Matthew 11:1-5
1 Now it came to pass, when Jesus finished commanding His twelve disciples, that He departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities.
2 And when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples 3 and said to Him, “Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?”
4 Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:
5 The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
We serve a supernatural God, yet so many of His followers are stuck in natural. Can’t see that God wants to use us.
Moses said, “I can’t, I have a speech issue.”
Gideon said, “I’m not qualified”.
“WE CAN’T DO IT”
10 spies’ negative report poisoned the whole nation.
Instead of a breakthrough, it was a break-down.
Why? Was it the devil? The giants? What caused over 1 million people to lose faith and destiny? 4 words, “WE CAN’T DO IT”.
Not just words but what those words contained.
Those words EXCLUDED GOD. Full of unbelief/fear.
Words filled with possibility, potential, power.
His words can move you from:
Sickness to health
Weakness to strength
Loser to winner
Stressed to blessed
Fearful to fearless.
I don’t care what the skeptics say. I don’t care what the economy says. I don’t care what religion says.
WHAT IS GOD SAYING?
WHAT IS GOD DOING?
That’s what I care about.
A word from Him changes everything. He speaks and things are created.
A Ginomai is here for your health. IT SHALL BE.
One word and cancer is driven out of your body.
One word and He supplies your need.
One word and drug addiction leaves.
He is supernatural.
One word from Jesus and Peter broke the natural law of Physics. He stepped into the supernatural. THEN, shout, “THEN”.
Peter went where they said he could never go and did what they said he could never do.
I Prophesy this church is getting ready to step into a REALM with God where you have never been, go to places you have never gone, see things you have never seen. It’s A SUPERNATURAL KINGDOM!
"CAN’T" must be removed from our speech. Use what God gave you.
Give your weakness to Him.
Can’t talk
It’s just a staff
This thorn
And God will make you strong.
Just a little oil.
Now watch our supernatural God. When you and I were born again we were not just born out of sin, sickness, disease, poverty and lack. We were born into the Kingdom of God.
We were born into the realm of the supernatural and the miraculous. We were born into the realm of Signs/Wonders and miracles.
The atmosphere of the Child of God is the realm of the supernatural. Supernatural peace, joy, power, prosperity, wisdom, glory.
The devil is so afraid of you stepping into that supernatural place in the spirit.
He wants to keep you in the boat. He knows Jesus gave you power to cast out devils.
He knows you are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.
He knows your body is a temple of the Holy Ghost.
He knows the same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead, dwells IN YOU.
He knows it’s normal for us to operate in Signs/Wonders. He just does not want you to know. He wants you stuck in the boat.
GET OUT OF THAT BOAT.
To move in the supernatural you have to be willing to step into the UNKNOWN.
Abraham stepped out.
Joshua was told, “You have not passed this way before.”
You have to be willing to look foolish.
Elijah put water on a sacrifice while praying for fire.
Peter got out of a boat.
Yours for revival,
Pastor Francis Armstrong
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
A TIDE IS COMING
I hear the Lord, He is
speaking to me, “A visitation is imminent, can’t you see!”
O church, the TIDE IS COMING
to the shores of this Land, so get ready, get ready, it’s about to land.
A TIDE IS COMING THAT will
stir up this soil.
A TIDE is coming and nothing
He touches will be spoiled.
A tide is coming that will
divide.
There will be no place that
you can hide.
A tide is coming that will
even touch our government. Many
will then know it is He who carries this Land.
O Canada, O Canada! A tide is coming; it’s right at your
shore, for all the little waves were to prepare you for what I have in store.
This
tide is big and it is strong, it will hit this Land.
Everyone will be touched for
you cannot hide.
Even those so dry will feel this
TIDE from on High.
O
Canada, the TIDE IS COMING TO YOUR SHORE!
A TIDE is coming and on this
you can be sure, that no one will be able to stand against its mighty roar.
A TIDE IS coming, of this you
can be sure; NO-one has heard this sound before.
It’s a tide NOT for a city,
church, or town.
This
is a TIDE that will sweep a nation DOWN
So on our KNEES we will fall
when this wave hits US ALL.
