Growing In God with Gary Hargrave
“Growing in God Podcast” is a podcast dedicated to helping people understand God’s great love, develop spiritual maturity, and experience life as fully devoted followers of Yeshua (Jesus). The podcast provides insights and biblical studies that reflect the Hebraic roots of the Christian faith, as well as topics like sonship, discipleship, prophecy, prayer and intercession. It also tackles issues like anti-Semitism, lordship, and replacement theology from a biblical perspective. Hosted by author, pastor, and Christian leader Gary Hargrave D.Litt., “GROWING IN GOD Podcast” presents the Holy Scriptures as the guidebook to experience a daily dynamic life of faith that leads to spiritual maturity — a process that requires time, focus, and commitment.
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GIG246 This Is the Day
04/23/2025
GIG246 This Is the Day
Growing In God Podcast Web Description: The book of Zechariah records the specific day on which Zechariah’s prophecy was voiced. This emphasizes the significance of this prophecy and how much we should be expecting God to fulfill His Word in our day. We look eagerly for the fulfillment of these promises of God’s blessings on Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. This is the day they come to pass. Show Notes: The prophecy of Zechariah is one of the greatest messianic prophecies that we have. And in Zechariah 1:7, we are given the exact day when that prophecy came. The significance of this became very real as we recorded this podcast on the very same date approximately 2,548 years later. God was making a point by naming the specific day when the prophecy was voiced. Every year on that date we are reminded that there is a day when that prophecy will be fulfilled. Today could be that day. There is no reason that today cannot be that day because we are seeing the fulfillment of the Word of the Lord over His land and over His people. Zechariah’s prophecy records God declaring to the nations, “For while I was only a little angry, they furthered the disaster. Therefore … I will return to Jerusalem with compassion.” However, He will “throw down the horns of the nations who have lifted up their horns against the land of Judea.” Today we see the nations gathered against Israel like never before. And today could be the fulfillment of this prophecy that God’s justice will be revealed against the nations who have sought to destroy Israel. Jeremiah’s prophecy, stamped by God with a date, is about the return of the Lord. And as we see God’s blessing return to the land of Israel, we can look with anticipation for the coming of Messiah who will dwell in their midst and “possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.” This can be the day that it comes to pass. Key Verses: • Zechariah 1:1–6. “In accordance with our ways and our deeds, so He has dealt with us.” • Zechariah 1:7–21. “The LORD will again comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem.’” • Zechariah 2:1–13. “The LORD will possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.” Quotes: • “The land of Judah, by the way, is known as the West Bank. The Lord will possess the West Bank as His portion in the Holy Land and will again choose Jerusalem.” • “The Lord of hosts will bring His hosts with Him to bring justice and judgment into the world. And I believe that it's the time.” • “We bless Jerusalem. We bless Israel. We bless the Jewish people. And we believe that it's time for the return of the Lord. We believe that it's time, as it says in verse 11, ‘Many nations will join themselves to the Lord in that day and will become My people.’” Takeaways: 1. The time when Zechariah made his prophecy is time-stamped with a precise date, to the very day. It came on a specific day, and it will be fulfilled on a specific day. That day could be today. 2. Zechariah prophesied that God will bless Judah and Israel and deal with the nations who used His discipline of His people as an excuse for destruction. Today, when the nations could not be more against Israel and the Jewish people, could be the day this prophecy is fulfilled. 3. This is a prophecy about the reign of Messiah, about God turning to His people as they turn to Him, about many nations joining themselves to the Lord, and about God repossessing the land of Judah and Israel and taking Jerusalem as the holy city. We look for these things to come to pass.
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GIG245 I Stand at the Door and Knock
04/16/2025
GIG245 I Stand at the Door and Knock
Growing In God Podcast Web Description: The Lord begged the church in Laodicea to open the door to Him, so He could dine with them. This need to dine with God does not make sense to our Christian thinking. But it makes total sense in the Hebraic context of making a covenant over a meal. God is knocking on the door of the Church in this day. And regardless of how far removed we are from Him, if we open the door, He will make a covenant with us to bring us into everything He has promised. Show Notes: The Laodicean church was a lost church, having fallen away from God. Yet Laodicea received one of the greatest opportunities offered to any church mentioned in Revelation. No matter what their violations were or how far they had fallen, Christ was knocking at their door asking to come in. Like Laodicea our nation has moved far away from God. But the opportunity remains the same. Christ is standing at the door knocking because He wants to be let back into our lives and our society. No matter how great the violations have been, He wants to meet with us again. He wants us to come in and dine with Him. This is what happens when we open the door to the Lord. He sits down with us, and we have a meal together. Why is that important? It was during meals that covenants and agreements were made. For the covenant at Sinai, God instructed Moses to bring the elders of Israel up the mountain where they had a meal together with the Lord. Christ declared a new covenant in His blood at a Passover meal with His disciples. Along with God coming back into our lives, He wants to make a new agreement, in other words, a new covenant with us. Even though we have strayed far away from Him like the church in Laodicea, God wants to make a new agreement with us to walk with Him. As Christians we have failed God just as Israel failed Him at Sinai. But God already knows we are going to fail. The point is that He is always there knocking on the door of our hearts, and we can let Him in. We can let Him make a new covenant with each of us to write His Word on our hearts and lead us into a greater oneness with Him. Key Verses: • Revelation 3:20. “If anyone … opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him.” • 1 Corinthians 11:23–26. “He took the cup also after supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in My blood.’” • Exodus 24:3–11. “They saw God, and they ate and drank.” • Jeremiah 31:31–34. “I will make a new covenant.” • Romans 8:3. “What the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did.” Quotes: • “When Christ is standing at the door knocking, He's not just planning to come in to us and abide with us. He's saying, ‘I’m going to dine with you.’ And I believe He's pointing to the fact that there will be a new covenant that will be made.” • “Christ is saying, ‘Look, I'm standing at the door and knocking.’ He is not talking to Israel here. In the book of Revelation, in chapter 3, He's talking to a church. He's talking to the Christians saying, ‘You guys have really failed Me in this. But I'm not rejecting you, just as I'm not rejecting Israel.’” • “As Christ knew the Father when He was here, I believe there is more for us. And I believe that there is a meal that's waiting—a time of dining with Christ where He will bring an impartation to us that will be a new knowledge, a new understanding of Him, and a new way of walking with Him and the Father.” Takeaways: 1. In Revelation 3, we read Christ saying to Laodicea, “I stand at the door and knock; if anyone … opens the door, I will … dine with him.” Why would the Lord want to dine with us? We can understand that when we understand that covenants were made during a meal. God wants to make a covenant with us. 2. Christians have used the new covenant as a means of anti-Semitism, claiming that God rejected Israel because they failed the covenant at Sinai. But in the new covenant promised to Judah and Israel, God promises to accept them in spite of their failure. Laodicea represents the failure of Christians, but Christ also wanted to make a new covenant with them. 3. The promise of the new covenant is that we will all know Him, from the least to the greatest. But we are still being taught about God by someone else or by the history of religion or doctrine. We need to open the door to Him and receive from Him a new impartation of knowing the Father.
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GIG244 The Difficulties of Deliverance
04/09/2025
GIG244 The Difficulties of Deliverance
Web Description: At the Passover God delivered the children of Israel out of Egypt to bring them into the land He had promised their fathers. But their focus was on the difficulties that this deliverance meant to the life they had adapted to. Moving from our present age into God’s Kingdom can also feel like a disruption to the life we are comfortable with in this world. Our focus must be on His Kingdom and not on the difficulties of deliverance. Show Notes: Passover celebrates the deliverance of Israel from their slavery in Egypt. When they first heard that the Lord had come down to deliver them, the children of Israel rejoiced and worshipped God. They were so thankful that He had heard their cries and was going to do something for them. Then Pharaoh made their bondage more severe. Suddenly, the process of deliverance was not as wonderful as they thought it would be. The Israelites had a difficult life in Egypt, but they were conditioned to being slaves. As difficult as their situation was, it had been their lifestyle for around four hundred years. When God began to deliver them, they faced major disruptions to what had become their comfort zone. As Christians today we too have adapted to a world that has grown increasingly wicked and oppressive. We want deliverance from the bondage of this age. But when God begins to move, that will inevitably mean disrupting our comfort zones. People tend to be fearful of the end-times. But the end-times are when God delivers us from the bondages we have to this age as He brings the age of His Kingdom. During these days we might go through many difficult things. And our deliverance at times might disrupt us and confuse us because we have adapted to life under this bondage. Let us therefore keep our focus on the Lord and what He has promised in His Word, not murmuring and complaining about our circumstances but rejoicing in His Kingdom. Key Verses: • Exodus 3:7–8. “I have … given heed to their cry. … So I have come down to deliver them.” • Exodus 4:29–31. “They heard that the LORD was concerned about the sons of Israel.” • Exodus 5:1–2. “I do not know the LORD, and besides, I will not let Israel go.” • Exodus 5:10–19. “Complete your work quota, your daily amount, just as when you had straw.” • John 12:31. “The ruler of this world will be cast out.” • Exodus 5:20–23. “You have made us odious in Pharaoh’s sight.” • Exodus 14:11–12. “It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.” • Psalms 106:6–12. “Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders.” • Deuteronomy 6:20–23. “He brought us out from there in order to bring us in.” Quotes: • “For the last seventy or more years, we have seen things moving in a negative direction as far as things about society and morality, about Judeo-Christian values no longer being a focal point. There's a lot that's gone on, and yet it's happened over a slow period of time. And as it has happened, we have gotten more and more used to it.” • “God is delivering us and yet at the same time there are a few difficulties with deliverance. And those difficulties really are found within our own hearts and what has happened to us by the influence of what we've lived under for our lifetime.” • “They couldn't remember the wonders of what God had done in delivering them from Egypt. And this is the attitude that we find sometimes ourselves fighting. It can be very uncomfortable to really face what's necessary in being delivered by God.” Takeaways: 1. God is bringing the end of this age to bring us into the age of His Kingdom where Messiah reigns as King. We may not find this process or even His Kingdom in alignment with our comfort zone. 2. It might be a difficult transition. But God in His love, grace, and kindness is bringing us out of all our conditionings to a dying age. And He is reconditioning us to be able to live in the days of His Kingdom. We open our hearts to this experience of Passover. 3. When God brings deliverance, we cannot be so focused on our temporary circumstances that we murmur and complain against God. Let us stay focused on the promises of His Kingdom.
