This word was given by Napoleon Dezaldivar on November 14, 2007.
My favorite word...
Revolution
Just stop and feel the heat on that word for a second.
You are part of a revolution. A revolution that causes disruption. And you guys are the great disrupters :).
There is an explosion that is happening in the earth to where small hidden community churches are seeing healings, signs, and wonders come to life. Diseases are confronted and eliminated.
There is a revolution that is to lead a a reformation. There is to be a reordering of things that comes as a result from this revolution.
Do you want a revolution?
To have a revolution, you have to be willing to overthrow a government. You have to be willing to overthrow a social order. One that has become normal and comfortable, and established.
The goal is that we lead to a reformation. There is not an elimination of an institution but a reordering, a restructuring of what we have known as church and what we have known about Christianity. The whole point is to see daily life in the church become different. Change must come. We can't just dress up our everyday cows(its more than just changing our brochures and re-doing our buildings).
Men and women must come into their destiny in Jesus.
We need radical, cultural experiences. Everyone must be free, from adults to babies.
Everyone must be empowered. The freedom of heaven's government must be employed in the workplace and marketplace. We don't have control over people, we don't need control over people.
If we preach power, freedom, joy, and life and don't provide it, then we just sound ridiculous.
Our relationship with the Lord is more than just praying a prayer and "working out our salvation." Jesus said, "it is finished!" We now have instant access to the kingdom of heaven. Our relationship is now restored to now where we can approach the throne of grace and mercy.
God's will is not for us to provide good arguments in defense of the Word, but to live a life of freedom in this world. Practice the presence of God where ever you are at and you will bring freedom into the environment.
Freedom, Love, and Power works everywhere.
revolution, reformation, freedom
-napo
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Monday, May 16, 2011
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Does Your Sacrifice Stink?
I've had this verse lodged in my skull for quite a while now. It just looked... odd.
Matthew 3:11-12 LITV
(11) I indeed baptize you in water to repentance; but He who is coming after me is stronger than me, of whom I am not able to lift The sandals. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire,
(12) whose fan is in His hand, and He will cleanse His floor and will gather His wheat into the storehouse. But He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
We are talking about the Fire of GOD falling in our lives! This is a picture of sacrifice. Don't all Christians have a deep-rooted desire to be accepted of God? Even Cain had a desire to be accepted.
But the sacrifice is just a stinky carcass until His fire falls on it. ANY sacrifice is this way. It just draws flies. So if we are giving our all to the church but neglecting our family, His fire wont fall on it, and it will never be holy. In fact, the longer we pretend, the stinkier it will become until nobody wishes to be near us.
I was wondering... why did John say "baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with Fire"? Why that order? I've always thought I needed the fire so the Holy Spirit would come. But He comes so the fire will fall. That second verse reminded me of this verse:
Mal 3:3 LITV (3) And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and He shall purify the sons of Levi and purge them like gold and like silver, that they may be presenters of a grain offering in righteousness to Jehovah.
Who is the priesthood? It 'was' Levi, but now it's us! He purges us first - THEN we can be presenters of our sacrifice.
As born-again Christians, we have been empowered to do EVERYTHING that God commissioned us to do. He doesn't commission us then expect us to beg for the tools to do the job. We walk as Jesus did - having open heavens above our head. The power of Heaven is at our disposal. We do not have to 'earn' it, or become 'holy enough' to use it. We simply realize that it's there - for us - and grasp it in order to achieve our purpose of representing Jesus to everyone we meet.
Matthew 3:11-12 LITV
(11) I indeed baptize you in water to repentance; but He who is coming after me is stronger than me, of whom I am not able to lift The sandals. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire,
(12) whose fan is in His hand, and He will cleanse His floor and will gather His wheat into the storehouse. But He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
We are talking about the Fire of GOD falling in our lives! This is a picture of sacrifice. Don't all Christians have a deep-rooted desire to be accepted of God? Even Cain had a desire to be accepted.
But the sacrifice is just a stinky carcass until His fire falls on it. ANY sacrifice is this way. It just draws flies. So if we are giving our all to the church but neglecting our family, His fire wont fall on it, and it will never be holy. In fact, the longer we pretend, the stinkier it will become until nobody wishes to be near us.
I was wondering... why did John say "baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with Fire"? Why that order? I've always thought I needed the fire so the Holy Spirit would come. But He comes so the fire will fall. That second verse reminded me of this verse:
Mal 3:3 LITV (3) And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and He shall purify the sons of Levi and purge them like gold and like silver, that they may be presenters of a grain offering in righteousness to Jehovah.
Who is the priesthood? It 'was' Levi, but now it's us! He purges us first - THEN we can be presenters of our sacrifice.
As born-again Christians, we have been empowered to do EVERYTHING that God commissioned us to do. He doesn't commission us then expect us to beg for the tools to do the job. We walk as Jesus did - having open heavens above our head. The power of Heaven is at our disposal. We do not have to 'earn' it, or become 'holy enough' to use it. We simply realize that it's there - for us - and grasp it in order to achieve our purpose of representing Jesus to everyone we meet.
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