Married Couples in Ministry

Comment

Comment by Bishop Derrick Day on February 10, 2011 at 4:54pm

The following is an excerpt from the book, "satan, Let Me Refresh Your Memory," by Derrick and Angela Day. 

 

Who’s backing you?

 

Before we get puffed up and wise in our own conceits to think we can take on satan on our own power, we have to remember that true warfare require fighting forces. Every standing army is backed by the government it is sworn to defend. And every standing army has a commander-in-chief; in the Kingdom of God, the Commander-in-Chief is our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Citizens of the Kingdom of God serve two roles, ambassador and soldier.

 

First and foremost, we are ambassadors of the Kingdom of God:

 

Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us; we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God (2 Corinthians 5:20)

 

It is our duty to represent our King. As part of the new birth, we are commissioned to spread the good news of our God and His glorious Kingdom. When our citizenship changes, we remain in the world but we are not of the world. Therefore, we are ambassadors in a foreign land and, as such have the responsibility to speak the words of his home government, lest we be subject to recall!

 

Next we are called to be soldiers. This is why the Apostle Paul gave the illustration of combat apparel:

 

Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God…(Ephesians 6:13-17)

 

We have to understand that, in our capacity as soldiers, we are to be an occupying force of a victorious power. We are to be peacemakers (Matthew 5:9), not aggressors. We are to fight the good fight of faith (1 Timothy 6:12).

 

In our charge as ambassador and soldier, we are backed by the power and glory of Almighty God, creator of all things, the King of kings, Lord of lords, and the savior of mankind, Jesus Christ, and the Governor of all Creation, the Holy Spirit.

 

Just like U.S. dollars are backed by “the full faith and credit of the United States Government,” we must be fully persuaded we have the backing of the Lord of Hosts when resisting the devil. What is the guarantee we have this backing? The Word of God! It is the believer’s assurance that God will do what he says.

 

The devil is not the opposite of God. If this were true, satan would be God’s equal and would possess God’s creative ability. The fact is God has no equal! Evil is not the opposite of Good, it is merely the absence of it. Just like darkness is not the opposite of light, it is simply the absence of it!

 

© 2009 - Derrick Day (www.derrickday.com) and Angela day (www.angeladay.com)

Comment by Bishop Derrick Day on February 7, 2011 at 1:35pm

God Wants You Healed - God Wants You Well!

 

In a previous posting, I wrote that God is not the author of sickness. God will not smite His children with sickness, plague, or pain for any reason. Yes, believers get sick; after all, we live in a fallen, sin-stained world. But we need to learn to discern between what is the chastisement of God and what is an attack of the enemy. Often times what saints ascribe to chastisement (e.g., "God made me sick to teach me a lesson...") is really an attack of the enemy.

I took the liberty of pulling a number of scriptures regarding healing:

• O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. (Psalm 30:2)

• Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healethall thy diseases (Psalm 103:2-3)

• He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. (Psalm 107:20)

• But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5)

• And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. (Matthew 4:23)

• And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. (Matthew 10:1)

• And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all. (Luke 6:19)

• Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. (1 Peter 2:24)

• Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. (3 John 1:2)

Now, if you look at this forensically, you will conclude the preponderance of evidence points to the fact that God wants us to be healed if we are sick and to remain healthy. If you conclude that if God is the architect of sickness, then Jesus acted against the will of the Father. Heaven forbid!

Chastening, as I stated in my article COMES FROM THE WORD OF GOD for the believer. And If we do not endure the chastening of the Word of God, then we are, indeed, bastards. I wholeheartedly agree with that premise.

Sickness and affliction comes from the devil. When we veer off the path of righteousness, the Word of God chastens and puts us on the right path.

Understand, that if sickness is from God and Jesus healed them all (which means it is His desire to heal all today) then Jesus was operating outside the will of God. HEAVEN FORBID!!! No sir, Jesus said He only did what he saw the Father do (John 5:19); how many people did Jesus make sick or afflict with disease during His earthly ministry? None.

What the Holy Spirit has prompted me to teach is for the saints of God to stop saying things like, "God gave me this cancer to teach me a lesson," or "God took my baby to draw me closer to Him." God does not need to hurt His children to catch their attention. When I caught this revelation, it changed my life. Indeed, I have seen people healed from all manner of diseases once they experienced this liberty.