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GIG243 Christian Persecution
04/02/2025
GIG243 Christian Persecution
Web Description: Christianity is suffering tribulation today even if we as individuals feel unaffected by it. We need to be one with our fellow Christians who are suffering and be praying for them. Let us not be fearful of what satan might do to us because Christ defeated him at the cross. Even if we must face death ourselves, we overcome satan by simply exercising Christ’s victory. Show Notes: The Lord said to the church in Smyrna, “I know your tribulation and your poverty.” Just as God knew then what the Christians in Smyrna were suffering, He is aware of what Christians are suffering today. And there are many Christians today who live under tribulation and endure great poverty. These are not people with whom we have no connection. They are fellow members of the Body of Christ with whom we are one. We should be aware of their suffering and be crying out to God for them. According to Open Doors, a group that ministers to persecuted Christians, more than 380 million Christians worldwide suffer persecution and discrimination. This is the reality surrounding all of us in Christianity right now. We should be aware of it, and we should be prepared for however God would lead us. The Lord said to Smyrna, “Do not fear … Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.” We should not be fearful even if it means giving our lives for Christ, just as many believers are doing today. Maybe you believe in the rapture and are planning to escape tribulation. That does not change the fact that many Christians are now in tribulation, experiencing hunger, imprisonment, and even death for His sake. We should remove any fear from our hearts and refuse to be separated from the suffering of our brothers and sisters in Christ. Let us deliberately study and become aware of what is really transpiring in Christianity throughout the world we live in. We need to be interceding for the Body of Christ in this day. Key Verses: • Revelation 2:8–11. “I know your tribulation and your poverty.” • Revelation 12:9–12. “They did not love their life even when faced with death.” • Romans 16:20. “The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.” Quotes: • “Even if you say, ‘Well, I am not suffering,’ be aware that your brothers and sisters are suffering potentially great tribulations and also poverty.” • “We need to reach in for a faith before the Lord that gives us a freedom from fear and allows us to recognize that satan is on the earth raging. And he is casting believers into prison and people are being tested in their faith and there will be tribulations that come.” • “As believers in this day and age, facing the raging of Satan in the earth in this time, we must not be fearful. We must not love our lives unto death. And we must be ready to sacrifice and give our life if that is what is necessary because this battle will rage. But we know that the battle will be won because it has already been won on the cross.” Takeaways: 1. Much of the Body of Christ today lives in the midst of tribulation and poverty. We need to put some time into studying what is happening to believers throughout the world, become aware of what they are suffering, and intercede for them. 2. As Christians there is no guarantee that we will escape tribulation. Many Christians are already suffering from satan’s raging and it could happen to any of us. The Lord told the church in Smyrna not to be fearful. And we should ask the Lord to remove any fearfulness from our hearts. 3. Those who overcame satan loved not their lives even when faced with death. Even if we die in this war with satan, we have the promise of the crown of life and freedom from the second death. So we exercise Christ’s victory over death and become those who cast satan from this earth. Links:
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GIG242 Religion or Relationship?
03/26/2025
GIG242 Religion or Relationship?
Web Description: The religion of their day prevented many from receiving Christ when He appeared in the flesh. Religion is no different in our day. Religion tends to establish orthodox interpretations about God rather than lead us into a relationship with God. However, the promise is that we will all know the Lord. And we need to honestly deal with that which prevents us from knowing Him, even if it is our own religious thinking. Show Notes: It is important to understand the degree to which our lack of awareness is based on our religious upbringing. Religious orthodoxy encourages us—demands even—to close off to anything new. This makes it difficult for us to develop an awareness of God’s moving in the present because it might fly in the face of doctrines we learned in church, Bible school, or seminary. Many people rejected Christ because His actions and teachings seemed not to fit the orthodoxy of their day. Orthodoxy today has the same effect of hindering rather than helping our relationship with God. Religion emphasizes doctrines that build walls around concepts about God rather than emphasizing a relationship with Him. Just look at the history of Christianity. Has the process of protecting doctrines and orthodoxy in the Church resulted in people knowing the Lord? It seems like it has resulted in divisions, accusations of heresy, and persecution. We do not want to reject a true moving of God today because it does not fit our concepts of orthodoxy. The disciples who stayed with Yeshua (Jesus) when His statements challenged their orthodoxy did so because of their relationship with Him. The emphasis of Christianity must be our relationship with Christ. We do not need more teaching that builds denominational walls to protect our understanding of the Bible. We need to be taught a relationship with the Lord so that everyone comes to know Him. Father, bring us out of religion into a relationship with You. Key Verses: • John 5:8–16. “It is the Sabbath, and it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet.” • John 5:17–19. “Whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner.” • John 5:39. “You search the Scriptures; … it is these that testify about Me.” • John 17:20–22. “… that they may be one, just as We are one.” • John 6:44–52. “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?” • John 6:63–69. “We have believed and have come to know that You are the Holy One of God.” • Jeremiah 31:33–34. “They will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.” Quotes: • “With God nothing is impossible. Yet religion says almost everything is impossible. Everything is wrong that doesn't line up to the orthodoxy that has been developed.” • “If all it takes is reading the Bible to have understanding of exactly what God is saying and what He's wanting, then I don't think we would be at this place of having all these thousands of denominations surrounding us at this time.” • “We can read the Bible, and we can have it be totally beyond our ability to grasp what is being spoken. And that's where the Holy Spirit comes in—in the relationship with the Holy Spirit who comes to us from the Father.” Takeaways: 1. Yeshua functioned according to a relationship with the Father and not according to religious orthodoxy. Scholars who knew the Scriptures but did not know the Father rejected Yeshua on the basis of orthodoxy and religion as they knew it. 2. Christian scholars have persecuted the Jews as well as other Christians based on their understanding of the Bible. Establishing orthodoxy by the Scriptures has not led to a greater knowledge of God. It has divided Christians into thousands of denominations. The only way we will have the oneness Christ desires will be through a relationship with Him. 3. We do not want the Lord’s coming to be like a thief in the night because we are unaware of Him. We do not want to reject God’s moving today because of our orthodoxy. We need the relationship with God that hears His voice and understands what He is telling us.
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GIG241 Will You Be Aware?
03/19/2025
GIG241 Will You Be Aware?
Web Description: The Scriptures warn us that just as we are unaware of a thief at night, we could be unaware of the Lord’s appearing. Perhaps the greatest problem we face is not the circumstances in the world but our own unawareness of God. It is imperative that we seek the Lord for a greater awareness and understanding of what He is saying and doing today. Show Notes: A characteristic of the end-time is the unawareness on people. We see this in the flood of anti-Semitism that is moving through the world today and even sweeping through many churches. What enables the anti-Semitism is a tremendous unawareness of what God has spoken in the Scriptures, which is that He has never abandoned His people Israel, and He will fulfill every Word He has given them. The unawareness of what God is saying is where deceptions take root and where we miss the purposes of God in the earth. God spoke through Isaiah, “Behold, I will do something new, now it will spring forth; will you not be aware of it?” We have to be aware of what God is going to do today and not depend on our understanding of what God did in the past. Again we read in Isaiah, “I proclaim to you new things; … before today you have not heard them.” We may be confident that we know what to do today because we have heard what God did yesterday. But what if God proclaims something we have never heard before? God is speaking today to our generation. But will we hear Him and will we understand what He is saying? Samuel at first did not understand what God was saying to Him. He had to learn the voice of the Lord. Samuel grew and became a prophet who knew and taught what God was speaking to Israel during his time. And Christians today need to seek the Lord until we like Samuel can hear the voice of God, understand what He is saying, and be those to show this generation the new thing God is doing now. Key Verses: • Isaiah 43:18–21. “Behold, I will do something new; … will you not be aware of it?” • Isaiah 42:8–10. “Now I declare new things; before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.” • 1 Samuel 3:2–11. “Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.” • Isaiah 48:3–9. “I proclaim to you new things from this time.” • 1 Thessalonians 5:1–9. “So then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober.” • Luke 21:29–36. “Keep on the alert at all times.” • 2 Peter 3:10. “The day of the Lord will come like a thief.” • Revelation 3:3. “If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief.” • Mark 13:31–33. “Take heed, keep on the alert.” • Matthew 24:37–39. “They did not understand until the flood came and took them all away.” • 1 Corinthians 2:1–16. “A natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God; … he cannot understand them.” Quotes: • “If we want to be fearful of something, we should be fearful of our unawareness.” • “What Christ represented in the earth was One who knew the Father, One who heard the voice of the Father, One who saw the Father and had the exact understanding of what God was doing. So He was able to manifest it before people.” • “Recognize that what seems to be playing itself out in great wisdom and understanding and taking over the earth is actually functioning out of an unawareness and an inability to understand what God is doing.” • “We're not learning about the things of this world, the things outside. We're learning the things of the Spirit so that we hear the voice of the Spirit; we hear the voice of the Lord.” Takeaways: 1. Being fearful and concerned about world events means our focus is wrong. Our focus should be on what God is doing inside of us and not on what is happening outside of us. What matters to God is that we understand the wisdom and mysteries that He is unfolding to enable us to walk through these days. 2. God is going to do something new. And the concern is that we His people could miss what He is doing because of our unawareness. Within the Church today there must come a greater awareness of what God is speaking. 3. The challenge is not to become biblical scholars but to hear the voice of the Lord. Not only do we need to hear the voice of the Lord, but we also need to understand what He is saying to us right now. We need to be His prophets through whom He can move in this age.
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GIG240 Purim—How God Works Deliverance
03/12/2025
GIG240 Purim—How God Works Deliverance
Growing In God Podcast Web Description: In the story of Esther, the king was not personally involved in delivering the Jews from the destruction imposed by Haman. However, his signet ring in the hand of Mordecai gave Mordecai all the king’s authority and power to deliver the Jews as if he were the king himself. Likewise through the name of Yeshua (Jesus), we have been given the signet ring of God Himself. Let us accept who we are as His instruments and use His authority and power to bring Christ’s deliverance to the earth. Show Notes: In the story of Esther, King Ahasuerus gave his signet ring to Mordecai. Esther and Mordecai then used that ring to seal a decree against those who were attacking the Jews. Having the king’s signet ring in those days meant having the power of the king himself. A decree sealed by the signet ring had to be obeyed and could never be revoked. As Christians we also believe in using the King’s signet ring, the name of Yeshua (Jesus), to accomplish the will of God. We need to acknowledge that this is how God moves. When He works to brings deliverance, as the king did with Esther and Mordecai, God uses human instruments to bring about His will. God did not come down and deliver Israel from Egypt by Himself. He used Moses as His instrument. Again, God did not redeem humanity on His own. The Father chose to move through His Son. Then after Christ had ascended to the right hand of the Father, He moved through the apostle Paul to fulfill the sufferings of His Body. We live in a time when the world has a desperate need for God, and as the Body of Christ today we must begin to accept what we are. As He has done in so many ages, God is going to work through vessels that He chooses and who are willing to give themselves for that purpose. Open your heart to that which God wants to do through you. Be open to receive the signet ring of anointing and authority that God can place upon you to work through you for His purposes to bring about the conclusion of this age. Key Verses: • Esther 8:2–8. “The king took off his signet ring … and gave it to Mordecai.” • John 5:17–23. “Whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner.” • Colossians 1:13–24. “All things have been created through Him and for Him.” • Colossians 1:29. “I labor, striving according to His power, which mightily works within me.” • John 14:12. “He who believes in Me … greater works than these he will do.” • Esther 4:12–14. “Who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?” Quotes: • “What God was doing in bringing Christ forth in the flesh—bringing the Word into flesh—is He was manifesting Himself in humanity so that He would move in full power and authority through Christ as His human vessel and representative.” • “We don't want the Body of Christ to be perishing in this time because we refuse to take our place in what God has called us to do.” • “We may be facing threatening times. It may even seem like there is a decree of death and destruction on this age, on the Church, and on God's people—the Jewish people in Israel. But who knows whether we are not the ones who have come into this anointing and relationship with the Lord for such a time as this. Let's believe that God can work in us and through us to accomplish His will in this day.” Takeaways: 1. The king giving his signet ring to Mordecai represents an important aspect of Purim. When sealed with the signet ring, whatever Esther and Mordecai enacted had the full authority and power of the king behind it. When we act in the name of Christ, it is like having God’s signet ring, bearing His authority, power, and presence. 2. God chooses to move through human instruments just as the king did through Esther and Mordecai. We have examples of this in Moses, Yeshua, and Paul. If we want the authority and power of God to impact this age, then we need to be God’s instruments. 3. Haman once had the king’s signet ring and had the power to destroy all the Jews. Their deliverance happened when the king took the signet ring from Haman and gave it to Mordecai. As ruler of this world, satan also had the authority to destroy mankind. But that authority has been removed from him and belongs to Christ. As instruments of Christ, using His authority, we can abolish the decree of destruction against mankind.
