The Lord filled the house

"So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house" (‭Ezekiel‬ ‭43‬:‭5‬ KJV). Imagine seeing the glory of the Lord fill our homes, schools, and workplaces. Wouldn't that be powerful? God is willing to show Himself to us all, but first we must be willing vessels for His glory to shine through. The Lord came to Ezekiel and told Him to go speak to the children of Israel and let them know about their transgressions, on the how far they had fallen from the Lord. They had broken His covenant and fell into idolatries, allowing themselves to be overcome by darkness. Ezekiel was not looking for popularity nor was he waiting for a paycheck, but he did the will of God. In doing so, we will not be popular or highly spoken about because as a vessel of God we will speak against darkness, sin, and the works of the flesh. In verse 10, God sends Ezekiel to speak to the house. "Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern" (Ez. 43:10). God used this prophet to speak to his children about the whoredom and wickedness they brought into their lives and the temple of God. God is willing to show up in His glory to those who are willing to speak up in the name of Jesus Christ. He's looking for that one person who has put themselves aside, allowing the Holy Spirit to saturate them in God's presence. It takes a willing vessel to be used by God. God bless you. Amen

He who dwells

"He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty" (‭Psalms‬ ‭91‬:‭1‬ NKJV). The secret place is a place where one can get alone with Jesus, get away from all the distractions, and find peace and reassurance. It's powerful because Jesus will come and meet us and bring rest to us. It is also a place where God begins to deal with us. He begins to deal with our will, our soul. In doing so, He brings every bit of contamination in our hearts to the surface, in order to help us realize how much we need Him. This is the work of the Holy Spirit, who will begin to analyze our intentions and bring us strength where strength is due. We fill up our arsenal in the secret place to meet a world filled with demon powers. One gets prepared to stand against darkness and all its temptations in the secret place, alone with Jesus. It is the will of God that we lay ourselves aside and let Him have reign in our hearts. Jesus said, "Watch and pray, that you enter not into temptation: the Spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak" (Matthew 26:41). The flesh will always find every kind of excuse not to pray, only to live a life defeated over sin and with unfulfilled expectations. Prayer is up to us, something we must discipline ourselves to do. God bless you. Amen

When you pray

"But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly" (‭Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭6‬ NKJV). Prayer is the most unused power given to man. It is a resource that very few ever use, for it is neglected and ignored. It can be a battle to get to the prayer closet every day. The flesh does not like to pray because prayer takes discipline and a desire to breakthrough the flesh. The flesh does not have the time to breakthrough. God commissions men and women in the secret place. That is the very place He speaks to them. Many men and women were called by God in the closet of prayer. They were called to do the will of God, to go out and reach a world in need. Prayer opens up the windows of heaven and pours out the power from on High. It calls upon the Lord's presence, and it allows Him to demonstrate His power through and upon that individual of prayer. Prayer must not be forsaken. It is a must for the children of God to practice. Let us not neglect our duties to call upon the Lord in the closet of prayer, that secret place. God bless you. Amen

Seek

"For all seek their own, not the things which are of Christ Jesus" (‭Philippians‬ ‭2‬:‭21‬ NKJV). Jesus can only do so much with the lukewarm believers. If they desire to live a life apart from Christ, then their lives will be self-sufficient and not God sufficient. The disciples of Jesus Christ could not see past their natural abilities. They wanted others to believe that Jesus was the Son of God, but many times they questioned it in their early walk with the Lord. Sometimes it's normal to have a little disbelief or a question about Jesus' existence, but the truth is that if one would seek out and pray to the Lord Jesus, He will make His existence real to the heart of that individual. That's why it's so important to grow in Jesus Christ in the prayer closet, away from all distractions and natural influences. This will allow the Holy Spirit to come and influence your soul in a powerful way. We are living in confused times, and man is coming in behind the pulpit, across the line, and through the world who have made it more confusing. Jesus is there to answer all your questions and to fulfill all your needs, but you have to seek Christ and the kingdom of God first. "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you."(‭Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭33‬ NKJV). God bless you. Amen

The guarantee

"In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory" (‭Ephesians‬ ‭1‬:‭13-14‬ NKJV). Jesus knew that we needed more than just a belief of his existence. So, He gave us the Holy Spirit to come and live within us, to bring us life. The Holy Spirit brings us into a closer relationship with God the Father and Jesus Christ. He is here to direct our path and lead us into everlasting salvation and into the Kingdom of Heaven. He is our seal, made possible by the cross. The Holy Spirit is our down payment, our guarantee that we will receive our inheritance at the resurrection. The Word of Truth is the message of Jesus Christ and the cross. It is this message that brings salvation to the heart that believes. It brings hope to the life that trusts in the message. It brings eternal salvation to those who live it. The Word of Truth will enlighten the believer, and the eyes of their hearts will be opened. The Word will illuminate Christ. He will be present, showing them the Truth. This is the power of the Holy Spirit in the believer's life. Christ has greatness of power that exceeds far above all principalities, powers, and dominions. Christ has been given an exalted position, and He will remain there forever because of this finished work at the cross. "And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all (Vs. 22-23) " God bless you. Amen

Glorify God

"For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s" (‭I Corinthians‬ ‭6‬:‭20‬ NKJV). Jesus knows you and I very well, even better than we know our own selves. He would like for us to know Him even greater. He wants intimacy with us. The Lord Jesus has defeated and broken every chain of darkness and shamed the principalities of the air at the cross of Calvary. He purchased every one of us with His body and blood. He paid for our debts and took them to the grave. We are not our own. We are His. We are united with Him as one in spirit and in Truth. We were once cheaters, swindlers, impure, immoral, adulterers, and drunkards, but Jesus came to wash us, cleanse us and purify us through a complete atonement for our sins. We are free from the guilt of sin through His blood. "In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace" (‭Ephesians‬ ‭1‬:‭7‬ NKJV). We don't need to live a life in sin and bondage anymore. There is freedom in Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. However, many will refuse salvation because they like their sin and bondage. There is no excuse! Jesus has come to give us life in abundance. God bless you. Amen

Not in vain

"But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me" (‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭15‬:‭10‬ KJV). The grace of God will bless you and I. It brings the strength that we need to have when the devil comes in on his attack. When we are weak, Christ will be there to get us through the time of battle. The apostle Paul understood the grace of God in a powerful way. It quickened his heart and let him know that in his weakness and infirmities God is strong. God's grace took the apostle Paul to another level in his walk with Jesus Christ. He became totally dependent on Jesus Christ and the message of Him crucified. The Holy Spirit will also quicken everyone of us, just as He did Paul in our weaknesses and infirmities. Paul was a man hungry to do the will of Christ. He was thrown into prison many times, abandoned, stone nearly to death, shipwrecked, whipped, and beaten. This was the apostle's life, but through the sufferings he learned great obedience and dependence upon the Grace of God. The grace of God made him who he was. Nothing is going to stop this Spirit filled, Jesus chaser, man filled, and determined individual to show the world Jesus Christ and Him crucified. There should be nothing that stops the church in this late hour. If we are Spirit filled with God's Glory and Grace, hell shouldn't be able to stop us. God bless you. Amen