Friday, March 30, 2012

Have you been with Jesus?


Jesus planned a magnificent destiny for you, and gave you incredible prayers and prophecies, unanswered until now. Step out, to step up!

Have you been with Jesus? 

Are you a “God wrestler?”
When we’ve been with Jesus, a consuming fire burns in our bones. Idols are cast down. Anything that takes the place of Christ’s Lordship is gone. The idols are dealt with because pride is broken. The Bible says, “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.” (Psalm 51:17 NIV).

Have you been with Jesus?

When we’ve been with Jesus, we’ve been sealed “unto the day of redemption” (1 Peter 1:18, Romans 3:24, and 1 Corinthians 1:30) which is the redemptive work of Christ in the now! Jesus said, “Behold I go and prepare a place for you.” This sounds like a mansion in heaven, but there is another Hebrew word in the original that describes Christ as preparing a “position” for us. It’s true, we may have a mansion, but I do believe we’ll also have a position in the kingdom of God. We will rule and reign in the millennium then, but we rule and reign on earth today. When Jesus left this earth, He sent His Spirit to us, and then sat down in heaven in intercession for us now.

Have you been with Jesus?

When we’ve been with Jesus, Christ’s promises are ours! Jesus said, “And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me” (John 17:22-23 KJV). We know the glory the Father gave Jesus and have the closeness of being with Jesus. Christ dwells in us so fully that the world knows the Father has sent Jesus. What a way to live!

Have you been with Jesus?

Jesus proclaimed, “My Father will come unto Him and abide in Him” (John 14:21-23). By knowing, living, and breathing the fullness of being with Christ, and Christ being in us, we ask what we will and it shall be done. Jesus has all things under His feet, and is the Head over all things to His Body. This means, all things are under the feet of those who have been with Him.

Have you been with Jesus?

When we’ve been with Jesus we no longer fear man. All signs of inferiority and self-consciousness are gone as Christ takes over. We rejoice in persecution and bless our enemies because our flesh is already dead, and our “all” is surrendered to Jesus’ care. Our prayers frighten us, and time for Him is no longer an object as all our time is given joyously back to the One through Whom it came. Being with Jesus releases the gifts of the Holy Spirit, not to endorse a ministry or receive approval of men, but as a tool to accomplish present-day ministry on earth.

Have you been with Jesus?

When we’ve been with Jesus, He makes known to us the mystery of His will, which is His good pleasure. The eyes of our hearts are flooded with light so we can know the greatness of His power. We live to the fullness of the measure of Christ Who makes all things complete and fills everything with Himself (Ephesians 1:9-23). We sit together with Him in heavenly places and He demonstrates through us the riches of His free grace (Ephesians 2:6-7).

Have you been with Jesus?

When we’ve been with Jesus, we receive gifts to perfect and equip the saints, to build up Christ’s Body until we attain oneness in the faith and the comprehension of the Son of God. Our lives lovingly express truth and are no longer lived as heathens with spiritual apathy, sensuality, greed, and every form of impurity (Ephesians 4:11-13).

Have you been with Jesus?


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