June 16, 2017 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

You Asked Me, I’ll Tell You

The Bible offers great insight into what it takes to have a sincere and impactful ‘Jesus type revival’. All movements of the Holy Spirit, as well as, individual nations ‘spiritual awakenings’ had one common attribute.

Do not let Biblical scholars or your Bible classes ‘white-wash’ what and how God brought revivals to mankind over the last 2000 years. God has not changed and the Bible gives specific requirements for revival type movements.

We know in the Book of Nehemiah that revival began when the people heard the word of the Lord read and they broke into great repentance. Billy Graham’s ministry was exactly the same. Billy quoted the Bible, make a convincing argument for it’s existence and people came by the thousands to repent and accept the Gospel of Christ.

The Great Awakening in America began with a call to repentance. Preachers would gather in public squares or fields and Colonial Americans would listen and begin crying in great numbers, repenting of their sin and many would be baptized in water. What does that remind you of, yes, the ministry of John the Baptist.

Book of Revelation has much to say about God moving among His church and throughout the earth in the last days. Once again, Revelation speaks of ‘repentance’, a turning from sin and believing in Jesus Christ. The Jesus Movement of the 70’s was a prime example of what Revelation is talking about.

You want revival? You want a life that has meaning and full of hope? You want to change your community for Christ? Learn to repent! “Blessed are the poor in spirit for they have the Kingdom of Heaven on earth” Matthew 5:3. When we are poor (not monetarily) that is to say, when we are “contrite” in a constant state of repentance and being broken over the sin in our lives, God brings what is in heaven to us on earth.

Do you want a taste of heaven before you get there? Then repent: repent often, repent with tears, stay broken and humble, tell God you are sorry quickly and sincerely, be and stay in a state of repentance. If and when you do this, all that is in heaven will be yours. It is God’s promise and we have seen this happen over and over again through out history for those who desired revival more than life itself.

You asked me, this is my answer—want revival, want Jesus then repent always!

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June 15, 2017 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

Parallel Highways

You might not like what I am about to say. That is all right, I do not pretend nor do I desire to win a popularity contest. But, whether we choose to accept truth or reject truth, it does not change the truth, it is only us who are affected.

Often we get lost in finding God’s will or knowing what to do next. That does not have to be the case with God’s kids. God gives us natural, political and physical signs to point the way to God’s will.

The Children of Israel were in bondage in Egypt and then had 40 years in the desert wandering about before they decided to do things God’s way and enter the promise land. Israel was in bondage in Persia before Easter came on the scene to change the heart of the King and give prosperity to the Jews. The Kingdom of Israel was in constant war before the wisdom of Solomon brought peace to the Jewish nation.

In every one of these cases God was forcing His people into the ‘valley of decision’ before He would grant them His promises. America has been in a ‘spiritual valley’ for the past 40 years. We have not experienced the best God has to offer. As a whole, we have comprised our faith, accepting defeatism, rejecting truth for philosophical reasoning even though there has been some ‘lights of hope’ during the past years. This now has changed.

In the past election God placed a most unlikely candidate for President in the Oval Office. Not the first choice for most Christians and whom the church often despises. Well, God did choose Mr. Trump as President, and how he won the election was nothing short of a miracle. God is once again placing natural, political and physical signs to point the way to God’s will.

You and I will see things that happen in the ‘nature order of life’ which will parallel God’s will for the Church. If we decide to move into God’s will, if we will climb out of our valley up into the mountain God has for us, if we will accept God’s will His way, then and only then we will see a spiritual awakening that America has never experienced.

God wants His people to prosper physically (be in good health), prosper morally (reject behavioral reasoning and live according to Biblical truths), prosper financially (to get and stay out of debt and have monetary influence in our communities), and of course prosper spiritually (to grow in power and love changing our culture and bringing the Government of God to bear upon all things).

God says, “Are you going to stay in your valley of decision or are you going to take your mountain? You, no, we are in a cross roads—the signs are in front of us, who will you serve for the next 10 years? Choose this day…the Lord says!”

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June 14, 2017 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

Times of Prayer

Knowing what and how to pray is critical. Jesus taught His disciples the importance of prayer (Mathew 6:9-15). Promise Keepers has this to say about prayer, “Prayer is a spiritual discipline that needs cultivation. Prayer takes effort and constant fine-tuning. We learn to pray. At one point, Paul commended Epaphras on his fervent prayer life, calling him a struggler in prayer: ‘Epaphras greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers’ (Colossians 4:12). Prayer is indeed a struggle.”

