It Is Not -It Is
In our spiritual walk with God, we go through a process of elimination. We find out what is not and what is.
Examples:
It is not in religion———-It is in relationship.
It is not in dogmas————It is sound doctrine.
Its not in a message———It is in a person.
It is not in a sermon———-It is in a life.
It is not in a truth——–It is in the truth.
It is not in a building——–It is in a people.
It is not in a great escape—-It is in a great takeover.
It is not in good singing——It is in praise and worship.
It is not in tradition———It is in vision.
It is not in preaching———It is in impartation.
It is not in rituals & ceremony—It is in the joy of life.
It is not in how many———-It is in how much.
It is not in race or gender—-It is in whosoever will.
It is not in going to church—It is that we are the church.
It is not about our ministry——-It is about His kingdom
It is not about believing God——-It is about knowing His heart
It is not about our ministry——-It is about His kingdom
It is not about believing God——-It is about knowing His heart.
It is not trying to build—–It is manifesting a reality.
It is not about doing————It is about being.
It is not in a title——–It is in humility.
It is not in bondage———–It is in liberty.
It is not in the approval of men————It is in the pleasure of the Lord.
It is not about us———–It is about Him.
It is not what we do for God———-It is about what He will do through us.
It is not about making our point——– it is about touching somebody with the Love of Jesus.
It is not what the devil is doing———–It is what Jesus has already done.
It is not about sin———-It is about the cross the cure
Scott Stimson Sr.
Marks of Maturity
Maturity: The state or quality of being fully grown or developed.
M–Management—-As we grow we come to manage our time, tongue, talent and treasure the result of this is peace productivity and power.
A–Accountable—-As we grow we discover both the freedom and the need of being accountable to others especially those in whom we have covenant relationship .
T–Trusting—-but not ignoring discernment in trusting people as we grow we find a liberty to trust instead of being skeptical or critical we trust in God’s ability to keep us.
“The best way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him” stated by Henry L. Stimson Secretary of War ’1940-1945′ and then a more famous modern quote,an old Russian proverb” TRUST but VERIFY” stated by President Ronald Reagan on Dec 4th 1987.
U–Unity—As we grow we work for unity among others recognizing that they have a place as we do. We will not be thinking that unity means I have the pre-eminence, but living by the principle” if they will not let us in their circle we will draw a bigger circle and include them anyway.”
R–Rest—As we grow we learn to do everything from a posture of rest we no longer allow things or people to cause us to panic we save our nerves for a real emergency and live by the principle of “NO SWEAT.” Not meaning a lack of work…, just meaning rest instead of fear”.
I–Identify—-As we grow we come to identify with others in their need; weeping with those who weep and rejoicing with those who rejoice also identifying with God in His provision and character.
T–Teachable—A wise man will listen and increase in learning and a man of understanding will attain unto wise council; as we grow we realize how much we don’t know, and how much we need others to teach us.
Y–Yielding—As we grow we no longer need to have our way all the time,we understand the joy of yielding our desires to bless and help other people.
Scott Stimson Sr.
Transitioning Into A New Day
It is a new day of rest from our own labors it is the sabbath of Sabbaths the day of the Lord and a day where there is no more struggle or mixture it is a day to be entered into now by faith.
Here are some examples and changes that we will experience as we move from an old covenant mixture into a new covenant reality.
Old Covenant New Covenant
It was about us ———— It is about Him.
If I will He will— Jesus is the eternal I will
About our obedience————————About our union with Him
Still hungry————Satisfied in Him
Seeking———Finding
futuristic——————It is finished
Looking for revival——We are the revival
Asking——————Receiving
Knocking——————— An open door
He revives us——————We are raised up to live in His sight.
Believing God————— Knowing God
Lukewarm— Embracing the fire God Himself
Wowed by signs and wonders————We are the sign and the wonder
Trying to get the church perfected———-To manifesting the perfect one
Going through the fire- Becoming the fire
From being the victim— Being the Victor
From process——————To Provision
From seeking the kingdom—To seeing the kingdom
From celebrity ministries——-To the glorious body of Christ.
From just attending church——————————-To understand we are the church for the purpose of the kingdom of God.
Scott Stimson Sr.
Knowing Him In Creation And Redemption
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, Eccl.12:1 aWe have been created by our creator to be decisive and rule, if we refuse to decide our life other people or circumstances will decide it for us. God has decided to let us decide, for me I decide to accept nothing less than His fullness.
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How Do We Make Changes?
Romans 12:2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Notice in this verse do not and be, the do not has to do with our resistance to the way the world thinks, but our be is to yield to the transforming work of the Holy Spirit.
