erythin we needed to et throuh each trialH -e brouht much ood out of themH and -e e+en responded to our prayers with miraculous answers ?or instance, when Christine bean eFperiencin seiGures, doctors said there was a fiftyJpercent chance she would outrow them after a few years 8enise and I as.ed our Sa+ior to impro+e those odds, and -e did 3fter only a year and a half,
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wrote of earlier, when the best thin we can do is to humbly offer oursel+es up on the altar of the 4ord 8urin this trial, the biblical phrases about bein 2ar! )resse! on every si!e2 3$ ?or7 *:&6 and purified li.e old and sil+er in the 2reiner's ire2 3al7 :$6 became +ery real to our family 3s we underwent the pressure and pain of bein squeeGed li.e rapes in a press, we prayed that the wine we yielded would be sweet to -is taste 3s we wal.ed throuh the fire, sendin frarant smo.e toward hea+en li.e incense, we loned for it to be pleasin to -im 2hese words were not empty, empty, pious platitudes 2hey helped us et throuh a +ery painful eFperience and allowed us to touch
"e is compassionate and "e is merciful. 8 bruise! ree! e will not brea/ an! a smol!ering smol!ering wic/ e will not snu out7 3Isa7 *$:67
"e (nows how much you can ta(e, an! (o! is aitul9 aitul9 e will not let you be tem)te! beyon! beyon! wat you can bear7 But wen you are tem)te!, e will also )rovi!e a way out so tat you can stan! u) un!er it7 31 ?or7 10:167
God cares deeply for you. -e lo+es you you with a pure and unselfish lo+e, and is especially especially near to -is children when they suffer5 e
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*o matter how fierce the fiery trial you may !e going through, "e will !e the fourth man in the fire: en King Nebuca!neFFar Nebuca!neFFar lea)e! to is eet in amaFement amaFement an! as/e! as/e! is is a!vise a!visers, rs, ere eren't n't ter teree tre treee men men tat tat we tie! tie! u) an! an! trew trew into into te ireC ireCL L ey ey re)lie re)lie!, !, ?ert ?ertain ainly, ly, > /ing7 /ing7L L He sai!, sai!,
So, I encourae you to be bold, to be specific, and to perse+ere 3nd remember that sufferin is a secret door to reat and intimate )resent suerings suerings are impartations 3s aul said, 2I consi!er tat our )resent not wort com)aring com)aring wit te glory tat will be reveale! in us2 3;om7 &:1&67 Now that we ha+e discussed some of the uidelines for see.in and recei+in recei+in impartation, impartation, we will loo. at /ey P%, which re+eals re+eals to us the )ur)ose of impartation
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0esus Christ poured into his disciples so they could pour into others 2hey had not paid for what they had recei+ed from -im It was a ift 9f course, the decision to follow the master cost them e+erythincareers, homes, plans for the futurebut that which -e had poured into them was free 2he impartations they had recei+ed, howe+er, li.e all impartations, had a purpose =e are not poured into so that we miht become selfish consumers of the presence of ;D7 But now is cre!itor cre!itor is coming coming to ta/e my two boys as is slaves72 4lisa re)lie! to er, 2How can I el) youC ell me, wat !o you ave in your ouseC2 ouseC2 2Your servant as noting noting tere at all,2 se sai!, 2e5ce)t a little oil72 4lisa sai!, 2(o aroun! an! as/ all your neigbors or em)ty @ars7 Don't as/ or @ust a ew7 en go insi!e an! sut te !oor bein! bein! you an! your your sons7 +our oil into all te @ars, @ars, an! as eac is ille!, )ut it to one si!e72 .e .e let let im an! aterw aterwar! ar! sut sut te !oor bein! bein! er er an! an! er sons7 ey brougt brougt te @ars to to er an! se /e)t /e)t )ouring7 en en all te @ars were were ull, se sai! sai! to er son, 2Bring 2Bring me anoter one72 one72 But e re)lie!, re)lie!, 2ere is not a @ar let72 en te oil sto))e!
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2he woman was in a terrible emotional and financial condition -er -er hu husb sban and d was was 9bad 9badia iah, h, a prie priest st who who had had sp spen entt his his enti entire re life life 28ab a! summone summone! ! >ba!ia >ba!ia, , ser+in in the care of the prophets 28ab wo was in carge carge o is )alace7 )alace7 3>ba!i 3>ba!ia a was a !evout believe believerr in te <>;D762 31 Kings 1&:=*67 B+en thouh he ser+ed 3hab the wic.ed .in, 9badiah ris.ed his life and the welfare of his family to protect the men of ba!ia was wal/ing along, 4li@a met im7 >ba!ia recogniF recogniFe! e! im, bowe! !own to te groun!, groun!, an! sai!, Is it really really you, my lor! 4li@aCL 4li@aCL Yes,L e re)lie!7 (o tell your master, '4li@a is ere7'L 31 Kingsl&:%=&67
y the time Bli:ah was ta.en up to hea+en, 9badiah must ha+e ris.ed his life many times In 1 /ins '5" we disco+er that his ser+ant wie o a man rom te te attitude continued under Blisha;s ministry5 2e wie com com)any )any o te te )ro) )ro)e ets ts crie crie! ! out out to 4lis 4lisa a,, 'You 'Yourr serv servan antt my usban! is !ea!, an! you /now tat e revere! te <>;D7'2 2his transition spea.s hihly of 9badiah;s character 3lthouh he was a hihJran.in official, he ser+ed the men of nly servants, servants, troug troug wom you came to believeas believeas te
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thouh it was, it forced me to thin. throuh the touh issues and find some of the answers on my own) 2he firs firstt part part of her her answ answer er refl reflec ecte ted d her her seem seemin inly ly ho hope pele less ss condition 2Your servant as noting tere at all, E she said ut then she added the words E e5ce)t a little oil72 I;m I;m lad she tac.ed on the 2e5ce)t,2 but but I wonder if it spran from a little sure of faith, or if it was simply an afterthouht -a+e you e+er otten to the point where you felt as if you had nothin left> 2hat may not ha+e been the truth, but you felt that way It often ta.es a friend or the -oly Spirit to re+eal your miracle 2ommy arn arnet ett; t;ss boo boo., ., ere's a iracle in Your House, has been a reat inspiration to me, especially throuh se+eral of our church;s buildin prorams It seems that
Hu'le Yu"-el, 9ne of the first steps toward recei+in a miracle is to humble yourself yourself 2o borrow e+ery e+ery empty :ar in town was a hue act of faithH it also also mus ustt ha+e ha+e bee been +ery +ery hu hum mblin blin for for so som meone eone who had had lost lost e+erythin 6aybe that;s why she sent her .ids to et them -a+e you e+er as.ed your children to do somethin that you were too embarrassed to do> Aemember that this was not a bi city B+erybody .new her story 6aybe they had had e+en purchased som omee of her
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belonins at a yard sale I can :ust imaine what the neihbors were sayin5 E-arriet, who was that>E E9h it was Auth;s .idsE E=ere they bein for food or somethin>E ENo my little bael, they were borrowin b orrowin empty :arsE E=hat -a+e they one nuts>E E=ell dear, I didn;t ha+e the heart to as. them why I;m sure we;ll et them bac. soonE EI hope so, :ars don;t row on trees, you .nowE Neihbors may not ha+e reser+ed their comments for ossip sessions 6iddle Bastern culture seems to facilitate fran. communicatio communication n In other words, words, they probably told her to her face that she was nuts 3fter her house was filled with :ars, she had to pour the little she had left into the empty :ars =hen you are desperate, your faith needs to start leadin the way Now it was time for her to ta.e another bi step of faith 8o you thin. she closed her eyes when she started pourin> I .now that I would ha+e
S2u) )2e D" =e do .now that she closed the door 2.e let im an! aterwar! sut te !oor bein! er an! er sons7 ey brougt te @ars to er an! se /e)t )ouring E (1 /ins '5@) =hy did she close the door> I belie+e it was to .eep out the doubters She had to close the door to protect her family, her faith and her miracle 2he moment of truth had arri+ed arri+ed 3s she started pourin, one :ar was filled, and then two, three, four, fi+eand fi+eand the oil still .ept flowin flowin 2en all te @ars were ull, se sai! to er son, 'Bring me anoter one7' But e re)lie!, 'ere is not a @ar let7' en te oil sto))e! lowing2 (1 (1 /ins '5D) In one day, she had eFchaned hopelessness for hope, po+erty for abundance, and misery for :oy 2he miracle of the oil continued as lon as there were empty :ars
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T2e Yea" , Li,)i$5 In 0anu 0anuar ary y of 1K 1KK" K",, a sp spec ecia iall uest uest sp spea ea.e .er, r, enny enny ere ereGG, prophesied into my life5 -e said that this year would be a year of liftin for the church and for me I recei+ed that word in faith 2he year 1KKK had been a year of siftin I really needed a word of hope In the wee.s that followed, I announced to the church the theme for the com comin in year ear 2h 2hee seas season on had had chan chane ed, d, so we need needed ed to prep prepar aree oursel+es for liftin 3s I write these paes in 6ay 1KK", I can truly testify that
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a center role in our church =e ha+e prayed the prayer of 0abeG with the conreation se+eral times, and I ha+e been stopped in the church hallways more than once by people eFclaimin, EIt wor.s 2he prayer of 0abeG wor.sE 7es, prayer does wor. 2he prayer of 0abeG, recorded in " Chronicles '5"K, wor.s for us because the , tat You woul! bless me in!ee!, an! enlarge enlarge my territo territory, ry, tat Your an! woul! woul! be wit me, an! tat You woul! woul! /ee) me rom evil, tat I may not cause )ain 31 ?ron7 *:10 NKJV67
