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January
5, 2006
"We Are
Being Given Another Chance To Seek His Kingdom First--Get
Free!"
--Rick Joyner
Morningstar
Ministries
www.morningstarministries.org
This word is about
how we will take the Promised Land, as the Church and as
individuals. I want to focus on how we can individually
begin to practically cease from our wanderings, mostly in
circles in the wilderness, and begin to walk in our purpose,
our Promised Land from God.
It is no accident that this year's Feast of Dedication,
or Feast of Lights, celebrated by the Jewish people, began
on what Christians celebrate as Christmas Day, and ends
on New Year's Day. On Christmas Day, the first candle of
this feast is lit, and on New Year's Day, the eighth, the
last candle of the feast is lit. Prophetically, eight is
the number of new beginnings. This year, there is a grace
from God for dedications that will bring forth a new beginning.
This feast was not one of the original feasts mandated through
Moses, but it is one that even the Lord Jesus celebrated
when He walked the earth, and it does have special importance
for Christians, just as all of the Jewish feasts are prophetic.
The Feast of Dedication is the celebration of the victory
of the Maccabees over their Greek oppressors, who sought
to destroy the Jewish people by defiling the land of Israel
and the heart of the land at that time: its temple. They
did this in the most insulting ways, even smearing pig's
blood over the altar.
There has likewise been a similar defiling of the temple
of the Lord in our time: the Church. And it, too, is being
done in some of the most insulting ways. However, just as
the insults of the Greeks aroused the Maccabees to determine
that it would be better to die than to tolerate anymore
defilements, a similar courage and resolve is going to come
on many Christians now. They will embrace death--the death
to self--to drive every form of oppression from their lives,
and God will meet those who rise up with such resolve with
His grace to accomplish the victory.
Cleansing the Temple
The Maccabees arose
and faced what appeared to be impossible odds when they
challenged the most powerful empire in the world at that
time. However, they believed God more than they believed
the odds. It will take a faith like theirs for us to turn
back the onslaught of the Greek mentality of humanism and
the other offensive defilements of the temple of the Lord
in the most insulting ways. It will take a faith like theirs
for us to prevail to reclaim the land and cleanse the temple.
But it will be done. Why not be a part of this and take
your stand now?
I know that many, if not most of us, have made many previous
New Year's resolutions, but this year, there is a special
grace for those who will humble themselves once again and
dedicate themselves to do what is right. It will take a
dedication, a discipline on our part which is both obedience
and faith, but He will add a special grace to help us this
year.
It has come to light through a number of studies that most
Christians are living in serious defeat in at least some
areas of their lives. This does not have to continue any
longer, but it will require our dedication to overcome the
strongholds. If we will dedicate ourselves again, resolving
to obey, this can change this year, beginning today, and
turn into a lasting victory.
True
Faithfulness With Our Life Is Evidenced By Obedience
There is an ultimate dedication that we are called to have
as Christians, which many have forgotten, causing much of
the defeat and disorientation of Christians. True faith
is always evidenced by obedience, which is why the word
in the New Testament that is usually translated as faith
also means faithfulness. True faithfulness with our
life is evidenced by obedience to one of the ultimate mandates
that the Lord gave to us in Matthew 6:33-34:
"But seek first
His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things
shall be added to you. Therefore, do not be anxious
for tomorrow, for tomorrow will care for itself."
Many Christians have
spent too much of their lives in disorientation and defeat
because they have not obeyed this. They have made major
decisions based first on professional opportunities, their
own desires, and other earthly, temporary matters rather
than seeking first the purposes of the kingdom.
If we were to base
all of our decisions on seeking the purposes of His kingdom
first, everything else would be added to us. If our lives
were based on this, we would have nothing to be anxious
about, knowing who our Source and Protector is. There is
no greater freedom, no greater peace, than that which is
the result of living our lives dedicated to the Lord in
all things. We are being given another chance to do this
now. Do not let this year pass like the others. Get
free!
We should all have a special appreciation for the Maccabees
because if they had not arisen to take their stand, there
would have been no Israel for the Messiah to be born in.
Likewise, it is such a resolve that arises in His people
that enables Him to come forth in our lives. It is time
to arise and fight against every form of the oppression
of sin and humanism that has been defiling the temple of
the Lord, and the Lord will be with us.
By Rick Joyner
Morningstar Ministries
www.morningstarministries.org
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Rick's Upcoming Itinerary:
January 4-6, 2006
Morris Cerullo World Evangelism
Anaheim, CA
817-571-2080
www.mcwe.com
January 19-22, 2006
Miracle Channel
Alberta Canada
403.380.7486
800.414.2545
www.miraclechannel.ca
February 23-24, 2006
Passion & Fire Worship Center
Annual Prophetic Conference
West Chester, OH
513-777-8217
www.passionandfire.org
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