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GIG239 You Are Born by the Will of God
03/05/2025
GIG239 You Are Born by the Will of God
Web Description: Get out of your mind that you are here on the earth by happenstance, wondering, “Why am I here? What is my purpose?” Instead of spending a lifetime trying to answer those questions, simply know that you were brought to birth by the will of God to be on earth at this time. And God is working in you and through you to accomplish exactly what He wants to accomplish. Show Notes: There is so much confusion in this age that it can be overwhelming. This level of confusion can lead people to feel ineffective in their lives and even develop a sense of uselessness or depression. We see then how confusion is a tactic of satan. If he can keep us confused about who we are, what we are to do, and how we are to do it, then he can keep us from moving with the power and authority we need. This confusion is the opposite of what believers are to have in Christ. As a believer it must be real to you that you were not born by the will of man nor of the will of flesh. You were born by the will of God, and you are here on this earth at this time with a purpose in God. God is also at work in you to work His purposes and His pleasure in this earth. Therefore, you do not have to go it alone, trying to work things out by yourself. You have the force of God Himself, Christ, and the Holy Spirit working within you to accomplish this purpose. If we could get this understanding that we are brought forth by His will, then we would begin to flow with our time here on earth, rather than fight it. Are you wondering, “What is it all about? What am I supposed to do? How am I supposed to become what God wants?” Instead, keep rehearsing John 1:13 and say, “I am born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.” Let there be an assurance that God is working His will in us and through us. And that purpose can flow in us and through us without the uncertainty we often struggle with. Key Verses: • John 1:9–13. “… born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.” • James 1:16–18. “In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth.” • Philippians 2:12–13. “Work out your salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you.” • 1 Peter 1:22–23. “You have been born again … through the living and enduring word of God.” • Ephesians 1:1–14. “We have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose.” Quotes: • “We must be unwavering in the fact that we are here by the will of God with that purpose in God, and we are able to reach in by the Holy Spirit to find the revelation of that, and begin to move with great clarity and force in our hearts.” • “This is not some flash-in-the-pan existence that we're part of. This is part of our eternity with Him in an eternal life. We are living in God. He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world.” • “What a privilege we have! What an honor we have to be part of God summing up all things in Christ, both things in the heavens and the things that are in the earth! And we are brought forth by His will to have a purpose in fulfilling and concluding His great purpose.” Takeaways: 1. It is necessary, especially in this generation, not to be caught up in the confusion of this age. The demonic realm is driven to keep us in confusion to prevent us from moving in power and authority with clarity about our purpose. 2. It is a great necessity for believers to really grasp the fact that we are born by the will of God, that we are here at this time in history by the will of God, that we are here with a purpose from God. And we must move forward and accomplish that purpose. 3. We are not part of some temporary existence that we have to work out by ourselves. He chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world and created us by the living and abiding Word of God. Our life on earth is part of our eternal life in God who is working in us to accomplish His will. 4. There may be a mystery in His will, but He will make it known to you if you seek Him. But seek Him knowing that you are born by the will of God, brought forth for His purpose, and you are simply clarifying that which you know to be true about yourself.
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GIG238 Appropriate All His Provisions
02/26/2025
GIG238 Appropriate All His Provisions
Web Description: The parable of the king who invited guests to his wedding feast is something we want to apply to our hearts today. God has made a great provision of salvation through the sacrifice of His Son on the cross. It is His free gift to us by His grace, but we still must show up before Him and appropriate all that He has made available. This means we need to get rid of any excuses and everything that we would value more than God’s great provision. Lord, help us to come before You with prepared hearts, worshipping You with thankfulness for all You have given us. Show Notes: Yeshua (Jesus) told a parable of a king who prepared a wedding feast, but the invited guests were unwilling to attend. Like this king, God has prepared a feast at great expense and has invited everyone to freely partake of it. In the sacrifice of His Son on the cross, God has provided salvation, healing, and all things pertaining to our life and godliness. As Christians we could feel like we have already accepted this invitation. But could that attitude be limiting how much we really should be receiving from the Lord? According to this parable, those invited to the wedding feast made excuses for not attending. These excuses were rooted in personal pursuits they deemed more important than the king’s offer. Are we guilty of the same kinds of excuses regarding God’s provision? Maybe we are not overtly refusing Him, but we can easily be so focused on the concerns of our lives that we do not give the attention we need to the appropriation of all God has made available. What keeps us from daily relating to the Lord in prayer, meditation, and waiting on Him? The root of the problem is explained in this parable. Those who skipped the king’s feast or attacked his servants or did not prepare to appear before him did so because they did not value what the king offered. So we ask God to forgive us for placing value on earthly things that are truly worthless in comparison to our eternity in His Kingdom. Let our thankfulness and appreciation for everything He did in giving us His Son be expressed through our daily appearance before Him, with prepared hearts to partake of His great provision. Key Verses: • 2 Peter 1:3. “His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness.” • Matthew 22:1–14. “Those who had been invited to the wedding feast … were unwilling to come.” • Luke 14:16–20. “They all alike began to make excuses.” • Isaiah 53:2–8. “He was despised and forsaken of men, … but He was pierced through for our transgressions.” Quotes: • “It's time for us to get rid of our excuses. We need to evaluate, in repentance and humility, the excuses that we make before God on a daily basis of why we can't seem to show up for what He's made available.” • “Are we just going about our own business? Are we just paying attention to whatever concerns we have in our life and realizing that, yeah, the provision may be there, and He may have made all this available to us, but it's not getting the notice from us and driving us into the appropriation of all that He's made.” • “The first thing we should do is spend the time with Him. Come before that cross. You know that cross is available every minute of every day. Every second that cross stands and we can touch it. We can embrace it. We can receive all that it holds within its power to heal us, to restore us to the Father.” Takeaways: 1. As we read the parable of the king’s wedding invitation, we want to feel the depths of God’s love for us to restore us to Himself through the suffering and death of His Son—and His anger if we hold His provision lightly. 2. Many who were invited were unwilling to attend the wedding. This should challenge us to examine our own hearts. If we are willing, then what energy are we putting into what God has set before us? Are we coming to Him daily to appropriate all the provision He has made? 3. Many seized the king’s messengers, mistreated them, and killed them. The king was very angry with the persecutors and brought judgment on them. We can see God’s anger at those today who have such disregard for all God did to give us salvation that they persecute, and even kill, those who bring His message of grace. 4. Some showed up to the wedding but were not wearing the wedding garments, and the king threw them out. There still must be a preparation of our hearts to go before the Lord. It is offensive to God that we have so little regard for His effort to give us salvation that we make no effort to prepare ourselves to meet Him.
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GIG237 God’s Word Is for Now
02/19/2025
GIG237 God’s Word Is for Now
Web Description: If God put us in this world by His will, then we accept that He has enabled us to do His will. That means whatever He makes real to us in His Word is not something only for the past or waiting for the future. His Word is something He wants us to walk in now. Therefore, we ask God’s help to end our double-mindedness by making our conscious and subconscious minds a united force to manifest His Word in the present. Show Notes: As Christians we believe that the Scriptures are the Word of God. But we need to change our conditioning that relegates everything in the Scriptures to the past or the future. The Word of God must be our present reality. It is not enough to mentally accept that Christ was resurrected in the past and by virtue of that determine we will have a resurrection in the future. Instead, we need to believe without wavering that Yeshua (Jesus) is, as He said, the resurrection and the life, and we can therefore experience the power of His resurrection and life in our own lives at this very moment. God is speaking to us now in the present, but what hinders our effectiveness is this duplicity in our thinking that prevents us from experiencing it in the present. James wrote that a double-minded person should not expect to receive anything from God, and the reality is that we are by nature double-minded. We have a conscious mind and a subconscious mind, and those two minds are not necessarily in sync. We live crossing ourselves out more than we recognize because our conscious and subconscious minds are at odds with each other. You can determine with your conscious mind to walk in the Word and then fail to even get started because your subconscious mind is not engaged in carrying out your conscious decision. We live mainly in our conscious mind because that is what we know how to relate to. But our subconscious mind is what makes the planning of our conscious mind active and operational in the present moment. With the Holy Spirit’s help, we apply the force of our subconscious mind to take the Word that we understand with our conscious mind and make it our present and active reality. Key Verses: • John 1:13. “… born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.” • Philippians 2:13. “It is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.” • Luke 17:21. “The kingdom of God is in your midst [or within you].” • Matthew 28:20. “I am with you always.” • James 1:5–8. “That man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, being a double-minded man.” • James 4:8. “Purify your hearts, you double-minded.” • Isaiah 54:17. “No weapon that is formed against you will prosper.” • 1 Peter 2:24. “By His wounds you were healed.” • John 11:21–26. “I am the resurrection and the life.” • Roman 13:14. “Put on the Lord Jesus Christ.” Quotes: • “Our subconscious mind does not flow with our conscious mind. These two things are not necessarily in sync with each other and a lot of problems are born out of that.” • “How do we get to oneness? We've got to get to oneness in ourselves, and it has a lot to do with the Holy Spirit. It has a lot to do with learning our subconscious mind the way we know our conscious mind.” • “My subconscious mind has to be brought into unification with my conscious mind and vice versa in order for me to live in the present moment. And if I don't do that, then I'm constantly living in this throwback of the past or the future. And there's no power in that.” Takeaways: 1. When God says that you are here, not by the will of flesh nor by the will of man, but by the will of God, then you must take that in your mind and make that your present reality and reject anything that says anything different. If God’s Word is true, then it is true now. 2. It is not enough to know and teach the Word. We have to know how to manifest the Word. Not manifesting it now in our lives puts the Word into the future or keeps it in the past. 3. Even though we love the Word and have tried to walk in the Word, we are confronted with the fact that a double-minded person receives nothing from God. It is our double-minded nature that crosses out the effectiveness of the Word. 4. Instead of only mentally accepting the Word with our conscious mind, we need to involve the capabilities of our subconscious mind to keep the Word active and functioning in the present moment.
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GIG236 Make Your Past and Future Your Present
02/12/2025
GIG236 Make Your Past and Future Your Present
Web Description: God is not limited by time. Why should we be? Christ went to the cross two thousand years ago, and yet we experience salvation through that cross as if it happens for us the moment we believe. Even people of faith, who lived before Christ, reached into the power of the cross long before it happened. We need to change our focus from the physical realm bound by time to the eternal realm where everything God did in the past or will do in the future is available now for us to walk in. Show Notes: The Scriptures consistently emphasize the freedom and liberty we are to walk in. According to the Word of God, there is nothing lacking in the power of Christ's blood shed on the cross. There is nothing lacking in the power of His death, burial, and resurrection for our fullness of life and complete healing of every affliction. However, there are obstacles within us that seem to hinder us from fully experiencing the power we are meant to have. It is one thing to know what the Word says. We also must know how to implement that Word in our lives. Surprisingly, the science of quantum physics can help us with this. Scriptural concepts that make no sense according to physical laws have been observed to be a reality in the quantum realm. Long before Yeshua (Jesus) went to the cross, Isaiah wrote, “He was pierced for our transgression and by His scourging we are healed.” After Yeshua went to the cross, Peter wrote, “By His wounds you were healed.” To us in a physical realm limited by time, experiencing past or future events in the present seems impossible. Yet tests prove that the quantum realm is not limited by time. The quantum realm is a creation of God, who Himself is not bound by time. In Him the past, present, and future all exist simultaneously at the moment. What would happen if we could experience the realm where our past and future were connected to our present? What if we could lay hold of God’s movings in the past and promises for the future and bring them into our now? Let us apply what we already know about walking with God in the Spirit and waiting on the Lord and reach into what God has for our lives today. Key Verses: • 1 John 1:9. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful … to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” • John 14:6. “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.” • Matthew 19:26. “With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” • Hebrews 3:18–19. “They were not able to enter because of unbelief.” • Matthew 8:1–17. “HE HIMSELF TOOK OUR INFIRMITIES AND CARRIED AWAY OUR DISEASES.” • Isaiah 53:4–5. “By His scourging we are healed.” • 1 Peter 2:21–24. “By His wounds you were healed.” • John 11:25. “I am the resurrection and the life.” • Ephesians 1:5. “He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world.” • Romans 12:2. “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” • Galatians 5:16. “Walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.” • John 8:56–59. “Before Abraham was born, I am.” • Revelation 13:8 (NASB). “… written from the foundation of the world in the book of life.” • Revelation 13:8 (KJV). “… the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” • Revelation 17:8. “The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come.” Quotes: • “God always holds the past, the present, and the future before Him in His mind. Therefore, a man of faith who comes to God may claim the promises of the past or prophecies of the future as the provision for the present moment” (John Robert Stevens). • “What Yeshua did thousands of years ago is valid for you today. All you have to do is reach into it today and you will be healed. Just reach into the cross today and you will be saved.” • “Abraham saw the day of Christ on the earth in the flesh. Why? He lived thousands of years in the past. Yeah, but he also knew how to get into a realm where the past and the future were his present.” • “How does healing work right now? It happens because we get into that realm where the past, present, and future all exist at once.” Takeaways: 1. God’s Word, His power, and the work of Christ for us are unlimited. The only limitations are in us due to impasses on a subconscious level. Religion will not help us overcome those impasses because they are more related to the scientific principles of the quantum realm. 2. The quantum realm confirms the timeless nature of God, as well as our own ability to draw from the provision of Christ, whether it occurred in the past or will occur in the future, and to walk in it at the present moment. 3. Abraham knew the day of Christ thousands of years before it happened. And to be prophets in this age, we must have an awareness of this realm where the past, present, and future exist simultaneously and then be able to manifest it.
