THE POWER OF FOCUS –
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF BOOKS WRITTEN ABOUT THE POWER OF FOCUS,
IT COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE SCRIPTURE, ‘AS A MAN THINKETH IN HIS HEART SO IS HE’.
A LOT OF NEW AGE CIRCLES TALK ABOUT BEING ABLE TO VISUALIZE TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT YOU FEEL IT,
TASTE IT, SMELL IT, TOUCH IT, ETC.
AND THAT IT HAS SUCH REALITY TO YOU THAT YOU LITERALLY BRING IT INTO MANIFESTATION.
THERE ARE OTHER STUDIES WHICH HAVE BEEN DONE WHICH ARE REALLY ADDRESSING THE ABILITY
IN HUMAN BEINGS, TO LITERALLY CREATE.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE CAN CALL THINGS THAT BE NOT AS THOUGH THEY WERE. OR “YOU SHALL HAVE WHATSOEVER YOU SAY.” AND AS JESUS SAID IN MARK CHAPTER ELEVEN VERSE 23…
“HAVE FAITH IN GOD, I TELL YOU THAT IF ANYONE SHOULD SAY TO THIS MOUNTAIN, ‘GET UP AND THROW YOURSELF INTO THE SEA’, AND WITHOUT ANY DOUBT IN THEIR HEART BELIEVE THAT WHAT THEY SAY WILL HAPPEN, THEN IT WILL HAPPEN! THAT IS WHY I TELL YOU, WHATEVER YOU PRAY ABOUT AND ASK FOR, BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED IT, AND IT WILL BE YOURS
THAT SCRIPTURE HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT A LOT,
BUT IT DOES REFER TO A POWER AND ABILITY THAT GOD HAS PLACED IN US THROUGH HIS SON JESUS CHRIST.
IT PRODUCES THE ABILITY TO MANIFEST THINGS.
ANOTHER SIMPLE EXAMPLE…HAVE YOU EVER STARTED SPEAKING ABOUT SOMEONE YOU HAVEN’T SEEN IN YEARS AND A SHORT TIME LATER THAT PERSON ACTUALLY APPEARS. THAT’S NOT A MERE CONINCIDENT. THAT’S GOD’S ABILITY RESIDING IN YOU. WHICH MAKES IT PARAMOUNT WE EACH BEGIN SPEAKING ACCORDING TO GOD’S WORD.
BUT WHY? WHY HAVE WE BEEN SO SLOW TO COME ON BOARD AND GRASP THE UNDERLYING TRUTHS IN THE
WORD THAT SPEAKS OF OUR GOD-GIVEN ABILITIES IN CHRIST.
TO A GREAT EXTENT BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONING OF A RELIGIOUS SYSTEM THAT HAS SHAPED CHRISTIANITY.
IT SAYS IN THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS AS THE SONS COME OUT OF HER, WE WILL BEGIN TO SEE GREAT CHANGES.
WHEN I SAY COME OUT OF HER, AM I TALKING ABOUT COMING OUT OF THE WORLD?
NO.
I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT COMING OUT CHURCH.
I AM TALKING ABOUT COMING OUT OF RELIGIOUS THINKING, THE RELIGIOUS ORDER THAT EXISTS WITHIN THE CHURCH.
AGAIN I AM NOT SAYING COME OUT OF THE CHURCH?
I’M SAYING COME OUT OF RELIGIOUS THINKING.
RELIGIOUS THINKING HAS PLACED AN INCREDIBLE BONDAGE ON THE PEOPLE OF GOD, WHO ARE LOCKED IN A SYSTEM OF DO’S AND DON’TS AND MAN-MADE DOCTRINES THAT CLOUD AND INHIBIT GOD’S PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SPIRITUALLY MATURE.
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AS PEOPLE BEGIN TO COME OUT OF RELIGIOUS THINKING, WITH IT’S LIMITED BELIEFS, THEIR DO’S AND DON’TS AND THEIR LIMITED CONCEPT OF GOD, THE FIRST THING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN IS THAT PERSON HAS TO UNLEARN A LOT OF THE CONDITIONING THEY LEARNED WHILE IN THE RELIGIOUS SYSTEM.
