John 14:6 KJV
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
The majority of Christians are at least somewhat frustrated in the results of their prayer!
If what you’re doing isn’t working why are you so adamant about holding on to the concepts that aren’t working?
ASKING “IN JESUS’ NAME” DIDN’T OCCUR UNTIL AFTER THE CROSS.
John 16:23-24 KJV
And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. [24] Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Prior to Jesus’ being raised from the dead, people were not born again and did not pray “in Jesus’ name”.
REPEATING … REPEATING … REPEATING … ANYTHING (EVEN THE “LORD’S PRAYER) IS EQUIVALENT TO V-A-I-N REPETITIONS … AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED. YOU CAN’T HYPNOTIZE YOURSELF INTO THE WILL OF GOD !!
Matthew 6:7 KJV
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do . . .
YOU DON’T NEED TO PRAY
(1) with your eyes closed
(2) on bended knee
(3) with hands raised
(4) by repeating, repeating, repeating
anything
(5) in Elizabethan English
(6) with any key words translated to
any foreign language
(7) by informing God about anything
(8) speaking out loud
HAS IT OCCURRED TO YOU (& ME) …?
… your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Matthew 6:8 KJV
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. [10] For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Luke 11:9-10 KJV Divine Expectancy
COME ON DOWN FROM THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION.
COME ON DOWN TO THE VALLEY BELOW WHERE PEOPLE NEED YOU!
Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour . [2] And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; [3] Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms. [4] And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us. [5] And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them. [6] Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. [7] And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. [8] And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. [9] And all the people saw him walking and praising God: [10] And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. [11] And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering. [12] And when Peter saw it , he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
Acts 3:1-12 KJV
Come down, come down from your Upper Room / Transfiguration!
COME DOWN, COME DOWN FROM YOUR UPPER ROOM !!
And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James. [14] These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren. [15] And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)
Acts 1:13-15 KJV
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. [2] And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. [3] And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. [4] And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. [5] And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. [6] Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. [7] And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? [12] And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? [13] Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine. [14] But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: [15] For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. [16] But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; [17] And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: [18] And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: [22] Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: [23] Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: [24] Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. [25] For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: [26] Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: [27] Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. [28] Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. [38] Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. [39] For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. [40] And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. [41] Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. [42] And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. [43] And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. [44] And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
Acts 2:1-7, 12-18, 22-28, 38-44 KJV
I reiterate: I QUIT !! . I’M DONE !! . THAT’S IT !! . LET ME NEVER LOOK BACK !! . I ONLY WANT THE HOLY SPIRIT OF JESUS, AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ELSE !! rjs
I believe in the Holy Spirit with every atom of my being. KK
Jesus Christ is absolute perfection. KK
A reporter once asked me “What do you do to prepare for a service like this?”
“Sir, I stay prepared.” KK
Everybody these days wants something for nothing. Young people, you don’t get something for nothing. KK Lord, take everything from me – everything except Your Holy Spirit.
There is an urgent need in “Christianity” to look for, seek out and find the good in our fellow believers’ teaching – EVEN WHEN WE DISAGREE with some significant doctrinal point. Of course we must exercise the greatest due diligence with our discernment.
My own spiritual climb has received a huge impetus of late from Kathryn Kuhlman and yet I do not subscribe to the doctrine of Dispensationalism – not at all. Kathryn Kuhlman has a singular message – and once one gets it, he can go home, so to speak. It’s simply this: want nothing … absolutely nothing … but the Holy Spirit. That’s all. When I watch her videos, my whole be-ing begins again to breathe freely and so much junk from the past becomes nothing more than a sweet memory of what I’ve overcome.
What do you have in life that is more important than the Holy Spirit? Whatever it is, that is your worst enemy – your only enemy, really. You must crave (my word) the Spirit of God: it’s Jesus living in you, the hope of glory. But I sense that very few people are actually experiencing His overwhelming presence in an exciting and palpable way.
