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Maverick or Messenger

February 1, 2012 / admin / No comments

From the Upper Room

 

Maverick or Messenger

 

Reflecting on the motives of ministry and the successes and failures of mankind when stepping in the mud of ministry. The maverick is usually an independent,self made, bold, impatient personality that wants instant results. Ready for and very demanding for manifestations, but not willing for time in the closet, classroom or seclusion. Instead of waiting and listening for the voice of God or mentorship, just wanting to be heard for the sake of self gratification. The maverick is driven by discontentment, looking for the next exciting method of the quick fix where the multitude gathers.

Even Jesus noticed these temptations and tendencies amongst the disciples under his wings. They were to be Messengers of the Gospel, and for them to carry this important news to the nations He was tempering their maturity. The Messenger were going to be tested by fire and readied by Truth and Love. He would not release them too soon for the message they were carrying was the most important message mankind could ever hear. The Master (Jesus) (truth) (love) would not release them until they we fully equipped. Sometimes He would walk away from the crowd and separate himself from the multitudes just to see if they would follow Him. The ones that did were blessed with much insight and wisdom as they sought to be honed to sharp instruments. Messengers must get the message right in the fullness of Christ, that is why He poured all of Himself into them, for they were to carry Christ Jesus to the far reaches of the earth to one soul at a time. Redemption of man was in the balance! You want to be in the thick of the fight to save the world from eternal Hell and damnation, prepare like the true warrior He called you to be. Jesus released the disciples after much relationship, teaching, practical Q&A, and many sessions of thought provoking lessons. Challenges of love beyond what they could imagine were Given to them daily. After all the mentorship, there was still something that was going to unleash all the truth in them to the world and without it, they would step in the mud of ministry only to fail. He would pour into them His Spirit! Be a Messenger not a Maverick!

 

Ephesians 4:15

God wants us to grow up, to know the whole truth and tell it in love–like Christ in everything. We take our lead from Christ, who is the source of everything we do. 16 He keeps us in step with each other. His very breath and blood flow through us, nourishing us so that we will grow up healthy in God, robust in love.

 

Mike D. Maxson

Maverick or Messenger

Mike D. Maxson

TheOverFlowChurch.com

office@theoverflowchurch.com

TRUE BELIEVER

It Reaches In Behind the Curtain

January 1, 2012 / admin / No comments

It Reaches In Behind the Curtain

 

Striving every way we know or have been taught, but still to come up short. Following counsel, search out logic, weighing all the options. Projecting the costs, factoring in all the minimums, maximums, yeahs and nays, gambles and assurances.

Putting the hand to the plow so to speak working through what everyday brings to the table of your sunrise. Winning with satisfactions of gain, facing dissipointments of uncontrollable breakdowns in the plan. Life is not determined by fairness, for we would never climb any mountain if we were the Alpha and Omega. We just do the best we know everyday, when we are the Sons and daughters of the Most High. The dismal outlook of reality of humanism and where we stand on our own without hope brings crippling, heartless feelings to the bones, making for motionless unuseable beings. That is defeat, where fear controls and paralizes the warrior. Painting a picture by the Logos is the only way I can explain how much our God reaches to the depths of our distress, to grasp us with His Love and to bring us through what is hopeless, to a life change. You must keep your eyes fixed during these times toward that glimer of hope in your heart! Never let the promise of God’s Hope go, grab it with both hands.

As the scriptures tell us, Jesus runs before us as our High Priest into the Holy of Holy’s on our behalf. Hope in Him is our spiritual lifeline right in to the very presence of God. I am reaching with hope in you Jesus to grab my hand. Come Oh God into my life and snatch me out of defeat and set me on solid rock with you. I fix my focus and my heart to the beat of union with you. Let me pour out as you would. Pour out the love of the Father, to bring hope to the hopeless, light to the eyes of darkness, smiles to the downtrodden, energy to the lifeless. My hope is You Jesus! Let me enter in with you, behind the curtain.

Hebrews 6:17-20

The Message (MSG)

When God wanted to guarantee his promises, he gave his word, a rock-solid guarantee—God can’t break his word. And because his word cannot change, the promise is likewise unchangeable.

