Jesus is a person, a real live person, that walked this earth, please do not think otherwise. He is one of us and the closest way we can ever relate to God. With that being the case we need to get to know Him. In order to know someone, anyone, you must have time with them. You get to know their quirks, their likes and dislikes, and to know them is to have a relationship with them. Jesus is the same. For us to really know Him we must spend time with Him. This is done by a few ways – The Word of God, through prayer, the church, and through our praise.
We we get in the Word we learn what He wants and what He doesn’t want. We learn what He likes and what He dislikes of His people but mainly of us. There are only two commandments but there are many laws (likes and dislikes). It is easy to say; “Jesus left us with only two commandments,” and I know this because I was one of ‘those’ that said it. This allowed me to justify my actions and that is not of God. I can readily laugh at myself now since He has shown me that I was wrong. I will admit to my faults and when I am wrong so much now when I never would before. I was a slave to sin but I am not any longer, now I am His friend. John 15:15
Jesus set the example for prayer and time with God. He went away from everyone early in the morning to have His own quiet time. This enabled Him to align Himself with what the Father wanted Him to do. He did nothing without the Father. John 5:9. This is the same for us; we can do nothing in God’s will without aligning ourselves to Him. He is the vine and we are the branches… in order to produce any good we must stay in accordance with the Lord. Jesus is God! John 15:5. when in prayer we must be silent, or modern day shut-up, to hear from Him. I cannot hear you if I am constantly talking therefore I must listen. Listening to God is the same! We must remain silent and act accordingly. Being in the will of God is the safest place you’ll ever be in your life; whether people agree, like you or not. God did not give us a spirit of fear or caring what others think. Believe me people are not your way into heaven but only Jesus is!
People get so church hurt because of the spirit of religion these days that they do not have a church home, or a single mom feels the church will look down upon her. Who CARES!! You do not go to church to please them but to please God. The church will increase your faith and there is no way to please Him except with faith. Heb 11:6. God speaks to all of His children and if you aren’t hearing from God you need to clean up your act and make sure you are really His child! John 8:47. We are called to go to church because we are the church. Every child of God has a special gift from Jesus to edify the church and to glorify Him. 1 Cor 12:27- we are the body of Christ. 1 Cor 12:7 all given gifts and that they are handed out by the Holy Spirit Jesus sent us. 1 Cor 12 is all about spiritual gifts, what they are and why we are given these gifts from God. The spirit of religion has quenched the Spirit of God in disbelief that these gifts are still present and God is about to prove He did not stop handing these out. Do not allow being church hurt to stop you from being a disciple of Christ- we were all called to be His disciples and spread The Gospel; even women. Religion is a doozy we have to banish… lets take care of that in our churches- bind the spirits because discerning the spirits is a gift and I know this because I have it. It has been really hard coming out about these gifts and sharing what God has shown me because of the spirit of religion. I bind the spirit of religion and I send it back to hell where it came from and where it belongs. I ask You, Jesus, to remove it from the USA, from Your church, and from all of Your people. Allow them to see You for You and to allow You to run our churches and our country- amen! To come into agreement with someone on any prayer you 1. acknowledge that sometimes we need help in getting rid of a spirit that plagues us 2. agree that it needs removal 3. say you agree and say amen! Matt 16:19 bind and loose.
When you praise God you are getting straight into the throne room. He tells us to thank Him and to praise Him- Jesus did! Check out the Lord’s Prayer for proof and if you do not know how to pray that is the best place to start. The Holy Spirit will teach you to pray. He is who tells you what we need and how it needs to be done because I am just not this smart as much as I would love to say I am … I am not without Him. I am nothing without He! He is my lifeline and the best wireless connection I will ever have. Praise and real praise, not sitting on your butt but really praising and worshiping God gets His attention! This praise and worship gets us straight to Him and He does respond. I have seen Him answer my prayers because I have aligned myself with Him and what He wants to do.. through my praise He has heard my heart and my supplication. I do not go before God and ask anything without the thanks for what He has already done. Pure worship gets us to the Throne! So, raise a hallelujah!! There is no shame is pure worship for the Lord with the rest of His body! go to church and worship Him!
God speaks in a few different ways… it appears as we will go over that at some point, possibly tomorrow I am not sure yet because I have not been given clearance. He is really hilarious and fun to hang out with when you get to know Him. I love working for Him and that He is my best friend. It is so weird for me to even say that He completes me but He is the best part of me. I want us to all get where I am with Him, so does He!
Be Still & Shut up 