If you have not made [confessed and invited] Jesus to be the Lord of your life, today is your day! You have come--to establish a relationship with the Lord your God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is therein, the one and only, true and living God, Who is revealed to us through His Son, Jesus Christ.
Today, is the day of Salvation. God's Word says, "He stands and knocks..." He is knocking at the door of your heart. But it is you who must open the door of your heart and invite Him in. He is a gentleman and will not force you to receive Him and His blessings. He will not violate the gift He gave you "free-will, choice."
He wants you to open your heart to Him and allow Him to take His rightful place, that place [space inside you that no one and nothing can fill or satisfy except Him]. He loves and cares for you no matter what you have done, said, or thought. He is ready to forgive, just as you are ready to confess Him as your Lord, and to trust, adhere to, and rely upon Him to care for you. When you open your heart to Him to come in, He brings all that He is: love, peace, joy, gentleness, kindness, faith [faithfulness], goodness, meekness, and temperance [self-control]. All that He is and has is now given to you - just receive and thank Him for it!
God, the author of Life, sent his Son as a seed in a two-fold way. The seed sown in the virgin who birthed Him into the world to become as a man, to show us how to live [to be our example], and so that we may follow Him, His ways. Secondly, He came as the Word of God, that eternal seed which when sown in the hearts of man, is able to save his soul, and is planted in the hearts of them who "hear" the Word of God. The condition of that heart will determine whether or not the seed will take root and bring forth fruit. Because our hearts become hardened through disappointments, pain, adversity, He must through the power of His word and anointing, dig up that fallow ground and remove the rocks, making our hearts soft and pliable in His hands, so that He may shape and mold us. God, our Father, is expecting a return on His sowing. When Christ returns, it will be harvest time, where God will send His angels to harvest: bring home the fruit of what He has sown [His sons and daughters who have been transformed into the image (likeness) of Jesus Christ], who bear the image of of heavenly (1 Corithians 15:45-49).
Condition of Your Heart
Fruit is the manifestation of that word [promise] that is sown [planted, heard, and received].
Fruit = life, radiant health, strength, faith, confidence, trust, assurance in God to do what He said, and the fruit of His Spirit: love, peace, joy, gentleness, kindness, faith [faithfulness], goodness, and temperance [self-control].
The Lord teaches us about the different heart conditions and why the are either fruitful or unfruitful. Locate where your heart condition is today. If you locate that it's not were you want to be, you alone have the power [the power of choice], the authority to choose whether you want to change it.
Choosing to change something begins with a decision. While you made the decision to change, you may not feel or identify that you have the ability [power within yourself] to bring about that change. But the power to change is found when you begin to sow the seed of God's Word in your heart [by hearing it, which involves reading it out loud to yourself, hearing the Word preached and taught, so that you hear and keep on hearing it]. Seek to understand what you are hearing and walk in it, by doing what God instructs through His Word. This is what will produce the power to change--God's Word is "Spirit and Life", and produces life in the one who willingly chooses it [Him] for He and His Word are one. His Word in us makes us one with Him, and He will grow in us and grow us up to be like Christ, to do what He did and even more. He promised that we would do even greater works, because He has gone to be with the Father and has sent us His Holy Spirit to help us and empower us.
Jesus came that we mighty have life and have it more abundantly [life without limit] (John 10:10). He came to be the sacraficial lamb whose shed blood was the purchase price for our freedom from sin and death. He declares and clearly reveals that He came to save, to heal, to deliver and set free--to destroy and dissolve [the works of the devil] everything that would see to steal, kill, and destroy [depriving the devil and the world power to harm us who believe].
It is up to us whether we will choose life and death, blessings and curses, as written in Deuteronomy Chaper 30:15-20. Life and death includes both the physical aspect and also includes our dreams, desires, relationships, finances--fulling our purpose. God's promise to His people is long life [120 years, should the Lord tarry].
Our choices and the corresponding actions: words and decisions will determine where we experience the abundant life Christ died and purposed for us. Now the question is, what will you choose? Life or death, blessings or cursings?
Which of the two do you want to live and experience? Are you willing to do what it takes to secure it? It will either be life and blessing or death and cursing, because even if you decided not to choose, your choice not to choose is a decision.
We have provided the proceeding information because it is the truth, not just facts, but truth. Because facts can always change, but the truth never changes. God's Word never changes. It is truth! And since it is truth, we must align our lives with it so that we can walk and live in the truth and experience His bountiful blessings.
If you don't know Jesus as your Savior and Lord, simply pray the following prayer in faith, and Jesus will become your Lord, you will be birthed into God's Kingdom [born anew, again--made alive unto Christ--to grow up unto Him and fulfill His wonderful plan for your life!
Prayer for Salvation and Baptism of the Holy Spirit
Heavenly Father, I come to You in the name of Jesus. Your Word says, "Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved" and "If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." (Acts 2:21; Romans 10: 9). You said my salvation would be the result of your Holy Spirit giving me new birth by coming to live in me (John 3:5-6, 14-16; Romans 8:9-11) and that if I would ask, You would fill me with Your Spirit and give me the ability to speak with other tongues (Luke 11:13; Acts 2:4).
