The Voice of God

I am Superfantastic & Superabounding Praise God। How are you?

I was listening to one of my Pastors teaching on Spiritual Things, he made a point that caused me to stop and ponder; I’ve read Genesis 3:8, which reads,
“ … and they heard the Voice (Sound) of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day …”. What my Man of God pointed out, was that “The Voice of God was WALKING”, when I heard that I stopped, thinking wonderful, ‘voice! Walking’. As I brooded on this issue, other revelations were given me.

Notice that, it did not say; that God was in the garden or that God was heard in the garden, or that God was leading or carrying His voice in the garden; No, the Voice of God was there walking and having a conversation, we shall return to this later.

Firstly let us consider “The Voice Walking”, now there are certain things that have the ability to walk, People for example, as a Person you & I have our own personality, character, independent will & uniqueness, meaning that The Voice of The LORD GOD, walking in the garden, is a Person, with His won personality, character etc; which then begets the questions, where was He going and what was He talking about and with whom?

Secondly, also accept that He (The Voice of God) was walking and talking on the earth in the garden.

Thirdly, My Pastor always talks about truth & greater truth, applied here; we’d have to ask a greater question; Who is this Person, The Voice of the LORD GOD? Also, is He still here?

Let us take the third point first; the Apostle Peter gives us the answer in 1 Peter 4:11, he says “If any man speaks, let him speak as the Oracles (Utterance, Sound) of God …”, ‘If any Man … any Man … MAN’, so the Apostle Peter lets us know that the Voice of The LORD GOD is Man, more to the point you & I are the VOICE of the LORD GOD here.

This brings us nicely to, where was the Voice going and what was He talking about? I’m sure that you have descended that one; however, the Voice of the LORD GOD was going about His business, that of, Proclaiming the Glory of God.

As the Voice of the LORD GOD, are you proclaiming! The Glory of God?
You know, you can proclaim by word and, also you can proclaim by the Manifestation of His Glory in your life, this one come By The Power of The Spirit of God (that’s a topic for another day).

What? You say that you didn’t know that you here for Glory and Glorifying the LORD, in Isaiah 63:3, God explicitly tells you, that you are for His Glory.

So, as the Voice of the LORD GOD; What are you talking about? What types of confessions are you making in your life that shines forth the Glory of GOD in your life? Are you talking as Apostle James in (James 3:2) says “a Good Report” saying (talking) the right things?

The time has come full circle for us to arrive at the totality of understanding, that all of God’s creations was as a result of the Power of the Sound of His Word, Christ in John 21:6 framed the fishes that His disciples caught by the sea of Tiberias by the Power of the Sound of His Words.

As a Spiritual Man (Woman) born anew, alive in Christ and filled with miracle working power by the Power of the Holy Ghost, it is to us as the VOICE of the LORD GOD to Proclaim & Manifest His Glory, to be a planting for the display of His Splendour.

Hence when you speak a Word, make a confession, a declaration, or give a word of prophesy, to reiterate the Apostle Peter, “… speak as the Oracles (Utterance, Sound) of God.

Speak your life into the realms of the marvellous, because as the Apostle Peter tells us in 1 Peter 2:9c that’s where we abide.

Peace Peace

Spiritual Enemies

Martial Arts, training and developing for Body – Mind – Spirit

In today’s society a majority of people engage in the study of the Martial Arts, and a good number of them can defend themselves should an antagonist cross their path (well I hope they can); yet, the thing is, we don’t just have human adversary (i.e. muggers, rapist, burglars, the boss, the boyfriend, the mother in-law etc.).

The nucleus of our enemies exist in the Spiritual Realms; the Scriptures tells us this, it says “… for we wrestle not with flesh and blood, but against principalities, against the powers … against spiritual wickedness in the heavenly places”.

If such are our enemies, that you can do 100 sit-ups in 60 sec, break concrete slabs with your head, have mastered 101 Kata, and have done the 100 man Kumita means nothing when the forces of the darkness have you ensnared.

I love the Martial Arts, training the body, conditioning the mind, controlling the emotion and polishing my Spirit. Yet, polishing the Spirit and growing and developing the Spirit are two very different things.

