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aith is believing that we have a good God, and that He protects and provides for those who trust in Him. Remember the parable of the prodigal son? (Luke 15:1132) Jesus shared it to illustrate how good our heavenly Father is. The wayward son had squandered his fathers inheritance before he decided to go home to ask his father to make him a hired servant. But before he could reach home, his father saw him from afar, ran toward him and embraced him. And instead of making him a hired servant, the father turned to his servants and said, Bring out the best robe! Get a ring and sandals for my son! Lets kill the fatted calf and celebrate! Now, when the older son returned from work and heard about the celebration, he became angry and refused to enter the house. When his father came out to ask him what was wrong, the older son complained, Look, Ive served you all these years. Yet, you never gave me a calf to celebrate with my friends. But as soon as this prodigal son of yours comes home, you kill the fatted calf for him! Notice what his father told him: Son, you are always with me and all that I have is yours. We should celebrate because your brother was dead but is alive again. He was lost but is now found. Can you see how the older brother perceived his father? He saw his father as a hard and stingy man. He believed that he had to work to get something good from his father. He didnt realize that he already had an inheritance! He could have killed the fatted calf any time for a celebration! Like the father in the parable, God has already given you an inheritance in Christ. Dont fail to enjoy it by doubting Gods goodness or by believing that you must work for it. See your Fathers heart of love and goodness toward you, and celebrate your inheritance today!
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Are you an actor or a reactor, a thermostat or a thermometer? Do you make decisions with godly wisdom, or let your circumstances and peoples opinions dictate your course of action? The truth is, God wants you to rise up in godly leadership by following the leading of the Holy Spirit.
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n Philippians 1:9, Apostle Paul said this prayer for believers: And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment. Many Christians want to walk in love. But do you notice that there is a place for wisdom and discernment in your love walk? Our Lord put it this way to His disciples in Matthew 10:16: Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. The word wise here is phronimos in Greek, which is also the word for intelligent, sagacious and prudent. Instead of also being discerning and watchful, many Christians are just loving and harmless. But if you apply what the Lord says, to show strong love with discernment, it will make you an attractive person. It will make you interesting and exciting, and it will bless your marriage and all your relationships.
... the inner anointing will teach you about your walk with God and about the Lord.
My friend, thats a misinterpretation. Lets look at what Jesus said: Matthew 5:3941 But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. 40If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also. 41 And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.
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The word anointing is a gerund, a Latin verbal noun that expresses ongoing action. This means that it is still happening right now. Today, God leads us by the inner anointing the presence or absence of peace on the inside. This anointing which abides in you will teach you concerning all things. It will teach you about your finances. It will teach you how to position yourself, it will teach you about your relationships, and best of all, the inner anointing will teach you about your walk with God and about the Lord. This doesnt mean that you dont need Bible teachers or Bible schools. We still need to have the Word because the Scripture outlines our direction and purpose, the way the railway directs the train. The Holy Spirit inside you is like the engine of the train where the power to control and propel comes from. For example, you could be listening to some teachings, and the verses that you hear confirm what you know on the inside. What 1 John 2:27 is saying is: You dont need anyone to teach you to know Gods leading. The Holy Spirit will teach you. So, when you meet someone who appears very charming but you feel uncomfortable on the inside, ask the Lord. Before you sign a contract, and there is an absence of peace, go and find out more. God can show you on the outside, things or verses, to confirm what you already know on the inside. Let me explain. Years ago, a guy asked our church for some financial contribution which he claimed was for the work that God had given him in India. But I felt a scratchy feeling on the inside. So I sent my leaders to check on this persons ministry work first. As they began to probe more and more, they discovered that this guy was a fraud. He was a con artist! And we realized that he had been operating in Singapore for a number of years, going from church to church. We had to make this person face the consequences of his actions.
In those days, the practice was this: If someone smites you on the right cheek, he is challenging you to fight with him. So what did Jesus mean when He said, turn the other to him also ? This is what He meant: Be someone who is an actor. Dont be a reactor. Just because someone challenges you to a duel doesnt mean that you must accept it. When you turn the other cheek, you will shock this person and take the fight out of him. Dont let him have the power to make you angry. Now who is in charge? You are! Dont let peoples actions determine how you react. In the other illustration, Jesus said, And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. During Jesus time, one of the Roman laws was that any Jewish subject could be commanded to carry a Roman soldiers equipment for one mile. Jesus encouraged His followers not only to comply with the law of the land, but to go above and beyond. If somebody did you wrong, dont let evil overcome you. Turn around and surprise the person. Jesus was talking about taking charge of the situation. He wasnt talking about a life of pacifism. But as a nation, a church, a corporation or a family, something is wrong if you always turn the other cheek and let the adversary walk all over you. If someone is out to cheat our church, were not going to let him get away with it.
