Near Brush with Death

 

Near Brush with Death

© Johnette M. Moore

I had a near brush with death last night…. Hmmm.

Everyone has stopped what they are doing and staring at the screen in awe. “Oh my!” they exclaim. “What is this near death experience?” they wonder as they curiously pull their chairs up close to the screen to read on.

The near death experience was simply a ‘moment in the flesh’.  Let’s look at Romans chapter 8.

“⁶ For to be carnally minded is death…”  Yes a moment in carnality is as dangerous as being in a lion’s den without God… or being in a fiery furnace without Jesus… It is like jumping from an airplane without a parachute… A moment in the flesh is a borderline suicide in the making.

^“7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be...”

Carnality is enmity against God… wow. How often have we said “well that’s just me”?  Guess what! “Just me” is God’s enemy. That’s right. God is spirit and “those who worship Him, follow Him, subscribe to HIM and His kingdom MUST worship Him in SPIRIT and in truth” Flesh cannot and will not please God. He has no communion with carnality. He is a spirit being and so are we. If we will commune with Him, it must be from our spirits. It is like going into a room of people who speak only Russian and trying to communicate with them using our English dialect. It will not work. However, if we have taken time, gone through the painful process of learning the language AND the customs of the Russian kingdom before entering the room filled with Russian nationals, we can interact with them with understanding and they will embrace us for honouring their culture.

^“8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.”

Those who are in the flesh cannot please God!!!! What greater incentive to strive to kill the flesh then this truth! I WANT TO PLEASE GOD!!! What about you my brethren? Flesh is selfish and self centered focusing always on what it has or doesn’t have; what it feels or doesn’t feel… who did this to it or who didn’t do that to it. Flesh is fleshy and wants to be worshipped, adored, pampered … What is referred to as flesh is a mind set, the mind that we inherited from the fall of Adam, the reason we are born in sin and shaped in iniquity. To be carnal minded is enmity against God. CARNALITY is like full blown HIV… it is DEADLY!

What the law could not do for the requirement of righteousness because of our sin nature, God did by sending us a Saviour, Jesus the CHRIST, the Messiah, the Light of the World, our Advocate for righteousness, our Redeemer, our LORD!

Now He has made a way for us to move from our INHERITED SIN NATURE into our INHERITANCE… our DIVINE NATURE, that which was given to us from the time of creation. We must remember that we are fashioned after GOD’s own image and likeness and purposed to have dominion over all the earth and every living thing. (Genesis 1:26) However because of the fall of Adam, we were born of a woman (conceived in sin) and shaped in iniquity (unrighteousness). How do we recapture our Divine Nature and walk in right standing with God? God has made a way through the shedding of blood and the redemption of sin. The ultimate blood sacrifice was made on the cross giving us a path back to God where we can come boldly to the throne of grace, and obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Still we must work out our own salvation with fear and trembling by entering in at the strait gate, the difficult place.

At the point of salvation the Spirit of God takes up residence within us, yes, however the only thing that is made new is our spirit. Our mind, souls and intellect now need to be restored to God’s original intent so the spirit of God in us can rule and reign. They will need work.

If u have ever seen any precious metal restored, it is stripped, scraped, filed, sanded, burned, put in acid… you name it, all for the sake of removing the buildup of rust and residue of the effects of the elements in order to bring it back to life and likeness of its original state. I can only imagine that if these metals had feelings much the same as we do, it would be a painful process although a necessary experience to obtain a glorious result.

Our aim is to walk after the spirit so as not to fulfill the lust of flesh and ultimately to PLEASE GOD. Hmmm. Let us get moving then, through this strait gate. Why then is this gate so difficult to enter and why do so few find it? Self has a very strong nature and loves to reign. Self is never eager to relinquish its throne however when we begin to seek God through Prayer, worship and study of His word, transformation begins and the renewing of the mind is now in progress. The renewed mind will see us being led by the Spirit of God out of darkness and into His marvelous light. As we study and apply this life changing word, obeying in faith, God will take us from faith to faith and from glory to glory. He will bring us into close proximity with Him, wetting our appetites more and more for the fulfillment of fullness of our Kingdom purpose for Kingdom’s sake.