A
TIDE IS COMING!
Pastor Francis Armstrong
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
CASTING IN PRAYER
Opening Text: 1 Pet. 5:5-10, Eph 6:10:13
1 Pet. 5:5-10
5 Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves
to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed
with humility, for
“God
resists the proud,
But
gives grace to the humble.”
6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty
hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,
7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares
for you.
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary
the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
9 Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing
that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.
10 But may the God of all grace, who called us to
His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect,
establish, strengthen, and settle you.
Eph. 6:10-13
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the
Lord and in the power of His might.
11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you
may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and
blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts
of wickedness in the heavenly places.
13 Therefore take up the whole armor of
God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to
stand.
Go over
dream I had.
How do we CAST all our CARE on Him?
Prayer.
God
was showing me that victory in the natural world requires triumph in the
spiritual.
You
can’t carry what you are trying to carry.
You
and I are called to fight our enemy in prayer.
Your
DESTINY, your purpose and SOULS are hanging in the balance.
David
was told to PURSUE, OVERTAKE AND RECOVER ALL when the enemy stole his family
and his stuff.
I’m
looking for some people who are going to go into the enemy’s camp and get back
your STUFF! All of heaven is with
us.
It’s
time we learn to release and unleash spiritual weapons of mass destruction
against our adversary.
This
spiritual attack of prayer by CASTING all your CARE on Him.
Resisting
him by standing in faith through prayer
It’s
about getting your career back, it’s about rekindling your marriage, it’s about
a healthy relationship with your children and to get back every promise you
have lost.
So
like natural fighting, spiritual warfare demands training and strategy. (ZIKLAG)
Warriors
who reclaim stolen things place a high value on certain feelings like anger,
loss, and grief.
Like David at Ziklag, angry at the loss
of a promise.
Do
you grieve over your unhealthy marriage, your failing job or your broken
relationship with your children?
If
your LOSS does not bother you enough to fight for it THEN you will just shrug
your shoulders and say, “The Lord gives and the Lord takes away.”
But that IS A MISTAKE.
A
lifestyle of faith is NOT passive!
True biblical faith RESISTS the DEVIL.
It
infuses you with courage that empowers you to declare to the enemy of your soul,
“I’m mad and I’m not going to take it anymore.” WHO AM I TALKING TO?
A
great champion once said, “Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they
have deep inside them – A DESIRE, A DREAM, A VISION.”
It’s
time for you and I to reclaim areas of our lives that have been damaged and
lost through SIN and SPIRITUAL NEGLECT!
Listen again to 1 Pet. 5:10
But may the
God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you
have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
PERFECT – Appropriate condition, establish,
prepare, mend
ESTABLISH – to set fast, steadfast in mind
STRENGTHEN – from sickness and lack by making
STRONG
SETTLE – by the foundation
YOU!
Whether you know it or not, as a Christian, you are
already engaged in spiritual warfare regardless of your level of participation.
If you just sit on the sidelines you’re NOT a
spectator, you’re a casualty.
So arm
yourself with the Word and fight.
Yours for Revival,
Pastor Francis Armstrong
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
The Leadership Of David
Isa. 58:12
Those from among you
Shall build the old waste places;
You shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach,
The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In.
1 Sam. 16:12-13
12 So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with bright eyes, and good-looking. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!”
13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.
Saul was anointed with a flask of oil.
David was anointed with a horn of oil.
One did not cost anything, the other cost a life.
Leadership in the Kingdom is about laying down your life for others.
David’s leadership started with
Obedience – looked after sheep.
Knowing they were NOT his sheep but his fathers, he fought off the lion/bear.
When an enemy shows up, leaders stand up.
David/Goliath.
1 Sam. 17:38-39
38 So Saul clothed David with his armor, and he put a bronze helmet on his head; he also clothed him with a coat of mail.
39 David fastened his sword to his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. And David said to Saul, “I cannot walk with these, for I have not tested them.” So David took them off.
You cannot fight with untested armor.
By the way, David served Saul even though he was anointed to be king.
Timing is in God’s hands.