The way of the Bushido works for me; in Spiritual Growth, I first polish my Spirit in readiness to grow it, by going to the dojo. Then I grow my Spirit by hearing & meditating on the WORD of God, which is the Food of the Spirit.

If you read Proverbs 18:14 it say, that a man with a strong Spirit can endure anything, but a crushed Spirit, who can bear it? This highlights the importance of having a strong Spirit; that your sister in-law doesn’t like your dress sense won’t crush your Spirit; it might even fire you up.

However, if you are not ready and you have an exchange with a wicked person (now, this is not somebody that has done a wicked thing; No! A wicked person has their centre, being, their very essence as instruments of wickedness, given over to the wicked spirits in the Spiritual Realms.

When you have an exchange with these people, a roundhouse kick won’t do the job of cutting them down, for this you need the Sword of the Spirit.

This is what the Word of God says about me, my Spirit that I have received, The Spirit of Power, Love & a Sound Mind (2 Timothy 1:7), so I know, not believe, I Know that I have a Strong Spirit. So when I have an exchange with these types of people, when the job is done, you will always see me Standing Strong. The people that know me, know this

Where do you go, to hear about these words of Truth, to practice using the Sword of the Spirit? When you have done your time in the dojo, get to Church, (hey! Pay attention). Am not talking religion; those that know me (really know me) know that I don’t ascribe to and will never ascribe to religion.

I’m talking about Spiritual development, belonging to the right Church and Ministry, a Ministry (http://www.christembassy.org ) that know how to rightly divide the word of truth and teach you how to have a Personal Relationship with God, that is what Spirituality is all about; Christ when He walked the earth, said, that the time is coming when we must Worship God in Spirit & Truth, well the time has now come. Go to Church and grow your Spirit.

By the way, God loves the Martial Artist; especially that one who’s Spiritual Gi embodies the characters that God delights in, [i.e. Truth, Righteousness, Justice, Peace], and have His Word engrafted in their Heart.

If that a stumbling block for you, then, find out what is meant by the LORD OF HOST.

Peace Peace

Martial Arts and Christianity

Christianity, True Christianity and True Martial Arts share the same belief, school of thought, truth, that we are Spiritual Beings having a physical experience in the world. Christianity explains that Man, is a Spirit, with a Soul and dwells in a Body; in Martial Arts, we have it, Body, Mind (Soul) and Spirit, it true sequence is as in Christianity Sprit, Mind (Soul) and Body.

The sequence of Body, Mind and Spirit, that is taught is Martial Arts goes back to the founding fathers of Martial Arts; these founding father observed that due to the weakness of their bodies and mind, they could not maintain the degree of meditation required to achieve spiritual illumination. As a result they created a set of prearranged movements and exercises to strengthen the body and condition the mind for spiritual growth.

Now, over the ages, Martial Arts have grown to become a formidable combative science, however, its true essence is for Spiritual Illumination. Like all things there are those that have misunderstood what Martial Arts is all about, and have stop at the basic (baby) level of the Art; they think that it’s just, Fighting; likewise, there are those that have misunderstood the teachings of Christ, thinking that Jesus came to give a Religion, [“I came that ye may have life and have it abundantly (John 10:10b)].

The Martial Artist who is in Christ, the Martial Arts Instructor who is in Christ, know that in the World of Martial Arts, in our World, we polish the Human Spirit through the ecstasy of sweat, in the confines of the dojo (training hall), as we exercise the body and condition the mind, as we subjugate, as Peter says in 2 Peter 1:4-7, with all diligence our Mind and Body, to the power of our Spirit and penetrate the depths of our Spirit, and in Faith touch face with Christ that resides in us, and in so doing develop the universal principles, traits, characteristics and virtues of Christian Energy.

As we train! We grow and expand our minds in knowledge [emotionally & intellectually], as we subjugate our Body & Mind to our Spirit, and our Spirit to Christ, we learn to keep ourselves in check, in Self-Control, Patients. As we conquer our Spirit, and grow and perfect the Sprit of God in us (John 3:30); we come to know only Godliness, only Brotherly Affection, only CHRISTian Love.