IT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED THAT WHEN CHILDREN ARE BORN THAT THEY HAVE THIS CAPABILITY TO SEE AURAS,
TO SEE SPIRITS, TO SEE THEIR ANGELS. HAVE YOU EVER OBSERVED A CHILD STARING AND LAUGHING AT WHAT SEEMS TO BE EMPTY SPACE?
BUT….AS THEY GET A LITTLE OLDER, GRADUALLY THEY LOSE THAT ABILITY TO SEE.
WHY IS THAT?
BECAUSE THEIR PEERS, THEIR PARENTS, AND THE SOCIETY THAT WE LIVE IN LITERALLY “DE-PROGRAMS” THEM SPIRITUALLY.
OUR SOCIETY AND THE CHURCH SPECIFICALLY HAS BECOME STERILE, VOID OF ANY SPIRITUAL VISION AND INSIGHT.
IN THIS DAY IF SOMEONE IS SPIRITUALLY AWARE, IS SENSITIVE TO SPIRITUAL THINGS,
IS INTUITIVE AND EVEN HEARS THE VOICE OF GOD, WE LABEL THEM AS ODD, A HEREITIC AND NOT “NORMAL”.
TODAY IS NOT ANY DIFFERENT THAN WHEN JESUS WALKED THE EARTH. HE CLEARLY STATED HIS ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER, CONFIRMED THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH SIGNS AND WONDERS AND THE RELIGIOUS SYSTEM HATED HIM, MOCKED HIM, AND EVENTUALLY CRUCIFIED HIM.
I CAN GUAREENTEE YOU WHEN WE BEGIN TO EARNESTLY WALK IN THE MANDATE GOD HAS GIVEN US AS HIS DISCIPLES. HE SAID…. AS YOU GO PROCLAIM THAT THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN HAS ARRIVED. HEAL THE SICK, RAISE THE DEAD, CURE THE LEPERS, DRIVE OUT DEVILS—GIVE, AS YOU HAVE RECEIVED, WITHOUT ANY CHARGE WHATEVER….WHEN WE ACTUALLY BEGIN TO WALK IN THAT, WE WILL RECEIVE THE SAME REJECTION FROM RELIGION.
BUT PAUL REMINDS US IN FIRST CORINTHIANS CHAPTER FOUR VERSE 20…. THE KINGDOM OF GOD CONSISTS OF AND IS BASED ON NOT JUST TALK BUT POWER.
BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT WHAT THEY CALL NORMAL IN THIS SOCIETY, TO THE CHRISTIAN IS REALLY ABNORMAL.
IT IS NOT NORMAL FOR CHRISTIANS TO BE VOID OF AN AWARENESS OF GOD, HIS POWER, AND HIS PRESCENCE.
RELIGION DEMANDS SAMENESS WHICH IS REALLY MOCKERY BEFORE THE GOD. GOD IS A GOD OF VARIETY. JUST LOOK AT US, THE PEOPLE HE CREATED, NONE OF US ARE THE SAME SIZE NOR THE SAME COLOR. NONE OF US POSSESS THE SAME FINGERPRINTS. WHAT ABOUT THE BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF SNOWFLAKES, NONE HAVE THE SAME DESIGN. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HIS CHURCH, WE PREFER SAMENESS, THE SAME PATTERNS OF SERVICE AND THE SAME CEREMONIES. IF GOD HIMSELF WANTS TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT OUTSIDE OF OUR ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS HE WOULD PROBABLY BE REBUKED AND THROWN OUT JUST LIKE JESUS WAS.
BECAUSE THE CHURCH IS STEEPED IN RELIGION IT IS EMPTY AND VOID OF SPIRITUAL VISION, SPIRITUAL SIGHT, AND SPONTENAITY.
FOR US TO BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE THE RESURRECTION POWER OF GOD, ALL OF THIS, MUST BE UNLEARNED.
PAUL WARNS US IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS CHAPTER THIRTEEN VERSE 11…. THIS IS ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS. THE HOUR HAS COME FOR YOU TO WAKE UP FROM SLEEPWALKING IN RELIGION. OUR FINAL DELIVERANCE IS NEARER NOW THAN IT WAS WHEN WE FIRST CAME TO FAITH. THE NIGHT IS NEARLY OVER, THE DAY IS ALMOST HERE. SO LET’S PUT OFF THE WORKS OF DARKNESS AND PUT ON GOD’S ARMOR THE ARMOR OF LIGHT.