Understandin this third principle is critical If nothin is pourin out of you, you will become a stanant swamp B+entually you will dry up altoether If you want the ri+er to .eep flowin throuh you, you must i+e it away awa y -ow much can 2he more you i+e away, the more -e will i+e to you 2here is a direct relationship between the le+el of your blessin and the le+el of your i+in =hether it is money mon ey or mercy, mercy,
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Ke/ <+ P-i)i$ /u"-el, ," i'(a")a)i$ 2he fourth principle deals with the crucial aspect of bein in the riht spot at the riht time with the riht heart I call it positionin =hen you are in need of a miracle, it is a perfect time to position yourself for impartation =e recently li+ed out this truth when, o+er a span of twel+e months, my dauhter was dianosed with cancerH our li+es were threatenedH we finished a siFJmillion dollar buildinH started anot anothe herr bu buil ildi din n pro prora ram mH on onee of our chur church ch coun counse selo lors rs fell fell into into immoralityH and my father died of cancer It seemed that a new crisis lur.ed around e+ery corner In order to sur+i+e and to lead my family, staff, and conreation throuh these crises, I was forced to apply the principles discussed in this boo. to my own life and help them to do the same 3s a result, instead of allowin our trials and challenes to plune us into a pool of discouraement and defeat, our church eFploded in numerical rowth and spiritual depth 6any people told 8enise and me that they were inspired as they watched us confront stress, heartache, and ad+ersity with a spirit of perse+erance =hen most of us hear the word crisis, we thin. of trouble or danerH howe+er, accordin to the dictionary, a crisis can also be a Etur Eturni nin n po poin int t fo forr bett better er or wors worse, e, a deci decisi si+e +e or cruc crucia iall tim timeE eE % Ine+itably, all of us will face many of these decisi+e or crucial times,
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but when we trust in the 4ord and obey -im, we can count on -im to turn each one into a turnin point for the better 2he dictionary also tells us that the word crisis comes from ;D says to you: 'Do not be arai! or !iscourage! !iscourage! because o tis vast army7 Aor te battle is not yours, but but (o!' (o!'s7 s7 omo omorr rro ow marc arc !own !own agai agains nstt tem tem77 ey ey will will be climbing climbing u) by te +ass o MiF, MiF, an! you will in! in! tem at te en! o te gorge in te Desert o Jeruel7 You will not ave to igt tis battle7 a/e u) your )ositions9 )ositions9 stan! irm an! see te !eliverance !eliverance te <>;D will give you, > Ju!a an! Jerusalem7 Jerusalem7 Do not be arai!9 !o not be !iscourage!7 (o out to ace tem tomorrow, an! te <>;D will be wit you7'2 Jeosa)a Jeosa)att bowe! bowe! wit is ace to te groun!, groun!, an! all te )eo)le o Ju!a an! Jerusalem ell !own in worsi) beo beore re te te <>;D <>;D77 en en some some ;D, te (o! o Israel, wit very lou! voice7
0ehoshap 0ehoshaphat hat and the Israel Israelite ite army army were were o+erwh o+erwhelm elmed ed by their their enemies 2he odds were aainst them 2hey needed a miracle 2hey were commanded to position themsel+es for a miracle 8o you belie+e that blessins or ifts come more frequently to those who are in the riht position> 9f course they do
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In football, the wide recei+er who is in the riht position will recei+e more passes 2he baseball player who is in the riht position will catch more balls 2he 9lympic di+er who holds his position will recei+e more points I could i+e a hundred more eFamples of this truth, but I thin. you et the point
2here are steps we can ta.e as Christians, pastors, teachers and e+en churches to position oursel+es for +ictory =e all ha+e a choice5 =e can li+e in the land of selfJpity, acceptin oppression and defeatH or we can bein to position oursel+es for a brea.throuh 0ehoshaphat and his army too. four steps to et in position for +ictory 4et;s ta.e the same steps and see what
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<>;D an! to )raise im or te s)len!or o is oliness as tey went out at te ea! o te army, army, saying: '(ive '(ive tan/s to te <>;D, <>;D, or is love en!ures orever'2 (1 (1 Chron 1K51")
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24arly in te morning morning tey let or te Desert Desert o e/oa7 8s tey set set out, out, Jeosa Jeosa)a )att stoo! stoo! an! sai!, sai!, ';D your (o! an! you will be u)el!9 ave ave ait ait in is is )ro) )ro)e ets ts an! an! you you will will be succ succes ess sul ul'2 '2 (1 Chron 1K51K 1K)) In this his enti ntire account, we do not find one moment of hesitation hesitation 2he people of 0udah rendered immediate immediate obedience to E =ouldn;t it be incredible if all of us yielded to
6any of us ha+e become eFperts at ma.in up eFcuses =e ha+e learned to rationaliGe away our disobedience -ow many opportunities ha+e we missed because we con+inced oursel+es that the nude we felt miht not ha+e been It didn;t ma.e sense to us, we reasoned, therefore it couldn;t ha+e been =ill we be uilty of disobeyin eyin 0ehosh 0ehoshaph aphat at obey obeyed
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and women as safeuards, moti+ation and inspiration 3re you ready for what -a+e you surrounded yourself with onJfire Christians who lo+e If you want to run with the bi dos you ha+e to et off the porch ?ind a pac. of hus.ies who are headed to a reat destination and who are bein dri+en by the 6aster If you want to soar li.e an eale, you must lea+e the chic.en yard and start hanin around other eales (8on;t you lo+e those analoies>) 2he four steps we :ust discussed will position you for a reat brea.throuh -ere are a few other hints that will help you5 ➢ 8on;t
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2here is an old adae that as.s5 E-ow do you eat an elephant>E E9ne bite at a timeE is the answer -ow do you position yourself for
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C2a"a4)e" Reall/ De- Cu$) 2he prayer of 0abeG also i+es us clear direction about positionin ours ou rsel el+e +ess for for a bles blessi sin n =hen =hen we read read " Chro Chroni nicl cles es ', we will will disco+er that in a +ery lon enealoical list, only one name stands out, and that is, of course, 0abeG =hy would the author interrupt this list of names with a short bioraphy> =hy did the author of Chronicles ta.e a special interest in 0abeG> 6ore importantly importantly,, why did the 2he answer can be found in " Chronicles '5#5 2Now JabeF was more onorable tan is broters72 2hat 2hat one sentence lihts up the pae so that all can see the secret of 0abeG;s life -e was more honorable than his brothers =hen > It miht iht ha+e ha+e been been :ust :ustif ifia iabl blee in my competiti+e mind, but it was not honorable 2o position oursel+es for a miracle, we need to e+aluate our words, actions and moti+es to see if they are honorable Certainly, In 3cts "$5"", we are reminded that 9r will you use the sins of others as an eFcuse for yours> It is quite simple to
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rationaliGe away our dishonor =e easily fall into step with the pac., hopin to blend in and snea. by the watchful eye of I can uarantee you that, in our society, it is not popular to possess qualities li.e honor, holiness, fori+eness, interity, humility, faith and obedience obedience -owe+er, -owe+er, if you do allow
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Aeflect on any recent trial or challene you ha+e eFperienced 8id you handle it the way /in 0ehoshaphat 0ehoshaphat and his sub:ects did> If not, what hat wou ould ld you li.e li.e to do diff differ eren entl tly y the the neFt neFt tim time you are are confronted with a crisis>
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from the truth 8o you as. -im to fill you afresh and to uide you throuhout the day> I hope so, because it is
3re you full of the -oly Spiritnot only halfJfull, but full> =hen the -oly Spirit fills you, -e always deposits -is ifts in you -e decides which ones you need in any i+en circumstance In 4u.e "K51", 0esus was filled with :oy in the -oly Spirit5 28t tat time Jesus, ull o @oy troug te Holy .)irit, sai!, 'I )raise you, Aater,
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filled continually Stephen wasn;t satisfied with a oneJtime eFperienceH bein full of the -oly Spirit became part of his reputation, his +ery identity -e recei+ed what he needed If we are filled with the -oly Spirit, we will become internallyrather then eFternallycontrolled Circumstances won;t be able to sway us If we are filled and controlled by the -oly Spirit, S pirit, -is ifts will freely flow throuh us =hen we are functionin in our own strenth and determination, the -oly Spirit is limited and supernatural ifts don;t flow 2he only ifts that come out of us then are natural talents, .nowlede and s.ills 2here is a tremendous opportunity for you and I to wal. in the supernatural 8on;t miss it e filled with the -oly Spirit e+ery day and and un unle leas ash h the the flow flow of -is -is ift ifts s 2(o! also testiie! to it by signs, won!ers won!ers an! various miracles, miracles, an! gits o te Holy .)irit !istribute! !istribute! accor!ing to is will2 3Heb7 $:*67 Impartation: A Lifelong Process
0esu 0esuss sp spen entt thre threee years ears impa impart rtin in into into his his disc discip iple less in many any different different ways 2hen, -e breathed the Spirit into them 28n! wit tat e breate! on tem an! sai!, ';eceive te Holy .)irit'2 3Jon $0:$$67 %. He )au52) )2e'. 3. He " "6 6ee "e "ead ad 0i)2 0i)2 )2 )2e' e'.. :. He (" ("a/ed ," )2 )2e'. <. He ("ea42 a42ed ) )2e'. @. He 4 4""e4)ed )2 )2e'. . He de de' '$-) $-)"a "a)e )ed d ,ai ,ai)2 )2 ) )2 )2e' e'.. . He " "ea)2 a)2ed i$) )2 )2e'. e'.
