Showing posts with label Jesus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jesus. Show all posts
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Friday, June 28, 2013
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Who is like you oh Lord our shepherd and our king.
Who is like you oh Lord among the gods? You who heal the broken hearted binding up all wounds.
Befriender of sinners and outcasts and stay far away from the self righteous. Who is rich in mercy and your garment adorned in grace.
Your righteousness shines like dawn and keeps your beloved lambs safe throughout the affairs of the day.
Who is like you oh Lord our shepherd and our king. There is none who can be compared to you. None can come close at all. In you the mountains of trouble, sickness and lack all melt like wax.
In you all things become beautiful and burdens become weightless because you carried them all away from us. In our most trying times oh Lord, the toughest times the fiercest battleground there is a door of hope to a valley of blessings.
Who can understand the richness of your grace we can only just begin. Your grace lives from eternity to eternity. We just stand in awe. You are Grace as much as You are love. There is forgiveness of sins even for a believer. Your precious blood avails to one and all.
Praise you Lord. Praise you Jesus.
I guess when I speak in tongues this would be the interpretation. All praises.
Befriender of sinners and outcasts and stay far away from the self righteous. Who is rich in mercy and your garment adorned in grace.
Your righteousness shines like dawn and keeps your beloved lambs safe throughout the affairs of the day.
Who is like you oh Lord our shepherd and our king. There is none who can be compared to you. None can come close at all. In you the mountains of trouble, sickness and lack all melt like wax.
In you all things become beautiful and burdens become weightless because you carried them all away from us. In our most trying times oh Lord, the toughest times the fiercest battleground there is a door of hope to a valley of blessings.
Who can understand the richness of your grace we can only just begin. Your grace lives from eternity to eternity. We just stand in awe. You are Grace as much as You are love. There is forgiveness of sins even for a believer. Your precious blood avails to one and all.
Praise you Lord. Praise you Jesus.
I guess when I speak in tongues this would be the interpretation. All praises.
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Look at Jesus' unlimited supplies.
Don't look at our lack look to Our Daddy God's unlimited supplies. Ask largely for His blessings and He will exceed that. We ask for the nations He gives us the whole universe.
Translated by Google Translate:
当社のパパ、神の無限の供給に対する当社の欠如を見を見てはいけない。彼の祝福のために主に尋ね、彼はことを超えてしまいます。我々は彼が私たちに宇宙全体を与える国にお願い致します。
Translated by Google Translate:
当社のパパ、神の無限の供給に対する当社の欠如を見を見てはいけない。彼の祝福のために主に尋ね、彼はことを超えてしまいます。我々は彼が私たちに宇宙全体を与える国にお願い致します。
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Christ is the Head of my household and the King of my heart.
2 Samuel 6 (King James Version)
6And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
7And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
11And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household.
12And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.
13And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
14And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
15So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
When we are in Christ, we are a new creation, the old has passed and the new has come. our attitude towards Christ Jesus will determine how blessed we can be.
Obededom obviously knew how to honour the Ark, and the Ark was very comfortable in his household and so everyone and everything in his household was blessed. Compared to Uzzah whose name means personal strength.
Hence we conclude that we cannot use our personal strength to honour the Ark in our life. We must use His strength and His method. When we do, one of the evidence would be that our hearts are filled with gladness.
Like for every "...six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings."
remembering the Holy sacrifice as often as we do it, do it in remembrance of Jesus. One very practical way is to part-take the Holy Communion on a regular and personal basis remembering Jesus and honouring the finished work on the Cross.
Constantly affirming our love for Him, and His love for us.
The Holy Spirit prompted me yesterday when I was feeling so depressed "Do you still believe that God loves you very much?" His voice was so gentle and so soothing.
Sad hearts weep no more. In the presence of our Lord Jesus there is abundant life.
Amen.
6And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
7And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
11And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household.
12And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.
13And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
14And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
15So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
When we are in Christ, we are a new creation, the old has passed and the new has come. our attitude towards Christ Jesus will determine how blessed we can be.
