CampfireTALK: Febuary 28th, 2014
WORKING TOGETHER  ... in Shaping The Future!
For as long as I can remember, the Body of Christ has been divided, in various denominations, in beliefs and different church groups, each holding onto their own vision and purpose, but seldom in working together as "one unit".   When we choose to work separately, you will find that our strength and our ability to affect "change" in our area is greatly weakened and reduced.  We each take off in our own direction, and some make it ... some don't.  And in all of this, we lose the benefit of strength and power in our numbers.  [Lev 26:3-12]

Each church and ministry has a purpose, and I believe serves a specific need in our community.  But when we all come together as a "family", and also work together towards Jesus' purpose in reaching the lost, we become a formidable force against the enemy, and the entire region around us begins to take upon itself a new form!  

Lives are changed, and our communities begin to develop strong principles and standards of character.  People are taken off the streets as brother begins to help brother, and sisters become sisters again.  The gospel begins to permeate the school systems, the local city and government, and the people begin to once again hunger for GOD and HIS blessing begins to flow upon us all. 

We have a vision, a dream, a goal, to come together, and again work as one "family", like in the days of Acts and the Apostles.  The power and strength of the Holy Spirit will not be seen in any great form unless those who have been entrusted with this message of the gospel of Jesus Christ begin to come together and pray, and help each other, in unity of the faith, sharing their knowledge, their strengths, and the teachings that they have been entrusted with.  And together we will grow!   

We were given a command!  It is not a good idea, or a neat thought, but before HE left, Jesus gave us a "command" to "preach the gospel to all the world"!  We are responsible for delivering the life-giving message of the gospel of Jesus, to our communities, to the people we work with, to our schools, and to the World!  We think it's time to get busy about "the Father's business" ...
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DEVOTION
THE CHALLENGE   (in conclusion)
We've discussed this month, the day and the secret of the day, and that we are to "conquer the day" and be the master of it. 

We've also talked about GOD's will and HIS plans ... for us!  HE wants only good for us, and for us to be healthy, happy, wealthy, in all things! 

And we talked about the three things that are "key" for our success, as a believer and a Christian, and in our personal success in walking the walk of faith!  We must remember that GOD created us to be holy vessels that contain HIS presence and HIS power.  We must continue in our study of the Word of GOD, so that our minds may be renewed, and so that our spirit can be fed and kept strong! 

And finally, we talked about the most important thing for us to remember as Christians, and yet at the same time, the most neglected thing as well.  Most of us rarely pray in the Holy Ghost.  We just don't have the time, or it's too much trouble, or we just don't see the benefit.  And yet, if we don't we will never see the results that it brings! 


If you have accepted the sacrifice of Jesus and received HIM into your heart, as your Lord and your Savior, then you are a Believer.  And as a believer, YOU are a member of the Royal Family of GOD!  Your big brother is none other than the King of Kings, and the Lord of Lords, Jesus Himself!  And your Father is THE CREATOR!  You cannot ask for a better lineage or heritage, in any world! 

But you need to see yourself as that!  You need to drop that attitude that we call "stinking thinking" and you need to renew your mind, your heart and your inner image of "you" to be in agreement with what the Bible says about you!  You are of the God class of being.  Your family is "THE FAMILY"!  Satan has absolutely no power over you or yours!  He has been defeated, and as long as you walk in what your Father and your Big Brother has provided for you to walk in, the devil has no way to get to you! 

Like your Father, your words have creative power ... to create, to change, and to bless!  HE created you that way for a dream and for a purpose ... to fulfill GOD's plan of salvation for mankind.  And you cannot fulfill that dream if you are rocking along there in a near poverty level of living, looking on the outside like all of the rest of the unsaved - those you were sent here to recover! 

The one single most important thing, though, that I have not shared with you yet is that ...

None of this is going to happen, without YOUR decision to walk it out!  YOU are the key to making it happen ... in YOUR LIFE! 