We can – and must – assimilate all newly-gleaned knowledge gently enough to allow ourselves to keep our beautiful, flexible minds open … open, that is, to the Holy Spirit. We are big enough now (mature enough) to learn from other believers, even if they are awaiting a rapture and we believe it’s come and gone!
We’ve got to NOT get cocky and think that we have all the answers; ask our precious Abba (Daddy) to guide us in every thought and tell Him to take anything from us but, please “Take not Your Holy Spirit from me.” Don’t let your knowledge block your learning!
She has her own personal style, but Kathryn Kuhlman has basically a single message for the world: Die to the world and crave nothing but the Holy Spirit and you’ll receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit and your life will be wonderful. I can’t imagine emulating Kuhlman’s flair, but sure would love to be equally imbued with her absolute, unwavering spirit. “Die to the world! Die!” Kathryn Kuhlman
ASTROPHYSICS AND QUANTUM PHYSICS ATTEST TO GOD AS CREATOR. Extra-dimensionality which goes beyond height, width, length and time is borne out by Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity and then extended into quantum mechanics’ scalar fields and big bang models. Owing to the fact that space-time theorems abound we can deduce that time and space had a beginning and therefore extrapolate the undeniable fact that both time and space are created entities.
Dr. Hugh Ross, Ph.D., tells us in his ground-breaking book, Beyond the Cosmos: WHAT RECENT DISCOVERIES IN ASTROPHYSICS REVEAL ABOUT THE GLORY AND LOVE OF GOD:
“The limits on our abilities to know truth and visualize truth merely remind us that we are the creatures, not the Creator. But the limits do not stop us from seeking to gain a clearer picture of who He is through studying both His inspired Word and His creative work. Each will reveal His glory in its own way. Even if the windows through which we gaze on His realm have a few ripples and dark spots in them, we will be awed at the majestic beauty we see. He has left the curtains open. He invites us to look in.” Astrophysics and quantum physics attest to God as Creator
IT’S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE !! (God has a far greater plan for you!)
Steve Furtick
Don’t you dare put a period where God put a comma!!
Steve Furtick
Avail yourself of a COMPLETE paradigm shift.
TheRobin (that’s me, hehehe)
Put off the old You and put on the new – fully.
2 Cor 5:17
Imagine wanting to help a fish to save its life, but it doesn’t understand, and panics. The only way you could communicate with the fish and explain how things really are is to become a fish! Remind you of anybody? The day that LOVE was born
Gradual Growth VS.”Old man” gone, “New man” here
The latter could be called a paradigm shift in the lexicon of quantum mechanics, meaning that there’s no step-by-step progression in our putting on the new man. [2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.]
In a human being’s laudable efforts to live a godly life on earth, a blueprint is most welcome while in his deepest yearnings to know more of the God who gave him breath while holding the universe together, a major expansion of consciousness is the order of the day.
The Bible doesn’t tell us that we should do a comprehensive research on how to set up a program of the daily progress and maintenance of putting on the new man after weeding out the old; it simply says “Do it!” or, better yet, “It’s done!” Jesus didn’t say “Avert your eyes while I slip into my superman outfit!” He simply did a paradigm shift and was transported through walls, translated the disciples to the other side of the lake, turned water into wine, a couple of small fish into a substantial spread for multitudes, healed the sick, raised the dead, cast out demons instantly, instantly, instantly!
In each of the above cited cases, Jesus shifted paradigms (in modern parlance) and the deed was done without our watching the medicine seep in or the disease take its course. God functions in the supernatural: to wit, He is at once everywhere and needs no preparation on our part to reach us with His blessings.
Perhaps the entire mortal construct of gradual, painstakingly earned progress has seen its heyday! A courageous abrupt upheaval of the Old Man, the Old Covenant, the Old kingdom is indicated – to usher in the New! Paradigm shift
When you pray for something, how long is it before you check to see if God has granted your supplication? A few seconds? Minutes? Days? And, when you don’t see, at the very least, a sign, do you begin to waver … until you finally reinforce your weary prayer? Then with white-knuckled determination you fight off the nagging doubts, one by one, and the evil suggestions, one by one, read your Scriptures, meditate, but oh the doubt, fear, disbelief . . .
