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Acting on the Word

  [The Word]
02/16/2012 9:34 am
By Miller, Pastor Christine

Acting on the Word

“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” James 1:22 NKJV
 
     The mind of every believer must be renewed by the Word of God. How do you know when your mind is actually renewed in a particular area? When you’re actually doing what the Word says in that area! You can study the Word of God for years, but until you start to act on what it says by doing it, your mind is not yet renewed. If you find you’re not doing what the Word says after hearing it, don’t get discouraged. That’s not going to help. Don’t beat yourself up over it. Just keep meditating in the Word on that subject until you find it is overflowing from you.

     Once you are overflowing with the Word, you will act like it. The mindset of trying hard to do something is not enough. What does acting on the Word look like? If a financial crisis arises, the first thing out of your mouth will line up with the Word of God because it’s in the overflow of your spirit. It won’t discourage you because you’ll automatically respond saying, “All the money I need shall come!” When your mind in renewed in an area, the Word of God works! If it’s not working, it means you just need to get your mind renewed. The Word will work for you! God is not a respecter of persons. God’s Word, which was from the beginning, is for you! Spend some extra time in the Word meditating and renew your mind!

Taken from “The Word Made Flesh” by Pastor Christine Miller

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Ordained Vessels of Ministry

  [Your Purpose]
02/02/2012 11:56 am
By Miller, Pastor Jeff

Ordained Vessels of Ministry

     God rewards faithfulness. If someone has been faithful in the cleaning ministry and another person faithful in the teaching ministry, they will get the same reward. Due to wrong thinking, we can have issues with God. We can question God’s motive in placing us in a certain situation. We can allow our life to be frustrated. There are a lot of people who live their life and yet they never really live their life. They’re just existing because they’re frustrated. They’ve allowed the devil to compare them to other people who are called to different things.
 
    Acts 9:15 says we are God’s workmanship created unto good works which God has ordained. That is what God will use to judge and reward us. We are all ordained vessels of the ministry. God has something for all of us to do. The potter made each of us a certain way for a certain purpose, and we have to see the value in that. God will promote you and bless you in whatever you’re called to do. Be content with what God has called you to do. Don’t become frustrated and weary. Things will never go quite the way you think it should. Don’t give up! Determine to serve God from the heart, and be thankful. Follow God to the best of your ability and leave the results with him. 
 Taken from “Ordained Vessels of the Ministry” by Pastor Jeff Miller

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Worry vs. the Renewed Mind

  [The Word]
01/26/2012 12:52 pm
By Miller, Pastor Jeff

Worry Versus the Renewed Mind

“(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God,
and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;”   - 2 Corinthians 10:4-5

     When you get saved, your mind is still the same. You must renew your mind. God is so awesome: He can take what you have and turbo charge it where it’s beyond what you could believe. Look at the Apostle Peter. He left everything to follow Jesus and came to the point where he didn’t know how he was going to pay his taxes. Because he went to follow Jesus, there was a supply for him. When Peter went to Jesus, Jesus told him to go fishing and he would find a fish with a coin in its mouth. That fish would pay not only Peter’s taxes, but also Jesus’ taxes. God used something he could do, but it was beyond the normal. Even though it was within his abilities, there was a supernatural element that was involved.

     Is there something you are believing God for? Are you struggling to receive it? The battle is in your mind! As Jesus did with Peter, God can tell you to do things that make no sense. It’s so easy to get in the natural realm to try and figure everything out, but worrying about your answer will destroy your faith. Your answer is in the Word! If you see something in the Word and you’re struggling with it, it’s because there’s a stronghold in your mind. Until you dismantle it with the Word of God, you will never get through it. The only way to tear down that stronghold is with the Word of God.

Taken from “Pulling Down Strongholds” by Pastor Jeff Miller

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Keeping Your Faith Tank Full

  [Faith]
01/19/2012 3:03 pm
By Miller, Pastor Christine

 
Keeping Your Faith Tank Full

     Have you ever been in a place where you’ve released faith for something, but it is slow to show up? You might begin to wonder where it is. If you don’t see or feel any changes, that is exactly the situation that faith is for! Don’t get discouraged. Faith is for what you don’t see because faith is the evidence of what you cannot see.

     Some people start out releasing their faith for healing. They turn on their faith engine and rev it up. It runs for a time, but then it sputters and stalls. What happened? Somewhere along the line, they got weary waiting for the manifestation in the natural realm, and stopped saying the right thing. They started thinking more about the symptoms than what the Word of God says. Their faith engine eventually stalls because they have let their spiritual tank get empty. Reading the Bible and praying every day is important. But saying what God says about your situation is equally important in order for faith to work.