Obededom obviously knew how to honour the Ark, and the Ark was very comfortable in his household and so everyone and everything in his household was blessed. Compared to Uzzah whose name means personal strength.
Hence we conclude that we cannot use our personal strength to honour the Ark in our life. We must use His strength and His method. When we do, one of the evidence would be that our hearts are filled with gladness.
Like for every "...six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings."
remembering the Holy sacrifice as often as we do it, do it in remembrance of Jesus. One very practical way is to part-take the Holy Communion on a regular and personal basis remembering Jesus and honouring the finished work on the Cross.
Constantly affirming our love for Him, and His love for us.
The Holy Spirit prompted me yesterday when I was feeling so depressed "Do you still believe that God loves you very much?" His voice was so gentle and so soothing.
Sad hearts weep no more. In the presence of our Lord Jesus there is abundant life.
Amen.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Sing O Barren
Isaiah 54 (King James Version)
1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear;
break forth into singing, and cry aloud,
thou that didst not travail with child:
for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
2Enlarge the place of thy tent,
and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations:
spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
3For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left;
and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles,
and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
4Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed:
neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame:
for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth,
and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
5 For thy Maker is thine husband;
the LORD of hosts is his name;
and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel;
The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
6 For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit,
and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee;
but with great mercies will I gather thee.
8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment;
but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me:
for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth;
so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed;
but my kindness shall not depart from thee,
neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed,
saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
I asked Abba, what songs he wanted me to sing?
In my distress and state of despair, what songs he wants me to sing?
How can I sing? How can I rejoice when I am so sad?
He reminded me of the past, how I comforted my loved ones ... in their times of distress
in their times of desperation, in their times when everyone seemed to have left them ...
How did you comfort them, my child?
I just strummed my guitar the best I knew how
and sang songs like "Is your burden heavy ...
does the future press you with its worries and its cares ...
Jesus will help you when on His name you call ...
He is always there hearing every prayer faithful and true,
walking by our side in His love we hide all the days through,
when you get discouraged just remember what to do,
reach out for Jesus, He's reaching out to you."
"Have you a heart that's weary, tending a load of care,
are you a soul that's seeking, rest from the burdens you bear.
Do you know, do you know my Jesus? do you know do you know my Friend?
Have you heard He loves you, and that He will abide till then end.
Who knows your disappointments, who cares each time you cry
who understands your heartaches, who dries the tears from your eyes ...
do you know my Jesus? do you know do you know my friend?
Have you heard He loves you, and that He will abide till the end."
"therefore being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ
because the love of God was shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us."
"with Christ in the vessel I can smile at the storm"
"Jesus is the answer for the world today, beside Him there's no other Jesus is the way"
"Behold what manner of love the Father has given unto us, that we should be called the sons of God"
"Jesus we enthrone You, we proclaim You are King"
Sing till His peace fills our hearts.
If we know that God our Abba is always on our side,
and He has already sent forth His words to bless us His children,
and when we return His words back to Him,
they would NEVER return to Him void without
ACCOMPLISHING HIS PURPOSES in our lives.
How much more we want to sing His praises and give Him our thanksgiving.
Try singing in our darkest times when nothing seems to go right,
and you will be surprised that the darkness just dispels ...
when the light of the World shines in our hearts and illumine our lives.
when was the last time we encountered set backs, how have we walked out of them?
as many as come to Him, He healeth them all, he blessed them all.
Do not be afraid to approach Him, especially when we tried so hard and yet we failed.
who can we go to except to Him our Saviour, how can we make it without Him?
we are so infinitely small, He is so infinitely BIG ...
He holds the whole universe in His hand
and we are in the palm of His hand, and the Father our Abba,
is also keeping us in Jesus' hand and
no one can ever snatch us out of the palm of His hand.
No matter how we walk, we are still in His hand,
the hand which has a nail scar which bleed and died for you and me
in exchange for our peace and our rest and the abundant life that He has already purchased for us.
He was made poor on the cross, that by His poverty we might become rich. HE bore all our sicknesses and our pains, that we can be made whole, by His stripes we were healed.
