“Believe in your Heart”- Pastor MJ Lishivha 25 January 2012, Wednesday
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“Believe in your Heart”- Pastor MJ Lishivha 25 January 2012, Wednesday
Heart refers not to the physical heart but your soul. Your body is made up of body, soul and spirit.
Whatever we hear is received by the heart so as to process and meditate upon them. It is not received by the body. We live in a contaminated world and sometimes the flesh wants to control the inner being. The inner being should be the one in control. God breathed His breath (spirit) in us and so it the spirit that must always take charge. Paul says he beats up his body so that it can conform to what the spirit wants. We must not allow our spirit to be passive by always feeding the flesh.
1 Thess 5:23 “23 And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through [separate you from profane things, make you pure and wholly consecrated to God]; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved sound and complete [and found] blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah).” AMP.
We have to make the decision to surrender ourselves. God is a God of choice; He will not force us to do anything. In order to be saved, we need to believe in our hearts and then confess with our lips. With Christ everything is possible. In this text the bible tells us that Paul was talking to the Thessalonians telling them that it is not only about talking / confessing the word but the main aim is to preserve the soul.
The 5 wise girls knew that they had to take extra oil as they did not know when Jesus Christ would come back. One has to allow Jesus Christ to be in control and align ourselves with His word all the time. If I hear His word but still do not live according to His ways it is a waste of time as Jesus Christ will say He doesn’t know me when He comes back. We must ask God for the grace to believe deep in our hearts and to live according to God’s will. We have been called to live according to His will. This means allowing the spirit to always be active and being in control of our lives.
We must believe beyond what is seen. The bible says the just must walk in faith not by sight. Get to that stage when you can confidently say ‘I know my God.’
We now have a new identity in Christ Jesus but Jesus in His infinite mercy called us, died for us and saved us giving us a new identity. It is not because we did anything special. He called us by name and said “I want to make a pillar of you” It is not by might nor by power.
We must believe beyond expectation and be strong in our belief. We must declare that with our Jesus we will prevail, we will come through. When satan says something negative you refuse it and reject it and declare the opposite, the thing that you want to come to pass. Some people’s school results are still in the office as satan declared that they are poor and not rich and that they cannot afford to pay the school fees. Stand on your faith and declare that My God is a Supplier who will supply the money to pay the fees and God will do His part.
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” KJV.
Even though there was no hope Abraham believed. Sara had already reached the stage of menopause.
God made it possible for a woman who was bleeding for twelve years to be healed. She said in her heart “Even if I don’t talk to Him, If I can just touch Him, I will be healed.” Jesus Christ honoured her faith. Speak forth and say ‘Jesus, you are a miraculous God and I believe that you will do miracles in my life.’ Jesus Christ felt the power move out from Him and asked “Who touched Me, somebody touched Me” They were surprised as there were many people who were touching Him. If you can just believe, something special will happen. “God help us, God you are a record breaker.” Just believe. Your faith is the substance of things hoped for.
Don’t be conformed to this world. Don’t change your life to suit the world views. Just believe that God will supply your needs.
Our bodies are the temple of the Lord. We must maintain this. We must respect our body and not allow the flesh to make us sin and we must live a clean, sin-free life.
Even though the world can persecute you, you don’t have to give in to their views and standards. The devil can plot against your life and still you must refuse to bow down to the pressure. With our God whatever you need or don’t have He will supply in His own time. He is never late.
Girls you don’t have to become pregnant because every other girl in your area or your age has a child. Boys stop playing with fire. Many are destroying their lives through fornication.
Some people who are infected with HIV are deliberately spreading the disease on others so that they don’t die alone. They want to die with many others.
If it happens that you have sinned and have fallen, go back to God and tell Him “God, take control of my life.’ You have to take responsibility of your life and make the decision to live it right. Make sure you don’t go back to the past, the worldly life. Paul says, I forget the past. You have to forsake your past and your sins.
