“Mace, how come we don’t see any great miracles at our church?”
This question is asked in one fashion or another time and time again.
Now, before I go further I want to address something.
Some of you reading this will say, “I don’t need all of that hocus pocus stuff. I am saved and that is all I need.”
Little darlin’, I am glad you are saved but there is a lost, sighing and crying world out there that needs Jesus. Jesus, the Head of the Church, has given us His Name to use to reach the world with signs and wonders following (Mark 16:16-18).
The supernatural flow that comes from using His Name is not hocus-pocus.
It is the power of God manifest!
I dare say the reason we don’t see miracles happening more is because many of us are not taught the authority of the Believer in the Name of Jesus.
Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.
If you are not hearing it preached from the pulpit faith is not coming.
It’s going.
The sick of this world are waiting for someone to lay hands on them and healing to flow into their bodies in the Name of Jesus.
The tormented are waiting for someone to take authority over demons and cast them out in the Name of Jesus.
Why signs and wonders?
They confirm that Jesus is Lord.
They confirm the Word of God.
Mark 16:20 (King James Version) And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the Word with signs following. Amen.
Signs and wonders should be a vital part of the believer and church’s life.
Don’t sell the Name of Jesus short and don’t sell yourself short by refusing to follow the Lord’s plan of reaching the lost and confirming the power of the Name of Jesus.
Use the Name today and signs and wonders will follow your believer’s ministry.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
The Name
The Believer has been given power of attorney by Jesus Christ.
Mark 16:16-18 clearly shows that the Lord Jesus has given every believer His Name to use to speak in tongues, cast out devils, survive attacks of the devil, and to heal the sick.
How it must sadden and anger Him that so many refuse to reach a hurting world with His Name out of fear of what others will think, religion, and just plain unbelief that His Name would bring about what He said it would.
In the Acts 3 we read about Peter and John who were on their way to the temple and they came across a crippled beggar.
The man was born crippled. He had never walked a day in his life.
When Peter and John came across his path he asked them for money.
Acts 3:4-8 (New King James Version)4 And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.” 5 So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. 6 Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: 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 anklebones received strength. 8 So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God.
“Oh, but that is Peter.”
Remember, Jesus said in Mark 16:16-18 the only prerequisite was to be a believer.
Don’t you think He meant what He said?
If Peter had worried about what people might think that beggar would have died a beggar.
Thank God he was bold in his faith.
“Well, how come we don’t see that kind of thing now?”
Friend, I have seen the miraculous with my own eyes when the Name of Jesus was used in faith.
However, a large segment sees no miracles because they are not speaking the Name of Jesus in faith, if at all.
It is the Name!
Dare to believe the Name will do exactly what Jesus said it would do!
Dare to act on the Word in faith!
A miracle is waiting to happen in the Name of Jesus.
Quit refusing to act on what Jesus has given you and I out of fear or religious tradition.
A hurting world is dying while waiting for someone to bring the Name of Jesus to them and heal their sick bodies, save their lost spirits, and cast out the demons that hold them in bondage.
What are you going to do about it?
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Mark 16:16-18 clearly shows that the Lord Jesus has given every believer His Name to use to speak in tongues, cast out devils, survive attacks of the devil, and to heal the sick.
How it must sadden and anger Him that so many refuse to reach a hurting world with His Name out of fear of what others will think, religion, and just plain unbelief that His Name would bring about what He said it would.
In the Acts 3 we read about Peter and John who were on their way to the temple and they came across a crippled beggar.
The man was born crippled. He had never walked a day in his life.
When Peter and John came across his path he asked them for money.
Acts 3:4-8 (New King James Version)4 And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.” 5 So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. 6 Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: 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 anklebones received strength. 8 So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God.
“Oh, but that is Peter.”
Remember, Jesus said in Mark 16:16-18 the only prerequisite was to be a believer.
Don’t you think He meant what He said?
If Peter had worried about what people might think that beggar would have died a beggar.
Thank God he was bold in his faith.
“Well, how come we don’t see that kind of thing now?”
Friend, I have seen the miraculous with my own eyes when the Name of Jesus was used in faith.
However, a large segment sees no miracles because they are not speaking the Name of Jesus in faith, if at all.
It is the Name!
Dare to believe the Name will do exactly what Jesus said it would do!
Dare to act on the Word in faith!
A miracle is waiting to happen in the Name of Jesus.
Quit refusing to act on what Jesus has given you and I out of fear or religious tradition.
A hurting world is dying while waiting for someone to bring the Name of Jesus to them and heal their sick bodies, save their lost spirits, and cast out the demons that hold them in bondage.
What are you going to do about it?
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Getting In The Way Of God's Grace
Thank God for his Grace.
Yes, we sing about it, we talk about it, but do we truly understand it?
It is the Grace of God that gives the Christian victory over the world, the flesh and the devil.
It is the Grace of God that heals our body and mind.
It is the Grace of God that brings us prosperity.
What is Grace? It God's favor. It is as Pastor John Greiner describes it, "Being endowed with special advantage for success."
Through the Cross of Christ, through faith in His finished work we are endowed with special supernatural advantage for success.
But, you and I can thwart the Grace of God.
Galatians 2:21 (King James Version) 21I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
When we put our faith in law we thwart the Grace of God.
When we create laws we thwart the Grace of God.
"Mace, how do I create a law?"