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GIG235 Is Your Trust in the Lord?
02/05/2025
GIG235 Is Your Trust in the Lord?
Growing In God Podcast Web Description: Is God a gentleman? Yes. When we invite Him out of the room, just like a gentleman He leaves. As we watch all the systems we trust in fall apart, we can despair and feel like there are no answers. Well, God has all the answers but we have excluded Him. We need to invite Him back in. We need to end our dependence on what we have created and put all our trust in our Creator. Show Notes: Elijah learned an important lesson when he fled for his life to Mount Horeb. There he saw a strong wind, but God was not in the wind. Then he saw a powerful earthquake, but God was not in the earthquake. Then he saw a great fire, but God was not in the fire. In the world today we are seeing great destruction from hurricanes, earthquakes, and fires. And of course we often interpret those events as God’s judgments. But what if God is not in any of those things? Maybe we should stop blaming God for them and acknowledge that they are the result of how we as humans have lived. In this country, as in many countries, we have taken the Lord out of our lives. We have removed Him from every aspect of our society. We have spent years putting our faith and trust in everything but the Lord. We build systems and pour money into programs to meet our needs, and before we know it, we are dependent on those things instead of on God. When those systems fail we are utterly devastated, as we saw in recent fires in California. And that was only one of many catastrophes in the world. Our concept of the end-time is that God is directly engaged in judging people. A better understanding might be that we suffer the consequences of a lifestyle that excludes God. All the man-made systems we have put our trust in will continue to come tumbling down until we return to trusting, honoring, and glorifying God. Let us return to Him with all our hearts. Let us believe the promise that if we humble ourselves and ask the Lord’s forgiveness, He will hear from heaven and heal our land. Key Verses: • Proverbs 3:5–6. “Trust in the LORD … do not lean on your own understanding.” • 2 Chronicles 7:13–14. “If … My people … humble themselves … I will hear from heaven.” • James 4:13–15. “If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.” • 1 Corinthians 4:7. “What do you have that you did not receive?” • John 6:53. “You have no life in yourselves.” • 1 Kings 19:9–10. “I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.” • 1 Kings 19:11–18. “The LORD was not in the wind … not in the earthquake … not in the fire.” • Isaiah 31:1. “Woe to those who … trust in chariots … but they do not … seek the LORD.” Quotes: • “Idolatry is just trusting in anything except God. And I think we do that all the time every day.” • “We all need to humble ourselves and come before Him and say, ‘We repent of our wicked ways.’ You say, ‘Well, what's my wicked way?’ That we don't trust in Him, that we're not giving our lives to Him, that we're not honoring Him for all that He is.” • “Whatever we've built, it's only because He's given us the ability to build. Whatever we've done, it's only because of His enabling, His wisdom, His blessing of intelligence.” Takeaways: 1. We have grown increasingly dependent on systems that we have built ourselves. Consequently our security comes from things other than the Lord. We have worked the Lord out of our lives, out of our national institutions, out of our marketplace, out of our schools, and out of every aspect of our society. 2. When it comes to the devastating events such hurricanes, earthquakes, and fires around the world, people declare, “God is doing this. God is doing that.” The truth is that God might not be in any of those things and we are simply experiencing the results of our own lifestyle without God. 3. Like the tower of Babel, many systems among the nations will come tumbling down until humanity itself turns back to the Lord and says, “You Lord are our only God. You are the Creator of the universe and we glorify You. We honor You. We start trusting in You only, and we humbly repent where we have gone astray.
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GIG234 The Lesson of Pharaoh
01/29/2025
GIG234 The Lesson of Pharaoh
Web Description: When judgment happens, do not blame it on God or on those who are serving God. Blame it on those who like Pharaoh refuse time and time again to humble their hearts, who refuse to open their hearts to receive the things of God and His truth, and who never stop in their commitment to destroy God’s people and His creation. Show Notes: The Israelites learned the lesson of Pharaoh. And we need to learn that lesson or we will misinterpret God’s judgments. Why did God bring judgment after judgment on Egypt? It was because Pharaoh kept refusing the will of God to let the people of Israel go. Pharaoh kept refusing to let his power over Israel be displaced by God. This is the reason God ultimately moves in judgment. It is the refusal of rulers to let their kingdoms be displaced by the Kingdom of God. Make no mistake, those who are fighting the Kingdom will not stop. Those who are dedicated to the destruction of Israel will never stop. Evil rulers will never stop controlling and oppressing people. Satan will never stop in his drive to destroy all flesh. People accuse God of being full of wrath and indignation. But God’s indignation is simply His response after His long-suffering has delayed judgment until it cannot be delayed any longer. He is a God of peace. But He will use whatever indignation is necessary to stop the destruction of His creation. Do not think there is a solution for this world other than the Kingdom of God. It must come, and it must be complete. And it will come at the elimination of every kingdom that is driven by satan to refuse God’s Kingdom. We will not have a righteous world until we have a righteous King. We will not have justice until we have a righteous Judge over all the earth. And this is what is beginning to happen. The Kingdom of God is coming, and we should continue to pray for His Kingdom to come. Key Verses: • James 2:13. “Mercy triumphs over judgment.” • Philippians 2:9–11. “EVERY KNEE WILL BOW … and … every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.” • Isaiah 34:1–3. “For the LORD’s indignation is against all the nations.” • Matthew 21:33–41. “When the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?” • Mark 13:20. “No life would have been saved.” • Joel 3:9–17. “Prepare a war; rouse the mighty men!” • Exodus 10:1–3. “How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me?” • Romans 1:18–32. “God gave them over to a depraved mind.” Quotes: • “God is going to set up His Kingdom. And the end-time and the struggles of the end-time are all surrounding that reality that the Kingdom of God will be set up.” • “I don't care what the problem is. There is no solution other than the righteous King of all the earth coming to rule and reign over all the earth.” • “People are moving with a hard heart. Their minds are filled with futility. They're darkened in their understanding. But that's a result of their actions, not a result of God's actions.” Takeaways: 1. Just like Pharaoh, satan will never quit. Pharaoh was bent on the destruction of Israel, and today the nations are bent on the destruction of Israel. Those wicked nations that are refusing the Kingdom of God are taking it out on Israel. 2. These nations will not stop this pursuit until they have brought complete destruction because their minds are filled with deception, their hearts are hardened, and they cannot understand the truth any longer. 3. The lesson of Pharaoh is that you cannot negotiate with someone who desires nothing but your destruction. And that is who satan is. You can never negotiate with him. He is not going to be saved. He is on one course and one course only: your destruction. 4. We have to reach into the Lord and His salvation, His truth, His righteousness, and His justice because God is getting ready to move.
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GIG233 Nations Are Gathering Against God’s People
01/22/2025
GIG233 Nations Are Gathering Against God’s People
Web Description: Psalm 2 states, “The kings of the earth take their stand … against the Lord and against His Anointed.” So there should be no confusion about the conflict happening in the world. The Kingdom of God is coming, and many governments are standing against it. Yet God’s Kingdom is the answer for the world, and our focus is not on the conflict but on the solution. Father, Your Kingdom come, and Your will be done on the earth. Show Notes: When a country goes through a change of government, it can experience turmoil. This concept helps us understand what is happening on a global scale today. The entire world is experiencing a governmental changeover as the Kingdom of God comes into the earth. And the reaction of many nations to the Kingdom of God is to reject it. They reject the laws, the conditions, and the requirements of God’s Kingdom. And so a battle ensues. We need to understand the nature of this battle. There are many wars and rumors of wars in the world today, but the prophecies in Scripture are not about random nations fighting one another. The war against the Kingdom is the war of nations against the Jewish people. That is why we are seeing so many attacks against Israel and against Jews worldwide. It is because they are the representatives of God's Kingdom. Israel is where the Kingdom will come on the earth, and the Jews are the people from whom it manifests. We must stay focused on what God is doing and stay free from the negativity generated by the hostility of nations against Him and His people. God’s purpose is not to bring war but to fulfill the promised blessings of His Kingdom. We might see many negative events in the days ahead, but it is important that we remember how it all turns out. Many nations and people will go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, to learn His ways and never again learn war. That is the focus of the last days, not the negative. That is our faith and intercession for His Kingdom to come. Key Verses: • Philippians 2:10–11. “Every knee will bow … and … every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.” • Psalm 2:1–3. “The kings of the earth take their stand … against the Lord and against His Anointed.” • John 4:22. “Salvation is from the Jews.” • Psalm 2:4–12. “I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance.” • Matthew 24:6. “You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars.” • Isaiah 34:1–3. “The Lord’s indignation is against all the nations.” • Isaiah 2:1–4. “The law will go forth from Zion and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.” Quotes: • “The nations are in an uproar. Why? Because the Kingdom of God is drawing nearer and nearer.” • “I think we're at the time where the nations have chosen and taken their stand against the Lord and against His anointed.” • “The wars will pass away. The rumors of wars will pass away. And as the Kingdom of God sets in, no longer will nation lift up its sword against another nation.” Takeaways: 1. What we are witnessing in the world is a governmental changeover, and that is the Kingdom of God coming into the earth. This is not an easy transition as many nations, governments, and peoples will resist submitting to His Lordship. 2. The focus of resistance and opposition to the Kingdom of God is and always has been the Jewish people because the Kingdom manifests from them. That is why we see increasing attacks against them and against the Jewish homeland of Israel. 3. If the nations were able to bring peace and justice and solutions to the world’s problems, they would have done so by now. The Kingdom of God has the answers that mankind has been seeking, and we should excitedly await and strive to be a part of it. 4. We must not let our hearts become fearful or let our spirits faint. Let us proclaim His Word to break the lies that come against God’s people and against His land. Let us pray that the truth of His justice and His love be known and that His government prevails.
