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Heart of God Ministries
International (HGMI)
“Behold, How
good and how pleasant it is for
brethren to dwell together in
unity!”
[Psalms 133:1]
Secret
of the Harvest:
As long as the earth
remains there shall be seedtime
and harvest!
In the Seeding and in
the Harvest God commands the
Blessing!
God loves the harmony
of the works of His hands!
“We know that God
causes all things to work together
for good to those who love
God, to
those who are called
according to His purpose.” [Romans
8:28]
The
world is about to change so
dynamically that it will cause
multitudes of nominal
believers
to come into the
“fold,” followed by multiplied
millions of new believers who will
be smitten
by the reality of the
Lordship of Jesus Christ.
True revival and the
ingathering of new souls into the
kingdom are tremendous blessings,
but if we are
unprepared, they can result in
great tragedies.
The Holy Ghost has
been witnessing about the coming
harvest on an almost universal
basis because it will
ultimately be universal. The more
prepared we are for it the more
effective we will be
in gathering this great harvest
for the Lord.
There is great
lethargy in
the church. Most church
leaders do not have God’s
vision.
They have a limited
self-centered vision. What has
been the desire of our hearts will
become a great terror
because the church is not ready
for it.
We must move into
action, now!
God does everything
through a seed planting: visions,
dreams, the prophetic word!
We must yield our
hearts!
For the coming
harvest the Lord is preparing a
great spiritual “fishnet’ that
will be able
to hold the catch that is coming.
The links in this net are the
interrelationships of
His leaders and His
people. The strength of the
net will depend on the strength of
the
intercommunication
and interrelationships. The
linking and the strengthening must
happen in our
churches between ministries
throughout all cities, states and
cross
international
barriers around the world!
In Ephesians 4:15-16,
we see this principle: “…we
are to grow up in all aspects into
Him,
who is the head, even
Christ, from the whole body, being
fitted and held
together by that
which every JOINT
supplies…”
A joint is not a
part, It is where two or more
parts come together.
For a period of time,
the Holy Ghost will compel church
leaders with others of like vision
and resolve. IT
is time that saints come together
to dwell so that the equipping can
be properly
manifested! It is time to
put aside all excuses for not
coming together!
The corporate body must be
made strong!
Strength comes from
exercising and proper nutrition!
How can one build any
strength unless one exercises and
feeds on the proper food
in the natural? The
same question is presented for all
who are serious about the vision
of God for
spiritual HARVEST!!!
God’s way is not our
way.
He gave the parable
of the talents to show us the
importance
of being faithful
with the little things and being
faithful.
There must be those
who
plant and water.
It is He who
blesses with increase!
We must provide room
for God’s work in our
lives!! The Ephesians four
emphasis
of equipping the
saints is the PLAN OF GOD!
It is His vision for the Body of
Christ!
Before we can equip
the saints our hearts need to be
right before the Lord that we
may work in harmony,
in fellowship and holy
relationship. It takes
effort and time
to give priority to
build according to God’s
plan. No man is an island!
No one individual is
the church.
Do you want to be
apart of the “spiritual body
building”? There are a lot
of “believers”
who are just in the
church for the show.
“Well, it is Sunday
and I will show my love and
dedication to God by coming to
church”.
or, “This is
our “reasonable service” to
God.” or,
"He set the pattern
for one day out of seven to be set
aside for worship and honor
unto Himself
didn’t
He?" The
answer is NO!
Since God has
mandated the church to influence
the world for Christ, we must
undergo changes from
our current lifestyles to
lifestyles and characters that
reflect
the Glory of
God.
To facilitate this,
God has ordained the church be His
instrument of perfecting
and equipping
the Body for the work of
ministry.
HOW can we do the
work of the ministry if we will
not come together to dwell together
in unity?
God is not talking
about a social club. He is
instructing edification and
strengthening!
God
wants to prepare His Church for
the things coming upon this
earth!
All of our
preparation and work to this point
has been focused on worship!
Worship is
ordained!
It is a blessing both
to our spirit and souls and to the
Lord God Almighty.
However, we have been
called to the ARMY of GOD!
All of our
preparation in the realm of
worship will be lost if we do not
become utterly
committed to come
together for
the strengthening .
We must trod into the
water, walk by faith and not by
fear.
We must catch this
WAVE of God!
To catch the wave here is
our charge:
•
Be adequately trained and in shape
•
Have the proper “vehicle” or
“ministry”
•
Be properly positioned
•
Be watching so we can take action
•
Be ready to take action without
hesitation
When are we going to
believe Him and do something about
our responsibility to God
having assigned us to
build His work in the community,
the region, the nation, the
globe?
“The only constant in the vision
of God for His Church will be
CHANGE!”