Jesus loves us very much, this is REAL love not cyber.
1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear;
break forth into singing, and cry aloud,
thou that didst not travail with child:
for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
2Enlarge the place of thy tent,
and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations:
spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
3For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left;
and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles,
and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
4Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed:
neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame:
for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth,
and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
5 For thy Maker is thine husband;
the LORD of hosts is his name;
and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel;
The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
6 For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit,
and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee;
but with great mercies will I gather thee.
8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment;
but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me:
for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth;
so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed;
but my kindness shall not depart from thee,
neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed,
saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
I asked Abba, what songs he wanted me to sing?
In my distress and state of despair, what songs he wants me to sing?
How can I sing? How can I rejoice when I am so sad?
He reminded me of the past, how I comforted my loved ones ... in their times of distress
in their times of desperation, in their times when everyone seemed to have left them ...
How did you comfort them, my child?
I just strummed my guitar the best I knew how
and sang songs like "Is your burden heavy ...
does the future press you with its worries and its cares ...
Jesus will help you when on His name you call ...
He is always there hearing every prayer faithful and true,
walking by our side in His love we hide all the days through,
when you get discouraged just remember what to do,
reach out for Jesus, He's reaching out to you."
"Have you a heart that's weary, tending a load of care,
are you a soul that's seeking, rest from the burdens you bear.
Do you know, do you know my Jesus? do you know do you know my Friend?
Have you heard He loves you, and that He will abide till then end.
Who knows your disappointments, who cares each time you cry
who understands your heartaches, who dries the tears from your eyes ...
do you know my Jesus? do you know do you know my friend?
Have you heard He loves you, and that He will abide till the end."
"therefore being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ
because the love of God was shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us."
"with Christ in the vessel I can smile at the storm"
"Jesus is the answer for the world today, beside Him there's no other Jesus is the way"
"Behold what manner of love the Father has given unto us, that we should be called the sons of God"
"Jesus we enthrone You, we proclaim You are King"
Sing till His peace fills our hearts.
If we know that God our Abba is always on our side,
and He has already sent forth His words to bless us His children,
and when we return His words back to Him,
they would NEVER return to Him void without
ACCOMPLISHING HIS PURPOSES in our lives.
How much more we want to sing His praises and give Him our thanksgiving.
Try singing in our darkest times when nothing seems to go right,
and you will be surprised that the darkness just dispels ...
when the light of the World shines in our hearts and illumine our lives.
when was the last time we encountered set backs, how have we walked out of them?
as many as come to Him, He healeth them all, he blessed them all.
Do not be afraid to approach Him, especially when we tried so hard and yet we failed.
who can we go to except to Him our Saviour, how can we make it without Him?
we are so infinitely small, He is so infinitely BIG ...
He holds the whole universe in His hand
and we are in the palm of His hand, and the Father our Abba,
is also keeping us in Jesus' hand and
no one can ever snatch us out of the palm of His hand.
No matter how we walk, we are still in His hand,
the hand which has a nail scar which bleed and died for you and me
in exchange for our peace and our rest and the abundant life that He has already purchased for us.
He was made poor on the cross, that by His poverty we might become rich. HE bore all our sicknesses and our pains, that we can be made whole, by His stripes we were healed.
Jesus loves us very much, this is REAL love not cyber.
Monday, November 19, 2007
One Thousand Dollar Note
Genesis 1
26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 2
7And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Romans 8
9You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
2 Corinthians 5
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
so I asked the Lord after I heard someone comparing us to a thousand dollar note and thereafter to a piece of white paper ...
He told me: "I have never said you are worthless ... in fact, you are likened to the pearl of great price, when the merchant (my Son) found it, he sold everything just to buy you ... "
My Breath is in you, and what's more? My Spirit is now in you, the new creation ... my beloved child ... how can you be worthless?
we are precious in God's sight so precious that He is willing to send Heaven's best
His very own Son Jesus to die for us and to give us His kind of life!
we are twice as precious ... one His breath is in us ... two His Spirit is in our heart ...