Martial Arts is more than hitting the pads, chopping boards in two, or tournaments; it is a vehicle for exercising the Body and conditioning the Mind for the journey of Spiritual Living.

For the Martial Artist who is in Christ, it is a language for proclaiming the Gospel.

Peace Peace.

Who Am I?

Have you ever asked yourself the question, ‘Who am I? Well, there are 2 schools of thought on this issue; there is the school of thought that says man is a:
1. Natural Being
a. Is born of flesh, Purely Sensory, only interested feeding the lust of the flesh
2. Spiritual Being
a. Is a Spirit, With a Soul, Lives in a Body

In response to the question, Who Am I? We are Spiritual Beings, created in the likeness of God (the greatness, the grace & the glory of Him); the scriptures, tell us, that God is a Spirit [John 4:24]. But get this! That we are, Spiritual Being, is not really the complete answer, the totality of the answer is that we, are Sons of God, more still we are gods [Psalms 82:6].

However, there is a prerequisite for laying claim to the identity Son of God, children of the Most High; this is the requirement, that you recognise, believe in, cleave to, trust in, rely on Christ the Messiah; you may ask, why? The scriptures, also tells us, that the only way, to God, is through Jesus Christ [John 14:6].

To this end our Lord and Saviour, Jesus, gave us two, only 2 conditions to meet:
1. Believe in Him [John 5: 22-24]
2. Be born, anew
a. Unless a man be born anew, he cannot see the Kingdom of God [John 3:3]
b. Unless a man be born of Water and the (Holy) Spirit he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God [John 3:5]

We entered the world with a body, because in the world, the physical body must come first, now that it is here, we must now awaken the Spirit, our Spiritual Self by baptism in the Holy Ghost; but first we have to eat the body of Christ and drink the blood of Christ, apportion to ourselves the saving effect of His sacrificial death.

My friends, my brethrens, my people, I invite you to make Christ the Lord of your life, by praying this prayer:

‘I [state your name] believe that Jesus Christ is the True Son of God, the Messiah, who came into the world from God the Father to die for me and cleans my sins. I receive Jesus Christ into my heart, soul & spirit, into my life, as my Lord & Saviour. I declare that I am saved; from this day forth I am a child of God, In Jesus’ Name - Amen’.

It’s been a plum pleasing pleasure and privilege to share with you the Good New.

Be Strong, Peace be upon you, may the Grace of our Lord abound forever in your life. [Find your nearest church @ http://www.christembassy.org]

Look through the eyes of your Spirit - Seeing with the eyes of a Prophet

What do you see?

When you look at the market, the economy, what do you see?
A percentage of people will look at the economy and see, a crisis, doom & gloom, recession, credit crunch; whilst a percentage of us will see, opportunities, glimmer, a market poised and primed ready to yield to us our fortunes.

To end up on top in the current age, you have to be a certain type of person:
• you must first behold the possibilities
• then you must be ready to capitalise on openings, taking proactive steps to position yourself for the shift
o you’ll have to assess your skills & skill gap
o your needs & capacities (inherent gifts & talents) that can be traded to yield income
• be faithfilled (no, not faithful), faithfilled, people that hath been building themselves up, on their most high faith

As organisations lay off tens of thousands, and tens of thousands and tens of thousands of people, the ones that will keeps their jobs are those people that can help the organisation:
• redefine itself
• reposition itself
• remodel itself for growth
basically people that can help it transform and transcend.

These people will not be found amongst the percentage that have the stinking negative thinking of doom & gloom, arrested by the fear of their emotion and blinded by short sightedness.

No, the victors, the champions, the overcomers will be those that can see afar, hath strong & great faith on the brighter day that is to come, prepared [have acquired new skills & talent, have the knowledge & wisdom, have stood strong] & watchful [alert for opportunities, opening, niche, a new need in the market].

My friends, since times gone by, to our present age and the age to come, this adage has been consistent, “your future is in your hand” – in the life that you see for yourself and the things that you speak into existence by your mouth.

It’s Good News, The Good News – The Gospel. Peace Peace