It's simple. Christians do it all of the time.
For instance, you may think or believe something along the lines of, "If I just read my Bible more I know I will have victory."
You just created a law.
Or "If I attend church 3 times a week I know I will be healed.
You just created a law.
A law says you must do something to achieve God's blessing.
We don't receive Grace by law. We receive Grace simply by having faith in the finished work of Christ.
We are saved by faith, we walk by faith, and we receive by faith.
So quit wearing yourself out by trying to earn the Grace of God.
It is yours simply by receiving it by faith.
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Yes, we sing about it, we talk about it, but do we truly understand it?
It is the Grace of God that gives the Christian victory over the world, the flesh and the devil.
It is the Grace of God that heals our body and mind.
It is the Grace of God that brings us prosperity.
What is Grace? It God's favor. It is as Pastor John Greiner describes it, "Being endowed with special advantage for success."
Through the Cross of Christ, through faith in His finished work we are endowed with special supernatural advantage for success.
But, you and I can thwart the Grace of God.
Galatians 2:21 (King James Version) 21I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
When we put our faith in law we thwart the Grace of God.
When we create laws we thwart the Grace of God.
"Mace, how do I create a law?"
It's simple. Christians do it all of the time.
For instance, you may think or believe something along the lines of, "If I just read my Bible more I know I will have victory."
You just created a law.
Or "If I attend church 3 times a week I know I will be healed.
You just created a law.
A law says you must do something to achieve God's blessing.
We don't receive Grace by law. We receive Grace simply by having faith in the finished work of Christ.
We are saved by faith, we walk by faith, and we receive by faith.
So quit wearing yourself out by trying to earn the Grace of God.
It is yours simply by receiving it by faith.
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
God Wants You Delivered
Did you know God wants you delivered?
Well, He does.
He does not want you in bondage to anything, nothing, nada.
He wants you free from disease, sin, poverty, depression and any other attack of the devil.
How do I know?
The Word tells us so.
Galatians 1:3-4 (Amplified Bible)3Grace and spiritual blessing be to you and [soul] peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah), 4Who gave (yielded) Himself up [[a]to atone] for our sins [and [b]to save and sanctify us], in order to rescue and deliver us from this present wicked age and world order, in accordance with the will and purpose and plan of our God and Father—
It is God’s will, purpose, and plan for you to be rescued and delivered from this wicked age and world order.
The world’s order is one of disease, selfishness, death, and hatred, doing it to your buddy before he does it to you, oppression and fear.
God wants you delivered from all that junk.
In fact, in Christ you are delivered.
You don’t have to participate in all that garbage.
Just because there is a recession in the land doesn’t mean you have to participate.
You live in a different Kingdom with a different King.
Yes, you may live on this earth but your citizenship is in heaven.
By faith resist all of the garbage of this world and hide away In Christ.
Then when others see you prosperous, healthy and happy while the world is going to pot you can tell them, “I serve King Jesus. He takes care of my every need. He is not dependant on economic indicators. He is Lord over the economy. Wouldn’t you like to know Jesus too?”
Thank God we are the delivered ones!
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Well, He does.
He does not want you in bondage to anything, nothing, nada.
He wants you free from disease, sin, poverty, depression and any other attack of the devil.
How do I know?
The Word tells us so.
Galatians 1:3-4 (Amplified Bible)3Grace and spiritual blessing be to you and [soul] peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah), 4Who gave (yielded) Himself up [[a]to atone] for our sins [and [b]to save and sanctify us], in order to rescue and deliver us from this present wicked age and world order, in accordance with the will and purpose and plan of our God and Father—
It is God’s will, purpose, and plan for you to be rescued and delivered from this wicked age and world order.
The world’s order is one of disease, selfishness, death, and hatred, doing it to your buddy before he does it to you, oppression and fear.
God wants you delivered from all that junk.
In fact, in Christ you are delivered.
You don’t have to participate in all that garbage.
Just because there is a recession in the land doesn’t mean you have to participate.
You live in a different Kingdom with a different King.
Yes, you may live on this earth but your citizenship is in heaven.
By faith resist all of the garbage of this world and hide away In Christ.
Then when others see you prosperous, healthy and happy while the world is going to pot you can tell them, “I serve King Jesus. He takes care of my every need. He is not dependant on economic indicators. He is Lord over the economy. Wouldn’t you like to know Jesus too?”
Thank God we are the delivered ones!
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Change
The children of Israel were to have a blessed Covenant relationship with God.
Through their relationship they could have had peace, prosperity and health.
However, over and over we read of them turning away from God.
Instead of seeking refuge in Jehovah they sought refuge elsewhere.
They mingled with those the Lord had told them not to.
They rebelled and suffering ensued.
The great Prophet Isaiah prophesied the following:
Isaiah 30:1-3 (New King James Version) 1 “Woe to the rebellious children,” says the LORD, “Who take counsel, but not of Me, And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit, That they may add sin to sin; 2 Who walk to go down to Egypt, And have not asked My advice, To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, And to trust in the shadow of Egypt! 3 Therefore the strength of Pharaoh Shall be your shame, And trust in the shadow of Egypt Shall be your humiliation.
When I recently read these scriptures the Holy Spirit proclaimed to me this is what is happening in America today.
We have come to depend upon the Government or the President to be our God. We expect them to meet our needs.
