Prophetic Equipping Ministries: It is better to give than to receive

Thursday, March 14, 2013

It is better to give than to receive

It Is Better To Give Than To Receive

Acts 20:34-35 Jesus said " It is more blessed to give than to receive". The Greek word used for blessed is makarios which means supremely blessed or fortunate, well off, happy. In other words what Jesus was saying was that we are more than fortunate and more than well off giving than when we are receiving. This thought process is so very opposed to the world's view of getting and receiving and accumulating assets. Paul in this passage of scripture also speaks of the reason for giving, supporting the weak, a activity that is found to be scarce amongst us as a nation.

In the world we are taught not to give but sell what we have at a profit so that we may accumulate and increase in our assets and have a loss through giving it things away. The hoarding of assets and accumulation for self-gain has bread a chain reaction of greed for money that opens the doors to most other sins. The love of money causes us to act out the most terrible of lusts in obtaining funds to buy a loaf of bread. Nowadays it people will do almost anything for money, because our society has made money their god.

The accumulation of money and wealth does not and cannot buy happiness and lasting joy. True happiness, contentment and joy with a life filled with purpose come only from GOD.

GOD DOES NOT NEED YOUR MONEY. GOD wants you. God is jealous for you.

God gave the most expensive gift ever. The Life of His own Son. The return that God receives on His extravagant gift to you, is the nations of the world.

The Word of the Lord says to you that if you sow sparingly, then you will reap sparingly. I dare you to extravagantly sow some seed into good soil.

Do something different and unusual. Do something extravagant.

In Malachi, God told us to gather around the altar and bring our offering and to come with a highly unusual request, something you think that could never happen. Don't come with something you've prayed for before or that may not be challenging. In Malachi 3:10 God says, "PROVE ME and see if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it!"

I am sensing that God wants us to come prepared today with that HIGHLY UNUSUAL REQUEST joined with our offering, allowing God to PROVE HIMSELF so that He can pour out on us all blessings that we won't be able to contain.

THIS IS MOST EXCITING!

I've got mine ready, how about you?

I have made up my mind that I am sowing seed and going to apply myself to worship the Lord extravagantly. I am sowing my seed into good soil.

I am going to honor the Lord with all my heart, with all my soul and with all my flesh.

As an act of my worship, I am going to bless the Lord.

Bring your offering to the Lord right now and bless His Holy Name.

You will be amazed at the faithfulness of God.

It is truly way better to give than to receive.

A PASSION FOR LOVE OR THE PASSION FOR WAR

SOUTH AFRICA
A PASSION FOR LOVE OR THE PASSION FOR WAR

I strongly urge you as you read this and to seek the Face of God with an increasing measure of passion.

I saw a vision of South Africa being a hand and a breadbasket for Africa. The church of Jesus Christ rose up and became passionate for the presence of God and the Lord gave much blessing into the national treasury and storehouses of the church as well as to the people individually. In my vision there was an increase to meet the needs of the destitute and hungry. South Africa started moving nationally and across the boarders to meet the needs of others. I saw this hand and breadbasket going to starving children and setting programs in place in other nations to bring change so that the gospel of the Kingdom of God may be preached on full stomachs. I also saw South Africa strong because of being a blessing to Israel.
Then I saw the picture change and the Hand of the Lord come against the nation of South Africa. I saw how we divided our selves into camps in the church and said that this group belongs to the Baptist, this group belongs to New Covenant, this group belongs to the full Gospel, this group belongs to charismatic and this group belongs to the house church movement, and so it went. Then I saw the house that is divided starting to fall. I saw that the economics of the house and nation became unstable and household debt start increasing. I saw the nation align itself with Muslim countries and stood against Israel. I saw at this point violent crime increase and get out of control, and the South Africa took their own babies and handed them over to abortion clinics, and lower the age of legal consent for the right of abortion. This vision of South Africa became a scorpion to the nations of Africa, which brought control and fear over the other nations. The scorpion lifted then its tail over it’s own body and stretched it up over Africa. The tail of the scorpion came down onto the nation of Israel and stung it with venom and poison.

I believe these two pictures are what could transpire in South Africa.
We as a church do get passion for God’s presence and not allow the enemy to come and bring in foreign god’s into our nation.

We need to humble ourselves in reverence and worship, and intercede for our nation, turn from our wicked ways and then we will see the Lord remove the curse and bless our Land.

South Africa is destined to be a nation of blessing to the nations of the world, let alone to Africa.

The Kingdom of God is love, joy, peace and righteousness in the Holy Spirit. We are called to violently press into God through being passionate for His presence and seek the unity of faith.

When we seek first the Kingdom of God in a manner of passion for His presence in all we do – we then will have all the things that He has destined for us.

But if we neglect to seek His Face and turn away from Him, the enemy will come and destroy what God has intended for blessing.

It is my firm conviction that as the spirit of Islam tries to take control of South Africa we will jeopardize every thing of good that we as a nation stand for.

The judicial system, financial markets, education system, national security, medical fields, transport and communication, farming and all other areas of national interest belong to us. And we want peace and love to rule in our land.