Some people when they are taught to correct their lives they go and investigate the life of the person who is teaching the message. The person may have had a bad past life because they were not yet born again. You can’t judge a person by their past. Don’t live in the things of the past.
Man is a spirit. John 4:24 “24 God is a Spirit (a spiritual Being) and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth (reality).” AMP.
Some people say I hear you and I understand that we are born again but as a man I need to have a woman / concubine in my life. Your whole life / body must be born again.
Romans 2: 28-29 “28 For he is not a [real] Jew who is only one outwardly and publicly, nor is [true] circumcision something external and physical. 29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and [true] circumcision is of the heart, a spiritual and not a literal [matter]. His praise is not from men but from God.” AMP. A Jew is not the outward body (the vessel) but the inner being, the spirit man. You must become the new Adam by allowing the Holy Spirit to indwell you and being in charge of your life.
At one time, Paul had to rebuke Peter as he was discriminating against the Gentiles; he wanted to please the other Jews. Paul rebuked him and told him that what He was doing was wrong.
My life, my body must praise the Lord. New birth is the birth of the spirit i.e. it is the spirit that is born again not the body.
1 Corinthians 14: 14-15 “14 For if I pray in an [unknown] tongue, my spirit [by the Holy Spirit within me] prays, but my mind is unproductive [it bears no fruit and helps nobody]. 15 Then what am I to do? I will pray with my spirit [by the Holy Spirit that is within me], but I will also pray [intelligently] with my mind and understanding; I will sing with my spirit [by the Holy Spirit that is within me], but I will sing [intelligently] with my mind and understanding also.’
AMP.
“27 But [like a boxer] I buffet my body [handle it roughly, discipline it by hardships] and subdue it, for fear that after proclaiming to others the Gospel and things pertaining to it, I myself should become unfit [not stand the test, be unapproved and rejected as a counterfeit].” 1 Corinthians 9: 27 AMP.
You have a responsibility to renew you (your mind). Let the spirit help the mind to be renewed. May God grant us the grace to live to the fullest of what God has ordained for our lives.
Romans 12: 1-2 “1 I APPEAL to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].” AMP.
Whatever we hear is received by the heart so as to process and meditate upon them. It is not received by the body. We live in a contaminated world and sometimes the flesh wants to control the inner being. The inner being should be the one in control. God breathed His breath (spirit) in us and so it the spirit that must always take charge. Paul says he beats up his body so that it can conform to what the spirit wants. We must not allow our spirit to be passive by always feeding the flesh.
1 Thess 5:23 “23 And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through [separate you from profane things, make you pure and wholly consecrated to God]; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved sound and complete [and found] blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah).” AMP.
We have to make the decision to surrender ourselves. God is a God of choice; He will not force us to do anything. In order to be saved, we need to believe in our hearts and then confess with our lips. With Christ everything is possible. In this text the bible tells us that Paul was talking to the Thessalonians telling them that it is not only about talking / confessing the word but the main aim is to preserve the soul.
The 5 wise girls knew that they had to take extra oil as they did not know when Jesus Christ would come back. One has to allow Jesus Christ to be in control and align ourselves with His word all the time. If I hear His word but still do not live according to His ways it is a waste of time as Jesus Christ will say He doesn’t know me when He comes back. We must ask God for the grace to believe deep in our hearts and to live according to God’s will. We have been called to live according to His will. This means allowing the spirit to always be active and being in control of our lives.
We must believe beyond what is seen. The bible says the just must walk in faith not by sight. Get to that stage when you can confidently say ‘I know my God.’
We now have a new identity in Christ Jesus but Jesus in His infinite mercy called us, died for us and saved us giving us a new identity. It is not because we did anything special. He called us by name and said “I want to make a pillar of you” It is not by might nor by power.