We have replaced God with politicians.
Friend, every need has been met through Jesus Christ.
Every thing you need can be appropriated by faith in the finished work.
Let us pray that the Church will have a revival and that our nation will have a great Awakening.
God is our only hope.
If we think we can vote morality and prosperity into this country we are wrong.
Only Jesus can bring about the change we need.
If you really want change then go to Jesus!
He will change you!
He will change your circumstances!
He will change your life!
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Through their relationship they could have had peace, prosperity and health.
However, over and over we read of them turning away from God.
Instead of seeking refuge in Jehovah they sought refuge elsewhere.
They mingled with those the Lord had told them not to.
They rebelled and suffering ensued.
The great Prophet Isaiah prophesied the following:
Isaiah 30:1-3 (New King James Version) 1 “Woe to the rebellious children,” says the LORD, “Who take counsel, but not of Me, And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit, That they may add sin to sin; 2 Who walk to go down to Egypt, And have not asked My advice, To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, And to trust in the shadow of Egypt! 3 Therefore the strength of Pharaoh Shall be your shame, And trust in the shadow of Egypt Shall be your humiliation.
When I recently read these scriptures the Holy Spirit proclaimed to me this is what is happening in America today.
We have come to depend upon the Government or the President to be our God. We expect them to meet our needs.
We have replaced God with politicians.
Friend, every need has been met through Jesus Christ.
Every thing you need can be appropriated by faith in the finished work.
Let us pray that the Church will have a revival and that our nation will have a great Awakening.
God is our only hope.
If we think we can vote morality and prosperity into this country we are wrong.
Only Jesus can bring about the change we need.
If you really want change then go to Jesus!
He will change you!
He will change your circumstances!
He will change your life!
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Warfare
Nothing can come against you that you cannot have victory over.
Jesus, our Lord and Master, has defeated every enemy we will face at the Cross.
The problem comes in us enforcing that victory.
Yes, the war is won but the battle of faith will rage until Christ returns.
The devil will attack your thoughts and your beliefs. He will attack you in your mind and your flesh.
He will do his best to get you to accept that parts of the Word are not true.
He will use symptoms in your body to get your faith away from healing and onto dying.
He will use circumstances to steal your peace.
He will always use the natural realm to attack you. He is smart enough to know that if he can get you to focus on the natural you will not use the supernatural weapon the Lord has given you to gain the victory.
Well, I declare him to be wrong!
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 (King James Version) 4(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
The Word of God is our sword. It is the sword of the Spirit. We use it to chop down our enemy into little bitty pieces.
We enforce the victory with our faith filled words!
Anything that comes against the Word or tries to contradict the Word cannot stand.
Thoughts from the enemy must be cast down with the Word of God.
If the Word says one thing and the thought says another cast the thought down and replace it with the Word.
Speak out the Word from your mouth.
Don’t just think it but speak it.
This does two things:
1. It builds your own faith since faith comes by hearing the Word.
2. It releases your faith.
Jesus said to speak to the mountain in Mark 11:22-24.
He did not say think about the mountain.
Speak the Word!
The Word reigns!
Don’t accept circumstances contrary to the Word.
Speak the Word against the circumstances. The Word changes the circumstances.
Defeat, disease, fear, and any other ungodly thought cannot stand against the Word of God or the child of God.
Unless you let it by contradicting the God's Word with your words and doubt and unbelief.
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance.
Jesus, our Lord and Master, has defeated every enemy we will face at the Cross.
The problem comes in us enforcing that victory.
Yes, the war is won but the battle of faith will rage until Christ returns.
The devil will attack your thoughts and your beliefs. He will attack you in your mind and your flesh.
He will do his best to get you to accept that parts of the Word are not true.
He will use symptoms in your body to get your faith away from healing and onto dying.
He will use circumstances to steal your peace.
He will always use the natural realm to attack you. He is smart enough to know that if he can get you to focus on the natural you will not use the supernatural weapon the Lord has given you to gain the victory.
Well, I declare him to be wrong!
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 (King James Version) 4(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
The Word of God is our sword. It is the sword of the Spirit. We use it to chop down our enemy into little bitty pieces.
We enforce the victory with our faith filled words!
Anything that comes against the Word or tries to contradict the Word cannot stand.
Thoughts from the enemy must be cast down with the Word of God.
If the Word says one thing and the thought says another cast the thought down and replace it with the Word.
Speak out the Word from your mouth.
Don’t just think it but speak it.
This does two things:
1. It builds your own faith since faith comes by hearing the Word.
2. It releases your faith.
Jesus said to speak to the mountain in Mark 11:22-24.
He did not say think about the mountain.
Speak the Word!
The Word reigns!
Don’t accept circumstances contrary to the Word.
Speak the Word against the circumstances. The Word changes the circumstances.
Defeat, disease, fear, and any other ungodly thought cannot stand against the Word of God or the child of God.
Unless you let it by contradicting the God's Word with your words and doubt and unbelief.
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
The Powerful Name Of Jesus
We have all heard them. We have all heard the religious sounding prayers at Thanksgiving or family reunions that sound like this:
“Gracious heavenly Father, we thank thee for (fill in the blank) and we ask thee for (fill in the blank). We ask these things in the Name of Jesus.”
There is nothing wrong with that prayer. I just wonder if we really know and understand what it means when we petition the Father in the Name of Jesus.
