Expanding the will of God

We expand (enlarge and make known) His will by:
1. Using our Imagination for His Glory....its time to dream again
2. Confessing His word continually....thy word oh Lord has sustained me
3. Working hard with faithfulness with all our strength...total submission to His will

Retraining the Addict's Personality

1.Stay in the Word of God
2.Pray out loud to God
3.Stay in relationship with other believers
4.Stay in the Word of God
5.Confess the word daily

Addict's Church Prayer

     Holy Father of all spiritual blessing and all holy endeavors. I call upon you today in faith and assurance that you hear and answer. I begin now to pursue you to manifest your power in the lives of those bound by addictions. We know you are the great deliverer, and through your son Jesus we have an advocate that stands continually before you on our behalf. With this knowledge and assurance I ask boldly for an outpouring among the addicts in our community. A great salvation that will shake the gates of hell.
     Give me a heart to preach your good news with power and authority. Show me how to stand before you, for them. Teach me how to stand before them, for you. I ask with assurance of an answer, I seek with assurance of finding, and I knock with assurance of an open heaven, an open heart, and an open revelation of Jesus Christ to be released in our midst.
     I commit "The Addict's Church" to you and know that you are forming a family and an army that will destroy the works of the enemy through Christ Jesus. Burn in me a holy passion for you and a pure love for the lost. Lord, help me to be Revolutionary, not relevant......I desire to be dominate, to take dominion, to press into and express a Kingdom come mentality. Father God I will live for your cause and not live under the pressure of man made success or expectations. 

Redemption: The Power to Recovery

     We all are in some form of recovery. When we hear that term we immediately think of drugs and alcohol. This is for sure the most common form of addiction. The church today needs to accept the fact that recovery is something that everyone needs at some point. Gossip, anger, lust, hate, manipulation, and the list could go on, are destroying the body of Christ at a rapid pace. We all need Redemption, and the power of that redemption is found in the work of the cross, and even more to the point of redemption, it is CHRIST himself. CHRIST: The Power to Recovery.

Soaking up WiFi

     I'm sitting at Panera Bread in Jackson, TN. soaking up their free WiFi and enjoying a day off. I am overwhelmed by the call of  God that is upon all Christians. The call of the eternal seems be be strong this year. The call to be about our Father's business. We as christians are expected and empowered to do the works of Jesus while it is yet day. What does this work look like?
1. We are called first to seek him and be found in him, always manifesting, "Christ in us". This is more than a mere statement of belief, but a deep searching and finding of that eternal relationship established before the worlds were formed. We must commune with the holy in the present.
2. We are then expected to show forth his glory in the now. This ids more than a statement of belief, but an example of his power among the heathen. Jesus was a friend of sinners. Who are your friends? Are all your acquaintances already christians, if so, do you plan to expand your circle to include sinners. This is the field of the miraculous. The place where it is easier to hear and see what the father is saying and doing.
3. We are to pursue knowledge of the divine through prayer and study. The intake of his word and the fellowship of his spirit are the only weapons needed to quench the fiery darts af the enemy and see victory in the enemies camp. The enemy territory iis to become God's territory. The kingdoms of this world will become...........
     Just as I am soaking on some free WiFi.....I must also soak in His free presence. 

The Power of the Cross

     The whole world is God's desire. He has from eternity past to the present been actively pursuing the hearts of mankind. He has provided redemption and victory to those who will receive the total work of the cross. We have before us the open heaven to be victorious and full of authority over the works of the enemy (satan) We have because of the sinful nature that daily buffets us, and hinders our maturity in Christ, been duped into a lazy and blinded life of non-movement.
     It is time that we awake from slumber and arise to be the men and women that God has called and predestined us to be. The time of our manifestation has arrived and we must today step into the "cause" we have been anointed to fulfill. In Matthew Barnett's book, "The cause within" we see that the hurting of the earth are waiting for us to arise and find our cause, and begin to minister to the needs of society. The cause within is powered by the cross of Christ. The redemption of the cross and the power of the Holy Spirit is now calling for our participation in the greatest time in history for God's infiltration into this world.
     I challenge you today to wake up and pursue your cause. We are not to be lazy anymore, but to put on Christ, release the Christ within and become the sons of God.

Friend of Sinners

     I was reading Luke 15:1 "Then all the tax collectors and sinners drew near to Him to hear Him." How is listening to you? What are you talking about? Do you have the ear of those who need to hear a word from God?
     We are called to be like Christ and to do that we must seek to speak a word of life to those in desperate need of that word. We need to let our conversation be such as to draw the attention of sinners. Light draws, and the world needs light.
      Today, let the Holy Spirit help you to speak words that will attract those in need of life and support.

Everyone is an Addict

     Ministry to Addicts

       In October of 2009 God opened a door for me to begin a ministry at the local

AA site called Jacoa. It is state run and can house up to 28 men at a time. During the first year God so richly blessed that we saw over 100 souls make a decision to follow Christ. This has been one of the most exciting times in my life and ministry. We initially began with 30 min. and within 4 months were given the freedom to go 45 min. to 1 hour. Although I do not take the full hour every week, desiring not to take advantage of there kindness, I have been able to touch lives with the real reason we all must pursue, and that is to show Christ in His glory. 

     This showing forth of Christ is not to be done with some great show of our ability or showmanship, but in the humility and boldness produce in someone who themselves are daily understanding what it means to be a slave to Christ, yet released to act as a joint-heir. Yes, I love to minister to addicts, I have been one myself, and still carry additions today. Many addictions are not realized as such or called addictions in the church yet they are just as dangerous and debilitating as alcohol and drugs. (more on those later) This is about the revelation of God through Christ to a world addicted on “lostness” and all it brings to the table in a persons life.

     Mankind does not have life figured out, and neither does the church as a whole. Many do and they will tell you so. Yet, I layout to you in this writing, what Paul wrote to the Corinthian church: “ I do not desire to know anything among you but Jesus Christ and him crucified.” The desire of my heart is to minister to addicts. We all are addicts to something. Then we overcome addictions not by just sweeping the house clean, but by filling it with the precious knowledge of Christ, a personal relationship with Christ, and then a powerful sonship with Christ.

     This is the journey of the addict; daily torn between two addictions, one that destroys and the other that delivers. The way we are to reach and be powerful in that reaching is to keep the message centered on the eternal purpose of God, which is, “Christ in you, the hope of glory.” 

     This is an excerpt of  the introduction of my book, that is still in progress. The title is: VERSE ONE: The Addicts Jesus, 12 revelations of Christ for the Addict.

DAILY DOSE: 1-24-11

THOUGHTS FOR ADDICTS:
* In every moment, no matter how big or small, someone went first. Step out of your now and into your future.
* Go unless you get a NO. Faith is moving forward.
*Become passionate about Jesus Christ: you will then become....
               1. Become proactive
               2. Take Initiative
Are you Addicted to Jesus? If not you should be.

Step off your Map

     When Abraham left his home in search of a city, he stepped off the map of familiarity and onto the map of Faith. This map of Faith was different than his previous map. Here the roads were not marked by the same signs as before, like old experiences, which could not always be used, now he had to listen more than look. He used to not even think before going certain places, but now he found himself looking to the heavens from where his source and strength came from.
     We need to step off our map and onto the map of Faith, and travel into the land of God's unknown, which becomes our place of abode. When we step into this land we will find ourselves experiencing the wonders of God and be able to see as Abraham; a city whose builder a maker is God. This city, the church, set on a hill, will become beautifully situated on Zions Mount. We will become a working participant of the greatest thing ever planned by God: the "fullness of Himself in us", eternities  purpose.
      Step off your Map and don't look back!!