Live Behind The Veil

As we humble ourselves and open up to the Holy Spirit, we become His

channels and carry Him into every aspect of our daily life.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God.

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other

tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

And the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.

• “The Holy Spirit will fill our mouths and hearts.”

• “there are times that the Holy Spirit will specifically lead a person.”

• “...That wasn’t me that was the Holy Spirit.”

What makes a walk with God so fun and exciting, is that as we walk each day

filled with the Holy Spirit, He leds us into situations and we met people that

He wants to minister too.

 

Can you be a servant without a revelation of Jesus Christ in your life? As you

set yourself to serve the family of God, God creates within you a heart of a

servant.

• God establishes within the hearts of His people a bond servant's heart.

• A bondservant doesn't forget the hours of prayer and intercession over

people.

• A servant ministers from a broken spirit the healing that people need.

If I speak with the tongues of mankind and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.  If I have the gift of prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.  And if I give away all my possessions to charity, and if I surrender my body so that I may glory, but do not have love, it does me no good.

And he answering said, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,

and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy

neighbor as thyself .”

• Without a relationship with the Lord, who are you serving?

• What we are talking about is; “why are you here?”

• If you want to be a servant, I'm going to find all the things I can do.

God is establishing within the hearts of His people a bond servant's heart, that

serves them on many levels. Through a deep brokenness of spirit, His bond-servants

servants will fulfill the second great commandment; “Thou shall love thy

neighbor as thy self.”

How many people today aspire to become a servant? God gave apostles, prophets,

evangelists, pastors, and teachers to be the servants of the Body of Christ; to equip them

for the work of service. Everyone in Christ's family is to have a servant's heart.

• God is laying a foundation of a servant's heart within His people.

• David was a man after God's own heart because he has a humble servant's heart.

• It's the heart of a servant that is in tune with the heart of God.

And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom also he

bare witness and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who

shall do all my will.

then thou shalt take an awl and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be

thy servant forever. And also unto thy maid-servant, thou shalt do likewise.

• How many people do you know that aspire to be a deacon, a servant?

• God moves in the humble heart of a servant.

• He has taken his mind, his thoughts, his ideas, and got rid of them; and he

says,” I'm here to serve.”

God is bringing forth in this day a true heart of a servant in His people. It's the humble

heart in the servant that knows the will of God today and is walking it out.

In this day, God is creating in His sons a servant's heart. Christ is our example

and out of His obedience and love for His Father; He served Him and those who

the Father gave Him. This is the heart of a servant and is to be our heart also.

• We submit to the servants.

• How do you submit to a servant?

• Anyone can be a servant. Ask Him for a heart of a servant.

• It's all about relationships.

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, existing in the form

of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but

emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant...

Parable of the talents.

Jesus answered and said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, a son cannot do

anything on his own, but only what he sees his father doing; for what he does,

his son will do also.

The agony in the garden.

So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away;

behold, new things have come.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is

not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

• When you're truly serving with a servant's heart, there's something that comes through that honors the people that you're serving; you make them feel lifted up. It honors the Christ within you.

• What is the greatest reward of a servant? The joy of serving the Lord.

• You don't have to do anything to become a servant, except submit yourself to the Lord.

• I do what my Father does, I see what my Father sees, I speak what my Father speaks.

Our Father is creating a new creation in this day, and that creation is called a

servant. As we follow on to know the Lord we too will say as He did when He

was on this earth; “ I only do what I see My Father do, I only speak what I hear

My Father speaks.

Peter, do you love me? Tend My lambs, Shepherd My sheep, Tend My

sheep from John 21 gives the heart of Jesus for Peter to be a servant.

The seven chosen in Acts 6 are examples for us also.

• Humbling ourselves and knowing His love is the beginning of

being a servant.

• “We were born to serve Your servants Lord.”

• It is not in our human nature to be a true servant, we need help.

but emptied Himself by taking the form of a

bondservant and being born in the likeness of men.

So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel

around his waist,

and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the

disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him.

The story of the awl through the ear.

We love because he first loved us.

The Seven deacons chosen; Stephen and Philip

Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an Apostle, set

apart to proclaim God's Good News,

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance

or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at

the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance,

but the LORD looks at the heart.”

• Humility is a key to a servant

• It takes a lot of love to serve

• The Father sent His son to lay down His life

• They don’t have anything really driving them except for their love for the Lord.

Would you like to take care of the lions, the bears and Goliaths in the

lives of those around you? Ask the Father to show you how to love

with His love, to be that servant that can give that same love that was

given to you for others.

Is it possible to be a shepherd and a sheep at the same time?

Let’s look at Jesus as our example: washing the feet of the disciples, he

was as a sheep to the Father and a shepherd serving the disciples.

• We could be a sheep one day and a shepherd the next, then a

sheep again.

