Tuesday, November 23, 2010

WHAT YOU PLANT IS WHAT YOU GROW

Every plant on earth really does have  specific role to play in bringing balance to earth. 





Guess what?


We too are the planting of the Lord and every child of God has a role to play in the balance of the church! 

I just finished reading Larry Randolph's book "BREATHE"  It is about expressing our individuality!   If we were to ever lose our uniqueness we would not be able to fulfill our part. We all have gifts in diverse areas.


Diversity brings balance. Diversity actually CREATES LIFE in the Church!  We are after a church that is diverse; a church that celebrates everyone's differences and embraces them. We need to cheer each other on! Satan wants to destroy the harmony on earth. The plants/vegetation/global warming/toxic waste etc.  That is why we say 'GO GREEN' to heal the Earth and have her working in harmony with nature.  We need to say to the church "GO GREEN" and start taking precaution and due diligence in keeping the church healthy.  Satan wants to destroy the church.  He wants to prevent the plants working together and helping each other out.

Some of us share the same calling but with different flavors or expressions. Others are very unique. We are all part of the garden, and together we enhance each other!

Recently we had someone give us a word; "Dont be an echo, don't try to be like someone else, or some other ministry, or anointing but stay true to YOU and who God has called YOU to be!"  


Celebrate your uniqueness!  

We need to bear fruit in our uniqueness.  


If we are unique, and we bear fruit, it will be unique fruit.  Whatever seed we carry, whatever fruit we bear we will eat of it.  What we plant is what we grow. If we plant religion we will grow religion. If we plant free expression of our faith we will reap free expression of our faith. If I recieve the seed, I will get the seed's reward.  [The fruit  hat comes from it.]
Don't be afraid to sow the seeds of freedom~ 
Galatians 6:9 (Amplified Bible)And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint.

Searan~
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Sunday, November 21, 2010

FEELING SAPPY

The trees of the Lord are full of sap."



Without sap the tree cannot flourish or even exist.


Psalm 104:16 (Amplified Bible) The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly and are filled with sap, the cedars of Lebanon which He has planted.


Energy and strength are vital to the Christian life. That energy can only come from the Holy Spirit. He is the Sap in our tree! As Christians we cannot appear to the world as dead trees with no foliage, no leaves, no fruit because the most alive creative force lives within us. Our roots go deep searching for water and nourishment. We are planted by the lord and our roots and life are in him. We are not always bearing fruit but there are always something going on inwardly -things others can't see.
It is because of the sap the tree can produce foliage and fruit.



How do we get sappy! We need the juice.. Juice of the Holy Spirit!


Be careful and take care that you do not easily take offence.


In contending for revival we should be seeking an anointing like that which was on Jesus. One of the things that will stop the flow of the anointing is 'offence'. Even Jesus, anointed as he was, could not do miracles in another when offence blocked the flow. Unforgiveness also blocks the flow of the anointing. We need to live daily in repentance and forgiveness. We need to keep short accounts. In order to get that sap running again we need to start praying for it; and while you praying for it, deny yourself by fasting! Suddenly you will experience the flowing of the sap, the anointing, it will be flowing again! ~ powerful!


Make me sappy Lord! And the Lord says,” Bring me your sacrifice and come to the Laver and wash"




He desires to fill us at the Cross!