=hat an incredible pattern of discipleship Can you imaine what it must ha+e been li.e to wal. with the 6aster> =hen -e breathed on those first disciples and told them to recei+e the -oly Spirit, what do you thin. happened> 8on;t you thin. they they rece recei+ i+ed ed the the -oly oly Spir Spirit it>> 9f cour course se they they did did -e was the the resurrected 4ord -e had conquered death and the ra+e 2he natural question that arises here is, why then did -e later tell them to stay in 0erusalem until they were baptiGed with the -oly Spirit> 2he answer to this question is found in a study of the words 0esus
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used in each case In 0ohn 1K511, he told them to receive (;D (o! orme! te man rom te !ust o te groun! an! breate! breate! into is nostrils nostrils te breat o lie, an! te man became a living being72 2he moment 0esus breathed on the disciples and told them to recei+e the -oly Spirit, I belie+e the -oly Spirit entered them -e did not :ust rest upon them, but they recei+ed -im into themsel+es 2his act a+e new life to each one of them Up until that moment, the disc discip iple less had had on only ly an inte intell llec ectu tual al beli belief ef in Chri Christ st ut ut afte afterr they they recei+ed the -oly Spirit into themsel+es, they became new creations, born of the Spirit (or Eborn aain,E which is the same thin) 2his is what 0esus was referrin referrin to when he told Nicodemus Nicodemus that no one could see the .indom of
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eFpe eFperi rien ence ce from from bein bein bo born rn aain ain and and ta.e ta.ess us to a who hole le new new dimension of our Christian wal. =hen we are baptiGed in the -oly Spirit, we become ille! wit te Holy .)irit7 et> If you ha+e ha+en; n;t, t, you are are missin one of the 4ord;s reat promises =hile rowin up in 6ontreal, Quebec, Canada, I attended the Catholic Church 8ue to the influence of Campus Crusade for Christ, I accepted Christ into my heart at eihteen 3s I started to read and study the ible for myself, the boo. of 3cts made me belie+e there was, after con+ersion, a second and distinct wor. of the -oly Spirit that I should see. I recei+ed the baptism of the -oly Spirit alone, in my room, simply by as.in for it I told my -ea+enly ?ather that I was as.in for bread and I .new, accordin to -is =ord, that -e would not i+e me a roc.5 2ic 2ic o you, i is son as/s or brea!, brea!, will give im a stoneC >r i e as/s or a is, will will give im a sna/eC I you, ten, toug toug you are evil, /now ow to give give goo! gits to your your cil!ren, ow muc muc more will your Aater in eaven give goo! gits to tose wo as/ im2 3att7 %:=1167 2ic o you aters, aters, i your son as/s as/s or a is, will will give im a sna/e instea!C >r i e as/s or an egg, will give im a scor)ionC scor)ionC I you ten toug you are evil, /now ow to give goo! gits to your cil!re cil!ren, n, ow muc more will your your Aater in eaven give te Holy .)irit to tose wo as/ im2 3
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fleFible and clean li.e new wines.ins 28n! no one )ours new wine into into ol! wines/ wines/ins ins77 I e !oes, !oes, te wine will burst te s/ins, s/ins, an! bot te wine an! te wines/ins wines/ins will be ruine!7 ruine!7 No, e )ours new wine wine into new wines/ins2 3ar/ $:$$67 (o!, we nee! new wine to!ay7 2?reate 2?reate in me a )ure eart, > (o!, an! renew renew a stea! stea!ast ast s)irit s)irit witin me2 3+s7 -1:1067 2a.e a moment and repeat this salm as a prayer 9ur spirits and bodies will become worn out if our hearts are not reularly cleansed and made new by the -oly Spirit
T2e A(-)le Paul a$d )2e P"i$4i(le , Mul)i(le I'(a")a)i$aul belie+ed in and li+ed a life of multiple impartations 2I long to see you so tat I may im)art im)art to you some some s)iritual s)iritual git to ma/e you strongtat strongtat is, tat you an! I may be mutually mutually encourage! encourage! by eac oter's ait2 3;om7 1:11=1$67 =as aul pretentious> 8id he ha+e somethin no one else had> I belie+e aul simply reconiGed that
aul;s preachin was not fancy or eloquent B+en if we had no other e+idence, the followin account could ma.e us suspect that he miht not ha+e been the world;s most electrifyin preacher5 .eate! in a win!ow was a young man name! name! 4utycus, wo was sin/ing into a !ee) slee) as +aul tal/e! on an! on7 en e was soun! aslee), e ell to te groun! rom te tir! story an! was )ic/e! u) !ea!7 +aul went !own, trew imsel imsel on te young man an! )ut is arms arms aroun! aroun! im7 2Don't 2Don't be alarm alarme!, e!,22 e sai!7 sai!7 2He's alive2 alive2 en e went u)stair u)stairss again an! bro/e bro/e brea! brea! an! ate7 8ter tal/ing tal/ing until !aylig !ayligt, t, e let7 let7 e )eo)le )eo)le too/ te young young man ome alive an! were greatly comorte!7 38cts $0:=1$6
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preachers could put one of his listeners to sleep, ha+e him fall out of a window and die, and then, raise him from the dead> Bloquent or not, we .now his spea.in was pac.ed with the power of
Ti')2/+ A Cla--i4 E9a'(le , I'(a")a)i$ In aul;s letters to 2imothy, we find that 2imothy had eFperienced at least three different impartations #1 +imo +imoth thyy rec recei ei%e %ed d fai faith th I ave been remin!e! remin!e! o your sincere ait, wic irst live! in your gran!moter gran!moter
-is randmother and mother imparted a +ibrant, mature faith =e are not told how that happened, but we can imaine that the teachin sessions, the prayer meetins, the life eFamples, and the commitment to the body of Christ all imparted imparted faith into 2imothy 2imothy;s ;s life 8o you see the enerations of impartation that too. place> ?irst, his randmother 4ois poured into his mother Bunice, and then both the randmother and the mother poured into 2imothy =e;+e often heard of enerational enerational curses, but how about teachin and preachin the concept of enerational blessins> Can a blessin be passed on for enerations> 3bsolutely =ill you establish enerational blessins or curses in your family> #2 +imo +imoth thyy rec recei ei%e %ed d a gift gift
2he second recorded impartation of 2imothy;s life came at the hands of the elders5 ntil I come, !evote yoursel yoursel to te )ublic rea!ing o .cri)ture, .cri)ture, to )reacing )reacing an! to teacing teacing77 Do not neglect neglect your your git, wic was given you troug a )ro)etic message message wen te bo!y o el!ers lai! teir an!s on you7 Be !iligent in tese tese matters9 give yoursel yoursel wolly to tem, so tat everyone may see your )rogress7 31 im7 *:1=1-67
Can you imaine this memorable day in 2imothy;s life> 2he elders of the church laid their hands on him and one of them started to
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prophesy 2hen, suddenly, 2imothy recei+ed a ift Isn;t this eFcitin> Can you put yourself in his place and imaine the emotions> I belie+e > I can can remember such a time in my life I was at a pastor;s conference in 6aui aby boomer pastors with lare churches were as.ed to share ideas, eFperiences and +isions for the future 9n the last day of the meetins, we athered at a prayer center on a mountain 3fter a brief lunch, we started to pray 9ne by one, the pastors and their mates would sit on a chair surrounded by reat leaders who prayed and prophesied o+er them 3s I stood on the outside of the circle, I wondered if these people were really hearin from
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was i+en to him by prophecy and by the layin on of hands If it happened in 2imothy;s life, it can happen in yours If it happened in his church, it should happen in yours I find it interestin to read " 2imothy '5"'J"@ in the New /in neglect te git tat is in you, wic wic was given given 0ames Version5 2Do not neglect to you by )ro)e )ro)ecy cy wit te laying laying on o te an!s an!s o te el!ers el!ersi)7 i)7 e!itate on tese tings9 give yoursel entirely to tem, tat your )rogress may be evi!ent to all72 aul aul enco encour ura aed ed 2im 2imothy othy to 2me!itate on tese tings,2 to to i+e himself 2entirely to tem,2 so so that his 2)rogress may be evi!ent to all72 Impartations will be unsuccessful unless prayer, study, de+otion and obedience nurture them aul did not ad+ise 2imothy to inore these eFperiences eFperiences -e encouraed him to water and nourish them
I'(a")a)i$- Ta6e W"6 B+ery impartation I ha+e recei+ed has ta.en a lot of wor. on my part I wasn;t a passi+e recipient of them I was an acti+e participant 6y will, mind, emotions and efforts all played a role in a successful use of impartation I had to ta.e siF steps to see each ift row5 %. ecei%e it. d> =het =hethe herr beca becaus usee of do doub ubt, t, fear fear,, inse insecu curi rity ty,, or a feel feelin in of unworthiness, many blessins and ifts ha+e been lost due to unbelief 2he old son E9nly elie+eE eFhorts us to do :ust thatbelie+eand promises us that all thins are possible if we will only belie+e $ 2his reat chorus says says it so well, and no
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wonder, because the lyrics are ta.en from Scripture 9n the same sub:ect, the ible also says5 But wen e as/s, e must believe an! not !oubt, because e wo !oubts !oubts is li/e a wave o te sea, blown an! tosse! tosse! by te win!7 at man soul! not tin/ tin/ e will receive anyting anyting rom te
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@. 0se the gift e%en if its ris(y. 2he operational word here is ris/7 ?lowin in the ifts of
Gua"d Yu" Seed 6any times, immature belie+ers become impatient when they are nott inst no instan antly tly chan chane ed d by po powe werf rful ul alta altarr eFpe eFperi rien ences ces 2hey 2hey fail fail to unde un ders rstan tand d the the need need to feed feed the the seed seed B+ B+ery ery impar imparta tatio tion n is a seed seed Unless it is cared for, protected and cherished it will not ta.e root 9ur enemy the de+il lo+es to snatch these seeds before they ta.e root -ow many times ha+e you allowed an impartation to be .illed by fear fear,, self selfJJdo doub ubt, t, com comprom promis ise, e, diso disobe bedi dien ence ce,, apath pathy y or lac. lac. of 2Be sel sel== perse+erance> 2he enemy also lo+es to intimidate us 2Be cont contro roll lle! e! an! an! aler alert7 t7 Your Your enem enemyy te te !evi !evill )row )rowls ls arou aroun! n! li/e li/e a roaring lion loo/ing or someone to !evour7 esist him, him , standing firm in the faith , because you /now tat your broters trougout te worl! are un!ergoing te same /in! o suerings2 (" eter @5&J#, emphasis added) 8on;t let Satan de+our your seed 9nce, I heard a moti+ational spea.er say that if you held onto a dream for fi+e years it would happen 2his statement is only partially true =e need to ol! onto it for fi+e years, ol! onto Him !aily, and then, wor/ ar!7 =e must
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water it with prayer, and nourish it with the =ord, courae and faith In order to see our ifts row, we must see them in the conteFt of the the bo body dy of Chris hrist t =e are are no nott isla island ndss un unto to ou ours rsel el+e +es s =e are are conn connec ecte ted, d, e+en e+en inte interc rcon onne nect cted ed =e are are no nott inde indepe pend nden entH tH we are are interdependent 9ur ifts are i+en to edify (ie, build up) the body (ie, the local church) In this en+ironment, our ifts will row #3 +imothy +imothy rece recei%e i%ed d a gift gift whe when n aul aul laid laid hands hands on him. him.