The process, though not pleasant is both necessary and rewarding. Processing will lead us through a series of tests and challenges. It will take us through valleys and wilderness experience, to mountaintops and back to the trenches. This process will train us to seek, to press, to forge our way through in search of the secrets of the deep in pursuit of TRUTH and He who is truth. As we answer the call of the deep a whole new world is opened up to us as God begins to open us to us HIS good treasure. Our obedient faith fueled participation will bring us our just reward. This race is not to the swift but to those who endure to the end. It is a race of endurance that builds spiritual character, backbone and muscle bringing us to a place of no return. Let’s enter His gates with thanksgiving in our hearts and enter His courts with praise.

 How then do I liken this ‘moment in the flesh’ give me a near death experience? I tell you, when your eye is stayed on God He will keep you in perfect peace. In that place of peace you hear His voice, see His face, enjoy in His presence, strengthened by His joy and provided for by His hand. This is experience by way of the spirit as we rest in Him. When your focus (eye) is shifted, your peace will withdraw, your hearing will draw dim, your joy and strength will diminish and His provision will not be in your view… Why? Because you have in a twinkling moved from your place in the spirit, a place of life and life more abundant, into the flesh… a dead place.

My beloved, Deuteronomy 30:19 says
This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.

I choose life! ~jus sayin~

 

LET THE DEMOLISION BEGIN..

LET THE DEMOLISION BEGIN..

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Why is it that in most local assemblies, where prosperity is being taught, there seem to be only a few who are benefitting while the rest continue to struggle?

Could it be that prosperity has been erroneously taught from a "faith ONLY" perspective and not from the perspective of "inheritance?" Have we been taught that "if we SOW and WATER and WAIT that we will reap?" How many have sown and sown and sown and never ever reap?

Matthew 6:33 says that if we "seek first the KINGDOM of God and His RIGHTEOUSNESS, all things will be added unto us." God has promised to give us all things pertaining to life and godliness and He would that we prosper and be in health EVEN as our SOUL prospers... We are spending so much of our time declaring and decreeing and calling in material blessings that come only in trickles, if at all, when in essence we should be taking inventory of our souls.

If God wills Prosperity and Health for His people, why then are we, those who call ourselves by HIS NAME, struggling with health and wealth? Could it be that we have ascribed to the "struggle" by "choosing" to stay where we are in the spirit, expecting the "blessing" to find us because we have sown, declared and decreed, when in essence God is calling us to come out of that dead place, shake of that religious mindset, bow our hearts and SUBMIT OUR WILLS TO HIS WILL... Seek His KINGDOM.. Seek HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS... thus gaining access to the keys that will enable us to walk INTO our INHERITANCE and utilize what is already ours.

God will not open the windows of heaven over the religious body that is commonly known as "Church", where doctrins of man have been perceived as truth and people have aligned themselves to these doctrins and not to the Holy Word of God.. Those who will benefit from the open heaven are those who have LEFT the place of the flesh by way of seeking His Kingdom, ascribing to His righteousness and renovation of their souls and coming into their wealthy place, the place where you don't need money to make you wealthy.. Those who become citizens of the KINGDOM of GOD will find that as they take up residency in God's Kingdom, the place where HE DWELLS, that provision has already been made for them.. All things pertaining to life and godliness are comonplace to those who have found prosperity in their souls..

COME FROM WHERE YOU ARE.. PEOPLE OF GOD.. AND COME TO WHERE HE IS.. Come out of CHURCHIOUSITY and Into HIS KINGDOM.. Let the demolision begin.. jus sayin

One "first" with the Father

 

 

 

 

One "first" with the Father..

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John 17:23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one;

 

I love this.. A man whose eye is stayed on Jesus will carry his family in faith, come hell or high water..

 

 

The True Strength of a man is seen not in his pocket, but in the condition of his heart and his relationship with God.. "He can do all things through Christ which strengthens him."

 

 

I don't see strength in money or muscles, though they both have their value. TRUE STRENGTH is in oneness with He WHO IS strength. What do we have to sustain us when money and bodily strength disipate?

