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This book is dedicated to the seekers…….

Published by Soldiers of The Lord Publishing L.L.C.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the author,except for the inclusion of brief quotations in review.

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ISBN. 978-0-9831190-1-2

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1:  Revelation Wisdom

Chapter 2: The Knowledge of God

Chapter 3: Shifting your Thinking

Chapter 4: All my Children

Chapter 5: Like Father Like Son

Chapter 6: Living Above the Law

Chapter 7:  Who’s the Boss?

Chapter 8: “The Romance”

Chapter 9: “Face to Face”

Chapter 10: Inheriting the Family Business

Chapter 11:  The Marriage Covenant

Introduction:

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hroughout all of history mankind has been in the pursuit of happiness and completion. This search has been exercised by means of drugs, sex, money, but overall, relationships. I say “overall relationships” because relationships are all around us.  If it weren’t for the thought of relationships mankind would not exist.

All relationships seem to be missing something though, perfection. In other words there are no perfect relationships. Mankind has used relationships with each other to produce thousands of things. Together, these things, whether good or bad, make up the world as we now know it. However, if you look back at the bad things that have happened in the world they all have one thing in common, mystery. Life itself is a mystery depending on what and whom you believe in. But with every negative circumstance there is some sort of mystery. Regardless of the reports made up by scientific investigations there is always a mystery.

For example, I find it very interesting to now know that most of the things taught out of textbooks are theory. (Unless its history) Theories are far from solid and valid. So we are left with opportunities to create or make up what we don’t know or understand. What type of mess would this make if we did this in our Christian theology? Through all of our getting we’ve never gotten a full understanding, we’ve just gotten enough to make ourselves comfortable with not knowing. Not knowing is not a bad thing, because that means there’s room to learn. So ultimately, the state of not knowing isn’t so bad, unless you replace your lack of knowledge with a “shaky” belief system. The conscience of the human mind rests in belief. All thought is powered by belief. For example, when you get ready to speak you don’t think about it you just do it. That’s faith!! Faith is Belief!!

All thought is powered by belief. So with that said let’s go deeper into the worst response to man’s ignorance ever created. It’s called religion. Religion takes the mind to a place that’s hard to escape from. Instead of liberating it always imprisons the mind, forcing anyone who accepts it into a sedentary lifestyle. A lifestyle of chains, bondage, and slavery is the fruit of religious thinking. Imagine being robbed of how to think.

So what am I saying? And what does this have to do with relationships?

Be patient, I’m getting to that but you must understand two major points:

1.)    All thought is powered by belief

2.)    Religion is limitation

Now let me tie it all together for you. The way you think is the way you believe. The way you believe dictates how you live. How you live displays how you think. Religion robs you of your right to think which forces you to stop “living” and just exist. Anyone involved in a religion is stuck in the thought of organization without relation. When we relate with something or someone we are connected to it on an emotional basis.  When we make something a religion we organize it. Organization is good but not when it is used as a limitation or method of control. Limitations are for the world and not for the Kingdom of God.

Today I want you to see something about your life and every relationship you have in it. All your relationships have one thing in common. They are all based on revelation. To have a revelation is to have something revealed, something that was once concealed or hidden. Think about it, your best friend might know more about you than your mother or father. This can only happen due to revelation. You may have chosen to tell or reveal more to your friend than to your parents. The same thing can happen on a job. Most of the time fellow employees know more about you than the manager does. That’s because of revelation. Family members may know more about you than friends. That’s also because of revelation.

The amount of revelation is measured by time.       So remember this equation:

“Increase of time around a person

=  An Increase of Revelation”

Religion leaves relationship out. If relationship is out that means time is out. If time is out so is revelation. This is the main reason most people have never gotten any closer to God than church.  We don’t spend enough time with God so we don’t have enough revelation. Technically, most of us have no idea who God is. Routine thinking is blocking our revelation.

Throughout your process of reading this book I believe the Holy Spirit will take you on a journey of self that you may find uncomfortable but it’s all worth it to experience more of Him. Now that you’ve begun reading this book you must be prepared to be completely transparent with yourself and God. I pray that you don’t just learn from what is written in this book but from what isn’t written. You are not about to experience a book about God. You’re about to experience God, intimately. I’ve always known how to read books about God but not how to interact with Him. The Holy Spirit obviously has always interacted with me but I’d never caught on to how to interact with Him, especially not intimately. I didn’t even think that was possible. But now I know it is, and I love every second of it! Before you really start moving on this journey of discovery I must remind you of a very important component of revelation God gave me. You are about to learn about 7 relationship types. I don’t want you to think these relationships are “7 spiritual steps” or stairs, that’s religion, easily measured, contained, and limited. Instead, I want you to know that each relationship type is a different dimension in God with many points and “pit-stops” in-between that can only truly be defined by you. I call this inter-dimensional travel in Him, The Divine Balance.

There is a divine balance of time that must happen between God and you that will produce the perfect peace of God for every area of your life. To God the timely fluctuation of these relationships and the mini relationships in between make up His divine balance for your life. So again, when you read this don’t see the chapters as steps but make them intuitive reflections of self. Don’t be afraid to be naked before God again. (Genesis 2:25) Today God is ready to reveal more of Him-self to you, are you ready?

Chapter 1- Revelation Wisdom

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lease direct your attention to 1st Corinthians chapter 2. You may have already read chapter 2 of 1st Corinthians before. You may have even went into deep study of it once before, but I beg you to do it again. This particular chapter in the Bible is so important, and it correlates with chapter 3:1-3. Understanding these scriptures in particular is the key to understanding this entire book. I like that word entire. Please read the entire chapter 2 of 1st Corinthians.  Ask the Holy Spirit to open your understanding first, and then proceed to read the entire first 3 verses of chapter 3. After you’ve done this read the entire last 3 verses of Hebrews chapter 5. (Hebrews 5:12-14) When the Holy Spirit has fully opened your understanding to what He has to show you here, you will know entirely what it means to “grow up”.   Growing up is all about revelation received and revelation applied. If relationship is based on revelation then this book will highlight your revelation of self through God. The right revelation of our Father has the power to cultivate growth in our hearts. You have the revelation of Jesus as your Savior, but what revelations of Jesus Christ are you missing, and why? In other words how well do you relate to Jesus. I challenge you now, to find out.  There are many different types of relationships. I would like to highlight 7 of them. The following order will be numbered according to revelation from least to greatest:

1.) Authority to Lawbreaker

2.) Boss to Hired Servant

3.) Co-worker to Co-worker

4.) Friend to Friend

5.) Parent to Child

6.) Fiancé/Boyfriend to Fiancée/ Girlfriend

7.) Husband to Wife

These are the many different types of relationships that people have with God. Some are good, some are great, and some are dangerous. These relationships are the most common. Also , these are the 7 different relationships that determine one’s perspective on God, The Bible, and the things of God. I repeat, these 7 different relationships determine one’s perspective on God, The Bible, and the things of God. Remember, the way you think is the way you believe. The way you believe dictates how you live. How you live displays how you think. So ask yourself where do you place yourself in these seven categories? Where would you like to be? More intuitively, which ones do you fluctuate between most?

Ultimately, you should want that Husband to Wife relationship. But the real goal would be to have that relationship while keeping the same passion about each other as if you just fell in love yesterday. That’s how it should be for all believers. We should be so passionately in love with God that it spills over into everything we do and say. Holiness is not a set of rules; it’s all about relationship.

All 7 of the categories reveal themselves to each other in many different ways. How well you know God is measured by your time around Him. Your time in a relationship determines your revelation. This is why God always tells us to “seek His face”. To seek is to search. The more we search the more He reveals. The more He reveals the more complete we are.

Chapter 2- The Knowledge of God

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n 1st Corinthians 2:4-7 the Apostle Paul makes a key point. He is trying to tell us to make a distinction between the knowledge of man and the knowledge of God. He touches on it again in 1st Corinthians 3:18-20 stating in verse 19 “the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.” That’s why I want to bring you this first Revelation of Wisdom. One day God told me this:

Revelation of Wisdom #1

“Knowledge is not power

Power is solid

Knowledge can never be

It always must have a starting foundation.

Truth is only personal interpretation Belief is Power (and/or) Destruction”

It’s ok if you don’t agree or understand this yet. Believe me I didn’t either. But then God explained that knowledge couldn’t be power because knowledge is no good unless it’s released or manifested. In other words to know something is nothing unless it’s applied, that’s power displayed. Then God showed me that application took belief!! So really the power is in the faith or belief system of an individual. Then God took me deeper and gave me an example of how if the starting foundation of the belief was false and not “The Truth” it could be disastrous. He showed me how belief is destruction when someone believes in something that is false. Then I realized that’s exactly what religions and denominations had been doing for hundreds of years. Millions of people have been destroyed from the inside out due to their personal interpretations of what truth is. Truth and “The Truth” are two different things. The Truth is Jesus and all that He is. Everything else and everyone else’s truth is personal interpretation. Personal interpretation leads to strife, division, and ultimately war.

After God told me this I began to reevaluate some of my own teachings. For example, I had been taught in school all my life that knowledge is power. That’s all people kept repeating to me when I was a child. Over and over again, knowledge is power! Knowledge is power! Knowledge is power!! Now I know “The Truth”. I now know that whatever the world tries to teach me is 99.9% questionable and suspect. So here are some red flags to look for whenever you hear anybody teach anything, especially dealing with the Word of God.

The Words or Phrases: “Philosophy”, “In my opinion”, “Theory”, “I think”, “I believe”, and “I feel”.

We have to learn to be more vigilant in these last days. There are a lot of “wolves in sheep’s clothing” in the church today. This world is filled with some of the most educated dummies ever. Remember this next sentence for all circumstances. Anyone who believes that the world’s logic is better than God’s is and educated idiot. The Bible calls them fools. Now that you know this truth what will you do with it? Remember knowledge is not power until you apply it and release it.

Chapter- 3 Shifting Your Thinking

“Let this Mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,”

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ne thing I noticed about people and myself is that interactions with other people vary. My relationship with my younger brother is very laid back and extremely playful. My relationship with my mother is sometimes hostile and a little more serious. Even when my mother and I joke around there’s still a cautionary flag up, which means I know what she’ll laugh at and what she won’t. I can’t talk to my brother like I do my mother. Whether you know it or not you experience the same thing with your people. It’s a literal “Mind Shift” that goes on when you go from relative to relative, from friend to friend, and even from person to person. Even though some of us try, it is impossible to treat everyone the same.

