Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM

The Lord will arise over you. Isaiah 60:1-2 Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. 2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the Lord will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you.

A message to understand, realize and experience the power of resurrection.  Even today we hear the miracle of dead become alive, when Jesus becomes so real, and His tangible presence makes the dead alive.  Just because Jesus Himself is the resurrection.  It is the Triune God who raised Jesus up. Whenever scripture talks about Trinity there is power.  Whenever God the Father, Son Jesus and Holy are explicitly mentioned, there is power.

Disciple making is the number one priority of a church. Jesus said, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth".  Authority to make disciples, authority to baptize and to teach. The law was already passed in the garden of Eden, but it was enforced at the cross. ----more----

Matthew 28:18-20 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

The importance of God's Word in our lives.

- What is God's Word?

Generational curses going down up to 4th generation:

1 Corinthians 12:12 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For in fact the body is not one member but many.----more----

15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body? 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body? 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? 18 But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased. 19 And if they were all one member, where would the body be?

20 But now indeed there are many members, yet one body. 21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” 22 No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary. 23 And those members of the body which we think to be less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor; and our unpresentable parts have greater modesty, 24 but our presentable parts have no need. But God composed the body, having given greater honor to that part which lacks it, 25 that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. 26 And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

27 Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually. 28 And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? 30 Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? 31 But earnestly desire the [i]best gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way.

1 Corinthians 15: 3 - For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. 

2 Samuel 7:18 - Then King David went in and sat before the Lord; and he said: “Who am I, O Lord God? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

Psalm 51: 1-19, Romans 12 (Living Sacrifice), Hosea 14:2, Hebrew 13:15

As David prayed this Psalm, we realize he knew how to pray for revival in his life. Let us keep this as a guide and focus for our lives. The moment we go away from God, let us read this Psalm and God for revival. God will talk to us more about this in the coming days as He will take us into revival. Amen! 

Isaiah 58:11 The Lord will guide you continually, And satisfy your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.