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GIG232 Thy Kingdom Come
01/15/2025
GIG232 Thy Kingdom Come
Growing In God Podcast Web Description: We can be very concerned and even fearful about all the tumult in the world. But as Psalm 2 explains, the nations are in an uproar because they oppose the Kingdom of God. So we should not be surprised by what is happening since we are the ones praying, “Thy Kingdom come, and Thy will be done.” We should be immovable in our faith because our focus is on the Father and not on the world. Show Notes: It is easy to worry about all the turmoil in the world right now. But the events we see taking place are no accident. And they are not without our participation as Christians. We have initiated and are initiating much of what is going on. You could say, “I’m not doing anything. How am I making these things happen?” Well, for centuries Christians have prayed to the Father, “Your Kingdom come; Your will be done on earth.” It is His Kingdom—His will—that the nations are raging against. We can compare these times to watching a hurricane. From one perspective it is a confusing scene of things being ripped apart and swirling around. From another perspective we see the weather forces that are the root cause of all the turmoil. And in the simple prayer Christ taught us, we can maintain a perspective above the storm that is focused on the root cause. We can have a fixed focus on the Father, His will, and His coming Kingdom. You do not have to look around and say, “What is all this craziness in the world? Can you believe what's happening?” Instead, look at the root cause of the hurricane and recognize that everything happening is very simple to understand. It is exactly what was spoken by John the Baptist and Yeshua (Jesus) two thousand years ago. And it was spoken by all the prophets before that about the son of David coming and setting up His Kingdom. By this focus we can put our stake in the ground and become immovable, which is where we are supposed to be in our faith. Key Verses: • Matthew 6:7–13. “Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth.” • 1 Corinthians 15:25–28. “He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.” • Matthew 3:1–3. “John the Baptist came, … saying, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.’” • Matthew 4:12–17. “Jesus began to preach and say, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.’” • Psalm 2:1–12. “As for Me, I have installed My King upon Zion.” Quotes: • “This has been going on for a long time. This preaching of and speaking of the Kingdom of God is at the very heart of Christ, the very heart of Judaism, the very heart of our faith.” • “When nations are addressed, it is not necessarily every individual within that nation. We as believers do have a way of thinking that is a biblical worldview. We have a way of living that is, again, not necessarily in alignment with all of those in the nation surrounding us.” • “There are going to be many other rulers and dictators and governors, even democracies, that are going to be displaced by this Kingdom that God is bringing forth.” Takeaways: 1. What are we living through in these days that we call the end-time? We are living through the dispossession of the leadership and rulership of the earth because the Kingdom of God is coming. And do not forget that we as believers have been a great part of praying these days into existence. 2. Do not look around and say, “I don't get it. I'm afraid. I'm confused. I'm concerned about the wars and the rumors of wars. It seems like the world has become very dangerous.” Well, it has. And that is because the Prince of Peace is coming to rule and reign. So, do not let your heart be in fear. Do not let your spirit become passive or melt within you. 3. Continue to pray the prayer that Yeshua gave us from the beginning. Keep your focus on the Father. Keep worshipping Him as the Lord, the Creator of all, and keep speaking into existence, “Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
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GIG231 The Word Made Flesh
01/08/2025
GIG231 The Word Made Flesh
Web Description: Christ came into this earth as the Word made flesh. We too, having received of His fullness, must grow by grace until we as members of His body are the fullness of Him who fills all things. We too must become in this age the Word made flesh. That is what will have the power and authority that we need to move in the greater works that He has promised. Show Notes: How amazing it is that the Word of God is so available to us today! We simply have to pick it up and read it. And that is only possible because of the generations of Jewish and Christian scribes who preserved it by faithfully writing it down. When Moses first inscribed that Word in stone, it came with such glory that his face shone, and he had to hide his face with a veil. Today there is still a glory that manifests in the Bible, the written Word. Yet God is looking for something even greater. He is looking for a greater glory and a greater manifestation of that Word to be more impactful and effective. God is wanting more than His Word engraved on tablets of stone—something outside of us that we know or study. He wants His Word engraved on the tablets of our hearts until we become, as Christ was, the Word made flesh. That is what He was looking for when He brought Christ to dwell with us. Something had to express His Word to humanity in such a way that the Word could be implanted in us. And the Word implanted in our hearts is to grow until we are the mature expression of that Word as Christ was. And that is what we reach for. We want Him to write His Word on our hearts by the Spirit. We want the veil removed so that we can behold Him as He is and be transformed into His image. Key Verses: • John 1:14–18. “The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us.” • John 1:1–5. “He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him.” • 2 Corinthians 3:1–3. “You are a letter of Christ … on tablets of human hearts.” • 2 Corinthians 3:4–18. “We all, with unveiled face … are being transformed into the same image.” • 1 Peter 1:23. “You have been born again … through the living and enduring word of God.” • Ephesians 4:11–13. “He gave some … to the building up of the body of Christ.” • John 1:16. “Of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.” • Ephesians 1:18–23. “The church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.” Quotes: • “Even what Moses did—as tremendous as it was being the expression to write that Word, to speak that Word, to give that that Word to the children of Israel—the power was not there to release mankind into being likewise this expression of the Word of God.” • “He is not looking for us to be teachers of the Word, to be scholars of the Word, to be believers in the Word, to be those who are witnesses by testimony of that Word; He's looking for us to be as Christ was.” • “He was the Word made flesh; and we likewise are to attain to that knowledge of the Son of God, to that mature man, to that measure of stature which belonged to Him. We’re to come into His fullness.” Takeaways: 1. God created the heavens and the earth by His Word. Then He gave His Word to Moses to speak to the sons of Israel. Since then God’s Word has been recorded and preserved. So we have the Word of God. But something had to express the Word of God to humanity in such a way that the Word could be implanted in us. That is why God gave us His Son, who was the Word made flesh. 2. When we understand this, we understand what Christ really was. And then we can begin to understand what it is God is looking to impart through Christ manifesting as that Word of God. He is looking for the Word implanted in us to grow until each of us likewise becomes the Word made flesh. 3. The reason for the Church and the ministries God gave to the Church is to build up the Body of Christ until we grow into a mature man, to the measure of the stature that belongs to the fullness of Christ.
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GIG230 A New Revelation of Grace
01/01/2025
GIG230 A New Revelation of Grace
Web Description: We really need to see the works of God in this generation. And those works will only happen through us, the Body of Christ. And so we must have a new revelation of God’s grace. Why? Because the works are God’s and not ours. And they are for God’s glory and not ours. This must be our absolute and permanent conviction: The only reason we can do God’s works at all is by His grace. It is by His grace, which is sufficient for us, that His power will be released. Show Notes: We are believing for God’s power to be manifested through the Body of Christ. But we also know that the more God anoints us to perform miracles, signs, and healings, the more difficult it becomes to separate ourselves from the works happening by our hands. We have seen it many times in the history of the Church that people start focusing on and glorifying an individual who is moving in God. When that happens the anointing from God dissipates and eventually goes away. When people began to attribute to Yeshua (Jesus) the works He was doing, He was very firm to respond, “These works you see me doing are not mine. They are the Father’s works only.” And we need something in our hearts where we are absolutely convinced that whatever is happening through us is God moving to glorify Himself. And it is only by His grace that we are involved in it at all. According to the Apostle John, “Of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.” And the more of Christ’s fullness that we receive, the more His grace needs to be multiplied in our lives, until there is no question in our minds that we can do nothing of ourselves; we can only do what Christ has given us to do. By this grace Christ glorified the Father through the greatest works ever seen. By this grace Paul labored mode abundantly than all the apostles. Let us reach into this grace today and see Christ glorified in His Body. Key Verses: • Isaiah 48:11–12. “For My own sake, I will act.” • John 5:18–20. “The Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing.” • John 5:30. “I can do nothing on My own initiative.” • John 17:4. “I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do.” • John 20:21. “As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” • John 14:12. “He who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do.” • John 1:15–16. “Of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.” • Romans 11:6. “If it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.” • 1 Corinthians 15:7–10. “By the grace of God I am what I am.” • 2 Corinthians 12:7–9. “My grace is sufficient for you.” • 2 Corinthians 13:14. “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ … be with you all.” • Acts 4:23–31. “They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.” • Acts 4:32–33. “And abundant grace was upon them all.” Quotes: • “There has to be, according to the Scriptures, a Body of Christ that's moving in the power and the awesome things of God.” • “Here's a good place to start having the mind of Christ: ‘I can do nothing on my own initiative.’ We are incapable of anything. The works are not our works. It is God working, and Him working through human instruments.” • “I think the key gift is grace. Because if we're filled with grace—if we have a solid revelation of the grace of God being the only thing in our lives—I think then all of the gifts follow that.” Takeaways: 1. We are believing for God to move through our intercession. But in everything God is getting ready to do, He is going to glorify Himself. We need to always keep that picture before us. What is God doing? He is glorifying Himself among the nations. He is glorifying Himself before all creation. 2. When the works of God start happening, people start following the person performing those works. It becomes difficult in the eyes of the world to keep the focus on God and not on man. Therefore it must be real to us that it is only by the grace of God that we have any involvement in His works. 3. God is glorified by His works. And just as the Father sent Christ into the world to do His works, Christ has sent us into the world to do even greater works. That is why we must have a new powerful revelation of the grace of God in our lives that is continually expanding as we grow in God.
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GIG229 The Feast of Dedication
12/26/2024
GIG229 The Feast of Dedication
Web Description: Hanukkah is all about the Temple of God—what had happened to defile it and what they did to cleanse it and rededicate it. We too are a temple of God. We are to be a holy place in which God can dwell. But He cannot dwell within us if we are filled with defilement. Let us do today what Hanukkah celebrates. Let us enter into the promises that God will purify us and dwell in us. Then let us rededicate ourselves to walk with Him. Show Notes: Christians need a greater understanding of Hanukkah. It occurs around Christmas time, but it existed as a celebration long before Christians conceived of Christmas. Hanukkah is the Feast of Dedication. And it remembers the time the Temple was rededicated to God after it had been defiled by Antiochus IV Epiphanes during the Seleucid dynasty. We as Christians should regard this time of rededication to the pure worship of God as something very applicable us. The people at the time of Antiochus IV rose up and fought against the defilement, and they removed it from their midst. What was at stake was the very presence of God in the place where He chose to dwell—the Temple. We must take it just as seriously today. We must fight against everything that is coming into our lives to defile us because the issue is still the same: Will God have a place to dwell in the earth? We are to be His dwelling place. We are to be His temple. And He cannot dwell in us if our temple is defiled. This Hanukkah should be a tremendous time for all of us. It was a lot of work to remove all the objects of defilement, clean and prepare the Temple, and rededicate it to the worship of God. And it may take a lot of work to do that in our own lives. But Hanukkah means that it can happen. We can separate ourselves from the defilement of this age. We can repent and He will cleanse us. We can be that place for Him to dwell. Key Verses: Read 1 Maccabees 4:36–59. John 10:22–24. “The Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem; … and Jesus was walking in the temple.” 2 Corinthians 7:1. “Let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit.” John 2:14–16. “He made a scourge of cords, and drove them all out.” 2 Corinthians 5:17. “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature.” 1 Corinthians 6:19–20. “Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit.” 1 John 1:9. “He is faithful and righteous to … cleanse us.” 2 Corinthians 6:14–18. “We are the temple of the living God.” Ephesians 2:18–22. “You also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.” Quotes: “As we enter into Hanukkah ourselves and find the importance in our own lives about it, we realize we begin with an energy, with a drive in our heart that says, ‘We must remove all defilement.’” “He is holy, and He must dwell within holiness. We cannot tolerate the defilement and the uncleanness. We must remove all defilement and dedicate ourselves to being the dwelling place of God on this earth.” “We must be dedicated to the fact that He must have a holy temple called the Body of Christ in whom He will dwell, having built us up together into that dwelling place of God in the Spirit.” Takeaways: 1. Just as the Temple had been defiled in the days of the Maccabees, today there are many people who have been defiled so that they no longer qualify as a place in which God can dwell. 2. Just as the altar and the instruments of worship had to be remade and rededicated, so this is a time for us to remake our lives in God. It is time for us to begin again and rededicate ourselves to the Lord. 3. We must put the energy into tearing down and removing that which is defiled. We must be cleansed of the defilement within ourselves, and we must rededicate our lives in service to the Lord so that we might be that place in which He will dwell.
