Holy Spirit is a Person 7 fold power of the Holy Spirit
by Pastor Marie
Humility
— God saves us so He can transform us! — Transformation = CHANGE — Humility allows us the capacity to recognize what needs to be changed
— F. Frangipane — “Humility is the spiritual capacity that enables us to perceive our need.”
— James 4:6 – ”God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.” — God resists the proud because the proud resist God. — Humility must be “put on.” (Colossians 3:12) through consistent and conscious decisions and actions. — Spiritual Humility is a created attribute of a character that is formed in us through a deepening relationship with God practiced consistently — Humility — the greatest virtue in heaven -(Matthew 18:4) — No other virtue can enter our lives except humility requests it to come. — Saul of Tarsus — considered himself “blameless before God” before his conversion. — His meeting with Jesus devastated that opinion of himself. — When we meet Jesus along our road, He will “DE-MASK-US” as well — “Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God–” (1 Peter 5:6) — Every time we embrace MEEKNESS/Teachableness, we are embracing Sustained Transformation. — “Learn of Me, for I am MEEK and lowly of heart.” –(Matthew 11:29) –” Learn” of Jesus in order to understand the power of His Humility
— Philippians 2:5-8 — Zephaniah 3:11-12
— Grace – not only unmerited favor but also the power to do what we cannot do by ourselves.
God gave you a present in Christ- you have to receive it, unwrap it, read the directions and use it well.
“They that wait for Yahweh’s grace will receive His divine power.” Isaiah 40:31
“So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.” (Romans 11:5 NIV) … for God’s grace empowers his chosen remnant. [a small believing minority]
I find the real Christian life to be an exciting adventure and journey into MORE.
WE NEED TO CONTEND.
CONTEND- WRESTLE, BATTLE, CLAIM SOMETHING THAT IS TRUE. STRUGGLE TO SURMOUNT. [overcome (a difficulty or obstacle). conquer-triumph over- vanquish- stand or be placed on top of.
We need to contend with faith and authority
“Through faith and patience, we inherit the promises.” Hebrews 6:12
WE NEED TO BREAKTHROUGH THE LIES AND BONDAGES FOR OUR LIVES SO THAT WE CAN LIVE IN PEACE AND PROSPERITY AND HAVE OUR NEEDS MET BY GOD HIMSELF.
6 TRUTHS that we can stand on as launching pads to start from to assure us victory in every battle. If we enter His GATES WITH THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE, HUMBLY WORSHIPPING THE KING OF GLORY… we can launch our victory from there.
1. KNOW Your identity In Christ
I Peter 2:9 – Romans 8:17 -Ephesians 2:6 –
Ephesians 1:18-19 – flooded with light, called, and an advertisement of His immense power as it works through us.
Isaiah 62:12 – Revelation 19:14 – You are His Bridal army wearing His garments of praise, humility, righteousness, salvation, and love.
2. KNOW the love and character of Father God
This builds a well of trust as we continue to grow and mature. it gets deeper- a well of salvation
2 Tim 1:12 Know Whom you have believed.
Eph 1:17 – God has promised that He will give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.
3. USE the keys God has given you.
Matthew 16:18-19 – the church is built on the Truth of Who He is – and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. You have the keys of the kingdom – to forbid on earth that which is forbidden in heaven and to release on earth that which is released in heaven. [bind or loose]We are not defensive -but OFFENSIVE
4. Know that your weapons are supernatural- not natural –
2 Corinthians 10:4-6 – Weapons of our warfare are mighty in God energized with divine power. We can effectively dismantle the defenses behind which people hide and demolish every fantasy that opposes God.
THERE IS A POWER, SO OVERWHELMING, ALL OF CREATION, BOWS TO ITS NAME.
He came to change every outcome,
lift every head,
win every battle,
and raise the dead.] Rita Springer
5. A significant part of the Abrahamic blessing that we step into as people of faith is possessing the gate of our enemies.
Genesis 22:16-17
6. LAST…OUR Faith is what we exercise to possess our gates.
Faith comes through what we have heard. Romans 10:17
“Through faith and patience, we inherit the promises.” Hebrews 6:12
FAITH IS THE KEY [faith in GOD]
I pray for an impartation of faith, fresh vision with new eyes – new grace and an enlarged vision with heavens’ perspective.
Again, receive a personal awakening in the knowledge of your keys and tools given by God and learn how to use them from the Holy Spirit. Enter the kingdom and walk in empowered living.
RISE UP, GO IN, AND POSSESS YOUR GATES INTO YOUR GOD GIVEN DESTINY.