• Everything stems from being led of the Lord

• There really is no positioning in the Lord, no one is greater than

another.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of

God.

The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with

the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a

little child will lead them.

My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to our God

and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and

power.

Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the

disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped

around him.

• We can change daily

• One day you’re a shepherd, the next day you are a sheep

• Sometimes you are the leader; sometimes you’re the ones being led.

• Sometimes some little child could be a shepherd to you.

Even Jesus was submissive to His Father, and so should we be to those

whom He has given us to minister with. Let’s create a synergistic flow

that shows the Father that we are being obedient to John 15:12:

“This is My commandment, that you love one another, jus as I have

loved you.

Do you think that anyone can have a shepherds heart?

A true shepherd does not have a position, yet has given all for the sheep.

• One cannot shepherd God’s sheep without having His heart

• There is a balance that is not so easy to see without that heart

• A good shepherd will lay down his life for his sheep

A sinner’s prayer for pardon.

Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our

Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the

eternal covenant,

Jesus washes the disciples feet.

And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will guide

you with knowledge and understanding.

The Parable of the Lost Sheep.

“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot

bear them now”.

Who is the one condemning? For it is Christ Jesus,

the one having died, now rather having been raised up, who is

also at the right hand of God, and who is interceding for us.

• Jesus is considered our Great Shepherd

• Jacob, one of the great shepherds of all time

• The shepherd is responsible to find the greenest pasture for his

sheep

There are few who come to know how to balance everything needed in

a sheep fold, the milk for the babes, the meat for the mature, how fast

to lead them so that no one lags behind, and no one is jumping way out

front. God bless those with a true shepherds heart.

Can a prophet be a woman? Consider Deborah in Judges 4

How can one tell if another is a prophet or not? Try or prove them.

Next to their relationship with the Lord is the compassion for the

people they carry in their hearts.

• First and foremost a prophet has a close relationship with the

Lord, knows His voice and spends most of their time in His

presence.

• A true prophet hears and speaks only what the Lord says to them.

• The prophet carries the presence of the Lord with them.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they

are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the

world.

And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets,

some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers,

The LORD told Samuel, "Don't look at his appearance or his

height, for I've rejected him. Truly, God does not see what man

sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD

sees the heart."

• Do they really care about the people?

• He is imparting the heart of the Father

• The prophet sees what natural people do not see

• He can’t help but change everybody just because of who he is.

Try and prove those who say they are prophets; do they care for the

people? Is there compassion? You will know them by their fruits.

How does a true prophet function in this day?

What are some of the requirements of a prophet?

We discuss this briefly in this podcast.

• A prophet hears what God has to say to the people and hears the

cries of the people as God did when the Children of Israel were in

captivity in Egypt.

• A true prophet has died to self and their only drive is for God’s will

to be done on this earth and in people’s lives.

• There is a difference in the gift of prophecy and the ministry of a

prophet.

He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than

all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.

So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the

evangelists, the pastors and teachers,

to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of

Christ may be built up

until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the

Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure

of the fullness of Christ.

By faith we understand that the world has been created by the

word of God so that what is seen has not been made out of things

that are visible.

Your kingdom come. Your will be done as in heaven, so also

upon earth.

The Body of Christ

“Therefore, however you want people to treat you, so treat

them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

“Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide, and the way is

broad that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter by

it.

“For the gate is small, and the way is narrow that leads to life,

and few are those who find it.

“Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s

clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

“You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered

from thorn bushes, nor figs from thistles, are they?

• I think it’s important that we define a prophet’s heart.

• The heart of a prophet aches for the cries of the people

• A real prophet has no pride...no desire to be a position.

There are no selfish ambitions nor pride in a true prophet. Their desire

is to do the will of God and to see the people free to also do the will of

God in the earth.

Do we limit God in how He chooses to move?

Can we accept that God moves through human vessels?

Let’s give God His voice on this earth and see Him glorified.

• Through our weakness, He is strong, He is glorified

• We are His mouth pieces; we are to speak His word.

• Because of our relationship with Him, we can be ready in season

and out of season.

For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but

because of Him who subjected it in hope;

because the creation itself also will be delivered from the

bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of

God.

For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with

birth pangs together until now.

Not only that, but we also who have the first fruits of the

Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting

for the adoption, the redemption of our body.

your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven.

‘May the LORD bless you and keep you;

may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be

gracious to you;

may the LORD lift up His countenance toward you and give

you peace.’

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God:

for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them,

because they are spiritually discerned.

At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and

earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and

learned, and revealed them to little children.

And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power

is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather

boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may

dwell in me.

• You start blessing everything.

• If we take that potential and make it kinetic...

• Where is your faith? He knows what we have need of.

• God Clothes us with all these things.

Futility is a lie and we do not have to buy into it, we can bring the

blessing of the Lord into people’s lives, situations and circumstances

just by speaking Him into them.