Messages for May 2016: Our Month of Divine Presence
Message for the 15th May, 2015
Theme: The wonders of Divine Presence
Topic: How to Receive and cultivate Divine Presence Pt. 1
Introduction: The bible is replete with promises of God being with us. We are told in Matthew 28:20 that God would be with us always even to the end of the age. We also learn in Joshua 1:9 that the Lord would be with us wherever we go. Moses also brings to light in Exodus 33:16 the truth that the proof of God being with a people is His presence with them. So it is very clear that the presence of God with us is God’s promise to us that can graduate into a covenant as we believe and embrace the demands of it. However, we must be properly positioned to not only receive the presence of God but to also cultivate and enjoy it to the fullest. Today we shall begin looking at steps we can take to activate the promises of God’s presence with us and how we can cultivate and enjoy it to the fullest.
The New Birth: In the beginning, after Adam sinned against God in the Garden of Eden, he lost his place with God and was banished from God’s presence. See Gen.3:22-24. Since then, those who enjoyed the presence of God were those who exercised their choice to walk in the ways of God. For instance Enoch was said to have walked with God until God took him without his having to experience death. See Gen.5:21-24. Sin made the demand of the new birth absolutely necessary so that God could raise a new breed of people born of His word and his Spirit [Jn.3:3-7]. This was made possible through the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. Gen.3:15 became a promise kept from the day of the death of the Lord on the Cross until the day of Pentecost when the early Church fathers first got filled with the Holy Spirit for the first time and up till today. From that day, anyone who makes the choice of embracing the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord is admitted into the family of God and therefore is granted access to this grace of enjoying divine presence. See Matt.28:20; Eph.2:18-19.
Cultivate a relationship with God: How much of God’s presence you enjoy however, depends on your willingness to cultivate a relationship with him. There are three parts to cultivation; they are planting, nurturing for proper growth and harvest [Mk.4:26-32]. When we make a decision to embrace the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ for us on the Cross of Calvary, we are sown into God’s Kingdom as seeds. From the time we hear the gospel until our departure from time, we are constantly presented with choices either for a glorious destiny or a woeful one. When we choose the Lord, the next choice we would have to make is whether we want to grow up to be spiritual or not. If we make the choice to be spiritual and meet the demands, we would grow to become fruit bearing believers in Christ [1Cor.2:12-16]. As long as we remain bearing fruit, God would personally prune us to bear more fruit until our harvest from time. See Philippians 2:12-13; John 15:1-5, 8 and 16. The more we bear fruit to God, the more intimate our relationship with Him would become and the more of His promises would find expression in our lives. When this happens, it is proven by His constant presence with us. So many have confused God’s presence for glamour and material blessings. This has led many astray and many who were on track with God feeling less of themselves and allowing themselves to be deceived into error. A look at the life of the Lord Jesus Christ and His legacies would show us exactly what it really means to have God present with one. See Jn.8:16 and John 16:32.
Walk in the Spirit: Another great choice we would have to make to maintain God’s presence with us is to walk in the spirit. God is a Spirit and it would therefore require spirituality to access His presence all the time. To be spiritual is to walk according to the dictates of the word of God and the Leading of the Holy Spirit. Apostle Paul makes us understand that if we walk in the spirit, we would not fulfill the lust of the flesh at the same time. Thus to walk in the Spirit is to exercise your choice to walk in God’s presence. See 2Cor.3:16-18; Gal.5:16 and verses 22-23.
We shall stop here for today, next week we shall be looking at how to walk in the spirit as the second part of this message.
Access to this grace was freely available to man until the devil came in to mess things up by luring man into sin which resulted in his separation from God [Gen.3; Rm.3:23 and 6:23]. Thankfully, the Lord Jesus Christ already came to solve the sin problem for us. However, we are required to embrace His sacrifice by believing in Him and receiving God’s free gift of salvation through faith. See John 3:16-18.
If you have not yet received this free gift, you can do so right away by saying the following prayer out loud in faith and you shall be saved:
Heavenly Father,
Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen.
Congratulations! For more information and resources that would help you grow in this new life, please visit our website at www.kingdomheirsministries.org and our blogs at www.flourishinggirl.blogspot.com and follow us on twitter at alero_nanna and on face book on www.facebook.com/flourishinggirl www.facebook.com/khmii2015; www.facebook.com/thewellbeingcenter. Or www.facebook.com/kingdomjointheirsfamily email: jointheirsfamily@gmail.com.
