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Ask not what you can do for the Lord but what the Lord can do for you

DAY OFF

I have been working in Markham this  week at a golf course .They have been boing some major changes to this course.They pushed all the topsoil into pills 'and I load it on rock trucks . I am just getting use to working 11 hours a day. The Lord has blessed me with some good guys to work with. It is Friday and I am off because it rained Thursday night and so it is to wet to work today.

   I also had another job offer to work at a courier company here in Kitchener but then they hired person from the inside of their company so I missed out on the job.I am still hopping to get that job in the future.That is what is happening in Larry's world this week.

Spending Time at Williams with The Boys

Went to Williams Coffee Pub, to spend time with the guys.  Met with Sam and Claude. Bob had to work but could join us latter.

We discussed the possibility of going camping together and having a spiritual retreat at one of the local conservation areas and maybe taking in some hiking.

Tune in for an update.

Our Life and Freedom in The Holy Spirit

Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles, says in Ephesians 1:13,14

In Him you also trusted after you heard the word of truth,the gospel of your salvation;in whom also having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise . Who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

Jesus had to die so that we could be set free of sin.And He gave us the Holy Spirit to take us (the spiritually broken ) and bringing holiness to our spirit and body.

The Holy Spirit is our holiness and we become righteous because of the Holy Spirit  that is in us.The Holy Spirit has sealed us with the Fathers love.So the Father sees us as righteous. So if you have accepted Jesus in to your heart then the Holy Spirit dwells in you and so you are righteous.The Father sees His righteousness in you ,because it is actually His spirit that He is looking at.

It is a gift ,it is not something that we can obtain or work for. It is one of many free gifts that we have received from the Father.We ask our selves why did He give it to us ? My answer is He gave the Holy Spirit to us so that we could come back into relationship with the Father,the same relationship that He had with Adam and Eve be for the fall.Adam and Eve were holy and with out sin be for the fall. Now He can have that same communion with us as He did with them. The Father is always finding new ways to show His love for us. So now we are righteous because He has put the Holy Spirit in us.

The enemy will come into our mind and tell you that you are not righteous; look you just inned how can you say you are righteous. If we look at it and agree with him then we are denying that the Holy Spirit of promise is in us and you are saying that God is a liar because God the Father is the one that said you were righteous. The enemy is the one that accuses us of sin not God. He is a loving God and is not standing over us pointing His finger and condemning us.If we do something that we should not have done ,He gently takes us by the hand and leads us back to the path that we just left. Romans 8:1 There is therefore now [notice the word now ]no condemnation to those that are in Christ Jesus who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

It says in Ephesians 5:26-27,

That He might sanctify and cleanse her[the church] with the washing of the water of the word. That He might present Himself a glorious church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she [the church] should be holy and with out blemish.

The bible is a book that contains Gods words to us. It has been interpreted in many different ways. It is the job of the Holy Spirit is to lead us and guide us into all truth. As we read it the Holy Spirit can then start to show us the things that we need to know, and Gods plan for our lives. As we read the bible, it would be good to read it out loud ,so that our outer ear can hear it,and so our inner ear can receive it and it[the word] will go down into our hearts. Reading the word out loud feeds the Holy Spirit in us and we can start to walk in faith.

I am not saying that the Holy Spirit needs to grow, but it is our faith that needs to grow in Him.When you  invited the Holy Spirit to come into you, you could have healed people, raised the dead, and all the things that Jesus did.The Holy Spirit and the Father are one and they want us to do the same things that Jesus did. Jesus commanded us to do this.

It says in Mark 16:15-18,

Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every  creature.  He who believes and is baptised will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.  And these signs will follow those who will believe:In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;they will take up serpents;and if they drink anything deadly it will by no means hurt them;they will lay hands on the sick and they will recover.

See in this scripture that Jesus said that if we believe in Him we will be saved. He does not say when you become perfect like Me you will be saved.All we have to do is believe that Jesus died and rose from the dead.  In the rest of that scripture we are told that Jesus has given us the power to do all kinds of miracles.
   
We have the Holy Spirit in us so why don't we see the miracles happening in our lives?  Wedon't see it because the church to-day is running after sin instead of looking to Jesus and the work that He accomplished on the cross. Jesus took our sin,it is not ours any more. Jesus has made us righteous. We need to have our minds renewed by the washing of the water of the word.
  
Jesus is not on the cross and He is not bleeding any more because He is seated on His throne in heavenly places. He is ruling and raining over all principalities and power and might and dominion,and every name that is named,not only in this age but also in that which is to come. If you noticed that He is not standing He is sitting. He has done it all and has handed the torch to us. And all we have to do is remind the enemy that he is defeated and we are righteous in Jesus Christ, because we have the Holy Spirit in us
  
We don't serve the living God through condemnation or fear or rejection or divine disapproval but we serve Him with no condemnation because we are the righteousness of God. The more your faith rises in the revelation that you are righteous, the more the power of the resurrection will be made manifest in your physical body and thought life.
  

By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God. It was the invisible word of God that created and was spoken to create the world and all the things in it. Our words are also powerful. So the more we proclaim out loud that you are righteous in Christ Jesus ,the more our bodies and minds will receive it and the more our faith will grow.
  
To many Christians to-day are sitting back and walking in the way of the world.  They are getting caught up in the economics of the world and will not be ready for when the worlds ways collapse . We need to be on guard and hearing from the Lord. If we don't know who we are in Christ Jesus and walking in His ways , then we could get caught in what the world is doing and not what the Lord is doing. 
  
John 15 is what I call the "if " chapter. It says, "If My words abide in you; if you abide in Me.."  It is saying that it is our choice to come to Him, so we need to chose now and not when the crises comes.
  
God is calling His kids and He will raise them up in the last days. If we want to see the power  of the Holy Spirit operating in our lives we have to remind ourselves every day that we are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.  Even when I have messed up or made mistakes, instead of endlessly confessing my sin, I need to get up and confess in faith my righteousness  (I am the righteousness in Christ Jesus).  When you do that you will feel resurrection power coming over you, because you are declaring who you are in Christ Jesus and not bowing down to the enemy.The Kingdom of God is in YOU.

The Kingdom of God is At Hand

Jesus first message that He gave to the people right after He came out of the desert after being tempted in the desert was to repent for the kingdom of God is at hand . The Lord showed me that as we repent His kingdom comes into our lives and makes us righteous.

We as believers need to see is that we are righteous in the eyes of God. And as we repent of our sin His kingdom comes into our lives, or His light of righteousness invades our beings and dispels the darkness. That is when the enemy comes in and says that God cant forgive you of that sin because look at what you have done! He wants to lay a guilt trip on us , and say that we are not righteous .

Jesus died so that we could be righteous and reign with Him.  It is his righteousness that we have because He lives in us, so we have His righteousness. It has nothing to do with us . It is a free gift that He gave us 2000 years ago .

It is important to confess that we are righteous so that the enemy does not have a foot hold in your life. We can confess that there is now on condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. We need to do the same as Jesus did in the desert and confess what God has to say in the matter .We need to say that we are righteous so that our bodies can start to respond to the kingdom of God in us.  

When we come to Jesus we are filled with the Holy Spirit. That is the Spirit of promise as it is written in Luke 24:46-49 
 thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day. and that repentance and the remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Behold I send the promise of My Father upon you ; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.