How many times do we
have to hear The Holy Ghost tell
us to “lay down our lives
by denying ourselves,
pick up the cross, and follow
Jesus.?”
The
Fire of God is coming!
It will be those that
are obedient who will have the
greatest opportunities since
creation
to witness the power
and glory of God.”
What is coming upon
this world will not over take the
true Church.
We are not called
just to submit to change, but to
make them!!!!
Those who are
comfortable and resist changes to
come together and to dwell in
unity
along with the ascension gifts of
men to the church will have
increasingly difficult times
ahead of them!
The bonds of spiritual complacency
must be broken in our lives.
An army cannot go to
war with out being
prepared!!!
An army does not
engage an enemy
with only one person leading
it.
It takes a "staff of
generals" engaged in continual
appraisement and counsel for
victory!
Jesus warns of being
“lukewarm.”
God is making a
separation between the fair
weather pretenders and those who
will
be faithful and
steadfast to persevere. We
must change our schedules and tear
down
the mind sets that
inhibit us to dwell in the church
and prepare for the days, months
and years
ahead!!
The greatest need for
all who witness to what the Holy
Ghost is speaking this day
is to
pull together. It is a time
for diligence and a radical
pursuit of God and His will
and
apostolic-prophetic order for the
church!
Note: We are to
"Pull" together, not "Push" people
into submission.
We must put away all
excuses
“The hosts of heaven
and hell are about to witness a
people who will love the
Lord
so much that
they will no longer live for
themselves, but for Him.
We deceive ourselves
when we give ourselves petty
excuses for not paying the
price
to press into this
day of preparation. We must
turn from our own deceitful
self seeking
ways and no longer
lean on our own justifications
making excuses for our lack of
faith
and actions.”
“As we prepare to go into the
‘highways and byways,’ we must be
able to rely
on each
other.” AS we refrain
to come together in fellowship
that God may mold us
as one powerful unit,
we are going to be continually
weak.
“True authority does not start
with organization; it starts with
family.”
When the church
(that’s us folks) ceases to be a
family she loses her true
spiritual respect!
Remember we are the
“Bride” of Christ. Christ is
the “Bridegroom!”
We are to have
spiritual children in His
Likeness!!!
Families are the core
of relationships. Love is
the center of the communion
between
a bride and the
husband. Children are to be
birthed out of the intimacy of
personal
intercourse within
the relationship. The
greatest authority for
accomplishing true
spiritual advances
will always come from
relationship…
first with the Lord…then with His
people.
God the Father
declares that we are sons and
daughters.
We are born of the
Spirit! He begets us!
We are changed out of
darkness into His wonderful Light!
The Lord will always
give the greatest right, power and
privlege to His closest
friends.
Look at the
discipleship of John. Jesus
not only provides for John to die
of a natural death,
but John is given the spiritual
authority to see into the future
and to reveal the
intimate details of the Conqueror,
the Lord of Lord, the Mighty God,
the Alpha and Omega,
the First and the Last…
He gives us the plan
of God for the Church and reveals
the events and the
conditions that adorns His
“Bride”, the church.
Relationship in the
Holy Spirit; His Presence,
Fellowship, Communion, Sharing
Together,
and
Participation…prepares the Feast
of Tabernacles’ Table celebration
with Spiritual
wine {peace, joy,
weeping, and laughter, the fruit
of the Spirit} and the Spiritual
Food
{the gifts of the
Spirit} !!
All time spent
seeking intimacy with the Father,
Son and Holy Ghost, unified
with
wise leaderswith His
exaltation in the midst of His
people will
bring great dividends!
Now look at the rest
of our scripture for this message
from Psalms 133:
…“to dwell together
in unity…for there the Lord
commanded the blessing,
even life for
evermore.”
“If we walk in the
light as He Himself is in the
light, we have fellowship with
one
another,
AND the blood of
Jesus His Son cleanses us from all
sin. [I John 7]
Christ’s blood flows
through the body through
fellowship.
Because “…the life of
the flesh
is in the blood” [Lev.
17:11] The more real and
vital
the fellowship, the
more true spiritual life that will
flow through us!
In the 38th Chapter
of Job, we hear the Lord speak to
Job and ask him some very
pertinent
questions. God was building
fellowship with Job and releasing
true
spiritual authority
in him.
“Therein” Job
received “the commanded
blessing!”
The book of Job
demonstrates God’s plan for His
creation of man.
He LOVES us with a
fervent LOVE!!!! God
multiplied everything that Satan
had stolen, killed
and destroyed which had been
prepared and provided by God
for Job in the first
place!
The Command and
Promise to Bless and Multiply was
demonstrated for us
that we receive
the importance of giving God the
Glory for who He is through Christ
and through our
fellowship with spiritual brothers
and sisters in Christ!