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GIG228 The Gift of God's Love
12/25/2024
GIG228 The Gift of God's Love
Growing In God Podcast Web Description: There is a great deal of debate concerning Christmas. Why is it celebrated? When should it be celebrated? Should it be celebrated at all? Rather than attempting to unravel all the doctrinal and scheduling dilemmas surrounding Christmas, this podcast goes into its real purpose. Christmas is all about the love of God manifesting to humanity. The coming of Christ into the world is God manifesting His love in us. There is no more perfect gift that can be given for Christmas. Show Notes: What is Christmas all about? First and foremost, the birth of Yeshua (Jesus) is about God sending His Son into the earth. But we get so caught up in what the celebration of Christmas is supposed to be, what church is supposed to be, and what religion is supposed to be that we lose sight of exactly why we are celebrating Yeshua’s being born. Very simply, God was manifesting His love within a human so that we as humans could find a way to open up and receive God’s love in us. God wants us to know the love He has for each one of us as individuals. It is easy to get lost in the big picture of God doing something for the whole world. But by the gift of His Son, the Father manifested His love in you personally. In Christ, God is driven to get every human to know and feel and recognize and celebrate His love. That is a big part of what He was doing in the birth of Yeshua. If God can get us to see His love for us, then He can make us become love just as He is love. That means love for yourself and love for one another. If you celebrate Christmas as the time when Yeshua was born, then remember the purpose of that event. As you exchange gifts, remember that the greatest gift was God manifesting His love in a human being. Today we need that more than ever because we are losing the love for one another. We are seeing the opposite of love in the destructive actions toward ourselves and toward one another. There is only one way to stop that trend, and that is by opening our hearts to receive how much God loves us. Loving yourself and loving others will not be a challenge when you really receive the love that God has for you. Key Verses: • 1 John 4:9. “By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son.” • 1 John 4:7–11. “The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.” • 1 John 4:12–21. “We love, because He first loved us.” • Leviticus 19:18. “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” • Ephesians 3:16–19. “Know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.” • John 3:16. “God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son.” Quotes: • “If you’re celebrating the birth of Christ, then you’re celebrating the manifestation of God’s love in us.” • “What is sin? It’s separation from God. But it’s deeper than that. It’s separation from His love for us.” • “What is eternal life? The love of God is eternal life. Because God is love and that is eternal.” Takeaways: 1. As we give ourselves to this season, let us remember that it was because of God’s great love that Yeshua was sent to this earth. He came to be the expression of God’s love to each of us individually. God is driven for us to know and experience His love for us. And the greatest celebration of Christmas would be us opening our hearts to know and receive and experience the love of God. 2. Since no man has seen God, and we cannot relate to Him easily, God sent His love packaged in Christ. If we receive Him, we are receiving the love of God so that we may be filled up to all the fullness of God, just as Christ was the fullness of God in man. 3. Read John 17. What made Yeshua and the Father one? The love that the Father had for Him and the love He had for the Father is what welded them into oneness. And because of that love, we have the ability to be one. The one who abides in love abides in God. And Christ and the Father will come and take their abode in us because we finally come into the revelation of God’s love for us.
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GIG227 Do You Know How Important You Are?
12/18/2024
GIG227 Do You Know How Important You Are?
Web Description: Did you know that your daily charge of faith and prayer and seeking God is the energy that makes the Body of Christ function? No one in the Body can say, “I’m not important. It doesn’t matter if I’m not supplying what little I have.” It does matter! And the power of oneness will only be released when each of us is manifesting what we are. Show Notes: As we learned in the previous podcast, the Bible is filled with examples of God moving from a focus on an individual to a focus on a people. The prayer of Solomon in 2 Chronicles 7 shows this process. As an individual anointed by God, Solomon prayed, and God responded to his prayer. It is significant that God’s response was not to tell Solomon what he must do; rather, God told Solomon what the congregation must do. God was saying, “Just like I answered Solomon's prayer, I will answer the prayer of my people if they humble themselves and seek My face.” In a sense, Solomon’s importance as a singular individual ceased once he finished the Temple. Now God emphasized the importance of all the individuals of Israel. The effectiveness of the prayer depended on how each individual walked with God. The same is true today. According to God's plan, you are important. Without you, it does not work. Yet it is easy for us to minimize our own worthiness and effectiveness. As Christians we need to get over that mentality. We must recognize the importance of what we bring individually through our faith. Stop saying, “What I have isn’t important, and so it won’t matter if I don’t give it.” Instead, get up daily and say, “I need to bring what I have because the Body of Christ will not function without it.” Key Verses: • 2 Chronicles 7:11–14. “If … My people … pray and seek My face, … then I will hear from heaven.” • Acts 4:24–33. “The congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul.” • 1 Corinthians 12:12–16. “The body is not one member, but many.” Quotes: • “The body functions only because the cells function. We exist only because of each cell in the body doing its part.” • “You can say, ‘Well, I don't do that much,’ or ‘I don't have that much.’ It doesn't matter what you have. Without you, the Body of Christ doesn't work.” • “We need to change an age. We need to see the land delivered. We need to see God come and answer and move. And it requires you.” Takeaways: 1. According to 2 Chronicles 7, God answered Solomon’s prayer when he fulfilled David’s heart by building the Temple. Then God said He would answer the prayers of His people. But that required that every individual walked with God and served God after the heart of David. That meant it was no longer just Solomon. Each individual was important to the purpose of God and what each individual did mattered. 2. If we want the promises of 2 Chronicles 7, then we must realize that it is no longer what a singular leader does. We are all important as individuals in the Body of Christ. What we do matters, and it does not happen without us. 3. Each cell in a body does not seem to do that much. But the body does not function if each cell is not supplying what it has. You cannot say, “I don’t have very much, so it doesn’t really matter what I do.” The energy you supply is important to the proper functioning of the Body of Christ. Scripture Readings: 1 Corinthians chapter 12 Ephesians chapter 4
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GIG226 From One, to Many, Into One
12/11/2024
GIG226 From One, to Many, Into One
Web Description: In Christianity there is a strong emphasis on individual ministry. However, the Scriptures show God’s emphasis moving from one individual to many. Then the beginning of the Church showed us the many becoming one. With the Lord’s help, let us follow His leading from our own individuality to real body ministry to the oneness of Christ. Show Notes: When God met Abraham, the entire focus was on Abraham as an individual fulfilling God’s plan. When his descendants multiplied and moved forward in the plan of God, the focus on an individual transitioned to a focus on the many. Likewise, when Yeshua (Jesus) was on the earth, the focus was on Him as an individual. But when His disciples were baptized in the Holy Spirit, the great anointing that was on Christ was transferred to them, and the plan of God began to happen through the many. Abraham as an individual did not possess and fill the Promised Land. His descendants did. And Christ as an individual had to ascend to the Father so that the Holy Spirit could fill a people to become the many-membered Body of Christ. God has always transitioned from an individual to a people. Yet it is difficult for us to get out of focusing on the singular individual. Even within the Church today we tend to emphasize individual ministries rather than really getting into body ministry. Our focus needs to be on body ministry because God wants to lead us into the next step, which is the transition from many individuals into oneness. Christ’s prayer to the Father was that we as His Body would be one. And we have to see that this is the conclusion that everything He did for us is leading to. The revelation of Christ to the world happens as we become one just as the Father and Christ are one. Let this be imparted to our spirits as we pray for His Kingdom today. Key Verses: • Genesis 22:17. “I will greatly multiply your seed … as the sand which is on the seashore.” • Leviticus 23:5–11. “You shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest.” • John 12:24. “Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” • Leviticus 23:15–17. “You shall bring in from your dwelling places two loaves of bread for a wave offering.” • Acts 1:1–11. “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses.” • Acts 1:14–15. “A gathering of about one hundred and twenty persons was there together.” • Acts 2:1–4. “And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.” • Acts 4:23–25. “They lifted their voices to God with one accord.” • Acts 4:31. “They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.” • Ephesians 4:13–16. “The head, even Christ, … causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.” • John 17:11–21. “They may all be one … so that the world may believe that You sent Me.” Quotes: • “In the plan of God, we go from one—a focus on one individual or one ministry—and that transitions into many. Then the many must transition back into one.” • “All that has transpired in the story of God is coming to this conclusion: there must be a body of people. That body must be fitted and held together by that which every joint is supplying.” • “What's happening to the many? They are becoming one. And that is what the purpose all of this was about in the mind of Christ.” Takeaways: 1. We emphasize individual achievement and individual ministry. But it is important for us to see that God’s plan has always been to transition from one to many. 2. The Feast of Weeks shows the transition from the singular first fruits of grain to the two loaves of bread made from many grains. Christ was the singular first fruits who pleased God and did His will completely. At Pentecost His followers received power when the Holy Spirit came upon them, signifying the transferring of anointing from Christ as a singular ministry to His many-membered Body. 3. This transition resulted in a great congregation of people who were serving the Lord. Then there was another transition as this congregation was together in one place, in one accord, in one mind and heart. When they prayed together, the power of God was released by that oneness. 4. The next step is that the many become one. The Body of Christ cannot continue on as a multitude of individuals. It must become one for the purpose of God to be finalized.
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GIG225 Don’t Waste the Opportunity
12/04/2024
GIG225 Don’t Waste the Opportunity
Web Description: The 2024 elections were an encouraging sign that Americans are concerned about the moral collapse in this country and want to do something about it. But more than a victory for our faith, it is a window of opportunity that we must not waste. Let us not let up in our faith and intercession for this country until we see it return to its Judeo-Christian roots. Show Notes: This podcast looks at the results of the 2024 presidential election from a spiritual rather than a political standpoint. Our own political views are certainly important to us, and we all have the right to stand for whatever we want to stand for. However, this election showed more than a political choice. It showed the genuine concern people have for the wrong direction this country is moving and their desire to change that direction. This election saw a great many people in this country standing up and saying, “We have had enough of rampant crime and destruction of our cities. We have had enough of the immorality being forced on our children in public schools. We have had enough of the antisemitism and anti-Israel policies.” It was an encouraging voice from this nation that we do not want to lose our Judeo-Christian values. It shows that our prayers have been effective up to this point. It is like God is saying, “Okay, I'm listening. Here's an opportunity. What will you do with it?” And we cannot afford to waste this opportunity. If the intercession of the Body of Christ has brought this victory, then now is not the time to stop. We need an intensified level of intercession to shape what this victory will mean to our society in the coming days. We need more than political reforms. We need a change that reaches down to the very roots of this country. We need the depth of repentance that brings a nature change. Let us use this window of opportunity and pray like we never have until we see this nation become what God wants it to be. Key Verses: • 2 Kings 13:14–20. “The man of God was angry … ‘Now you shall strike Aram only three times.’” • 2 Chronicles7:11–16. “My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.” Quotes: • “God is in the business of judging immoral nations. And I feel like we have become that and are sliding very quickly into a worse state day by day.” • “Things are not going to change unless we change them through faith and prayer. And they're not going to change unless God is the force behind the change that happens.” • “Let’s get out of the caves. Let’s for sure have our own faith and prayer and intercession coming to another level. But let's open our mouths and do more than just vote privately in our houses.” Takeaways: 1. The 2024 presidential election was an announcement that Americans want a new direction for this country. The voice of the majority against the lawlessness, immorality, and antisemitism was an encouraging sign that this nation does not want to lose its Judeo-Christian values. 2. In 2 Kings we read that Elisha directed Joash the king of Israel to shoot an arrow, meaning he would have victory over Aram. But when Joash beat the arrows only three times, Elisha told him he will win only three battles and not put an end to Aram. 3. We can look at this election with a sense of victory. But it really is a window of opportunity that we do not want to waste. We can be like Joash and accept a limited victory. Or we can keep beating our arrows by our intercession until we see the end of the wickedness that is destroying this county.
