Inspire Me

Unity

"So this is my prayer: that your love will flourish and that you will not only love much but well. Learn to love appropriately. You need to use your head and test your feelings so that you love is sincere and intelligent, not sentimental gush. Live a lover's life, circumspect and exemplary, a life Jesus will be proud of: bountiful in fruits from the soul, making Jesus Christ attractive to all, getting everyone involved in the glory and praise of God." Phillippians 1 The Message

The cry has risen before the Lord for years, "Unite the body of Christ - let us be one before You." There is little evidence here on this Earth that our prayer has manifested itself amongst the believers. However, what is not accomplished here on Earth is already an accomplished fact in Heaven. There is no disunity in the body of believers in Heaven. They have one heart for God. We, also, can stand as one before His throne. In the presence of our Heavenly Father there is one Body, one Lord, and one faith. No division exists in Heaven because all those who come before Him in the name of Jesus are united by His Spirit into one body of believers.

Restoration

Isaiah 42:22   But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivers; for a spoil, and none says, Restore.

Isaiah 57:18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

It is implicit if something is to be restored that it already have form; created with certain purposes and designs. The fact that restitution is necessary means that diminishment has occurred in appearance or function. Many accounts of renewal can be found in the Bible. Some of those restorations include the re-establishment of relationships, of the temple, of the laws of God to His people, and of praise and worship.

In our Christian lives we experience the birthing of dreams and visions. Some of these may

His Song

"The Lord your God is in the midst of you, a mighty One, a Savior - Who saves! He will rejoice over you with joy; He will rest [in silent satisfaction] and in His love He will be silent and make no mention [of past sins, or even recall them]; He will exult over you with singing." Zephaniah 3:17 (Amplified)

Her journey had finally brought her here. She was determined that she be heard by Him. She had persevered through all obstacles, and she had brought with her the many songs she had written for Him. She had pressed passed the outer courtyard and behind the veil of the inner chamber. But now somehow and somewhere in the midst of her service of worship, she found herself being brought into His presence.

Shelter of His Wings

"How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings. They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house, and You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures. For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light." Psalm 36:7-9

Many years ago I stayed on a kibbutz in Israel. The fellowship after our evening corporate meal had been sweet with praise and prayer. The fall air was unusually warm that year and the bushes outside the window of our room filled the night air with the scent of jasmine. After I had turned off the lights I opened the windows and saw the moon's rays falling on a distant mountain . I turned and looked out the window and I noticed that there were

Where is the Road to Zion?

"Walk about Zion, And go all around her, Count her towers; Mark well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces; That you may tell it to the generation following. For this is God, Our God forever and ever; He will be our guide Even unto death." Psalm 48:12-14

There is a road inside of me - Inside of you there is one too - No stumbling Pilgrim in the dark - The road to Zion's in your heart. Petra

Zion - the city of God: the place where the Lord of Hosts resides: the location of presence of His manifest glory. Zion is where we behold the One in whom we have believed. The Bible states in Psalms that when God registers the people, their birthplace will be recorded. It will be recorded that we who have become His sons and daughters through the blood of Jesus Christ were born in Zion. The Word also says that Zion is the source of the singers' song and the musicians' melody.

Zion is located on the northern side of ancient Jerusalem and is the summit of Mt. Hermon. Originally it

Greater Grace

"But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus." Phil. 3:7-12

 

Jesus knew whom He was, knew His purpose, and understood His destiny and yet He did not consider it robbery to leave that glorified estate and lay down His life for us. The focus of some messages today fail to truly address the issues of the earthly Holiest of Holies. All the instruments in the Holy of Holies were designed for ministry to nations. The Holy of Holies was entered once a year for atonement for a nation. The articles in the Holies of Holies represented divine