We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go. It’s an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God where Jesus, running on ahead of us, has taken up his permanent post as high priest for us, in the order of Melchizedek.

Mike D. Maxson

It Reaches In Behind the Curtain

Mike D. Maxson

TheOverFlowChurch.com

office@theoverflowchurch.com

TRUE BELIEVER

Chasing after God’s Presence

December 10, 2011 / admin / One comment

Chasing after God’s Presence

 

It is becoming popular to become a Christian and experiencing a freedom and expression of worship.

This generation of bold, radical ones sold out to God are the driving force of changing what the Body of Christ looks like today. It sure has a different flavor than what the decades before were reflecting with the starched shirt, coat and tie look of the American church used to be and still is to an extent. Don’t be offended if you are over 50 by my observations.

What I am witnessing is culture changers. They don’t care at all about materialistic possessions when choosing friends, who they hang with, or what building has the biggest steeple in the city. They are hungry for righteousness, repentence, relationship, love! This fatherless generation is running after love that cannot be taken away. They realize that the love of God through His son Jesus, NEVER FAILS! You see, He is chasing after them even harder and that is what is so supernatural and the reason why the church has been shaken.

It seems the same thing was happening to Jesus’ ministry while He was on the earth for His short span of time. There was a phenomina of breakthrough and culture shaking when He came on the scene, where ever He went. He just cared for the people, spoke the Truth in Love and people could not stay the same. The Truth spoken was straight from God, nothing hard to understand, just how to live the right way and how to treat others.

In the mighty Word of God in Matthew 5, Jesus saw how the crowds were forming and the hunger drove multitudes to gather to taste this good news. What did He do? He separated Himself and walked up a trail to the top of the mountain to seclusion. This seasoned, salty Lord of the disciples knew there must be balance. When He climbed and found this isolated hill. He took notice of the ones who climbed the mountain with Him.

I’m convinced that He knew while during the excitment of the experience, the disciples needed to be ready and grounded in their heart. He wanted them  whole heartedly to chase after the Love of God, but not to forget character and how to walk in true freedom and with the Blessings of God. So what did He teach them on the hill,

He taught solid foundational, easy to understand attitudes to have in their life.

Always Chase after God, but never step away from His Principals.

Matthew 5

You’re Blessed

1-2 When Jesus saw his ministry drawing huge crowds, he climbed a hillside. Those who were apprenticed to him, the committed, climbed with him. Arriving at a quiet place, he sat down and taught his climbing companions. This is what he said:

**This is the part where you must grab your bible and read. Mike

 

Mike D. Maxson

Chasing after God's Presence

Mike D. Maxson

TheOverFlowChurch.com

office@theoverflowchurch.com

TRUE BELIEVER

His Healing Waters

November 1, 2011 / admin / No comments

His Healing Waters

Do you get to places sometimes when things feel cramped, closed off? Times when anointing seems to have been misplaced or power of blessings rode off in the sunset? What happened to the burning hot flame in your heart for blazing trails of the Gospel? Places that once flowed with the fresh waters of the Holy Spirit and clear revelation have run upon snags and broken limbs, detouring the current. Fresh flowing waters have stilled and started to become stagnate, poisonous and very smelly.

Strain and stress of ministry comes with warfare, personalities, offense and shameful sin. This tends to change the focus from flowing freely with power to charting courses to build empires. All the sudden, you are surrounded with frustration, no answers, no move of God, cold shouldered people without vision. How did this happen? Most of all, is there any hope of returning to the dreams of destiny once experienced right in the palm of your hand? If you have been or are in this place, it is dry and full of negative fear. It is a place of weakness, pride and ego.
God would call you out from that area of dry bones and wants to refresh your soul with healing waters. It is like experiencing a flushing transfusion.
It took a while for you to get that way and you may need a larger dose of flushing than you thought. So don’t get in a rush, regeneration is a process if you are obedient.

So now, the Holy Spirit, through this Word, has spoken to your
heart and you know about the dry creek, when I speak.
The Spirit of the One who is calling you, shakes you to the core and
draws you, and calls you to open up all those places preventing His
blessings from overtaking you. His overflowing current, passing all
around you, is where He wants you, to give you power and strength to
overcome.