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GIG224 Thanksgiving—A Time of Gratitude
11/27/2024
GIG224 Thanksgiving—A Time of Gratitude
Growing In God Podcast Web Description: Thanksgiving is a wonderful time set aside for giving thanks to the Lord. But the scriptural example of thanksgiving is not something that is done only on specific days. It is a continual practice of giving thanks and praise to the Lord every day. The pattern in our lives should not be thanking the Lord whenever we feel He has blessed us. We should have an attitude, a mindset, and an intentional emotion of gratitude for everything God is and does. Let this Thanksgiving be the beginning of a new lifestyle of overflowing gratitude before the Lord. Show Notes: In the transition from the Tabernacle to the Temple, David commanded the Levites to thank and praise the Lord every morning and evening. This concept of giving continual thanks and praise to the Lord goes deeper than our concept of giving thanks. When someone gives us something, we say, “Thank you.” And so our definition of thanksgiving still has this idea of thanking God after He blesses us. A better word for the scriptural concept of continual thanks to God is gratitude. The Scriptures show us that we can develop a mindset, an attitude, and especially an emotion of gratitude before the Lord. Even when we face difficulties and negative situations, we can still have this emotion of gratitude because it is not dependent on our circumstances. We do not have to deny what may be happening to us, but we can continually focus on the Lord and develop within ourselves the sense of wonder and gratitude for all that God is and all that He does. Therefore, let us celebrate Thanksgiving this year with gratitude. Let it be an expression of our continual thanks and praise to the Lord and not isolated to one specific gift or answer to prayer that He has given us. Let our gratitude become something that we develop within the depths of our being as part of our relationship with God, whereby we say daily, “Lord, we are not thankful for one or two things that You did for us. We are overflowing with gratitude for all things that You are to us and have provided for us.” Key Verses: • 1 Chronicles 23:30. “They are to stand every morning to thank and to praise the LORD, and likewise at evening.” • Psalm 92:1–5. “It is good to give thanks to the LORD and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High.” • 2 Peter 1:3. “His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness.” • Colossians 2:6–7. “As you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, … overflowing with gratitude.” Quotes: • “We don't just want to say ‘thank you’ for something. We want to develop in our hearts an attitude of gratitude.” • “When we talk about gratitude, it's not just an action; it's an emotion that is being expressed from within the depth of our being.” • “There is an unending list and an unending focus of what we should be giving praise and thanks to the Lord for.” Takeaways: 1. David introduced a new responsibility and ministry for the Levites. They were to stand every morning and evening to thank and praise the Lord. It is also important for us to find a new expression in our giving of thanks and worship to the Lord. 2. It is good to set aside one day at Thanksgiving to express our thanks to the Lord. But we need more than just a practice of thanking the Lord on one day and afterwards reverting to a life of ungratefulness. We need the Levitical pattern of thanking and praising the Lord continually. 3. Giving thanks when we are blessed is still a limited emotion in response to our circumstances. We need to develop an intentional emotion of gratitude that is a continual expression of praise and thanks to the Lord.
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GIG223 Lord, Glorify Yourself Before the Nations
11/20/2024
GIG223 Lord, Glorify Yourself Before the Nations
Web Description: When we pray for Israel, what are we praying for? Are we praying for God to bless Israel in the future? No. God’s Word over Israel exists now, and we are praying for that Word to be fulfilled now. The fact that all the nations are focused on Israel today means that they are focused on God and on His ability to perform what He said. Therefore, the focus of our prayer is for God’s Word, His power, and His glory to be revealed in Israel to all the nations. Show Notes: We need effective intercession in this time. And one of the greatest examples of effective intercession is the prayer of Moses. When God said, “I am going to kill these children of Israel and make a new nation out of you,” Moses answered, “Israel is Your nation now by Your Word.” Moses reminded God that His Word was already completed, and he changed God’s mind at that moment. It did not happen in the future through Moses or in a future Israel. This is important for our prayer because we as Christians relate too much to the Word of God as being in the future. We are always waiting for it, hoping for it, or believing for it, instead of recognizing that if God spoke it, it already exists. When we pray for Israel today, we need to be like Moses and say, “All these Words that God will restore, forgive, cleanse, and prosper Israel exist now, and we are not putting them off into the future.” Moses made the issue about God’s Word and His glory. If God did not fulfill His Word over Israel, the nations would not scoff at Israel. Instead, they would scoff at God and say that He could not do what He said He would do. Right now, the focus of all the nations is on Israel. And there is no issue except God being glorified until everyone will see and hear that God bared His mighty arm, manifested His power, and fulfilled His Word over His people. Lord, glorify Yourself before the nations now. Key Verses: • Jeremiah 31:31–34. “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it.” • Genesis 1:3. “Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light.” • Isaiah 55:11. “My word … will not return to Me empty.” • 1 Peter 1:19–20. “He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times.” • Exodus 32:9–14. “So the LORD changed His mind about the harm which He said He would do to His people.” • Numbers 14:11–21. “But now, I pray, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have declared.” • Ezekiel 36:22–28. “I will vindicate the holiness of My great name.” • Romans 10:6–8. “THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART.” • Ezekiel 38:21–23. “I will magnify Myself, sanctify Myself, and make Myself known.” • Deuteronomy 9:28–29. “The land from which You brought us may say, ‘Because the LORD was not able.’” Quotes: • “As long as you're willing to put it into the future, God is willing for it to happen in the future.” • “What does Israel mean? Israel means you, the world, the nations will behold God moving in a people. And just as He is moving for Israel, He can move for you. And He will move for you.” • “Christians have been trying to get the gospel to the whole world for two thousand years now; and they're still working at it. But I'll tell you, it can happen in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, if you see God move on Israel.” Takeaways: 1. God created the world by saying, “Let there be.” And when we look at the prophecies over Israel, we are looking at the same power of God to create. As the Sabbath tells us, everything God created is finished. And all the prophecies over Israel are finished now; they are not waiting for the future. 2. We should pray like Moses who refused to let God move the fulfillment to the future by destroying the Israelites and making a new nation out of Moses. We move the future into the present with our prayers. 3. We should pray like Moses who told the Lord, “If you kill these people, the nations will hear of it and say, ‘You could not do what You promised by oath.’” The issue is not the events that are happening or the people involved. It is about what God has said and His glorification to the nations.
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GIG222 The Battles that Follow Deliverance
11/13/2024
GIG222 The Battles that Follow Deliverance
Web Description: Often after deliverances or breakthroughs or answers to prayer, we experience spiritual warfare that seems diametrically opposed to what we are believing for. But we need to see that God is doing something greater than what we assume. We must be careful that our prayers and speaking the Word of God are not limited by our own minds because God is able to do abundantly beyond our limited ability to imagine. Show Notes: The Lord sent Moses to tell the children of Israel that the God of their fathers would deliver them from Egypt. But as the deliverance unfolded, the people became very upset with Moses because their lives got worse every time he spoke. It seemed that God was doing the opposite of what Moses said He would do. Moses himself had to hold in his mind what God told him at the beginning: “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My wonders will be multiplied.” God was looking for something beyond Egypt. He was going to deliver His people out of Egypt, but He was also going to multiply His signs and wonders and magnify Himself to pharaoh and the people of Egypt. After their deliverance at Passover, it seemed to Israel that God was trying to destroy them by Pharaoh’s army at the Red Sea. But God was doing far more in His deliverance than the people understood. He was completely destroying Pharaoh’s army and bringing down the power of Egypt. We need to hold this in our minds as we voice or re-speak the promises of God in the Scriptures. The spiritual warfare will come to make us feel like the exact opposite of what God promised is happening. So it is important that we set aside our expectations for a situation and reach into what God is wanting. What is the spiritual warfare really about? It is telling us that God’s deliverance will be greater than anything we can believe for or even imagine. Key Verses: • Exodus 11:9–10. “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My wonders will be multiplied.” • 1 Corinthians 13:12. “Now I know in part.” • Isaiah 55:8–9. “My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways.” • Exodus 12:42. “It is a night to be observed … by all the sons of Israel throughout their generations.” • Exodus 14:10–13. “Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the LORD.” • Ephesians 3:20. “To Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think.” Quotes: • “Satan can't take anything from you. He can only try to talk you into letting go of what you've received.” • “It's always good to remember what God is looking for because we tend to get so consumed in what we're looking for.” • “It’s never about what the enemy is doing. It's always about what God is doing in fulfilling His purpose.” • “We can't even bring ourselves to imagine how great is the release that God is going to bring. How great is His Kingdom. How great and abundant are His promises and His deliverances and His answers to our prayer.” Takeaways: 1. After God promised to deliver Israel at Passover, the people became discouraged and angry because the judgments on Pharaoh made their lives worse. But God had told Moses that Pharaoh would not listen so that His wonders would be magnified. 2. At Tabernacles we experience great victories and receive directions for new hope and promises from the Lord. Then after such times of great victory, we often find that we are plunged into spiritual warfare that makes it appear as though our deliverance failed. 3. What is really happening may lie in the fact that this new spiritual battle is being brought by the Lord, who is in the process of giving us a greater victory and deliverance than what we had originally been promised or could even imagine.
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GIG221 The Sabbath Is a Quantum Experience
11/06/2024
GIG221 The Sabbath Is a Quantum Experience
Web Description: In the quantum realm all things exist as possibilities until we observe them. But it must be understood that we are observing what exists; we are not creating something new. In God all things are possible to the one who believes. But that only works when it is a belief in what God has created. The Sabbath means that God rested because He completed His creation. And we enter His rest when we stop trying to create our own thing and become instruments to manifest what He has created. Show Notes: Quantum physics describes a realm where all possibilities exist. It is the act of observation that takes something out of the quantum realm of possibility and manifests it in the realm we relate to. This quantum principle applies to the Sabbath. God rested on the Sabbath because all His works were completed. That means everything already exists in the realm of possibility. Therefore, our faith is not to create something new. It is to become aware of what God has already created and thus manifest what He has made available. When you enter God's rest, you are resting from your works, from your striving, and from your seeking to accomplish something. There is nothing for you to accomplish since God has already accomplished everything. If you are stressed as a believer, it is because you have not entered His rest. You are still trying to work too hard to accomplish all the things you feel are from God. If they are from God, then He has already created them, and you need to manifest what He has created, not work harder yourself. If our awareness can lock onto what He has created, finalized, and completed, then we will become the manifestation of His works. The book of Hebrews warns us not to be like those who failed to enter His rest because of disobedience. What was their disobedience? Even after they had witnessed God’s signs and wonders, they still did not believe He was God. They did not believe He was capable; they did not believe He was going to follow through on His promise. What then is the obedience God is looking for? It is believing in who He is as God and that what He has created is finished and fully available to us. Key Verses: • Hebrews 4:9–11. “The one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His.” • Genesis 1:27–31. “God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good.” • Genesis 2:1–4. “God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work.” • Hebrews 4:1–11. “Let us be diligent to enter that rest.” • Mark 9:23. “All things are possible to him who believes.” • Matthew 7:7. “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” • Psalm 95:6–11. “They tried Me, though they had seen My work.” • Psalm 78:10–33. “In their heart they put God to the test.” • Matthew 4:5–7. “YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.” Quotes: • “Something that we're still looking for is this idea of entering into His rest. So you must see that there is an experience available to us that God is wanting us to have that has not been accomplished yet.” • “All things are possible to him who believes. If we pray, then we can pray and believe for these things to manifest. You knock and you keep on knocking. You ask and you keep on asking because they are there. You're not trying to invent them. You're not trying to recreate them. You are simply believing in what is.” • “We've seen His salvation in our own lives. We've read the Bible stories. We've witnessed at times, many of us with our own eyes, the moving of God in the earth—healings and wonders. We cannot doubt. We cannot come back and say, ‘Oh, now we just need You to do one more miracle for us.’” Takeaways: 1. Many Christians think that the Sabbath is strictly Jewish. But God sanctified the Sabbath day after He finished His creation, long before the commandment to observe the Sabbath. This means that the Sabbath was set apart for all mankind. 2. People are still trying to understand the quantum realm. But simply, it is a creation of God. It is the mind of God. It is the realm where all things are possible. And the Sabbath rest means that we simply activate what is possible in the mind of God rather than striving in ourselves to accomplish something. 3. The generation that God delivered from Egypt failed to enter His rest because of their unbelief. We do not want to follow their example. We had better know that He is God and that nothing is impossible for Him and that all He has created is available for us to possess.