I would never recommend treating everyone exactly the same either. Even though I once lived this way, I would not recommend it now. If I treated my manager at work like I do my little brother I’d get fired!! Not only would I get fired, but probably arrested too. There is one thing I see with Mind Shifts that are interesting and that’s the preconception of thought. All that means is you already know what to say and what not to say to the person you’re about to communicate with. You know this because you know their personality. You know their personality due the time you’ve spent around them. Now apply this to your relationship with God. You know your best friend’s personality due to the time you spend with them. That’s how you learn God’s. You spend time with Him by increasing your prayer, fasting, and study times. When you do this on a consistent basis it will spill over into the rest of your life. Every second you spend on earth is based on every second you spend with God.   So if your life feels like Hell you might be closer to it than you think. I say that because constant visitation in the presence of God brings overwhelming joy and peace that surpasses all understanding. That’s reaping the benefits of time with God. You’ll still possibly go through hell but you get to smell like heaven.

Let me elaborate on this point, you must understand this. Your life will be filled with challenges because you’re a champion. If you belong to Jesus you are a champion who fights battles in the arena of the mind.     Pulling down strong holds and casting out devils is what you do. Its apart of your divine nature as a new creature in Christ to reverse the works of the Devil any time you see it. But because of who you are, you become a target. But we’ve heard this before in the church. “The enemy is after you!” “Watch out for the Devil.” It’s true , the Devil is roaming through the earth like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.(1st Peter 5:8) So what I’ve learned recently is that he’s searching for someone to devour because he can’t get everyone. He’s not after unbelievers he’s after the believers, more specifically the ones that lack intimacy with God. Because of what Jesus did, nailing your entire cursed nature to the cross you have been born again and set free from a perverted and cursed future. You wear the spotless robe of righteousness. Hallelujah!!!! But if you don’t spend enough personal one on one time with The Father letting Him speak to you about you, you won’t know to any depth just who you are. Your worship will lack substance without sitting at the feet of Jesus. I’m talking about being laid out in front of Jesus not wanting anything but His presence and His voice. The Devil can only devour the thoughts of people who don’t worship God like this. Those who worship The Father must worship in spirit and in truth!

Let me be transparent here. I used pray to God religiously. When I say religiously I don’t mean frequency I mean I was selfish in my prayer time in the beginning. It was religious, it had no substance. Every prayer evolved around me and what I was going through. Then I matured and I started praying for other people all the time. I started praying for family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, who-ever, when-ever. Then I started noticing something. When I used to pray for everybody else stuff happened, God moved, but when I prayed about me nothing happened. So then I began to learn some of His ways. I studied them. I watched what moved the heart of God and what didn’t. I watched how God reacted with me as I moved in compassion glancing on other’s problems. Then that made me more mature, and I began to encounter God’s heart. I began to know his heart for me. I fell in love with Jesus! I stopped just trying to do ministry and help people and opened myself up to God so much so that my very presence became ministry. But it’s not because I’m “so spiritual”, it’s just because I began to learn the importance of hosting His presence. So if I’m constantly hosting His presence where ever I go I am likely to release Him into the atmosphere. That’s what I mean by going through Hell but smelling like heaven. In the book of Daniel the intimate relationship that three Hebrew boys had with God got them thrown into a fire, but the Bible says that their clothes didn’t smell like smoke even with  the fire being 7 times hotter than usual! (Daniel 3:19) Instead, because of the presence of God, they came out and they were elevated inside of a wicked society. I  believe God is calling us to intimacy like that in our generation. He wants intimacy that the world can’t offer you. He wants relationship that makes the wicked say, wow. If it doesn’t work in the fire your relationship with God isn’t intimate enough. Give Him more time.

Time with God is so precious and it sets the tempo for your life!

Revelation of Wisdom #2

“It will always be strife within yourself if there is strife in your relationship with God. This produces strife with other people.”

When you shift your mind, you shift your thinking. The goal is to permanently shift your mind to the mind of Christ. So the answer is to simply deny your style of thinking in every area of your life.

Revelation of Wisdom#3

“The revolution of normal thinking is observation to the extreme, airing out all possible factors from every possible angle fathomable in a finite mind.”

I always tell people to get a revelation out of the situation before you let the situation take anything from you. It doesn’t matter what the doctor’s report is. It doesn’t matter how much money you may owe someone. These things are the report of the situation. Tune out the voice of situation and get revelation! First realize that no matter what, even when it doesn’t feel like it, you’ve got the victory!!! Ephesians 6 speaks on spiritual warfare but never in this scripture anywhere does God tell us to fight. It really just repeats to stand in the victory. “12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

13Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

14Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;” – Ephesians 6: 12-14 (KJV Bible)

We are like the champions awaiting challengers.  Those challengers are the situations we face within our lives. Interestingly enough, most of the time the challenger is you. We lose a lot of battles too! Mainly, because we think we are fighting the devil. The Bible never tells us to fight the devil; it says to simply resist him. (James 4:7) He only has as much room as we give him. Usually when it’s time to fight he’s just a voice in the crowd. Our focus stays on someone who’s not even in the ring. We are our most dangerous enemy because we are the only worthy competition to ourselves, not the devil. (He’s not a challenge because he’s defeated.) So as you get more revelation about God you get more revelation about yourself. The closer you are to light the more revealed you are. Once you can see you for who you really are, you can see your enemy for who he really is. All of this comes from finally seeing God for who He really is.

God is always ready to reveal Himself to His people in all things, but we must seek His face in them. If we don’t we won’t find Him.  He will be “the distant God” that only seems to be there when something good happens. People often make God into what they want Him to be in their lives. They “customize” or “personalize” God to fit their lifestyles comfortably without any offense or challenge. This actually is breaking one of the 10 commandments, “You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.” (Exodus 20:4) Anytime you worship a god that conflicts with the God of the Holy Scripture, its idol worship. You have created a graven image to worship.   We all may have done this before at some point in time.

Some of us say God will bless financially but He won’t heal sickness like He did in the Bible. Some say God will heal sickness but won’t bless financially. Some have even gone so far to say that Hell isn’t real and that God would not create such a place because He’s too merciful. These are all examples of worshiping the customized God because it doesn’t promote the whole truth of the Gospel or the power of God.

The interesting thing about these people is that even how they believe has something to do with the type of relationship they have with God. The one who says God will not heal my body but will pay my bills has a Boss to hired servant relationship. This kind of person has all the faith in the world to sow seed to God in expectation to get back what they sowed in abundance. They believe in a paycheck for putting in their work unto The Lord. They have servant thinking, but it clearly says in Galatians 4:7 that “Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.”(KJV)

Then there’s the one who says, “God does miracles and He will heal my body.” However this person is in poverty and is satisfied with it because they believe that God wants us poor. These people have religious thinking even though they follow Christ and believe in the Bible. The problem is we have not been swallowing the entire Bible. We often pick and choose what we want to believe and that’s how we live life.  Sometimes that’s as far as we go on our journey in the Lord. When we pick and choose what to believe about the Bible we end up saying things like “God caused Hurricane Katrina to judge New Orleans”. (This by the way is so un- biblical)  The further away from a solid relationship with God you are the more danger your soul is in.

“There is a divine balance of time that must happen between God and you that will produce the perfect peace of God for every area of your life”.

Chapter 4-

All my Children

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ne of the most important relationships from the list is the Parent to Child relationship. It’s arguably the most important, because of the substance of the matter of childhood. As a child everything is amazing to you and it seems as though it’s meant to be explored.  Children are like sponges. They will absorb just about anything they are exposed to. So what happens when you put something into a sponge? When enough pressure is applied it comes right back out, but (over time) microscopically every time that happens a little bit of the sponge goes with it. This same exact thing happens to children across the globe. They take in what they’ve been exposed to. When they get something negative they give out something negative while also giving out a piece of themselves in the process.

I want to focus on the Parent to Child relationship deeper now, to see how the Husband to Wife relationship affects the child. Ask yourself a question, how weird would it be if you were an apple and the tree you came from split apart? Weird really isn’t the word to truly describe the impact of a missing parent. Children see their parents as one not two. So if the number “1” were able to separate from itself it would be impossible to continue counting.

Mother splitting from Father is just one of the many ways that a child is impacted by the parent. Technically everything the mother or father says, or fails to say molds the belief system for that child. In other words that child’s past becomes his or her future.

This leads me to my next point.

Revelation of Wisdom#4

“Don’t see things with the a magnifying affect (viewing things up close from far away)

It always seems upside down.

Never magnify anything from a distance.”

On the surface of any situation the person or people involved usually get the credit, recognition, or blame. (Depending on the circumstance)

The very core of who you are came from how you were raised at home. Those precious childhood years were all seeds that grew into a mighty harvest called you. The problem is, every childhood seed that was planted wasn’t good. Some had seeds of witnessing their mother get beat by her husband. Some have seeds of getting molested or raped. Some even have seeds of seeing murders. Nevertheless, every seed that was planted made up who you are today.

If you take a magnifying glass and hold it up to something from too far away, the image of focus seems upside down. In actuality the focus point is not upside down but from a distance it seems to be. Magnifying glasses are meant to expand images for closer viewing. If you are too far away it won’t work properly, instead you’d get a false image, a skewed version of what really is. This same principle applies when you look at the earth and all the people of the earth. On the surface it seems that people do murders, rapes, robberies, and attacks because their “Crazy” or “Mentality ill”. But these phrases are used to classify the unexplained. This is the “magnifying affect”. (I say magnifying because it keeps happening, it’s a re-occurring thing.) It means being observed closely, but from too far away.  It’s usually simple issues form the homes that never were settled that carry over into an adult’s lifestyle. Demons make their homes in the unattended strongholds of an individual. This is how a large number of normal people become wicked. Magnify a situation and an individual from the right angle. That way you will be able to see it for what it really is. Remember, the revolution of normal thinking is observation to the extreme, airing out all possible factors from every possible angle fathomable in a finite mind. There are many things to observe first in all situations dealing with all people. Don’t always think about yourself first and what you would do or wouldn’t have done. You can’t compare your life to others because your circumstances may have been different from theirs. So ask God, what He is trying to show you. Even now as you read this, is there something missing in you that you’ve never let go of from home? Insecurity, a memory that leaves you angry or a memory that makes you fearful? Bring it to God, because as a Son or Daughter of God you are royalty, as a citizen of His Kingdom it’s illegal for a demon to oppress you. Also as a member of The Royal Family you have unhindered authority over demons.