Some of these dry places may be old ways of religion, pleasures
of the world, or anything that exhalts itself above the one true God.

 

Healing

Mike D. Maxson

TheOverFlowChurch.com

office@theoverflowchurch.com

TRUE BELIEVER

LIVING A LOVERS LIFE

October 30, 2011 / admin / No comments

LIVING A LOVERS LIFE

Philippians 1:9-11 (The Message)

9-11So this is my prayer: that your love will flourish and that you will not only love much but well. Learn to love appropriately. You need to use your head and test your feelings so that your love is sincere and intelligent, not sentimental gush. Live a lover’s life, circumspect, (careful to consider all consequences) and exemplary, a life Jesus will be proud of: bountiful in fruits from the soul, making Jesus Christ attractive to all, getting everyone involved in the glory and praise of God.

*Some of the fruits from the soul;
This being where your
Mind, Will, & Emotions are involved in the glory and praise of God

1. Living in the Power of the Holy Spirit
2. Healing
3. Deliverance from torment of the mind
4. Freedom of worship
5. Walking in your destiny with fulfillment
6. Being in the presence of God
7. Peace of mind
8. The Favor of God working in your life
9. Knowing the will of God in your life

*Living with these fruits of the soul activated in your life
makes Jesus attractive to all. Instead of trying to attract
everyone to yourself, these fruits evident in your life
attracts them to Jesus. When this happens everyone around
participates in the Glory of God!

 

LIVING A LOVERS LIFE

Mike D. Maxson

TheOverFlowChurch.com

office@theoverflowchurch.com

TRUE BELIEVER

Who’s Looking?

October 2, 2011 / admin / No comments

Who’s Looking?

There is a vacuum we humans tend to operate in, Christians and non-Christians alike. Followers of Christ are supposed to emulate the character of the mentor, right? Many times you can make observations after hours and outside the doors and away from the steeple on the roof. What should these times in the market place reveal of the children of God? The way we present ourselves to friends, strangers, co-workers should matter. In Philippians 1:27 Paul is encouraging and exhorting the Christians he had ministered, to continue living in such a way to be a credit to the Message of Christ. He wanted their conduct to be the same whether he was with them or absent. Whether he ever came back to them or not or heard from a distance. So I present the same question before all who reads these words,
“Where is Holiness, where is Righteousness, where is your Hunger for the Gospel? Are you carrying it with you every waking hour, or just 2 to 3 hours a week during the designated day and time? Does it make everything in you rejoice, when a soul gets set free, or a lost one finally comes to the reality of salvation and God’s love?
In Philippians 2: 1-8 (read it)
Paul is not just speaking to those in that time and place, but Paul through the Holy Spirit is also instructing us today, for our benefit. God encourages us with Paul’s words. If we have gotten anything out of following Christ, if His love has actually made a difference in your life, be as one and agree with each other. Even though there were others taking advantage of Paul being in chains, they took the opportunity to elevate themselves while preaching the Gospel. Paul still just routed them on for the sake of Christ to be made known. He put himself aside and didn’t push his way to the top.
Jesus was the same way, even though He had Deity and advantages, He laid them aside and took on the status of a slave to serve man with a humble heart.
So how real is your Messiah? Has He become as close as a friend, do you know His voice? Do you believe He is looking, watching and hearing all about your day? Do you believe He watches? If you didn’t believe that, but something in you says this must be right, then a transformation is on the horizon for you! It is time for us as individuals to usher in our captor. Captivate or hearts, Lord.

