March 13, 2019 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

A Spiritual Alert

I was not going to write about this but the Spirit of the Lord is not letting me get by without issuing a warning.

Yesterday, for no apparent reason, my spirit became uneasy, as if something without warning was going to happen. I had not been thinking about anything or reading Scriptures that would cause me to feel this urgency.

Nevertheless, my spirit is uneasy—it has been now for 2 days. I do not know what is about to happen but it is not good. I of course, since I live in CA, I could think about a possible horrific earthquake or a nuclear blast from Korea or an unexpected epidemic. There are many reasons one could feel as I do, but I cannot tell you at this time what will be coming upon us.

Maybe it is just something personal or local or statewide or even nationally. But whatever it is it is not good but frightening. If you hear of something that God has recently warned the Body of Christ about, please let me know. If you have any insight, please email me.

I do not want to scare nor worry anyone! But I believe in always being prepared for any emergency. So if you have not taken precautions, now is the time to do so. Also, it is time to claim Scriptures that speak of protection, life, and God’s keeping power.

May God protect us in all our “going out and coming in”. My God give us warnings and “give us peace”. May Christ be with us and “order our steps” on what to do personally and within the Body of Christ. Let’s be proactive and give honor to His Word.

I am not afraid and neither should you. Christ wants and can keep us in His hands and under the showdown of His wings. This is what I believe for I am not afraid.

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March 12, 2019 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

The Self Esteem Crisis

We are in a self-esteem crisis in America. It is easy to recognize but hard to fix. You can see it all around you. People cannot be alone. People are searching for ways to have multiple friends—the more friends one has the greater one’s self-image. What a lie!

We are looking to numbers (number of friends) to bolster up our self-image. The more Facebook friends I have, the more important I am? How many phone numbers are on my smartphone? How big is my blog? How many text messages do I receive in a day? Who called me and how often? These are signs of a failing and unhealthy self-image.

The only way to a healthy self-image is with God’s help. It often comes through parents and close friends. Scripture says it is the second most important attribute one should have after the capability of “making and keeping commitments”.

America, your self-esteem is in shambles and you are looking in all the wrong places for who you really are. Want to find that allusive self-image? It will not be found in numbers, fame, or status. It can only be found in humility, giving, and being an unknown.

Self-esteem is not found in the assurance of “what I have or what I do”. Rather, I am who I am because Christ has made me exist and my existence is in Him. That’s right, my existence is in Christ and is manifested in the Fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, goodness, patience, faith, good works, kindness, and freely helping others. These self-esteem attributes come to us through the Holy Spirit. I exist to manifest them and them alone. This Fruit (attributes) is my ‘ticket’ to your healthy self-esteem.

No wonder America is in a self-esteem crisis, the Fruit of the Spirit is much too far away and scarce among the general population. It is time for healthy self-esteem; it is time for the Holy Spirit to move in the streets of America within the lives of its people.

Want a truly great self-esteem try receiving the activity of the Holy Spirit in your life. It is free for the asking and free to all those who look to Jesus Christ.

A Scriptural Note from Proverbs: Satan will do whatever he can for you not having a healthy and substantial self-esteem. He wants you to never find who you are or even realize what you can be in Christ. Let’s not be ignorant of his plans and motives in what the world offers us. A worldly self-esteem base on numbers does not work.

God, please do not give me more friends, just give me you!

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Evening of March 11, 2019 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

In Prayer: your present to your future

As I said earlier in the day, “It is from humility to praying more often with more passion, to finding what God wants us to do.” We must be humble and committed to God, we do this through prayer and responding to what God asks of us. Everything changes when we pray in humility and with the willingness to do what God asks of us. The following story illustrates how much God loves and how God is looking not just at our present situation but our future. God sees us in our past, present, and future. This is how much He loves us!

By: Bobby Conner, Eagles View Ministry

I was ministering in a civic center in Mexico City several years ago. About 50,000 people were packed into the meetings. Through an interpreter, I was preaching about the Lord’s power to do great and mighty things.

As I prayed for people during the ministry time, a dear man cradling a baby girl began walking down the aisle toward me. I looked into the father’s tender eyes and could see his desperate heart’s cry. When I focused on his precious little girl, I understood his pain. With her raven black hair and her sparkling, dark eyes, the baby girl was beautiful—but when she turned the side of her face toward me, what I saw took my breath away. One side of her face was missing. I could see into her mouth, her jaw and tongue were exposed, and saliva was flowing down her dress. Oh, Lord! I gasped. What will you do?

Suddenly, I no longer saw or heard the thousands attending the meeting, but was transported out of the present into the future. I found myself standing in the little girl’s room. She was three or four years old—old enough to realize that she was disfigured—and lying across her bed with her face in a pillow, sobbing.

