Even God’s harshest judgments are full of Mercy

Even in Gods harshest judgements God shows as much mercy as He possibly can. He delays and delays and delays so it can be lessened, and to see how many people He can get to turn their hearts… If we really knew the depth of Gods mercy and how affectionate He was, we would just cry… But if we don’t discern His judgements we’ll never really understand His Mercy.

Kind of like if you were walking across the street and somebody just came behind you and pushed you really hard, you’d be kind of mad. But then if you looked at the video and you saw the Mack truck mashing on the brakes, and the guy pushing you right out of the way as the Mack truck screeched by… You’d have a whole nother perspective. Gods judgements aren’t real to most people that’s why they don’t like pushy prophetic preachers that are trying to push them away from the pathway of the screeching Mack truck.

Your body is an intelligent slave

Your body actually knows and can sense when it is being put under discipline by the force of your will (versus just random harsh circumstances). It actually starts responding differently. It starts to cleanse itself, it starts to give you energy from hidden reserves, and it starts controlling hormone responses… All by itself.

Your body is an intelligent slave to your soul. Take control:

Spiritually: fasting and prayer
Mentally: refusing lust and meditating on the word of God
Physically: work, exercise, and athletics

Speak wisdom and talk judgment

American Christianity has it totally backwards. In American Christianity judgment is a bad thing, and offense has to do with the state of your emotions.

In the kingdom of God, continually talking about the judgments and the rewards of God helps you to keep your steps on God’s Path, which is the biblical definition of not being offended (not stumbling off of God’s path).

“I constantly speak wisdom and talk about God’s judgments, and none of my steps shall slide!”

Psalms 37
30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom,
and his tongue talketh of judgment.
31 The law of his God is in his heart;
none of his steps shall slide.
– King David

Prayer is strength – so ask God for strength to Pray

If fainting is something you do when you’re weak… Then prayer is a sign of strength.

Ask God to strengthen you so you can pray and not faint. Yes: pray for strength to pray more. It sounds weird but it’s truth; it’s a never ending spiritual cycle upwards to God. Pray for strength and faith, so you can have the strength and faith to pray.

Luke 18:1And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Gentile Leadership vs Traditional Religious Leadership vs Jesus Leadership Style

Gentile Leadership is based on dominion, authority, and control. 

Matthew 20:25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. 26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; 27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: 28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Traditional Religious Leadership is based on titles, spiritual fatherhood, and religious brands.

Matthew 23:5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, 6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, 7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. 8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. 9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. 10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. 11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. 13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

Jesus’s Leadership style is based on servant hood, obedience, and leadership by example. His leadership style connects people to Jesus Christ who is their Master, and the Creator who is their Father.

Effeminate Leadership vs Wolf Leadership vs Spiritual Leadership

Effeminate Leadership Appeals to the flesh

Effeminate leadership works very well. Tell people what they want to hear, appeal to their selfish desires, lusts, and fleshly nature, and you have a great leader – the more talented the better. It appeals to your lustful nature. I can have what I want, I don’t have to change!

2 Timothy 3:6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Overly Masculine Wolf Style Leadership Appeals to the flesh

Wolf style leadership is very effective also. The alpha dog rules the beta dog, the beta dog rules the gamma dog, the gamma dog rules the delta dog… everybody gets to be the dog one day! It appeals to your prideful nature. If I exalt someone else, maybe I can be exalted one day!

2 Corinthians 11:19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. 20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.

Spiritual Leadership is by Example and by the Spirit

Jesus’ Spiritual leadership style is a lot harder. Its very different. Its based on servanthood, and you have to lead by example. Its also based on God’s people hearing God’s voice. You pray and speak the words of God, and hope that people hear and obey His voice.

John 6: 63 It is the spirit that quickeneth (gives life); the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. 64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him. 65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. 66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. 67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? 68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

Sometimes God chooses the weakest to lead because they won’t use their own strength or tactics, they will simply obey His Word.

Ron Carpenter on Believers that Operate in the Holy Spirit

But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. ~1 Corinthians 2:15
When you operate according to the Holy Ghost, you’ll have the ability to discern everything but the probability of people RIGHTLY discerning YOU is SLIM! Go ahead and GET USED TO IT! THEY ARE NEVER GOING TO UNDERSTAND YOU!!!! God says there are things inside you no eye has seen (1 Corinthians 2:9) so how can people rightly judge you when you’re filled with stuff that can not be seen with the eye… You’re worried about someone’s opinion when they can’t even see the REAL stuff that’s IN YOU!!! You think I care what you think about me when God’s the ONLY ONE who knows what I got inside me!? HAHAHAHHHH ~Ron Carpenter

Take flight with Luke 747

When God finally opens your eyes, after a long period of spiritual blindness and ignorance, then you better make sure that you lead and inspire 10 times as many people in the right way then you ever did in the wrong way. When you have been forgiven much, then you love much.

Take flight with Luke 7:47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.

#truerepentance

If people only knew that God was a tattletale

If people only knew that God was a tattletale. That He set spiritual laws in place that tell on them and also supernaturally reveals their hearts… There would be a lot less hypocrites. There would be a lot less fakes and actors and image builders building a name for themselves. There would also be a lot less ignorant talk among Christians. There would be more humility, honesty, and submission to the truth.

Luke 12 : Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. 3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

WALK IN DILIGENCE AND HOLINESS!

WALK IN DILIGENCE AND HOLINESS: Because its how you possess the Promises of God and Keep them!

A lot of times God’s promises have already manifested, but we don’t know how to possess them. Go visit a farm and you’ll see that harvest season is a season of hard work. We have to possess the promises of God with diligence.

Also, we cannot turn our hearts to other gods and give our inheritance to the world’s idols – and then tell God that He hasn’t given us the promises. Maybe He already gave them to us but we wasted them on babylon and spiritual harlotry. That’s why holiness is never a weakness, it actually produces strength.