Spiritual Supermarket

Let’s show the connection here. In Acts 13:1-3, now in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers- Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up by Herod the tetrarch and Saul. As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, `Now separate to Me, Barnabas and Saul for the works to which I have called them. Look at verse 2, `As they ministered to the Lord and fasted’, we all know that fasting for them always connect with prayer, that the Holy Spirit spoke. Paul was now about 10 years as a Christian. He was called in Acts 9 and in Acts 9 Ananias who laid hands on him was told by Jesus that Paul was called with a special calling. But it took a prayer meeting to birth forth the call. It takes a prayer meeting to birth forth the call that God has on your life. It’s in the prayer meetings that some of the most important transaction takes place in the spirit. Prayer meetings are the spiritual supermarket where all transaction takes place. Sunday service is just a showroom. The transactions all take place in the closet. That is why people has it upside down. They see the things wrongly. It’s the prayer!

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We Are A Blessing to them…. Tidbit

“The second demarcation altar or the second point was in chapter 13 when Lot separated from him. There was strife between Lot’s people and Abraham’s people. Lot was being blessed because of Abraham. Sometimes unbelievers don’t know that they were being blessed because of the believers. But it is true. Until they leave the umbrella of blessing then they realize they were blessed because of Joseph. We were blessed because of so and so. Some people do know. Potiphar knew he was blessed because of Joseph. We carry a blessing on our life. Blessed are those who blessed me. Cursed are those who curse me. Some people don’t know that there is an umbrella of blessing. When you associated with some people, the blessing of God on their lives comes on you.

The day Lot separated from Abraham he was outside the umbrella. In the end, he lost his wife, his whole family except two daughters. He lost all his possessions. He lost all his cattle. He lost all his goods. He got only himself and two daughters left. God didn’t bless Lot because of Lot. God didn’t bless Lot because of his faith. He didn’t show much faith. He was quite a worldly man. He would be a typical example of a Christian who is worldly. God blessed Lot because of Abraham. “

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Dig Into Your Covenant

“This cup is the new covenant [ratified and established] in My blood.”
(1 Corinthians 11:25)

New Covenant. It’s a familiar phrase to most of us. But do we really know what it means?

If we did, every one of us would be faith giants. Instead of struggling, “trying” to believe the promises of God, we’d be like Abraham. “Strong in faith…fully persuaded that, what God has promised, He is able to perform!” (Rom. 4:20-21).

That’s the kind of confidence that welled up in Abraham when God cut the covenant with him. It was an inferior covenant to ours, made with the blood of animals. Yet it transformed a doubting Abraham into the very father of faith. Why? Because, Abraham understood the significance of it.

He knew that entering into the Covenant of Blood meant you were totally and forever giving yourself away to someone else. Once you did it, nothing would ever be exclusively yours again. All that you were, all that you had or ever would have became the equal property of your covenant partner.

During the covenant ceremony in Abraham’s day, the partners exchanged coats, each one giving their authority to the other. They exchanged weapons as a way of saying, “Your enemies are now my enemies. I’ll fight your fights as if they were my own.” They walked through the blood of slain animals, pronouncing their loyalty to one another, even to the death.

When God made covenant with him, Abraham knew there was no longer any room for doubt. God had proven how intensely He desired to be God to him. He’d given him every thing He had and bound Himself to Abraham in a relationship that could not be dissolved. Abraham comprehended the gravity of a covenant agreement. It convinced him once and for all that God’s promises could be trusted. It became an anchor to his soul.

Do you want to be a faith giant like Father Abraham? Then dig into the covenant you have with God. Study it in the Word. Let the Holy Spirit show you what really happened when Jesus became the sacrifice that ratified your covenant with God. Let Him show you what it meant when He gave you His Name (John 16:23), His authority (Matt. 28:18-20), His armor and weapons (Eph. 6:10-17).

Once you realize what Jesus actually meant when He said, “This is the New Covenant established in My blood,” your life will never be the same again.

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And now, instead of just having a Covenant with our God, we have a greater Covenant with our Father.
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