I will NOT touch the Lord’s anointed.
True leadership does not maintain followers but produces LEADERS.
David took four hundred worthless broke men and trained them to be mighty men.
Everything produces after its kind. You cannot produce something better than yourself.
So we must produce leaders of the KINGDOM.
Jesus said, leaders in the Kingdom Of God like David, must first learn to SERVE.
Jesus said, “I did not come to be served BUT to be serve.”
Leadership is a gift to be GIVEN! Why do we need Kingdom leaders?
Why did Israel need David?
Our world needs DIRECTION.
Marl 9:33-35
33 Then He came to Capernaum. And when He was in the house He asked them, “What was it you disputed among yourselves on the road?”
34 But they kept silent, for on the road they had disputed among themselves who would be the greatest.
35 And He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.”
Now listen.
Matt. 20:26-27
26 Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant.
27 And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave
So if you want to be great (David was):
1. You don’t own people
2. You don’t manipulate people
3. You don’t oppress people
4. You don’t threaten people
5. You don’t use people
Leadership in HIS KINGDOM is SERVING YOURSELF TO THE PEOPLE.
Yours for Revival,
Pastor Francis Armstrong
Those from among you
Shall build the old waste places;
You shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach,
The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In.
1 Sam. 16:12-13
12 So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with bright eyes, and good-looking. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!”
13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.
Saul was anointed with a flask of oil.
David was anointed with a horn of oil.
One did not cost anything, the other cost a life.
Leadership in the Kingdom is about laying down your life for others.
David’s leadership started with
Obedience – looked after sheep.
Knowing they were NOT his sheep but his fathers, he fought off the lion/bear.
When an enemy shows up, leaders stand up.
David/Goliath.
1 Sam. 17:38-39
38 So Saul clothed David with his armor, and he put a bronze helmet on his head; he also clothed him with a coat of mail.
39 David fastened his sword to his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. And David said to Saul, “I cannot walk with these, for I have not tested them.” So David took them off.
You cannot fight with untested armor.
By the way, David served Saul even though he was anointed to be king.
Timing is in God’s hands.
I will NOT touch the Lord’s anointed.
True leadership does not maintain followers but produces LEADERS.
David took four hundred worthless broke men and trained them to be mighty men.
Everything produces after its kind. You cannot produce something better than yourself.
So we must produce leaders of the KINGDOM.
Jesus said, leaders in the Kingdom Of God like David, must first learn to SERVE.
Jesus said, “I did not come to be served BUT to be serve.”
Leadership is a gift to be GIVEN! Why do we need Kingdom leaders?
Why did Israel need David?
Our world needs DIRECTION.
Marl 9:33-35
33 Then He came to Capernaum. And when He was in the house He asked them, “What was it you disputed among yourselves on the road?”
34 But they kept silent, for on the road they had disputed among themselves who would be the greatest.
35 And He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.”
Now listen.
Matt. 20:26-27
26 Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant.
27 And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave
So if you want to be great (David was):
1. You don’t own people
2. You don’t manipulate people
3. You don’t oppress people
4. You don’t threaten people
5. You don’t use people
Leadership in HIS KINGDOM is SERVING YOURSELF TO THE PEOPLE.
Yours for Revival,
Pastor Francis Armstrong
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
How Hungry Are You?
Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.
John 6:35
And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.
How many know that when you are hungry for something, not just anything will do.
You can try other things but until your taste buds hit on what it is you’re looking for, you won’t be satisfied. Then when you find it “aaah” your taste buds are satisfied.
I’ve come to the place of “MORE”. I know there is more. All prophecies say there is more, so I can’t be satisfied until we taste it. I’m not satisfied because I know there is more.
But for us to develop a genuine hunger for God, we have to make room for a new normal.
Old things MUST pass away.
2 Kings 4:1-2
1 A certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord. And the creditor is coming to take my two sons to be his slaves.”
2 So Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” And she said, “Your maidservant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.”
We have a prophet and a lady in crisis.
Here is her crisis:
She is in EMOTIONAL pain – her husband died.
