A Word from the Lord

With few exceptions our Lord has invested His Spirit; His future and His Anointing upon mom and pop churches and individual men and women of God who wrestle with Him personally for His favor and support.  It is not the mega church that will build the enduring body of Christ but the churches of tens and at most a few hundreds. 

God’s Spirit will reside where two or three are gathered in His Name but it will not work Its greatest works where human pride and man’s wisdom has gathered the greatest numbers.

I have been to many churches since leaving for Virginia and without exception I have found God’s Spirit alive and well in storefront churches and modest buildings of less than 500.  I have experienced great moves of grace and love where 50 and less gather in His name; but I have also experienced great buildings with ICHABOD written over the doors. 

God does not write Holy Unto The Lord where dusty denominations have done away with individual men and women of God approaching Him on bended knees and individual prayers for individual congregations filled with needy individuals.  I have been to churches where the Apostle’s creed which does not even mention Christ Jesus has taken the place of Ephesians 4:

1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.  7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

This is His Word to you today.  Walk worthy…with all lowliness and meekness…with longsuffering…putting others before you in love…strive against all nature to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

There is only one body (which is Christ), one Holy Spirit, one Lord, one Faith, one baptism.  There is only ONE God and He is not confused and unsure of who, what or where He is. 

You have received YOUR grace.  Worry not about someone else’s. 

Beloved, if God has given you the grace for 500 members then rejoice and remember it is His anointing that has drawn them.  If you have by natural means drawn 5000 then beware the motivations of your heart.

Most importantly; if you have found twelve or twenty who will follow you into battle against the god of this world then rejoice and be exceeding glad that the Almighty has seen fit to make you a leader of men. 

Never fear the numbers.  Never be ashamed of your financial status.  The only church that Jesus honored without any negative comments was the poorest and smallest of the lot.  They had a heart to serve.  They had a heart to obey.  They just plain had heart.

Beloved,  I write this by unction.  Let every soul who honors you by following be as precious as your own life.  Never dishonor your God by preaching a diluted gospel, no matter how many members Satan has promised you.

2 Timothy 4:1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, AND SHALL BE TURNED INTO FABLES. 5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

We are in the season of the great turning away.  Beware beloved that you are not one of these casualties.  In many cases they are not being turned away from religion, just from TRUE CHRISTIANITY.

Galatians 1:8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to and different from that which we preached to you, let him be accursed (anathema, devoted to destruction, doomed to eternal punishment)!

9 As we said before, so I now say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel different from or contrary to that which you received [from us], let him be accursed (anathema, devoted to destruction, doomed to eternal punishment.

This word has been in my heart for weeks.  The greatest denominations will fail in time but the body of our Lord has always been strongest in obedient small groups working together in faith for the common good.  This church began in home Bible studies and it will end there when persecutions begin.  Do not expect to avoid those persecutions.  This is not the great tribulation.  This is simply our life as we pass through a fallen world.  Try to bring as many along with you as you can. 

Beloved, in the name of Jesus I speak life over you.  In the name of Jesus I speak great passion for souls over you.  In the name of Jesus I speak the heart of a lion of Judah over you.  In His glorious name I pronounce a victory over fear, doubt and weariness.  In the name of JESUS I pronounce VICTORY IN HIM AND HIM ALONE.  May the God we serve and trust fulfill His every plan for your lives and may He greet you with open arms and a hearty, “Well Done.”  Lord, lift up the hung down heads and strengthen the feeble knees.  I speak LIFE over these your people who receive this Word and abide in it!  In Jesus name let your every Word be established!

AMEN!