Let’s pause for a minute and focus on your royal identity. Identity is the most important truth I pray you receive from this book. I want you to understand a simple truth , and that’s that God loves you and you are adopted into His royal family.( Galatians chapter 4 (entire chapter) Let’s look in  the  scripture and see how important this revelation is. Ask yourself, what can keep you from receiving vs. working to receive? In Galatians, Paul is making it a point for us to understand that we serve God but are not servants, we are sons and daughters. We are connected “by blood” to The King himself, God! A son who works at a store that his father owns is not working in the store for himself he works in the store on behalf of his father. The son is not in need of anything because his father is rich! The son is only working in the store because he inherited the business. He only inherited the business because it was in the “will” of his father. It’s only in the will of the father because the son is carrying the name of the Father! So it is with us in our Father’s Kingdom. Jesus is only 12 in Luke 2:49, but he tells Mary that He must be about His Father’s business!!! We’re not working for Him we are working with Him. (We will get more into this in the Boss to Hired servant chapter)

Social Security

I have a social security card with 9 digits on it. This number is special because it separates me from any other person in America. It’s my number, and as far as the system goes, it is who I am; my entire identity is on this card. In the Bible the Devil always attacks one thing first. This one thing is the foundation that holds up everything in the life of the believer. That one thing is identity. To understand the royal authority you walk in is the difference between living and dying. This is why Satan insists on attacking you in your identity before any other thing. If he can convince you that you are not a Son or Daughter he can convince you that God doesn’t love you. If he can convince you that God is furious with you and has turned his back on you, rejecting you from his presence due to something you’ve done or said, he has accomplished his goal. The devil knows he can’t kill you so he’ll just try to make you forget who you are because after that you’ll slowly kill yourself. Look at Matthew 4, here Jesus has just fasted for forty days and forty nights in the wilderness.

1Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward hungry.

3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

5Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,

6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

8Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

9And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

11Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

(King James Version of The Bible)

The devil knows Jesus is hungry so he aims to get Jesus to feed his flesh, but the attack wasn’t in that he tried to get Jesus to eat. It was in what he tried to get Jesus to question. In verse three he tries to get Jesus to question his son-ship! In verse 6 he tries again! “If thou be the Son of God…….” Jesus did what we all should do in this situation; tell the Devil what our daddy said!      Know that when you’re in the wilderness and you’re hungry, things are rough. This is when the Devil will strike and attack your social security. (Identity)

Dysfunction vs. Absence

Ok let’s get back to more depth in the Parent child relationship. It’s critical to understand what the absence of a Parent does to a child. It’s even worse than the Parent being there and speaking negative to the child.  In the absence of God mankind worships something else. Whether it’s ourselves or someone else, we will find something. We are made to worship, and that’s what we do. God has the attributes of loving us like a mother and a father. So when one of our natural parents is missing it’s like missing half of the representation of God in our lives. This is why mankind is the way it is now. Everything falls back on the actions or omissions of the parents.

Revelation of Wisdom #5

“A child’s past will be his or her future.”

Everything that is said to a child is what he or she becomes. Nothing can reverse the negative effects of an imbalanced childhood except the Power of God. Some of these negative circumstances come through generational curses. Most of them come from parents dumping the baggage of their own spirit onto their children. For example, let’s say “James Jabroni” is 48 years old with an anger problem. He has an anger problem because his father had one. He goes to work every day disappointed because he doesn’t believe he gets paid enough money. James only has enough money to pay the bills and never enough to do anything else for his wife and 6-year-old son. This makes James’ wife very disgruntled with James so they argue frequently. Their six year old son witnesses this. (That’s a seed) James goes to the bar to drink his problems away. One night James’ 6yr old lay sleeping in his room. He hears his mother sobbing in the kitchen. With the heart of a six year old he comes to see what’s troubling his mother. When she sees him, she throws a coffee mug at him. It barley misses him and hits the wall. As she throws it she yells, “You’re going to grow up to be just like your father, a good for nothing, dead-beat drunk! I hate this house! Go to bed!” (That’s a seed) Startled and with a saddened heart, the 6year old goes into his room. He pulls out his crayons and some paper. He begins to draw what he sees as a flower. Then he writes “Mom” on the bottom. Right before he leaves to go give it to her he hears his fathers’ voice in the kitchen talking to his mother. James is drunk and very angry. He begins to yell at his wife. The 6 year old grabs the crayons and construction paper again and begins to draw, this time he draws a heart that says “Daddy” on the bottom. In much anticipation the 6 year old runs to greet his father and mother.   He enters the kitchen only to find his parents yelling at the top of their lungs at each other. (That’s another seed) Then he comes up to James to hand him the card he made him. James had ignored him for about 45 seconds. Enraged and irritated, James turns quickly to see what his son wanted. In the process he mistakenly backhands his son in the face, knocking him to the floor. His son then lies there on the floor crying. Both parents stop arguing and realize that their son is hurt.

One thing the parents didn’t realize is that the son was hurt before he got hit by his father. It hurts for a child to see parents argue. Argument means strife, and separation is a possibility that’s soon to follow. To a son or daughter separation is the worst case scenario, that’s why the boy in this story tries to bring peace. The only thing the son wanted to do was bring peace because he could not stand to see the number “1” ripping itself apart. Remember, children see parents as one unit not two.  This one event has the ability to form a stronghold in a child. Strongholds don’t age they just settle deeper as time goes by. Then they become a part of that person’s personality. In this case the stronghold would make room for anger and the spirit of wrath, building against his father. It would also make room for bitterness and unforgiveness. This one incident has the ability to make the home just a house forever.  Remember, children take in everything they hear and see. The most interesting thing about this story is that the parents didn’t notice the child until he had shown that he was hurt. A lot of us do the same thing now. The people around us don’t notice where we’ve come from until we show our pain. The only problem is that we’ve been taught to hide our pain, and that’s a stronghold in itself.

Have you been hurt? Are you hurt now? What are some of the lies your pain has created about your Heavenly Father? Jesus is waiting to take that pain from you. All you have to do is ask.

Chapter 5- Like Father Like Son

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et’s review the common relationship list again. It lists as follows ranking from least revelation to most revealing:

1.) Authority to Lawbreaker

2.) Boss to Hired Servant

3.) Co-worker to Co-worker

4.) Friend to Friend

5.) Parent to Child

6.) Fiancé/Boyfriend to Fiancée/Girlfriend

7.) Husband to Wife

This may seem out of order but let’s dig deeper into #5, the parent to child relationship. The Bible is filled with scriptures of God the Father viewing Israel as His original chosen sons and daughters. Also the Bible highlights us, the Gentiles, as His adopted children by way of faith in Jesus. There is a certain contrast in relationship here. The way God had relationship with His children in the Old Testament is totally different from The New Testament. In the Old Testament most people could only know God through the law. In the Old Testament God revealed Himself to only a chosen few like Adam (the first man) and Moses. He also had close relationships with Abraham, Noah, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, King David, Solomon and all of the prophets just to name a few. But really, few is the best word to describe the amount of people who personally knew God in the Old Testament. Even then, their relationships were limited. Everyone, else in the Old Testament knew God only according to what the man of God said. That means most of them knew God through shared revelation. Shared revelation is how Pastors today run their churches. They teach their individual flocks what God has revealed to them.

Back then the people had the same tendencies they do now; they “liked to see things.” In other words they had no problem worshiping statues of other gods and feeding into lust and desires of the flesh. They were unbelieving in things of the spirit and sometimes very self-indulgent. God’s people did some of the same things. When they finally got their act together they complained against the prophet Samuel about how they didn’t have a King. God was already their King, but they wanted someone they could see. (1 Samuel 8-9)

Even though Israel’s request seems carnal, there is much revelation to be observed in this situation. The Israelites wanted someone they could see. They wanted a King to see, even though they had already seen the “shekinah” glory and God’s power manifested. The same principal goes for children today. Even though some children receive child support checks, gifts, and maybe phone calls. However, nothing can replace the presence of the parent. The Children of Israel felt like orphans because they had compared themselves to other Kingdoms who had visible Kings. Some people still think this way today by being closer to and glorifying the Pastor more than they do God. Why? Well, the Pastor of the church is visible. He gets all the glory for making people feel good but all the blame when something goes bad. The people wanted a tangible relationship, even though God was trying to teach them that they didn’t need a King made of flesh. He even warned them that the king they would receive was going to be wicked, but the people had their mind made up.

Just as they cried out for a King, children cry out for a present and visible Parent.

However, there is an interesting side note here that I’d like to point out about our heavenly Father. He tried to be closer to His people in the past but they rejected Him first. Look at Exodus 19 verses 18 & 19, it reads “And all the people saw the thundering, and the lightnings and the noise of the trumpet and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed and stood afar off.” “And they said unto Moses speak thou with us, and we will hear but let not God speak with us, lest we die.” (KJV) You should read the whole chapter when you can. Verse 18 says that they “re”-moved, the prefix “re” means again. This means they moved into a position of consecration and Holiness to be able to hear from God but they moved out of it again! They removed themselves from faith to fear due to what the noise of His presence made them feel. They were afraid that they would lose their lives even though they would have gained it. I believe that the heavenly father’s heart was to commune with His people that they may know His heart not just His law. Since God is foreign to earth, any Son or Daughter in conversation with the father will pick up his accent. I believe this is the heart of God for all of His children that we would begin to think and talk like Him. Moses picked up an accent with His encounters with God.

Absent Parent

Man and Woman combined hold all of the Biblical attributes of God. God can be strong, powerful, and protective like a man, but at the same time God can be, compassionate, emotional, and nourishing as a woman is.  Man and Woman together, is the manifested representation of the essence of His personality. That’s why Homosexuality is an abomination to God. Homosexuality leaves half of God out of the picture!!! Remember, children see parents as one unit, not two people. Also, this is why the Bible says in marriage two people become one flesh. God is one, even though He reveals himself as three in the Bible.

The absence of the Father or the Mother deprives the child of something he or she may have needed. Soil without seed is just ground, and anything could be placed on it. That’s usually exactly what happens, a child grows up missing a parent, or even worse, parents. They spend the rest of their life lashing out at replacement attempts (foster homes) while getting the void in their heart filled by everything that doesn’t belong there.

The voice of God is the most precious thing in existence. In the Bible you’ll find plenty of dialogue containing God in conversation with His people. That word conversation is a form of communication and its how the entire world operates. The same goes for the children of God. What are we without communication with the Father?!! Oh, glory to God, what would the things that exist now be without the WORD?!!