I take you at your Word. I confess that Jesus is Lord. And I beleive in my heart that You raised Him from the dead. Thank you for coming into my heart, for giving me Your Holy Spirit as You have promised, and for being Lord over my life.
Thank You Father! Thank You Jesus! Thank You Holy Spirit!
Begin to praise God for filling you with the Holy Spirit. Speak those words and syllables you receive--not in English or your native language. You speak by faith and He will fill our mouth. You use your own voice. God will not force you to speak. Speak by faith! As you do, He is speaking through you the perfect prayers.
The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is God, one facet of the Trinity. He is the agent that seals every believer unto the day of redemption. He is the one that helps us do all the will of God [the Father] until Jesus returns. He helps us in our weaknesses, He strengthens us, counsels us, teaches us and reveals to us the Will of the Father. He leads and guides us into all the truth. He is very precious and important to the work of God in our lives. For it is He who works in us both to will and to do all God's good pleasure. We need the Holy Spirit! We cannot serve God without Him, His power, abilities, and giftings. Receive all God has for you today, and go forth in power and might of His Spirit, doing the good works God foreordained that you should walk in, carrying out His Will for your life!
Welcome to the Family!
The angles of God are rejoicing right now! There is a shout of praise unto God going on right now, because you have come into the family [the Kingdom] of God!
The devil, your adversary is also aware that he just lost you! You have been translated into the Kingdom of God's dear Son, out of the control and dominion of darkness. The devil no longer has control in your life. You have chosen Jesus, and He by His Spirit gives you the power to live for righteousness [doing and being right]! Sin no longer has dominion over you! So whenever you are challenged and don't know what to do--call upon the Lord, He is there to help you. The Holy Spirit will lead and guide you by an inward witness [your spirit man inside of you], not according to your reasonings.
This is only the beginning...God has so much for you!
Now that you are a Spirit-filled Believer, continue with the blessing that God has given you and pray in tongues [in the Spirit] each day. When you pray in the Spirit, you build up your faith and the Spirit of God prays through you, praying God's perfect will for the situation you are praying about, whether your mind comprehends it [has revelation knowledge about it] or not (Jude 1:20). You will never be the same.
If you don' t already have a church home, we encourage you to seek the Lord to lead you to where He wants you to be. Understand that going to the church God has for you is a vital aspect to your spiritual growth. It's not about just going to church. It's about an established relationship with God, where His children, the Body of Christ, are jointly fit together, so that as one body, we may carry out the Will of God. Realize that not everyone who goes to church is saved and born-again. Many go to soothe their consciences. So don't allow anyone or anything to hinder or stop you from obeying God to assemble yourself . "..let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works: not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching."
(Hebrews 10:23-25)
Unless we are apart of a local chuch fellowship, we are not doing the Will of God and we do not have a Pastor who is the overseer of our souls, according to God's Word. Pastors, prophets, teachers, evangelists, and apostles are "giftings" he has given to men (women), "He is the one who gave these gifts to the church...Their responsibility is to equip God's people to do his work, and build up the church, the body of Christ..." (Read Ephesian 4:11-16)
If you don't have a church home, ask God to lead you to where He wants you to go. It is vital--it could mean life or death--as to what church you attend. Seek God and He will lead you to a church that is teaching and preaching His Word uncompromisingly, where the Spirit of the Lord is present, confirming His Word with signs following. A place where He can equip you and use you to be a blessing!
Your relationship with God will grow and flourish as you set yourself before Him daily--in His Word--in His presence--receiving all He has for you, and all He has for you to give to others, for Kingdom purposes!
Jesus said, "Abide in Me, and I in you. As a branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing...If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you." (John 15:4, 5, 7)
For more information and revelation get connected with a church who is teaching and preaching the uncorrupted Word of God, where the Spirit of the Lord is [His presence and power], and where you can grow in the knowledge of your Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Ask the Lord to direct your steps to that place. He is faithful to do it. God operates only according to the order He established. He has set in His Body gifts [pastors, prophets, teachers, evangelists, and apostles], for the equipping of the saints to carry out the work of the Lord. Are you in a church and you are being fed and nourished to carry out God's Will for your life? Do you have a church home? If not, ask of the Lord. You need His direction to lead you to that place. For God has given you specific gifts, talents, and abilities that He needs to be joined to the others members of His Body so that your gifts nourish and strengthen them. So theirs can nourish and strengthen you. We are many members, but one body in Christ.
We are here to carry out His Will in the earth, until all have heard and had the opportunity to receive Christ and all He provided. During this lifetime of waiting for His return, He has promised that we would live long and enjoy all the good He has provided.
Seek the Lord daily yourself, in His Word, and in praise and worship, thanking Him for absolutely everything He has provided, "all that pertains to life and godliness..." (2 Peter 1:3-11). Ask the Holy Spirit daily to help you, to teach you, to empower you to carry out all God's Will, plan and purposes for your life--giving you understanding.
Our prayer is that you will receive absolutely everything God has given to you so that you may enjoy life to the full being abundantly blessed "Empowered to Propser! and Empowering others to Prosper, in Jesus' name!"
