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I wanted to post this Spoken Word (a type of poetry style) by Chris Webb. When I heard his message, I wanted to entitle the title of this post called “Live Accordingly” because that is what the central message of his spoken word is about. Listen intently to what he says because he speaks some serious truths that we can’t ignore in our Christian walk. I pray that this video blesses your spirit today. God Bless You Everybody! 😀
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This teaching is what I talked about this past Friday. I pray that it blesses someone today. It is so important to figure out who you are in agreement with today so that you can assess your reality based on your associations. If eagles of a feather flock together then who are you flocking with? Who you hang with ultimately designs that path of your life. Ask yourself this question today and consider where you are, where you are not and what and who is it that you need to take you to the next level. I pray that this teaching blesses you today. 🙂
Corinthians 6:15-17 (NKJV)
15 And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you[a] are
the temple of the living God. As God has said:
“I will dwell in them
And walk among them.
I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.”[b]17 Therefore
“Come out from among them
And be separate, says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean,
And I will receive you.”[c]
When you are in pursuit of success, you have to assess who is in your life that you are in partnership with. If you are partnering with someone, whether it be in business, or for a project, marriage, or a common goal, it means that you are in agreement with them.
The dictionary defines “Partnership” as:
In verse 17 it says: “Come out from among them And be separate” meaning that because you are a distinct believer, you have to separate yourself from people who do not walk in the same level of agreement concerning your understanding with respect to your Faith in God and your Godly philosophy concerning life.
There is a saying that says: “Bad company corrupts good character”; which means that you are required to assess who you are in association with right now and ask yourself, what philosophy of life are you operating under? Are you conforming to the patterns of worldly thinking? Or are you being renewed and transformed by the Word of God? Who are you in agreement with? Are you yoked to a believer or believers who believe in the vision for your life or are you yoked to people that ridicule your vision for your life, who continuously mock you and discourage you from achieving your dreams in fulfillment of your true potential?
Your identity is not wrapped up in other people’s opinion of your destiny. This is why the Lord says in verse 16 “And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God.” So many people are trying to match the worlds standards of success, that they do not realize that they have set up certain people in their lives that they have partnered with to be idols. There is a fine line between mere admiration and respect to a person you look up to versus obsessive idolization of another individual with the intent of copying everything that they do from the way they look to how they dress and walk, etc etc… there is a fine line between admiration and idolization. Whoever you look up to with high regard with the intention of becoming exactly like that person is idolatry. God didn’t create you to be like someone else, He created you to be uniquely you. When you decide to take on another person’s image (which is idolatry), you have made an agreement within your own soul that you aren’t good enough, that you aren’t fearfully and wonderfully made, and that you need to become someone else which is a devastating deception that comes from being in a state of having an identity crisis. You then partner yourself to a different image that you want to emulate which can be done by the power of agreement.
What does the word “agreement” mean? In the dictionary it is defined as the following:
If you are in one accord with someone; by definition you are in agreement with them and you have bound yourself/ yoked yourself to the same believe system as the other person. Children of God, you need to assess who you are currently walking in agreement with right now so that if there are some ungodly associations in your life that are hindering your progress, you need to ask God to reveal these unequal yokes and break yourself from them spiritually and physically from those people in your life.
Your Net Worth is dependent on your Network. If you are tied to people who have a poverty mentality, you will not be able to succeed because you have yoked yourself to the same philosophy. Such people will discourage you every time you seek to move up to the next level in your life because they are pessimistic in nature, they do not believe the God’s Jeremiah 29:11 promise over your life and are opposed to anything resembling prosperity.
Maybe you like bling but such people will undermine you and will probably label you as a “gold-digger”. Maybe you like well-tailored suits or clothing and a person with the poverty mentality will undermine your fashion sense and probably say you are too showy, too bright…your too this or too that…etc etc, but the thing is this, prosperity comes with benefits, and anyone who is opposed to receiving benefits is surviving under the class of social assistance. Meaning, that you don’t get to buy what you want and are completely depended on a system that gives you just barely enough to survive the next day. This is a different type of yoke that binds a person to forever be a servant to poverty and with such people, it is difficult to break that line of thinking because of the power of the agreement they have with that philosophy of life.
