I was talking to my good mate, James (see link to Wholly Holy) a couple of weeks ago and together with our spiritual discernment we felt there was possibly some type of 'curse' over the Salvation Army that was stopping us 'saving souls' in the proportion that we should be. Many of us are responding to God's call upon our lives and we should be seeing the flood gates opening in a 'biblical' size but we're not!!
I spent last weekend up in the Snowy Mountains in NSW with my family and I got to spend some quiet time with God and He told me its not a curse on the Army but He did push the thought - how can we give out when we're empty!?
God showed me a picture of the Salvation Army that appeared to me as large circle. It was a huge circle with a very thin outside layer. This thin outside layer was the Salvationists that were Spirit filled and the rest were not, a huge ridiculous amount of 'soldiers' were not filled with the Spirit of our God!! How can we give out if we are empty??
That night I prayed for a while with my brother Sean and God Gave me the title for 2007 - 'Year of Salvation' along with a Bible verse "Yet, O Lord, You are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand." Isaiah 64:8 which told me He wants to be remolding us this year so He can fling open the flood gates and make this the year of Salvation, but we must allow ourselves to be fully devoted to His work and be filled with His Spirit - we as the Salvation Army must focus this year on allowing the Spirit of God be filling all who are under the banner of His Army! Without the Spirit of God we are doing everything in our own strength and our own authority - no wonder we're not doing any good in the world any more - we're doing what we want and therefore God isn't getting any glory, therefore not blessing us!!!
Lets be filled with the Holy Spirit this year, everyone who claims to be a disciple of Jesus must be filled and therefore developing Spiritual gifts which will build up His church, change the world through His strength and authority and give Him the Glory He rightfully deserves!
If you've never been filled before with the Spirit of God, start praying for it, search for it and move past the baptism of John, the baptism of repentance - let's get past living in our sinful lives and now move to the baptism of Jesus - the baptism of the Holy Spirit!! This is going to be the Year of Salvation - let's rise up and bring the world back to God in Jesus Name and authority.
I spent last weekend up in the Snowy Mountains in NSW with my family and I got to spend some quiet time with God and He told me its not a curse on the Army but He did push the thought - how can we give out when we're empty!?
God showed me a picture of the Salvation Army that appeared to me as large circle. It was a huge circle with a very thin outside layer. This thin outside layer was the Salvationists that were Spirit filled and the rest were not, a huge ridiculous amount of 'soldiers' were not filled with the Spirit of our God!! How can we give out if we are empty??
That night I prayed for a while with my brother Sean and God Gave me the title for 2007 - 'Year of Salvation' along with a Bible verse "Yet, O Lord, You are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand." Isaiah 64:8 which told me He wants to be remolding us this year so He can fling open the flood gates and make this the year of Salvation, but we must allow ourselves to be fully devoted to His work and be filled with His Spirit - we as the Salvation Army must focus this year on allowing the Spirit of God be filling all who are under the banner of His Army! Without the Spirit of God we are doing everything in our own strength and our own authority - no wonder we're not doing any good in the world any more - we're doing what we want and therefore God isn't getting any glory, therefore not blessing us!!!
Lets be filled with the Holy Spirit this year, everyone who claims to be a disciple of Jesus must be filled and therefore developing Spiritual gifts which will build up His church, change the world through His strength and authority and give Him the Glory He rightfully deserves!
If you've never been filled before with the Spirit of God, start praying for it, search for it and move past the baptism of John, the baptism of repentance - let's get past living in our sinful lives and now move to the baptism of Jesus - the baptism of the Holy Spirit!! This is going to be the Year of Salvation - let's rise up and bring the world back to God in Jesus Name and authority.
As I was writing this I happened to pick up a book in a pile and it had a note written in about the baptism of the Holy Spirit which I'll share with you. It's from a book titled "Helps to Holiness" by Samuel Logan Brengle and on page x of the introduction it says;
"Do you want to know what the baptism of the Holy Ghost is? It is not a mere sentiment. It is not a happy sensation that passes away in the night. It is a baptism of love that brings every thought into captivity to the Lord Jesus; that casts out all fear that burns up doubt and unbelief as fire burns tow; that makes one 'meak and lowly in heart'; that makes one hate uncleanness, lying and deceit, a flattering tongue and every evil way with a perfect hatred; that makes heaven and hell eternal realities; that makes one patient and gentle with the forward and sinful; that makes one 'pure,...peacable,...easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hippocracy ';that brings one into perfect and unbroken sympathy with the Lord Jesus Christ in His toil and travail to bring a lost and rebel world back to God"
"Paul said, 'John's baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him that is, in Jesus.' On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied."
Acts 19:4-5
Acts 19:4-5
2 comments:
It's definitely something to think about. Are all salvationists filled and passionate about the course? I don't think so.
Its amazing how God speaks to us. God spoke to me about desiring greater gifts when we aren't quite ready. I think the Army is like this too, we need all our Army fighting before he will bring out the big guns. If most soldiers aren't burning with the holy spirit then how can he use the Army to its potential?
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