     One of the greatest enemies of faith is the failure to hold fast to your confession of faith. You may start out without much faith. Since faith comes by hearing the Word of God, the more you speak the Word, the stronger faith becomes in your heart. Eventually your heart will be so full of faith that when you speak the Word, it comes into manifestation. Don’t allow yourself to run out of faith fuel before you get to your destination. Tank up on the Word of God every day!

Taken from “Hold Fast to Your Faith Confession” by Pastor Christine Miller

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Never A Bad Season

  [The Word]
01/05/2012 12:35 pm
By Miller, Pastor Christine

 
Never A Bad Season
 
     If we’re going to live a Christian life, we’ve got to get the Word implanted in our hearts. The Word is incorruptible seed and our heart is good ground if we are saved. When we get the Word in our hearts, it will produce. Be not deceived. God is not mocked. Whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap. These words don’t just apply to the offering. If you’re not sowing the Word into your spirit, when you need to pull it out it won’t be there. Now the Holy Ghost is inside us and will help us. But we need to feed our spirits just like we feed our body. And you don’t have to count calories with the Word! You can eat as much as you want.

     Joshua 1:8 says, “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shall meditate therein day and night, that thou may observe to do all this is written therein: for then thou shall make thy way prosperous and then thou shall have good success”. When you get the Word inside you it, it’s not hard to follow God. You will make your way prosperous. This is the formula for success that God gave Joshua to bring forth fruit in season. Psalm 1:3 says, “Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law does he meditate day and night”. We have a covenant with God. When we meditate on His Word, we become like that tree. Our leaf never withers. There’s a continuous supply. There’s fruit in season and there’s never a bad season.

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Shine!

  [Evangelism]
12/22/2011 2:21 pm
By Miller, Pastor Jeff

Shine!
 
    The unsaved need Jesus, but the Gospel is hidden to those who are lost. Satan is supernaturally keeping them from the truth. 2 Corinthians 4:4 says, “Whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.” God has put you in the world to be the light that shines to them. You are supposed to allow God, through you, to shine in this dark world.

     When you’re on fire for God and you walk into a room that is filled with spiritual darkness, your light is shining. Hungry people are drawn to that light. Even if you have the smallest light, it is still noticeable in complete darkness. You can still use it to plant a seed inside of someone’s life. God leads you to places so your light can shine there. Wherever you go, you’re there to be a witness and let your light shine!

Taken from “Let Your Light ShineI” by Pastor Jeff Miller

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Angels React to Your Words

  [Angels]
12/15/2011 4:16 pm
By Miller, Pastor Jeff

Angels React to Your Words

“Bless the Lord, you His angels, who excel in strength, who do His word, heeding the voice of His word.
Bless the Lord all you His hosts, you ministers of His, who do His pleasure”  Psalm 103: 20-21

     One of the main ways you release the ministry of angels is with your words. Are you putting your angels to work? When you speak the Word of God, the angels hearken unto the voice of your word, but when you speak things contrary to the Word of God, the angels can’t carry it out. They are created to listen and respond to the Word of God. Not only do they react to the word that God says, but also if you are speaking His Word, the angels of God will react to that in the same way as if it were God speaking it.

     When you speak the Word, things happen in the spirit realm. Things get moved around and things begin coming towards you. Have you wondered what confessing the Word about prosperity or provision have to do with money coming to you? When you start speaking the Word, God begins moving and aligning things and people, and causing favor to come and it takes some time. God won’t force anyone; He has to influence people. The Holy Spirit will influence Christians, but God uses the angels to influence unbelievers. The angels are involved in doing the things that are the will of God and things that please God. Keep them busy by speaking the Word of God.

Taken from “Releasing the Ministry of Angels, Part III” by Pastor Jeff Miller

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Beyond

  [Perseverance]
12/08/2011 2:02 pm
By Miller, Pastor Christine

 
 
 
 
Beyond

Now unto him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us. . . Ephesians 3:20

     God wants to take us beyond ordinary living so we can impact more people for His Kingdom!

     Sometimes, “going beyond” requires uncomfortable seasons, like training to get in shape. We might be tempted to quit. But our pastor is like a personal trainer. He or she is a gift from God to help us go beyond our threshold.