The Father’s words impact a child much more than a mother’s, because that child could not be born without the implantation of the seed from the Father. So, when “daddy” speaks things happen. A woman can raise a girl and a boy pretty well, but some things come best from a Father. (Like raising a son to be a man) Jesus and His Father are perfect examples of the impact and importance of this type of relationship. If you check the scriptures, everything Jesus did glorified the Father because the Father taught and ordained everything the Son did. John chapter 5, verses 17-47 words it the best. (Please read and study this passage of scripture carefully)

The Significance of Our Father’s Word

Let’s focus on the word resurrection for a while. Resurrection means to restore or revitalize something back to completion and wholeness. We all know about the affects the absence of the father has on a child, you’ve maybe even experienced it yourself. If you have, really pay close attention to this. The role of the Parent is all about implantation. Every word from a parent’s mouth is potentially precious seed to a child. Even if the parent says something that they shouldn’t say to that child, it’s still potentially precious. It has potential to be precious only because the decision to see any word as precious is up to the one who hears it. This is why Jesus says “Most assuredly, I say to you the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.” (John 5:25) Notice what Jesus says! He says “those who hear”, that means we have a choice to live or be dead! We know already that the Father is in the Son and the Son is in the Father, therefore they are one. So now pay close attention to what the end of the verse says, “…when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God…..”

Now shift your focus to the word dead. The definition of dead is simply best described as, the absence of life. Some of the sons and daughters of God (that’s us) are dead in certain places in our minds. We are walking around dead in the area of confidence, faith, joy, finances, intelligence, and most of all purpose. We say that we have these things all the time, when in reality we struggle to look ourselves in the mirror and be satisfied with what we see. When Jesus died on the cross they took His body to an empty tomb to be buried. There he stayed for 3 days, but on the third day something miraculous happened, he rose from the dead. Remember, some things come best from the one doing the implantations, the Father. The same power that Jesus demonstrated through miracles was the same power that raised him from the dead. It’s best to have a Father raise a son. The resurrection of Jesus Christ was the completion of His purpose. In Luke 24:26, Jesus calls it His “glory”. Just as the Father’s Word resurrected His child from natural death, He resurrects us from spiritual death through salvation. However, the resurrections don’t stop there! The Father’s Word is vital for resurrections in our everyday life. God wants us to transcend past only getting revelation through the Bible.

Don’t misunderstand, the Lord reveals Himself thoroughly through His Word but the Father would love the opportunity to be intimate with you even in the midst of your busy schedule. He is a jealous God, and craves for the attention of His children. After we get saved we fail to realize this elementary principle. We still need Him more than he needs us. The truth of the matter is He doesn’t need us at all, but he wants us. He loves us, more than we can imagine. His words are the moisture to water, the heat to fire, and the breath to the body. Every aspect of a son’s life is affected by what The Father does or doesn’t say. If the natural Father doesn’t act like the spiritual Father, his fathering is destroying the child.

Everything that a child does is what we do as children of God. You never get old in God’s eyes; you just get blessed with long life. If you’ve ever been around kids in your life, you can see what I mean. For example, my little sister is now 2 years old. Sometimes my mother tells her “No, no, no!” When my mother says this my sister knows exactly what it means, however she reacts differently. She does the complete opposite of what my mother says. The parent’s word is in authority and not up for discussion. Whatever my sister was reaching for went from “I want this” to I really want this now”. But why? Why does my sister want what she can’t have? The answer is because it’s forbidden. Nothing has changed about us from the beginning. We still want the forbidden fruit. As a child reaches for the forbidden things around it, Christians reach for the products of the Devil. God tells us time and time again, “Don’t touch that, don’t do that, Stop, Go, don’t say that, and listen to me!”

We are no different than children when it comes to the things of God. You can even see a revelation of us when it’s time for children to learn to walk. Kids crawl first and then start slowly walking. While learning to walk they take each step cautiously. Each step is uncomfortable because it’s new. The feeling of having to learn balance using only two limbs instead of four is extremely uncomfortable! Thus, they fall, but every fall comes with the parent picking the child back up. There’s no difference with us we fall consistently but our Father is always there to put us back on our feet. It may be uncomfortable learning to walk by faith but we can’t “stand the wiles of the Devil” unless we are standing. When toddlers fall upon learning to walk they just get back up, unless their hurt. But even if you do fall and it hurts know that the Father hears your cry. He’s watching you even when you think he’s not paying attention.

Review:

Let’s review what we’ve learned so far, shall we? Why not place a check next to what you’ve learned and post a comment to yourself after the check. Don’t just make it a generic comment; remember this book is about you and your personal relationship with God. That means really let it all out. Make notes to yourself about where you are right now and where you plan to be in God. (And when) Whatever you do just don’t make excuses, follow through on your heart commitment to the Father. Make your writing here worth just as much as your words. This is a journal of the soul. (Personal and Confidential)

F. #5 -Parent to Child

We have successfully covered what kind of impact the parent has on the child in chapters 4 and 5. As a child of God I can truly say that……..

Chapter 6- “LIVING” Above the Law

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ow we’re  going to focus on the weakest relationship that people can have with God. It is number 1 on our list but remember the list goes from least revelation to most revelation. The more revelation you have on an experience or person, the more you know and understand that person or thing. As we have already covered before, in the Old Testament the Law was the standard of living for God’s people. It was created to bring sinners to salvation, but all man knew how to do was to be continually sinful. (Galatians 3:24)  God told Adam and Eve to obey His Word. He gave them everything they needed, but told them not to touch one thing. Mankind has always been the same, we often have everything we need in life but we always want the one thing we’re not supposed to have. This is the problem in the Authority to Lawbreaker relationship.

Every person on the planet with this type of relationship has one thing in common. I say that because the Authority to Lawbreaker relationship is the only type of relationship that lacks true relation. How can there be relationship without relation? The relation is missing because there is no agreement. When your life is in disagreement with God, you are promoting your own destruction. This type of relationship calls for simple obedience to the word of authority. Adam and Eve had it all, but they failed to stay inside the Word of God. Inside the Word of any good parent in authority are all good things for the child. God speaks in straight lines. His Word is never crooked, it’s parallel. That means that if the starting point of His Word is Him it can only travel on one road, and it never returns to Him void. He’s always right!!!

A person in authority does not have to raise his voice to accomplish his goal of governing the person under their authority. All authority has to do is speak the word! Jesus gave us authority over unclean spirits, should we really have to yell at a demon? The answer is of course not. Yelling shows a sign of uncertainty or lack of power, control and authority. The word of a police officer can bring peace to a hostile situation. The word of the doctor will birth concern and order into the life of his patient. The word of the dog trainer tames the dog. So it’s easy to understand that the Word of the Father is Law for the Son and Daughter. The Law is holy, it’s not meant to keep you bound and in check, but to bless you. When Jesus came he fulfilled the entire law in His sinless life. Once in Him you become sinless, that’s why salvation is necessary to escape the righteous judgment of the sovereign God.

He will judge the people who have lawbreaker lifestyles with a strong vengeance. God is a consuming fire and all things not like Him are destroyed in His presence. This is the unfortunate fate of those who choose to stay in a lawbreaker mentality.(this applies for those who choose to do the opposite of God’s Word after salvation as well) It is impossible for a parent with authority over his house to allow anyone to continue to stay in His house without obeying His essential rules. Outside of the Word of God death reigns. Outside of His Word all sickness reigns. Outside of the Word of God there is pain, sorrow, and all other bad things that ever have plagued mankind.

If you ever witness someone being arrested for committing a crime the officer always says the same thing. “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law.” The same rules apply in the spirit realm. The Bible says that we will be held accountable for every idle word that comes out of our mouths. There is more power in a word than there will ever be in any man made weapon. Words cannot age because they are eternal, especially to the one who heard it. When you meet Jesus, the only thing that matters is what you said. What you say is usually connected to what you do. When disobedience happens it cancels a portion of blessings from the Word of God. When we disobey God we promote sickness, embrace curses, and accept death. The first step to breaking out of this area of living is to realize who is in authority.  We need to begin to acknowledge God as the supreme authority over every aspect of our lives. The second thing we need to do is simply fear God. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of all knowledge”. Respecting and fearing authority is related. Most people today don’t reverence the Lord at all. That alone opens doors for hell to infect a person’s soul; it’s an open invitation for the devil.

As you walk in The Lord you must realize one important thing. You’re walking in Him through intimacy, for purpose. There is no such thing as relationship without purpose, every moment you spend with God adds to the formation of your purpose. Your purpose in life is the #2 reason why you were born. (The first is to have intimacy with God) Going through life as a lawbreaker leaves you out of the will of God. Remember when you’re outside the will of God you’re inside the realm of death for every area of your life. Most people on the planet walk around aimlessly without purpose. Without a purpose there’s nothing to do but waste time. Wasting time is something the human race does very well. The worst part about it is that most of that time is wasted while breaking the Holy Law of Life. Time is too precious to just be thrown away. We don’t live in a time like in the movies where we have the ability to go back in time whenever we want to.  Read this next statement closely and live by it if you understand it.

Time is married to Change and Age is their only son. Time is the greatest seed to ever sow. Whatever you sow that’s what you’ll reap. If you want money, sow time into finding a job. If you want to lose weight, then you sow time into exercising. Your time is what God really wants. The Bible clearly displays God sowing time into his children. In fact God does this the entire book. The book you’re reading now is about relationships with God. An increase of time is an increase of revelation. God is looking for you to have romance with Him! He wants passionate love every day of your life.        When you make up your mind to become intimate with God, God will take it a step further and say “Marry Me”. Joining with The Lord in Holy Matrimony should be the ultimate goal in your life. I say that because everything else that you’ll ever need in life is inside your covenant with The Lord. (This is really a preview to the last chapter of the book, but I want you to understand that being married to God will bring forth a child.) God will impregnate you with a seed after already sowing so much time into the relationship.   The seed He sows in you will be your immaculate conception. You will go through many weird changes within yourself because of what he puts in you, it’s called being pregnant. The child may not come out when you want it to, and there will be plenty of labor pains during pregnancy, but it will come. You won’t have to worry about naming the child because its name is purpose.

However, I must inform you that none of this can happen while you continue to stay on the outskirts in darkness. Disobedience to the Word of God not only hurts Him but it hurts you. Overall it hinders your purpose. (Check Deuteronomy 28)

*Be intimate with God*

*When you get pregnant*

*No abortions!!!*

A. #1 Authority to Lawbreaker

We covered exactly what it means to have a Lawbreaker lifestyle in chapter “Living above the Law”. Within my reading I now realize:

Chapter 7

“Who’s the Boss?”

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sk yourself, have you ever gotten to a point in your walk with Christ where you feel like you’re used to God and now you just work for Him? Honestly, think long and hard about this one. Have you ever gotten to a point where you feel like “I’m used to God, and now I just serve Him?” Look within yourself and be real with yourself to answer this question. If you see any hint of this in your life, pay close attention to this chapter. Now we’re going to take a look at #2 on our list, “Boss to Hired Servant.”   I want you to do yourself a favor and give yourself a good Christian examination. Who are you as a Christian, really? I’m talking to you the Christian. I’m not talking about what your name is and what your hobbies are, I want to speak to your heart about you, the Christian. To what magnitude do you feel you display the characteristics of Christ on an everyday basis? And WHY? Pay close attention to the “and why”, that’s where we’re going. Stay with me because I’m going to get a little transparent but I need you to do the same for your own sake.

