Reaching Thousands

WOW! Imagine preaching to hundreds of thousands of people all at the same time. People receiving the Word of God and their lives being impacted and changed. Bodies healed, relationships restored, financial increase. Can you just see it? I can. Why? Because that is precisely what we are doing.

Every week we are speaking into the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Yes, through internet and broadcast radio. Something I never really considered doing as part of this ministry.

How did this all come about? By praying and listening getting the vision down on the inside and taking steps towards the goal.

Habakkuk 2:2 (KJV) “And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision. And make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.”

That is such simple advice from God, yet many of us never take that first step. Write out that vision. See it in front of you and get a word picture of what He has already placed inside you. He gives us the desires of our heart, according to Psalm 37. The Lord has placed in you desires to great exploits for His glory.

We also sowed financially into a ministry that already has radio programs. I like to think of it as sealing it. I put faith in action by supporting a work that is doing what I am called to do. The Bible tells us that whatever a man sows that shall he also reap. (Galatians 6:7 paraphrased.)

As the vision unfolded before us, we took the initiative to get understanding. The who, what, where, and how to do this. Then as we continued to speak and confess what the Lord had said for us to do, His favor was in action behind the scene. Not long after He told us to go on broadcast radio, we were contacted by a broadcast company that owns several stations. They found us! Not only did they find us, they gave us a great timeslot. That not only happened once but twice now.

What is the Lord telling you, showing you in your spirit? Start today and get His vision for your life in front of your eyes. Take steps towards that vision and watch the Lord do mighty works through you.

Doing Your Part

We ALL have a part/role within the Kingdom of God. Each person has been gifted to do good works, as Ephesians 2:10 says. We should find our place and work within the Church.

The book of Nehemiah gives a great picture of how the Church should function. As Nehemiah followed the vision that God gave him to rebuild the walls, he showed it to the people and they did their part. Each family was assigned an area to work on and they helped each other accomplish the work.

This is how the local church should function. The Pastor has the vision and teaches or imparts the vision into the congregation. The congregation should then take the instruction of the Pastor and perform the work. There needs to be leadership in place to help carry out the vision, not force people or try to control people. There is one Pastor and one vision. Any other way will only bring confusion to the body and the vision will not come to fruition.

First of all, we all need a Pastor to lead us, guide us and bring us up in the things of God. Secondly, we need to be plugged in, participating in the activities and events of the church. There are no lone-rangers. Thirdly, we need to submit to the vision.

It is not the job of the Pastor to do all the work. Pastors are to equip the saints so that the saints (congregation) are able to do the work. Too many times people want the Pastor to do everything.

Find your place. God will give you grace to do what you’ve been called to do. There may be a time of stretching and learning how to function in your call, but the frustration level will not be unbearable. Challenges will come but they don’t have to overtake you.

Get behind your Pastor and fully engage in his or her vision. Show up on time and be ready to go to work. Great exploits will follow commitment.

Read the book of Nehemiah, Eph. 2:10, 4:11-13, 2Timothy 3:16,17, and Prov. 29:18

When Kingdoms Invade and Expand

Throughout history we can see evidence of kingdoms and how they expanded. The Spaniards conquered much of what is now Central and South America. Yes they had superior armies and weaponry as well as strategies. They not only beat their opponents but change everything about the land they conquered. They changed the culture. Over many centuries the area was controlled and influenced by native culture and religion. Once the Spaniards took control everything changed, became Spanish. The language was changed, the religion was changed, the currency changed. Why? They understood colonization. The British also were very good at this. Native religions and customs were transformed into catholicism. Today the vast majority of the population, of these countries, is catholic.What happened?
They influenced the culture and advanced the kingdom of Spain. That is the goal for every kingdom. Explore, expand, and enlarge the kingdom. Expanding the reach of the kingdom is what every believer must consider. In Genesis 1 the Lord said go forth and multiply, replenish the earth and have dominion. In the Gospel of Mathew Jesus said All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, unto the end of the world. Now this makes it pretty clear what our assignment is and has been from the very beginning. Go out and expand the Kingdom of God.

The Life

The Life
Jesus said that He came that we might have and enjoy life to the full till it overflows.
What life was He talking about?
If you back-up just a line or two in the scripture in the book of John 10:10, Jesus also said that the thief, talking about Satan, comes but to steal, kill and destroy. Many times I have used this when I was going through a trying time of my faith and quote this very verse. However, I see this now in a different light.
Go back to the beginning where God created man and breathed the breath of life into him. The Amplified Bible says the breath or spirit of eternal life. Now go to John 1 and read the first four verses. Notice verse four, “In Him was Life and the Life was the Light of men.”
When God breathed into Adam the Life, it was the eternalness of God Himself.
As Believers, we know that Adam ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and at that very moment he and Eve died spiritually. All of mankind was separated from God. Why all mankind? Because the Life that was in him had the DNA of everyone that was to be born, forever. Now because he sinned, death, sickness and disease entered the world. God created us to be like Him and live forever just as He does. Think about that for a moment or two.
God then sent His Son, Jesus, The Christ, The Anointed One, to take all the sin that had come into the world through the first Adam and destroy it forever. 1 John 3:8 “He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.” He came to give us back the Life that was stolen in the garden.
Now we that are in Him have that abundant, overflowing life within us. Jesus said in the book of John 7:37,38 “In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying,” If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.””
Picture a glass that has been filled with water. Now continue to pour water into it. It will overflow and get everything around it wet. That is how we are to be with the Life that is in us. We should be affecting everything and everyone around us. The atmosphere should change wherever we go. This Life is not for us to hang onto and not share. It is ours to share with everyone else. Why? Go back to the beginning and look at what God said to Adam, “Go forth, be fruitful and multiply.” That doesn’t just mean go have a bunch of babies. God wanted Adam and all of man to replenish or spread the garden to every corner of this earth.
Now take the Life that is in you and go out and spread it around!