The scene then changed. The girl was about 10 or 11, standing in the corner of her room with her face against the wall, crying once more. Once again the scene changed and the girl was 15. We were no longer in her room but standing on the curb of an extremely busy street. As the cars and trucks sped past, the girl slowly turned her face toward me. With the most desperate look imaginable, the girl suddenly hurled herself in front of a bus, instantly dying. I began to scream, No, no!

Suddenly I was transported back to the civic center amidst the throng of people, aware of the desperate daddy holding his precious girl. My heart was still pounding from the future events I had just witnessed. I asked the Lord, What do you want me to do?

His response was soft and gentle, Take your thumb and rub it across the side of her missing face. I did just that, extending my thumb and rubbing it across the huge hole in her face.

As I slowly moved my thumb, God grew the little girl a brand new, lovely face! The miracle happened in a split second.

I do not have human words to describe how I felt. My entire body was electric. My legs were so weak I could hardly stand. Then the Lord spoke to me, saying; Bobby do you know why I healed this girl? I simply replied, No Lord! Then He said, Because I am a good God!

He then gave me this passage from Nahum 1:7: The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him.

God cares about your future as much as He cares about your past.

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March 11, 2019 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

It’s Too Easy

It is far too easy to put God on hold. He wants to talk with you but no matter how often He encourages you to pick up the phone and talk/call Him, you have something better or more pressing to do. You think God will always be there so you ‘put God off’.

It is easy too just put off praying, but praying is the first sign of humility—‘to pray’. Jesus prayed often and had to go off by Himself in order to find time to pray. It is no different today. I have had God tell me that I need to pray and not stop praying. He usually says to me, “Don’t stop” or “Pray a little more”. God wants us to pray without ceasing the Bible says.

God does not talk with me unless I am talking to Him. Yes, He says little things to me without warning, but when I need direction or help, He wants me to spend time talking to Him about what is happening. God is a ‘God of relationships’—He is into ‘talking’.

However, I like being busy and like to get things done—done in a hurry. God is not in a hurry, and why should He be in a hurry. This is not to say God is not busy—but God wants me to be busy about what He is doing. This is the conflict, my schedule or God’s schedule? To pray means I am willing to be second fiddle in God’s band. I must humble myself if I am going to pray. Praying means it is not about me but rather my relationship with God. God comes first and I am always second (though God makes me feel like I am first when He answers my prayers).

Scripture states, “Humble yourself and pray, seek God’s face and turn from your evil ways.” To be willing to pray you have to humble yourself. Humility requires a commitment from you and I—we are putting God before our schedule, our goals, and our timeframe.

Jesus had to go off by himself to pray. He usually went up into the mountains, late in the night, to just pray and get close to God. You and I cannot find what God wants us to do without prayer. It is a humbling experience. It is an attitude of commitment. A commitment to humbling oneself comes before one prays to God.

I encourage you to make a promise to yourself, not to God, to pray more often by praying longer and pray while no one is around. It is from humility to praying more often with more passion, to finding what God wants us to do. From humility to prayer to direction is when God shows up in our lives. My gosh, a little more time in prayer and then watch God answer all our needs, address our problems and find purpose in living. God keeps His promises; let’s keep ours through prayer without ceasing. It’s a Jesus thing!

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March, 2019 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

March 2019

A character of the Month Series

Are you thinking what to give up for Lent? You can do the traditional method of fasting—no food or a particular food dish for 40 days. But, why not be more proactive! Here are some suggestions for what to go without for the next 40 days, or better yet, possibly to go without for 100 days, maybe until the end of this year, or even for the rest of your life.

1. Do not listen to newscasts. Let public opinion be not on your plate—keep negativism out of your life.

2. Refrain from Facebook! Do not allow gossip and sensationalism to have a place in your life.

3. Do not just give up a particular food but avoid all food that has sugar in it—this includes Starbucks coffee. Sugar has nothing good in it. Honey can be a healthier food additive for you to consume.

4. Turn off your TV and pick up a book instead. There are so many good character building books and stories that can inspire and encourage you. Why not read into a happier life.

5. Go out of your way each day to do a good deed to a stranger or family member. Plan for making sure you do good deeds every day for the next 40 days and I bet you will continue the giving habit for the rest of your life.

6. Make it a point to say, “I love you” to each and every family member each day! Do not let yourself go to sleep, no matter the effort to show love and express love even though you are tired or mad. You must be genuine in your words—mean what you say!

7. So not buy anything for yourself. If you purchase something, it has to be for others. Put your life on hold for others.

