The Day of the Lord

06-30-09

Donna Braman

PUTTING ACTION BEHIND YOUR FAITH

More and more lately I'm hearing sermons that are outlining what the end time church is supposed to be and calling for righteous living in our daily lives. All eyes are on Israel and looking for the beginnings of the New world Order. We have a new order in the body of Christ as well, a return unto covenant and holiness. I believe the Holy spirit is breathing a fresh wind into the church today to help prepare us for the coming of the King of Kings. I believe in these next few months as the conditions in the world worsen you'll see the Holy Spirit move upon the church body sending revival to church leadership, to the pulpit, to the administration of God's house and to the teachers and members. It's all about being a collective body now and a fragmented body with legalistic indoctrines and burdensome religious rules of, "this is the way we're supposed to do church," is a thing of the past.

You should not fear what is going on in the world economy because God never leaves his own begging for bread, but keep your eye on the movement of the Holy Spirit and how he is transforming the church body. It is a joyious time to be a Christian. I'm looking forward to my 7 year supper, but until that hour the Lord is calling individuals to do a new thing to pull in the lost that are to be a part of the body, and you don't want to leave out a loved one. Do you feel a new thing in your spirit lately? I see Christians hungry to be a part of the end time body. They desire pure worship and to experience the presence of God, a coming together in one accord and one spirit. You'll start to see a shifting take place in the church, the Holy Spirit will anoint the ordinary Christian who is faithful to do a new work and its goodbye to church leaders who did it their way instead of God's way. God wants that regeneration to be evident to the lost. Attendance in church these last few years have been at an all time low, but get ready because the lost and dying world will turn to the only hope there is, the bride of Christ. The Holy Spirit will usher in a power of enduement like you've never seen, and the people who return to the church will be greeted with something different than what it was that caused them to leave. Try reading Jesus' parables in Matthew once more and pray for discernment, for the very words out of his mouth are coming to fruitition in the church today. The seed parable and the 10 virgins can come alive at this time in your spirit and in the spirit of the church. The parable of the seed gives discernment to all parables and to all the biblical principles we are commaneded to live by, so get yourself planted in the word, so the devil can not come along and steal your seed. It is the principle that keeps you steadfast and solid in the rock, and as Jesus told Peter, the gates of hell will not prevail against you when you are planted in this truth. The Holy Spirit is giving discernment to Christ's Church and from now on it's going to be Church Unusual.

No more of just going to church to be intertained or view a show from leadership who think it's all about them, but the Spirit is calling for real teaching and a return to real worship by ALL THE PEOPLE, and we will be more knowledgable of our covenant, our authority, inheritance and dominion through the blood of Christ. We will live a life of holiness in our home and in our workplace that reflects obedience and righteousness that is the unblemished bride. The Holy Spirit is separating the wheat from the Tares. I'm an avid gardener and have experienced how difficult it is sometimes to tell the difference between the weeds and the fruit bearing plant when the garden sprouts. So like Jesus said, let them grow together because if you start to pull them up too soon you might uproot the fruit with the weeds. Oh, but in the end when its harvest time, you can clearly distinquish the corruptible seed from the incorruptible seed. One has fruit the other one does not. Jezabelle will show her true colors and the works she has been doing in the body in the dark. In past generations she has been hidden behind the righteous. But in the past the righteous did not have the gift of discernment like it does in these days just as Isaih prophesied.