There is FINANCIAL pain – he left her broke and in debt and the creditors are calling.
She is in PHYSICAL pain – she is hungry.
Her digestive juices are burning the lining of her stomach.
She has MOM pain – the creditors may take her children.
She is in SPIRITUAL pain – so you see the question -
“My husband feared God, and I feared God so why am I in this mess?”
She needs a BREAKTHROUGH. No pain seems FAIR and her pain is too much to bear.
Whenever in the Bible you hear or read the term “CRY OUT”, someone is in a desperate situation.
She cried out to God because her situation was bigger than what a human can fix.
So here is what I’m trying to say. You will never discover that God is all you need until God is ALL YOU HAVE!
When you are at that place you don’t pray little casual prayers, YOU CRY OUT!
I mean cry out. When a baby is HUNGRY, it does not care who is in the next room.
OK so if Jesus says, “Blessed is the one who hungers for righteousness. YOU WILL BE FILLED.”
Why don’t we see more power and presence? The answer is simple. WE ARE TOO FULL. We are too full of ourselves, our money, our friends, our jobs.
So the prerequisite of spiritual passion is spiritual hunger. YOU have got to be hungry.
Why did God move in Guatemala? When God is all you have, God is all you need.
So how hungry are you? TRY fasting to see what hunger feels like.
Write down HUNGER = PASSION.
Passion drives you to the next level. Without passion you will stay where you are because you will have no reason to go anywhere else. This woman CRIED OUT.
She needed things to be different. When God allows crisis it’s to make you hungry for change.
A dark room used to mean, “turn a negative into a positive.”
So the prophet gives her a strange answer, “Go borrow empty clay pots, LOTS of them.”
“Elisha I need money, honey, not pots.
I’m EMPTY except one LITTLE jar of oil.”
Elisha says, “Your empty so go get more empty.”
HUH?
I don’t just want your emptiness; I want your neighbour’s also.
So we have MULTIPLIED EMPTINESS! Church, hear me now! “The amount of your hunger (emptiness) will determine the amount of your filling.”
And if God can get HUNGRY people together it increases the possibility of your FILLING. This was a new approach to a normal problem.
Many have debt, pain, crisis. Church, the Lord wants to increase your emptiness.
What?
Question: “Do I believe the man of God or not?”
How many times have we cried out to God but did not like the answer because it requires a step into the unknown.
Without faith it is impossible to please God.
So if I’m hungry, if I say I have passion, DO I BELIEVE GOD?
So the woman did what was asked.
2 Kings 4:5
So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured it out.
Your alarm clock told you to get up today and go to church.
Whether you liked it or not, you’re here. God’s alarm clock often seems to go off at the WRONG TIME. But faith IS NEVER A FEELING. FAITH is a matter of “Am I going to ACT?”
This lady / family was hungry. When you’re hungry, sophistication does not matter anymore.
Using your fork right does not matter. You just want food.
This woman was hungry enough for an answer from God and she SHUT the door and started to pour.
Church, when you’re hurting it’s normal to focus on yourself. But the Bible tells us, when we are hurting and in need, it’s time to minister to others.
Then God has more to fill.
You hungry? God says go to your neighbour and take on their emptiness through prayer.
When you are hungry enough to help others, God will fill you.
She poured what little she had into one pot and it got full, then another.
Church, God will keep filling as long as the emptiness keeps coming. The amount of emptiness determines the amount of filling.
You see Church, the solution already existed before she cried out to God; the answer to her problem was in the house but her spiritual eyes could NOT see it.
She thought her hunger made her cry out. But in reality, she wasn’t empty enough yet to receive what she needed.
She cried to get out of debt but God gave her exceedingly abundantly more.
So HOW HUNGRY ARE YOU? Are you hungry enough to help others? Are you hungry enough to do what God tells you to do?
Or keep trying without God. Be content! Be FULL of other things.
Snacks are a substitute for real food.
Are you sure you’re not full of snacks?
God will never bless your snack.
God is looking for growling stomachs. People hungry for God will not accept a pacifier.
Yours for revival,
Pastor Francis Armstrong
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.
