Grace- The Same Power

Key Verse This Week

2 Peter 1:3-4

New King James Version (NKJV)

³ as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, ⁴ by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

     Today lets really look at our key verse this week.  This scripture is so rich because it is God telling us that whatever you need in life I already gave it to you.  Whatever you face in life that has or will try to defeat you, I already have given you the enabling power to overcome and have victory!  Ok, I know what you are saying? Clarence, what about my circumstances, my health and my bills?  If God gave us all this why did He just give us the natural blessings we need?  The answer is God is a Spirit and you are too.

 

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

²³ Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁴ He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it

     You are a spirit being like our Father God.  You possess a soul( your mind, intellect), and you live in a body.  You are a Spirit being.  This physical world  was created by the spiritual world.  The spiritual world is more real than this world we live in.  When we die physically, our spirit being is what lives.  To be absent from the body is to be in the presence of the Lord.  When we are born again, what part of us is reborn? Our Spirit.  The very nature of God takes place, moves in, sets up shop.  The Spirit of God lives on the inside of us.  This is what we are to activate by grace through faith to have victory in this life.  The same power that Jesus has. The same resurrecting power that Jesus has.  The same healing power that Jesus has is living on the inside of us.  Christians have Gods DNA in us.  We are His children.  All we have to do to access it is believe it and obtain his grace( enabling power) through faith. 

     This is why the scripture tells us, "my people die for a lack of knowledge."  We have got to study this word.  We need to know who we are In Christ.  If you are born again, your whole spirit was reborn and the same power that Jesus had as He performed miracles, healed the sick, feed 5,ooo men plus women and children with a few fish and some bread, the same power that walked on water,  the same power that cast out demons, and the same power that turned water into wine  is in you today.  The moment you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior you were given every spiritual blessing.  Your reborn Spirit is perfect just like Christ.  That same power, His divine nature is what He gave us to win,  We must now begin to access it.  No more defeats!  No more!  Hallelujah, it's time to win!  Use the Power! Use His Grace! Access it through Faith! Renew that mind!  Live for God and Watch God use you to perform miracles In Jesus Name!

Thanks You Jesus!

Brother Clarence

Grace- Empowered to Do

Key verse this Week

2 Peter 1:3-4

³ as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, ⁴ by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust

Yesterday I made the statement that Christianity or being a Christian is not an entitlement but the opening of the door.  The opening of the door to what?  All Gods promises and spiritual blessings.   I also said that grace is the key to the door.

 

   Grace has been defined as Gods unmerited favor.  God having given us something without our working for it or deserving it.  When Christians sin we always equate Gods forgiveness with His grace because we don't deserve to be forgiven but He does anyway. That’s one side of grace.  The other side of it is His enabling power and empowerment to do everything that we are called to do.    Grace is God's ability to do in you what you could not do on your own.

   God is challenging all of us to start relying and confessing his grace as an empowerment or enabling force.  The word empowered means to to give official authority or legal power to. The truth be told grace will keep us from sinning.  Grace will break any addiction.  Grace will help you accomplish things that you were not able to do on your own.. Grace is the key.

   The question  is how do we access this empowerment in our lives?  How do we change our natural circumstances to reflect the will of God in our lives?  First, we must understand truly what God's will is for us as His children.

     It is not Gods will for you to be sick.  It is not Gods will for us to die prematurely.   It is not Gods will for us to be in lack.  It is not Gods will for us to be addicted and defeated as Christians.  God wants all of us to dominate.  In order to dominant we must realize that God has empowered us to win.  If you are a Christian you already have it.

Ephesians 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ

Why would God give us every spiritual blessing if we were to remain poor?  Why would God give us every spiritual blessing  for us to remain sick?  Why would God give us every spiritual blessing for us to die prematurely?  He gave us these blessing so that we would resist and deny these evil tidings so you can live life empowered to do things that are bigger than you.  God wants you to lay hands on sick and pray for their healing In Jesus Name.  He wants you to give to the poor.  He does not want you to be poor.  God wants you to resist the devil when he comes with sickness and disease and it affects your body and call on the grace of God to receive the healing He already purchased on the cross for you.  It is up to us to access this but we must stop lying on God and saying he gave this thing to me because He did not.  The devil wants you sick. The devil wants you poor. The devil wants you addicted.