We must believe beyond expectation and be strong in our belief. We must declare that with our Jesus we will prevail, we will come through. When satan says something negative you refuse it and reject it and declare the opposite, the thing that you want to come to pass. Some people’s school results are still in the office as satan declared that they are poor and not rich and that they cannot afford to pay the school fees. Stand on your faith and declare that My God is a Supplier who will supply the money to pay the fees and God will do His part.
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” KJV.
Even though there was no hope Abraham believed. Sara had already reached the stage of menopause.
God made it possible for a woman who was bleeding for twelve years to be healed. She said in her heart “Even if I don’t talk to Him, If I can just touch Him, I will be healed.” Jesus Christ honoured her faith. Speak forth and say ‘Jesus, you are a miraculous God and I believe that you will do miracles in my life.’ Jesus Christ felt the power move out from Him and asked “Who touched Me, somebody touched Me” They were surprised as there were many people who were touching Him. If you can just believe, something special will happen. “God help us, God you are a record breaker.” Just believe. Your faith is the substance of things hoped for.
Don’t be conformed to this world. Don’t change your life to suit the world views. Just believe that God will supply your needs.
Our bodies are the temple of the Lord. We must maintain this. We must respect our body and not allow the flesh to make us sin and we must live a clean, sin-free life.
Even though the world can persecute you, you don’t have to give in to their views and standards. The devil can plot against your life and still you must refuse to bow down to the pressure. With our God whatever you need or don’t have He will supply in His own time. He is never late.
Girls you don’t have to become pregnant because every other girl in your area or your age has a child. Boys stop playing with fire. Many are destroying their lives through fornication.
Some people who are infected with HIV are deliberately spreading the disease on others so that they don’t die alone. They want to die with many others.
If it happens that you have sinned and have fallen, go back to God and tell Him “God, take control of my life.’ You have to take responsibility of your life and make the decision to live it right. Make sure you don’t go back to the past, the worldly life. Paul says, I forget the past. You have to forsake your past and your sins.
Some people when they are taught to correct their lives they go and investigate the life of the person who is teaching the message. The person may have had a bad past life because they were not yet born again. You can’t judge a person by their past. Don’t live in the things of the past.
Man is a spirit. John 4:24 “24 God is a Spirit (a spiritual Being) and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth (reality).” AMP.
Some people say I hear you and I understand that we are born again but as a man I need to have a woman / concubine in my life. Your whole life / body must be born again.
Romans 2: 28-29 “28 For he is not a [real] Jew who is only one outwardly and publicly, nor is [true] circumcision something external and physical. 29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and [true] circumcision is of the heart, a spiritual and not a literal [matter]. His praise is not from men but from God.” AMP. A Jew is not the outward body (the vessel) but the inner being, the spirit man. You must become the new Adam by allowing the Holy Spirit to indwell you and being in charge of your life.
At one time, Paul had to rebuke Peter as he was discriminating against the Gentiles; he wanted to please the other Jews. Paul rebuked him and told him that what He was doing was wrong.
My life, my body must praise the Lord. New birth is the birth of the spirit i.e. it is the spirit that is born again not the body.
1 Corinthians 14: 14-15 “14 For if I pray in an [unknown] tongue, my spirit [by the Holy Spirit within me] prays, but my mind is unproductive [it bears no fruit and helps nobody]. 15 Then what am I to do? I will pray with my spirit [by the Holy Spirit that is within me], but I will also pray [intelligently] with my mind and understanding; I will sing with my spirit [by the Holy Spirit that is within me], but I will sing [intelligently] with my mind and understanding also.’
AMP.
“27 But [like a boxer] I buffet my body [handle it roughly, discipline it by hardships] and subdue it, for fear that after proclaiming to others the Gospel and things pertaining to it, I myself should become unfit [not stand the test, be unapproved and rejected as a counterfeit].” 1 Corinthians 9: 27 AMP.
You have a responsibility to renew you (your mind). Let the spirit help the mind to be renewed. May God grant us the grace to live to the fullest of what God has ordained for our lives.
Romans 12: 1-2 “1 I APPEAL to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].” AMP.