 

A woman who will have a husband will do good to look more closely at his relationship with, and his reliance on God, than she will look at his finances or his material aquisition. Godly wisdom will help her to discern the one who is "equipped to carry her in the spirit." He is that "wealthy man" that her mama told her she should seek to marry..

 

A man of Absolute faith has FORTITUDE to withstand the storms of life. A man whose FORTRESS is his material wealth is like the foolish man who built his house on the sand. His material wealth will not sustain him in times of trouble.

 

 

This same man of fortitude will be wise to choose that woman who will have his back in prayer. That one who will know him first by the spirit and continue to know him that way even after they have become one flesh. She will support his endeavors because they are one in spirit, likewise God will allow her to catch any vision that He gives to her husband.

 

People of God, let us cease to persue marriage (or relationship of any sort) for the sake of satisfying the flesh and stroking the emotions (selfish gain). Let us seek the will of God for Kingdom Purpose. Submitting our individual wills to His Divine Will, will see us sustained and satisfied, built up and fortified... equipped and ready for the Master's use. In it all we will find such gratification in the coming together as one when God alone is the orchaestrator, the author and finisher of our faith.. He knows full well what we need. LET HIM LEAD.. jus sayin ~jmoore~

 

DREAM AN IMPOSSIBLE DREAM

DARE TO DREAM....

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Then the Lord answered me and said:“Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it. ³ For the vision is yet for an appointed time;but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry. ⁴ “Behold the proud, his soul is not upright in him; but the just shall live by his faith. Habakuk 2:2-4

When God gives a great mandate you can be assured that the opposition will be great.. I am often.. VERY OFTEN.. reminded of Joseph and the DREAM that led him to be thrown into a pit, sold into slavery, falsely accused, unjustly imprisioned.. all for the sake of the fulfillment of his destiny for the purpose of the kingdom.

His journey to the palace was not a pleasant one and the route was more like that of a treacherous aobstacle course... but in it all Joseph "served the vision and mandate" that God gave to him by serving in prison.. serving in Potipher's house.. serving wherever he found himself.. He served other prisioners, he served the prison wardens.. and he served with gladness in his heart.

Joseph's service built him a resume (reputation) that qualified and positioned him in readiness to be recognized by royalty to relegate with appropriation and litigation the actualization of the dream he dreamed as a boy.. Though his dreamed SEEMED impossible to attain, his service to the dream transitioned him FROM the pit TO the palace.. for the benefit of the multitude..

Little did Joseph's family know that the dream he had, that same dream they despised him for, had global purpose. Little did they know that in trying to kill his vision, they were actually fueling his mandate. Little did they know that Joseph's dream had the potential to save their lives.

Are you dreaming an impossible dream? Write that vision and make it plain.. keep it before you to encourage you through the discomforts and discouragements of the obstacle course... Recognize the course as a means to build spiritual muscle needed for the positioning and execution of the mandate from a global seating.. I DARE YOU TO DREAM..

The Road to Destiny

The road to destiny is not always so clear

It’s sometimes filled with clutter, apprehension and fear

There’s something called ‘error’ that shows up now and then

There are hiccups and pitfalls from beginning to end

As one sets out in pursuit of that special place

It soon becomes apparent that one should not race

There is so much that must happen before one will be

Empowered and equipped to deal with their destiny

God has a blueprint for each one – you and me

But irrespective of the route we must come to see

That without Him as the heart of the plan

There’ll be no real fulfillment, for any woman or man

In an honest pursuit to find God there’ll be

Much preparation to fit one to be

That thing you were born for, destined to do

God will begin to manifest that same thing through you

A vital ingredient is the ability to understand

Destiny is designed to bring glory to God and not man

All that we give in service to Him

Must be out of obedience and not just for us to win

Obedience is the key that unlocks the door

It produces the answers that we are looking for

Obedience brings direction and sets one free

To walk in God’s will in entirety

Our life is laid down, our desires discarded

God’s heart is revealed and His desires imparted

We no longer want our flesh to be pleased

But the kingdom of God through us is released

As we walk in obedience to the Father and His Son

His precious Holy Spirit will allow us to become

An instrument of His honor and His glory

As He uses our lives to tell His story

So won’t you this day lay your life before Him

He guarantees that together you and He will win

He’ll give you more joy than you could ever known

You’ll reap rewards that supercede whatever you can sow

You are an intricate part of His universal plan

You can’t take affect except by His hand

He’ll not force you but if you allow Him He’ll be

The one who orchestrates your path to destiny

 

For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to whom be glory forever. Amen.