In fact, because of the fallen world we live in, I still catch the occasional symptoms of a cold but I'm able to reduce the severity and duration of the symptoms by speaking the Word of God to the root of the symptoms, thereby destroying the work of the devil!

My heart's desire is to see

Comment by Cameron Ross on February 4, 2011 at 8:15pm

Comment by Chris Davis on February 4, 2011 at 1:41pm

What is the secret to Oneness in marriage?  This video reveals that secret...

 

Chris Davis

www.rarehomebuilders.com

chrisdavis@rarehomebuilders.com

 

Download Your Free Copy of “101 Ways To Have 100% Success In Marriage”

Join The RARE Homebuilders Community: www.rarehomebuilders.com

Attend a Marriage Getaway: www.familylife.com/groups/rarehomebuilders

View Marriage Building Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/increaseothers 
Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/rarehomebuilder

 

To have Chris Davis to speak at your Marriage Event click here

 

To save a hurting marriage or to take a good marriage to great invite someone or attend the Weekend To Remember Marriage Getaway Call 1-800-FL-Today and say you're with the RARE Homebuilders group and receive 1/2 off of registration.  

 

 

Comment by Bishop James 'I Feel God' Brown on February 3, 2011 at 12:50am

Internet Ministry: How To Generate Income Webinar Event

Special NO COST ** Ministry Income ** Webinar Tuesday @ 8pm East / 7pm Cent / 6pm Mountain / 5pm Pacific     CREATING MINISTRY BOOKS         & MATERIALS     CREATING A SOCIAL MEDIA         & FACEBOOK STRATEGY     EARNING MINISTRY INCOME         ONLINE http://budurl.com/ministryincome You Wont Want To Miss This Information http://budurl.com/ministryincome Free Preregistration Required ~ Only 150 Seats Are Reserved http://budurl.com/ministryincome

ministry,internet,ministry income,web ministry,ministry books,social media ministry

Comment by MINISTER PAULISA J PARROTT on February 1, 2011 at 2:53pm

Comment by Chris Davis on January 28, 2011 at 10:48pm

This 6 word question can help to take a good marriage to GREAT or it can be the start of rebuilding a damaged marriage ! Try taking the 30 day Challenge.

Comment by Apostle Paul Johnson Asamoah on January 23, 2011 at 5:35pm

Prayer – Day 14

FINDING FAVOUR WITH OTHERS

MORNING SESSION

SCRIPTURE READING: DEUT. 28:13

1. Father, make my entire proposal to find favour in the sight of…. In the name of Jesus.

2. Lord, let me find favour, compassion and loving-kindness with…..concerning this business.

3. Let all the demonic obstacles that has been established in the heart of….. against my prosperity be destroyed in Jesus’ name.

4. Lord, show….. dreams, visions and restlessness that would advance my cause.

5. I command my money being caged by the enemy to be completely released in the name of Jesus.

AFTERNOON

1. Lord, let divine wisdom fall upon all who are supporting me in these matters.

2. I bind and put to flight all the spirits of fear, anxiety and discouragement in the name of Jesus.

3. I break the backbone of any further spirits of conspiracy and treachery in the name of Jesus.

4. You devil take your legs away from the top of my finances in the might name of Jesus.

5. Lord, give me Holinessl breakthroughs in all my present business proposals.

EVENING SESSION

1. Lord, hammer my matter into the mind of those who will assist me so that they do not suffer from demonic loss of memory.

2. I paralyze the handiwork of house hold enemies and envious and agents in this matter in the name of Jesus.

3. Let the fire of the Holy Spirit purge my life from any evil mark.

4. Thank the Lord for answered prayers.

5. Deut. 28:12, And the LORD shall make thee the head and not the tail, and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou harken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them.

6. Pro. 21:11 The Kings heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water; he turneth it withersoever he will.

7. Pro. 11:27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour; but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

8. Zech. 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications; and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

    www.jesusfm921.com
    POWER LIFE PROPHETIC MINISTRIES (WORLDWIDE )
    Tel: +233-244657468 Or
    Box Dc 936 Dansoman Accra Ghana, West Africa.

Comment by MINISTER PAULISA J PARROTT on January 20, 2011 at 9:51pm

Comment by Mark H. Stevens, Th.D on January 18, 2011 at 5:58am

• ‹ Previous
• 1
• …
• 44
• 45
• 46
• 47
• 48
• …
• 85
• Next ›
• Page