Paul says I have given birth to you through my prayers. There was literally a spirit of prayer that apprehended him. He admitted that he was possessed by the love of CHRIST. This is our reality, this is our inheritance, this is the great mystery - CHRIST in you the hope of glory.
As we abide in HIM, HE will abide in us. It is my desire to be so caught up in the pleasures and ecstasies of heaven I radiate HIS presence and imitate is nature on a subconscious level. I am asking for grace that abiding would be my default, and if I start to stray HE would graciously and faithfully bring me near so I might commune with him at all waking hours.
The very first thing GOD said to mankind is to be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. It is my firm conviction that this mandate goes right along with john 15 and the great commission. Go make disciples of all nations, baptise them, and teaching them everything. As you can clearly see JESUS cared far more about quality than quantity. He poured his live into a select few individuals who later turned the world upside down.
THESIS: what if we missed it? what if our mission is not to have the greatest and flashiest ministry, sell the most C.D's, have the biggest conference. What if our mandate is simple to be the least and love the lost? What if we left the 99 for the 1? what if we invested all of our time energy and resources into that 1 individual for 1 year? What if by the end of that 1 year, that individual was so equipped well enough to be able to do the same thing next year?
- 1x2=
- 2x2=
- 4x2=
- 8x2=
- 16x2=
- 32x2=
- 64x2=
- 128x2=
- 256x2=
- 512x2=
- 1,024x2=
- 2,048x2=
- 4,096x2=
- 8,192x2=
- 16,384x2=
- 32,768x2=
- 65,536x2=
- 131,072x2=
- 262,144x2=
- 524,288x2=
- 1,048576x2=
- 2,097152x2=
- 4,194,304x2=
- 8,388,608x2=
- 16,777,216x2=
- 33,544,432x2=
- 67,108,864x2=
- 134,217,728x2=
- 268,435,456x2=
- 536,870,912x2=
- 1,073,741,824x2=
- 2,147,483,648x2=
- 4,294,967,296x2=
- 8,589,934,592
Mathematically, the entire world would be discipled in 34 years!
This brings up a very pertinent question... Is there any fruit in my life if I am not multiplying? The bible clearly warns us that in the last days many will deceive themselves and deceive others. In Revelation 3 the condition for buying gold was realizing bareness and nakedness.
The promise of GOD to Abraham is still alive and active today, your offspring shall be as numerous as the sands on the sea shore. Nothing is impossible with GOD. I believe we need to kill our small vision. It is time for us to realize our nakedness, to realize our barrenness and depravity. To rely heavily upon HIS grace to help us contend for more of HIM in our life, that our follow ground might be broken up. May HIS grace enable us to produce real fruit, fruit that remains, and fruit that multiplies.
blessings
N&F
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