John 6:35
And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.
How many know that when you are hungry for something, not just anything will do.
You can try other things but until your taste buds hit on what it is you’re looking for, you won’t be satisfied. Then when you find it “aaah” your taste buds are satisfied.
I’ve come to the place of “MORE”. I know there is more. All prophecies say there is more, so I can’t be satisfied until we taste it. I’m not satisfied because I know there is more.
But for us to develop a genuine hunger for God, we have to make room for a new normal.
Old things MUST pass away.
2 Kings 4:1-2
1 A certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord. And the creditor is coming to take my two sons to be his slaves.”
2 So Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” And she said, “Your maidservant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.”
We have a prophet and a lady in crisis.
Here is her crisis:
She is in EMOTIONAL pain – her husband died.
There is FINANCIAL pain – he left her broke and in debt and the creditors are calling.
She is in PHYSICAL pain – she is hungry.
Her digestive juices are burning the lining of her stomach.
She has MOM pain – the creditors may take her children.
She is in SPIRITUAL pain – so you see the question -
“My husband feared God, and I feared God so why am I in this mess?”
She needs a BREAKTHROUGH. No pain seems FAIR and her pain is too much to bear.
Whenever in the Bible you hear or read the term “CRY OUT”, someone is in a desperate situation.
She cried out to God because her situation was bigger than what a human can fix.
So here is what I’m trying to say. You will never discover that God is all you need until God is ALL YOU HAVE!
When you are at that place you don’t pray little casual prayers, YOU CRY OUT!
I mean cry out. When a baby is HUNGRY, it does not care who is in the next room.
OK so if Jesus says, “Blessed is the one who hungers for righteousness. YOU WILL BE FILLED.”
Why don’t we see more power and presence? The answer is simple. WE ARE TOO FULL. We are too full of ourselves, our money, our friends, our jobs.
So the prerequisite of spiritual passion is spiritual hunger. YOU have got to be hungry.
Why did God move in Guatemala? When God is all you have, God is all you need.
So how hungry are you? TRY fasting to see what hunger feels like.
Write down HUNGER = PASSION.
Passion drives you to the next level. Without passion you will stay where you are because you will have no reason to go anywhere else. This woman CRIED OUT.
She needed things to be different. When God allows crisis it’s to make you hungry for change.
A dark room used to mean, “turn a negative into a positive.”
So the prophet gives her a strange answer, “Go borrow empty clay pots, LOTS of them.”
“Elisha I need money, honey, not pots.
I’m EMPTY except one LITTLE jar of oil.”
Elisha says, “Your empty so go get more empty.”
HUH?
I don’t just want your emptiness; I want your neighbour’s also.
So we have MULTIPLIED EMPTINESS! Church, hear me now! “The amount of your hunger (emptiness) will determine the amount of your filling.”
And if God can get HUNGRY people together it increases the possibility of your FILLING. This was a new approach to a normal problem.
Many have debt, pain, crisis. Church, the Lord wants to increase your emptiness.
What?
Question: “Do I believe the man of God or not?”
How many times have we cried out to God but did not like the answer because it requires a step into the unknown.
Without faith it is impossible to please God.
So if I’m hungry, if I say I have passion, DO I BELIEVE GOD?
So the woman did what was asked.
2 Kings 4:5
So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured it out.
Your alarm clock told you to get up today and go to church.
Whether you liked it or not, you’re here. God’s alarm clock often seems to go off at the WRONG TIME. But faith IS NEVER A FEELING. FAITH is a matter of “Am I going to ACT?”
This lady / family was hungry. When you’re hungry, sophistication does not matter anymore.
Using your fork right does not matter. You just want food.
This woman was hungry enough for an answer from God and she SHUT the door and started to pour.
Church, when you’re hurting it’s normal to focus on yourself. But the Bible tells us, when we are hurting and in need, it’s time to minister to others.
Then God has more to fill.
You hungry? God says go to your neighbour and take on their emptiness through prayer.
When you are hungry enough to help others, God will fill you.
She poured what little she had into one pot and it got full, then another.