Next day you try again, right? ‘Try again’ implies that you’ve previously failed. Then you remember that it’s not about you: it’s about Jesus, so a little guilt slips in uninvited. You need to get your-self out of the way. Another huge burden, oh dear! You struggle and strive to let go. In your oxymoronic stress you’re about ready to quit. You’ve been told that that’s exactly what God wants you to do: let go and let God. But that’s what you’ve been trying to do for sooo long . . .
I agree that you don’t need to DO anything – that’s God’s domain. But you could … on purpose … actively … QUIT … the negative, self-defeating things that you are doing. That’s right, they’re listed above!
If you had managed to get rid of 10% of your doubts, that’s not very good odds! You’re admitting to 90% doubt. Seriously, don’t you think you’d need at least 51% solid belief? This is NOT intended to be amusing: there’s a very urgent message here. WHEN YOU ENTERTAIN MORE UNBELIEF THAN FULL-OUT CONFIDENT BELIEF, how in the world can you expect better results?
Now try this. SEE yourself completely healed. See yourself entirely whole, happy, free! What does this happiness look like? What does it feeeeel like? What does it smell like? NOT A SINGLE negative thought allowed: the aim is nothing less than 100%. My eyes well up with tears when I think of all the people who mix terrible moments of doubt right in with their otherwise receptive prayers.
What does total healing feel like to you? What are you doing now that you’re healed? Where are you going? Go farther. What are you thinking? Think deeper. What is God telling you right now? (Sometimes He’ll tell you stuff that’s so incredibly wonderful and personal that you don’t dare tell a single mortal man!) What does He call you? Sweetheart? Do you feeeeel His POWER in you? Don’t you dare say “No!!” You’re on the King’s Highway now, and all the lights are green. You can be free!
WHAT’S WRONG if anything WITH “NEW AGE” and/or QUANTUM PHYSICS claims?
Said simply, New Age uses God without ascribing to Him the omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence that are exclusively His. They tell me that I am God, that I have limitless spiritual power and that I can create my own reality. This ALMOST makes me feel good – until I remember, not some yukky religious mantras, but the fact that I have Jesus in all His glory … I have Him living on the inside of me as the Holy Spirit … forever and forever.
I know Jesus lives within me, not just because of some blind (religious) faith, but because God says so in His Word. Remember that? – the Bible, which spells out how it is and why it is that there is a unique position for the Creator of the universe, who is not me! But, omigoodness, I do have the full raising-from-the-dead power alive and well living on the inside of me [smiley-face] And that’s a helluva lot of power!
With THIS attitude in mind, I take a look at quantum mechanics – a very l-o-o-o-o-ng look and I can finally say I find IT lacking nothing! People want to grab parts and particles of this amazing phenomenon which has now – finally – reached revelatory status … they want to twist the findings to suit their own mishmash of a mixture of pure physics (which, in its unadulterated state, is as pure as mathematics) and that just plain doesn’t ‘work’.
Dear God, please tell me what else You want me to tell Our readers ‘cuz I haven’t a clue …. Oh, yes! Okay, just elaborate the point We’re making. Okay.
I hope I didn’t just lose anyone or offend anyone by using the pronoun “we” when referring to God and His scribe (in this case, me): I was blessed with this relationship with God before I was yet 5 years old. I (alone) have had a very hard life but We (Him & me) have been having one long, glorious adventure.
Back to the quanta! What an enormous blessing there is for all who love Jesus, to explore. The world of subatomic particles and waves and strings and holograms and entanglements and quarks and music and math – – they all exist here and now. But the amazing thing is that they all actively sing praises to their Creator – our Creator – just exactly like we do! Amen. The Bridge is Compassion