Thank you Jesus!
Thank you Abba God!
26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 2
7And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Romans 8
9You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
2 Corinthians 5
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
so I asked the Lord after I heard someone comparing us to a thousand dollar note and thereafter to a piece of white paper ...
He told me: "I have never said you are worthless ... in fact, you are likened to the pearl of great price, when the merchant (my Son) found it, he sold everything just to buy you ... "
My Breath is in you, and what's more? My Spirit is now in you, the new creation ... my beloved child ... how can you be worthless?
we are precious in God's sight so precious that He is willing to send Heaven's best
His very own Son Jesus to die for us and to give us His kind of life!
we are twice as precious ... one His breath is in us ... two His Spirit is in our heart ...
Thank you Jesus!
Thank you Abba God!
Friday, November 2, 2007
Everything He does is wonderful - The Miracle of Almologna
The Miracle of Almolonga
Mark 7:37
for they were overcome with utter amazement.
Again and again they said, “Everything he does is wonderful;
he even corrects deafness and stammering!”
now I always have a picture of this in my heart
all these years after hearing a message from a pastor …
and I would like to share this picture with you ...
may our cities and our lives be like Almolonga!
MIRACLE
Guatemala: ‘The Miracle of Almolonga’
By Sarah Pollak
CWNews
June 10, 2005
CBN.com – Imagine a town where there are so few crimes the jails have been closed, and the food crops are so big and luscious they could have come from the Garden of Eden.
It’s a miracle happening in a small town in Central America where spiritual revival led to a remarkable transformation.
Almolonga is a small town nestled high in the western mountains of Guatemala . Here, both people and economic conditions are proving a remarkable exception to the national norm.
The majority of Almolonga's 18,000 residents are farmers. Much of the work is still done by hand, including cultivation and irrigation.
What sets Almolonga apart from other Guatemalan farming villages is the incredible volume of its agricultural production.
On a typical market day, during one of the 8 harvests per year, tons and tons of fresh vegetables are gathered in the town center for export. Here they are loaded onto large tractor-trailers. An average of 40 of these tractor-trailers a day leave Almolonga, loaded with some of the finest produce grown in the Western Hemisphere .
It's no wonder Almolonga is called " America 's Vegetable Patch"!
But something else distinguishes Almolonga besides its vegetables. The villagers like to speak about that on signs leading into town. Signs saying: "Jesus is Lord of Almolonga". And that has made all the difference!
Juan Riscajche is an Almolongan farmer.
Juan attested, “Definitely, all this is a blessing directly from God. Because we know that He is the owner of the whole earth. And He also is the one who provides us with the seed. So the only thing that we do is to follow His instructions. And you can see the results we have! We know it is a direct blessing from God to us.”
Juan is a typical Almolongan. His strong Christian faith is as real to him as the vegetables he lovingly tends by hand.
His son, Mariano Riscajche, pastors one of the town's largest congregations, El Calvario ( Calvary ) Church.
Pastor Mariano vividly remembers the day God first got his attention. He told me, “It was in 1974, I was then a real drunk, walking the streets. I heard a voice, ‘Mariano’, the first time. ‘Mariano’ the second time. And the third time: ‘Mariano, I've chosen you to come with Me!’”
And, indeed, in the 1970’s, Mariano was one of the first in a wave of supernatural conversions that swept through Almolonga.
A call to repentance and holiness was followed by a period of intense spiritual warfare. Mariano, now a believer, also became a Pastor. He told us about a particular incident, when he felt God’s leading to cast a demon out of a drunken man.
Mariano described the event this way, “And suddenly from that man's throat came a hoarse voice saying ‘No! No! This is mine and you cannot take it away from me. I am powerful and all this town is my domain and nobody can come and intrude in here!’” That demon told Pastor Mariano his name was Maximon.
Effigies of Maximon had long been venerated and worshipped in Guatemala . We found one in the neighboring village of Zunil . Candles are burned in front of it and hard liquor and cigarettes are sacrificed to the idol, who's said to be a combination of Judas Iscariot, Conquistador Pedro Alvarado and the Mayan deity Ry Laj Man.