     We must not put limits on God. Psalm 78:41 says, “Again and again they tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. They did not remember His power.” We cannot believe anything contrary to God’s Word. The men sent to spy out Canaan believed the lie that they were grasshoppers, not what God said about them. They limited God’s power and couldn’t go beyond the wilderness. God gives us truth, but we choose what to believe.

     We cannot dwell on past mistakes. In Isaiah 43:25, God said, “I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions, for My own sake. And I will not remember your sins.” If Satan reminds us of our past mistakes, we plug our spiritual ears and declare, “It’s blotted out!” Paul had the revelation that his past was blotted out, and that’s why he did astounding things for Jesus. He chose to forget. “But one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus” (Phillipians 3:13-14).

     Finally, we cannot live with offense, or it will limit us from fulfilling God’s purposes. Jesus said, “Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.” (Mark 11:25). If our Father does not forgive us, how will we prosper in His plan for our lives?

     There’s more for each and every one of us! Let’s go beyond the ordinary!

Take from the message, “Beyond” by Pastor Christine Miller

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Don't Quit!

  [Perseverance]
12/01/2011 9:35 am
By Miller, Pastor Jeff

Don’t Quit!

“Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draws back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.”
Hebrews 10:38

     If we’re going to be a disciple, we must have perseverance. The Christian race is more of a marathon than a sprint. What matters is not how we start but how we finish. Perseverance is defined as steady persistence in a course of action. It’s easy to be persistent when there’s no obstacles or difficulties. But all of us face obstacles. Difficulties aren’t supposed to stop us though. We’re to push through and come to the other side. That’s why we have the sword of the spirit, which is the Word of God. Just as Jesus overcame the enemy by speaking the Word, we must also speak the Word. It’s the Word that you speak from a heart of faith that matters. Some people don’t want the real Christian life that includes persecution and offense. But if you live Godly, there will be persecution. Jesus was persecuted. His disciples were persecuted. Some disciples even quit. But Jesus prayed. He fortified himself with prayer until his will conformed to the will of the father. Believers must be able to tap into the things of the spirit. If you’ll stay in the right place with God, when obstacles come you’ll have the faith to get through it. You’ll have a supply of peace and anything you need to overcome.

Take from the message, “Discipleship and Perseverance” by Pastor Jeff Miller

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The Sacrifice Worth Millions

  [Prayer]
11/03/2011 1:46 pm
By Miller, Pastor Christine

The Sacrifice Worth Millions

“Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit,
being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints.”
Ephesians 6:18 (NKJV)

     God wants you to be Spirit-led in praying. Spirit-led prayer is the only thing on this earth that is going to bring the plans and purposes of God to pass. Have you ever found it difficult to pray? When you decided you would set aside time, how many distractions got in your way? In Ephesians 6:18, Paul tells us that prayer is part of the armor of God and he admonishes us to pray always. A quick five-minute prayer won’t do much because your mind gets in the way, but the last thing your flesh wants to do is pray. Satan will throw all kinds of distractions your way to keep you from praying. 

     Prayer is a sacrifice, but it is worth millions! You can receive answers to any problem you have, whether you need healing, money, or wisdom, by putting the flesh under and spending adequate time seeking God until you get answers on the inside. Astounding miracles and people being rescued from tragedy all happen because people take the time to pray. Before every great move of God, before every great revival, there is somebody, somewhere, spending time praying. Take time to pray today!

Taken from “Prayer Precedes Power” by Pastor Christine Miller

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God's Perfect Will

  [Your Purpose]
10/27/2011 10:48 am
By Miller, Pastor Jeff

God’s Perfect Will

“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,
that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”  - Romans 12:2 (KJV)

     Finding the perfect will of God doesn’t just automatically come. In fact, most Christians are not in the perfect will of God, but that doesn’t have to be you! Some people don’t want the perfect will of God. The number one pre-requisite to finding God’s perfect will is that you have to want it more than you want anything else. If you don’t, you will never have God’s best.
 
     God’s love does not change. So you can be in fellowship with God and still not be in His perfect will. When you as a believer stand before God, you will be judged by the Bible, but also by what God had planned for you to do. God had a plan for your life before the foundation of the world. The things God puts in your heart, and the things God told you to do, He expects you to do them! You will want to hear God say to you, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.” Don’t settle with God’s acceptable will, nor the good will of God, but find God’s perfect will!