Nevertheless, I pray and we ought to pray so much more, knowing that Christ is coming back soon—may be in our lifetime. Here are four very short prayers that every family should pray each day. (Pray like you are talking to a friend.)

One, the apostle Paul started each epistle with these words “Grace and Peace be multiplied to you from God and Jesus Christ.” We need to pray that the grace and peace of God be with us each day and be increased without limits.

Two, pray Luke 2:40 over our children and grandchildren: “And the child grew (pray for physical & mentally health), became strong in Spirit (pray that the child’s purpose and their self-esteem which God has determined before this birth come to fulfillment), be filled with wisdom (pray that they know the difference between right and wrong; good and bad—to have moral prosperity), and to have the grace of God upon them (pray that they will have the means to serve God and respond to God when He calls upon them).”

Three, Husbands and wives need to pray this for each other and themselves: “Pray that the Husband love his wife as he loves himself” and the wife “Love and honor their husband as Sarah did to Abraham.” We need to respect and help each other be the best we can be, as well as, show gentleness along with honor and thankfulness for who they are. (Various verses from the Epistles)

Four, pray Psalm 23: 3a: “The Lord restores my soul.” Pray with understanding that we will only prosper in the Lord if our soul prospers. We will fail in our service to God if our spirit and soul are not given spiritual food everyday from our Father. It is God alone who can do this and we must ask for this to take place.

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June 13, 2017 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

A Time to Speak…

My good friend Phillip Lee recently wrote an article titled, Affirm Truth—Not Culture. I have borrowed a few statements from the article but you can read the entire article at His Way Out Ministries| June 12, 2017 at 12:00 pm | Categories: Answering The Culture | URL: http://wp.me/p2bQUC-17g

Phillip states: As true faithful followers of Christ Jesus, we take the Bible in its entirety or not at all. We do not have the luxury of randomly selecting portions of Scripture and discarding the rest.

The Church must call homosexual practice sin, and that will remain offensive to many. We cannot water down God’s Word. There is no doubt our courage will be tested, there will even be times when some must stand alone and defend what is right.

As Paul said to Timothy: "At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me." (2 Timothy 4:16)

There can be no true compassion, integrity, and outreach if the Name, the teachings, the promises, the life, the death, the resurrection, and the transformation power of the Holy Spirit are not proclaimed – and, proclaimed to the virtually untouched mission field around the world called ‘the gay community’.

"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go." (Joshua 1:9)

Christians are not in the business of "winning the argument." People are not argued into the Kingdom of God. What is eloquent and pierces a heart and soul is the personal testimony of someone whose life has been transformed by Christ.

Few things are more effective than people who learn how to be "a friend (who) loves at all times," (Proverbs 17:17) while not being afraid to uphold God’s truth that "better is open rebuke than hidden love." (Proverbs 27:5)

I would submit that the calamity and dilemma many professing Christians face today with regard to homosexuality is not unlike a time when Elijah spoke and said: "’How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal is God, follow him.’ But the people said nothing." (1 Kings 18:21)

Many know and understand the importance and significance of reaching the unreached peoples of the world for Christ Jesus. What about the unreached homosexual population?

It is the clarity of the Holy Scriptures that should compel each and every faithful follower of Christ Jesus to be a light where there is darkness, rather than hiding our witness from those who need it.

The ultimate issue for the homosexual is the same as it is for every individual. "Where do they stand? Are they dead in sin or alive in Christ?" Therefore, we must not withdraw, we must not be silent.

"If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved." Martin Luther. By Pastor Phillip Lee

“The next great revival in America will not come without the church reaching out to the gay community with love, forgiveness, truth and the power of Christ,” the prophetic voice of Dr. Steven J. Wentland.

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June 12, 2017 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

Let’s Talk ‘Snakes’

If you are like me, we love God’s creation! Nature is one of the great wonders of the earth. It is so complex and truly amazing to watch. However, there is one species I do not like. I have mountain lions, black bears, timber wolves, and coyotes on my property. I do not get excited or nervous when I run across any of them but snakes, they are another matter.

I’ve got lots of different kind of snakes on my property: Rattle, King, Gopher, and Garden Snakes. In fact I often step over King Snakes when ‘weed-whacking’ in the late spring. But those Pacific Coast Rattle Snakes are the ones that get my attention. They are dangerous and often silent.

