NOW IS THE TIME
Often we sit around waiting on time….
I received this little note from our district secretary this week that said:
“The hour is come for the called of God to rise and posses the higher ground: to walk at a level of power and authority never before known by the church.”
It is not a TFW thing: it’s a body of Christ thing.
The hour is now for the church to rise and “do the work ". The hour is now to be infused with the fresh oil of the Holy Ghost and cast off stagnation. The hour is now to be renewed in the word and exercise great faith. No more can faith rest on eloquent sermons, wise words, or the traditions of men. The hour is now to give witness the Bible way by the demonstration of the Spirit and power cast off every weight and sin and rise to the call.
NOW IS THE TIME
The Spirit of the Lord told John, “Come up here and let me show you things to come.” Hear me, I believe that I’m hearing the Lord speak today and here is what He is saying, “Let the church rise to a higher level.” Let the church rise to a higher level. Let the church hear God as He is calling us to a higher place.
We’re living in a time where things are only going to get worse for this world and there is soon coming a time when those around the church are going to need some place to look to that is higher than where they are.
All of this was meant to teach the children of Israel how to get from prophecy to promise. From the dream to the reality. From faith to seeing it in person.
God was teaching his people that there is a time to stay and a time to move and, He was teaching them to never get so comfortable that He can’t move them.
Hear me, the children of Israel would travel when the cloud moved. When the cloud stopped, they stopped and there they worshipped God until the cloud moved again.
But, what happens sometimes that that we grow comfortable while we’re camped. We get real familiar with our surroundings.
They were camped in a wilderness. There was no running water, no plush beds to sleep in and no grocery stores to shop in. But, even though something or some places may be dry, desolate and difficult, once we become familiar with them we also become comfortable with them. Once we’re comfortable, we tend to resist anything that threatens our normal way we do things.
Have you ever moved? Moving isn’t easy. It’s hard, messed up, out of order during a move. Nothing is in order. You can’t find anything you want or need.
When you go to move, you notice all the things that you’ve accumulated over the year. Junk mostly but YOUR junk. Things you really don’t have any use for but, for whatever reason, we’ve kept. So moving is a time of sifting and shifting.
It’s time to lighten your load. It’s time to separate the useful from the useless. It’s time to get rid of those things you’re not going to need after your move.
NOW’S THE TIME
As we, the church, begin to move with God; as we move from level to level, there are some things we’re going to need to leave behind.
I don’t know what your life is like but, in mine I need to leave behind:
I’m ready to leave behind some enemies that I’ve been fighting. I’m ready to leave behind some traditions that have no power in them. Now’s the time that we be endued with power from on high.
NOW’S THE TIME
I know all too well this kind of preaching isn’t always accepted because:
• WE LIKE OUR SURROUNDINGS
• WE LIKE THE COMFORT OF OUR PEWS
• WE LIKE THE WAY WE’VE ALWAYS DONE IT THAT’S WHY WERE STILL DOING IT THIS WAY
But God is showing us that things are changing and it’s time for the church to rise up in power and might of the Lord.
It’s time we quit being fans of God and become true, 100% committed followers in every aspect in the work of the Lord. It’s time for the church as we know it to leave the comfort zones and move with the spirit of the Lord as He takes us into the unknown.
I believe God is sending in people who we don’t know. He is going to ask us to do things we don’t know how to do. He is going to ask us to do things we don’t know how to do. He is going to place us into positions unknown to us.
NOW’S THE TIME TO RISE TO THE CALL
NOW’S THE TIME
I believe that God is asking:
It is said that the African impala can jump 10’ high and cover the distance of 30’ in a single stride. Yet, this same animal can be housed behind a three foot wall in the zoo for its entire life because it refuses to jump.
NOW’S THE TIME
I BELIEVE GOD IS CALLING…I BELIEVE GOD IS ASKING:
“Will you get out of your comfort zone and follow me? Will you listen and obey me?”
NOW’S THE TIME
The church must be ready to move, ready to go, ready to hear and obey the voice of God.
Because now’s the time. There is so much more than what we’ve experience if we will move from where we’ve grown comfortable.
God is asking, “Will you move?”
God is asking because He wants you to rise up and go with Him but, if you refuse to move, God isn’t going to say, “Oh well…I guess I’ll just stay with you.”
God is moving and we must move with Him.
NOW’S THE TIME
God bless:
Pastor T
Often we sit around waiting on time….
Time is important.• TIME TO GO• TIME TO GET BACK• TIME TO GET READY• TIME TO EAT• TIME TO START• TIME TO FINISH
I received this little note from our district secretary this week that said:
“The hour is come for the called of God to rise and posses the higher ground: to walk at a level of power and authority never before known by the church.”
