When we are ready, Christ will pour us out as an offering:

Brokenness is the end result of our salvation. We cannot walk the same walk after that. Christ will have H is way in our lives. He will squeeze us into uncomfortable places and change us. The Spiritual transformation has already taken place. Now He will point our feet in the right direction. The result: We will be poured out as a drink offering, no longer for ourselves, but for those whom Chirst chose to reach through us.

Oneness With Christ Involves Dying to Self

To be a disciple of Jesus Christ, it requires you give up all rights to yourself and follow Him. It is more than trusting in Him alone for salvation, it requires a singular purpose and identification in this world which is His will for you. Few people can give up all their rights. These personal rights are not necessarily sinful, but whatever good or bad exists outside of Christ must be forfieted in order to pick up your cross to follow Him.

For He knows what is in man...

With our mouth, we profess great works and loyalty. But in our heart, it is still full of wrath so He knows what is in man. On our best day, we submit to His power and let Him do with us what He wills.

Reconcilation produces freedom and life

Short of reconcilation, we labor with a hindered spirit. The Spirit of God places within us the freedom of a clear conscience to do His work. We should not grieve the spirit by tension among the bretheren. Therefore make it a point to be reconciled to one another, without placing blame so that we can be freed up to serve God.

If we are to be His disciple, it will be through grace

We cannot fill the shoes of one fully surrendered to Jesus, hating our own life in favor of His without supernatural power in us. The Bible teaches that we did not chose Him, but He chose us.
Therefore we should follow Him in the Spirit by faith for His Kingdom comes.

The Spirit of God Examines Us

We are not as good as we think we are. In our minds, we imagine ourself to be ones of Great Sacrifice for our Lord. "I will never betray You Lord. Even if I must die, I will never betray You." Do those words sound familiar? Sadly we are no better. We must pray that we yield to the Spirit of God and not only admit our sins, but confess them.

Jesus is both Teacher and Master

If Jesus is not your teacher and master, He is not part of you. Master is greater than friend, because no servant is greater than his master and the master knows all things. The master loves us and we love our master, not because he compels our love, but because his love as our example is greater than our own and we follow the master.

We were formed for God's Enjoyment & Glorification

Once we are born of the Spirit, we realize we belong to God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is Spirit. We are His workmanship and are wonderfully made. Praise be to God Almighty and to His Son for reconciling us to Himself for salvation.

Our Lord's Expectation: To Be Perfect

This may at first glance seem unreasonable. The expectation is not to be perfect in deed, but to identify with Christ, the Son of God, so that we view the world from His vantage point which is a Kingdom vantage point. "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness..." Jesus teaches. This is not an act that can be accomplished in the flesh, but one in which by God's grace we can accomplish.

Temptations are not to entice us to sin...

Temptations to entice us to sin would be futile because our sins are forgiven. The purpose of temptation is the ruin our testimony so that we will not be useful to God. Because if a person is born again, he has the Spirit of Christ formed in him, then the kind of temptations Christians receive are the ones that Christ received which attack our ministry and not our sinfulness.

The Nature of Our Soul and the Temptation it Faces

Temptation in and of itself is not sin. Temptation entices that which we already possess in our soul. The soul already perceives this as something good and the temptation is a means to get there quicker. The way is illegitimate and that is the reason it becomes sinful. No temptation has come upon man that the inner-man or soul can not raiser higher than to identify and resist.

Pray to God in your secret place

The reason for Jesus' instruction on praying is so that we understand that we are to please God, not man. Those who phrase fancy prayers in public, Jesus calls hypocrits. Those who petition their Father privately are the sons of God. When our will begins to conform the God's will, then we can ask what we may and it will be granted.

Move out farther, for His name's sake

A person's sense of pride covers the evil intents of the heart. Jesus tells us to walk in the light, as He is in the light. We need to walk as though there are no hidden agenda's. Renounce that which is not from God. Do not live the life of a double minded man. Instead move out further, for His name's sake so that all about you is without deceipt.

Spiritual Simplicity Not Spiritual Confusion

When spiritual matters seem confused, you can be sure that there is disobedience somewhere. The Spirit teaches spiritual simplicity and not spiritual confusion. Confusion is not of the Spirit, but from living out of harmony with the Holy One. Therefore when spiritual matters seem confused, turn to obedience and you will find discernment.

Come Unto Me...

This is a call for the surrender of the will. God's original plan for humankind was to be His representatives on earth. We were to work in His likeness, but sin is what caused the division.
Therefore it became necessary to be born again, but this time of the spirit. It is in the spirit where the will is from. When we make the decision to give up your own will so that Jesus can use you as He sees fit, we have come the full cycle to our created order.

Going the extra mile After the first ten steps

Our Lord instructed us to "go the extra mile", but many have difficulty with the first ten steps. Our life is not lived on mountain tops, but in the valley of ordinary life. We must get used to pleasing our Lord in the Valley, among the ordinary people and events of ordinary life. Then at the end of our life, we can look back and see all those whom we touched with the love of Jesus.

Training for battle

We know that our life is confronted by spiritual warfare. Our means of becoming ready for the fight is personal worship with the Lord. It is here where we learn to fight the good fight and to be ready for God when called upon. A person cannot live apart from God in our daily lives and still have hope of being ready when called. So it should be with joy that we spend time alone with our Lord so He can share His secrets and truth with us personally.

Take Every Thought Captive Unto Christ

Our minds are impulsive and tend to wander. Also, it is through our minds and their images from which evil thoughts and desires arise. We tend to imagine the "what ifs" of our inner-thoughts. These are not birthed from above, but from the Tempter. Therefore, before we act on our own accord (like Adam & Eve) take that thought or idea to Christ.

Chose to fight the fight

There are times when we are commanded to fight. For every opponent who raises itself against the knowledge of God, the saint is to draw on divine wrath and put the enemy down. These are those things that rise up in the physical realm to block enterance into the spiritual realm. The natural man cannot wage this fight. But the spiritual man not only can, but must.

Let your heart flow like a river

God may be using you without your even knowing it. A river travels down its path but sometimes runs into obsticles. God directs the river around the obsticle and it comes out again on the other side. Along the way it touches all those it passes by. These same persons are affected by your testimony but you remain connected to the Source which is the source of your strength. So it is with the believer in Jesus Christ. Miracles happen every day that we didn't know we were connected to.

Watch with Jesus

In the natural realm, we only know how to watch for Jesus. However, Jesus wants us to watch with Him, that is, to see things from His vantage point. Our means of crossing over to this way of watching comes through the power of the Holy Spirit. It is He who enables us to do more than we can on our own because he is a Helper or an Advocate. This will remain with us for our whole lives to come.

To Be A Disciple, You Must Be Christ's Possession

To have the Lord claim you as His own, one must give up every other relationship to His. This means giving up marriage, fatherhood, sonship, and the like so that Christ may do His work through You and be responsible for you. Your and the Savior are One.

Out of your heart will flow rivers of living water

The Lord is far less concerned with our deeds than what is flowing out of our hearts. It is the heart, that is his motivation, which defines a man. The Lord is looking for those who do not operate inside the box. He wants those who go overboard for Him. These followers think of ways to please Him. By this, they are demonstrating the rivers of living water flowing from their inner most self. This is pleasing to the Lord.

Your Created Order

The reason for our being is not health, happiness, or wellness...it is holiness. The bible states "be therefore holy, as I your Heavenly Father is holy. This first means we must admit to our sin. Second, it means we must be in a right relationship with God and the Son. Third it means we are filled with and led by the Spirit. Finally it means submitting to God your very will.