For too many of us it is just part of a religious exercise.
Oh, how we need the power of that Name in these times.
Jesus said, John 16:33 (King James Version) 33These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Most of the time we focus on the latter part of this scripture. We focus on Jesus telling us to be of good cheer because He has overcome the world.
Look closely at the first part of the scripture.
33These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace.
Obviously, Jesus has just spoken some things that would enable us to have peace in a trouble world.
In order to see what those things are we need to look back and see what He said.
John 16:23-24 (King James Version) 23And 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. 24Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
We pray to the Father and not to Jesus.
When we pray in the Name of Jesus we will receive what we pray for.
That is what Jesus said isn’t it?
Two things are key:
1) The petition must be in line with the Word
2) It must be asked in faith
Do you see the power in the Name of Jesus? That power has been given to you and I.
Why has it been given?
John 16:24 (Amplified Bible)24Up to this time you have not asked a [single] thing in My Name [as [a]presenting all that I AM]; but now ask and keep on asking and you will receive, so that your joy (gladness, delight) may be full and complete.
God wants your joy to be full!
When you get of hold of this it brings peace because you no longer sit and wonder if God heard you or if your prayer is going to be answered.
You know He heard you and is going to answer your petition because Jesus said He Would!
It’s as simple as that.
The faith life is not hard. It is easy.
So, the next time you pray in the Name of Jesus know you are not just reciting a religious slogan. You are speaking the Name that causes the Father to move on your behalf.
Expect Results!
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance.
“Gracious heavenly Father, we thank thee for (fill in the blank) and we ask thee for (fill in the blank). We ask these things in the Name of Jesus.”
There is nothing wrong with that prayer. I just wonder if we really know and understand what it means when we petition the Father in the Name of Jesus.
For too many of us it is just part of a religious exercise.
Oh, how we need the power of that Name in these times.
Jesus said, John 16:33 (King James Version) 33These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Most of the time we focus on the latter part of this scripture. We focus on Jesus telling us to be of good cheer because He has overcome the world.
Look closely at the first part of the scripture.
33These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace.
Obviously, Jesus has just spoken some things that would enable us to have peace in a trouble world.
In order to see what those things are we need to look back and see what He said.
John 16:23-24 (King James Version) 23And 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. 24Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
We pray to the Father and not to Jesus.
When we pray in the Name of Jesus we will receive what we pray for.
That is what Jesus said isn’t it?
Two things are key:
1) The petition must be in line with the Word
2) It must be asked in faith
Do you see the power in the Name of Jesus? That power has been given to you and I.
Why has it been given?
John 16:24 (Amplified Bible)24Up to this time you have not asked a [single] thing in My Name [as [a]presenting all that I AM]; but now ask and keep on asking and you will receive, so that your joy (gladness, delight) may be full and complete.
God wants your joy to be full!
When you get of hold of this it brings peace because you no longer sit and wonder if God heard you or if your prayer is going to be answered.
You know He heard you and is going to answer your petition because Jesus said He Would!
It’s as simple as that.
The faith life is not hard. It is easy.
So, the next time you pray in the Name of Jesus know you are not just reciting a religious slogan. You are speaking the Name that causes the Father to move on your behalf.
Expect Results!
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
The Supernatural Life
The devil has done a great job of removing the supernatural aspect out of the Christian life.
He has conned many believers into believing the supernatural ministry died with the last disciple.
However, that is not what the Bible teaches. In fact, the opposite is true.
I guess the question we have to ask ourselves is are we going to believe however we want to believe or are we going to believe the Bible?
What did Jesus say?
John 14:12 (New King James Version) 12 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.
It seems to me He was rather matter of fact about the believer’s ministry.
Notice His only criteria is he who believes.
Jesus plainly says believers will do the works of Jesus and even greater works.
What works did Jesus do?
Well, He preached and taught the Word. He fed the hungry. He healed the sick. He cast out devils. He raised the dead. He made the blind see. He prophesied.
“Well, Brother Mace that is not what He meant. I believe He was talking about just doing good works. You know, opening clinics in Africa and so on.”
Well, again let’s look to the words of Jesus Himself for clarity.
Mark 16:17-18 (New King James Version)17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they[a] 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.”
Are you a believer?
If so, Jesus is talking about you.
Again, Jesus is pretty clear what signs follow a believer.
Friend, The Word is a two-edge sword.
One side of the blade brings great blessing.
The other side brings judgment.
In other words, the Word we reject becomes our judge.
Accept the Word.
Trust what it says.
Walk in the light of the Word and you will have a supernatural ministry.
The world lost in darkness is depending on you.
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance.
He has conned many believers into believing the supernatural ministry died with the last disciple.
However, that is not what the Bible teaches. In fact, the opposite is true.
I guess the question we have to ask ourselves is are we going to believe however we want to believe or are we going to believe the Bible?
What did Jesus say?
John 14:12 (New King James Version) 12 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.
It seems to me He was rather matter of fact about the believer’s ministry.
Notice His only criteria is he who believes.
Jesus plainly says believers will do the works of Jesus and even greater works.
What works did Jesus do?
Well, He preached and taught the Word. He fed the hungry. He healed the sick. He cast out devils. He raised the dead. He made the blind see. He prophesied.
“Well, Brother Mace that is not what He meant. I believe He was talking about just doing good works. You know, opening clinics in Africa and so on.”
