Re: [revival-fire] taking action? Let's Get real!!

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I never dreamed that my suggestion of sitting with Jesus and PURSUING an intimate relationship with him, would be equivalent to complacency. Maybe it's the word sit that is disturbing. hmmm... There are many "busy" Christians in the world. That is a different kind of Go. The actual PURSUIT is knowing God. The rest comes as part of the package. However, if you focus on the package (making disciples, healing the sick, raising the dead, casting out demons) you risk missing out on the TRUE purpose. I know, that I know, that I know. . . that ANYONE who truly pursues time alone with Jesus Christ has the rest of the package PURSUING them. When you carry the anointing of the tangible presence of Jesus Christ that is SMEARED on you from being WITH him, God sets up one divine appointment after another and you begin to do "only do what you see your Father doing". It works. It's not a life of complacency and lethargy; but of adventure and abundance. But when we focus on the GO and the WORKS, you end up like the poor minister Jesus describes in Matthew 7:21"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' 23Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!' where Jesus says, "depart from me, I know you not.. you doer of iniquity". Read it carefully. Jesus is NOT talking to some laid back DO NOTHING kind of "christian". He is talking to a GO GETTER.. someone who prophecies, drives out demons, does MIRACLES!! ~ but Jesus himself says He NEVER knew him. Jesus calls him an EVIL "DOER"...  What made his doing evil??? There is nothing wrong with the GO, it just must be done in order, and by HIS command. The trick is falling IN LOVE with Jesus. For when you truly love Him, the work is no longer WORKS but an outward expression of Love for Him, from Him and to others. The GO is no longer a matter of Getting it done because "SOMEBODY's got to do it!" TO go, because HIS word is burning in my bones and I can't NOT release it. Even though both ways have the same "outward" appearance of doing good for the Lord; only one will have the grain inside of the shaft and be wheat... only one will stand past the fire. Only one has the true heart of God inside. SO by all means GO! GO! GO! Love the LORD your God with all your, heart, soul, mind and strength.. and all that THAT entails. Be sure and post it here so I can read all about it :D I love you all dearly, CHER --- On Tue, 10/28/08, matthew Oliver <heartbeatyouth@msn.com> wrote: From: matthew Oliver <heartbeatyouth@msn.com> Subject: [revival-fire] taking action? Let's Get real!! To: "A forum for Revival Discussion and Posts" <revival-fire@hub.xc.org> Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 3:43 PM ******* REVIVAL FIRE!!! ******* Though I love your heart to get direction from the Holy Spirit – let's make sure we stay biblical. The word says – SPEAK – and the Holy Spirit will give you utterance.   Jesus said "GO" – we must believe that the Holy Spirit will lead us. Speak – then we get the words Go – then we get the direction. This is not always the case, yet, Abraham started walking before he knew where he was going. Often times We are so busy sitting, God is just saying – read the Bible, it says – TAKE ACTION! When we read the word and it says that "they that WAIT on the Lord shall renew their strength." The Hebrew word here qavah, which means with "eager anticipation", "passionately pursuing". That is the kind of action God talks about. Throughout the Bible God calls on His people to give Him more than just lip service.  He asks for more than just believing in the heart – He asks for confessing with your mouth.  He says faith without action is dead! We must take action – and we must "TAKE BACK THE NIGHT!"  Messages that encourage complacency are popular – yet they conflict with the message of Christ – one word – GO! Try it- you just might change the world!   Matthew Oliver On the Front lines of battle – sorry I haven't written much lately   --- Thankyou for contributing to Revival-Fire! You are currently subscribed to revival-fire as: [mrscherstin9@yahoo.com] HOW TO JOIN: Send an e-mail to: revival.fire_admn@yahoo.com Subject: subscribe revival-fire, yourusername@yourdomain To UNSUBSCRIBE, send the following message to: eric@riverlife.net subject: unsubscribe revival-fire, yourusername@yourdomain Enter the following line in the main text body unsubscribe revival-fire, yourusername@yourdomain Comments? Questions? 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