Word at Work Ministries

Word at Work June 12, 2013

2013-06-11T23:45:13Z

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12
Scripture: James 4:1-5

As we continue to look at Scriptures that let us know the criteria of becoming an enemy of God, even James speaks of this issue in James 4:1-5. He says, “Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, ‘The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously’?” When do we become an enemy of God? When we refuse to deal with our flesh. When we refuse to choose the path of the Spirit and choose the dictates of our own body. Any believer can choose to follow a path which results in us becoming an enemy of God. At that point, we face His Judicial Hand and potential intervention. God’s corrections always come to us in love in order to restore us to our first love. But rest assured, His corrections come! They come to nations, they come to cities, they come to individuals. If a nation goes too far in becoming an enemy of God, then that nation ceases to exist forever. We certainly want interventions before that day comes!

Word at Work June 11, 2013

2013-06-11T23:44:43Z

TUESDAY, JUNE 11
Scripture: Galatians 5:9-18

When do we become enemies of God so that we are in jeopardy of seeing His judicial Hand? Galatians 5:9-18 does an excellent job of unfolding this process. It says, “A little leaven leavens the whole lump. I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will have no other mind; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is. And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then the offense of the cross has ceased. I could wish that those who trouble you would even cut themselves off! For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another! I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.” As we embrace the Spirit, the promise is that the Spirit will lead us to overcome the dictates of the flesh, giving us victory and providing us a redemptive path forward. When we walk in the Spirit, we will not be an enemy of God. We will serve Him, rather than conflict with His purpose.

Word at Work June 10, 2013

2013-06-11T23:44:23Z

MONDAY, JUNE 10
Scripture: Matthew 16:21-23

The Bible is not silent about this process. We even find some of the strongest apostles in the New Testament had to face and fight a battle with their minds. Matthew 16:21-23 reveals just such a battle. Jesus had just told the Twelve that He was going to go to the Cross. But they could not tell anyone. This interaction with Peter follows. Verses 21-23 says, “From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day. Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, ‘Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!’ But He turned and said to Peter, ‘Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.’” Peter had his mind set on the position he assumed he would have at the victory of Christ. He was looking for the territory he was going to rule. He was not looking at Jesus fulfilling the assignment of the Father by becoming the Suffering Servant. Peter’s mindset was upon his own advancement through his relationship with Christ. Jesus had to challenge Peter because where he was going would lead to destruction. Peter survived to fulfill his destiny and so can we!

Word at Work June 9, 2013

2013-06-11T23:43:49Z

SUNDAY, JUNE 9
Scripture: Romans 8:1-8

Romans 8:1-8 gives some definition to a person aligning themselves with the enemy. It says, “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.” When we say yes to Jesus, we receive the Holy Spirit. When we yield to the Spirit, then we walk according to the mind of the Spirit. When we yield to the enemy, we do and say those things that take us away from God. So the real question, as to when we become an enemy of God, is when we refuse to set our mind on things above and continually set our mind on things below. All of us can quickly become an enemy of God when we refuse to bring our thoughts, purposes and actions to the Cross. Hebrews 11:15 says, what we think about, we will have opportunity to do. “And truly if they had called to mind that country from which they had come out, they would have had the opportunity to return.”

Word at Work June 8, 2013

2013-06-11T23:43:12Z

SATURDAY, JUNE 8
Scripture: John 10:9,10

The real question facing today’s believers is, when does God become our enemy so that we have to face standing in the fire that emerges from His judicial intervention? John 10:10 is a very important Scripture that speaks to that issue. In verses 9,10, it contrasts God and the enemy. It says, “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” When we yield to the thief so that our words and actions correspond to the thief in motivation and purpose, at that point, we have aligned ourselves with the enemy and we qualify for the judgment written and are in jeopardy of that judgment. We could say that people become enemies of God when they yield to their flesh. As a leader we can choose to compromise God’s Word to tolerate the world’s standard! That would happen if we bless what God forbids i.e. homosexual marriage. We would then be plastering with untempered mortar. Such action demands a visitation!