Well, again let’s look to the words of Jesus Himself for clarity.
Mark 16:17-18 (New King James Version)17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they[a] 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.”
Are you a believer?
If so, Jesus is talking about you.
Again, Jesus is pretty clear what signs follow a believer.
Friend, The Word is a two-edge sword.
One side of the blade brings great blessing.
The other side brings judgment.
In other words, the Word we reject becomes our judge.
Accept the Word.
Trust what it says.
Walk in the light of the Word and you will have a supernatural ministry.
The world lost in darkness is depending on you.
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Jesus Got 'Er Done
I know some folk that believe they have to say a certain amount of Hail Mary’s to get right with God.
Other folk I know think their Pastor must be more righteous than them because he reads his Bible more and prays more.
Still some take vows of poverty, abstinence (which you should if you are not married), and fast all in the hopes of making God like them.
Friend, Jesus already got ‘er done.
2 Corinthians 5:18 (New King James Version)18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,
At the cross Jesus reconciled us once and for all through His shed blood.
All that is needed is faith.
You see, Jesus took your sin, which is what kept you and I out of fellowship with God. He took our sin and gave us His righteousness.
What a deal, huh?
2 Corinthians 5:21 (New King James Version)21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
If you sin you don’t have to beg, plead, cry and squawk for God to forgive you and love you.
Just ask for forgiveness right on the spot and that is it as far as God is concerned.
John 1:9 (King James Version) 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
“Mace, you make it to easy if we sin to get forgiveness.”
Nope, I didn’t make it easy.
God the Father did.
You just have to have faith in the finished work of Christ.
Jesus is the Source.
The cross is the means.Reconciliation with The Father is the result.
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance.
Other folk I know think their Pastor must be more righteous than them because he reads his Bible more and prays more.
Still some take vows of poverty, abstinence (which you should if you are not married), and fast all in the hopes of making God like them.
Friend, Jesus already got ‘er done.
2 Corinthians 5:18 (New King James Version)18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,
At the cross Jesus reconciled us once and for all through His shed blood.
All that is needed is faith.
You see, Jesus took your sin, which is what kept you and I out of fellowship with God. He took our sin and gave us His righteousness.
What a deal, huh?
2 Corinthians 5:21 (New King James Version)21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
If you sin you don’t have to beg, plead, cry and squawk for God to forgive you and love you.
Just ask for forgiveness right on the spot and that is it as far as God is concerned.
John 1:9 (King James Version) 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
“Mace, you make it to easy if we sin to get forgiveness.”
Nope, I didn’t make it easy.
God the Father did.
You just have to have faith in the finished work of Christ.
Jesus is the Source.
The cross is the means.Reconciliation with The Father is the result.
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance.
New
I will give the devil his due. He is sneaky.
He knows the importance of words and faith. Therefore, if he can mix doubt with religiosity then he can keep the truth from setting the captive free.
Every day Christians stand before some group and declare, “My name is ________ and I am an alcoholic.” Or they declare they are some kind of addict.
Yes, that sounds good. But, it does not line up with the Word of God.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (King James Version) 17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
You may have been an addict but the moment you made Jesus your Lord you became a new creature.
“But, Mace I still have the cravings.”
You are a new creature in Christ.
Period.
Every day you have a choice as to whose report you are going to believe.
You can believe what the world says or even your flesh.
Or you can choose to believe the Lord’s report.
Whose report are you going to agree with?
One confession keeps you in bondage.
The confession of faith declares you are who the Bible says you are.
And then you will find who the Son has set free is free indeed.
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He knows the importance of words and faith. Therefore, if he can mix doubt with religiosity then he can keep the truth from setting the captive free.
Every day Christians stand before some group and declare, “My name is ________ and I am an alcoholic.” Or they declare they are some kind of addict.
Yes, that sounds good. But, it does not line up with the Word of God.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (King James Version) 17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
You may have been an addict but the moment you made Jesus your Lord you became a new creature.
“But, Mace I still have the cravings.”
You are a new creature in Christ.
Period.
Every day you have a choice as to whose report you are going to believe.
You can believe what the world says or even your flesh.
Or you can choose to believe the Lord’s report.
Whose report are you going to agree with?
One confession keeps you in bondage.
The confession of faith declares you are who the Bible says you are.
And then you will find who the Son has set free is free indeed.
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Whatchu Looking At Wills?
A major problem for too many Christians is what we are looking at.
No, I am not talking about TV. I am talking about looking at things in the natural as opposed to the supernatural or spiritual.
You see, the devil works in the sense realm. He tries to manipulate you through your senses. If he can get you to focus on what you can see, hear, touch and smell he will get your focus off of the Word of God.
God’s Word is spiritual. When we come to learn that His Word, which is spiritual, overcomes the senses then our perspective changes. Victory becomes ours.
2 Corinthians 4:18 (New King James Version)18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 5:7 (King James Version) 7(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
Thomas the Disciple was ruled by sense knowledge. He had to see the risen Jesus before he would believe.
The Master answered his doubt with John 20:29 (New King James Version)29 Jesus said to him, “Thomas,[a] because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
We have to look at situations with eyes of faith through the prism of the Word.
For example, my son is recovering from Autism.
“How can you say he is recovering? There is no cure.”