There are snakes that kill you within a few minutes. Many of them do not give any warning before they strike. They come in many sizes and colors but most often blend into their surrounds—you do not see them even when you are inches away.

God cursed Satan after his seduction of Eve in the Garden of Eden (i.e. the Paradise of God). Indeed, Satan is just like any poisonous snake. Satan can be colorful, silent but there is nothing about his appearance that is good. He is crafty, strong, slippery, and deadly. Satan’s job is to steal, kill, and destroy.

To steal: to take away any blessing you receive from God and any spoken word from God before it takes root and bears fruit in your life.

To kill: to get you to accept lies and be blinded from see or believing in the Truth. If we are blind, it is because Satan has blinded us and we accept his lies rather than believe in God’s words, truths, or manifestations.

To destroy: Satan wants to destroy any hope of your legacy. Whatever God has placed into your life, Satan’s job is to completely ruin any chance of “God in you” to be deposited into your spouse, family, friends or strangers.

It is not by accident that God labeled Satan a snake. His bite becomes powerless in Christ—you can “shake Satan off your life when he tries to wrap himself around you to steal, kill and destroy.” This is a promise from God and found only in Christ.

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June 1, 2017 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

I’m Reminded

The Spirit of God reminded me that the next move of the Holy Spirit is at America’s door. It is so close yet it will surprise us all! The winds of God will move in such a way no one can recognize how they move or where they are going—it’s a God thing.

I am excited and preparing for God’s winds to impact America. However, here is a warning to everyone. How much do you love God? Is your love for God greater than your love for anything else? Sure, all of us can be impacted by God’s plans and the power of Jesus Christ, but do you want to be part of God’s plans in initiating the next movement of God? I do and I hope you want this too.

If both your feet are in Christ, if all your heart, strength, soul and mind are in Christ then be watching and praying for God to use you. Do you love God more than you love everything else? I love all of God’s creation and He wants me too, but God wants me to love Him more. Let the Wind of God bring the Fire of God in order to impact America with the Government of God.

I want to be ‘all in’, not just willing to be part of something God is doing but rather to partner with God and bring the purposes of God to bear on all of His creation. Take a stand all who are looking forward to new promises of God and not look back to Egypt where you think is your security and prosperity.

We are been waiting; the waiting period is over—it is now time for watching and reacting to what God is about to bring our way. The Winds of God—God’s revival is in the Wind. Yes, I will sing of God’s greatness, I will speak Scriptures of the goodness of God, and yes, I will partner with God and answer His call of His Government over all things. Come Lord Jesus, come!

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May 31, 2017 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

It’s Happening!

I told you a revival would be coming to America and signs of the movement of the Holy Spirit are popping up in the most unlikely places. I wrote to you explaining that the next ‘Awakening of God in America’ would be like a wave moving from the East to the West. Yes, you will find it in the wind and ‘this movement will be the same yet different’ than what America has experienced or the Church asked for over the past 40 years.

My good friend Phillip Lee, founder of His Way Out Ministries sent me a recent article/blog. I have attached a link to his website/blog. After years of being faithful, Phillip is experiencing a growth and hunger for the ministry the Lord has given him. (http://hiswayout.com/hwom-news-brief-june-2017/ and http://hiswayout.com)

Phillip often quotes this Scripture: "Be encouraged that Christ is building His Church, and He is doing it out of people including those who were sexually immoral, idolaters, male prostitutes, homosexual offenders, thieves, greedy, drunkards, slanderers, and swindlers but who have been washed, sanctified, and justified in the name of Christ." (1 Corinthians 6:9-11)

Remember the steps—we must be washed in the Blood of the Lamb first, then we move to Sanctification (completeness and wholeness in Christ), then lastly, we are justified by the working of the Holy Spirit in our lives producing good works.

The next revival will include these 3 attributes, but know and be confident that the revival will come to us through music and singing about the great works of God and what Jesus Christ has done for us. As well as, a deep and lasting dependence on the Bible—speaking the Word of God will also bring the revival.

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May 30, 2017 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

The Good Life

You want the ‘good life’? Well, I do and Christ has brought it to me. No, the ‘good life’ is not without persecution or attacks from the devil, but without Christ’s promises this life would be unbearable and I would be miserable.

I will be writing articles about becoming an overcomer, attaining to the Government of God in all you do, finding deliverance from the cycles of destruction that have robbed you of joy and prosperity, and how to discover and staying in the love of God.