The dying world will gravate to the fruitbearers (the wheat) in the body. The fruitful will be doing the will of the Lord and not the will of self, so watching for fruit instead of listening to empty words will give you more discernment on the work of the Holy Spirit on Sunday morning. Watch the Christian that has faith with works. The righteous have clean hands and you can clearly separate them from legalistic minded church folks. For the Tares in the church think their talent is what keeps the church going. Their oil lamps are dimming because they cleaned themselves up on the outside but did'nt allow the Holy Spirit to clean them up from the inside out. There is a process of transformation for I have experienced that regeneration. The first process is redeemption through the blood and it is at the cross where Jesus plants his spirit that changes the heart, the spirit of man. The second process is renewal of the mind where the word saves your soul, the word plants incorruptible seed into your mind and it is the battleground between the forces of evil and the divine. The third process is when God puts you on his Potter's wheel and he cleans you up on the outside to become a usuable vessel in his Kingdom, a process where the flesh dies to Christ. I can assure you that your self made walk and talent is worthless to the Kingdom without a Holy Spirit anointing and spiritual gift slapped on top of it. Jesus said in the end you will be gathered together and thrown in the fire. Don't believe people who claim to have a spiritual gift who does not back that up with fruit, in the church and in their personal life. It's easy to be spiritual on Sunday morning, but only the real Saints can maintain that in their home and in their work places and in their relationships. Because you see, the anointed have a responsibility 24-7 to whom the Spirit has called them to be assigned to. So if you don't want to be a worker for Christ and a servant to those you are called to don't pray for a gift or anointing. You see, the anointing is given to the Kingdom daughters and sons who have germinated seeds in them and have prepared themselves for their assignment. They operate in Kingdom principles and not world principles. They have died to self and Christ is clearly seen in them through their availability to others in need. They are calm in a crisis and during trying times, for they have learned to rest in the power of Christ in their life and they live out their faith knowing that the Lord has already gone before them to level the mountains. They are consistent and steadfast. They are sure in their calling and they don't straddle the fence from the world system to the spiritual system.

The Christian who is still on milk seeks blessings for self and is still on the Potter's Wheel. The spit shine pots are the light on the hill, the gifted and anointed with overflow and they are doers of the word and produce fruit and not just words. If you want to get God's attention then do something extraordinary in the body or put your faith into an action and stop praying for a break through of blessings for self. God doesn't respond to need, if that was so we would'nt have disease, starvation, family problems and financial troubles. God will show up and show out in your life when you demonstrate faith in action and you learn how to speak to your mountains. They are just standing there before you waiting for you to speak to them with the sword of the spirit.

The true righteous come to church ready to serve and be a blessing to the church and the people in it. They are conscious of the needs of others and not looking at what outfit someone has on. They have gladness and thankfulness in their hearts and a joyful spirit. They are not interested in the scripture the Sunday School teacher has found to go with his a,b,c, lesson guide to try to impress the prople with his knowledge. Pray and pray some more for spiritual discernment and Knowledge by the Holy Spirit for your Pastor, for your teachers and leaders. Knowledge is a spiritual gift given to those who have applied the word to their life experience and have been transformed to the mind of Christ and they are not impressed with a false leadership's professed faith without works. Their tongue gives life and can make demons tremble. They come to church to fellowship in love and to meet the needs of others. They always have time to hear what burden you have and to lift you up with the truth of the word concerning your need. They have wisdom and can lift you up when the devil comes to attack you, they don't allow the devil to use them to be judgmental and attack you too. They do not use church time to try to show how holy they are with their shout and self righteousness, their works reflect their holiness. The Holy Spirit is a gentleman and makes a timely move in the church body to lift it up into the presence of God. The righteous is eager to welcome newcomers with love and acceptance, they are the first to be at the altar to pray for someone else. They do not come to church to get a blessing, but to be a blessing.

The signs to look for in determining the corruptible seed the devil plants in Christ's church:

1. Opposition

Whatever ideas someone suggests or something new to implement in the church you can be sure they will be the first to oppose it whether it's the wrong color carpet to order for the new addition, or the minister wanting to start a prayer day or a teacher wanting to start a bible study class.

2. Coveteousness

They always backstab the anointed, gossip, and jealous of other's blessings. They have a full time phone ministry and the goal is to bring down anybody in the body that is producing fruit which is lacking in their own walk.

3. Pessimistic

They will always have an opinion of why this plan or that plan will not work, and they always question other's righteousness. They are judgmental and doubt that anyone is real in their Christian life. They bring down the spirit in the church by causing division, and you can feel the presence of this spirit when you walk in a church. Criticism is their middle name.

It takes a collective body in one spirit to cast this spirit down and lifting our voices in praise and worship does it everytime. That is how you speak to this spirit and cast it down into the sea. When you speak God's word and magnify him and exalt him in praise and song, watch how quickly a bad spirit will shut its mouth. Because you see, hindering spirits have no power without a listener, so refuse to give ear to the devil. Give them nothing but goodness and when that spirit of division pops it head up, shut it down by responding with a positive comment. Intertain only speech that is filled with the fruit of the spirit.

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