In this time of stirring, I felt Him speak to me a word that would change my life. I heard these words, “I want you to carry joy and intercession.” My first thought was, “Is that possible?” I still only saw intercession as a depressed way of living. Beni Johnson
Bitterly cold this morning with minimum of 2 deg. C and cloudy. Not a bad ride though.
As I got older, I remember thinking, “I do not want to be an intercessor.” I had grown up thinking that, if you were an intercessor, you had to carry heavy burdens around all the time because that was all that I had seen. I did not know that it was possible for intercessors to be happy. I had a lot to learn. Beni Johnson
This is a scary picture of how far to the left the Australian mainstream political parties have shifted.
From Pauline Hanson’s “Please Explain”, brilliant political parody
Scripture
Never speak harshly to an older man, but appeal to him respectfully as you would to your own father. Talk to younger men as you would to your own brothers. Treat older women as you would your mother, and treat younger women with all purity as you would your own sisters.
Reflection
Dearly beloved children, the church is my family and your family. You live in a world with no conception of genuine family relationships. You must learn to sincerely love one another.
Those who are older you must treat as you would your own mother and father. I tell you, my beloved, that you can learn this relational way of being from me for I am your father.
Let all your relationships be marked by my love, agape love. Those who are older deserve your respect.
There is no place for sexual exploitation in my family. Treat each other with all purity and do not ever treat my children as objects for lust or sexual sin. Whatever you do to the least of these you do to me.
Prayer
Lord, I bless your holy name. You are raising a household of royal priests for your glory. May your church recognise its holy calling. Amen
I believe we are about to see the fear of the Lord impact the world in a mind-blowing way. God is going to call His Church out, into the marketplace, and the world will not be able to deny His power. Keith Miller
Scripture
Do not neglect the spiritual gift you received through the prophecy spoken over you when the elders of the church laid their hands on you.
Reflection
My child, you must constantly stir up the gifts of the Holy Spirit in order to remain sensitive to me.
All of those manifestation gifts of 1 Corinthians are available to you and to my whole church. Seek me; let my words of knowledge and wisdom and prophecy flow through you to others. Let my acts of power – miracles and healing released in faith – be manifest in my church. Let the discernment of spirits and tongues with interpretation be shown in your meetings.
This is my will for you and all my people. I am saddened by the way many live a surface spirituality in which intellect and feelings are allowed to replace my gifts.
There is so much that you have not begun to explore. My child, let this grace expand in you and in all my people.
Do not neglect my gifts. Do not scorn my Spirit. Do not life the list of Christ without Christ.
Prayer
Holy Spirit, I am sorry for neglecting you and your gifts. Please let your gifts be multiplied in me and in your church. Amen.
Another beautiful morning. I took a rare ride along Culgoora Road. It’s a nice piece of road after two years of work.
The fear of the Lord is a place where we must live—a place of wanting to please Him above all others in our lives. Keith Miller