Zechariah 4:6 – “Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit says the Lord of hosts.”
Might – Strength by FORCE – physical stamina
Power – Capacity or ability: physical, emotional, spiritual
Philippians 2:13 – “…for it is God who works in you, both to will and to do for His good pleasure.”
All that is gained spiritually comes only from God’s inspiration and empowerment.
“2021 will be a year of greater spiritual understanding – greater revelations of Jesus.
It will be a year of the power of His love AMPLIFIED
words of insight that will render COMFORT to the COMFORTLESS
Works of a magnitude to alter the course of the lives.
Revelation 3:8, 10 – Word to encourage RCF, a Faithfull Church
Test – (Greek –Pie-Rad-Zoe) – The testing of one’s loyalty, strength, opinions, disposition, faith, patience, character, condition, – Determines the way one will proceed
– John 1:14, 16 – “Grace Upon Grace”
Ezekiel 40 – Vision of the prophetic Temple:
Gates – Entrances
Archways – Structural supports
Windows – Prophetic insight
Kings – Spiritual authority
Elders – Spiritual Maturity
Mark 6:47-48, John 6:18-21
Capernaum – “Village of COMFORT”
From His fullness, we will receive a new perspective of life this year…
Merry Christmas! I hope you all enjoyed celebrating the birth of the Christ Child. We celebrate the coming of Jesus into the world to be Our Savior and Redeemer and Deliverer. Savior- Isaiah 43:3 Redeemer-Isaiah 41:14 Deliverer- Romans 11:26 He is EMMANUEL: God with us. Please remember to have a time of solitude every day for refreshing, restoration, and rejuvenation. Rejuvenation- the process of making one look or feel better, more energetic, and vital. Worship God. Praising God opens the gate of heaven and we can enter that gate. We have the good news of the gospel in our hearts which anchors us to a radiant hope and a plan of redemption.
God reveals Himself to us and His character is opened to us when He comes in response to a need or to clarify a set of circumstances, we may find ourselves engaged in. He is always desiring to reveal to us His love, His forgiveness, and His desire to bless us. Matthew 1:23 Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel – God is with us Isaiah 9:6-7 Wonderful , Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace Psalm 46:1,2 Zephaniah 3:17 Step back and Take a breath and feel loved by Your Beautiful Savior!
Potential generally refers to a currently unrealized ability to become something.
Romans 12:1-2 “1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.” 2. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”
By following this process of renewing our minds we are able to reinstate God’s original INTENTION for us which is the RECOVERY of many POTENTIALITIES of the human mind and soul according to HIS DESIGN BEFORE THE FALL.
Because of His mercies and only by His power…the power of the redemption of His blood…can we do this.
‘Transformed’- (Greek: metamorphousthe) having a change of heart. A metamorphosis…
‘Conformed’ easily swayed “like a leaf blown about by the wind.”
REDEMPTION’S PROVISION OF POWER
This POWER TRANSFORMS OUR THOUGHTS… which lead to a change in our purposes… which leads to a change in our actions… which leads to changes in our habits… which sets the course for the future.
Jeremiah 29:11
Psalms 91:9,10
GOD IS GOOD.
“God of all comfort, Father of mercies, Who heals all my diseases.” has become a song that I sing in my spirit.
GOD’S INTENTION is to draw us into loving intimacy with Himself and to step into the realm of His glory where abundance and all good things are.
HIS POTENTIAL in us.
“The outline of His intention is the finishing line He intends us to reach.” G Cooke
God of all comfort, Father of mercies, who heals all our diseases, we love You.
Labyrinth of Life in the Spirit by Pastor Marie Esposito
As we move forward and mature on our journey, there are two basic truths that we can rely on as we walk in the labyrinth of life in the Spirit.
There is a witness between the Sword and the Spirit. The Word and the Holy Voice.
Labyrinths have one continuous path, with twists and turns, simple or complex, which leads to the center.
We mix the Word with our faith, which is the victory that overcomes the world. The prophetic word we hear, [the voice of the Holy Spirit speaking in our inner man] is as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the Morning Star rises in your hearts…with the revelation of the Living Christ. Ever increasing as we immerse ourselves in the Spirit.
2 Timothy 3:16-17
Psalm 119:89
Psalm 119:130
Genesis 2:7
John 20:22
Jesus is the Living Rhema and the Living Logos.
John 1:1-4,14
Revelation 19:13
God is alive and as He cannot be separated from His Word, therefore, His Word is alive. It breathes as He breathes.