Like Adam, some men have kept quiet and allowed evil to reign. Though Adam heard Gods commandment clearly in the garden, his silence allowed Satan to deceive his wife. (Genesis 2:1617, 3:16) Many a time, marriages crumble because the man abdicates his responsibility by telling his wife, Okay, I dont know. You decide. And the wife takes over. After a while, when she needs a real man who is responsible and makes decisions, she finds that she is the one who is wearing the pants! So ladies, learn not to subjugate your husband by taking decisions away from him all the time. Men, take up godly leadership at home. Dare to make decisions because God made you the head of the house. (Ephesians 5:23) You are the king and priest of the house. But know this: When it comes to making important decisions, it is wise to discuss them with your wife. There are times when there are major projects that God speaks to me about which I discuss with my wife Wendy to see how she feels about them on the inside. So dont just tell your wife, Im the head of this family. Submit! God made woman to be mans helpmate. (Genesis 2:18) Your wife can be a pool of wisdom to draw from. But at the end of it, you have to be the one who decides. Stand firm and put your foot down if you have heard God on the inside and still feel strongly about a decision.
Now, Jesus was not being unhygienic when He did not first wash before dinner. Rather, He deliberately chose not to follow the strict ceremonial washing practiced by the religious Pharisees. So Jesus was correcting the Pharisees by calling them foolish ones because they were careful with the outward keeping of the law to maintain the appearance of righteousness but inwardly, they were dirty. Dont get me wrong, Jesus loved the Pharisees. He came to redeem them and to give them the gift of righteousness too. But He did not hold back his criticism when their pride and self-righteousness stopped people from receiving. Notice Jesus never called a prostitute a hypocrite? He never called the tax collector you snake. But to the self-righteous Pharisees, Jesus called them a brood of vipers. (Matthew 12:34, 23:33) Why? Jesus loved His sheep but because of the way the Pharisees and teachers of the law interpreted the Mosaic law, they laid heavy burdens on people and held them in bondage.
Now dont forget, Jesus was the guest speaker in that synagogue. But He called the ruler of the synagogue a hypocrite in front of his congregation. Was Jesus Mr Nice Guy? No, but He was a loving and compassionate Savior to the woman whom Satan had bound for 18 years.
Acts 13:912 Then Saul, who also is called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him 10 and said, O full of all deceit and all fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord? 11And now, indeed, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. And immediately a dark mist fell on him, and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand. 12Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had been done, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
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In case you have the misconception that Paul wasnt walking in godly love, the Bible says that Paul was filled with the Holy Spirit. This means that Paul was led by the Spirit to rebuke the sorcerer. But Pastor Prince, Paul caused blindness to come upon Elymas. Where is the mercy of God? Notice that the Bible says that the sorcerer was blind for a time, not permanently, and after that, the proconsul believed. God had strong love and mercy on the proconsul. The proconsul needed to hear the Word, so God blinded the sorcerer for a time because he was a fraud who was trying to stop the preaching of the gospel. So, the Holy Spirit will give you strong love and strength to protect the flock of God. Men, He will give you strength to guard and protect your family. If someone comes along and tries to do something to my wife or my daughter, I will make him bleed for it. Im not going to just stand there and turn the other cheek! The shepherd holds the rod for a reason. The rod is in your hand not to whack the sheep, but the wolf! So dont be confused about who your enemy is.
Jesus didnt back away. He went forward boldly. And He loved us so much that He went all the way to the cross for us. Jesus was and is truly a real Man. Yet, there are Christians who are so afraid to share about Jesus with their friends because they are worried about what others might think of them. Instead of worrying about peoples opinions, step forward and honor the Lord who gave His life for you! Do you know that deep in our hearts, we are all longing for a hero? That is why we are attracted to the hero in movies like Braveheart. William Wallace, the hero in Braveheart, is attractive because he was not afraid to stand up to the self-centered and money-minded lords and dukes of Scotland, and he led the defeated people to freedom. The hero always lives for a cause greater than himself. As I was watching Braveheart, I began to find Wallace familiar. He reminds me of our Lord Jesus the strong, selfless Man who came to liberate and free us from a life of sin and defeat. The Lord is not skinny and pale like the emasculated Jesus we see portrayed in traditional paintings on the walls of some churches. The real Jesus is the beloved Son of God, the Man who died on the cross bravely for us. And He is the hero that our hearts are longing for.