It is not a TFW thing: it’s a body of Christ thing.
The hour is now for the church to rise and “do the work ". The hour is now to be infused with the fresh oil of the Holy Ghost and cast off stagnation. The hour is now to be renewed in the word and exercise great faith. No more can faith rest on eloquent sermons, wise words, or the traditions of men. The hour is now to give witness the Bible way by the demonstration of the Spirit and power cast off every weight and sin and rise to the call.
NOW IS THE TIME
Rev 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
The Spirit of the Lord told John, “Come up here and let me show you things to come.” Hear me, I believe that I’m hearing the Lord speak today and here is what He is saying, “Let the church rise to a higher level.” Let the church rise to a higher level. Let the church hear God as He is calling us to a higher place.
We’re living in a time where things are only going to get worse for this world and there is soon coming a time when those around the church are going to need some place to look to that is higher than where they are.
Exod 40:37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
Num 9:19,22 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
22: Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
All of this was meant to teach the children of Israel how to get from prophecy to promise. From the dream to the reality. From faith to seeing it in person.
God was teaching his people that there is a time to stay and a time to move and, He was teaching them to never get so comfortable that He can’t move them.
Hear me, the children of Israel would travel when the cloud moved. When the cloud stopped, they stopped and there they worshipped God until the cloud moved again.
But, what happens sometimes that that we grow comfortable while we’re camped. We get real familiar with our surroundings.
They were camped in a wilderness. There was no running water, no plush beds to sleep in and no grocery stores to shop in. But, even though something or some places may be dry, desolate and difficult, once we become familiar with them we also become comfortable with them. Once we’re comfortable, we tend to resist anything that threatens our normal way we do things.
Have you ever moved? Moving isn’t easy. It’s hard, messed up, out of order during a move. Nothing is in order. You can’t find anything you want or need.
When you go to move, you notice all the things that you’ve accumulated over the year. Junk mostly but YOUR junk. Things you really don’t have any use for but, for whatever reason, we’ve kept. So moving is a time of sifting and shifting.
It’s time to lighten your load. It’s time to separate the useful from the useless. It’s time to get rid of those things you’re not going to need after your move.
NOW’S THE TIME
As we, the church, begin to move with God; as we move from level to level, there are some things we’re going to need to leave behind.
I don’t know what your life is like but, in mine I need to leave behind:
• DOUBT
• FEAR
• WORRY
• DISCOURAGEMENT
• DISAPPOINTMENTS
I’m ready to leave behind some enemies that I’ve been fighting. I’m ready to leave behind some traditions that have no power in them. Now’s the time that we be endued with power from on high.
NOW’S THE TIME
I know all too well this kind of preaching isn’t always accepted because:
• WE LIKE OUR SURROUNDINGS
• WE LIKE THE COMFORT OF OUR PEWS
• WE LIKE THE WAY WE’VE ALWAYS DONE IT THAT’S WHY WERE STILL DOING IT THIS WAY
But God is showing us that things are changing and it’s time for the church to rise up in power and might of the Lord.
It’s time we quit being fans of God and become true, 100% committed followers in every aspect in the work of the Lord. It’s time for the church as we know it to leave the comfort zones and move with the spirit of the Lord as He takes us into the unknown.
I believe God is sending in people who we don’t know. He is going to ask us to do things we don’t know how to do. He is going to ask us to do things we don’t know how to do. He is going to place us into positions unknown to us.
NOW’S THE TIME TO RISE TO THE CALL
Heb 11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Isa 42:16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
NOW’S THE TIME
I believe that God is asking:
• IS ANYBODY READY TO MOVE ONNOW’S THE TIME
• IS ANYBODY READY TO LET GO & LET GOD
• IS ANYBODY READY TO THE UNKNOWN ZONE
• IS ANYBODY READY TO OBEY EVEN WHEN IT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE
• IS ANYBODY READY TO OBEY & GO
It is said that the African impala can jump 10’ high and cover the distance of 30’ in a single stride. Yet, this same animal can be housed behind a three foot wall in the zoo for its entire life because it refuses to jump.
NOW’S THE TIME
I BELIEVE GOD IS CALLING…I BELIEVE GOD IS ASKING:
“Will you get out of your comfort zone and follow me? Will you listen and obey me?”
NOW’S THE TIME
The church must be ready to move, ready to go, ready to hear and obey the voice of God.
Because now’s the time. There is so much more than what we’ve experience if we will move from where we’ve grown comfortable.
God is asking, “Will you move?”
God is asking because He wants you to rise up and go with Him but, if you refuse to move, God isn’t going to say, “Oh well…I guess I’ll just stay with you.”
God is moving and we must move with Him.
NOW’S THE TIME
God bless:
Pastor T