Church, God will keep filling as long as the emptiness keeps coming. The amount of emptiness determines the amount of filling.
You see Church, the solution already existed before she cried out to God; the answer to her problem was in the house but her spiritual eyes could NOT see it.
She thought her hunger made her cry out. But in reality, she wasn’t empty enough yet to receive what she needed.
She cried to get out of debt but God gave her exceedingly abundantly more.
So HOW HUNGRY ARE YOU? Are you hungry enough to help others? Are you hungry enough to do what God tells you to do?
Or keep trying without God. Be content! Be FULL of other things.
Snacks are a substitute for real food.
Are you sure you’re not full of snacks?
God will never bless your snack.
God is looking for growling stomachs. People hungry for God will not accept a pacifier.
Yours for revival,
Pastor Francis Armstrong
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
It’s Like A Fire Shut Up In My Bones
James 4:8
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
God’s intent for Adam was to govern. In Genesis 1:28, he had to choose, because God would not make him.
So he gave Adam and Eve dominion and the choice was keep it or give it away.
Satan enters the picture. Satan, who was Lucifer. His rebellion got him cast DOWN to earth.
Now even though he is powerful, God took form the AUTHORITY he once had. So he had POWER without AUTHORITY to use it.
So the fall of man was NOT about SIN. It was about AUTHORITY.
Sin came as a result of giving authority away.
The result of Adam giving up authority was and is a chaotic creation full of evil/perversion.
The New Testament gives Satan titles like:
“the god of this age” – 2 Corinthians 4:4
“the prince of the power of the air” – Ephesians 2:2
“the ruler of this world” – John 14:30
Satan even offered Jesus the kingdom of the world – Matthew 4
Jesus came to get back everything Adam gave away.
That’s why He is called the second Adam.
With Jesus came the Kingdom of God.
So we are in warfare for turf. – Ephesians 6
Matthew 6:10
Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
So Satan wants to rule the seven mountains of society.
1. Religion
2. Family
3. Education
4. Government
5. Media
6. Arts and Entertainment
7. Business
God’s pillar of fire is what led the children of Israel out of Egyptian bondage and it’s His fire that will lead us again.
The upper room brought that glory suit back, if you will.
O’ how we need a revelation of cloven tongues of fire.
We need to get desperate in prayer for revival. Only a heaven-sent, Christ-centered, and Christ-exalting Holy Spirit convicting deluge of the Spirit will cause us to seek with a passion for His presence and glory fire.
The problem is we like the “Bic “fire, just a little. You can control it.
But God wants to CONSUME YOU!
Ezekiel said, “I will kindle a fire IN YOU and the BLAZING flame shall not be quenched.”
If Satan gets your authority, he gets your fire.
Thus:
No authority over sickness
No authority over finances
No authority over devil
But listen again to Matthew 28:18-20
18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
The church has given away authority. Thus, NO FIRE.
So because of this we have no authority and no fire . . .
We have to have a “FORM of godliness but deny its power,
AND from such people turn away.” 2 Timothy 3:5
Who is this talking about?
People in the last day who think they are godly.
2 Timothy 3:7
always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Why learning and NEVER able to understand truth? Because they RESIST real truth, HIS TRUTH.
2 Timothy 3:8
Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, disapproved concerning the faith;
His Word is fire, it gives you dominion and authority and this is why he does NOT want you to read it.
2 Timothy 4:2-4
2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers;
4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.
2 Timothy 4:5
But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
Revival fire comes with a price tag, are you willing to pay the price?
Yours for revival,
Pastor Francis Armstrong
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
God’s intent for Adam was to govern. In Genesis 1:28, he had to choose, because God would not make him.
So he gave Adam and Eve dominion and the choice was keep it or give it away.
Satan enters the picture. Satan, who was Lucifer. His rebellion got him cast DOWN to earth.
Now even though he is powerful, God took form the AUTHORITY he once had. So he had POWER without AUTHORITY to use it.
So the fall of man was NOT about SIN. It was about AUTHORITY.
Sin came as a result of giving authority away.
The result of Adam giving up authority was and is a chaotic creation full of evil/perversion.