These are my suggestions. I am sure Jesus would be pleased if you did anyone or a combination of the suggestions. This is what He would want me to do.

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February 25, 2019 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

Prosperity

Series: From Rags to Riches in Christ

Prosperity, God’s way, is not a dream. True prosperity is a reality for countless people in the Body of Christ. God wants you to prosper in every way in your walk on this earth (spiritually, physically, and financially), but God is not just handing out money. His ultimate goal is the manifestation of the Kingdom of God on earth and for you to make it to heaven. What you do with what God gives you is much more important than how much He gives you.

Everything God gives us is to multiply—this is the ‘multiplication principle’ that is spoken of so much in the Bible. Not multiplying is the direct opposite of and failing in responding to God’s best for your life. We must express and demonstrate God’s will in every aspect of your everyday life. This can only be done through multiplication.

There were seasons in my life whereby I prospered above my equals and other times I was a pauper. I have been blessed with abundance and found myself with the poor and needy. However, this is a season for abundance and prosperity. As I have written about before, God has given America a season of financial blessings so are you going to be blessed? God spoke to me 4 years ago about the “8 no 10 years of financial blessing” coming to America. It is upon us but it is your choice to how much you are blessed and the length of the blessing.

There are principles for prosperity, which I will be writing about in this new series, “From Rags to Riches in Christ.” It is so critical that you prosper and multiply during the next 7 years that I decided to write about ‘becoming wealthy in Christ’. In fact, it is a principle in the Book of Proverbs. God wants us to prosper, so let’s multiply.

To prosper one has to educate oneself, understand the ‘soul principle’, learn to give freely, claim the promises of God, be positive and expecting, and be vigilant to save money and get out of debt. Remember this is the time for spiritual, physical, and financial prosperity. To prosper one might have to change how you think and redefine what is important. To prosper should make you a better person, a just person, and a happier person.

So stay with me for the next few articles and see how God and you can be blessed in who you are and what you do—What would Jesus want me to do?

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February 22, 2019 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

Changing History

Series: The Just & Ethical Person

It is the ‘just person’ that changes history. As I have told you before, God only uses the just person to accomplish His will. God desires His will to be done and it is Satan that constantly works to undermine God’s will, seeking darkness and evil to reign over God’s creation.

The question is, “Are you a history changer?’ Are you that just person that accomplishes God’s will in history, thereby changing history for the good of all mankind? You cannot change history for the better unless you are a just person. It is impossible!

Let’s review the qualities of a just person. A just person (JP) is not critical and does not seek to ridicule or place others in harm’s way. A JP can hear the voice of God, either directly, in dreams or visions, through angels or through others in the Body of Christ. A JP is bold and courageous, willing to stand against those who seek to undo God’s will. A JP answers the call to do God’s will—a JP is a person of faith, one who responds to God’s requests.

It takes a JP to shape and change history. Only a JP does God trust to do the big things in the Kingdom of God. Joseph protected Jesus when Jesus could not protect Himself. Ruth was willing to give up her lifestyle and become a woman of faith in order to become the grandmother of King David and indeed the mother of The Kingdom of Israel. Peter brought the Baptism of the Holy Spirit to the Gentiles at the beginning of the New Testament Church, which was made up of Jews only. (Jews thought the Holy Spirit was only for the Jewish nation.) All these just persons were history changers not only in his or her lifetime but forever!

What is your calling? Are you a just person who can bring the will of God into the affairs of man and change history? It is only a JP that God can trust with His calling, His will, and the Kingdom of God on earth. It’s time to change history for Jesus—it’s time to be a JP.

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February 17, 2019 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

God Only Uses The Just

Series: The Ethical Christian

I have been writing about the ‘just person’. Joseph, Ruth, Peter, and Moses are considered ‘just persons’ by God. All four individuals had their faults or imperfections by Jewish standards, but God is looking for individuals that are willing to perform His will.

To perform God’s will, a person must be willing to exercise justice no matter what form it takes or for whatever reason God declares. Throughout history, God has only used ‘just people’ to jumpstart any revival, any move of the Holy Spirit, and/or any new movement or trend within the Church. God is not looking for smart people or talented individuals. He is looking for people that have qualities of justice; He is not looking for perfect people.

God only wants people that are willing to go the extra mile. God says a just person is a person who does not ridicule others, which are not perfect or come from the same background as the religious people of the day. God requires a ‘just person’ to be able to listen to Him. They know when it is God talking and what their role is in response to what God wants (this is faith). Abundant knowledge will not help you or your connections to professional or influential people. God only wants you to blindly obey him and serve him with everything within you—this is a ‘just person’, a person of courage and boldness.