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was saved in second grade and have always loved Jesus. But I always thought I had to earn His love. Like what Joseph Prince shared in his book, Destined To Reign, I wanted to share the gospel and win souls, but I believed that God was upset with me about one thing or another, and that something was very wrong with me. When a friend gave me Destined To Reign, I added the book to my heap of rubbish and planned to give it to someone else. I had never heard of Joseph Prince and was too spiritual to read a book that wasnt the Bible. Later, I felt a prompting from the Holy Spirit to pick it up. When I started reading it, I couldnt put it down! That day, I canceled my plans with friends to read more about this gospel revolution. I cannot begin to tell you how much my life has changed since then! Firstly, I received healing for my ears which had been severely infected for several years. Secondly, I have supernatural energy now, more energy than I ever had before. It feels as if I have had 12 cups of coffee! The smile on my face is bigger than before and the people around me can witness the change. Gods anointing on my life has also increased. Doors have opened for me to minister in places I had only dreamed of! And Ive only picked up this book three weeks ago! My best friend saw the change in me
and is now reading Destined To Reign. Her husband is next in line to read it! God is good! I am so thankful for the encounter I have with Jesus. Thank you for writing Destined To Reign! After years of bondage, I finally experienced freedom and I am now compelled to share this gospel revolution with the world! Lindsay Winebarger | Arizona, USA
My wife is now heavily involved in our church and I am in a leadership role too. It is amazing that she is now running a godly home. She is always praying for people, and is a completely changed person. I want to thank the Lord for speaking through you. Your teachings helped me through the darkest time of my life. May the peace of the Lord fill your home. God bless! Gary Mckibben | Belfast, Northern Ireland
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y wife and I had been married for six years when she decided to take our children and leave me for someone else. The situation was that I was saved and she was not. I am a professional fighter by trade and in the natural, it was very hard for me to submit myself to God. But I submitted eventually, joined a good church and never missed your sermons on Daystar TV. After a year, things still seemed bleak and a divorce seemed inevitable. So, I told God that my marriage was in His hands. That was three weeks before our wedding anniversary. On my sons birthday, my wife called me and we met up to talk. Later, she came to the Lord on our wedding anniversary the same day I got saved years ago! She immediately broke off her relationship with the other man. I think God has an amazing sense of humor, considering how and when He reconciled us. We have been together for 18 months now and we are expecting our third child.
our preaching on grace has literally changed my life, and how I look at everything, including my ministry. My church has taken on a whole new personality and power. Now, there is rest, confidence and peace in all that we do. This is not a flippant change. It was a two-year transformation which started in 2008 when I was given your book, Destined To Reign. Not only did I read it but I also underlined the words and wrote every scripture out in longhand. I prayed in the Holy Spirit and I meditated on scriptures and statements you made which stuck out to me. In other words, I did not just read what you said but I made them my own. I have been preaching the truths to our congregation and the effects are glorious. Thank you Joseph Prince, and to your church and ministry volunteers who make what you do possible. You are impacting the world. God bless you. Pastor Chris Wilcoxson | Maine, USA
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ver since my family and I discovered Joseph Princes teachings on a weekly TV broadcast, Sunday mornings have become a pivotal point in our week. We feel a sense of security that we didnt know was possible. For the first time in our lives, the Bible has become the real treasure that it is and Joseph has helped us be hungry for God and His Word in such an exciting and exhilarating way. During this past eight months of discovering and renewing this amazing relationship with Jesus, He carried us through those times when we were exhausted, disillusioned, confused and financially strapped. Our business, finances and family life had been challenging, but the grace that we received at the right moment left us in tears. We are so grateful. Large amounts of money started to pour in from the most unexpected places, clients knocked on our door,
extraordinary solutions came and we had opportunities to ride out turbulences with the kind of peace we didnt know was possible. That first TV broadcast we watched gave us the opportunity to transform our future and the quality of our life. God bless you, Joseph! We are excited to explore the richness of your resources. Annemarie Doolin | Frederiksberg, Denmark
online daily devotional, I found that we could make an online donation to support your ministry and I immediately did so. When I was submitting my donation, I thought of my mother-in-law and the Holy Spirit impressed upon my heart to pray for her. Later that afternoon, my mother-in-law received a call to go for an interview. I knew in my Spirit that I had planted a seed for her that morning. The job was right up her alley, the annual remuneration would be $10,000 more than what she was drawing in her previous job, and she really liked the employer. A week later, she received a call that she had gotten the job! I am grateful for your teachings, and I look forward to receiving your daily devotional in my inbox every day and putting into practice Gods plan for my life! Thank you! Angela Lemacks | Georgia, USA
y mother-in-law lost her job about 11 months ago and has been living with us since. She introduced us to your ministry and immediately, we knew that your teachings on grace were true. Yet, never have I felt led or even thought of partnering with you until Thursday, 21 January 2010. That morning, after reading your
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