I just asked you; to what magnitude do you feel you display the characteristics of Christ on an everyday basis? (And why?) As soon as you read what I have to say about myself you’ll understand the “and why” a little more. When I got saved, I did not fully understand it. All I knew was that I had been told that I needed Jesus to be my Lord and Savior. I did not understand what I needed to be saved from at all. I just knew that “this Jesus guy” was someone my grandparents and teachers were very fond of. They would speak so highly of Him as if he were all that mattered. I got those words planted in me as a small child. Their words influenced me to believe. I began to believe but I still didn’t understand. As time went on and I grew in the Lord I began to gain understanding. God blessed me with more understanding than anyone I knew. This new understanding, alongside good teaching, birthed a special type of zeal in me. Zeal is a good thing if you’re zealous for the right reasons at the right time. Now the question is, could it be possible for zeal to interfere with relationship? Is your relationship with God driven by zeal and not love? Could it be that after a while of trying to live this lifestyle of Holiness you stopped having real intimacy with God and began only having passion? (Again if this sounds even remotely like you pay attention!)

In a relationship of love, people usually stay together for a long time. In the beginning of the relationship it is filled with passion, a.k.a zeal. The foundation of the relationship was based on passion. The amount of affection you show The Lord measures your worship. Affection to the Lord is shown through your lifestyle. (Worship) Passion for someone usually leads to lusting after that person. Lust is a form of robbery in a relationship unless both parties want to steal from each other. (Then it becomes an exchange of favors) What I’m saying is that, sometimes in relationships we lose the love and try to run only on passion. Passion is usually short lived but love lasts forever. My grandparents were married for about 5 decades before my grandmother passed away. When my grandmother got sick and times were rough, it wasn’t passion that made my grandfather care for his wife but it was love. (1 Corinthians 13: 1-8) Your job now is to ask yourself am I doing the Great Commission because I have zeal (passion) for God. Or am I not doing the Great Commission because I love God but have no passion for Him? Could it be that the reason why I very rarely open my mouth at all about Christ is because I have no passion left? Could it be that the reason why     I very rarely open mouth about Christ is because I haven’t allowed myself to fully experience his love?   Oh I know, it can get deep when you’re doing self evaluation!     This chapter is simply trying to discover what’s missing in your relationship with God. Is it love or passion (zeal)? Just like any other relationship, it won’t reach its full potential without both of these ingredients. They work together like peanut butter and jelly, wheels and cars, obedience and faith; I could go on and on. The bottom line is, are you in your relationship with God with no love, only worrying about “who’s the boss,” so you can get your check?

Which do you see yourself as, servant or son? (Or daughter)  Jesus made it quite clear that a servant does not stay with the Master always, he just works for Him. There is no revelation from your boss at work because there is no true relationship. If the work doesn’t get done at our jobs we can get fired! But God’s compassions fail not. His mercy is much greater than His wrath. He doesn’t count us as servants; he counts us as sons and daughters who serve. In the Boss to Hired servant relationship, the only thing that connects the servant to the Boss is money. We don’t work for God we work with God.  God hungers for our affection and love because in a Parent to Child relationship we are connected by blood. (JESUS’ BLOOD)

B.#2- Boss to Hired Servant

We just finished Servant or Son 101 in chapter 7. In this area I can honestly say…

Ok so it seems like we can began to go deeper into the other relationships with God. (I know I’m going out of order but this is how the Spirit is leading me to write, its best to work with Him) (Remaining Relationships: Co-Worker to Co Worker, Friend to Friend, Boyfriend to Girlfriend, and Husband to Wife)

Chapter 8

“The Romance”

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ow it’s time to examine number 6 on our most common relationship list, it’s called Boyfriend/Fiancé to Girlfriend/ Fiancée. (Once again sorry if this seems out of order from the list but I must write as He leads me to.) I want you to look at the past intimate or non-plutonic relationships that you’ve had or still have in your life. Now think back to the beginning. When I say beginning I’m not talking about when everything was already concrete and solid in the relationship, but rather focus on the few weeks in which your passion for that individual was at it’s all time highest. Some people call it the “first flame” or “spark”. “This spark” is so powerful that it has the power to destroy new relationships. It’s that darn “old spark syndrome” that will have you reminiscing on the “good ole’ days” with that ex- boyfriend or girlfriend. This spark is the same spark that God wants you to tap into again. He wants you to let Him ignite the spark that he once had with you in the past. That way the flame will destroy the new relationship that you’ve developed with Satan.

In the book of Revelation, chapter 2 and verse 4, Jesus makes a statement. He says “Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.”  There is a passion that exists able to fuel itself, thus making the passion eternally strong.   Honestly, do you remember when you were so “sprung” over that person that he or she consumed every one of your thoughts? I’m talking about when he or she was magnified lager than the rest of life. Do you remember the time when you first fell in love? Let’s think about that phrase “falling in love.” When you fall into something it’s usually because something interrupted your normal sense of balance while you were in movement.

Anywhere in life, whenever balance is interrupted a shift happens. In the case of falling in love the balance of logic and emotion shift. The shift is usually stronger towards the side of emotion. At this point emotion blinds the intellect and irrational grows larger than rational. Why is this? What is this phenomenon called love? Well let’s go back to that scripture first. In Revelation 2:1-3 it says “To the church of Ephesus write, These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lamp stands:

I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars; and you have preserved and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have not become weary”

Jesus makes it clear to the church of Ephesus that He has seen their works and their labor for righteousness hasn’t gone un-noticed. However, Jesus makes a statement that is contrary to what He has said in verses 1-3. In the fourth verse Jesus says

“Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.”  As the church of Ephesus did in the Bible we have done today. Somewhere within our fast, “on the run,”“Go, Go, Gadget” lifestyle we have forgotten the heart of our Lord, the heart for fellowship with Him. We seem to forget that the fellowship that He has with us was his prize after Calvary. We get eternal life He gets us, He wants us!! Being able to have intimate fellowship with God is the very thing that we have lacked ever since The Garden of Eden.  In Hosea chapter 2 verse 13 it says “I will punish her for the days of the Baals to which she burned incense. She decked herself with her earrings and jewelry and went after her lovers; But Me she forgot, says the Lord”. The Lord is not a loving God. I know we hear that in church but it’s not true. To say God is “a loving God” is an understatement. God is not a loving God, God is love itself!!!! When you deny God in the times you’re supposed to be in prayer, you’re not just denying God’s talk time with you. When you deny time in God’s word, you’re not just denying God’s Word. When you deny God in worship, you’re doing way more than robbing Him of His well deserved time for praise and adoration. People of God get this please. Whenever you deny God, in any way shape, form, or fashion, you are denying love itself! God does not just love, but He is love. God does not just speak and all things become, He is all things because He is His Word! (John 1:1-4) When you neglect your relationship with Him you make declaration against your very own existence! If only you knew how important your relationship with Him really is. If only you knew what it means to praise Him, worship Him, and love Him. You must understand that when you’re saved, your romance with Him controls every element in your life!

What did Jesus say in Matthew 22:37? “Thou shall love the Lord Thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.” (KJV) Then verse 38 says this is the first and great commandment. Jesus was responding to a question that a religious Pharisee was asking him trying to test him. They tried to test him with this because by presenting himself as the Son of God he displayed a tangible relationship with God. He painted them a picture of an actual relationship with the Father. This combated with their religious thinking. Remember, religion is organization without relation. This means there’s no possible room for passionate relation, only routine activity. No encounter equals no conviction to change. Jesus answers their question by reminding them of their lost first love. Then he takes it deeper. Jesus knew that they doubted His identity so He asked them in verse 42 “What think ye of Christ?” “Who’s son is he? “ Their response was the son of David.” Jesus’ next comment was so profound!!! He says in verse 43 “How then doth David in Spirit call him Lord, saying. The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? If David then call him, Lord how is he his son?” (KJV) The Bible then says that no man could answer him neither did they ask him anymore questions from that day forth. Do you know why?

Because Jesus spoke from, and about right relationship with the Father, something they knew nothing about because they had let religion harden their hearts and blind their eyes to the truth. The Pharisees gave their response based on their natural knowledge of the scriptures. In 1st Chronicles 17:11 & 2nd Samuel 7:12 there  are clear prophetic signs of the messiah that was to come from the Seed of David.   However, what they could see with their natural eye in the scripture cannot be compared to what can be revealed by God, the author. Jesus displayed the power of relationship with the father by his response.      All relationships birth revelation. Jesus brought revelation on scripture that religion thought it had mastered.            Relationship is based on revelation!!! Since the Pharisees had neither, they weren’t able to answer or question Jesus anymore after this day. Jesus is offering you exactly what he was offering them; Relationship with the eternal King Himself. He longs for a romance but he wants to start somewhere, anywhere!!! Unlike the Pharisees you have to be able to sacrifice what you thought you knew about God to truly experience His infinite presence. Be humble enough to stay low (as far as pride and ego).  But be ambitious enough to go high into the Holy Mountain that is His face. It’s a never-ending escalator that He is desperately wanting you to step onto. That’s when it becomes romantic instead of robotic. It’s when you step so far out of self to admit you’re a novice in this “thing.” When you live as a novice at heart you’ll be an expert in the mind. The tension between the two creates a divine nature and order in things in your spirit. You actually begin to cultivate an environment of His Kingdom in your spirit. It’s “Kingdom culture 101”.

Turning Robotics into Romance

Let’s turn our focus now to the book of Mark to learn a lesson about romancing God. First let me give you a nice illustration to help you see the revelation clearly.

When a woman gets ready to go out she does absolutely everything she can to make herself ready to catch the attention of a man. She washes thoroughly. She finds the best attire, the best jewelry, the best make up, and the best perfume. Then once she’s ready, she looks in the mirror and changes even more things about herself. Finally, she feels confident about her appearance and leaves her house with the intent to catch a man’s attention. Men are a little different. Some men won’t look in the mirror at all. Men just focus on the potential woman at hand. But he still leaves the house with the intention of coming back with someone. So he’ll go so far to do whatever it takes to draw the woman to him, but most importantly win her heart. (Buy Candy, Flowers, Cards.etc...) He’s looking to catch someone. Now get this! I find it very interesting that the woman spends all of her time in preparation to catch the attention of the man, and the man spends time being mesmerized by what she has done in preparation. Then she ends up being caught by the man! The point is that the woman sets herself up to be caught knowing that the man is looking for a catch. The worst thing that could happen to a woman in this situation is to have the woman go through all the trouble that she went through in preparation and have the man just pass her by. This is why when a woman really wants a certain man she’ll reach out first.

