The Imprisoned Believer

Jesus came to the earth to give us the new kind of life, a new kind of love, a new kind of faith and a new kind of righteousness. When he uttered that cry from his heart “It is finished…” it means that everything that against mankind was completely eradicated and taken away at the cross and eventually at His ascension on Hig at the right hand of the Father. Today, everyone who believers in Him need not walk in failure or defeat in any area of their lives.

Yet in the Christian World today, we find Christians struggling with sin, habit, sickness and dieases. Poverty and financial lack seems to bring dissatisfaction and turmoil to any Christian home. Christians fighting a sense of unworthiness and guilt that often plagues them. They don’t seem to rise above the circumstances to a place of usefulness in the body of Christ. Where can we find the answers to the many questions that we have?

We believe many in the church are “prisoners in the promised land...” And our purpose is to bring the truth of the finished work in its fullness continuously before the “eyes” of the believer that he will rise and walk in the benefits that rightfully belong to him.

In this study we will find some reasons why God’s people are in defeat in the land of Promise.

The Fruit of the Recreated Spirit

The Fruit-Bearing Branches – Part 1

The fruit that is produced in the life of a man who is a New Creation grows out of his vital connection with the Vine. The recreated spirit that has received the life and the nature of God has the ability to produce the same type of results that Jesus had He was on the earth. The New Creation man is to bear the fruit of the Vine.

The fruit-bearing part of the Vine is the branches. Jesus said in John 15:5 that we are the branches and He is the Vine. And that if we , the branches abide n Him-that is we are vitally connected to Him, sharing the life and ability and nature that flows in the Vine, then we bear much fruit.

We are the fruit-bearing part of the Vine. The Vine itself does not bear fruit even though the nourishment, the nutrients and the life that the branches need to bear fruit flows from the Vine. Jesus is the Vine and the Vine does not bear fruit. It is the branches that bear the fruit. With the enablement from the Holy Spirit, we the branches of the Vine, bear the fruit.

Galatians 5:22 gives us the fruit that grows in our life because of the Christ-life within us. The church has taught the do’s and the don’ts of a holy living when it should have taught the Power of the Christ-life or the Vine-life that flow through the believer because of the nature and the ability of God. This means that the fruit of the spirit does not grow because of our effort but because of the Life of God that flows through us by the Holy Spirit. We overcome sin, walk in love, develop joy and patience simply by spending more time in the Presense of the Lord.

Manifestation of His Presense-The Cloud of Glory

Venue : WOF, Johor Bahru, Time :8.00 -11.30 pm
Extended Prayer and Worship

Acts 2, Hebrew 6, Hebrews 10

We had our extended time of prayer and worship at WOF and present were almost 20 of our believers. After a time of worship I felt led to share a portion of scripture from Hebrews 6 which speaks of Paul exhorting the recipients of the letter to obtained the promises of God through faith and patience. In a busy and an instant society that we live -instant burgers, instant coffee, instant this and instant that, we as Christians are missing out on what the Lord wants to release on us because of this attitude.

Impatience to wait, the lack of stick -ability and commitment of the part of the believer-seems to be the great failure to see our prayers answered and receiving the miracle that we believing for.

I also shared during this strong initial session of prayer time, a testimony a woman and her deformed son who received a miracle-in fact 27 miracles in 10-15 minutes because of her persistence. I continued to encourage our believers in WOF to have the tenacity to walk with God and to have a fighting spirit. As I was about to finish these session, I sensed and felt a strong, powerful anointing coming upon me and the presense of the Lord was tangible among us.
By this time it was almost 9.45 pm, and we entered into time of worship and to wait upon the Lord. The was obviously a tangible presense in the hall. Every one was in attitude of prayer and worship when I had an impression to be quiet in the presense of the Lord. As we waited quietly, the Lord began to move in prophecy and vision.

One of the sisters said that she saw in a vision the Lord Jesus coming from the back of the church hall and dressed as a high priest and representing us as intercessor and advocate before the Father. As He move towards the front portion of the hall, the glory of the Lord like a thick cloud was enveloping the people The whole place was full of smoke. One of our youth girls, who was was sitting near the pulpit area testified that she has a kind of heavy blanket or something weighty coming on her and she was pressed down almost to the floor in worship. She said that tears were flowing freely as she worshipped. Some who sat nearby experienced similar things.

