Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Reign or Pain

Would you rather have a high quality short life or a low quality long life? No. How about God’s quality of life forever? When the Bible talks about eternal life it’s literally defined as – absolute life, life as God has it Himself, not only in quantity but also in quality. And it makes perfect sense. What good parent does not want their children to have at least as good of quality of life as them? God loved us SO MUCH He gave His only Son so that we could be restored to union and fellowship with Him and have His quality of life. And He instructed us to pray for His kingdom to come and for His will to be done ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN! He wants us to have days of heaven on earth so He’s made the way for Himself – the One who makes heaven, heavenly to come and live in our hearts!

Heaven’s heaven because God’s there and He’s also come to live in our hearts! Hallelujah! Doesn’t this make you happy? God is always there awaiting an invitation! But beware He rules and reigns by nature and He will begin to do it from the inside out. And the more of our lives we give to Him the more things get set in order and the better it gets. Change is uncomfortable and the process of getting things in order isn’t always fun but it’s worth it in the end because victory is sweet!

“Well if god wants us to have such good lives on earth then why do bad things happen and why is it so hard sometimes? Duh-evil! On the earth you also have an adversary the D-evil. Duh-evil one also wants to rule and reign in your heart. Heaven is heavenly because it’s all God and no devil. If the enemy was in heaven then it would cease to be so good. Even if he could use his multi-media skills to introduce His ideas then it would effect the environment and pollute the people and produce pain. But God is the Almighty Overseer of heaven and keeps it pure however He has made you the guardian of your own heart. He’s given you free will to decide who and what will rule in your heart. And the quality of your future will be determined by what and who’s at home in your heart.

“Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life.” Prov 4:23 AMP

If you receive the Lord and His ways and let Him reign then you can abstain from the enemy’s pain. But if you yield to the enemy and accept His propaganda then you’ll have some of his environment on the earth. If you live like you’re goin to hell and listen to the enemy and walk in his ways then welcome to hell on earth. Or you can invite God in and continually fellowship with Him. You can act like you’re goin to heaven, live in Gods manifest presence, walk in His ways and have heaven on earth all of your days!

Rom 5:17
17 For if by the one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)
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Deut 30:11-20
11 "For this commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, 'Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?' 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, 'Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?' 14 But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.

15 "See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, 16 in that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess. 17 But if your heart turns away so that you do not hear, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them, 18 I announce to you today that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to go in and possess. 19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; 20 that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them."
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Deut 11:19-21
19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
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Gal 4:6-7
6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!"
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Eph 3:17
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith…
…Eph 3:14-21
14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height — 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
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PIE90 Scripture:

Dt 30:19
I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;