Are you a Romans 8:14 Christian ?

Are You a Romans 8:14 Christian?

For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. - Romans 8:13-14   

Joshua and Caleb are described in Scripture as men who had a different spirit. They were two of the 12 spies sent into the Promised Land to determine if it could be taken, as God had promised it to them. The other ten gave a bad report that instilled fear in the people, which ultimately caused a rebellion. This resulted in an entire generation dying in the desert. Joshua and Caleb were the only two who were led by the Spirit of God, versus the spirit of fear. They were the only ones to enter the Promised Land from their generation.
 
Are you a person led by the Spirit? The verse above tells us that those who are led by the Spirit are sons of God. "But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it" (Num. 14:24). Caleb was a Romans 8:14 man! The Spirit led him. He was not led by fear.
 
Many of us have failed to enter into our own Promised Land because we have failed to be led by the Spirit rather than by fear. Fear prevents us from entering into what God has promised for each of us. God has reserved an inheritance for us that is exceedingly good. God described the Promised Land as a land of milk and honey. Our own Promised Land is the same. But you must be led by the Spirit to enter in. You cannot be led by fear, reason and analysis, or even skill. The Spirit must lead you.

So challenge yourselves (incl. myself) and ask ourselves this question - Are you led by the Spirit of God or the spirit of fear in the way you live and everything you do in your life ?

Commit yourself to being a Romans 8:14 man or woman. Then you will enter into the land God has promised for you.

Why Continual Prayer?

Because bold, persistent prayer is effective. First it changes us. Then it changes the world. Jesus told stories to encourage us to "cry out day and night" (Lk 18) and to persist in prayer. Evidence of the instruction and power of persistent prayer is found throughout the Bible and Church history. Pentecost came to a prayer room. Paul urged the Thessalonians to "pray constantly." The early church "joined together constantly in prayer" (Acts 1-14). Celtic Monks at Bangor Abbey in Ireland prayed continually for 200 years. And in Clonmacnoise (near Dublin) God led a young guy by the name of Ciaran to start a monastery that prayed for the best part of 1000 years and sent missionaries all over the world! 

In the 18th century, a small community of Moravians began a 24-7 prayer meeting that lasted for over a hundred years, mobilised 3000 missionaries and converted John Wesley! The place of prayer is not static. When the people of Jesus start loving God in a prayer room, they are propelled outwords to love others and bring the Gospel to the nations.

"I have posted watchmen on your walls O Jerusalem; They will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord give yourselves no rest, And give Him no rest until He establishes Jerusalem And makes her the praise of the earth," Isaiah 62:6+7

http://www.24-7prayer.com/prayer/faq

24-7 Extreme Prayer Challenge -- FULL UP!

Congratulations to all participating in the 24-7 Extreme Prayer Challenge!  It's now FULL!..Yup, all filled up, every hourly slot! Now for the 40-day marathon.  We look forward to these 40-Days prayer experience filled with excitement, joy and awe - because we know our God will make things happen beyond our wildest imagination!

If you are keen to join the next prayer challenge, fill up the online registration form.

24-7 Prayer Points

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
We would be praying for oneness in thought,spirit,word and deed among all the members of the organization committee and for continued zeal to do the Lord's work.

1Corinthians 12:12-31 Which talks about the unity amidst GOD's people and the importance of each and every Christian in the Kingdom of Christ.

Let's pray for this unity.

Romans 12:11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

Let us continue our Journey of Faith.

With Prayers,
Lorenz

Dealing with Temptations

Want to share something with everyone.

Today I stumbled upon 2 Timothy 3 where Paul writes in around 60 AD something which is still so relevant and real even today and serves as reminder to us what temptations are out there and that we can fall prey to them.  And that God knows what we have to go through each day.  Paul reminds us to be steadfast in our path towards God by keeping close to the Scriptures.  I cite 2 Timothy 3:1-8 and 16:

            “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.

People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God – having a form of godliness but denying its power.  Have nothing to do with them.

They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth.

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth - men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected.

………………………………………………

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work”

I believe that as our sinful nature is overtaken by the Holy Spirit each day as we grow in faith through the Scriptures, the fruits of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22), which are the opposite of all those negative traits cited above, will prevail.  Only condition is that we must be willing to invite the Holy Spirit into our life and such willingness is manifested by dedicating time in our busy lives to read and absorb the Scriptures.

Have a blessed day.

Dahlia W. M. Lee.

Why do we have to suffer? - Conclusion

I conclude with sharing 1 Peter 5:6-10:

“Humble yourselves, therefore under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.

 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. Be self-controlled and alert.  Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.  And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.”

Posted by Dahlia Lee

Why do we have to suffer?

I would like to draw your attention to 1 Peter 1: 6-9, to give you one of the many Biblical passages as to why believers have to go through a bout of suffering before experiencing the real joy of being a Christian.  Observe in particular verses 6 and 7 which read as follows:

“In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.  These have come so that your faith-of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire – may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honour when Jesus Christ is revealed.”

To me, the above passage means that we have to go through all kinds of trials for a little while, which purpose is to strengthen our belief and faith in our Lord to the point that we are able to know that our love, faith and trust in the Lord is worth more than gold and that we are not a believer because we seek riches and material things (called “blessings” to a lot of people).  Verse 8 goes on to say that “though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an in expressible and glorious joy,..”

Our ability to come through the sufferings without straying from God but instead becoming stronger in our faith and belief will prove that we are seeds that have fallen on good soil.  If we are the seeds that have fallen on the path or the rock or the weeds, then these sufferings sometimes make us bitter and angry with God and we move away, sometimes permanently, sometimes for a period of time.  This is what is meant by whether our faith may be proved genuine or not.  For after all, small is the gate and narrow that leads to life and only a few find it (Mathew 7:13-14).

Posted by Dahlia Lee