Let Compassion Move You - Pastor Ekpenyong

 

Col. 3:12msg "So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline."

There is so much pain and hopelessness in our world that people are constantly hurt and overwhelmed. It is so obvious and alarming that everyone is concerned. Also alarming are reports from international bodies that over 50% of our population are among the poorest of the poor in the world.

This is where we come in, no other people on earth have the opportunity to change the direction of a lost and dying world more than you and I do. But you have to be careful that you don't move over into sympathy, because sympathy and compassion are not the same.

Sympathy identifies with the problem and says "oh! I wish there was something I could do." However, compassion says there is something we can do.

When you sense sympathy coming on you refuse it by praying in tongues until you get charged up with the anointing to do something. 

You have ability to pray and use the name of Jesus.

Compassion moves. Compassion acts.  Compassion gets results.

Let compassion awaken the saviour in you. Glory!

Check: Zechariah 7:9, Hebrews 10:32-34, 

Luke 10:29-37

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Learn To Live in the Invisible - Pastor Ekpenyong

 

Hebrews 11:27NIV "By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king's anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible".

There is an ideal environment for the believer in Christ where everything that our Lord Jesus made available by His death, burial and resurrection can be accessed and enjoyed.

The New Creation is designed and suited to function and flourish in this environment; it is the realm of the invisible. 

To say the New Creation lives in the invisible is difficult for the non-believer to understand but this is a reality for the believer in Christ.

This believer is trained to know that he has spiritual faculties suited to live in the invisible realm just as the five senses of perception enable our living on earth.

This sensory organ is the 'Faith Sense' organ because we function according to the word of God. We can respond to these unseen realities because we walk by faith and not by sight.

It is possible to be comfortable in this dimension of living; IT STARTS BY FIRST MAKING THE QUALITY DECISION THAT YOU WILL ACCEPT THE WRITTEN WORD OF GOD AS FINAL AUTHORITY IN YOUR LIFE.

Take on whatever He tells you as your reality as against the report of your five senses until that invisible reality becomes tangible. This is the good fight of faith and this is how to live in the invisible. Glory! 

Check: 2Cor.3:18; 4:18; 5:7, Rom.4:13-20

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What Are Your Options - Pastor Ekpenyong

2Cor. 10:4 Weymouth "The weapons with which we fight are not human weapons, but are mighty for God in overthrowing strong fortresses."

We usually weigh what we can do by what we have at our disposal and the confidence to face a task is predicated by the level of preparation and quality of tools we have in our kitty. 

What tools do you have to fulfill a divine assignment such as saving an entire nation? 

For every divine assignment, what you have as tools will never be enough, matter-of-fact speaking. However, God our Father would never ask for more than you already have per moment.

Scriptures are replete with examples of people who did incredible things with 'ridiculous' tools. 

• David killing a giant with a stone.
• Debt paid and lives sustained from a little jar of oil.
• Samson killing 1000-armed soldiers with a slippery jaw-bone. 
• Jesus feeding 5000 men with a little boy's lunch; etc.

As you go about fulfilling destiny, realise that what you require is at your disposal. Do not despise your tools even though your confidence is in the LORD who inspires you to deplore those tools because by them you will do exploits. Glory!

Check: Dan.11:32, 2Chron.32:7-8, Phil.3:3

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Associates of The God-kind - Pastor Ekpenyong

2Cor.6:1amp "LABOURING TOGETHER [as God's fellow workers] with Him then, we beg of you not to receive the grace of God in vain [that merciful kindness by which God exerts His holy influence on souls and turns them to Christ, keeping and strengthening them - do not receive it to no purpose]."

A person who is 'righteousness' conscious is useful to God, himself and people because he will always be available to help or stand in the gap whenever the need arises unlike the sin conscious and defeat minded Christian.

Sin consciousness always makes a person cringe before a challenge while the righteous man will find a way in or through the challenge.

The righteousness minded believer does not feel disadvantaged by the obstacles on his path, rather he sees them as stepping stones on his path. 

It is this consciousness that puts you over and keeps you always assured of victory.

It is the righteousness minded believer that dares to qualify himself as God's associate; this is an estimation that makes Father God chuckle in delight as He is truly proud of you when you walk in the fullness of what is available to us in Christ.

You are very qualified today to stand in Jesus' stead to minister help and relief to the sick and oppressed and to make the poor wealthy. Glory!

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