I showed you that to get a picture in your head of these two individuals. One represents the church and one represents Jesus. We spend much time in preparation for the second coming of Christ on earth. But we must be like the woman in this parable and go back to the mirror of God’s law and change things about ourselves even when we think we are ready to enter into his presence. When Jesus left his house, he had the intention of coming back with us. He did whatever it took to make sure that this goal was accomplished. (Calvary) It’s up to us to set ourselves up so our hearts can be caught and kept by Jesus. Today Jesus is still searching for that same passion he had while carrying the cross to Calvary. He wants that to be in our hearts toward Him. He wants us to have the mind to want to be caught by Him. He honors the washing, nice attire, perfume, and make up, but He is much more concerned about the motive behind it. He wants us to reach out to Him with our hearts and not just with our actions. He wants us to be desperate for Him and to cringe at the thought of Him passing us by.

Now let’s look at Mark 6:45-52, as you read this story focus on verse 48. Look where it says “…..He came to them, walking on the sea, and would have passed them by.” Jesus came into their presence out of darkness walking into a storm. Originally they did not acknowledge Him for who He was because they did not know. But that’s when Jesus made the first attempt of contact and spoke to them. Because of your relationship with Him often God will speak to you before he speaks to the storm. But what happens next is up to you and your faith. This is where you decide whether or not if you want limitations on your relationship with God or not. In another account of this story Peter decides to respond to the Word of God that flowed from Jesus’ mouth when he said “be of good cheer”. So Peter challenges Christ and tells Him to allow Him to come to Him on the waters. Because of the love that Jesus has for us he will never pass up an opportunity for us to come to Him, with or without walking on water. Therefore according to the faith of Peter, Jesus allowed him to walk on the water towards Him. (Matthew 14:22-33) The story does document that Peter later fell in but the emphasis is never on the fall but it’s on the faith. The fact that all the disciples were on the boat and only Peter stepped out showed that Peter had the most faith. He was focused on making sure Jesus didn’t just pass them by. He reached out and challenged Jesus with his mouth in other words saying to Jesus, “Hey I belong to you right? Take me!!!” Now the question is, what’s it going to take for you to develop this attitude towards Christ again? His romance for you has not changed, how about yours?

G. #6 Fiancé/Boyfriend to Fiancée/ Girlfriend

(Journaling my Romance)

Chapter 9

“Face to Face”

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nd the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.” –Exodus 33:11 (KJV)

To really understand this outstanding privilege that we rarely take advantage of, we must first look at the heart of the man with the privilege in this text. We are about to see what God requires of us to be called his friend. Let us journey and examine number 4 on our list, “Friend to Friend”.

To begin with, lets crack open the thought, why Moses? The Bible says that God spoke to Moses face to face as a man spoke to his friend, but the question is why? Well let’s do what God does, examine the heart. Moses comes out of the house of pharaoh, leaving behind the privileges of a prince to dwell among slaves because they were “his” people. Then he sees an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew. In his passion for his people he smites the Egyptian!  Next, he learns that his murder of the Egyptian is not a secret but in fact known by Pharaoh. Then he flees into Midian and defends the 7 daughters of the priest of Midian. His heart for “the flock”, mercy, and justice won the heart of the priest of Midian. He invited Moses to dinner and the outcome of the face to face encounter was a friendship. Now as a “friend in favor” Moses was in a position to receive from that father because he protected what belonged to that father. That father/friend was so pleased with the heart of Moses that he gave Moses Ziporah, who becomes his wife. (Exodus chapters 1-2) I believe God chose Moses because he has always had the heart of a Sheppard, a hunger for justice, and a zealous attitude towards mercy. God knew that these qualities make room to receive the Law of the Lord. The heart of a servant is what God saw in Moses and that was important. God wanted to free His people from Egypt but wanted to use someone that looked like Him to do it. I wish I had more time to speak on the heart of Moses but I really just want you to catch the concept of valuing God’s precepts. What do I mean?

Well, in Exodus 33 we find Moses and the children of Israel in the Tabernacle of the Congregation. Let’s compare hearts. Here the people see Moses preparing to do what they’ve seen him do before, go before the Lord on their behalf. However something was different this time. Look at the scripture carefully:

“The Lord said to Moses, “Get going, you and the people you brought up from the land of Egypt. Go up to the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I told them, ‘I will give this land to your descendants. And I will send an angel before you to drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.  Go up to this land that flows with milk and honey. But I will not travel among you, for you are a stubborn and rebellious people. If I did, I would surely destroy you along the way.”

When the people heard these stern words, they went into mourning and stopped wearing their jewelry and fine clothes.  For the Lord had told Moses to tell them, “You are a stubborn and rebellious people. If I were to travel with you for even a moment, I would destroy you. Remove your jewelry and fine clothes while I decide what to do with you.”  So from the time they left Mount Sinai, the Israelites wore no more jewelry or fine clothes.”

It was Moses’ practice to take the Tent of Meeting and set it up some distance from the camp. Everyone who wanted to make a request of the Lord would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.

Whenever Moses went out to the Tent of Meeting, all the people would get up and stand in the entrances of their own tents. They would all watch Moses until he disappeared inside. As he went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and hover at its entrance while the Lord spoke with Moses.  When the people saw the cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, they would stand and bow down in front of their own tents.  Inside the Tent of Meeting, the Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Afterward Moses would return to the camp, but the young man who assisted him, Joshua son of Nun, would remain behind in the Tent of Meeting.” (Exodus 33: 1-9 NLT)

Wow! It’s so much revelation in that text. As I said before, what we’re attempting to do here is compare and contrast.  This scene offers almost an exact mirror of the modern day church in America. You have a Pastor and a people that follow him. In this text the people watch the Pastor until he becomes so consumed in the presence and the glory of God that he disappears! It is at this point that they bowed down in worship as well. There something important to notice here. I believe you can’t worship God past the restrictions of your own “tent”. (Or heart) The Bible gives us a clear view of the heart of these individuals. They wore ornaments and fine jewelry and clothing. They were so used to being under the covering of a miraculous God that their hearts grew callous to the goodness of God. They were so blessed and favored that they lost value of who God really was and is. They were a carnal minded people for the most part. To go deeper with this revelation we can attempt to trace back where this attitude could have died but they kept it alive. In Exodus chapters 19-20 (specifically 20:18-19) we see how the children of Israel weren’t willing to find out what more it took to follow in the footsteps of Moses and walk into the glory. The little consecration they did in chapter 19 became their plateau because they were afraid and dumbfounded by the Majesty of God. They made it clear here where their hearts were. To them the God that delivered them from Egypt was worth a pledge of loyalty from the mouth but not worth dying for! They decided this day to continue to mentally live in Egypt, even though they were physically delivered. (Some of us do the same today)

This is why by chapter 32 they are under the assumption that Moses will not return from out of the Mount where he met with God, so they looked for another thing to worship. This implies that some were worshiping the man and not the God in the man. So they convinced Aaron to make them a golden calf. The Egyptian mind state was a strong hold that needed to be broken. Just like today, the church often is looking instead of believing. They wanted to worship something they could see and control not a God that required sacrifice of the heart. It is at this moment that we arrive back at chapter 33. But the main point I wanted to get you to see is this. Moses’ heart leads him to a face to face encounter and friendship with God. The Hebrews or Children of Israel had to worship from a distance. They had to worship at their own tents and did not get to have the worship experience that Moses did. This only happened when they discovered how disappointed God was with their lifestyles. God said that “He would surely destroy them along the way if He traveled with them.” (Verse 3) They were stiff-necked and God knew this, but on this day they would know this. The Bible says they went into mourning and stripped themselves of their ornaments. In other words if you desire to stop worshiping God from a distance and disappear into his glory, you must strip yourself of your glory. If you really want to experience His glory you must lose yours.  Moses encountered God face to face, so how much more does God want to reveal himself to you? When you speak with someone face to face, the first things you experience before they talk are their facial expressions. God wants your heart to be able to discern even his facial expressions. In other words He wants you to see how he feels, when he feels, and why he feels. All of this wrapped up in facial expressions, for those willing to be consumed into the fire of His presence.

Everything God produces is nothing but a beautiful veil that hides His face. In His creations and relations with us we see His hand but still can’t see His face. That’s why he tells us to seek His face. As awesome as miracles, signs, and wonders are they are just another cloud. If we’re not careful we’ll get lost in it, and forget that what’s on the other side of the cloud is more potent than what’s on the side we can see. His face is just beyond the clouds. (Just beyond his hand)

In the book of James chapter 4 verse 4 it says “Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.” (KJV)

God’s precept is holiness; it’s the standard of living for his people. That’s final!!!! What we try to do is adlib on what the sovereign King has already decreed. In other words we add in our concepts that sometimes mean well but often end in chaos. Fire is hot by nature, which was set in place by God’s precept of what’s hot and what’s not. The Bible says God is a consuming fire so why do we try to control someone with the power to consume us, and all that we know, with our concepts?  Our concepts war with his precepts. We want what our heart desires but sometimes this is outside the will of the King. Holiness is not meant to keep us in but to keep harmful elements out of our hearts. The children of Israel needed to be out of Egypt because the worship of their   God was not the standard, because they were slaves. God’s people needed to be freed from bondage because God’s glory was at stake. When his glory is at stake he moves because it ultimately will affect his relationship with his people, interrupting the ultimate goal of God’s people getting to know him beyond the “glory”. God’s wants to go beyond just signs, wonders, and miracles. He desires the face to face encounters with all his people. The question is do you want it too? Will you reject an invitation to meet face to face with Him as they did because it cost too much of yourself? What part of you needs to die in order to really be a friend of God and not just sing about it?

Like Moses, are there characteristics in our heart that mirror God’s heart? Or are we still trying to be friends with the world? Now, some may argue that even Paul said when he was in Rome he did as the Romans did, but I guarantee you he wasn’t compromising the character of Christ just to gain approval. If friends talk face to face they’re most likely not arguing, they’re on one accord. Friends sit down with each other and share personal and non –personal things. But overall it’s just the presence of your friends that you really value. Is your heart beat in one accord with God’s?  Meaning, do you want His desires so much more than yours that you don’t care if you ever see it because you know that what he wants for you is better than what you want for you. God created man in His image. He can only be friends with the part of you that looks like Him. Everything else in you has to go. The entire time that Moses led the children of Israel,   God was still pruning Moses of Moses to get Himself out of Moses! The juice inside of fruit only comes out with pressure. God does the same when he is trying to get His glory out of our lives. But he’s not doing it for His benefit, it’s for ours. We live consecrated unto God only so we can stand in the right position to receive all of him, not just his hand. (Righteousness) Encountering his hand is not God’s heart’s desire. Holiness allows us to walk into the fire that is Him and not be burned. His glory is a veil in itself, but it’s the mystery of God that forever links us to chase his presence. Mystery is absolutely necessary in the pursuit of God. As a matter of fact it’s the basis of thought upon the beginning of every type of relationship. Mystery prompts discovery. This is one of the main reasons God continues to say “seek my face” in the scripture. Yet he hides it, but not from you but for you. He says no man can see his face and live. But to me that sounds like an invitation on the heart level.  It’s like God is saying if you get that close to me you’ll die, but will that stop your pursuit?