John 6:63
Hebrews 4:12
I Corinthians 2:12
OVERCOMERS IN THIS LIFE, MORE THAN CONQUERORS
There is a Balance between the LIVING WORD and the LIVING SPIRIT. We don’t want to become lopsided in our faith.
Jeremiah 1:11,12 Jeremiah ‘SAW’ AND HEARD
LET’S WALK CLOSER AND CLOSER TO OUR CENTER, AND BREATHE HIS LIFE INTO OUR HEARTS AND THEN OUT TO A WORLD THAT NEEDS THE REAL JESUS.
Humility is one of the main keys to healing the Holy Spirit.
We bow down low.
I am sharing these truths about the Holy Spirit to sharpen your vision and to increase your faith in the Holy Spirit and the heavenly realm.
HOLY SPIRIT IS summoning us from within, to surrender to Him; empowering us: BRINGING CHANGE FROM THE INNER COURTS: AWAKENING US TO BECOME HIS LIVING BRIDE.
He is the DIVINE HOPE as He works to bring restoration to each of us individually and corporately.
At Pentecost, the reality of the prophetic word in Joel 2:25 came forth.
“ I will restore…the years the locusts have eaten…I will pour out My Spirit…”
GOD sent the locusts 4 times to Israel, 4 different locusts: cutting, swarming, hopping, and destroying…because the children of Israel did not repent. Finally they did.
The devastation was so severe that the nation was brought to ruin. The end result after they repented was,
RESTORATION: “And my people shall never again be put to shame. You shall know that I AM IN THE MIDST OF ISRAEL, and that I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD AND THERE IS NONE ELSE. and my people shall never again be put to shame.” Joel 2:26-27
Joel 2:22-23
Both physical and spiritual restoration: “You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied. You will praise the name of the Lord Who has dealt wondrously with you.” Joel 2:26
****There is a promise for a total recovery during the age of the Holy Spirit which is now, in the Kingdom age…*****
Restoration traditionally means to bring something back to its original form.
BIBLICAL RESTORATION is a bit different. When something is restored in Scripture, it always grows, multiplies or improves, so that its final condition is superior to its original state (see Joel 2:21-26).
When we turn back to God in repentance, His restoration is miraculous: multiplied and added. God restores everything down to the minute detail. He makes a way for complete restoration; even back to the life we lived before Christ.
God spoke to me the other day about “Meadows:
MEADOWS of Grace.”
As I sat with Him in contemplation, He opened my vision of a vast meadow that was filled with a multitude of flowers. There was a beautiful river and rich green grass, and mountains in the distance.
He then reminded me of a poem that I had found many years ago and read to my husband early in our relationship: my heart filled with love for him. That poem had been lost, but I remember the first few lines.
At our 40th vow renewal service, I rewrote that poem; re-finishing it and read it to my husband.
It was restored, and improved as well, since so much time had passed, it made it more precious and since I rewrote it, it was totally from my heart instead of another author’s words.
It starts like this “I love you like a million little kids rolling down hills laughing. Like 50 bees in a field of two million flowers, and they visit each one…” As I sat there considering the vision I realized that…It was THE MEADOW OF GRACE. I connected with God.
I sat there sobbing, filled and grateful to God for the restoration of my life and the love I have in my heart for my husband has been multiplied and added to and completely restored..BETTER.
Restoration Christian Fellowship was formed on the reality of God’s Word as truth speaking from Isaiah 58:12: “Those from among you shall build the old waste places; You shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, the Restorer of Streets to dwell in.”
Restoration Christian Fellowship began as three of us joined together in unison, in worship, in prayer, and in intimate fellowship with the Holy Spirit and then listening to Him and following His leading. Pastor Roy and I met with Pastor Gary and I sat at the piano and we worshipped together. The Holy Spirit fell on the three of us in power. It started there.
The vision of the church is for all of us to be restored fully: individually and corporately and to bring others into the fullness of this same restoration as we continue to grow in wisdom and in the knowledge of the Lord. We worship, we pray, WE STAND.
The final restoration in time is NOW: the maturity of the Church, the LIVING BRIDE of Christ, to stand as His Body in the fullness of His power as Kings and Priests. The year of the Mouth 5780.
Remember: EXPONENTIAL
The RESTORATION OF THE TABERNACLE OF DAVID embraces the intimacy between God and man; receiving grace and mercy and forgiveness [new covenant] and the discarding of formality, condemnation and legalism. [ the old order of things: old covenant] WE EMBRACE THIS TRUTH.