Word at Work June 7, 2013

2013-06-11T23:42:44Z

FRIDAY, JUNE 7
Scripture: Ezekiel 13:11-16

Verses 11-16 says, “’…say to those who plaster it with untempered mortar, that it will fall. There will be flooding rain, and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it down. Surely, when the wall has fallen, will it not be said to you, “Where is the mortar with which you plastered it?”’ Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘I will cause a stormy wind to break forth in My fury; and there shall be a flooding rain in My anger, and great hailstones in fury to consume it. So I will break down the wall you have plastered with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be uncovered; it will fall, and you shall be consumed in the midst of it. Then you shall know that I am the Lord. Thus will I accomplish My wrath on the wall and on those who have plastered it with untempered mortar; and I will say to you, “The wall is no more, nor those who plastered it, that is, the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who see visions of peace for her when there is no peace,”’ says the Lord God.” When do ministers become enemies of God so that they cannot stand when God visits? This passage implies that the point arises where we yield to the motivation of antichrist spirits and we accept untempered mortar, which is watered-down, compromised Word. If the church listens to prophets of peace when there is no peace, then we find ourselves in a place where we cannot stand when God visits. Untempered mortar is compromised Scripture and refusing to listen to the warnings of the Word. It is a refusal to examine and weigh passages that are uncomfortable or do not fit our popular view of God. The sin of Thyatira was tolerating sexual immorality which eventually opened the door to tribulation and death! How spiritually naïve are we to cling to only the attributes of God that we are comfortable and familiar with! Love saves and love judges! Love heals and love terminates! Does God kill everyone who dies? – certainly not! Death is both a blessing and a curse! Every believer that dies meets their Heavenly Father face to face and He wipes away every tear. They enter the joy of the Lord and begin to occupy eternity, joy unspeakable and full of Glory is theirs. Those who taste heaven do not want to return here! Those who refuse would long to return but cannot!

Word at Work June 6, 2013

2013-06-11T23:42:14Z

THURSDAY, JUNE 6
Scripture: Ezekiel 13:1-10

Ezekiel 13:1-10 makes it very clear that God has an issue with the leadership of the church who refuse to tell people that God has become their enemy and the enemy of their city or nation because of allowing what He abhors. Devastation will be the result. Many leaders today teach there is no more judgment! Is there a failure to address what God abhors thereby opening ourselves to judgment? When we go to church and hear good words, good words, good words, when our culture is hurtling toward judgment and destruction, then Ezekiel 13:1-10 fits what is going on in our land. We find God’s promise to come and destroy the wall and the people who have plastered it, which means the counterfeit leadership who say that abortion is OK, ordain homosexual priests, bless homosexual unions and believe our nation is not in trouble. Such leaders allow their body to believe they can vote for people who support antichrist actions and behavior. And these leaders are bringing an unstoppable judgment on the land that could potentially cause the loss of our nation. When do people become enemies of God and when does the church enter the place where they can no longer survive a visitation of the Lord?

Word at Work June 5, 2013

2013-06-11T23:41:47Z

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5
Scripture: Joel 2:27

Joel 2:27 says, “Then you shall know/yah-daw that I am in the midst of Israel: I am the Lord your God And there is no other. My people shall never be put to shame.” Yah-daw means ‘The ultimate in intimacy.” Intimacy is the fruit of fulfillment. When we had utterly given up ever seeing the promise, this constitutes the essence of what it means to really know God. When do we know Him? We can enter a relationship with God by hearing about Him but do we know Him when promise becomes experience!

Word at Work June 4, 2013

2013-06-11T23:41:11Z

TUESDAY, JUNE 4
Scripture: Joel 2:26,27,, Genesis 18:10-14

In verses 26,27 we have two finishing promises. The reason for the preparation and the reason for the complete devastation of the preparation is so that we can experience verse 26,27. They say, “You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, And praise the name of the Lord your God, Who has dealt wondrously/paw-lah with you; And My people shall never be put to shame. Then you shall know/yah-daw that I am in the midst of Israel: I am the Lord your God And there is no other. My people shall never be put to shame.” Paw-lah always leads to yah-daw. A good example of paw-lah is Genesis 18. In Genesis 18, Abraham has carried the promise of a son for years. And in Genesis 18:10-14, we find Sarah laughing, saying, “Do you realize how old I am?” And the angel says in verse 14, “Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.” After Abram and Sarah had completely given up, saying, “There is no way this is ever going to happen,…” God said, “I will bring it to pass.” So paw-lah means, ‘Beyond human agency, that which only God can do.’ The reason for the extensive, devastational preparation is so that we can have a testimony of something that only God can do. That is part of this process. So what is it that each of us needs that only God can do? That is the thing to start asking for.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

2013-06-03T17:44:02Z

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