30 Sep Trusting And Acknowledging God First
Deacon Hui Zhen - 28 August 2014
Preach Gospel To Yourself Daily
As children of God, we need to always examine ourselves if the truth we have always heard become have become our spiritual state. Can we look to Father, always listening and following Him in all things, just like Lord Jesus. There're moments in our journey of faith that we seem to enter into a spiritual stupor. As we continue serving in the church or hearing the gospel, our faith does not seem to grow deeper in Christ, and we do not seem to draw closer to God. Situations and information seem to rob away our joy easily, distorting our judgment core and peace without even us knowing. The truth that gives birth to us call us to be God's child, one with an unchanging relationship with God. It is this relationship that gives us strength to look to Father for strength and wisdom daily. With the complete truth, we ought to tear down the "old written code" that Satan hideously put in our lives that stop us from hearing the living and active conviction of the Holy Spirit. And often, we have entered into a complacent state, forgetting to repeatedly connect and confirm the truth we have heard through deep prayers. The fruit of genuine faith [vs religion] is strength, love, and grace of God, it means we should have daily recharge, daily renewal and daily regeneration. As much as preaching gospel to others is important, we should all the more preach the gospel to ourselves daily so that we will not fall into spiritual stupor. Be led by the living and active word of God daily. The Word of God does not only bring comfort, it operates into the depths of our souls, penetrating, exposing and revealing the spots that need healing. The journey with Abba Father is always so true and active.
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Trusting And Acknowledging God First
1. Believers will be involved in WARFARE.
1) Within and without.
2) Sometimes not for ourselves, but our loved ones.
3) Impossible to win >>> fight by FAITH.
- Not a “waiting faith”.
- Abram gave God the full credit and trust, as if he could not achieve anything on his own; BUT he also did everything he could, as if all depended upon his faithfulness (to obey God).
4) Nothing is random; even problem is fulfilment of promise.
2. A critical test: WEALTH.
1) Abram passed because he received “financial healing”.
2) No financial healing, no financial blessing.
- “Greedy Lack”.
- “Relative Lack”.
- “Wasteful Lack”.
3) Tithing
- Declaration of faith.
- Dedication of self.
- Means to fulfill gospel work.
3. “Melchizedek”: KING-PRIEST.
- Prefigures CHRIST.
- Christ: The Superior Priest.
- Won’t die, forever can intercede for us.
- Once and for all, instead of repeated sacrifices.
- Guarantor of a better covenant.
- Comes to meet us too, with bread and wine: Nourish. Comfort. Bless.
Reflection:
- Do you see yourself as actively or involuntarily engaged in spiritual warfare? Are you having a “waiting faith”, or how have you been doing your part in fighting this battle?
- How much financial healing do you think you have received? Any struggles or testimonies in this area (finances and tithing)?
- In dealing with warfare and sin, how have you seen the help of the King-Priest Jesus in your life?
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