Remain on top of your challenges in Jesus’ name!
Message for the 15th May, 2015
Theme: The wonders of Divine Presence
Topic: How to Receive and cultivate Divine Presence Pt. 1
Introduction: The bible is replete with promises of God being with us. We are told in Matthew 28:20 that God would be with us always even to the end of the age. We also learn in Joshua 1:9 that the Lord would be with us wherever we go. Moses also brings to light in Exodus 33:16 the truth that the proof of God being with a people is His presence with them. So it is very clear that the presence of God with us is God’s promise to us that can graduate into a covenant as we believe and embrace the demands of it. However, we must be properly positioned to not only receive the presence of God but to also cultivate and enjoy it to the fullest. Today we shall begin looking at steps we can take to activate the promises of God’s presence with us and how we can cultivate and enjoy it to the fullest.
The New Birth: In the beginning, after Adam sinned against God in the Garden of Eden, he lost his place with God and was banished from God’s presence. See Gen.3:22-24. Since then, those who enjoyed the presence of God were those who exercised their choice to walk in the ways of God. For instance Enoch was said to have walked with God until God took him without his having to experience death. See Gen.5:21-24. Sin made the demand of the new birth absolutely necessary so that God could raise a new breed of people born of His word and his Spirit [Jn.3:3-7]. This was made possible through the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. Gen.3:15 became a promise kept from the day of the death of the Lord on the Cross until the day of Pentecost when the early Church fathers first got filled with the Holy Spirit for the first time and up till today. From that day, anyone who makes the choice of embracing the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord is admitted into the family of God and therefore is granted access to this grace of enjoying divine presence. See Matt.28:20; Eph.2:18-19.
Cultivate a relationship with God: How much of God’s presence you enjoy however, depends on your willingness to cultivate a relationship with him. There are three parts to cultivation; they are planting, nurturing for proper growth and harvest [Mk.4:26-32]. When we make a decision to embrace the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ for us on the Cross of Calvary, we are sown into God’s Kingdom as seeds. From the time we hear the gospel until our departure from time, we are constantly presented with choices either for a glorious destiny or a woeful one. When we choose the Lord, the next choice we would have to make is whether we want to grow up to be spiritual or not. If we make the choice to be spiritual and meet the demands, we would grow to become fruit bearing believers in Christ [1Cor.2:12-16]. As long as we remain bearing fruit, God would personally prune us to bear more fruit until our harvest from time. See Philippians 2:12-13; John 15:1-5, 8 and 16. The more we bear fruit to God, the more intimate our relationship with Him would become and the more of His promises would find expression in our lives. When this happens, it is proven by His constant presence with us. So many have confused God’s presence for glamour and material blessings. This has led many astray and many who were on track with God feeling less of themselves and allowing themselves to be deceived into error. A look at the life of the Lord Jesus Christ and His legacies would show us exactly what it really means to have God present with one. See Jn.8:16 and John 16:32.
Walk in the Spirit: Another great choice we would have to make to maintain God’s presence with us is to walk in the spirit. God is a Spirit and it would therefore require spirituality to access His presence all the time. To be spiritual is to walk according to the dictates of the word of God and the Leading of the Holy Spirit. Apostle Paul makes us understand that if we walk in the spirit, we would not fulfill the lust of the flesh at the same time. Thus to walk in the Spirit is to exercise your choice to walk in God’s presence. See 2Cor.3:16-18; Gal.5:16 and verses 22-23.
We shall stop here for today, next week we shall be looking at how to walk in the spirit as the second part of this message.
Access to this grace was freely available to man until the devil came in to mess things up by luring man into sin which resulted in his separation from God [Gen.3; Rm.3:23 and 6:23]. Thankfully, the Lord Jesus Christ already came to solve the sin problem for us. However, we are required to embrace His sacrifice by believing in Him and receiving God’s free gift of salvation through faith. See John 3:16-18.
If you have not yet received this free gift, you can do so right away by saying the following prayer out loud in faith and you shall be saved:
Heavenly Father,
Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen.
Congratulations! For more information and resources that would help you grow in this new life, please visit our website at www.kingdomheirsministries.org and our blogs at www.flourishinggirl.blogspot.com and follow us on twitter at alero_nanna and on face book on www.facebook.com/flourishinggirl www.facebook.com/khmii2015; www.facebook.com/thewellbeingcenter. Or www.facebook.com/kingdomjointheirsfamily email: jointheirsfamily@gmail.com.
Remain on top of your challenges in Jesus’ name!
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