Who's Looking

Mike D. Maxson

TheOverFlowChurch.com

office@theoverflowchurch.com

TRUE BELIEVER

Hey Jude

September 13, 2011 / admin / One comment
Hey Jude
We are hearing alot about end times, the Bride of Christ, preparation for Kingdom living. Is there any common sense instruction for what the believer should be doing during these exciting times of God’s outpouring of His spirit? During this time of spiritual warfare and battle over mankind and his choices for living? Conviction’s run deep to choose to have nothing to do with the Christ crucified, or the choice to run deep with the Christ crucified. Sitting idol in the corner of gray matter, riding the fence, acting as if there is no choice to make, is really becoming evident. That fence has been torn down to the ground once and for all. Time is of the essence for all of mankind to see clearly.
In the next to last book of the Bible, right before the book of the Revelation, we are exhorted to GET IN SHAPE!
There are some disciplines and spiritual exercises we must work into our life, to carry out whatever mission, vision, ministry, purposes for which we have been created. We cannot carry out any of them without the power of the Holy Spirit guiding us into obedience. Does that stretch us and sometimes make us uncomfortable? It is the only way to establish firm spiritual muscle. Try these 7 powerful acts of obedience. Try one per day until it becomes supernaturally natural!
Keep on keepin’ on!
**1. Be purposeful by praying in the Holy Spirit to keep strong and build up your inner man.
2. Stay in the center of God’s love by adoring and reaching constantly for His presence and mercy.
3. Have a kind heart and gentle spirit toward those wavering in conviction.
4. Be available like a shepherds rod to snatch back the one who strays from the faith.
5. Be gentle and non-judgmental with the lost, but do not hold out on stating the truth of sin.
6. Gain strength of the faith by doing these things, and by doing them be able to stand firm and tall in His presence, more than able to give shouts of celebration.
7. Usher in the reverence for God to a dying and searching world, and set free the captives, by braking generations of bondage and chains of Godless mindsets.
Jude 1:20-25
But you, dear friends, carefully build yourselves up in this most holy faith by praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 staying right at the center of God’s love, keeping your arms open and outstretched, ready for the mercy of our Master, Jesus Christ. This is the unending life, the real life! 22 Go easy on those who hesitate in the faith. 23 Go after those who take the wrong way. Be tender with sinners, but not soft on sin. The sin itself stinks to high heaven. 24 And now to him who can keep you on your feet, standing tall in his bright presence, fresh and celebrating– 25 to our one God, our only Savior, through Jesus Christ, our Master, be glory, majesty, strength, and rule before all time, and now, and to the end of all time.
Yes.

 

Hey Jude

Mike D. Maxson

TheOverFlowChurch.com

office@theoverflowchurch.com

TRUE BELIEVER

Trust, Hope, & Love

August 23, 2011 / admin / No comments
Trust, Hope, & Love
As we live and move and have our being, we stumble and fall to our knees. May we remember our beginnings and not become so full of ourselves to get puffed up. Keep us humble oh God to Trust only in you as the guiding light to overcome all circumstances. May we never give in to our fleshly limitations to give in and accept defeat and an attitude of darkness without reason to continue. May we always see overwhelming light of your smile as you put your hand on our shoulder to point us toward Hope.
May we realize how beautiful you are to Love us when death surrounds us on every horizon. May we realize the unending presence of life that only You can give. If we are moving in your Love as we are supposed to do, may we walk in that same spirit you did, empowering us to even greater works as we live and move and have our being. As you flung us into this destiny of our time, let it be only for your Glory! You are an extravagant lover of man, may we pass it on.

Trust, Hope, & Love

Mike D. Maxson

TheOverFlowChurch.com

office@theoverflowchurch.com

TRUE BELIEVER

Did You Remember Your Oil?

August 12, 2011 / admin / No comments

Did You Remember Your Oil?

As we are always on alert for the return of the Bridegroom (Christ Jesus), what is the body, soul, and spiritual attitude we are to have? We can study and contemplate scripture, interceed for others, fast to gain victory over the flesh, learning disciplines to overcome temptations. We can become givers to the poor and less fortunate, assist the widows in their needs; Be an advocate of justice to the injustice being done to children and the abused; Assist in feeding a hungry world of poverty. Might I say, If all of us would just attempt a few of these attributes and make them be part of our character, the world would be in a very different condition. All of the things, and more that were not mentioned, are great reasons to serve in a hurting world and society in which we live. At the same time, although these works of good benifit others as we help and serve, what motivation is the basis of our works? Is it of status and social ladder climbing to gain notoriety, is it for pride, money, one more notch on our belt of accomplishments?
If it is done on any other pretence than LOVE for others, it is as chaff in the wind, only to be burned up before our eyes at judgment day.
The annointing of the believer and the power God has given His children to carry out all of these acts of kindness comes with life changing annointing for the one who serves and the one the servant touches. That is the difference of the Oil.
Keeping the lamps and the jars full of Oil is the key to presenting ourselves blamless and ready for the masters return.
You see as we wait, we work with our heads up, focused on Him and the love He has for us!
So what is the OIL? This is not the OIL that the world strives for and starts wars over for power. They feel like it is a nessecity for survival. The world is blind of the true meaning of the OIL. The true OIL is what comes all over your being when you become a friend of God. When that happens, there is nothing that can satisfy besides being in His presence! For in His presence there is peace, direction, comfort, guidance, security, love, rest, excitment, anticipation, energy, purity, boldness, strength, etc. For the OIL is God’s Spirit alive in us, filling us to overflowing to carry out destiny in our lives. That my friend is worth finding, and keeping full of! The OIL of God’s Spirit!
Matthew 25:3-5
New International Version (NIV)
3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