   You have been empowered to defeat the enemy with every evil tiding that he brings into your life..  Sickness is an evil tiding.  Poverty is an evil tiding.  Lack is an evil tiding.  Lust is an evil tiding. Resist the devil and he will flee. You are empowered to do and achieve things; greater things, but we must know we are empowered by Him ( Our God) to do it.  More to come.......

Brother Clarence

Grace-Results Bigger than You

 

Key Verse This Week

2 Peter 1:3

³ as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,

      I believe that God wants all Christians to dominate their environment.  I believe that it is His purpose for men to dominate every area of their lives.  It is Gods will for mankind to dominate.  From the very beginning of our existence, God was purposeful about man having dominion in his environment.  I believe that this is true today. If you are a Christian, you should be the head and not the tail. 
     God wants us to dominate in the workplace, marketplace and community.  Some of us have achieved things because we have education.  We have achieved a big house.  We have achieved  purchasing a nice car.  We have achieved being able to travel and have vacations but God is concerned about you achieving things that are bigger than you.  I submit to you today; if you are looking at what you have achieved or accomplished in life and your results are attainable by your hard work or dedication - You are not having results that are bigger than you.
     Our key verse states that God has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness.  If that scripture is true then why are we not experiencing all that God has for us?
Why is it that Christians die prematurely?  Why is it that Christians experience lack?  Why are Christians sick and not healed?  Maybe we are not experiencing results bigger than ourselves.  Maybe we should reevaluate ourselves and see how to tap into this power, this enablement , this sufficiency that most Christians are not experiencing in our daily lives.
     If I am sick, how do I get healed?  If I am in need of money, how do I get the finances I need for my family?  We must begin to ask and find the answers. God is not just concerned about you having a house, clothes, and a nice car but He wants you to dominate.  I submit to you, Grace is the key.
    I hope your thinking hard on this because God is wanting to teach and show us things that we already have but are not accessing.  You being a Christian is just not an entitlement but the opening door to having results bigger than you.  More to come....

Brother Clarence

Genesis 1:26-28

New King James Version (NKJV)

²⁶ Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all^[a] the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” ²⁷ So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. ²⁸ Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Loving Through Grace

2 Peter 1:3
"According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge if him that hath called us to glory and virtue."

     Today, I wanted to start off talking about grace.  However, the Holy Spirit alerted me to the fact that someone reading this blog is struggling walking in love. There might have been some bad situation that occurred to you or someone you love. It might be a situation where something happened to you in your childhood and you have not let go of the pain. It might have been something done to someone else but you are still mad. You have stopped loving people because of a negative experience you have had.  Well, God is saying it's time to let it go.
      Our scripture this morning says that as a Christian, we have already been given everything that pertains to us living a life pleasing to God.  God is not pleased with any of us harboring bad feelings about someone else.  It does not matter what they did or how they treated you.  You must let it go.  God is seeing you build walls, walk in unforgiveness, block people from loving you and  continue to go further and further out of his will.  This is for someone today.  God is alerting you.  You are not fooling Him.  He sees your heart.
     Whether you have expressed it verbally or not it is still there.  It is blocking your path to continue the rest of your life. You must ask the Lord to help you love through grace.  God knows and He is here  asking you today to release the pain, the hurt,  and all the negative feelings  that you  have bestowed in your heart.  He wants you to trust Him with your pain.  Your holding on to it  but God wants you to give it to Him.
    Activate God's grace to love in your life.  You already have it but you must choose to use it. This is God giving you an opportunity to change your destiny.  It is that important! Time to live with and for God or continue to slowly destroy your life and your children.  God is extending his grace to you so you can experience His grace to love.

Brother Clarence