The authority of the
Blessing and
Multiplicity is ordained, destined
and released
in God’s Body,
the Body of Christ, THE
CHURCH when we come together in
unity!
Now, why would you
not want to do everything you can
do physically, spiritually and
financially to plant,
water, cultivate, and wait on the
blessing of God (which is increase
in everything that He
has given you in the first place)?
He gave us TIME,
SUBSTANCE, BODY, MIND, SPIRIT,
SOUL, CHILDREN, FAMILY.
EVERYTHING IS THE
LORD’S!! LIFE MORE
ABUNDANTLY as we dwell in
unity!
This is the Promise
of the HARVEST!
Secret
of the Harvest:
The Harvest is
the Increase, it is the BLESSING
OF THE LORD!
We must set aside
those things that so easily beset
us.
The whole of our
spiritual experiences have been
meant to make us better.
But, in so many
instances, often we
retort that we have let it make us
bitter,
expressing offense
and unforgiveness!
This is the basis for
not going to participate in true
fellowship in other than our own
“little”
“perfect” “brief” church meetings.
God's vision for His church is
bigger!
He sees whole
communities, regions, nations,
globally!
If we do not
participate in the principles and
the patterns that God has set
for the release
of
His blessing, how can we earnestly
expect more?
If we do not show up
on the job in the
natural world, how can we expect
the blessing of
reward? God’s principles
work, saints!
We only fool
ourselves when we think that we
just can not make time or have
energy
for God’s plan. When
we elect for the things the world
offers and demands, and we
justify that it is
too much effort to dwell in the
house of the Lord, we deceive
ourselves!
We must overcome the
wounds and begin to use the wisdom
that we have gained
to begin pulling
others out of their misery.
How can we do the works of God,
when we will not
allow ourselves to relate at all
levels of the local church and the
Body of Christ at
large?
Here again is truth
proclaimed: “All of the
spiritual wounds we have received
were
a basis for
increasing our spiritual
authority.”
To Grow up in Christ…
is to FORGIVE and to Go
Forth!
To forgive, gives us
strength and spiritual authority
to move in the gifts of the
Spirit!!!
Those who are healed
of their wounds have understanding
of authority to heal others
afflicted with the
same wounds!! Their FAITH is
Increased!
Our actions will
prove our convictions!!
We have power to make
negative experiences
into stepping stones
for spiritual victory!
With the commanded
blessing comes the authority of
the ministry of
reconciliation!
The commanded
BLESSING comes out of the “House
of the Lord” through the good
and pleasant
relationships of leaders, brothers
and sisters coming together
to dwell in unity!
We are the “Spiritual House of the
Lord!”
1 Corinthians 6:19…Do
you not know that your body is the
temple (the very sanctuary)
of the Holy Spirit
Who lives inside you, Whom you
received [as a Gift] from
God?
You are not your own…
Please read:
Amplified Version Ephesians
4:12-25
click link
“As unity increases, the
intensity of God’s presence
magnifies as we fellowship
with
Him and with each other.
Unity within the works of
ministering toward
building up
Christ’s body [(the
Church) by the Presence of the
Person Holy Ghost
and the
“Bread of Life”] divinely
develops us that we attain
oneness in the faith
and in the
comprehension of the full
and accurate
knowledge of the Son of God
and
completeness found in
Him.
Secret
of the Harvest:
The Commanded Blessing
delivers us from: self-centered
blindness
and spiritual
apathy!”
Bad
experiences in our natural and
spiritual walk leave deep
wounds. In
the process of healing the
natural body, we must
return to a diet of
proper nutrients and exercise.
A proper
spiritual diet replaces the
“junk food” diet of such
things
as addiction
to television, worldly
reading material, excessive
fixations and
all kinds and lustful soul
centered involvements..
YES! Many
leaders and the saints are
more focused on the world
situations
than upon the health
of the church which is
destined to bring healing
to the
nations! Villages,Towns
and Cities make up nations!
God desires us to
set a balanced diet of
dwelling in scripture,
spiritual books,
worship and
fellowship.
God gave
the song!
He enjoys our
singing praises as well as
prayer and fasting.
He wants us
to experience a break through
from the chains and the
“sewage”
of the worldly
systems. He wants us to become
His army!
He
wants the Church to lead the
world, not to follow it.
We are the head and
not the tail. He wants us
to be good stewards of the time
He has
given us on the earth that His
glory may shine through us into
every facet
of life. When
we begin to dwell in the light,
fellowship will result!
Fellowship always
bears fruit. Look at the
life of the Lord Jesus. He
set the patterns.
Even when we have
difficulties, it brings the
darkness of our own hearts to
light
and allows
grace to work in us.