 

oil

Mike D. Maxson

TheOverFlowChurch.com

office@theoverflowchurch.com

TRUE BELIEVER

In Awe

July 17, 2011 / admin / No comments

In Awe

We are all guilty and we have all done it. Going about our own way, doing what we want when we want to do it.  Constantly we were serving our own lusts and desires consuming selfish pleasures even for only moments of satisfaction, to realize those moments didn’t bring any fruit worth life. Once we come to find revelation that God does all the saving and all the giving of love, from start to finish! We start to be amazed to find that we are loved for who we are, not because of what we have done. This change of mindset from living for number ONE to a different way of living and thinking of, “less of me and more of Him” gives us new purpose and life to destiny!  The more we purpose in our inner man to prefer our brothers, we learn the caring ways of character of our mentor, Jesus.

This puts me in the state of AWE! Makes me want to run to His feet. Makes me want to get cheek to cheek and learn what catches His eye. For where His eye is looking is where I must dwell. It is the reality of AWE for Him is when we find an abundance of Mercy and Mercy doesn’t descriminate and Grace doesn’t hold back! How can we hold all Your love for us, Lord? You are an AWEsome God! You and only you can take these broken dry bones and with your breath, blow your life into me, for healing is in your name, Jesus!

Luke 1:50

His mercy flows in wave after wave on those who are in awe before him.

In Awe

Mike D. Maxson

TheOverFlowChurch.com

office@theoverflowchurch.com

TRUE BELIEVER

Righteousness and Praise in Full Bloom

July 11, 2011 / admin / 2 comments

Righteousness and Praise in Full Bloom

Isaiah 61: 11,
God, as the Master, brings what has been planted as seed in fertile ground to maturity.
Just as spring bursts forth with wild flowers, and as a garden cascades with blossoms, He will display praise before all the nations. There is a shift in the atmosphere during this mid year turning point. A shift of seriousness in peoples hearts. A yearning to get real, a desire of seeking the passion of life with destiny in the balance. As we keep going through the routine of life, there is a constant reminder of mission and purpose. More and more souls with reckless abandonment toward God, not for religion, but for relationship and creative revelation. He is truly awakening righteousness and praise in the earth. Those involved in this revolution do not waver in the conviction of Faith for joy is in their right hand and hope in their left. When pressures and circumstances of the world press in, they run in and are safe. It is this foundational truth brought by the Love of Jesus Christ that sets in motion freedom to the soul of the believer. The difference in this shift of the atmosphere is – it is brought by God Himself and not by man. You can see it in their eyes and witness it by the actions of compassion to reach out, not grabbing for selfishness.
The importance of the family of God and a Kingdom mindset way of life is coming into reality. The walking, talking, functioning body of Christ is truly awakening to capture ground that has been taken from the church in the past.
This awakening is being brought about by God revealing Himself to man because of passion for relationship. That is why He sent His Son, for you and I!
Isaiah 61:11
The Message (MSG)
For as the earth bursts with spring wildflowers,
and as a garden cascades with blossoms,
So the Master, God, brings righteousness into full bloom
and puts praise on display before the nations.For as the earth bursts with spring wildflowers, and as a garden cascades with blossoms,So the Master, God, brings righteousness into full bloom and puts praise on display before the nations.