Now Pastor Mariano knew exactly who he was dealing with—and how to respond. Mariano said he told the demon, “ Be quiet! The time has come to take authority over you, and this town.” At this moment, the Spirit of God came over me! I said, “Loose him!” Instantly that drunken man was free!
Even the town became free! Since then, it's been estimated that over 90% of Almolonga’s people are now born again Christians. The usual form of address has become “Hermano” (Brother).
A generation ago, there were only 4 churches here. Today there are 23! The last jail closed down in 1988, because there's virtually no crime in this town.
Once there was rampant alcoholism, now bars have been closed or torn down and rebuilt into church halls. The lot where Calvary Church was built was formerly occupied by Almolonga's largest saloon.
Everywhere in Almolonga, blessing and prosperity are evident. People who used to pinch pennies (centavos) to buy a donkey are now driving Toyota pickups! Plus, the trailers that haul away vegetables are most often pulled by Mercedes Benz trucks!
Pastor Harold Caballeros of El Shaddai Church in Guatemala City says repentance and revival have completely transformed Almolonga!
Pastor Harold explained, “The mentality, and the way of thinking and the patterns of thinking of the people has changed so drastically! Changed from a culture of death, a culture of alcoholism, idolatry and witchcraft, to a culture today where they think only about expanding the kingdom of God—prosperity, blessing, healing—and everything related to Revival!”
Pastor Mariano Riscajche says the Miracle of Almolonga shouldn't be unique, not at all! “Just as God did it here, it can happen everywhere in the world!”
Pastor Mariano added, “What the Lord wants to do—in anyplace—is to show that, through His power, He can lead people to freedom and a better life!”
Jesus is still in the business showing forth His love for His beloved children today!
Cheers
Mark 7:37
for they were overcome with utter amazement.
Again and again they said, “Everything he does is wonderful;
he even corrects deafness and stammering!”
now I always have a picture of this in my heart
all these years after hearing a message from a pastor …
and I would like to share this picture with you ...
may our cities and our lives be like Almolonga!
MIRACLE
Guatemala: ‘The Miracle of Almolonga’
By Sarah Pollak
CWNews
June 10, 2005
CBN.com – Imagine a town where there are so few crimes the jails have been closed, and the food crops are so big and luscious they could have come from the Garden of Eden.
It’s a miracle happening in a small town in Central America where spiritual revival led to a remarkable transformation.
Almolonga is a small town nestled high in the western mountains of Guatemala . Here, both people and economic conditions are proving a remarkable exception to the national norm.
The majority of Almolonga's 18,000 residents are farmers. Much of the work is still done by hand, including cultivation and irrigation.
What sets Almolonga apart from other Guatemalan farming villages is the incredible volume of its agricultural production.
On a typical market day, during one of the 8 harvests per year, tons and tons of fresh vegetables are gathered in the town center for export. Here they are loaded onto large tractor-trailers. An average of 40 of these tractor-trailers a day leave Almolonga, loaded with some of the finest produce grown in the Western Hemisphere .
It's no wonder Almolonga is called " America 's Vegetable Patch"!
But something else distinguishes Almolonga besides its vegetables. The villagers like to speak about that on signs leading into town. Signs saying: "Jesus is Lord of Almolonga". And that has made all the difference!
Juan Riscajche is an Almolongan farmer.
Juan attested, “Definitely, all this is a blessing directly from God. Because we know that He is the owner of the whole earth. And He also is the one who provides us with the seed. So the only thing that we do is to follow His instructions. And you can see the results we have! We know it is a direct blessing from God to us.”
Juan is a typical Almolongan. His strong Christian faith is as real to him as the vegetables he lovingly tends by hand.
His son, Mariano Riscajche, pastors one of the town's largest congregations, El Calvario ( Calvary ) Church.
Pastor Mariano vividly remembers the day God first got his attention. He told me, “It was in 1974, I was then a real drunk, walking the streets. I heard a voice, ‘Mariano’, the first time. ‘Mariano’ the second time. And the third time: ‘Mariano, I've chosen you to come with Me!’”