We can see the results of the
Holy Spirit in our lives
as we
resist the “old” programming of
thought and action of holding on
to offenses.
Living in the Light
practices the Holy realm of
forgiving.
We must resist the
enemy! To yield to
temptation to be bitter or to
disobey God is sin.
Sin separates us
from Light. 1 John 2:
15-16… “Do not love or cherish
the world
or the
things that are in the
world. If anyone loves the
world, love for the Father
is not in
him. For
that is in the world---the lust
of the flesh [craving for
sensual gratification]
and the
pride of life [assurance in
one’s resources or in the
stability of earthly things]
these do
not come from the Father but are
from the world [itself].
The Lord dwells in
a temple made of multiple living
stones.
As we are properly
fitted together in love in His
Church, we will experience more
of His Presence.
The
choices are ours!
We can live in the
same “old” reruns of thought and
action or break
into the
marvelous light!
It will take
commitment! It will take
Holy Ghost assistance!
Change is a
challenge!
If you do not
believe this last statement,
test it!
Set upon a
path to modify any lust of the
flesh!
The first challenge
will be your mind set!
Not my will,
but your will O’Lord be done!
God’s Grace is within
us. Let us receive this
message with a wholesome heart
and a willingness
to seek His will. Let us
show forth the glory of Psalms
133:1
UPON the mountains of
ZION…for there God commanded THE
BLESSING,
even For EVERMORE!
(Psalms 133: {b} 3)
We cannot enter into
unity without Fellowship!
Do we really want the
command of the Harvest!
Psalm 133:1
BEHOLD, HOW good and how
pleasant it is for brethren to
dwell together in unity!
The Redeemed
of the Lord is His Haervest!
The Unity of mankind in
Him!
Why
does God Harvest Soul?
Answer:
Ephesians 4:12-26
Amplified Bible
12 [and He did this]
to fully equip and perfect the
saints (God’s people) for works
of service, to build
up the body of Christ [the
church];
13 until we all reach
oneness in the faith and in the
knowledge of the Son of God,
[growing
spiritually] to become a mature
believer, reaching to the measure
of the fullness
of Christ [manifesting His
spiritual completeness and
exercising
our spiritual
gifts in unity].
14 So that we are no
longer children [spiritually
immature], tossed back and forth
[like ships on
a stormy sea] and carried about by
every wind of [shifting] doctrine,
by the cunning and
trickery of [unscrupulous] men, by
the deceitful scheming
of people ready
to do anything [for personal
profit].
15 But speaking
the truth in love [in all
things—both our speech and our
lives
expressing His
truth], let us grow up in all
things into Him [following His
example]
who is the
Head—Christ.
16 From Him the
whole body [the church, in all its
various parts], joined and knitted
firmly together by
what every joint supplies, when
each part is working properly,
causes the body
to grow and mature, building
itself up in [unselfish] love.
The Christian’s
Walk
17 So this I
say, and solemnly affirm together
with the Lord [as in His
presence],
that you must
no longer live as the
[unbelieving] Gentiles live, in
the futility
of their minds
[and in the foolishness and
emptiness of their souls],
18 for their
[moral] understanding is darkened
and their reasoning is clouded;
[they are]
alienated and self-banished from
the life of God [with no share in
it;
this is]
because of the [willful] ignorance
and spiritual blindness that is
[deep-seated]
within them, because of the
hardness and insensitivity of
their heart.
19 And they,
[the ungodly in their spiritual
apathy], having become callous and
unfeeling, have
given themselves over [as prey] to
unbridled sensuality, eagerly
craving the
practice of every kind of impurity
[that their desires may demand].
20 But you did
not learn Christ in this way! 21
If in fact you have [really] heard
Him and have
been taught by Him, just as truth
is in Jesus [revealed in His life
and personified
in Him],
22 that,
regarding your previous way of
life, you put off your old self
[completely
discard your
former nature], which is being
corrupted through deceitful
desires,
23 and be
continually renewed in the spirit
of your mind [having a fresh,
untarnished
mental and spiritual attitude],
24 and put on
the new self [the regenerated and
renewed nature],
created in
God’s image, [godlike] in the
righteousness and holiness of the
truth
[living in a
way that expresses to God your
gratitude for your salvation].
25 Therefore,
rejecting all falsehood [whether
lying, defrauding, telling
half-truths,
spreading
rumors, any such as these], speak
truth each one with his neighbor,
for we are all
parts of one another [and we are
all parts of the body of Christ].
26 Be angry [at
sin—at immorality, at injustice,
at ungodly behavior],
yet do not sin;
do not let your anger [cause you
shame, nor allow it to] last until
the sun goes
down.
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