Vigilance for the Endtimes: Spirit-Empowered Discipleship For the Last Days

“To this one will I turn my full undivided attention; to the one who trembles at My Word” (Isaiah 66:2). 

Our attitude toward the Word of God is the barometer of our life, of our very existence...And it is God’s barometer of our relationship to Him. Our heart attitude toward His Word, and what we do with it on a daily basis, determines the inflow of His mercy, His provision, His protection, and His guidance into our lives. It is our love for Him that equals our love for His Word, and our love for His Word equals our love for Him—and that love remaining in us on a daily basis as the highest priority, is what will shelter us in the days to come.

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Because Faith relates to the Eternal, and therefore the Unseen, then Faith becomes an indispensable part of our walk. The role of active faith is to the believer, what military training & armament is to the soldier on the battlefield. Without actively engaging the spiritual force of Faith on a daily basis, we are left vulnerable and under-equipped for spiritual confrontations and conflict. True Faith is a direct result of His presence inside you, coupled with your daily, moment-by-moment awareness of & cooperation With His Indwelling Presence.

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From Genesis to Revelation, God is a God who makes full spiritual provision for his people in every single area that pertains to their redemption, their purification, and their maturity in Him. Every believer in every part of the world is given the same exact spiritual provision in the Word of the living God and the Holy Spirit. That is your spiritual birthright your Heavenly Father has given you—every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places! "And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified." (Acts 20:32)

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From Genesis to Revelation, God is a God who makes full spiritual provision for his people in every single area that pertains to their redemption, their purification, and their maturity in Him. Every believer in every part of the world is given the same exact spiritual provision in the Word of the living God and the Holy Spirit. That is your spiritual birthright your Heavenly Father has given you—every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places! "And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified." (Acts 20:32)

Following God’s Pattern in Jesus gives us 6 Key Foundational Benefits:

1). Following God’s Pattern gives us Authority (John 20:20-22);

2). Following God’s Pattern gives us Confidence (2ndCor. 4:7);

3). Following God’s Pattern increases & deepens our sense of Union with Jesus (Galatians 2:20)’

4). Following God’s Pattern brings True Fulfillment (John 4:34, 1st John 2:17);

5). Following God’s Pattern because it is Supernatural—not of the flesh, and not of the world—therefore, it and it alone is able to meet spiritual needs.

6). Following God’s Pattern enables us to Bear Fruit, because Jesus said, “You did not choose me, but I chose you, that you may go forth and bear much fruit”

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Following God’s Pattern in Jesus gives us 6 Key Foundational Benefits:

1). Following God’s Pattern gives us Authority (John 20:20-22);

2). Following God’s Pattern gives us Confidence (2ndCor. 4:7);

3). Following God’s Pattern increases & deepens our sense of Union with Jesus (Galatians 2:20)’

4). Following God’s Pattern brings True Fulfillment (John 4:34, 1st John 2:17);

5). Following God’s Pattern because it is Supernatural—not of the flesh, and not of the world—therefore, it and it alone is able to meet spiritual needs.

6). Following God’s Pattern enables us to Bear Fruit, because Jesus said, “You did not choose me, but I chose you, that you may go forth and bear much fruit”

The pathway to maturity is being led by the Holy Spirit; it is the Spirit of the Father that corrects us, guides us, teaches us, and brings us into spiritual maturity, and gives us our inheritance. "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God."

For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” (Romans 8:14)

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The pathway to maturity is being led by the Holy Spirit; it is the Spirit of the Father that corrects us, guides us, teaches us, and brings us into spiritual maturity, and gives us our inheritance. "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God."

For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” (Romans 8:14

It is the nature of the Father to reveal Himself. It is also the nature of the Father to always be speaking, and communicating His thoughts, His will, His desires, via the Holy Spirit. Why? Because He desires fellowship. Does fellowship have a time limit or a calendar constraint? No, fellowship is a 24 hour a day relationship. 1st Corinthians 1:9 says, “God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” 1st John 1:3 says, “Our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.” 

If we can understand that the topic of hearing from the Holy Spirit & walking with the Holy Spirit in partnership, if we can understand that all of that is in the context of our Main calling—-which is fellowship with the Father and with His Son through the Holy Spirit—then any perceived difficulties we encounter with hearing the Holy Spirit are much more easily addressed and remedied, primarily by the confidence we are given in our relationship with the heavenly Father and with His Son.

“This is the confidence we have. If we ask anything according to his will we know he hears us and if we know he hears us that we know we have the petitions we have asked of him” And I believe a keyword for all of us as we navigate these in times is the word “confidence”; Confidence not in ourselves, but in him who is able to raise the dead.

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It is the nature of the Father to reveal Himself. It is also the nature of the Father to always be speaking, and communicating His thoughts, His will, His desires, via the Holy Spirit. Why? Because He desires fellowship. Does fellowship have a time limit or a calendar constraint? No, fellowship is a 24 hour a day relationship. 1st Corinthians 1:9 says, “God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” 1st John 1:3 says, “Our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.” 

If we can understand that the topic of hearing from the Holy Spirit & walking with the Holy Spirit in partnership, if we can understand that all of that is in the context of our Main calling—-which is fellowship with the Father and with His Son through the Holy Spirit—then any perceived difficulties we encounter with hearing the Holy Spirit are much more easily addressed and remedied, primarily by the confidence we are given in our relationship with the heavenly Father and with His Son.

“This is the confidence we have. If we ask anything according to his will we know he hears us and if we know he hears us that we know we have the petitions we have asked of him” And I believe a keyword for all of us as we navigate these in times is the word “confidence”; Confidence not in ourselves, but in him who is able to raise the dead.