Romans 11:36

Ójmoore 4.16.05

He will provide for you an Elizabeth in the earth..

copywrite  Johnette Moore 2.21.2012

"And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her." Luke 1:38

When God calls you to carry His seed.. People will not look at you the same.. You will be mocked and scourned, rediculed for HIS sake. They will think you have lost your mind. They will call you irresponsible because they don't understand the level of faith that you are required by God to walk in.. They will accuse you unjustly and attempt to try you before men, hoping to cause you to abort the child you are carrying.

HOWEVER God in all wisdom will provide for you an Elizabeth in the earth. One who will "bear witness" of the seed you carry, one who will help bring understanding and clarity and provide encouragement at a time when no one seems to understand.

More importantly He will provide a JOSEPH for you.. One who will not only HEAR from God about you and what you carry, but will also AVAIL HIMSELF to God and to you to ASSIST in the carriage and the delivery of the child in your spiritual womb... FOR KINGDOM PURPOSE..

God's blessings are rich with no sorrow added.. He has it all worked out.. TRUST HIM.. OBEY HIM.. and He WILL use you mightly.. for HIS PURPOSE.. For HIS GLORY..

Gideon had 300 men.. David had a sling and five little stones..

                                               

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Do you have the faith of Gideon? Are you crazy enough to go to war against an enormous army having just an army of 300 men strong?  Could it be that 300 men of absolute trusted obedient faith carry more power than tens of thousands of wavering man followers?  Look at Gideon's army..

David was a shepherd boy whose only weapons were a sling and five smooth stones carefully chosen from a rippling brook.. the water of the word.. Still with his primitive weapons he stilled the enemy by bringing Goliath to the ground.

This season God will return all that the palmer worm and the canker worm have stolen or even attempted to steal from you.. No weapon formed against you can or shall prosper.. The army of the Lord is marching against the foe.. One can send a thousand to flight and two can send 10,000.. Three will send the legions fleeing..

Someone was sharing with me and mentioned not having the power, money and influence to match the oppressor.... this bought me in rememberance of Gideons army.. He could have marched into battle with 32,000 ill equipped soldiers and lost the battle.. instead he went in with only 300 men (a mere ramnant), a promise from God, and the BEST COMMANDER IN CHIEF EVER..

It appeared they did not have a chance against the enemy whose army was thousands of men in strength compared to their own 300 men. Still God had a plan and the key to accessing the plan of God was submission and obedience.. They heard God, agreed with Him through obedience and the enemy turned on their own ..God's instructions made no apparent sense .. still because they trusted Him, they obeyed and at the sound of the trumpet and the  breaking of a little clay pitcher containing a candle.. victory was wrought just as God said it would be..

Sound the trumpet.. PRAISE..

Break the clay jar.. YIELDED SUBMISSION

and the light of the Word (the candle) will lead the way to victory..

Many are the plans of a man.. but they are the way to distruction.. Continue to STAND ON THE PROMISE OF GOD.. CONTINUE TO PRAISE HIM IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY.. CONTINUE TO ALLOW HIS WORD TO BE AS A LAMP UNTO YOUR FEET AND A LIGHT UNTO YOUR PATH.. FEAR NOT.. ONLY BELIEVE.. AND STAND STILL AND WATCH THE SALVATION OF THE LORD.. KNOWLEDGE IS GAIN, WISDOM IS POWER BUT OBEDIENT TRUST IS PARAMOUNT.

God will take the foolish (simple) things of this world to confound the wise.. the crafty.. the cunning.. the seemingly strong.. BUT HIS WAYS AND THOUGHTS ARE SO MUCH HIGHER THAN OURS.. HE HAS A PLAN.. Position yourself to SHOUT and BREAK THE POT.. the light will come on and the battle will be won..