We were made in his image. It’s like God took a picture of himself and put it inside of us.  We know God himself is a seeker, so that’s what he looks for, other seekers. However, since we are made in his image we have free will. We have to willingly take off what we’ve put on to really see how we were created to look! We must shed on a regular basis, because that’s exactly how much a face to face encounter with God costs! It costs continuous death of self! No religious sacrament will work. We have to eat a heart sacrifice for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Not to remind our flesh whose boss but to remind ourselves that the flesh is never to be in charge at any time. We live a life of sacrifice because Jesus ripped the veil to the Holy of Holies. Now we have constant access to the throne room.   But still have to die to get to heaven, mentally and physically. Living every day from a face to face encounter with Jesus is embracing the death to live in the resurrection. He died so we can resurrect daily.

Find your friend but count the costs. God’s friends aren’t distant so how close are you?

D. #4 Friend to Friend

Face to face with my friend. Documenting our friendship-

Chapter 10:

“Inheriting the Family Business”

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ow I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.  Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.  And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.  Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.”

-Galatians 4:1-7 (KJV)

This is where it gets fun! Now we will cover number 3 on a list of relationships, “co worker to co-worker”. The Bible clearly states here that we are heirs of God. That’s a pretty cool inheritance. Most people inherit cars, houses, boats, but we inherit God. There must be a spotlight on what it means to be a Son or Daughter of God. So let’s talk about it. The beginning of the text above is so significant in understanding your Christian life for where it is (as far as intimacy with the father goes) and where it’s going. Get this; the heir is no different from a servant as long as he is a child. Instead is under tutors and Governors until the appointed time of the father. At this point the child is ready to receive the adoption as a son. It’s a lot to understand here, but that’s what this book is all about. There is no difference in you from when you first got saved and now except for one thing, maturity! The father’s appointed time of adoption is when he sees that you are mature. John 3 speaks of being born into the Kingdom of God. Jesus emphasized that you must be born again to enter into the Kingdom of God.

We know that we must be born into the Kingdom to live but how do we begin to walk in the inheritance of God? We must be adopted. You can be born into the family but not inherit the family business until you’re ready. This is how a monarchy works; it’s a shakeup difference from our “precious” democratic and republic systems of government.

God is love, so He knows how to love his children. He does it intricately and intensely. He is always attentive towards us so he knows everything about us inside and out at all times. Jesus said that the “very hairs on your head are numbered”. (Matthew 10:30)

Wow! That’s a really good father. Our God is so supernatural that he never turns his head from you and always has great thoughts about you, in spite of you!!! In Jeremiah 29:30 he says “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” (KJV)

But the most amazing thing about it is, He’s doing this for everybody on the earth at the same time!!! Wow!!!

So now, look at your spiritual life and start taking a step forward toward Him with this new revelation of his love. Never be in a rush to inherit because you aren’t ready when you rush. Be anxious for nothing. But when you are ready He’ll tell you and you’ll be signing your life away on a blank sheet of paper, waiting on Him to fill in the details. That’s the price you have to pay for the activation of your co-worker status. This is when you wear the King’s ring of authority. When he presents you with this proposition it means you know His heart enough now to carry on the Family Business in his name. Now you represent Him in front of governments and kings as the sovereign authority, mind of royalty yet with a heart of a servant.

Maturity

Maturity, maturity, maturity, what does maturity mean for you? Make a list of at least 5 different personal meanings:

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Let me tell you what it meant for me. No more ignoring the voice of the Governor of the Kingdom pretending like He’s not talking to me when he says something I don’t want to hear. Who is the governor? The Holy Spirit is. Remember we live in the colony as servants under tutors and governors. (Galatians 4:2) He is the tutor and governor that will train us in the ways of Jesus who walked in the Ways of the Father. Maturity is saying ok my emotions don’t direct me, no matter how I feel God directs me. Maturity is the contrast of the disciples as seen in the Gospels and the disciples as seen in the book of Acts. In the gospels they were children under a tutor but in Acts they were endued with power from on high. Now the interesting thing here was that Jesus gave them authority to introduce the Kingdom before they were endowed with power in Acts. In Matthew 10:8 he commissioned them to work the family business, reversing the works of the Devil on the earth. But still there is a contrast because he released them to operate in an anointing for that land only, but when they had matured he gave them power to subdue the earth with his presence! He told them in Acts 1:8 that “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. (KJV)

Outlining the Family Business

The Family Business is reversing the works of the devil and restoring the earth. It’s all about applying God’s heart to every matter we deal with in the earth. Whether it’s political, moral, or personal, truly to God it’s all personal. He takes abortion personal. He takes marriage personal. He takes family personal. So if the family business had a mission goal it would be Revelation 22: 2, healing of the nations. Maturity says I’m not so focused on me anymore, but what will it take to get the ungodly laws overturned? What would it take to get prayer back in classrooms? What will it take to end sexual confusion and the legalization of same sex marriage?  What does it mean to God to heal the nations? How can I be a part of it.?

I don’t want to “spearhead” it; I just want to be part of it.

That last statement is really important to God, because the people that will change this world are not hotshots looking to slap there name on a ministry. They’re just a people that are willing to enter into a partner-ship with God to bring healing to the nations through divine influence. That’s what the prophets of the Old Testament would do to Kings. They would consult the prophet of God before making political decisions. In the same way God wants to bring that type of influence back to the church. But it’s going to take raising our standard of integrity and going deeper in humility. So many times when Kingdom inheritance is taught, it’s taught with an emphasis on God blessing you as an individual instead of freedom to operate in divine realms of influence for the nations.      But as personal as God is, He’s not about an individual He’s about the whole. He wants the nations to be healed. If that happens there are no individuals left out. If we could just get that in our brains we would be fine. It’s not about you; it’s about Him and them. The moment you start listening to the devil and focus on your issues you miss the entire kingdom. You walk blindly by becoming a democratic republican because now you’re double minded. You’ve let your voice and the devil’s become louder than the King.

People wake up! You only enter into a personal partnership with God so something unique can be born out of your intimacy with him. It’s going to be something unique because there is a unique problem designed for you to solve. However, God isn’t looking for workers he’s looking for lovers.

C. # 3 Co-Worker to Co- Worker

(Working with God is like…..)

Chapter 11-

The Marriage Covenant

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f you put a seed inside the ground and bury it, it dies.  The scientific term is called germination.  The seed cannot do much on the surface of the ground; in fact it can’t do anything at all.  It will become like all the rest of the things left on the ground.  It would blow in the wind.  It would be a slave to the wind.  But once a seed is buried it is placed in its proper place.  It’s now in an environment in which it can become what it was truly meant to be.  Underground the seed can get all the nutrients that it needs to not live, but die.  The sole purpose of the existence of the seed is to die.  For the seed, to die is actually to live.  The seed has spent its entire life preparing for death. Life is birthed out of the seed’s death. If it is the seed of a tree, it will grow tall and produce leaves and fruit.  It will grow strong, tall, and healthy.  It will provide shelter, oxygen, shade, even a place to live for all surrounding it.  But the most important thing that it will produce is more seeds.  The fruit of the tree is the heart of the tree.  The strength of the tree is its roots. The heart of the roots is the seed. The power of the seed is in its death!!!

Finally we have reached the “Bride Supper of the Lamb.” What is it like to embrace the proposal of Jesus? Of course you know this is number 7 on our list of relationships, and it’s the most exciting as well! So what does getting married have to do with seeds dying?   Well to answer that I would have to remind you that this book is not a step by step guide to you understanding you. It’s a wedding invitation. That’s right a wedding invitation to attend a wedding as the bride. But you must strip down from everything you have on first, to begin to fit your wedding garments. Chapters 1 through 10 are written as a plea for you to begin to strip down all the thoughts that you’ve had about God that just aren’t true. In doing so you’ve started to see yourself different as a benefit. However seeing yourself different is only half the battle. The other half is to get you to see God and stare at Him. The invitation is about getting you naked before God and “not being ashamed”. God’s heart has always been naked for man to see in its entirety but we have put on religion, rebellion, and unbelief. It has “opened up our eyes” and blinded our hearts from his love. It’s blinded our hearts from His response to our presence, His response to our praise, to our worship, to our love for Him. We as The Church have really missed out on his undying, passionate love for us.

So where does the seed come in? Where does “Being naked and not ashamed” come in? I’ll show you? Are you ready? I’m convinced that the Bible ends just as it began, with man in perfect union with God. Let’s take a look at Genesis 2 shall we? In Genesis chapter 2 and 25 Adam and Eve, male and female were “both naked and not ashamed.” “Not ashamed” was the core of their identity. So what do you do if want to distort someone’s existence. You have to distort they’re identity. How would you do that? You’d have to try to change they’re identity. But in Genesis 3 the serpent isn’t capable of doing that so the only thing left to do is disconnect and distort by cloaking!        What do I mean by that? Well, man’s relationship with God is and always will be based on what He has spoken because His words literally are life. All of His words are alive. So the serpent or devil had to first disconnect man from the source of life. (It’s the best way to kill anything or anyone). But he ran into another problem, man had God’s word in their heart. His last resort was to distort what God had spoken and cloak the truth. Once he cloaked the truth he cloaked their identity. In Genesis chapter 3 Man falls into sin by disobeying the words of life that flowed from His mouth.  In other words they started to die once they rejected life. But   then the manifestation of the serpent’s main plan was manifested. In Genesis 3:10 Adam is hiding from God because He is afraid, because he is naked!  Then Adam tries to blame the situation on his wife. What a contrast in relationship, in just a couple of verses Adam goes from being at peace and one with God to an “authority to lawbreaker relationship.” He has completely forsaken identity, therefore forgetting identity. The   power of every creature on the planet in it’s relationship with the earth is it’s individual identity. Birds don’t think they’re crocodiles. Fish don’t sometimes think they’re rabbits. Lion’s don’t wake up confused and start living as bears do. Only humanity has been afflicted with this issue of identity. Adam and Eve let the Devil compromise the relationship they had with God and it cost them everything that their relationship had produced.