You are going to have opposition.  Your family, your friends, maybe even your spouse, they are all going to freak out when you step forth with this!  It will not be until they are "changed" and their minds are renewed by GOD's Word, that they will begin to get on-board with what you are doing!  But, in the meantime, YOU are going to have to plant your feet firmly on the ground, and in the Word of GOD, and YOU are going to have to "stand" in your faith, keeping your life holy, meditating the Word of GOD, and praying in the Holy Ghost! 

You only have one life to live ... one chance at your time here in the Earth.  Do you want to waste it?  Do you want to "just get by" while you are here, and never even taste ... not even a bite, of what GOD had in plan for you here?  I think not!!

So, I challenge you!   I stand here, and as a prophet of the Lord GOD Almighty, I "challenge" YOU ... to ... "BE" the YOU that GOD created you to be ... in Jesus name! 



RECAP: 

GOD wants you ...
1.  healthy - physically healthy and whole, nothing missing, nothing broken, healed, free of disease and sickness, of aching bones and muscles, and such ... "healthy" 
2.  happy - emotionally, mentally and in your soul ... "happy" and at peace, with yourself, with others ... "happy" 
3.  prosperous - wealthy and in full abundance, in full sufficiency of provision, not just spiritually, but financially ... "prosperous" 


Get ON-TRACK with HIS Plan ...
1.  Be holy - the Bible calls us a "Holy Temple", where the Spirit of GOD lives.  the Spirit of GOD lives in your heart!  And to keep it holy, we must confess our sin when we sin (1 John 1:9).  "If we confess our sins, HE is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleans us from all unrighteousness."  In order to remain holy and clean, before GOD, we must avoid sin, and when we do sin, we must confess those sins before GOD, so that we can be made clean again.

2.  Study the Word - Jesus said in John 8:31-32, "If you continue in My word, then are you truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."  Folks, rare is the time you will ever see someone skip eating for the day, let alone days upon end.  But we do that all the time spiritually.  The Word of GOD is food for our spiritual bodies!  We need that spiritual food, for spiritual energy, and for the faith that we need ... to live the life that GOD has called us to live, here in the Earth.  When we study and meditate the Word of God, our spirit man grows strong, in much the same way as a battery is charged!  (Romans 10:17)  But when we do NOT study the Word, our spiritual battery begins to run down, and the natural man begins to surface.  We act more like our "old self" than like the renewed man that GOD created us to be.  In other words, the "flesh" wins out. 

3.  Pray in the Holy Spirit - Paul teaches us that we are to pray in the Holy Spirit.  "But you, beloved, build yourselves up [founded] on your most holy faith [make progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], praying in the spirit."  [Jude 1:20 - AMP]  Our supernatural energy, our faith, is charged and built up when we spend time in the presence of GOD, and when we "pray in the Holy Spirit".  We are told in Ephesians 6 to "be strong in the Lord, and in the power of HIS might", putting on the whole armor of GOD.  We cannot be strong if we do not spend time in GOD's presence, and in supernatural prayer! 



THIS MONTH - I want you to remember: 

"This is YOUR day ... YOU control it, how it goes, how you deal with the obstacles that come, and how you finish it!   Master it!  And don't let the day, or the little bumps that come with it determine how "YOUR DAY" is going to be.
  This is "YOUR" day!
Master it!  Conquer it!  MAKE IT ... what your Father wants it to be!


Make me proud! 
-pastor rich-  



    

WORD CHURCH Ministries 
15612 Poynette Place, Austin TX 78717-5351  USA
 
 
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Rich Allcorn, sr. pastor    <richAllcorn@WordChurch.info>     Skype:  richallcorn    
Jane Allcorn, co-pastor   <janeAllcorn@WordChurch.info>    Skype:  janeallcorn

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Margarett Lunzmann     <MargarettLunzmann@WordChurch.info>   Skype:  margarettparker

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