Everybody wants to go to the next level, but some of you are struggling to move forward because you have partnered with the wrong crowd and/or you are unequally yoked to someone or people who do not agree with your philosophy of life. If you are in that situation, it can explain why some things aren’t moving in your life.
Ask God to reveal the wrong associations that you have in your life and seek to break any spiritual agreements you have had with them whether it be by verbal contract or a physical contract and then physically break your associations with those people by simply saying your done and this relationship is over.
Amos 3:3 – Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?
Going back to 2 Corinthians 6:17, the Lord tells you “Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you” meaning that do not entertain impure thoughts that turn into impure actions; do not corrupt yourself by agreeing with someone that tells you to do something that is contrary and outside the will of God for your life. People simply miss the mark (Sin) because they decide to do the contrary of what they know they ought to do.
Who you agree with in this life will determine where your life will go. It is important that even in the case of choosing a mentor, leader or someone you look up to, really dig deep as to the character of the individual that you are selecting to be in partnership with. Does this person have Integrity, Honor, a positive rapport, a solid foundation with respect to their philosophy of life, does their actions match their words, are they strong leaders, are they able to empathize and build others, are they self-aware of their own weakness etc etc? You need to ask these types of questions with every person you encounter in your life, be it a friend, mentor, business partner or family, because what you end up agreeing to, will become part of your reality.
Sometimes you may have friends for a season and then they become “unfriendly friends” that become spiteful and mean to you once you have achieved something or have leveled up in some way. Those are the types of “friends” that have not signed up the contract to be in your life and you thinking you had an agreement of sorts, was the only one who signed up for this relationship. In their view, they are not even in breach of the contract because they never where your friends to begin with. These are the types of people you have to watch out for in your life. They are the types who burn bridges (kill connections) with others and once they realize that there was any value in maintaining that relationship, they will now have to face swimming to the other side with sharks to regain your trust again because they already burned the bridge of that relationship. Trust is earned in such a circumstance through the power of agreement.
A true friend is one who agrees to be in a binding relationship with you, to walk with you in agreement. They do not despise your achievements but rather, celebrate you because they agree that leveling up should be a way of life for the both of you. If either of you were in disagreement of this philosophy, you would not be able to walk together.
Look at Elisha, he followed Elijah and submitted to him in authority and believed in what Elijah believed, and therefore grew in stature with God and man, and received a double portion anointing as the end result.
Who you attach yourself to will determine the level of increase you will have in your life.
Who you are in agreement with in this life will determine the level of increase you will expect to see in your life. If you partner with poverty, your reality will look quite bleak, but if you partner with go-getters and people who rise above obstacles, who see no limits and don’t back down even when they face setbacks, those people have an understanding of the Jeremiah 29:11 promise that God has for all his people which is:
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
As we pray and fast, ask God to increase your discernment to identify any unequal yokes in your life that need to be broken. Repent of ever having agreed with their philosophies of life that do not match with God’s Word and ask God to break any verbal covenants/promises/agreements that you may have made with them without thinking and to break the yoke forever in Jesus Name, Amen.
Source: https://livingproofcentre.org/2016/05/28/assessing-your-partnerships-for-success/
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I think I’m on spoken word mode. This video I’m sharing really makes you look at where you stand in Christ. It’s one thing to know about God, but it’s another to be in relationship with Him. We can’t have an acquaintance-like relationship with Jesus by knowing Him in Name only and yet ignore Him for who He really is to us; He is our Lord and Savior and King of kings. May this Video help us to search deep within to know where we really stand. It’s amazing how much scripture Shawn Presley used in his spoken word, but the truth is needed to be heard in order to confront that which we try to shove under the carpet.
It’s amazing how much we try not to face ourselves when we say we are walking “in Christ” and yet live jaded lives thinking that God is blind to our acts of omission or commission to sin. In some cases, we Christians act engaged to Christ and yet are divorced from the Father’s love for us for the mere fact that we aren’t living for God wholly. It’s sad to have a part-time Christian faith when really God seeks a full-time marriage commitment of Faith. If we are the Bride of Christ as we so claim, we must no longer portray a mistress status with our King. Let’s dig deep and pray that the Church of Jesus Christ wakes up to see its real face and not live a compromised life swaying like a pendulum with the world’s way of living and start pursuing righteousness for what it is- living in right-standing with Christ. May we confess before God for not really being what we are meant to be in His Eyes which is to be Joint-Heirs with Christ Jesus. We can’t claim to be a powerful church, if we aren’t even plugged-in to the source which is in Christ our solid Rock, our redeemer and foundation of faith. May God help us be the Church that we ought to be and may we as Christians humble ourselves before the King of kings and repent for not being what we should be before Him. Let’s re-align ourselves back to the heart of the Father and seek to live in right-standing with Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Savior, Amen!