And, indeed, in the 1970’s, Mariano was one of the first in a wave of supernatural conversions that swept through Almolonga.
A call to repentance and holiness was followed by a period of intense spiritual warfare. Mariano, now a believer, also became a Pastor. He told us about a particular incident, when he felt God’s leading to cast a demon out of a drunken man.
Mariano described the event this way, “And suddenly from that man's throat came a hoarse voice saying ‘No! No! This is mine and you cannot take it away from me. I am powerful and all this town is my domain and nobody can come and intrude in here!’” That demon told Pastor Mariano his name was Maximon.
Effigies of Maximon had long been venerated and worshipped in Guatemala . We found one in the neighboring village of Zunil . Candles are burned in front of it and hard liquor and cigarettes are sacrificed to the idol, who's said to be a combination of Judas Iscariot, Conquistador Pedro Alvarado and the Mayan deity Ry Laj Man.
Now Pastor Mariano knew exactly who he was dealing with—and how to respond. Mariano said he told the demon, “ Be quiet! The time has come to take authority over you, and this town.” At this moment, the Spirit of God came over me! I said, “Loose him!” Instantly that drunken man was free!
Even the town became free! Since then, it's been estimated that over 90% of Almolonga’s people are now born again Christians. The usual form of address has become “Hermano” (Brother).
A generation ago, there were only 4 churches here. Today there are 23! The last jail closed down in 1988, because there's virtually no crime in this town.
Once there was rampant alcoholism, now bars have been closed or torn down and rebuilt into church halls. The lot where Calvary Church was built was formerly occupied by Almolonga's largest saloon.
Everywhere in Almolonga, blessing and prosperity are evident. People who used to pinch pennies (centavos) to buy a donkey are now driving Toyota pickups! Plus, the trailers that haul away vegetables are most often pulled by Mercedes Benz trucks!
Pastor Harold Caballeros of El Shaddai Church in Guatemala City says repentance and revival have completely transformed Almolonga!
Pastor Harold explained, “The mentality, and the way of thinking and the patterns of thinking of the people has changed so drastically! Changed from a culture of death, a culture of alcoholism, idolatry and witchcraft, to a culture today where they think only about expanding the kingdom of God—prosperity, blessing, healing—and everything related to Revival!”
Pastor Mariano Riscajche says the Miracle of Almolonga shouldn't be unique, not at all! “Just as God did it here, it can happen everywhere in the world!”
Pastor Mariano added, “What the Lord wants to do—in anyplace—is to show that, through His power, He can lead people to freedom and a better life!”
Jesus is still in the business showing forth His love for His beloved children today!
Cheers
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Fear is False Evidence Appearing Real
False
Evidence
Appearing
Real
the acronym for fear
I was in the bathroom going to brush my teeth this morning...
and to my surprise I saw my tap a different kind of tap that was installed in our bathroom ...
it was a push down tap ... not the turn type ... nor the lift up type ... which I was used to ...
so I called for my hubby to come and take a look at it ... thought he might have changed it without telling me about it ... but who could have changed to such tap in their own home? these are for public toilets where they don't encourage use of more water ...
but when he came to take a look, the tap became a turning type ...
and I was thinking I was probably hallucinating perhaps because of stress ...
but when I tried to reach out to the tap and turn it, the tap became the push down type with a small lever by the side as I first saw it earlier ...
then I found myself telling my hubby : "This is certainly NOT REAL."
and I found myself on my bed awaking from my sleep.
I realise that Abba is trying to tell me something ... what I see right now is most probably NOT REAL ... even in real life ...
what is real and eternal is WHAT HIS WORD SAYS.
so if we see the circumstances in our lives that contradict
what His Word says
we must stand up
and be convicted that THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT REAL.
what then is real?
okay, for a start let us try meditating on Deu 28 for those of us who are in Christ
Gal 3:
13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree."