Brothers and Sisters in Christ, chapters one through ten of this book is to invite you back to Genesis 2:25. God wants you in His presence. He’s honored when we ask for His but he wants our presence more than we want His. Yes he’s that passionate! That’s why he sent his Son to die.

Let’s talk about that. Remember the seed analogy? Look at Genesis 1: 11-12

“And God said , Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed,   and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, who’s seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

(-KJV)

Jesus said it best in John 10:17-18 “Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.”  - (KJV)

When you put a seed into the ground it dies. Out of it sprouts up something totally different, a totally new creation. We talked about a tree seed before. So let’s use the same tree to explain God’s plan for the restoration of mankind. Jesus was the seed that God planted that had to die, it was His destiny. He died as man for man, but returned as God in a glorified body. He returned as the glorious tree of life for all who wanted His fruit. What’s inside fruit according to Genesis 1:17-18? That’s right seed after his own kind. Jesus’ death was so significant; it gave all an opportunity to abide in Him. (John 15) It gave us a chance to be his new fruit and seeds in the earth to produce a forest full of heaven in the earth. (Walking trees!) Hallelujah!

The proposal is the beginning foundation for the covenant. First, do you accept His proposal to fully understand the beauty of not fully understanding, yet embracing the temporary turbulence in this earthy life while living in trust at the same time?

(Romans 8:18)

Second, do you accept and agree with all the views of Jesus’ heart when it comes to your life? Are you willing to submit all the things that you’ve been wearing on your mind at the feet of Jesus?

Thirdly and finally are you willing to live according to promises only? (No longer by feelings, popularity, comfort, or control) Will you now only live according to your promises to Him and His promises to you?)

If you answered yes to those questions then you may be ready to finally receive the King that has been avidly awaiting your return to His arms. All he wants is you. He wants your attention, your love, your transparency, your honesty, your nakedness without shame and without blame. He is crying over your absence right now if you’re heading down a path away from Him. The time is now for you to know His voice, and if you already know his voice behold let the “bride come out of her closet” (Joel 2:16) it’s time to go deeper. He was never born and cannot die. He is the Alpha and Omega, The beginning and the end. But He is a jealous God and is extremely, passionately, in love with you.  His love goes through every dimension of thought and existence. So because of this, every moment you spend with Him can be better than the last.

So as you read this, Jesus Christ, The King of Kings is asking……

Will You Marry Me?

“Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.”

–Revelation 19:7-9 (KJV)

What the Holy Spirit has brought you to is a crossroad. Whether you are a believer or non-believer, this message is for those who are seeking for more of God. You must become one with Him. In Genesis 5 Enoch walked with God and was not because God took him off the earth. He sought and communed with God so much that He just became one with God. His worship reflected what it says in Psalms 23. “The Lord is my Sheppard I shall not want...” Stop there and just dwell on that simple but deep truth. If the Lord is your Sheppard what else do you want? It’s what we want that can sometimes be a toxin in our hearts. It taints our worship and distorts the voice of God in our lives. Here is where death is necessary. Alters are for sacrificing and I can’t get married without approaching one. “I shall not want” so I’m trading my desires for His. God will give you the desires of your heart but only if you give them to Him. He can’t give what He doesn’t have. Let them go and die for your romance with Him. As the tree seed was, bury yourself in Jesus that you may die buried inside life Himself. It’s not about you dying it’s about Him living through you as a river spilling out into the earth! If you die inside of life you will hear the sound of light. (Lose yourself in Him so you can find yourself in Him.) Once your heart is able to hear the sound of light you can see sound. (In other words hearing God’s words of light then speaking publicly what he says in private. You will see what He said manifest as long as you stay in the place of manifestation.)  When you become more intimate with Jesus the relationship will mirror the relationship the seed has with the ground. It will produce something, purpose! Intimacy with Jesus makes you pregnant with purpose. However, purpose does not outweigh intimacy. Only Jesus is capable of such a task. Your job is to come along for the ride as the passenger. What do passengers do? Simply talk to the driver and trust that he knows the way to the destination.

To the Alter

So here we are walking down the aisle. Your Father is walking you down to the alter as a sacrifice, a living sacrifice to the Son in Holy Matrimony.  You look beautiful in your white gown of righteousness. Wear it boldly and never take it off. This gown that you wear gives you your confidence. Well here we are at the altar of definite end to religious sacrifices and a beginning of being the willing living sacrifice in the name of covenant. You have your ring of purity and devotion to give Him, and he has a

ring of power and authority through union and fellowship to give you.  Now that the rings are exchanged you may now kiss the Bride. Or in your case, you may now kiss the Groom. Now receive the name of the groom you are one with Him. From now on where ever you go in life is in His name.

H.  #7 Husband to Wife:

What it means to finally honor my Covenant in a new way:

Eternal Relationship

I want to make something really clear to you about your God and this book. I believe God had me write this as a letter to all of those who’ve ever wondered was there more to God than what Man has already experienced. All over the world mankind is searching and seeking for one thing, or I should say, one person. They’re searching for the Truth. They’ve seen truth but truth today is so confusing that it looks empty. That makes it a lie. The world doesn’t need truth it needs “The Truth.” The church also is in desperate need of “The Truth.”  Some of us have come to the realization that church is not the answer. Neither are our relationships. The church is crippled by the idea of religion, responding to God before He’s asked any questions. Then we’ve told the world our “truth” before meeting and knowing the “answer”. That’s right the Answer is Jesus, a person with a personality that’s been distorted for far too long. It’s time that the church and the world know “The Truth” and meet “The Answer” once and for all. It’s time that people finally know God on a heart level. I want you to have real intimacy, because that’s what He wants. He died on the cross for this reason, that man would be reconciled unto Him and not die but have everlasting life. (John 3:16) (2nd Corinth. 5:20)

Again, I want you to know that this book is not a “1-2-3” step guide to how to get to know Jesus better. But instead let it be your testimony of how you destroyed wicked ideas and thought patterns you had about God that negatively affected your spiritual and natural life.  Let it be the beginning of your written declaration to freedom in the mind in all areas. You are the true author of this book. What God has inspired me to write here is just an invitation to intimacy. Each chapter is designed to draw you into His arms by interpreting His letters of love to you. He is what you need Him to be when you need Him to be. He is your Father and Mother. He is your best friend.  He is your romantic lover before any earthly romance. He is your co-worker. He is your spouse.

God doesn’t want your mind in pieces anymore, scattered all over the place. He wants you whole in one piece, one with Him as man was in the Garden of Eden before he had a wife. As Jesus was all the time when He walked the earth, God wants you to be one with Him. He doesn’t want you to walk as two, one sin nature and one heavenly, no, just be one. This is a book that truly, only you can author, and the notes will change as you continue to experience Him.  Remember your relationship with God must be in a category in itself mentally, it must rule your mind. Your experience with God each day is the steering wheel for your life. Each day, no matter what, be sure to experience Him! Don’t just read about, but experience Him. Don’t just talk about, experience Him. Don’t just sing about but experience Him. He’s waiting on you……..

About the Author:

Minister Myron Turner was born in 1986 to Michael and Patricia Turner in Chicago, Illinois. All throughout his childhood his parents, siblings, aunts, uncles and many other relatives noticed that he was different. At an early age his mother, Patricia noticed that he struggled with his grades in school. She felt prompted to get him tested for a learning disability. Later he was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder.

(A learning disability that shortens the attention span and focus ability of an individual) He continued with school but never felt the same now that he was labeled. At the age of 13 he started to take more of an interest in church and the Bible.    Ironically it was also around this same time where he fell into a deep depression. It was during those years that God began to speak to him about his life. From the ages 13 -17 he slipped in and out of depression, lingering back and forth with the thought of suicide. He attempted suicide three different times in three different ways. (Suffocation, blade to the wrist, and hanging himself)

However, God stopped all three attempts! At the age of 17 the Lord showed him a vision of him speaking to a large crowd of young people. It was then when God spoke the words “Myron I want you to revolutionize the youth”. With this new commission on his life he sensed a new sense of purpose but still struggled with depression in private. It wasn’t until he encountered the Holy Spirit at his job that everything began to change. “I had an encounter with God at “Jiffy Lube oil change shop!” It was then when he began to volunteer more at church in the youth groups. The name of the church he belonged to was called St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church where the Pastor was the late Bishop Willie L. Jordan. In the year 2003 he heard God tell him to write a book to the youth. God told him to name it “Soldiers of The Lord: Revolution of the Youth”. He wrote and published his first book in 2007 with Author-house Publishers. In the same time period he was licensed in the ministry by Bishop Jordan. He served as a minister to the youth for 2 years before God called him to do more youth ministry at Living Grace Church in Lynwood, Il under Pastor Phillip France. He did this for another 2 year period until God called him overseas. Recently he has traveled to Auckland, New Zealand as a volunteer in the United Maori Mission. It was there in Auckland where he met and married his wife, (South African born) Makhosi Peleha.

Today Myron and Makhosi Turner travel where ever the Spirit leads them to help people discover who they really are. The main focus of their ministry is to break the chains of religion and introduce people into a real authentic relationship with God.

(Minister Myron is the founder of Soldiers of The Lord Publishing LLC and also is the author of two books. “Soldiers of The Lord: Revolution of The Youth” and “Relationship is based on Revelation.”)

Contact Information:

To contact Myron and Makhosi Turner please do so via email at sotlrevolution@yahoo.com

To order products please visit our website at www.sotlrevolution.com

To see our ministry videos from this link-

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheSotl1?feature=mhee

Table of Contents

dedication

Copyright

Introduction:

Chapter 1- Revelation Wisdom

Chapter 2- The Knowledge of God

Chapter- 3 Shifting Your Thinking

Chapter 4- All my Children

Chapter 5- Like Father Like Son

Chapter 6- “LIVING” Above the Law

Chapter 7 “Who’s the Boss?”

Chapter 8 “The Romance”

Chapter 9 “Face to Face”

Chapter 10: “Inheriting the Family Business”

Chapter 11- The Marriage Covenant

About the Author:

Table of Contents

dedication

Copyright

Introduction:

Chapter 1- Revelation Wisdom

Chapter 2- The Knowledge of God

Chapter- 3 Shifting Your Thinking

Chapter 4- All my Children

Chapter 5- Like Father Like Son

Chapter 6- “LIVING” Above the Law

Chapter 7 “Who’s the Boss?”

Chapter 8 “The Romance”

Chapter 9 “Face to Face”

Chapter 10: “Inheriting the Family Business”

Chapter 11- The Marriage Covenant

About the Author: