Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who
has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ
You and I are the Church of Jesus Christ and we
cannot and will not fail.
The Church was NEVER meant for defeat. The Church is God’s battle-axe to
destroy the works of the enemy.
When God put His glory on the Church, it was so
we could take it to our homes.
When God poured out Holy Spirit we now carry Him
everywhere we go.
If we think we are a defeated Church, we cannot
and will not change the world.
We cannot be passive. If we have the power to bless but won’t bless we will lose
that power.
Matthew 16:13-19 (TURN THERE)
13 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi,
He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”
14 So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some
Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
15 He said to
them, “But who do you say that I am?”
16 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ,
the Son of the living God.”
17 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you,
Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My
Father who is in heaven.
18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this
rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against
it.
19 And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of
heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever
you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
IN CHRIST the Church cannot fail.
IN CHRIST our family cannot fail.
IN CHRIST our health cannot fail.
The Church has a
position in the Spirit above flesh and blood.
It is ABOVE everything natural and everything
that the devil would try to do to hold you back. The Church in Christ is in the realm of the Spirit and it is
supernatural.
In the Spirit the devil cannot defeat you, but if
you operate in the flesh he can.
In Christ, in the Spirit, the Church is on a
level where Satan cannot touch us.
Even though we are
natural we can live in the spiritual.
Even though we are
natural we have power in the Spirit.
Even though we are natural, Holy Spirit lives
through us and works in us. He
teaches us how to pray in the Spirit.
So take our marriage, finances, health, children,
etc. to the next level.
When you do, Satan cannot strike you because you
are planted on higher ground.
In the Spirit we worship Christ. Too many people just come to church and
sit without their lives changed because they THINK natural, they STAY natural,
but I say, STEP UP!
You can try your way
but your flesh has NO ANSWER.
You don’t TRY to live in the SPIRIT you LIVE in
the Spirit. Jesus did only what
the Father told Him; He only said what the Father said.
You are not orphans. We must stop living like God is SO DISTANT.
Rise up as a son.
Rise up as a daughter.
We serve the King of
kings and the Lord of lords.
Great men don’t build weak things. Great men build great things.
The Church is built on transformed lives. And a King never builds anything insignificant.
Jesus said, “I will build My Church and the gates
of hell shall not prevail over it.”
Yours for revival,
Pastor Francis Armstrong