We ask Him to come in full measure, displaying the ever expanding dimensions of His Presence. The Holy Spirit dwells in us, we pray in agreement with His will, as we gather together and praise and worship Him acknowledging Him as the supreme Creator Who is everywhere: Omniscient, Omnipotent, and Omnipresent. WE STAND TOGETHER.
THIS RESTORATION FOR US IS “CHRIST IS OUR LIFE” Col 3:4
Romans 8:10-11
Phil 2:13
Col 1:27
Phil 2:10
Phil 2:12b
“We must live in the Holy Spirit and follow after Him” Gal 5:25
“He has planted eternity [ a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [ a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]...”
GOD placed within every human being a desire for Him.
So there is always a draw BY GOD, inside of us, TOWARDS GOD.
Holy Spirit came at Pentecost. He is still here. He empowered the disciples and He empowers us. He is the Spirit of Grace and mercy: a Teacher, a Comforter, a Helper.
Romans 8:14 tpt - nkjv
Pray: I ASK YOU TO COME, HOLY SPIRIT OF TRUTH.
Rain over us.
If He’s already here in us, around us and over us, why ask for Him to
come?
Because there are different measures and dimensions of God’s Presence.
Even when He comes, there is always more to come. We can invite the increase. INCREASE IS COMING.
Isaiah filled and continually filled.
Here are some keys about the God we serve and worship.
First, GOD INHABITS EVERYTHING and holds all things together Col 1:17 He is everywhere, the glue that holds His creation in place.
A Second dimension of God’s Presence is HIS INDWELLING HOLY SPIRIT INHABITS those who have been born again. He specifically comes to make us His Home: His Tabernacle. US.
A third dimension is seen WHEN BELIEVERS GATHER IN HIS NAME. As He promised, He is ‘there in their midst” Matt 18:20 /Zeph 3:17
This is where the principle of EXPONENTIAL INCREASE comes into play.
EXPONENTIAL-AN INCREASE. RISING OR EXPANDING AT A STEADY RAPID RATE. in agreement with His Kingdom
A fourth measure or dimension occurs WHEN GOD’S PEOPLE PRAISE HIM, for He says He “inhabits the praises of His people.” Ps 22:3
A fifth measure is seen when the Temple of Solomon was dedicated: GOD CAME SO PROFOUNDLY that the priests were incapacitated. I Kings 8:10-1 They were completely UNDONE AT THE MEASURE of His Presence.
On the day of Pentecost, THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME to the disciples as they waited in obedience for FATHER’S PROMISE, and they were EMPOWERED through TONGUES OF FIRE, and a HOLY ROAR OF RUSHING VIOLENT WIND FROM FATHER’S MOUTH CAME: a SOUND OF HEAVEN’S BREATH… It was heard throughout Jerusalem.
The Holy Spirit descending on the waiting disciples illustrates ALL OF THESE 5 PRINCIPLES relating to GOD COMBINED: BRINGING RESTORATION TO HUMANKIND FOR HIS PURPOSE. Acts 2
THEN the DISCIPLES carried Him with them wherever they went.
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It is the YEAR OF THE MOUTH- from the hebrew calendar 5780. The prophetic meaning of this timeframe is all about speaking GOD’S KINGDOM. It is a year of the BRIDE OF CHRIST TAKING HER POSITION AS A KING/PRIEST of the Most High God and DECLARING HEAVEN’S WILL INTO THE EARTH REALM.
The responsibility for the measure of God’s Presence that we carry lies with us. How much of God do you want?
TRUE BELIEVERS GATHERING IN HIS NAME
TOGETHER IN AGREEMENT EMPOWERED.
RISE UP-RELEASE YOUR VOICE IN PRAISE TO YESHUA.
THERE IS A SHIFT COMING
The kingdom has a King and
The kingdom of God is within the Presence of the Holy Spirit of God.
‘FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS...IN THE HOLY SPIRIT’
Rom 14:17
God’s desire is: “to create a people suited to carry the fullness of God on earth.” Eph 3:19 US
His love.
The inferior realm of darkness gives way to the superior nature of His kingdom. COME SPIRIT OF TRUTH
HIS KINGDOM ALWAYS OVERCOMES
God was summoning His people then and
He is now summoning a people. YOU
When we change an atmosphere we change a destiny.
It is a display of our harmony with the Holy One.
HOLY SPIRIT OF TRUTH, come.
“ASK FOR RAIN IN THE TIME OF THE LATTER RAIN” Zech 10:1