Righteousness and Praise

Mike D. Maxson

TheOverFlowChurch.com

office@theoverflowchurch.com

TRUE BELIEVER

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July 7, 2011 / admin / No comments

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Urgency to Get on Track

June 22, 2011 / admin / One comment

Urgency to Get on Track

Man has always been a thinker and a philosopher of life and circumstances. Devising answers according to logic, statistics, history, etc. Intellectual deduction and analyzation to detrmine next moves, decisions, and to plot out destiny of mankind.
Even in religious crowds, people can’t even get on the same page when it comes to stating a belief on the second coming of Christ. There are pre-millennialists, Amillennialists, post millennialists, pre-tribulation, mid-tribulation, post- tribulation, with everyone willing to debate to the death with scripture to back up their opinion. Reading all the best selling christian authors authoritative in their stance as the WAY! A way to speculate the mind of God. It states very clearly, that we are not going to know the day or the hour to which the Son of God will return, so can we base a whole ministries on this kind of doctrine? Sure man can, he does it constantly. It sells! Some even get into disfellowship over this junk.
May I steer your thinking toward a mindset of the Bride of Christ, awaiting on the Bridegroom? What will you be caught doing when the day comes if He should not tarry in your lifetime? Will you be caught still trying to establish in your brain how much time you have left, or if you are going to have to endure hard times during the endtimes? It tells us to watch for the signs, but we are also instructed to be doers of the Word and to be Kingdom minded. Bringing the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven. Search the ways of God for His character and how to apply it in your own life on a daily bases. The excitment of doing works even greater than Jesus did while He was here is enough right there to find purpose for consuming our days! Here is a thought: Be caught doing and being who you were ccreated to be and quit trying to be who man wants you to be. Be an overcomer and shock the world with the character of God!
“Come!” Rev. 22:17
Urgency

The Upper Room

Mike D. Maxson

TheOverFlowChurch.com

office@theoverflowchurch.com

TRUE BELIEVER

 

True Holiness is not Legalism

June 12, 2011 / admin / No comments

True Holiness

The Upper Room

True Holiness is not Legalism

*There have been and always will be movements of the latest doctrine to run to, that man makes look pretty and exciting. These are usually packed with judgmental consequences, attitudes, or conformity to stay in between certain lines, with chains and shackles locked on tight. Jesus came for the specific reason, to set those captives free! He set on it’s heels the powers of darkness of religious mindsets of controling bondage. Grasping the good news of the Gospel message of salvation is revolutionary. We have freedom from principalities and powers of darkness and every high thing that tries to exhalt itself above God. That, my friend, is revolutionary and the freedom that comes from that lifestyle is the most liberating to let a person unleash creativity and God given gifts. A liberated soul with this message, is a blazing inferno in this world of evil and darkness. Watch this message catch like a wild grass fire during severe drought. This land is parched, dried up, and the shaking of the church is almost rattled to the core. Revolution to a generation of Holiness, living and breathing in the marketplace is coming as the true Bride of Christ awakens to be as she is meant to be. Even greater works in these days to come. When the darkness seems to be surrounding, light from the giver of light will abound even more!
Titus 2:11-14
The Message (MSG)
11-14God’s readiness to give and forgive is now public. Salvation’s available for everyone! We’re being shown how to turn our backs on a godless, indulgent life, and how to take on a God-filled, God-honoring life. This new life is starting right now, and is whetting our appetites for the glorious day when our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, appears. He offered himself as a sacrifice to free us from a dark, rebellious life into this good, pure life, making us a people he can be proud of, energetic in goodness.