2he thir 2he third d inci incide dent nt of impa impart rtat atio ion n to 2im 2imothy othy is reco record rded ed in 1 remin! you to an into lame te git 2imothy "5DJ$5 2Aor tis reason I remin! o (o!, wic wic is in you troug troug te laying on o my an!s7 an!s7 Aor (o! !i! not give us a s)irit o timi!ity, timi!ity, but a s)irit o )ower, )ower, o love an! o sel=!isci)line72 2imothy 2imothy was encouraed encouraed to stir up the ift of
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eFci eFciti tin n and and :oyfu :oyfull of plac places es ut ut many any pare parent ntss are are full full of fear fearHH ther theref efor ore, e, thei theirr chil childr dren en ha+e ha+e a sp spir irit it of fear fear ?ear ?ear is no nott :ust :ust an emotionH it often has a stron tie to demonic acti+ity B+en in cases where there is no demonic acti+ity, we .now that fear is the opposite witoutt ait ait it is im)ossibl im)ossiblee to )lease )lease (o!, (o!, becaus becausee of faith 3nd E witou anyo anyone ne wo wo come comess to im im must must beli believ evee tat tat e e5is e5ists ts an! an! tat tat e rewar!s tose wo earnestly see/ im2 3Heb7 11:"67 astors, deacons, elders, parents and leaders, stir up the ift of the -oly Spirit in you ?an it into flame aain See. a new impartation of power, lo+e and a sound mind If a spirit of fear has crippled you, re:ect it 8on;t recei+e it anymore Shut the door on that thin and don;t let it snea. bac. in Aenounce its hold o+er you and your family and repent for yieldin to it If fear of man has been a problem, eFchane eFchane it for a healthy healthy fear of
I'(a")a)i$ C2a$5e- Liveen +eter sai!, sai!, 2.ilver or gol! I !o not ave, ave, but wat I ave I give you7 In te name o Jesus ?rist o NaFaret, NaFaret, wal/72 a/ing im by te rigt an!, e el)e! im u), an! instantly instantly te man's eet eet an! an/les became strong7 strong7 He @um)e! to is eet an! an! began to wal/7 en e went wit tem into te tem)le courts, courts, wal/ing an! @um)ing, an! )raising )raising (o!7 en all te )eo)le saw im wal/ing an! )raising (o!, (o!, tey recogni recogniFe! Fe! im as te same man wo use! to sit begging begging at te tem)le gate calle! calle! Beautiul, an! tey were ille! ille! wit won!er won!er an! amaFement at wat a! a))ene! to im7 38cts :"=106
eter and 0ohn reconiGed what they had and what they didn;t ha+e In this particular case they saw a man with a spo.en need 2he bear wanted money to sur+i+e 8ay after day, friends or family would place him at the ate, and he would spend lon hours bein for money from those enterin and lea+in the temple =hat irony5 a poor, hopeless bear at a ate called eautiful
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eter and 0ohn had no sil+er or old to help with the spo.en need, but they had somethin for the unspo.en need =hen someone see.s prayer at the altar, I ha+e found that they enerally ha+e a particular need in mind 2hey often will tell the person who is ministerin to them what hat they thin. they hey need to recei+e from =hy> ecause ecause 2.ome men came, bringing bringing to im a )aralytic, carrie! by our o tem7 tem7 .ince tey coul! not get im to Jesus because because o te crow!, crow!, tey tey ma!e an o)enin o)ening g in te roo above Jesus Jesus an!, ater !igging troug troug it, lowere! lowere! te mat te )aralyFe! man was lying on7 en Jesus saw teir ait, e sai! to te )aralytic, '.on, your sins are orgiven'2 (6ar. (6ar. 151J@) 2hey too. incredible steps to et their friend healed Can you imaine their frustration and surprise when -e said, 2Your sins are orgiven2 No one in that buildin eFpected the healer to become the fori+er 2Now 2Now som some teac teace ers rs o te te law law were ere sitt sittin ing g ter tere, e, tin tin/i /ing ng to temse temselves lves,, ' 'y y !oes !oes tis tis ellow ellow tal/ li/e li/e tatC tatC He's He's blas)e blas)emin ming g o can orgive sins but (o! aloneC'2 (6ar. (6ar. 15DJ$) 2he lame man didn;t as. for fori+eness -e didn;t e+en .now it was a+ailable -e didn;t realiGe to whom his friends had brouht him =hen you see.
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you from the inside out, and -e .nows :ust how to do it -e wants to i+e us ood ifts that will chane us as well as others 2he beauty of this story is that Christ imparted imparted both fori+eness fori+eness of sin and healin to the man -e healed him for two reasons5 first, because he lo+ed him, and secondly, to pro+e he had the authority to 2'ic is easier: easier: to say to te )araly )aralytic tic,, 2Your 2Your sins sins are fori+e sins 2'ic orgiven, 2 or to say, 2(et u), ta/e your mat an! wal/2C But tat you may /now tat te .on o an as autority autority on eart to orgive orgive sins7777 'He 'He sai! sai! to te )ara )araly lyti tic, c, 'I tell tell you, you, get get u), u), ta/e ta/e your your mat an! an! go ome'2 (6ar. (6ar. 15#J"") In the past fi+e fi+e years, we ha+e ha+e spent spent hundreds hundreds of hours at altars altars prayin for people to recei+e impartations 6any 6an y .now what to eFpect 9thers ha+e a predetermined aenda ut, of course, no one can force or manipulate -e may ha+e had a ift of healin, healin, a ift of faith, a ift of miracles, miracles, or all three three =hate+er it was, he seemed to .now eFactly what 0esus had poured into his life 8id the lame person also ha+e faith> 7es, he did It ta.es faith to reach out your hand and be lifted up If he hadn;t been healed, he would ha+e fallen flat on his face iracles oten reEuire tremen!ous ris/s7 =hen eter said, 2In te name o Jesus ?rist o NaFaret, wal/,2 he meant it =here did he et that .ind of confidence> 6aybe he was draw drawin in on the the auth author ority ity Christ Christ had had i+e i+en n to the the disc discip iples les 2I ave given you autority G to overcome all te )ower o te enemy2 3
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=ee.s before this meetin, a doctor and physical therapist had i+en me some bad news 8ue to the snowmobile accident I mentioned earlier, and the ensuin surery, my left le was "" millimeters too lon 2here was no way they could correct the disparity, and it was already causin se+ere hip problems 3s we sat in a restaurant, restaurant, I as.ed the pastor if he had e+er prayed prayed for the lenthenin of a le -e told me me he had 3fter sharin my story, story, he immediately as.ed me to sit up straiht and stretch my les 2he difference in lenth was clear to the na.ed eye 2his pastor reminded me of eterH he was so full of the -oly Spirit and so confident -e started to pray that my left le would shrin. to its normal lenth, and, to my :oy, it did Aiht there in that piGGa parlor, my left le was returned to its oriinal lenth (I should ha+e as.ed him to pray for my riht le to lenthen instead 8eep down, I always wanted to be siF feet tall 0ust .iddin) 6y neFt neFt appo appoin intm tmen entt with with the the ph phy ysica sicall ther therap apis istt beca becam me an occasion for celebration and confirmation of this incredible miracle Upon measurin my les, the therapist shouted, E2hey;re the same lenth =hat happened>E 2his was :ust one of many opportunities I would ha+e to testify for the the 4o 4ord rd beca becaus usee of -is -is amaG amaGin in answ answer er to pray prayer er 6y ph phy ysica sicall therapist;s faith was strenthened, as was that of a youn man who was in the the ph phy ysica sicall ther therap apy y pro prora ram m I also also had had the the op oppo port rtun unit ity y to demonstrate the healin to our entire church 9ur church body has shared our trials and triumphs with us, and we ha+e found that it is impor importa tant nt to ou ourr row rowth th and and ou ourr fait faith h to cele celebr brate ate thes thesee +ict +ictor orie iess toether, i+in -ow about riht now>
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=hat =hat are are so som me sp spec ecif ific ic way ways that that we, we, as pare parent ntss andR andRor or chur church ch leaders, can help our families and conreations become free from a spirit of fear>
=hat are some steps you will ta.e in order to ensure that you are continually filled with the -oly Spirit>
Ke/ + W2e$ /u 5e) i)& 5ua"d i) Bih Bihte teen en years ears ao, ao, my fath father er a+e a+e me a o old ld watc watch h he had had recei+ed from his brother It was a SwissJmade beauty I will ne+er foret the day our dauhter Isabelle, :ust a toddler at the time, ot her tiny hands on the watch and somehow manaed to close the car door on it In a split second, my little treasure had transformed a cherished ift into a shattered mess I was heartsic. 3part from its monetary +alue, that watch had become a symbol of the reconciliation between my father and me 4i.e the watch, our relationship was +aluable but fraile 3s a youn couple, 8enise and I did not ha+e the money to et the watch repaired Instead, I slipped it into my top drawer for safe.eepin 2here the watch silently awaited the day of its resurrection ecause it was a ift from my father, I continued to +alue, protect and cherish it, e+en thouh it didn;t wor. ?ifteen years, three states and a few houses laterand :ust two years before my father diedI was finally able to ha+e the belo+ed ift repaired It was worth e+ery nic.el I paid, because it meant so much to me =hen somethin or someone is +aluable to us, we naturally care for it =e protect it, impro+e it and in+est in it 2his same principle
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should be applied to the spiritual spiritual ifts and the anointin i+en to us by our hea+enly ?ather