I am looking at him with eyes of faith in the Word. I see past the symptoms and see the promise of the Word of the Living and Faithful God.
His Word declares that by the stripes of Jesus Garrett is healed! (1 Peter 2:24)
His Word declares if a believer lays hands on Him he will recover (Mark 16:18).
The Word says it, I believe it, and that settles it!
Garrett is recovering!
Choose to believe the Lord’s report over the devil’s.
Faith sees as God sees.
As Gary Coleman might ask, “Whatchu looking at Willis?”
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No, I am not talking about TV. I am talking about looking at things in the natural as opposed to the supernatural or spiritual.
You see, the devil works in the sense realm. He tries to manipulate you through your senses. If he can get you to focus on what you can see, hear, touch and smell he will get your focus off of the Word of God.
God’s Word is spiritual. When we come to learn that His Word, which is spiritual, overcomes the senses then our perspective changes. Victory becomes ours.
2 Corinthians 4:18 (New King James Version)18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 5:7 (King James Version) 7(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
Thomas the Disciple was ruled by sense knowledge. He had to see the risen Jesus before he would believe.
The Master answered his doubt with John 20:29 (New King James Version)29 Jesus said to him, “Thomas,[a] because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
We have to look at situations with eyes of faith through the prism of the Word.
For example, my son is recovering from Autism.
“How can you say he is recovering? There is no cure.”
I am looking at him with eyes of faith in the Word. I see past the symptoms and see the promise of the Word of the Living and Faithful God.
His Word declares that by the stripes of Jesus Garrett is healed! (1 Peter 2:24)
His Word declares if a believer lays hands on Him he will recover (Mark 16:18).
The Word says it, I believe it, and that settles it!
Garrett is recovering!
Choose to believe the Lord’s report over the devil’s.
Faith sees as God sees.
As Gary Coleman might ask, “Whatchu looking at Willis?”
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Getting Free
How many times have you heard someone say, “The truth will set you free?”
Well, that is not the whole truth of the scripture.
The truth won’t just set you free.
John 8:31-32 (Amplified Bible)31So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed in Him, If you abide in My word [hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them], you are truly My disciples. 32And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free.
Notice that there is a big fat “IF” in the scripture.
If we abide in Jesus’ Word we are His disciples then we will know the truth and then truth will set us free.
You and I must abide in the Word in order for the truth of the Word to work in our lives.
A casual perusing will not do.
The Word must constantly be fed to our spirits.
The more you put the Word in you the more you know that you know that you know that what the Word says is true.
Once you know that you know that the Word is true no matter what the circumstances or your feelings are telling you then you are free indeed!
You are no longer in bondage to how you feel because the Word is the rock in your life while your feelings change.
You are no longer afraid of what the News Media is reporting because the Good News trumps MSNBC.
You are no longer worried about the doctors report because you have abided in the truth of the Word that declares “By His stripes you are healed.”
So get into the Word, find the truth, and let the truth set you free.
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance.
Well, that is not the whole truth of the scripture.
The truth won’t just set you free.
John 8:31-32 (Amplified Bible)31So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed in Him, If you abide in My word [hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them], you are truly My disciples. 32And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free.
Notice that there is a big fat “IF” in the scripture.
If we abide in Jesus’ Word we are His disciples then we will know the truth and then truth will set us free.
You and I must abide in the Word in order for the truth of the Word to work in our lives.
A casual perusing will not do.
The Word must constantly be fed to our spirits.
The more you put the Word in you the more you know that you know that you know that what the Word says is true.
Once you know that you know that the Word is true no matter what the circumstances or your feelings are telling you then you are free indeed!
You are no longer in bondage to how you feel because the Word is the rock in your life while your feelings change.
You are no longer afraid of what the News Media is reporting because the Good News trumps MSNBC.
You are no longer worried about the doctors report because you have abided in the truth of the Word that declares “By His stripes you are healed.”
So get into the Word, find the truth, and let the truth set you free.
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
The Word Prospers!
John 10:10 (Amplified Bible)10The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it [a]overflows).
Jesus came so you and I would have the abundant life.
A life of prosperity
.
The prosperous life is one of overflowing supply.
This is overflow in every area of life: spirit, financial, and health.
In other words, the God who is more than enough provides His children with more than enough.
More than enough to do what?
To meet all of your needs, your family’s needs, and the needs of the Kingdom Of God.
Overflow.
“How can I prosper, Mace? I barely graduated High School and I’m not the “right” color or gender.”
Psalm 1:1-3 (New King James Version) 1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.
God’s Word is not bound by race, gender, nor status.
Two keys to this scripture working our lives are:
1) Delight in the Word.
2) Meditate on the Word day and night.
This means the Word is the driving force in your life and decisions.
The Hebrew word for meditate means to mutter.
This means we are mull over and speak the Word over and over to ourselves. As we do the Holy Spirit brings forth fresh revelation.
Did you notice the promise if we do these to steps?
Prosperity in all we do!
As we follow these two steps our the Word will mold desires and plans.
His will becomes our will and His will always prospers.
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance.
Jesus came so you and I would have the abundant life.
A life of prosperity
.
The prosperous life is one of overflowing supply.
This is overflow in every area of life: spirit, financial, and health.
In other words, the God who is more than enough provides His children with more than enough.
More than enough to do what?
To meet all of your needs, your family’s needs, and the needs of the Kingdom Of God.
