UNFORCED RHYTHMS OF GRACE
AUGUST, 27
Pastor Gabriel Prosper
Streams of Grace Global Ministries
"Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business" (Acts 6:3).
Integrity means being together or wholeness. Integration comes from the word integrity. Integration is putting some things together, while differentiation is putting them apart. Integrity is being together, that means your thoughts, your words and actions agree and align. That means that when you speak or say something people can hold that word knowing that you will make it
good.
Integrity means that you will use the whole of your resources to ensure that the word you have given will be made good, and even if there will be changes you say it on time.
How weighty are your words when you speak them to people and also to yourself? How committed are you to the truth you profess. We must come to realize that the things we say and do can affect others. Therefore, let your light so shine BEFORE MEN that they may SEE
YOUR GOOD WORKS and glorify your Father in Heaven.
Beloved, before God, as Christ is now so are you now in this world. But before men, it's the agreement between your words and actions that make men consider you as one that has an honest report. In Acts Chapters 6, when the Disciples wanted to give responsibilities in the church, one of the criteria they looked for was "men of honest reports."
In Christ, all things are already yours! Thus, today, God is more interested in making you, than in giving you, because the power to produce excellent and great results rests with those that are made. E.g., if you are a multi billionaire in dollars, you will still want your son to go to school, wouldn't you?
BE RELIABLE! PEOPLE end up trusting the man who keeps to his word.
Nugget number Five to receiving answered prayer is ask God for the things you want and believe that you receive them. Certainly, the Lord knows what we need even before we ask, but He still said for us to ask Him. The Bible says, ". . . your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things" (Matt. 6:32). But He also tells you to ask for what you need: ". . . ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full" (John 16:24).
To say that you're leaving it up to God and that you know He will automatically do whatever is best is unscriptural. Jesus Himself said we are to ask God for what we need.
JOHN 16:23,24 "And in that day ye shall ASK me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full."
MATTHEW 7:7,8 "ASK, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened."
MARK 11:23,24: "For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them".
So ask God for the things you want and need, and then believe that you have them. In other words, when you pray, believe you receive what you asked for. Mark 11:24 The Amplified Bible says, ". . . whatever you ask for in prayer, believe — trust and be confident — that it is granted to you, and you will [get it]." You've got to Know you've got your answer before you get it!
Say this with me: I AM A BELIEVER WITH HONEST REPORTS, FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST AND WISDOM IN THE NAME OF JESUS. AND I WALK BY FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT! GLORY TO GOD!