The New Testament gives Satan titles like:
“the god of this age” – 2 Corinthians 4:4
“the prince of the power of the air” – Ephesians 2:2
“the ruler of this world” – John 14:30
Satan even offered Jesus the kingdom of the world – Matthew 4
Jesus came to get back everything Adam gave away.
That’s why He is called the second Adam.
With Jesus came the Kingdom of God.
So we are in warfare for turf. – Ephesians 6
Matthew 6:10
Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
So Satan wants to rule the seven mountains of society.
1. Religion
2. Family
3. Education
4. Government
5. Media
6. Arts and Entertainment
7. Business
God’s pillar of fire is what led the children of Israel out of Egyptian bondage and it’s His fire that will lead us again.
The upper room brought that glory suit back, if you will.
O’ how we need a revelation of cloven tongues of fire.
We need to get desperate in prayer for revival. Only a heaven-sent, Christ-centered, and Christ-exalting Holy Spirit convicting deluge of the Spirit will cause us to seek with a passion for His presence and glory fire.
The problem is we like the “Bic “fire, just a little. You can control it.
But God wants to CONSUME YOU!
Ezekiel said, “I will kindle a fire IN YOU and the BLAZING flame shall not be quenched.”
If Satan gets your authority, he gets your fire.
Thus:
No authority over sickness
No authority over finances
No authority over devil
But listen again to Matthew 28:18-20
18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
The church has given away authority. Thus, NO FIRE.
So because of this we have no authority and no fire . . .
We have to have a “FORM of godliness but deny its power,
AND from such people turn away.” 2 Timothy 3:5
Who is this talking about?
People in the last day who think they are godly.
2 Timothy 3:7
always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Why learning and NEVER able to understand truth? Because they RESIST real truth, HIS TRUTH.
2 Timothy 3:8
Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, disapproved concerning the faith;
His Word is fire, it gives you dominion and authority and this is why he does NOT want you to read it.
2 Timothy 4:2-4
2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers;
4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.
2 Timothy 4:5
But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
Revival fire comes with a price tag, are you willing to pay the price?
Yours for revival,
Pastor Francis Armstrong
Thursday, May 28, 2015
The Divine Encounter Of Pentecost
Luke 24;49
Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.”
Matthew 3:11
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Acts 1:4-8
4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me;
5 for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.
8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
During WWII there were bombs made called incendiary bombs. They had one purpose and that was to SET THINGS ON FIRE.
This gospel we preach is a FIRELIGHTER. On this Pentecost Sunday, the Holy Spirit is here to either kindle the fire in your heart or put a fire there.
On the Day of Pentecost the power was evident by tongues of fire.
Unless the fire falls, what do we have?
Unignited saints. Empty words and no passion.
Yet if we can get those coals from His fire to touch our lips, the body of Christ would be like a censer full of burning coals, igniting the prayers of pure worship.
O’ this baptism of fire.
Baptism is associated with DYING.
Rom. 6:3
Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
Church, I need the baptism of fire. I want it.
Elijah said “The God who answers by fire, HE IS GOD.”
You can’t hide this type of fire. A hot, fire shut up in my bones type of fire.
It’s a fire of power for witness.
It’s a fire of power for service.
The Bible is our fire guide. His plan on Pentecost is for us to burn like He burns.
Churches should be furnaces and not freezers.
Listen, Fire follows a path:
1. FIRE flows through Honor
2. FIRE flows through Purity
3. FIRE flows through Prayer
4. FIRE flows through Praise/Worship
5. FIRE flows through Practice
6. FIRE flows through Passion
7. FIRE flows through Unity
8. FIRE flows through Thankfulness
9. FIRE flows through Grace
10. FIRE flows through Humility
11. FIRE flows through Joy
12. FIRE flows through Giving
Pentecost – fifty
50 days after Passover
The disciples were gathered in Jerusalem before He ascended to His Father. They were told “Stay here UNTIL you are endued with power from on high, to become witnesses for Him.”
When the Holy Spirit was poured out He filled them and the house.
120 men/women
Luke 3:16
John answered, saying to all, “I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Acts 2:3
Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.