Overflow.
“How can I prosper, Mace? I barely graduated High School and I’m not the “right” color or gender.”
Psalm 1:1-3 (New King James Version) 1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.
God’s Word is not bound by race, gender, nor status.
Two keys to this scripture working our lives are:
1) Delight in the Word.
2) Meditate on the Word day and night.
This means the Word is the driving force in your life and decisions.
The Hebrew word for meditate means to mutter.
This means we are mull over and speak the Word over and over to ourselves. As we do the Holy Spirit brings forth fresh revelation.
Did you notice the promise if we do these to steps?
Prosperity in all we do!
As we follow these two steps our the Word will mold desires and plans.
His will becomes our will and His will always prospers.
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
No More Bee Stings
Have you ever been stung by a bee?
If you have you know it hurts. If you are allergic to Bee stings you can actually die from the sting.
Isn’t it strange how something so small can inflict so much pain?
What is fascinating is that once the Bee stings his victim he is powerless and dies. He can never sting another victim.
1 Corinthians 15:55-57 (New King James Version)55 “ O Death, where is your sting?[a] O Hades, where is your victory?”[b] 56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Holy Spirit gives the Apostle Paul the analogy of the bee and his stinger.
The devil would be the bee and death would be his stinger.
He stung Jesus on the Cross.
At that moment the devil became powerless and so did death!
Praise God!
Jesus took the sting of sin and death once and for all so we don’t have too!
You see, when we place our faith in what Christ did for us at the Cross the devil becomes powerless over us.
So does death!
Why?
Because faith in the finished work of Christ guarantees life!
Eternal Life!
So we, with the great Apostle, can boldly ask, “Oh, death where is your sting?”
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance.
If you have you know it hurts. If you are allergic to Bee stings you can actually die from the sting.
Isn’t it strange how something so small can inflict so much pain?
What is fascinating is that once the Bee stings his victim he is powerless and dies. He can never sting another victim.
1 Corinthians 15:55-57 (New King James Version)55 “ O Death, where is your sting?[a] O Hades, where is your victory?”[b] 56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Holy Spirit gives the Apostle Paul the analogy of the bee and his stinger.
The devil would be the bee and death would be his stinger.
He stung Jesus on the Cross.
At that moment the devil became powerless and so did death!
Praise God!
Jesus took the sting of sin and death once and for all so we don’t have too!
You see, when we place our faith in what Christ did for us at the Cross the devil becomes powerless over us.
So does death!
Why?
Because faith in the finished work of Christ guarantees life!
Eternal Life!
So we, with the great Apostle, can boldly ask, “Oh, death where is your sting?”
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Honoring God
There is a big push in the world that has crept into parts of the Church to accept many different paths to God.
They say Allah is just another name for God but is the same God that Christians worship.
THIS IS NOT TRUE!!!!
Jesus said the following:
John 5:23 (Amplified Bible)23So that all men may give honor (reverence, homage) to the Son just as they give honor to the Father. [In fact] whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, Who has sent Him.
If Allah were the same God under a different name then the Muslims would honor Jesus as the Christ the only Son of God.
They do not therefore they honor God not.
Jesus said John 14:6 (King James Version) 6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
If you are worshipping God without going through Jesus you are not worshipping the same God as Christ followers.
There is only one God and it is the God of the Bible, the God of Israel, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
There is only one path to God and not many.
That path leads right to the Cross and faith in the shed blood of the ONLY SON OF GOD Jesus Christ.
All other paths are detours away from eternity with God.
All other truths are lies.
Jesus is the way, the truth and the life!
It’s just that simple.
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance.
They say Allah is just another name for God but is the same God that Christians worship.
THIS IS NOT TRUE!!!!
Jesus said the following:
John 5:23 (Amplified Bible)23So that all men may give honor (reverence, homage) to the Son just as they give honor to the Father. [In fact] whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, Who has sent Him.
If Allah were the same God under a different name then the Muslims would honor Jesus as the Christ the only Son of God.
They do not therefore they honor God not.
Jesus said John 14:6 (King James Version) 6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
If you are worshipping God without going through Jesus you are not worshipping the same God as Christ followers.
There is only one God and it is the God of the Bible, the God of Israel, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
There is only one path to God and not many.
That path leads right to the Cross and faith in the shed blood of the ONLY SON OF GOD Jesus Christ.
All other paths are detours away from eternity with God.
All other truths are lies.
Jesus is the way, the truth and the life!
It’s just that simple.
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance.
Friday, June 5, 2009
God's Bad Rap
Religion has characterized our heavenly Father as some mean old man sitting on a throne just looking for a reason to keep us out of His kingdom.
But, that is totally at odds with the God of the Bible.
Psalm 145:8 (King James Version) 8The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
Yes, He will not tolerate sin. However, from Genesis through Revelation we read of God giving man a chance to repent.
If a man drinks poison and refuses the antidote he can’t blame the doctor if he dies.
Sin is man’s poison and the Lord sent His Son Jesus to be the antidote. All who accept Jesus as Lord and Savior are saved from the judgement due sin.
God wants all to accept Christ.
2 Peter 3:9 (King James Version) 9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
God doesn’t want any one to go to hell. He paid a high price so they don’t have too.
“Well, I don’t know why He puts up with what old so-and-so is doing?”