As we continued on in this attitude of prayer, the Lord began to show me a vision too. In that vision I saw a scroll that was in the hands of the Lord. Written on the scroll in numerical succession, were all the accusations that satan and his hosts bringing against the believer. Also written, were the accusations of others, and even our own accusations about ourselves. As He was opening up the scroll, I saw drops of blood falling on the scroll and blotting out the accusations one by one. This is the picture of the precious blood of Jesus that cleanses us and sets us free from all condemnation and guilt. Then I saw in my spirit a fountain that is filled with blood flooding that scroll and literally washing it away. There is power in the Blood to loose us from every guilty stain. Others also experienced different visions and words of encouragement from the Lord.

After a break, we moved into time of praying in tongues. As we began to explore the different areas of praying in the spirit, the Lord, began to move us deeper in the spirit-singing in tongues, praying rapidly in tongues, praying in warfare tongues. As we were finishing this session, we all sensed a tremendous building up of our inner man into greater capacity to receive from the Lord.

We are believing God for more of the manifestation of the Holy Spirit in our church.

Its been really great writing some of these truths from God's Word. Hope You have enjoyed it and applied in your daily walk. God bless you.

God's Man of Faith and Power

A.A. Allen "Man of Faith and Power"

A. A. Allen was one of the most important of the Healing Evangelists of the "Voice of Healing Revival" Though severely criticized by denominational leaders, denounced by the media and slandered by many others for his sensational ways, God used A. A. Allen mightily to heal thousands and to even launch other ministries such as Gordon Lindsay and T. L. Osborn. Let his story remind you God is no respecter of persons and to the person who seeks Him, He will answer.
Asa Alonzo Allen was born into a severely dysfunctional family on March 27, 1911. His parents were fighting drunks who entertained themselves by giving their children liquor and watching their drunken antics until they passed out. As a result all the children grew up as alcoholics. Allen had two brothers, one of which died a drunkards death. Allen ran away from home at 14 to live the vagabond life free of the horrendous home life he lived but continued in the drinking and smoking that almost killed him.
Later, back again with his mother on a farm in the country, they opened up a dance hall fueled with home brew they made in the back. Just down the road was a man called Brother Hunter who was opening up a Pentecostal Church who was praying against the dance hall of the Allen’s. Eventually Allen, who was miserable with his drunken life, saw the life in the Church and accepted Christ as his Savior. Finally at a Pentecostal camp meeting in Oklahoma Allen met received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit with speaking in tongues.
During the height of the depression, while in Colorado with his new wife Lexie, Allen started A. A. Allen ministries on a shoestring and a prayer. They often recorded special offerings for the pastor of 35 cents to as little as 5 cents. They chopped wood and sold it to make money to live on while the offerings bought gas to get from meeting to meeting. It was during these meetings Allen learned the power of prayer. Following prayer he had as many as 30 to 60 people saved at meetings where there were many times only as many people as that!
In the late 1930s Allen accepted a pastorate at the Tower Assembly of God in Holly Colorado. It was while there Allen’s spirit was pricked to seek the secret of God’s power. Fasting was new to Allen and he had great difficulty in following through. But one time when he had prematurely broken a fast the Holy Spirit convicted him at the first mouthful and he went back to his prayer closet and told his wife to lock him in. Here Allen relates his experience.
"I began to realize that the light that was filling my prayer closet was God’s glory! The presence of God was so real and powerful that I felt I would die right there on my knees….Then, like a whirlwind, I heard His voice. It was God! He was speaking to me! This was the glorious answer that I had sought so diligently and for which I had waited since my conversion at the age of twenty three….It seemed faster than any human could possibly speak, faster than I could follow mentally, God was talking to me…. God was giving me a list of the things which stood between me and the power of God. After each new requirement was added to the list in my mind, there followed a brief explanation, or sermonette, explaining that requirement and its importance….As God spoke to me I wrote them down…..When the last requirement was written down on the list, God spoke once again and said. ‘This is the answer. When you have placed on the alter of consecration and obedience the last thing on your list, you shall not only heal the sick, but in my name shall you cast out devils, you shall see many mighty miracles as in my name you preach the Word, for behold, I give you power over all the power of the enemy.’
"God revealed to me at the same time that the things that were hindrances to my ministry were that same things which were hindering so many thousands of others.
"At last, here was the price I must pay for the power of God in my life and ministry. The price tag for the miracle working power of God!"
God gave Allen thirteen things he had to understand and do to receive the power of God in his ministry.
He must realize he couldn’t do greater quality miracles than Jesus
He could walk as Jesus walked
He must be blameless like God Himself
He must measure himself to Jesus alone
He must deny his fleshly desires with fasting.
After self denial, he must follow Jesus seven days a week
Without God he could do nothing!
He must do away with sin in his body.
He must not continue in shallow, pointless discussions.
He must give his body wholly to God forever.
He must believe all of God’s promises.
The remaining two guidelines were personal sins Allen felt he need not share with anyone.
It was shortly after that visit the Allen was tested when in a service a miner came forward who had been blinded by an mine explosion. After prayer the man’s sight was completely restored. The ministry of A. A. Allen had started and what a mighty outflow of God’s power it was.
If you could see the Church as God sees it you would be on your face with weeping and fasting. The Church of God is full of people with one foot in the church and one foot in the world. I recently was at a electrical show and I met a man in the booth next to mine. He was a bit disgruntled with some people who had come by and asked for free equipment. He said some very vile things about them under his breath to me. I was not shocked as the world acts like that. We can expect no better from them. Later that day I mentioned that I had played softball on some church co-ed leagues. He proudly told me about him being the leader of his church’s co-ed softball team and how they would pray for some non-Christian members before a game to mind what they said. Now I was shocked, because I have reason to expect a believer to be different than the world. I grieve for this man and the thousands others who are fighting the battle with much of their armor off. I pray for him that he might learn more of my sweet Jesus and his wonders in our lives.
The enemy works double time to undermine, steal, kill and destroy. The Church of God must wake up and realize the holy battle we are in. Men’s souls are at stake. Millions launch into a fiery hell every moment. The place where the Christian must be is in the prayer closet. When you see how much God overcame in A. A. Allen’s life you can see that He can use anyone to do his wonders!!
Beloved, have you sought God’s highest and best for yourself? Have you fasted and prayed with your soul in anguish to have the Holy One speak to you? Do you have a list like the one above you must work through to gain the presence and power of God in your life and ministry? Seek Him today and He will answer!!