T2e/ Did$>) D I) A5ai$ In Numbers ""51'J1@, we are introduced to $K elders who recei+ed oses went a lifeJchanin impartation from ;D a! sai!7 sai!7 He brougt togeter togeter seventy o teir el!ers an! a! tem stan! aroun! te ent7 en te <>;D came !own in te clou! an! s)o/e wit im, an! e too/ o te .)irit .)irit tat was on im an! )ut te .)irit .)irit on te seventy seventy el!ers7 el!ers7 en en te .)irit reste! on tem, tey )ro)esie!, but tey !i! not !o so again72 2he last siF words of that portion of Scripture are amon the saddest I ha+e e+er read 2But tey !i! not !o so again72 =hy> =hat happened> 2he ible clearly states that =hy didn;t they .eep their new ift> 2hey should ha+e been able to continue wal.in in it, but they didn;t 6oses, on the other hand, ne+er missed a beat -e .ept riht on leadin 2his brins up two other important points5 ?irst of all, when world>
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-a+e we prepared oursel+es for the ifts we are see.in see.int throu hrouh h prayer, prayer, repent repentanc ance, e, study study, discip disciplin line, e, fastin fastin and sacrifice> 3ll the ifts of our hea+enly ?ather are precious Bach one must be +alued, protected and cherished 8urin the renewal and re+i+al that we ha+e been eFperiencin at our church o+er the last few years, I ha+e disco+ered four truths that will help you to .eep mo+in forward with
#1 +he "oly /pirit is the +hird erson of the +rinity. 2he -oly Spirit is not only a power or a force -e is
=hen we recei+e an impartation of ifts or anointin, we recei+e it from from the the -oly -oly Spir Spirit it +ia +ia an inst instru rum ment ent If we want want to u uar ard d the the impart impartatio ation, n, we mu must st recon reconiGe iGe the impar imparter ter =e mu must st not fiFate on the man or woman throuh whom the -oly Spirit is impartinH he or she is only a conduit Instead, we must in+est in the -oly Spirit 9ur eyes and our hearts must remain focused on -im, and our de+otion must be directed toward -im
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#2 +he relationship we ha%e with the "oly /pirit is crucial to wal(ing in an impartation. =e can ha+e fellowship with the -oly Spirit 2ay te grace o te 2o fellowship with -im is to partner with -im 3 partnership with the -oly Spirit has its pri+ilees, but it also has its demands ?or eFample, we must beware of thins we can do which can damae or e+en destroy our relationship with -im5 28n! !o not not grie grieve ve te Holy Holy .)iri .)iritt o (o!, (o!, "e can !e grie%ed. 28n! wit wom you were seale! or te !ay o re!em)tion2 34)7 *:067 -a+e you e+er rie+ed a dear friend with your words or actions> 2o rie+e someone is to cause them to feel deep sorrow and distress 3s incredible as it may seen, we can actually cause these emotions in the -oly Spirit, :ust as we can cause them in anyone else who lo+es us e can re!el against "im. 2Yet tey rebelle! an! grieve! is Holy .)irit7 .o e turne! an! became teir enemy an! e imsel ougt against tem2 (Isa D%5"K) =e rebel aainst the -oly Spirit when we disobey -is leadin and direction
sti=nec/e! )eo)le, )eo)le, wit uncircumcise! uncircumcise! "e can !e resisted. 2You sti=nec/e! earts earts an! ears You are @ust li/e your aters: aters: You always always resist te Holy .)irit2 38cts %:-167 2he -oly Spirit is our counselor and uide -e spea.s to us in a still, small small +oice -e will not shout o+er our noise and busynessH -e will not force -is counsel upon us -e waits for us to listen, to follow, and to yield "e can !e !lasphemed. !lasphem ed. 28n! everyone everyone wo s)ea/s a wor! against against te .on o an will will be orgiven, orgiven, but anyone anyone wo blas) blas)eme emess against against te Holy .)irit will not be orgiven2 3
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able to determine when this has happened 2en n +ete +eterr sai! sai!,, '8nan '8nania ias, s, ow ow is it tat tat e can lie to "im. 2e .atan as so ille! your eart eart tat you ave lie! to te Holy .)irit an! ave /e)t or yoursel some o te money you receive! or te lan!C'2 (3cts @5%) er, 'How coul! coul! you agree to test e can test "im. 2+eter sai! to er, te te .)ir .)irit it o te
#3 +he depth of our intimacy with "im will !e the greatest determining factor in flowing in the gifts of the "oly /pirit. 2hrouhout the ible, the men and women reatly used of
# +he 4uantity of "is presence in our li%es will determine the 4uantity of fruit and gifts. ay te (o! o o)e ill you wit all @oy an! )eace as you trust in Him, so tat you may overlow wit o)e o)e by te )ower o te Holy .)irit7 3;om7 1-:167
It sounds strane to tal. about the quantity of -is presence but it is such a reality to me ?or many of us, a frequent and fer+ent prayer is, 2
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-is will to touch a bro.en world throuh willin +essels It is important to learn from the se+enty elders who prophesied only once If we do not de+elop an intimate relationship with the -oly Spirit, we will become li.e them =e are respon onssible ble for the de+elopment of our ifts and anointin
H0 Ou" Rela)i$-2i( Wi)2 )2e Hl/ S(i"i) Ca$ Be Hi$de"ed Bphesians '51@J%" i+es us a clear list5 e ereo reorre eac eac o you you must )ut o o als alseeoo oo! an! s)e s)ea/ trutu trutully lly to is neigbor neigbor or we are all members members o one bo!y7 bo!y7 2In your anger !o not sin2: Do not let te sun go !own wile you are still angry an! !o not give te !evil a ootol!7 He wo as been stealing must steal no longer, but must wor/, !oing someting useul wit is own an!s, tat e may ave someting to sare wit wit tose in nee!7 Do not let any unwoles unwolesome ome tal/ come out o your mouts, mouts, but only wat is el)ul or buil!ing oters u) accor!ing to teir nee!s nee!s,, tat tat it may beneit beneit tose tose wo liste listen7 n7 8n! !o not griev grievee te Holy .)irit o (o!, wit wom you were seale! or te !ay o re!em)ti re!em)tion7 on7 (et ri! o all bitterne bitterness, ss, rage an! anger, anger, brawlin brawling g an! slan!er, along along wit every orm orm o malice7 malice7
2hosee are 2hos are so som me of the the beha beha+i +ior ors, s, type typess of sp spee eech ch,, thou thouh hts ts,, feelins and attitudes of the heart that can rie+e the -oly Spirit or hinder -is wor. in our li+es If we are ha+in difficulty recei+in an impartation, sensin
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2he wor.s of the sinful nature are contrary to life in the Spirit =hen the -oly Spirit fills a person, some thins ha+e to o In the old =esterns, the classic line, Ethis town ain;t bi enouh for the both of us,E soon would be followed by a unfiht and one of the two cowboys would die 2he -oly Spirit has the same attitude when -e comes to fill us5 ESinful nature, this temple ain;t bi enouh for the both of usE 3s aul wrote to the church at Corinth, 2Do you not /now tat your bo!y is a tem)le o te Holy .)irit, .)irit, wo is in you, wom you ave receive! receive! rom (o!C You are not your own9 you were bougt at a )rice7 ereore onor (o! wit your bo!y2 31 ?or7 ":1=$067 Sin is eFposed by the -oly SpiritH the old nature is unmas.ed =e ha+e to decide who we are oin to let control us5 the old nature or the new Spirit Spirit =ho will rule our hearts and minds> No one can ma.e this decision for us
S20 Me )2e F"ui) 3 true outpourin of the -oly Spirit will produce +isible chanes Unfortunately, s.eptics and immature belie+ers ha+e concentrated on the manifestations instead of the fruit 8idn;t 0esus teach us that the only measurin stic. of true re+i+al is the fruit> 2;emain 2;emain in me, an! I will remain remain in you7 you7 No branc branc can bear ruit by itsel9 it must remain in te vine7 Neiter can you bear ruit unless unless you remain remain in me7 I am te vine9 vine9 you are te brances7 brances7 I a man remains in me an! an! I in im, e will bear muc ruit9 ruit9 a)art rom me you can !o noting72 3Jon 1-:*=-6
If you want to see eFamples of some true mo+es of
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churches are bein planted in record numbers Bntire Bnti re citi cities es are are bein bein chan chane ed d by pray prayer er and and un unity ity 3 rece recent nt +iewin of the +ideo E2ransformation,E which documents the mihty mo+es of
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9ur "DJyearJold dauhter, Christine, who was also miraculously healed by the ?irs ?irstt of all, all, ther theree has has been been incr incred edib ible le row rowth in e+ery +ery area area Sal+ Sal+at atio ions, ns, heal healin ins s,, deli deli+e +era ranc nces es and and othe otherr miracl iracles es are are wee. wee.ly ly e+ents e+ents In nine years, Sunday mornin attendance attendance has rown from 1$K to o+er three thousand, and our church;s income has multiplied o+er fift fiftee een n tim times es 9ur missi ission onss and and bene bene+o +ole lenc ncee i+i i+in n has has row rown eFponentially, and we ha+e a +ision to start two thousand churches by the year 1K1K
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Can you thin thin. . of a few few thin thins s you coul could d do to impr impro+ o+ee you ourr relationship with the -oly Spirit> (-int5 If you;re ha+in trouble comin up with ideas, try thin.in of thins you would do in order to become closer to your spouse, your children or your friends)
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Ke/ + W2e$ /u 5e) i)& ,eed i) 0esus used this analoy to teach -is disciples an important lesson about the +ulnerability of the spiritual EseedsE te >terr see! see! ell ell amon among g