These life styles are yours in Christ. God wants you and I happy but we must be willing to fight for Him. So be on the lookout for new articles that will ‘blow you away’ and create ‘a hiding place in Him’.

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May 19, 2017WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

Never Finding Oneself

The Error of our Ways

God continues to remind me who I am in Him. Often we hide from God’s reality and ourselves. There are certain sheep on my property when feeling threaten will go and hid in their stable, but other sheep who have a close relationship with me do not frighten easily. We cannot run from the battle in front of us. We must take a stand against all that exalts itself against God, but we can only do this in relationship to God and realizing who we are in Him. It is just like my sheep that find confidence in me; I find confidence in Jesus who I know loves me.

We will never fight if we do not know ‘who we are’. We will allow others to fight for us and never confront the lies that have ‘risen to power over our country’. We have taken the position that ‘we cannot win’—that we can only run and hide. We have accepted the lie that Satan has won and our culture is lost to him. We have given up on finding and knowing who we are in Christ.

America is identity void. Individuals cannot find who they are outside of some micro-culture. We have reached the turning point in our society that each person can only find himself or herself if they are part of something—a movement or sub-culture. The individual is out and the ‘groupie’ is in. Diversity promotes commonality for individuals—it is the group that is important not the individual.

Satan is planning to dominate the earth and he will do this as soon as there are no more individuals. He will offer everyone an identity but only in him. Personal weakness will allow each individual to acceptance the ‘mark of the beast’ and Satan’s domination. When will we learn that our trust is in God alone? When will we find who we are in Christ? Who are you meant to be in Him? Will you find yourself and then get connected to others in the Body of Christ? I hope so!

Wakeup! Hear the call for battle! Listen to the watchmen that stands on the wall saying, “Now is the time!” ‘Today is the day! If you will hear His voice, do not look back or fail to trust in Him.” In Christ alone you can find who you are. God celebrates each individual member in His Body. He honors the minor and weaker members. We must refrain from tempting God, but rather be people of individual and personal strength, faith, and power…to follow the example of Caleb and Joshua! I am who I am by the Grace of God and it is who I have become that I finally have peace and strength to do the right thing and freedom from identity crisis.

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May 18, 2017 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

God is Waiting for Us

The Church and Governmental Authority by David Hauser

This message came to me from a good friend, David Hauser. He believes, as I do as well, that the government of God is what is lacking in the Church today. We must join ourselves with Christ and the purposes of God, and this means finding our authority over all of God’s creation and bringing everything under the rule of Christ.

David writes: Christ can only do some things, it is a solo event; “He himself bore our sins.” I Peter 2:24, we don’t bear the sins of the world. It is singularly done. Other things are done through partnership. The Finality, or consummation of all things, the Lord’s return is brought about by our response to His calling us to partner with Him to bring about what He has paid for in Scripture.

His return happens through our cooperation with the Spirit to bring fulfillment in what He has promised. Romans 8:19-22, Proverbs18:16, Philippians 4:19 they were partnering with Paul, I Corinthians 16:2. Yet the most notable Scripture is Hebrews 2:5-8

When we don’t see certain things happen that the Lord has promised in Scripture, we make excuses and push off His will by developing new theology that support our experience. This is revealed through arguments that support; Cessationism, which means it must have ended with the disciples, or other doctrines that are too numerous to mention.

I know when I saw healing rates of nearly 100% in Taiwan, that I ask God what is the reason things can happen like this in a faraway lands, versus western countries. I then heard the word “Expectations.” We have all been sick and wondered why. I have wondered why.

I will admit I don’t have the answer to these legitimate questions, but I don’t allow myself to be trapped by these questions;and then develop some doctrine that brings a false relief to the soul. I will leave that to some great theologian who thinks they have all the answers. I have in the past had a weakness to kidney stones that has put me in the hospital. Yet when I prayed God sent a nurse, maybe an angel who laid hands on me for 20 minutes until the pain dissipated and never came back.

What was that all about? It reminds me of the Agnostic who says in near death experiences, that it’s all about neurons in your brain and their synapsis bringing closure to your life by revealing old memories.

ALL SICKNESS MUST COME UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF GOD.

(In my next sharing I want to talk about casting your Mountain, which speaks of authority into the sea of humanity.)

God wants us to expect the unexpected. Expectation, is not a hope that He will come this time, I believe it is one of the keys to the miraculous. Everything must be put under His feet. Somehow we must partner with God, to believe for it in the midst of contradictions. By David Hauser, Director of Western Healing Rooms International.

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