Yielding to His Voice

May 23, 2011 / admin / One comment

God's Voice

The Upper Room

Yielding to His Voice

* Why is it Christians don”t know the voice of their Lord? We spend alot of our walk in faith not even believing He speaks, but then we want answers to questions, prayers, and circumstances. Are we confused about the answer, whether it is our emotions of the flesh or whether it is actually Him, trying to get through to us?
Maybe it is because we do not look to Him for it all, it is only on an as needed basis. There is actually a one sided friendship happening. He is ready and vulnerable, but we are closed and protective of being real. We are as stubborn as a horse or a donkey that must wear a bit and a bridle to be forced in every direction. Notice how while in the pasture, free from the bit, when the dinner bell rings, or the owner calls, they come running. They understand the voice or the sound of benefit, whether is a meal, grooming, or a warm blanket. Relationship is a vulnerable exposure. Once trust and love are established, loyalty and honor gain a foothold. It is the same in our spritual walk of faith. If Sunday’s & Wednesday nights are all we devote to our friendship with God, we are starving and holding back. We should not expect much more than a casual aquaintance. In that case, unless you exchange names and numbers you will never remember how to get ahold of Him. You won’t remember how or what brought you near the first time. Yielding to His voice must be a repetitive 24/7/365 way of living. Then it becomes all different. You start taking on His character and only saying what He says and only doing what He does. Can this actually be done in this day and age of busyness? Well not without devotion, discipline, and desire! What is the desire of your heart today? Do you want to hear God speak to you in your busyness and in your quiet times and in your dreams? Do you want a burning desire to carry out your destiny? Is your flame inside burning to carry the good news of the Gospel to the marketplace? Can you do this at the same time being a Mom, Dad, student, owner of a company, co-worker in a huge industry. I say, yes, if you want to be the best at what you do, relationship with the one and only mighty God of creation and the universe is vital! Give it some time, work out your salvation with joy and peace, getting to know yourself and your Father along the way. It’s Time!

Psalm 32:8-11 (The Message)

8 Let me give you some good advice;
I’m looking you in the eye

and giving it to you straight:

9 “Don’t be ornery like a horse or mule
that needs bit and bridle

to stay on track.”

10 God-defiers are always in trouble;
God-affirmers find themselves loved

every time they turn around.

11 Celebrate God.
Sing together—everyone!
All you honest hearts, raise the roof!

God’s Master Stroke

May 15, 2011 / admin / 11 comments
Do we analyze and get it figured out one time in our life and then just back off and coast into heaven. Slide in on home plate with greasy grace? Some times when I look inward, I see the same thing as when I look around me. Complacency, apathy and status quo is the order of the day when busyness sets in. Well, those were things of the life of the past, not today, thank you very much! Time is of the essence, for the day of the Lord has come and there is revival going on right here in my soul! It is not that someone has convinced me with intellect and a silver tongue message from the pulpit, or reasoning. Sometime everyone must come to the end of self and turn to go with the flow of the world or drop all which the strong man holds against us. Seeing destiny when breaking free from idols is an invigorating liberation of the soul man! Tasting a spoonful of the goodness of God gets in your blood, and it makes you never want to be held back again. There is chain breaking power in the name of Jesus. Something about His name, resonates all the way through the marrow of my bones to vibrate all things that are wicked and are not of Him out from what is God’s. He died for all the wake of destruction behind me, (iniquities). He was beaten and bruised for them all, making a spectacle of all works of the devil on behalf of all who would choose to follow Him and believe.

 

When that end comes for you, your hearts whispers, “seek God”. Then like David, our whole being feels like shouting,

 

“Don’t hide from me now God”. It is ok to approach Him with desparation, He can handle it. He is jealous for your whole heart to be focused and determined. Find your true self and surround yourself with true followers of Christ, participating in honest Prayer & Thanksgiving & Worship to God. Then you will not fall again into the darkness and destruction of your soul. The Masters Stroke of Freedom is for me and you, for liberation and freedom from captivity.

 

 

1 Corinthians 2:1-5 (The Message)

 

1-2You’ll remember, friends, that when I first came to you to let you in on God’s master stroke, I didn’t try to impress you with polished speeches and the latest philosophy. I deliberately kept it plain and simple: first Jesus and who he is; then Jesus and what he did—Jesus crucified.

3-5I was unsure of how to go about this, and felt totally inadequate—I was scared to death, if you want the truth of it—and so nothing I said could have impressed you or anyone else. But the Message came through anyway. God’s Spirit and God’s power did it, which made it clear that your life of faith is a response to God’s power, not to some fancy mental or emotional footwork by me or anyone else.

The Upper Room

Mike D. Maxson

 

TheOverFlowChurch.com

office@theoverflowchurch.com

TRUE BELIEVER

 

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