Would God really do that?

Garth Heckman 

The David Alliance

 

BAM - watch them every Tuesday night on our Facebook page. This Week the Jezebel Spirit… and not just women have it. 

 

August Friday and Saturday 16th 17th End times conference at HillSpring Church sponsored by The David Alliance, 

 

 

 

 

The world will more and more think the church is out of its mind as we near the end times. 

We see whats happening

We know whats happening

We understand why its happening

We understand that Spiritual Warfare is key…

We understand there are demonic influences

We understand that others will deny and mock

We understand that the battle is real, eminent and embraced by a lost world… and yet many so called christians are upset at what is happening as if God hadn’t already told us. 

 

 

 

The war is in our head.

The ammunition is simply lies…

The only and primary defense is the truth and prayer. 

NOTE: we see both must be in relationship with Gods spirit.

 

 

 

The beautiful thing about warfare is that you truly don’t know who you are or know what you need to work on until you choose to go to war. A man does not know who he is until he faces temptation. A woman does not know who she is until she faces the pull of insecurity or bitterness.

 

Warfare forces us to choose make a choice:

My opinion

The worlds opinion

OR 

Gods truth 

 

I find it interesting that many Christians get mad when you point to current issues as if you are making fun or those dying or being persecuted or in wars across the world. As if to say God is a God of love and he is not in favor of this story line. God is a god of love - but love includes justice, judgement, truth, punishment, discipline and we don’t get our way in Gods love…. Now… the truth and we may even call it the ugly truth is that God has preordained much of the suffering that is taking place and will take place. When someone naively says God would never do that… all one has to do is start reading Revelations and see what is starting to unfold right now in history… and more is to come.

(Read judgements) 

 

Warfare is not pretty wether physical or spiritual. 

 

 

Eph. 6 18 seemingly

The armor drops out of sight… but not the idea behind warfare! 

 

Ephesians 6:18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—

 

THE NAS says with this view

Idea is… we know and see what is coming so pray up! 

 

IN THE SPIRIT -

 

“in the spirit is being in gods empowering presence”

 

 

I PRAY BEST WHEN GOD CONTROLS MY TONGUE AND MY MIND. In his presence. 

 

 

I as a human with limited understanding want Love and peace and joy and good times and flowers and milkshakes and corvettes for everyone and a skinny sexy wife the rest of my life and for everyone…. Ok a little over the top, but the point is - If im practicing living in Gods empowering presence… and I know the end that is coming… I see and understand things he sees…. There is not always an immediate happy ending. 

 

We are closing in on the start of the final days, end times, rapture… whatever you want to call it… but its here. Its happening real time…. So what do we do? 

 

 

V.18 PRAYING

Praying… Pray with all manner of prayer

Pray with all kinds of prayer 

Pray with all kinds of prayer that are available

formal, silent, vocal, secret, public, petitionary, explosion’ary -  sudden emergency, congregational. 

 

 

 

PRAYING ALWAYS… GK at each and every occasion, at every opportunity, every time you get a chance, et every season or at any possible moment.

 

Pray… and why? So that we might aline ourselves up with Gods plans, his desires, his ultimate will. If you are upset at the war going on… then aline your life and actions to god… simply put- win someone to Christ… Now thats warfare. 

And how can I speak this with such frankness… because the very next verse is Paul asking for prayers to continue to preach the gospel.