Written on October 12th, 2006 - 12:00AM Last Updated: October 18th, 2006 - 9:32PM Last Accessed: April 13th, 2024 - 4:30AM
I had determined to begin a three-part series on the manifestations of the Spirit, taught in person at my assembly. Then, the night before I was to begin, I began to feel sick. It progressed even until the same day I was to speak. I felt as though I wouldn't be able to even leave the house, due to extreme weakness and a horrible headache.
I discerned it was the work of the Enemy, trying to keep me from sharing this message of the HolySpirit. And so I prayed toward that end and publicly told him that he would not stop me, but that I would speak what the Lord had given me.
That night I shared the message to my assembly, which I heard from them was a blessing and source of knowledge to those attending, and following I no longer felt sick. It had left after I taught the Word.
I call this wellness through preaching! As I stood firm in the face of adversity, recognizing the tactics of Satan, I followed through until I had finished the course that I had prepared in the Lord. In so doing, his attack was defeated and I regained the health that is mine in ChristJesus.
Do not become discouraged when you face reprisal from the Devil for doing the work of God. It merely reveals that you are indeed in the will of God and he is doing all he can to prevent it, not caring that he is revealing it is him, Satan, at work. He cannot stand against the power of the Spirit, and if you stand in the Lord, not fainting but trusting and acting in that same Lord, you will prevail and Satan will lose!
As you read this site, you will hopefully come to know Yahweh more fully.
But all of this continuing knowledge is useless unless and until you come into union with Him. I use the word union because it is truly a marriage. It is that deep connection we all seek, for which we most often look in other people. However, the truth is that our hearts will only be fulfilled when we enter that union in fullness with the One Who made us.
This is the grace of God, that He has not stayed distant for us only to worship as Creator. But He has come unto us, even become one of us—in His Son, ChristJesus—in order to share an intimate union with us. He desires such closeness that it truly will envelope our entire life, transforming us into something new and wonderful.
You may have already entered this union with Him and only seek to know Him better through reading here. But if you have not, as you do read, let this Gospel sink into your heart as you read it now.
God loves you, and has cast your sins into the sea. He has sent His only Son as the Savior of the world—that includes you.
That Son, JesusChrist, was born as a man through a virgin who had given her life to Yahweh; He lived without sin, reflected the glory of His Father, God, in all His words and deeds, and was persecuted even unto death because of it.
His death upon a cross was the powerful explosion that separated you from your life of death. It remains for you, now, to enter into that death with Him. As you die to the one you are now, a person separated from God from your many sins, you will be born anew, with a nature predisposed to live rightly. This gift is free to you, with nothing you can do to earn it. It is the mercy of God to offer it to you, as He loves you so much! All you must do is receive it by trusting Him to have delivered you. Simply place your life in His hands and embrace the freedom that came through that death on the cross.
The Gospel is that Jesus did not remain dead, but rose again on the third day after His crucifixion! Death could not hold Him, as He was without sin. And so death will not be able to hold you, as you identify with Him fully through your trust in Him. Let go of yourself and confess Him as Lord of your life. The power of His death and resurrection will work in you all that your Creator has destined for you. You will truly enter a new life and experience that intimate union you have been seeking all of your life.
So ponder these words as you read here of this great God—Yahweh—and all that He has revealed to His creation. Let His Spirit testify to your heart that these words are true, that God is Love, and that He sent His Son so that you might receive the life that is unbound by time and space. As you feel that witness in your heart, simply believe and receive what He is offering to you, even now, and begin your new life as a child of God.
Please write to me and let me know when you take this step, as I will be your brother in Christ—we will be one in Him!
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