Enjoy the Video and God bless you Everybody!
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I love Passion for Christ Ministries (P4CM) for what it offers to the NOW Generation. So much talent with speakers that relate to the young generation and speak truth in a language that they can truly understand and relate to. This video that I am posting is a spoken word by Jefferson Bethke that really addressed the issue of how modern day Counterfeit Gods (aka Idolatry) affect our relationship with God in a truthful poetic way. I know it will minister to you today.
God Bless You Everybody!
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Happy Sunday! I just found this cool video to inspire and encourage your spirit. It’s Time for the Church of Jesus Christ to rise is it’s main message. It’s a spoken word type of poetry and it just is amazing. I’m sure you’ll be blessed by it as it also blessed me.
God Bless You everybody and enjoy!
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As you know I’m a reader and love listening to wisdom. I came across this prayer by Cindy Trimm in my time of prayer. She’s an author of the book Commanding your Morning and Rules of Engagement etc. If you hear this prayer…I think this is what we need to do in the times right now. We need to up our prayers right now and arrest those things that are contrary to the Will of God. Declare and Decree and listen to this prayer. Spread it so that you start to believe and intercede for your nations, your cities, your workplaces, your churches, your neighbourhoods, your family and yourself. It was soo powerful when I heard this and I want to share it here and spread the faith of this powerful prayer. We need to get serious and call out to our God to bless the land as we humble ourselves and pray for forgiveness and ask the Lord to Cover the land with the Blood of Jesus. Let NOT the evil one have his way over your nations and your lives. I am stirred to share this so May it bless you today in JESUS’ Name.
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If you loved The Lie of “Almost” poetry post by Poet Eziekel than I think you’ll love this one too. It’s called Silence is Deadly. I love truth spoken in this artisitc fashion. May this Spoken Word bless you today.
I said goodbye to Yesterday,
A memory that was nothing but a dream,
filled with regrets, mistakes, pains that have past,
I live knowing I am redeemed.
I said goodbye to Yesterday,
The shock of wrongs done and depressed by affliction,
I shed my tears of floods and rain
knowing full well I had more to gain.
I said goodbye to Yesterday,
I cannot erase what has been done
only looking forward and forward I run,
towards this unending beaming sun.
I said goodbye to Yesterday,
Yes, Yes, the day is already done.
Tomorrow is coming, I stand to sing,
Yesterday is truly gone.
(c) 2011-2012 Sherline N.T.
If you wrote a song for me,
what would it be?
Would it be one about birds, leaves, or trains?
or one about clothes, bags, or planes?
If I wrote a song for you,
how would it be?
I’ve often thought about a song,
now I need to find a beat.
If you’ve found the song to sing,
would it be about you or me?
If I found a song to write,
would you listen to it please?
My mouth is yearning to sing this song
and my heart has written the piece.
It’s a string of notes with harmony
and vamps of rhythmic melody.
Won’t you help me sing my song?
The song I want to Sing?
Hear it pouring out of my soul
just for all to see.
(c) 2011 Sherline N.T.
I looked outside today
and it was raining,
raining, raining, raining.
It seems like a dreary day
and I thought of my blessings,
blessings, blessings, blessings.
I thanked God for today
and started praising,
praising, praising, praising.
My friend was in need yesterday,
and I started praying,
praying, praying, praying.
Someone passed away,
and I started crying,
crying, crying, crying.
Those that hurt me in the past,
they were lying,
lying, lying, lying.
In all this, I say “Hey, Life is full of surprises”,
So keeping believing,
believing, believing, believing.
Never give up on dreaming!
Your dreams are worth fighting for so keep fighting,
fighting, fighting, fighting.
That’s what Faith is…
That’s what Hope is…
That’s what Love is…
That’s what Life is…
So keep living,
Living, Living, Living.
(c) 2011 Sherline N.T.
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