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torns, wic grew grew u) wit it an! co/e! te )lants7 .till .till oter see! ell on goo! soil7 It came u) an! yiel!e! a cro), a un!re! times more tan wat was sown7777is is te meaning meaning o te )arable: e see! is te wor! wor! o (o!7 ose ose along te )at are are te ones wo ear, ear, an! ten te !evil comes an! ta/es ta/es away te wor! rom teir teir earts, so tat tey may not believe an! be save!7 ose on te roc/ are te ones wo receive receive te wor! wit wit @oy wen tey ear it, but tey ave no root7 ey believe believe or a wile, but in te time o testing testing tey all all away7 e see! tat ell among among te torns stan!s or tose tose wo ear, but as tey go on teir teir way tey are co/e! by lie's worrie worries, s, rices an! )leasures )leasures,, an! tey !o not mature7 mature7 -ut the seed on good soil stands stands for those with a no!le and good heart, heart, who hear the word, retain it, and !y perse%ering produce a crop. 2 3
2his analoy clearly demonstrates how important it is for us to5 ➢ P"e(a"e our
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3lth 3lthou ouh h,, here here,, 0esu 0esuss was was tal. tal.in in abou aboutt
=e li+e in the Spirit by learnin to yield to -im momentJbyJ moment, dayJbyJday =e .eep in step with the Spirit by learnin to li+e li+e a life life of pray prayer er 2h 2hee 3pos 3postl tlee aul aul,, in " 2h 2hes essa salo loni nian anss @5"$ @5"$,,
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admonishes us to 2)ray continually72 3lthouh this sounds incredible or e+en impossible, it is not 2hrouhout the day, I often call my wife =hy would I do this> 0ust to connect with her, to tell her I lo+e and appreciate her, or to o o+er o+ er our plan planss for for the the day day =e ha+e ha+e an intim intimat atee rela relati tion onsh ship ip that that requ requir ires es com commun unic icat atio ion, n, tend tender erne ness ss,, cari carin n,, conc concer ern, n, com comfort fort,, directions, and touch Isn;t that a beautiful illustration of our relationship with the -oly Spirit> I ha+e learned to tal. to -im throuhout the day, and to be sensiti+e sensiti+e to -im when -e touches me or spea.s to me I often feel -is presence and -is appro+al or disappro+al of my thouhts or actions I .now when I please -im and when I rie+e -im I .now when my heart is hard or tender towards -im I must admit, at times, I ha+e nelected -im or e+en inored -im 3nd I .now others who ha+e far surpassed my le+el of intimacy with -im B+ery day I ha+e to wor. on this relationship, but I .eep at it because I am hunry for more Communion with the -oly Spirit is possible for anyone who is hunry for it If we lac. huner for the -oly Spirit, we must as.
1. ead !oo(s !y and listen to tapes of men and women who are running after God. /ome e5amples: e (o! ?asers is a classic account of 2ommy 2enney;s boo. e huner for
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-owell;s description of the initial act of unconditional surrender (Aom "15") ut if I come in, I come as
2hrouh faith, -owell established the ible Collee of =ales, an institution that has i+en birth to se+eral famous leaders 9ne raduate of that collee who is touchin the world for Christ in our day is Aeinhard onn.e In his boo. 4vangelism by Aire, he points out that the Spirit that empowered Bli:ah and Blisha has been passed down (ie, imparted) throuh the aes5 2he same endowment that Blisha recei+ed from Bli:ah was also i+en to 0ohn the aptist many years later2he same Spirit that made made Bli: Bli:ah aha and nd Blis Blisha ha re reat at prop prophe hets ts,, was was pass passed ed on on t to o 0ohn2he Spirit of Bli:ah, Blisha, 0ohn, the apostles, and the early church leaders has ne+er left 2hat Spirit is our inheritance =e were born to belon to -is company =e are on
Aeadin this and other boo.s by onn.e is a ood way to catch the fire of e+anelism that burns in the heart of this reat man
2. Find people who ha%e what you want. 3llow them to impart to you throuh prayer, teachin, preachin, and the written word > 2ry 2ry 0o 0ohn hn 6aFw 6aFwel ell l 8o you feel feel you are are call called ed to intercession> 4et eter =aner impart into you If you want to learn about the transformin power of citywide prayer, see what Bd Sil+oso
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has to say about it If you are interested in counselin, try Aichard 8obbins or 0ames 8obson In other words, if we want meat, we o to a butcherH if we want bread, we o to a ba.erH fish, a fishermanH water, a well In Numbers 1$5"&J"#, we are told that 0oshua already had the Spir Spirit it of ;D sai! to oses, in wom wom is te te s)ir s)irit it,, an! an! lay lay your your an! an! on im7 im7 Have Have im im stan stan! ! beore 4leaFar 4leaFar te )riest an! te entire assembly assembly an! commission commission im in teir )resence7'2 2here are a few people who ha+e helped feed and de+elop the ifts and anointin in my life I ha+e a relationship with them because
Gd Wa$)- ) Ta6e Yu Hi52e" 0oshua had the Spirit already but he was ser+in a man who had more It was
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2hose who pour into us could also be compared to the arden hoses in our bac.yards 2he -oly Spirit is the water -e is the one we see., the one on whom we depend for our +ery sur+i+al as Christians =e appreciate the hoses and are than.ful that the water flows throuh them, but we don;t lorify them It is my prayer that this boo. will ser+e as a hose brinin fresh water to you from the lifeJtransformin ri+er of
3. Feed your impartations !y fasting, studying the ord, and su!mitting yourself to a local church !ody. 2'8n! I tell tell you tat you are +eter +eter,, an! on tis roc/ I 0esus said, 2'8n! will buil! my curc, an! te gates o Ha!es will not overcome it'2 (6att "D5"&) =e all need to be acti+e parts of this di+ine oranism that 0esus -imself is buildin
In fact, in order for our ifts to flow and row, we must find our place in the body and remain part of it 2Just as eac o us as one bo!y wit many members, members, an! tese members members !o not all ave te same unction, so in ?rist we wo are many orm one bo!y, an! eac member belongs to all te oters2 (Aom (Aom "15'J@) Submission to the leadership of a church, and sacrificial i+in of tim time, tale talent ntss and and reso resour urce cess are are cruc crucia iall elem element entss in the the proc proces esss of nurturin the seeds beyy your your lea! lea!er erss an! an! subm submit it to tei teirr auto autori rity ty77 ey ey /ee) /ee) fruit 2>be watc watc over you as men wo must give an account account77 >bey >bey tem tem so tat tat teir wor/ will be a @oy, not a bur!en, or tat woul! be o no a!vantage to you2 3Heb7 1:1%67
. -e sensiti%e and responsi%e to the preaching of the ord. In+est a lot of time at the altar ecome li.e a 0acob who would not let o of
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I ha+e ha+e notic noticed ed a fri friht hten enin in tren trend d in chur church ch lead leader ershi ship p 6any 6any chur church ch lead leader erss sp spen end d a rea reatt deal deal of tim time i+i i+in n,, bu butt litt little le tim time recei+in 2hey spend a lot of time leadin, but not much time bein led It is a danerous phenomenon that successful leaders ha+e fallen into Bach one of us must be poured into on a continual basis =e must be fed spiritually 8o you ha+e a plan to respond to this need> 9ur church ma.es reular in+estments in the pastoral staff I can be touched in my own city I can e+en be touched in my own prayer closetE 7es, we can be touched in our own prayer closet I aree that it is important to de+elop our pri+ate communion with
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to lea+e himbecause he wanted more of that spirit that he saw in his mentor I can testify that tra+elin around the world for seminars, teachins and tools has paid off for our church, for my family, and for me 3s a result of the relentless huner for
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=hat .inds of spiritual nutrition are most lac.in in your life> =hat are some ways you can start riht now to achie+e a more balanced EdietE>
3s. the 4ord if -e is satisfied with the le+el of intimacy between the two of you =hat would -e chane about your relationship>
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3s far as I am concerned, recei+in the power and the ifts of
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2Now conc concer ernin ning g " Corin orinth thia ians ns "1 bei beins ns with ith the the words ords,, 2Now s)iritual gits, bretren, I !o not want you to be ignorant2 31 ?or7 1$:1 NKJV67 2he church at Corinth had its problems, but a lac. of the power of the -oly Spirit was not one o ne of them 2hey 2he y were aboundin in the spiritual ifts
2he word word s)iritual in this this +ers +ersee is tran transl slat ated ed from from the the =ell, can you picture a church where miracles, prophecy, tonues, the interpretation interpretation of tonues, healins, healins, words of wisdom, wisdom, and words of .nowlede were common occurrences> I hope you can because that was the first century church 8n! it will be te en!=times curc7 2he church in Corinth had the power and it had the ifts, but it needed the boundaries boundaries and direction found in " Corinthians Corinthians "1, "% and "' ?or us, I see these chapters as ri+erban.s for the mihty ri+er of re+i+al If there are no ban.s to a ri+er, it becomes a flood 3 flood damaes e+erythin in its path If a church is full of power but lac.s uidelines, it will damae li+es -ere are some .ey o+ernin truths I disco+ered5 %. Sa' Sa'e S(i S(i"i "i)) u) u) di,, di,,e" e"e$ e$)) 5i, 5i,))-..