Taken from “Finding God’s Perfect Will” by Pastor Jeff Miller

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Victory in Your Thought Life

  [The Word]
10/20/2011 1:46 pm
By Miller, Pastor Jeff

Victory in Your Thought Life

     When thoughts come to your mind, how do you deal with them? Not every thought is from God. If the thought is contrary to God’s Word, you can know for sure that it did not come from God and you should get rid of it. You can’t just replace these thoughts with Scripture verses and expect to have victory in your thought life. The Word of God must be spoken out of your mouth in order to be effective.
 
     The Word you store in your heart is what you have to use against the enemy. The Word in your heart, spoken out of a heart of faith, will give you the victory. Jesus had it in Him and you can look to Him as a prime example for how to fight evil thoughts. The devil came to tempt Jesus and suggested three different things to Him. Did Jesus just command the devil to leave? Did He speak magical words to send him away? No. Jesus dealt with temptation by speaking the Word of God and you can too.
 
     You find the Word that deals with the thoughts that come to your mind. Find the Scripture or Scriptures that are the exact opposite of what the devil is telling you and don’t just think about the Scriptures; speak them out! Take control of your thought life with the Word and live in victory.

Taken from “True Disciples Persevere” by Pastor Jeff Miller

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Living in Two Realms

  [Spirit-Filled Life]
10/13/2011 12:33 pm
By Miller, Pastor Christine

Living in Two Realms

“Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”
I Corinthians 3:16 (NKJV)

     Society and much of the church world doesn’t receive the fire and brimstone message. Some teach that there is no hell. That is a false doctrine. There is a hell. If we were to ever have a glimpse of it, we would never be the same. How could you live selfishly after glimpsing hell? How could you be the same after getting the revelation that you are an ambassador for Jesus Christ, who is to let others know that they don’t have to go there?

     Things of the spirit are very real. But the more time we spend living in the flesh or living after the natural man, the less real the spirit realm becomes to us. We can get to where we barely hear what the spirit is saying anymore, or we’re just barely aware there is a spirit realm. That’s why God has given us His Word and Spirit. They are the only things that can bring us into the spirit realm. His Word makes us conscious of that realm and the realities of it. When we pray in the spirit and yield to the spirit, He will make us conscious of that realm.

Taken from “Divine Order” by Pastor Christine Miller

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Running on Full

  [Spirit-Filled Life]
10/06/2011 11:37 am
By Miller, Pastor Jeff

Running on Full

     The Bible says to stay instant in season and out of season. But that can only happen if we are continually ready. We’re to stay charged up and connected by praying in the spirit, reading the Word of God, and waiting on God. In the Christian life, we’re never supposed to let our spirit get empty. We’re not supposed to let our spiritual battery get so low that we can’t even turn on a small light. Did you ever have a car battery that went dead? It can be jumped, but you’ve got to attach another strong battery to the weak one. There has to be a good connection so all the life in the good battery flows to the weak one. By being connected, the weak battery is tapping in to the strength of the strong one. Once the car is running, the battery will continue to charge itself. It’s like that spiritually too. If our battery is weak, we’ve got to get connected with God. We’ve got to get connected by spending time with God. We’ve got to learn to value waiting on God. Sometimes we try to do things on our own without spending enough time in the Word. When we spend time with God, we’ll become infused with God’s life. Do you desire an overcoming, blessed, and joyful life? The Word says that in His presence is fullness of joy.

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Your Neighbor Needs Jesus

  [Evangelism]
09/29/2011 11:19 am
By Miller, Pastor Jeff

Your Neighbor Needs Jesus

     According to statistics, approximately 6,744 people in the United States die every day. Over six thousand people slip into eternity and they only have one of two options where they will spend eternity: heaven or hell. The question is: what are you doing about it? God gave every Christian a job to do. Jesus’ parting words conveyed that assignment in Mark 16:15 (NKJV), “And He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every living creature.’”

     Some people go on mission’s trips to complete their God-given task. Mission’s trips are great, but perhaps they are not up your alley. You don’t have to go overseas to reach the world. The phrase, “all the world”, includes your backyard. Your neighbor needs Jesus too! Some people will spend a lot of money to go on a mission’s trip, but you can save money by simply walking across the street.

     You are surrounded by neighbors on your block who may have never heard the Gospel message. You work with employees at your job. If you do not have a job, the grocery stores in your area are flooded with people. By making your way across that person’s path, you could very well be the deciding factor for that person’s eternal salvation. Let this encourage you to do the job that God has called you to do, and be a witness to all of the world.

Taken from “What God Requires of His People” by Pastor Jeff Miller

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