It is the just person that changes the world. It is the just person that carries the Gospel of Christ and the will of the Father into a dark and evil world. It is the ‘just person’; not the rich, beautiful, smart, talented, or persuasive talker that God is looking for.

In these last days, we must be that ‘just person’ if we are to do the will of God and love Jesus with all our heart. Let’s pray, “God raise up just people in these last days.” This is what Jesus would want me to be.

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February 13, 2019 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

Does God Consider You ‘Just’?

Series: The Ethical Christian

I thought I was a just person until the Holy Spirit began to talk with me about Joseph. As I said in the last article, God said Joseph was a just man. I began to ask the question, “What does God consider a just person to be?” This journey opened up to me a new and elaborate definition as to being ‘a just person’.

Joseph was a just person and because of this quality of being just. God could entrust His Son, Jesus, to be raised and protected by Joseph. Joseph accepted the task and request by God to nurture and protect Jesus from all His enemies until He was grown enough to protect Himself. I wonder if God would have called you to protect His Son? Are you that ‘just person’ who has courage, obedience, determination, and wisdom to have Jesus in your household?

My question to you is, “Are you that ‘just person’ as Joseph was, or Ruth—the grandmother of David, or Peter that Jesus asked to ‘feed my sheep’?

Justice goes even further—being just means accepting God living with you, as Jesus lived in Joseph’s house. Can God entrust to you Himself with the Baptism of the Holy Spirit? Are you worthy enough to have God Himself, a third part of the Trinity, to live within you? This was the question the early church wrestled with in the Book of Acts. Many people within the church are not worthy! God does not consider them just. Oh, yes they have a relationship with Jesus Christ but they have not become ‘a just person’.

A just person is an ethical person. A just person puts God first in all things he or she does and who they become. A just person lives for God, not themselves. God honors a just person. They are not the people who Jesus will say in the last days, “I never knew you.”

To be just is to exercise justice and to exercise justice means that God considers you worthy enough to have Him—all that is God—to live with you and be in you.

“God, make me a just person. I want all of you living in me and I accept whatever your will is to do my part in fulfilling what you place before me. I will protect you within me and protect the Holy Spirit living in me. God let me be like Joseph, like Ruth, like Peter—give me your justice to perform in the earth.” This is what Jesus wants me to do!

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February 10, 2019 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

Joseph, The Just Person

Series: The Ethical Christian

God is just and His justice is abundant in the earth. We do not talk much about becoming a just person but rather like to criticize and make fun of those around us. Justice is something alien to many Americans. However, to God justice is what He is all about.

God brought to my attention the justice that is found in the life of Joseph—Jesus’s earthly father or should I say, stepfather. Joseph took on the role of raising Christ. He did this willingly and took this responsibility seriously. God stated in Scripture that Joseph was a ‘just man’.

This series, “The Ethical Christian” is about being that just person. It is time to arise to justice and become just men and women in Christ. God has been stirring my soul lately. He has brought various feelings of my soul to intensity levels I have not felt in many years. He is changing not only what I am feeling but also who I am. God is after me in new ways and for purposes, I cannot explain. This series will be the stepping-stones for you to understand what God is asking, doing and expecting from all of us in the Body of Christ.

“Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privately. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, you son of David, fear not to take to you Mary your wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and you shall call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took to him his wife: And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.” (Matthew 1:18-25)

Why was Joseph a just man? He reacted not in fear or in public opinion or in religiosity or in vindictiveness. Joseph wanted to do the right thing for the right reasons and in accordance with the will of God. He was an older man and dreamed dreams. He listened to God even though He did not understand what God was doing. He loved Mary and began his journey in being the chosen protector of Jesus—when Jesus could not protect himself.

Joseph listened to God. He did what God warned him about in his dreams. He even took extra precautions in protecting Jesus when He came back to Jerusalem after being in Egypt for a couple of years. This was Joseph’s finest hour—his destiny, which he gladly accepted. His destiny was to raise and protect Jesus Christ. He knew that Jesus was not his son but that did not detour him from being a just and honorable person.

I wonder if God would have trusted you with His Son? Would you be that just person who honored Mary’s word, listened to and obeyed God, and did all He could in loving Jesus as his own son? Does God see you as a just person? Will you fight for what is right? Obey God without question? Go the distance and then some? Will you be that just person, as Joseph was, even though he has little honor in Scripture yet it was Joseph that God trusted His son too—will you be that person too?

God, hear my prayer! Make me a just person! Free of bias and judgment and full of only wanting to do your will and seeking the fulfillment of your purposes on the earth! God hear this prayer of mine!

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