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2Now 2Now to eac eac one te manies maniestat tation ion o te .)irit .)irit is given or te common goo!2 31 ?or7 1$:%67 2he word maniestation comes from the )aneros osis is,, meanin
Isn;t it incredible that the -oly Spirit would clearly and +isibly
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re+eal -imself throuh us in such a manner, so that the whole body miht miht be built up> 2he ifts and the power of the -oly Spirit are i+en to profit all 2his is an important statement because it directs us to do away with public manifestations of the Spirit that are selfJratifyin 2here ha+e been se+eral se+eral occasions in our church when I had to correct correct people whose beha+ior b eha+ior was not edifyin to the body I did not question whether the Spirit of
Unity must be ta.en into consideration in the ministration of the ifts 2he enemy of our souls would lo+e to brin di+ision in -oly SpiritJ filled churches -e .nows that di+ision will cripple a reat mo+e of
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maturity or eFperience I will ne+er foret the woman who came up to me after a ser+ice, and, immediately immediately after introducin introducin herself, declared, EI am a aptist aptist I will not respond to your altar calls nor will I come forward for prayer Nor will I lift my hands durin worship Is that 9/>E I assured her she was welcome in our church :ust as she was I told her I lo+ed my aptist brothers and sisters and confessed that I owed them a debt of ratitude, ratitude, because it was members members of that denomination denomination who discipled me 2hat con+ersation too. place in "##@ Since then, she has become a wonderful leader in our women;s ministry She e+en tra+eled with our team to India I wish I could send you a +ideo clip of her EbeforeE and EafterE She now feels free to be at the altar, and ministers to the needs of women and children with reat sensiti+ity =e must learn to build unity in the midst of di+ersity <. T2 T2ee 5i,) 5i,) ))2a 2a)) 6ee( 6ee(-- eve" eve"/)2 /)2i$ i$5 5 )5e )5e)2 )2e" e"++ Lve Lve
I don;t thin. it is any accident that the E4o+e Chapter,E " Corinthians "%, is sandwiched between a chapter on spiritual ifts and onee on ton on tonue uess and and prop prophe hecy cy -ow -ow many any tim times ha+e ha+e aru arum ments ents erup erupte ted d betw betwee een n ent entec ecost ostal alss and and no nonJ nJe ent ntec ecos ostal talsH sH the the Eton Etonue ueJJ tal.ersE and those who belie+e this ift died in the first century It;s a shame that many Christians foret aul;s words5 8n! now I will sow you te most e5cellent e5cellent way7 I I s)ea/ in te tongues o men an! o angels, but ave not love, I am only a resoun!ing gong or a clanging cymbal7 31 ?or 1:167
In my personal eFperience, I ha+e seen +ery little lo+e enter into discussions on the ifts and their usae 2he lines di+idin the camps ha+e been clearly drawn5 charismatics and nonJcharismaticsH the ri+er people and the nonJri+er peopleH the 2oronto ri+er and the ensacola ri+er It seems that people loo. for eFcuses to disareeH howe+er, the problem does not lie in the fact that they disaree It lies in the lac. of lo+e they demonstrate toward those with whom they disaree It is possible, after all, to disaree areeably I ha+e de+eloped a respect for people li.e 0ac. -ayford, illy
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2he second crucial thin we can learn from " Corinthians "% is that we must administer the ifts in lo+e Some people see. the ifts because of the eFcitin or satisfyin emotions associated with them Some Some see. them for prestie prestie or powerH others, because of the potential potential for a lare ministry ministry ut our desire for and use of the ifts mus mustt not be based on pride, ambition, selfJratification, pre:udice, or preference 2he ifts of the Spirit function best when they are moti+ated and o+ern o+ erned ed by lo+e lo+e Since, 2(o! is love2 31 Jon *:&6, -is ifts must flow from a heart of lo+e and compassionH and the lo+e 3aga)e6 that we are called to eFhibit is unconditional =hen we use the ifts of the Spirit with If we see.
A Mdel ," Lve1a-ed Gi,)3s I lay in bed one niht in "#&D, I started weepin for hurtin people B+ery day, they would call our church and fledlin counselin center 2heir bro.en li+es, bondae, pain, and fear mo+ed me I .new that somehow
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and reached for the ible 6y wife sleepily inquired what I was doin and I told her I thouht E she as.ed I had to admit that I didn;t .now 9nce I located the passae, I read5 Aor ?rist's ?rist's love com)els us, because because we are convince! tat one !ie! !ie! or or all, all, an! tereo tereore re all !ie!7 !ie!7 8n! 8n! e !ie! or or all, all, tat tat tose wo live soul! soul! no longer longer live or temselves temselves but or im wo !ie! or tem an! was raise! again7 .o rom now on we regar! no one rom a worl!ly worl!ly )oint o view7 view7 oug we once once regar!e! ?rist ?rist in tis tis way, we !o so no longer7 longer7 ereor ereore, e, i anyone is in ?rist, ?rist, e is a new creation9 te ol! as gone, te new as come 8ll tis is rom (o!, (o!, wo reconcil reconcile! e! us to imsel imsel troug troug ?rist ?rist an! gave us te ministr ministryy o reconcil reconciliati iation: on: tat (o! was reconci reconciling ling te worl! worl! to imsel imsel in ?rist, ?rist, not counting counting men's sins against against tem7 tem7 8n! e as commit committe! te! to us te messa message ge o recon reconcil ciliat iatio ion7 n7 e are are tere tereor oree ?ri ?rist st's 's amba ambass ssa! a!or ors, s, as tou toug g (o! (o! were were ma/i ma/ing ng is is a))e a))eal al troug troug us7 us7 e im)lor im)loree you on ?ri ?rist st's 's beal beal: : Be recon reconcil cile! e! to (o!7 (o!7 (o! ma!e im wo a! no sin to be sin or us, so tat in im we migt become te rigteousness o (o!7 3$ ?or7 -:1*=$16
I was conf confus used ed by two two term termss us used ed by the the 3po post stle le aul aul55 the the ministry o reconciliation and the message o reconciliation (called the wor! o reconciliation in some translations) 8urin my year of ible collee, two years of seminary and eiht years years of personal study, study, I had ne+er heard these terms 2hat niht
T2"ee A"ea- i$ Need , Re4$4ilia)i$ 2here are three areas of a belie+er;s life that need reconciliation =e all need peace with 8oesn;t the ible promise that this is possible for you> 2You will /ee) im in )erect )eace, wose min! is staye! on You2 (Isa 1D5% N/0V) erfect peacewhat a tremendous promise B+ery man, woman, teen and child needs more peace If anyone
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doubts that, all they need do is loo. at the millions of desperate people who sedate themsel+es daily throuh the abuse of alcohol and drus 2he need for peace is so intense, many will settle for any +ersion of it they can find, e+en if, ultimately, it will destroy them If we who .now the the Sourc Sourcee of true true peac peace, e, lear learn n to minist inister er reco reconc ncili iliat ation ion to othe others rs,, countless people will find deli+erance from addictions and abuses of all .inds 2he world is full of hurtin hurtin and anry people 6illions 6illions of children children are seFually, physically or +erbally abused 6illions of adults ha+e been damaed by di+orce, family +iolence, pre:udice and other hardships -ow many marriaes and homes lac. peace today> 9nly the rince of eace really .nows, and only -e can empower us to help people find the reconciliation reconciliat ion they so urently need 9+er the past se+enteen se+enteen years of pastoral pastoral and counselin counselin ministry ministry,,
T2e Old Mdel , Mi$i-)"/ 2he -urtin 6ultitudes Aeached by 2he 8id you continue to suffer from past hurts and fears after your con+ersion to Christ> -as anyone ta.en the time to
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help you deal with these issues> I hope you attend a church that pro+ides care for your soul instead of inorin it elie+ers need to ha+e a healthy spirit, body and soul (ie, mind and and emot emotio ions ns) ) 3chi 3chie+ e+in in this this is no nott inst instan anta tane neou ousH sH it requ requir ires es a process, and oin throuh that process ta.es time and effort I li.e to usee a milit us ilitar ary y anal analo oy y to dem demon onst stra rate te this this trut truth h 3s so soon on as new new recr recrui uits ts arri arri+e +e at thei theirr assi assin ned ed milit ilitar ary y base base,, they they bei bein n to be sub:ected to a proram of transformation, commonly .nown as boot camp =hen they first et off the bus, they are not handed renades, assault rifles, roc.et launchers or the .eys to a tan. 2hey are first stripped of ci+ilian clothin, :ewelry and other belonins B+en the hairstyle hairstyle is chaned chaned 2he oal of the drill sereant is to transform transform their character, their minds and their bodiesH to turn ci+ilians into soldiers 9nly after they ha+e endured the transformation process are they i+en the weapons of warfare 3 new Christian, in order to become effecti+e, also must undero a process of transformation, demonstrated in the followin reconciliation model5