Let us make a stand today and fight in the spirit realm for what is our inheritance.

I speak over this nation and say to you South Africa – FREEDOM

The spirit of islam and the terror of allah declares:

Surah 9:5 “Fight and slay the pagans wherever you find them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war”

Surah 5; 33 “The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and his messenger, and strive with might and main for mischief through the is; execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet opposite sides, or their disgrace in this world, and a heavy punishment is theirs in the hereafter.”

Ayatollah Khomeni said “The purest joy of Islam is to kill or to be killed for Allah”

IN JESUS NAME – WE STAND AGAINST THE SPIRIT OF DEATH AND FORCES OF WAR AND BLOODSHED THAT RISE AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA.

WE DECLARE - SOUTH AFRICA BELONGS TO GOD.

2Ch 7:14 “if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”

“God expects that his people who are called by his name, if they have dishonored his name by their iniquity, should honor it by accepting the punishment of their iniquity. They must be humble themselves under his hand, must pray for the removal of the judgment, must seek the face and favor of God; and yet all this will not do unless they turn from their wicked ways, and return to the God from whom they have revolted. 3. National mercy is then promised, that God will forgive their sin, which brought the judgment upon them, and then heal their land, redress all their grievances. Pardoning mercy makes ways for healing mercy,” (Mathew Henry commentary on the whole Bible)

A Prophetic Word for the CHURCH - " THE FACE LIFT"

I am coming to touch my house once again.
I am calling my bride for a face-lift.
I am the Lord that heals you and I the Lord am coming again to touch you by My Spirit and cause you to have a face lift. The operation that I am about to perform on you my bride WILL TRANSFORM YOU SO MUCH into my image likeness that many around you will not recognise you for the change that has taken place.
I am calling you to lift up your head toward the mountain’s where your help comes from. For your help comes from Me the Lord, the maker of heaven and the maker of earth. Some of you will say, that is not the Lord and the Lord does not work in that fashion. But, I the Lord say to you that many will suffer tension in the neck while others will suffer from whiplash and others will die from a broken neck. There are those who will frown on what I am about to do, some will scorn and others jeer and laugh. Do not associate yourself with those who will not have a part of My move, for I am coming to change the face of the church. The way you have seen the church to be, will cease to exist. For my children come to Me day after day and cry out to me for understanding and revelation. I will come to them and blow on their garden. I will blow from the east, the west, the north and the south. I will release fresh rain of My Spirit on My people and they will come to Me. As of now many have come to Me through a priest, a pastor, a prophet, a teacher, a leader and an apostle. I say to you that I am calling my beloved to look to Me. Lift up your head for I will reveal Myself to you and show you the secrets of My heart. Your revelation of Me will not be the revelation that someone else has of Me. Your revelation of me will be the revelation that I reveal to you as you look into My Face. In the light of this I will change the face of My bride to such an extent that that the way you have seen the church in the past will not be the same way you see the church in future. The Image that my bride will carry will be My very image. Come now and press into Me. Come let Me show you, who I am. Many have told you, who I am, and you have heard of the revelation that others have had. Come let me give you the Face Lift that is needed to change your perspective of who I am.

Do not be afraid of what you will see. Many will fall off their lofty thrones. I come with purifying fire as you press into Me. I will cause My rain of righteousness to start in My house. A fear for presence will descend on my house and those who do not submit to righteousness will be removed from the house. I will cause judgement to begin in the house. I say to you, what you read in the book of Acts concerning Ananias and Sapphira, will come upon this house in the these days. I will send my purifying fire once again. Do not be afraid. Stand true to My Word and you will stand secure. You will see the leaders fall, be exposed and die in the seat of authority. What happened to Eli the priest will happen again. Except, this time it will be behind the coffins that men have made to preach from. Men have made themselves thrones and platforms that have separates them from My presence. Now they continue to preach slanderous accusations against those who are My true and anointed sons and daughters. I say to them, Woe to you Bethsaida and woe to you Chorazin, for you have lifted your hand against your brother and against sister. It would have been better for you to lift your hand against yourself than to raise your hand against your own family. I say to you that I will show mercy to many of you and remove you from your position so that your soul may not be destroyed.
I speak to you South Africa. I call you to come again and cry out to Me. For there is a spirit of death against you and you have closed your eyes and turned your head away. I call you my bride to rise with urgency. Rise to authority. Rise to your knees in repentance and turn from your arrogance that says, we are building God’s house. I call on you to take that what I have given to you and to go into the highways and into the fields. God heal the sick, raise the dead and set the captive free. I have not called you to build My church. I have called you to preach My Word. I have given to you South Africa; I have given you the rest of Africa. South Africa, the world is watching you. South Africa, the demons are waiting to see what you will do. I call you to march out in My authority. Look up and see that I am the Lord and I go before you to give you the victory. I give you the victory in your own life. I give you the victory in your family; I give you the victory in your country. I give you the victory, in MY CHURCH.

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Thursday, March 14, 2013

It is better to give than to receive