Secondly we cannot properly discern the stages of His will until ours minds have went through the process from a worm to a butterfly (metamorphosis or transformation) into the intimate knowing of who we are In Christ Jesus.
While God can’t and will not change we will change as we awaken to who we are as sons of God this is our true identity, and then we will find that he makes changes that we through our own will power could never do.
7 areas of change
If we are growing as a person then we are changing
(1) Our minds— we can always improve our thinking by increasing our knowledge wisdom and understanding both spiritually and naturally, most of the time we fill our minds with junk food this causes us to be sick and discouraged.
The world programs us to sleep in order to accomplish it’s will by controlling our minds through TV movies news media, entertainment, religion, sports etc.etc. we are brain washed to be numb to reality.
(2) Our environment—light removes darkness, life swallows up death, pull the curtains back from our soul let light shine in, and surround yourself with peace, joy and a people of a healthy influence.
If we tolerate death and darkness in our surroundings we will have the fruit of death and darkness in our lives.
(3) Our Garments— garments speaks of vision and effort both mentally and emotionally take off self effort, anxiety, codependency and worry.
I found in the church through continued abuse of authority and submission that people become codependent on their leaders to the point they can’t really function without their leaders approval,
it is kind of like spiritual communism with the pastor being a mini dictator, but that is abuse no matter how you slice it, people need to be free to discover their own potential, and not be a slave of a system that lifts up one by putting down another, lets put on the Lord Jesus Christ and his perfect rest.
(4) Seasons– this comes with the understanding of our times, and relationships–ploughing, planting, waiting, nurturing, and harvest if you are in a divine season don’t try to rush it,
if you do you will only frustrate yourself because the season is not going to change because of our impatience.
(5) Geography–most of the time it is our outlook that needs to change not our location, changing locations can be a sign of discontentment Deut. 28:67 says discontentment is a curse under the law, but the good news Jesus took that curse so we can be content and happy.
Changing geography may very well be part of God’s plan for some and they will not be able to stay in one place forever, consider a soldier, a missionary,the Apostle Paul for example;
Even my own life which has been confirmed prophetically many times for years that my home regardless of where my house is located is the body of Christ it is my home, I have had to be mobile flexible and adaptable in order to fulfill that calling.
(6) Plans– plans must be flexible because they are subject to change they are a means to an end not the end, but they are to be guided by integrity and they are to be subject to Godly council.
Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails. Pro.19:21
(7) How we see ourselves— most of the time it is in a false identity rooted in Adam who we are after the flesh, not in Christ which is who we are after the spirit.
Experiences and words of others well meaning or not have shaped how we see ourselves, in this case we need to exchange, vanity for glory, our own way for his way, religion for relationship and remove all the excuses why it cannot be done.
Scott Stimson Sr.
How To Discern A Seducing Spirit
Oh, foolish Galatians! “Who has cast an evil spell on you”? For the meaning of Jesus Christ’s death was made as clear to you as if you had seen a picture of his death on the cross. Gal.3:1 NLT
It always amazes me and I have experienced it personally the soul can be taken over by a seducing spirit either in a twisted relational way or in a religious way.
A seducing spirit may come through an individual or a group male or female It is not always sexual but mostly greedy It can be religious very dangerous and should be recognized, exposed and then shunned.
Definitions= Something that attracts, especially with the (promise) of pleasure or reward
Seduction is frequently used more broadly as a synonym for the act of charming someone–male or female–by an appeal to the senses
It needs us to listen to it.
Nehemiah in scripture refused to talk with his enemies because their approach was to seduce him to stop his work.
7 ways to recognize a Seducing Spirit / Anyone of these things or all of them
(1) It is flattery combined with a measure of charm, arrogance and charisma…which makes for a dangerous recipe.
In Prov. 7, the harlot had most of the ingredients of the anointing spices, with flattery and talk, she seduced a young man with no understanding.
(2) It will not take “no” for an answer and it will be persistent much like Potiphar’s wife, she pursued Joseph daily then turned on him when she could not get him to turn to her (Gen.39) so is the way of this spirit if it cannot get you to submit it will turn on you.
(3) It will choose to manipulate you or may turn to others to do it for them rather than to cooperate and communicate in an open manner It will attempt to isolate you from others you love in order to control you.
(4) It brings pressure to get you to violate your conscience or to break down your principles.
(5) It will focus on your weaknesses and then play upon them it wants to have power over you.
(6) It has the ability through our blind spots or hurts to cast a spell upon us–to send us into confusion and disillusionment.
(7) It is self absorbed and proud though it may appear humble It is very insecure yet may appear confident It is a taker but may appear to be a giver.
Scott Stimson Sr.
I Found What I Needed In You (lyrics to song I wrote)
I Found What I Needed In You
*This has a little bit of a Blues sound