T2e Mdel , Re4$4ilia)i$ 2he -urtin 6ultitudes T2e C2u"42>- Mi--i$+ Rea42& Re4$4ile& Rai-e Relea-e 2he Sa+ed -urtin 6ultitudes (Rea42ed) 2he Sa+ed -ealed 6ultitudes 2he Sa+ed -ealed 8eli+ered 6ultitudes ( Re4$4iled) 2he Sa+ed -ealed 8eli+ered Bquipped 6ultitudes 2he Sa+ed -ealed 8eli+ered Bquipped 6oti+ated 6ultitudes 2he Sa+ed -ealed 8eli+ered Bquipped 6oti+ated In+ol+ed 6ultitudes 2he Sa+ed -ealed 8eli+ered Bquipped 6oti+ated In+ol+ed Bmpowered 6ultitudes (Rai-ed) 2he Sa+ed -ealed 8eli+ered Bquipped 6oti+ated In+ol+ed Bmpowered Commissioned 6ultitudes ( Relea-ed) Can you see the influence of lo+e throuh this +ersion of the discipleship process> 4o+e causes us to help people throuh a deep process of healin and renewal It is not a Emicrowa+e o+en approachE app roachE to discipleship discipleship 7ou miht miht say that it is a EslowJba.e EslowJba.e processE 3re we
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loo.in for a few warm bodies to fill our pews or a few transformed people to chane our world> ?irst Corinthians "%5' proclaims that 2love is )atient72 )atient72 It It ta.es patience to wor. with the hurtin multitudes multitudes 9nly the lo+e of -a+e you disco+ered the spiritual ifts 9ur spiritual ifts ha+e been strateically i+en to us by eople;s needs would be met by lay leaders 7our church would row because health enco encour ura aes es row rowth th 7our 7our minis inistry try will will not rem remain ain infe infert rtil ile e ;D !oes not loo/ at te tings tings man confirms this tendency5 2e loo/s at7 an loo/s at te outwar! outwar! a))earance, a))earance, but te <>;D loo/s loo/s at te eart2 31 .am 1":%67 If we want true re+i+al, we must chane 9ur +alues and processes must chane 9ur hearts and characters must be transformed by
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3 re+i+al will brin church rowth =hen I belie+e our chur church ches es sho shoul uld d be multic ulticul ultur tural al,, multi ultilin linu ual al,, multin ultinat ation ional al and and multiJethnic 2rue lo+e causes us to embrace e+eryone =e ha+e been called to use our ifts to reach e+ery color, race and people roup in the world 2hat is the heart of a aul was so than.ful for these belie+ers that he prayed for them to /ee) as/ing as/ing tat te te (o! o our recei+e more of the -oly Spirit 2I /ee)
Lve1("(elled P0e" =hy do we pray for the sic.> ecause we lo+e them =e hurt for
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them =hy do we pray for deli+erance> ecause we hate to see family members in bondae =hy do we +isit the sic. or elderly> ecause we are mo+ed by ecause our hearts are bro.en by their misery =hy do we spread the > ecaus ecause, e, li.e our ?ather, ?ather, we lo+e e+ery soul soul 2Aor (o! so love love! ! te te worl worl! ! tat tat e gave gave is is one one an! an! only only .on, .on, tat tat woe woeve verr believes in im sall not )eris but ave eternal lie2 3Jon :1"67 28s a 8on;t be enamored by the power e mo+ed by
NonJentecostals ha+e been accused by some of ha+in order, but no power 6any entecostals ha+e been accused of ha+in power, but no order erhaps this is why we ha+e been called EcharismaniacsE It is important to understand that re+i+al does not produce a lac. of order, only a lac. of human control In fact, order will direct the power of
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you may )ro)esy2 3NKJV67 3NKJV67 2he remainder of this chapter deals with the proper use of tonues, prophecy, interpretation of tonues and the role of the participants at ten ten sall sall we say, say, brote brotersC rsC en en you come come toget togeter er,, everyone as a ymn, or a wor! o instruction, instruction, a revelation, revelation, a tongue or an inter)retation7 inter)retation7 8ll o tese must be !one or te strengtening strengtening o te curc7 31 ?or7 1*: $"67
9rde 9rderr is esta establ blis ished hed for for the the pu purp rpos osee of edify edifyin in (ie (ie, , bu buil ildi din n up up,, encourain, and upliftin) the church 3nd the moti+ation behind all the instructions, the establishment of order, and e+en the desire to edify the church, is lo+e 8r 8a+id 4im, a wonderful pastor, theoloian, educator, friend, .)iritual (its , builds a stron case for this truth In and the author of .)iritual his his anal analy ysis sis of " Cori Corint nthi hian anss "1 "1JJ"' "',, 8r 8r 4im 4im conc conclu lude dess that that the the 3postle aul was not cateoriGin the +alue of each iftH rather, he was usin the principles principles of lo+e and order to direct the worship and ser+ice 2ereore, my broters, broters, be eager to )ro)esy, an! of our reat
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4et us pray for these three inredients to be in our li+es and
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churches
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3re you at peace with If not, what are some steps you will ta.e to achie+e that peace>
-ow can you yield to the -oly Spirit more>
CONCLUSION+ TAKING IT TO THE STREETS ible truths cannot remain hidden behind stainedJlass windows 2hey are not abstract concepts with which to entertain our minds 2he =ord of home> It is my hope and prayer that you will use the se+en .eys of this boo. to unloc. a whole new world, a world of opportunities, challenes and +ictories I can testify that these .eys ha+e unloc.ed doors of ministry and relationships for me So far, we ha+e started four churches and adopted two others =e also ha+e started three ible collees, a home for women in crisis, a school and other new +entures 3s I write these paes, I am re+iewin a whole new series of doors that
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=e will soon start at least three more collees in forein countries =e ha+e ha+e been been in+i in+ite ted d to cond conduc uctt addi additi tion onal al past pastor ors; s; scho school olss and and healin crusades in =hat is you> =hat do you ha+e in yo your ur house> =hat do you ha+e in your hands and your heart>
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and "uldah -untain , missionaries to Calcutta who touched the the hu hurt rtin in, , the the hu hun nry ry and and the the sic. sic. with ith the the o osp spel el,, feed feedin in prorams, schools, clinics and a hospitalH
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and Felicia /haw, team members with the untains ?elicia, who recently passed away, started a hospital with only a shoeboF full full of medica medicall sup suppli plies es It is now a se+enJ se+enJstor story y, stateJ stateJofJ ofJthe theJa Jart rt facilityH
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7laudio and -etty Freid8on, a couple who ha+e roc.ed 3rentina with re+i+al fire 2hey ha+e eFpanded their +ision to touch the
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world throuh hue crusades 2he mos 2he ostt impo import rtan antt aspe aspect ct of lear learni nin n is appl apply yin in you ourr new new .nowlede and turnin the theory into practice 8on;t be afraid to fail ?ear will paralyGe the wor. of ecause
8ifferent ifts and differently ifted people ha+e been prepared for +arious needs 2his truth is also discussed in Bphesians '5""J"%5 It was e wo gave some to be a)ostles, some to be )ro)ets, )ro)ets, some to be evangelists, evangelists, an! some to be )astors an! teacers, teacers, to )re)are (o!'s )eo)le or wor/s o service, service, so tat te bo!y o ?rist may be built u) until we all reac unity in te ait an! in te /nowle!ge o te .on o (o! an! become mature, attaining to te wole measure o te ullness o ?rist7
=ow =hen anointed belie+ers are released to eFercise their unique ifts, the body rows and matures 3s this boo. comes to an end, I hope you will aree with me in the followin prayer5 > (o!, o!, )lea )lease se use use tes tesee /ey /eys to unlo unloc/ c/ your your )ow )ower in an! an! troug troug every )erson )erson wo rea!s rea!s tis tis boo/7 boo/7 (ive (ive tem tem an insatiable insatiable
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ung ungeer or or more ore o You7 You7 4m)o 4m)owe werr tem tem to live live sacr sacri iic icia iall an! an! su)ernatural lives7
Now it;s time to start puttin these principles into practice5 -ow can you start impartin this wee.> ➢ 2each
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