Why does He put up with you?
Because He loves you and He loves old so-and-so too.
We are new creatures in Christ.
That means the ability to love as Christ does is in us.It is up to us whether we let that ability become action or not.
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance
But, that is totally at odds with the God of the Bible.
Psalm 145:8 (King James Version) 8The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
Yes, He will not tolerate sin. However, from Genesis through Revelation we read of God giving man a chance to repent.
If a man drinks poison and refuses the antidote he can’t blame the doctor if he dies.
Sin is man’s poison and the Lord sent His Son Jesus to be the antidote. All who accept Jesus as Lord and Savior are saved from the judgement due sin.
God wants all to accept Christ.
2 Peter 3:9 (King James Version) 9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
God doesn’t want any one to go to hell. He paid a high price so they don’t have too.
“Well, I don’t know why He puts up with what old so-and-so is doing?”
Why does He put up with you?
Because He loves you and He loves old so-and-so too.
We are new creatures in Christ.
That means the ability to love as Christ does is in us.It is up to us whether we let that ability become action or not.
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Run Your Race
You have a race to run.
Your race.
Not my race.
Not your momma and daddy’s race.
Your race.
1 Corinthians 9:24 (Amplified Bible)Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but [only] one receives the prize? So run [your race] that you may lay hold [of the prize] and make it yours.
I ran a little track in high school (very little). One thing we trained on was not to look at the other runners but to focus on the finish line in front of us.
You see, when we looked at the runners at the side of us it slowed us down.
Friend, run your own race and keep your eye on the prize.
Don’t compare your calling to someone else’s calling. You stay focused on the assignment God has given you and finish strong!
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance.
Your race.
Not my race.
Not your momma and daddy’s race.
Your race.
1 Corinthians 9:24 (Amplified Bible)Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but [only] one receives the prize? So run [your race] that you may lay hold [of the prize] and make it yours.
I ran a little track in high school (very little). One thing we trained on was not to look at the other runners but to focus on the finish line in front of us.
You see, when we looked at the runners at the side of us it slowed us down.
Friend, run your own race and keep your eye on the prize.
Don’t compare your calling to someone else’s calling. You stay focused on the assignment God has given you and finish strong!
Mace Wilkerson Ministries1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23To Sow your seed into this ministry Please click https://www.paypal.com/cgibin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=macewilkerson%40aol%2ecom&item_name=Seed%20Offering&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8 to sow a financial seed or mail offerings to Mace Wilkerson Ministries 20414 Timber Trail Way Cypress, TX 77433. Thank you in advance.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Healing Is A New Covenant Right
Christians believe that Jesus paid the sin penalty at the Cross. Yet, they never move beyond that.
You see, at the Cross our Lord Jesus not only shed His blood for our sins He also gave His broken body for our healing and health.
The great Prophet Isaiah foretold of this complete redemption in Isaiah 53.
Isaiah 53:4-5 (Amplified Bible)4Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy].(A) 5But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.
And Jesus also referred to this.
Luke 22:19-20 (King James Version) 19And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. 20Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
Most Christians
would think it wrong for a believer to be held in bondage to sin.
After all, Christ died to set us free from sin, right?
Then why should we be in bondage to sickness and disease if He also took our sickness and disease upon Himself at the Cross?
“Oh, but Mace, why are there sick people in church if healing is for everybody?”
Friend, why are their adulterers, racists, and drunkards in Church if Jesus paid for our sins at Calvary?
It’s because they are not walking in the light of their redemption.
First, we must believe the Word and then act on it.
We believe we are saved because the Bible says Jesus paid for our sins.
As we walk in that light the Holy Spirit sanctifies us from sin.
Old sinful habits just seem to drop off.
That’s because light drives away darkness.
The same is true with healing.
You believe you are healed because the Bible says Jesus paid for your healing with the stripes laid across His back.
Then as you walk in faith the Holy Spirit manifests that Covenant right in your life.
Healing is a New Covenant right to the believer.
We have a wonderful Covenant so let us access all of its benefits.
You see, at the Cross our Lord Jesus not only shed His blood for our sins He also gave His broken body for our healing and health.
The great Prophet Isaiah foretold of this complete redemption in Isaiah 53.
Isaiah 53:4-5 (Amplified Bible)4Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy].(A) 5But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.
And Jesus also referred to this.
Luke 22:19-20 (King James Version) 19And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. 20Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
Most Christians
would think it wrong for a believer to be held in bondage to sin.
After all, Christ died to set us free from sin, right?
Then why should we be in bondage to sickness and disease if He also took our sickness and disease upon Himself at the Cross?
“Oh, but Mace, why are there sick people in church if healing is for everybody?”
Friend, why are their adulterers, racists, and drunkards in Church if Jesus paid for our sins at Calvary?
It’s because they are not walking in the light of their redemption.
First, we must believe the Word and then act on it.
We believe we are saved because the Bible says Jesus paid for our sins.
As we walk in that light the Holy Spirit sanctifies us from sin.
Old sinful habits just seem to drop off.
That’s because light drives away darkness.
The same is true with healing.
You believe you are healed because the Bible says Jesus paid for your healing with the stripes laid across His back.
Then as you walk in faith the Holy Spirit manifests that Covenant right in your life.
Healing is a New Covenant right to the believer.
We have a wonderful Covenant so let us access all of its benefits.
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