14He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
so we are delivered from the curse of the law, so we indeed stand to enjoy ALL the blessings of Deuteronomy 28
Christ has kept all the law so that we can enjoy the blessings through Christ ...
1 If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.
2 All these blessings will come upon you and accompany you if you obey the LORD your God:
3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
4 The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
5 Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.
6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
7 The LORD will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven.
8 The LORD will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The LORD your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.
9 The LORD will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the LORD your God and walk in his ways.
10 Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will fear you.
11 The LORD will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your forefathers to give you.
12 The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.
13 The LORD will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the LORD your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.
Christ died to give us all these inheritance, and He lives again to make sure that we receive them all ... stand tall blessed ones of the Lord ... only believe.
God our Father has made joint-heirs with Christ Jesus. Salvation comes from the Lord.
Salvation is saved from hell, death, sicknesses, curses, poverty, unclean habits, etc ...
Salvation is prosperity, good health, success, love, happiness, joy, abundant life, etc ...
Evidence
Appearing
Real
the acronym for fear
I was in the bathroom going to brush my teeth this morning...
and to my surprise I saw my tap a different kind of tap that was installed in our bathroom ...
it was a push down tap ... not the turn type ... nor the lift up type ... which I was used to ...
so I called for my hubby to come and take a look at it ... thought he might have changed it without telling me about it ... but who could have changed to such tap in their own home? these are for public toilets where they don't encourage use of more water ...
but when he came to take a look, the tap became a turning type ...
and I was thinking I was probably hallucinating perhaps because of stress ...
but when I tried to reach out to the tap and turn it, the tap became the push down type with a small lever by the side as I first saw it earlier ...
then I found myself telling my hubby : "This is certainly NOT REAL."
and I found myself on my bed awaking from my sleep.
I realise that Abba is trying to tell me something ... what I see right now is most probably NOT REAL ... even in real life ...
what is real and eternal is WHAT HIS WORD SAYS.
so if we see the circumstances in our lives that contradict
what His Word says
we must stand up
and be convicted that THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT REAL.
what then is real?
okay, for a start let us try meditating on Deu 28 for those of us who are in Christ
Gal 3:
13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree."
14He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
so we are delivered from the curse of the law, so we indeed stand to enjoy ALL the blessings of Deuteronomy 28
Christ has kept all the law so that we can enjoy the blessings through Christ ...
1 If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.
2 All these blessings will come upon you and accompany you if you obey the LORD your God:
3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
4 The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
5 Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.
6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
7 The LORD will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven.
8 The LORD will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The LORD your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.
9 The LORD will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the LORD your God and walk in his ways.
10 Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will fear you.
11 The LORD will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your forefathers to give you.
12 The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.
13 The LORD will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the LORD your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.
Christ died to give us all these inheritance, and He lives again to make sure that we receive them all ... stand tall blessed ones of the Lord ... only believe.
God our Father has made joint-heirs with Christ Jesus. Salvation comes from the Lord.
Salvation is saved from hell, death, sicknesses, curses, poverty, unclean habits, etc ...
Salvation is prosperity, good health, success, love, happiness, joy, abundant life, etc ...
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Believing in Him
Romans 10:
11For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
8But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
The above scripttures are taken from the King James version ...
my Living Bible Edition is a little different ...
v11 For the Scriptures tell us that no one who believes in Christ will ever be disapppointed.
v12b ... the same Lord who generously gives His riches to all who ask him for them.
now let us start asking ... or with our mouths declaring His riches ours ... He our Lord Jesus is always in a generous mood everyday every moment of the day, no one who believes in Him will ever be disappointed.
Cheers! and Shalom!
11For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
8But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
The above scripttures are taken from the King James version ...
my Living Bible Edition is a little different ...
v11 For the Scriptures tell us that no one who believes in Christ will ever be disapppointed.
v12b ... the same Lord who generously gives His riches to all who ask him for them.
now let us start asking ... or with our mouths declaring His riches ours ... He our Lord Jesus is always in a generous mood everyday every moment of the day, no one who believes in Him will ever be disappointed.
Cheers! and Shalom!
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