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GIG220 Know the Love God Has for Us
10/30/2024
GIG220 Know the Love God Has for Us
Web Description: In this day it is essential that we know and believe the love God has for us, as we read in 1 John 4:16. Otherwise, we become overwhelmed by the increasing lawlessness in the world, and we find our love growing cold. The Kingdom is God’s love. And we can only minister His love to others when we know His love for us personally. Show Notes: Yeshua (Jesus) said, “Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold.” Already we see this happening with people as they react to the increasing lawlessness around them. The fact is that we are affected by the spirit realm. And as we watch all the negativity happening in the world, we have to take care that we are not drawn into the same spirit. Yeshua directly tied the increase in lawlessness to people losing their love. Satan knows this and brings all the lawlessness and wickedness because they generate a force in direct opposition to what Christ is trying to impart to us, which is His mind that has the capacity to know the love of God. As His Son, Yeshua knew the love the Father had for Him, and He came to impart the knowledge of that love to us as individuals. We need to come into the knowledge of the Father’s love for us because Christ is sending us into the world for the same purpose that He came. It is not to do signs and wonders. It is not to perform healings. It is not to speak living words. It is to impart the love of the Father into the lives of people. But you cannot impart what you do not have. The greatest preparation you can do right now to carry out the will of God in the earth is to become aware of His love for you personally. Key Verses: • Matthew 24:12–14. “Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold.” • 1 John 4:7–13. “The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.” • 1 John 4:14–16. “We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us.” • Ephesians 3:16–19. “Know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge.” • 1 Corinthians 2:16. “We have the mind of Christ.” • Romans 12:2. “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” • John 15:9–13. “Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love.” • John 17:24–26. “The love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.” Quotes: • “Everything that's going to happen in the bringing forth of the Kingdom between now and the manifestation of it in the earth is born out of love.” • “The spirits that are taking over this age right now have a purpose. And that is to block the knowledge of love. It is to remove love from the hearts of humanity.” • “If we can come to know this love that God has for us individually, we can be filled up to the fullness of Him, to the fullness of that love.” Takeaways: 1. When we see everything happening in the earth, our immediate tendency is to be caught up in the negative. But it is not for us to relate to what is going on from a negative perspective. It is simply a matter of shifting our focus and awareness to God’s presence. 2. Yeshua had the awareness of God's love for Him personally, and He functioned out of the knowledge and the understanding of that love. And Christ came to bring the knowledge of that love to us as individuals. 3. Why is satan bringing all this lawlessness and wickedness and this increase of evil? Because if he does that, then the love of people grows cold. The wickedness is in direct opposition to what Christ is trying to impart to us, which is His mind that has the capacity to know the love of God. 4. As humans we struggle with knowing the love that God has for us. That is why we need this impartation of the mind of Christ that is beyond human knowledge or human ability to understand.
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GIG219 To the Weary and Heavy Laden
10/23/2024
GIG219 To the Weary and Heavy Laden
Web Description: Let us come to Christ and learn of Him. Let us take on His yoke. Let us change our whole approach to walking with Him. Instead of stressing and struggling and carrying a burden He has not put on us, let us enter His rest. His works are already finished. And it is not our job to do new works or to pray for new things. We are simply to be the expression of what He has already created. Show Notes: After years of serving the Lord, do you feel weary? Do you feel a heaviness? Are you weighed down by all the burdens you carry? That means you need to try a different approach. Yeshua (Jesus) said, “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.” It comes back to the fact that we need to enter His rest. We need to remember the Sabbath. When you remember the Sabbath, what are you remembering? You are remembering that God has already completed everything He has promised. So if you are stressed out from serving the Lord, consider that your stress is from working so hard to bring the manifestation of His promises that you are doing your own works—not the works He has completed. Yeshua said that He could do nothing of Himself. He only did the works of His Father. And He told us to learn of Him. When we do that, we will find rest for our souls. We need to come to Christ and learn of Him because He knew how to be in God’s rest. And we need to know how to do that. Let us change our approach. Instead of being those who are struggling and straining to do the will of God, let us be those who are bringing into this moment all that God has already provided. Key Verses: • Matthew 11:27–30. “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.” • Jeremiah 31:25. “For I satisfy the weary ones and refresh everyone who languishes.” • Hebrews 4:1–3. “We who have believed enter that rest.” • Psalm 95:9–11. “Your fathers tested Me, they tried Me, though they had seen My work.” • Matthew 4:5–7. “It is written, ‘YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.’” • Hebrews 4:9–10. “The one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works.” • John 5:19. “The Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing.” Quotes: • “When you look at the world, it's languishing right now. We should be the ones who are imparting the refreshing of God's presence. But we can't impart what we don't have.” • “God gets angry when you test Him. Why? Because we should already know He's God. We should already absolutely know beyond a shadow of a doubt who He is and what He is capable of in our lives.” • “What do we remember on the Sabbath? We remember that everything we need, everything we're believing for is already done.” Takeaways: 1. We are not supposed to be weary, under a heavy burden, and stressed out in our walk with God. Yeshua is saying, “All you who feel this way, come to Me, and learn a new way. Learn a different approach. Learn of Me because My yoke is easy.” 2. This is necessary for us because the longer we walk with God, the more our tendency is to say, “I believe. But can God really do what I believe?” We have seen enough in our years of walking with God that our faith in Him should be absolute. And we must not put God to the test like those who failed in the wilderness by challenging His ability. 3. It is all about the Sabbath. The Sabbath was established because God finished His work. And we must come to the realization that everything God is going to bring is already done. We should not be praying for God to do things in the future. We should be manifesting His finished work.
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GIG218 Tabernacles—Remember God’s Miracle Provision
10/16/2024
GIG218 Tabernacles—Remember God’s Miracle Provision
Web Description: What is the Feast of Tabernacles about? It is about remembering God’s power to deliver, to protect, to provide, and to lead His people. As we celebrate Tabernacles this year, let us be grateful for everything God has done for us and worship Him, acknowledging His power to do all that He has promised for Israel and for us. Show Notes: Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, is a time when Jewish families live and take their meals together in a sukkah or a booth, just as their ancestors did in the wilderness. It is a time to remember the miraculous works of God that delivered them from Egypt and sustained them in the wilderness. They are to teach this history to their children so that no generation will ever forget the miraculous provision of God's power. They know they must never forget that God is able to move today as He moved in the past. As Christians we should not regard Tabernacles as just a Jewish holiday. We must be those who remember God’s power in our lives because we are in serious trouble when we forget. And so we should celebrate Sukkot this year with Israel and the Jewish people, not religiously but in a true heart of remembrance. We should be rehearsing the stories about the forty years in the wilderness and recognize that the power of God for Israel then is the same power He has now. Today we need this provision of God moving in our midst. We must remember all that He has done. We must remember that we are sustained by His power alone and not by anything we do from ourselves. So let us study the Scriptures and teach our children the history of Israel and how God moves by His mighty power to take care of those He loves and covenants with. We keep these facts alive in our hearts and know that God can do the same thing in our lives today, right now. Key Verses: • Leviticus 23:39. “Celebrate the feast of the LORD … with a rest on the first day and a rest on the eighth day.” • Leviticus 23:43. “So that your generations may know.” • Deuteronomy 5:13–15. “The seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; … You shall remember.” • Deuteronomy 31:8–12. “At the end of every seven years … at the Feast of Booths, … you shall read this law.” • Deuteronomy 8:1–5. “You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you.” • Deuteronomy 8:11–18. “Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God.” • Psalm 78:4–18. “They forgot His deeds and His miracles that He had shown them.” • Psalm 78:35. “And they remembered that God was their rock, and the Most High God their Redeemer.” Quotes: • “We're in a time when many things are happening around us. Many things are happening in Israel. And it's necessary that we don't forget that He is a God of miracles and that He provides for His people.” • “We will probably need again to experience this type of miraculous provision from God during our lifetime.” • “There's got to be a humility that comes in our hearts to remember all that God has done, all that He provided because we may find ourselves living in what seems like a new time of wilderness. And in that wilderness, we must remember He is able miraculously to provide for us.” Takeaways: 1. The purpose of Tabernacles is that we come before the Lord to remember His mighty works, to remember His power, and to remember His ability to sustain us, to carry us, to protect us, and to shepherd us. 2. Let us not be like those who forget the works of God and therefore fail to keep His commandments. Let us not be like those who forget His deeds, who forget His miracles, and who forget all that He has spoken and sworn to Israel and to us. 3. We live in an age when the world is headed for disaster. And the greatest source of it is that we have forgotten the miraculous deeds of the God of heaven, and we have not honored Him or worshipped Him or given Him the credit for all that He has done. For Further Study: Deuteronomy 8 Psalms 78 Nehemiah 9 and 10
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GIG217 Atonement, Our Purification
10/09/2024
GIG217 Atonement, Our Purification
Web Description: We are coming to the Day of Atonement, which has great significance for us as Christians. It is about the forgiveness of our sins, something we understand well. But it is also about something we need a greater revelation and appropriation of, and that is our purification and the removal of our sins. Let this be our experience as we celebrate the Day of Atonement this year. Show Notes: We read in Leviticus 16 that the Day of Atonement is about cleansing the people of their sins. It was a solemn assembly, a time for the people to humble themselves and repent of their sins. Then the first goat was sacrificed as a sin offering, speaking to the forgiveness of their sins. But there was also a second sacrifice. The goat of removal was sent into the wilderness to take away all the iniquity of the people. Most Christians relate to Christ who is our Atonement in the context of the forgiveness of sins. But the Day of Atonement is about being cleansed of our sins. And cleansing is more than external washing. It is about our purification. The prophecy of the Messiah in Malachi tells us that He comes for the very purpose of purification. Yeshua (Jesus) HaMashiach, the Messiah, came for our purification, which along with forgiveness is the cleansing and removal of our sins. Therefore, we absolutely should celebrate the Day of Atonement this year. And as we celebrate it, we should remember that our atonement is not only about the forgiveness of sin. It is also about the purification of the believer, enabling us to truly enter the presence of the Father. With great thankfulness we reach in during this time to humble ourselves before Him and appropriate all that He has provided for us on this Day of Atonement. Key Verses: • Leviticus 16:29–31. “It is on this day that atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you.” • Leviticus 16:18–22. “The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to a solitary land.” • Malachi 3:1–3. “He will purify the sons of Levi.” • Hebrews 10:1–2. “The worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have had consciousness of sins.” • Psalm 103:12. “As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.” • Hebrews 10:14–23. “Let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean.” Quotes: • “The Lord through the blood of Christ forgives us. But again, there's something more that the Day of Atonement is pointing to that we want to receive. And that is this removing out of us the iniquity and the sin so that we don't continue going through the same process of sinning.” • “We as believers are not just to live lives having been forgiven of our sin. We are to live lives that are more represented by this event in the Day of Atonement that we are forgiven but also cleansed and purified.” • “When God forgives, He does forget. He remembers our sin no more. But He goes beyond that because in the purification He is then able to put His law upon our heart and upon our mind.” Takeaways: 1. On the Day of Atonement two sacrifices were made. The first sacrifice was to forgive the sins of the people. The second sacrifice was to remove the sins of the people. We understand the forgiveness of our sins in Christ but not so much the removal of our sins. 2. Atonement is for our cleansing. And that is not just cleansing as we relate to cleansing ourselves by taking a bath or cleaning something by wiping the surface of it. It is talking about purification. 3. Malachi tells us that when Messiah comes, He is like a refiner's fire and fullers' soap and will sit as a smelter. The sacrifice of Christ forgives our sins but also puts us through the process of purification that is like the refining and purifying of gold or silver.
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