Isa. 33:14
The sinners in Zion are afraid;
Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites:
“Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire?
Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?”
Church, you are on a collision course with your adversary, but you were built for the battle and created for that conflict.
Your armor prophesies WARFARE and your enemy is about to encounter a God with whom he cannot contend, nor can he fence in or flee from God’s presence.
So the God who has been fighting with you is about to fight for you.
Charles Spurgeon said, “Apart from the Spirit of God we can do nothing.
We are ships without the wind or chariots without steeds to pull them, like branches without sap, we are withered.”
Joel prophesied Joel 2:28
“And it shall come to pass afterward
That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your old men shall dream dreams,
Your young men shall see visions.
Peter said angels would desire to understand this mystery.
Zechariah said it would fall like rain.
Amos said prepare for it.
Hosea said we would have to break up the fallow ground to get it.
Malachi said he would come SUDDENLY to His temple.
Pentecost promises us POWER. Now the God in Christ becomes the Christ in us and as Jesus put a face on the Father so now we put a face on Jesus to this dying world.
Yours for revival,
Pastor Francis Armstrong
Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.”
Matthew 3:11
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Acts 1:4-8
4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me;
5 for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.
8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
During WWII there were bombs made called incendiary bombs. They had one purpose and that was to SET THINGS ON FIRE.
This gospel we preach is a FIRELIGHTER. On this Pentecost Sunday, the Holy Spirit is here to either kindle the fire in your heart or put a fire there.
On the Day of Pentecost the power was evident by tongues of fire.
Unless the fire falls, what do we have?
Unignited saints. Empty words and no passion.
Yet if we can get those coals from His fire to touch our lips, the body of Christ would be like a censer full of burning coals, igniting the prayers of pure worship.
O’ this baptism of fire.
Baptism is associated with DYING.
Rom. 6:3
Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
Church, I need the baptism of fire. I want it.
Elijah said “The God who answers by fire, HE IS GOD.”
You can’t hide this type of fire. A hot, fire shut up in my bones type of fire.
It’s a fire of power for witness.
It’s a fire of power for service.
The Bible is our fire guide. His plan on Pentecost is for us to burn like He burns.
Churches should be furnaces and not freezers.
Listen, Fire follows a path:
1. FIRE flows through Honor
2. FIRE flows through Purity
3. FIRE flows through Prayer
4. FIRE flows through Praise/Worship
5. FIRE flows through Practice
6. FIRE flows through Passion
7. FIRE flows through Unity
8. FIRE flows through Thankfulness
9. FIRE flows through Grace
10. FIRE flows through Humility
11. FIRE flows through Joy
12. FIRE flows through Giving
Pentecost – fifty
50 days after Passover
The disciples were gathered in Jerusalem before He ascended to His Father. They were told “Stay here UNTIL you are endued with power from on high, to become witnesses for Him.”
When the Holy Spirit was poured out He filled them and the house.
120 men/women
Luke 3:16
John answered, saying to all, “I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Acts 2:3
Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.
Isa. 33:14
The sinners in Zion are afraid;
Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites:
“Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire?
Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?”
Church, you are on a collision course with your adversary, but you were built for the battle and created for that conflict.
Your armor prophesies WARFARE and your enemy is about to encounter a God with whom he cannot contend, nor can he fence in or flee from God’s presence.
So the God who has been fighting with you is about to fight for you.
Charles Spurgeon said, “Apart from the Spirit of God we can do nothing.
We are ships without the wind or chariots without steeds to pull them, like branches without sap, we are withered.”
Joel prophesied Joel 2:28
“And it shall come to pass afterward
That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your old men shall dream dreams,
Your young men shall see visions.
Peter said angels would desire to understand this mystery.
Zechariah said it would fall like rain.
Amos said prepare for it.
Hosea said we would have to break up the fallow ground to get it.
Malachi said he would come SUDDENLY to His temple.
Pentecost promises us POWER. Now the God in Christ becomes the Christ in us and as Jesus put a face on the Father so now we put a face on Jesus to this dying world.
Yours for revival,
Pastor Francis Armstrong
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