Sources:
God’s Man of Faith and Power, Lexie E. Allen, A. A. Allen Publications, Hereford, AZ: 1954
God’s Generals, Roberts Lairdon, Albury Publishing, Tulsa, OK: 1992

Signs, Wonders and Miracles in His Name

Heal the Sick, Speak in New Tongues, Cast our Devil in the Name of Jesus

Mar 16:15-18
(15) And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.
(16) He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.
(17) And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;
(18) they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

..these signs shall accompany them that believe…

Just before Jesus ascended to the Father and sat down at Majesty on High, He gave the disclips the Great Commission of World Evangelization. His disciples were to go to the ends of the earth and preach the gospel to every tribe, nation and tongue that the nations represent.

They were not to do these themselves. In these verses Jesus is giving us His part in the great mandate to the church. He is to be with us in the power and authority of His Name. Every time the church is to use that Name-He is will be there in presense to confirm the Word preached with signs and wonders following. The church as a whole has not major and mastered this subject of the authority that in behind the Name of Jesus. Some of us need to study the scriptures and get hold the revelation and begin to act and use the name for the benefit of those who are suffering in sin, sickness and poverty.

In that Name we are to speak with new tongues. The Baptism of the Holy Sprit and the evidence of speaking in tongues are released in us through that name. He has given us authority over demons powers and works of darkness over lives that bound by them. That power is released when we command demonic spirits in His Name.

The Name of Jesus has authority to heal the sick. The ability of God to heal the worst kind of diseases when the believer whispers the name of Jesus in faith. And finally “…nothing by any means hurt them..” belongs to us whether individually or corporately in the church.

Evangelist Asa A Allen

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