Buying gold! An encouraging word from Barry Raeburn, world Evangelist Hi Mike, a few years ago in India, I was traveling by taxi from one speaking engagement to another. The taxi driver was complaining about how poor he was; and to be honest with you in material terms, he really was. I asked him if he was a Christian, he told me he was. To encourage him I said "If you have Jesus in your heart, you are wealthier than you will ever know. If you have Jesus in your heart, you have everything you will ever need!" In Revelation 3:18 Jesus says "I counsel you to buy from me gold, refined in the fire, so you can become rich." Today I want to talk to you about what it means to buy gold from Jesus. I think it's important at the outset to make … [Read more...]
The Baptism in the Holy Spirit
How to Receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit By Kenneth Copeland Salvation: Foundational TeachingsWhen you receive Jesus Christ as Lord of your life, spiritual death is taken from you and you become a new creature in Christ. And without the Holy Spirit, your new birth wouldn’t be possible. But even after you become a new creation, God’s desire and plan is that you receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. Your baptism in the Holy Spirit is received by faith. Jesus said in Luke 11:13, “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?” When you ask in faith, the Holy Spirit comes to live in you. And when you are filled with the Holy … [Read more...]
The Holy Spirit
Jo Ellen Stevens: A Resurgence Of The Baptism Of Holy Spirit The Lord has been speaking to me that there is about to be a resurgence of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit in this season! He said that people are going to rise up and desire the power that they see in the early Church but that they no longer see in their denominational churches. And He said that they will have a desire for this because they are seeing that on their own they cannot be set free of the depth of darkness that their generation has taken them into. I see this stirring in people again like never before! They are seeing their need of the power of God again in their lives. I am also hearing that the gifts of the Holy Spirit are once again going to become something that … [Read more...]
Resurrection Life
We can talk about dying to self. We can discuss walking away from the lifestyle and dictates of the ancient man. But what about life? We die to our old nature but we are still alive! What about the resurrection life that Christ Jesus gives us in the new birth? We die but lets not forget that we are raised to live a new life in Christ! Galatians 2:20 says, "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." NKJV So many times we get caught up in what looks to be our sacrifice to be a Christian and miss the fact that we have been given everything that pertains to life and Godliness in this … [Read more...]