God’s Favor, How Does It Work?

God’s favor always precedes his blessings. This is by far one of God's most mysterious acts that unfortunately go unnoticed by the average believer or person, for that matter.

Our teaching today is, by far, not only an interesting one but an informative one, and that will cause you to look at the favor of God from an entirely different perspective. I can certainly promise you that you’ll discover that the favor of God is indeed a requirement for any blessing that you’ll ever receive from him in this teaching.

What exactly is favor? Well, favor is defined as excessive kindness or unfair partiality; preferential treatment: to treat some people with favor and others with neglect. Simply put, to do something for someone, with or without any cause on their end, that you would not do for others in the same position.

Bishop T. D Jakes has coined the phrase, “Favor ain't fair.” Other believers speak of themselves as being highly favored by God. Some even pray for the favor of God during certain troubles and trials in their lives.

The reality is, God’s favor is automatic when we do exactly what he requires of us. Secondly, it is the favor of God that sustains and maintains us during our times of afflictions before our blessings. It is a must that I inculcate this into your understanding, And that is, favor always precedes the blessings! Now, as most of us would know, to be blessed is to literally be empowered, authorized, or sanctioned. The Bible tells us that when God blessed them (Adam and Eve), they became authorized or empowered to do five things they could not do before the blessings. They were: To be fruitful, multiply, replenish, subdue, and finally dominate Genesis 1:28. As an added fact, the Bible further states that the Lord's blessings make one rich or increase him/her, and he adds no sorrow to it Proverbs 10:22.

Isaac, the promised son of Abraham, I found to be the perfect example of God’s favor preceding the blessing. His life gives a clear-cut view of how God’s favor works, not just for him but for all of us who decide to obey God’s unadulterated proven word that cannot return unto him without accomplishing what it was sent out to do.

Scripture revealed a famine in the land during Isaac's days, besides that of the famine of the days of Abraham. Isaac’s immediate thought was to go into Egypt like his father did during his time of famine. However, God appeared to him and insist that he stay in Gerar of Philistine, a place where the famine was intense. God promised Isaac that he will be with him and bless him, and also bless his seed, and make him great beyond his wildest imagination.

Let’s just pause here for a second. Isn't it just like God to make these extraordinary promises when there is absolutely no single thread of evidence to support what he is saying? Picture for a second, you’re at a church service, broke busted, and definitely disgusted.

Then a man or woman of God decides to pull you out of the crown and begin saying to you thus sad the lord, “I see finances being repaired, I see you being wealthy beyond your greatest expectation, and I see you assisting others in their finances” It is only normal that you ask yourself the question, “is he talking about me”?. So, you can only imagine what Isaac must have contemplated when God said to him to remain in this desolate, barren place, for it is there I will bless you.

Nevertheless, Isaac obeyed God and stayed despite what was seemingly obvious. Interestingly enough, Isaac sowed in the land just like every other occupant of that country. According to the Bible, Isaac was the only one that received a hundredfold in that same year Genesis 26:12.

Now, let’s break this scripture down to get clarity on how the favor of God is at work here. Firstly, the scripture did not say Isaac reaped a hundredfold. Instead, it said he received a hundredfold; there is a difference. To receive is to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): as in receiving a gift, it also means having something delivered or brought to you. On the other hand, the word to reap is defined as getting a return, recompense, or result of something at an appointed time because of what was sown. If I planted a mango seed, then according to nature's laws, it must produce mangos during that season only. Nevertheless, because Isaac obeyed God, his obedience caused him to receive and not reap, suggesting God gave or delivered the hundredfold to him before the time appointed for it to come forth,  which is the favor of God in action. Wow! What a stunning revelation.

Now, I made it abundantly clear that God’s favor always proceeds the blessings at the beginning of this article. At present most of you reading this article right now believe I have it all wrong, In that when God gave Isaac the hundredfold that, that was the blessing, right?

Well, the truth according to scripture is, the receiving of the hundredfold was, in fact, the favor of God, because in that same passage of scripture, it reads God blessed Isaac after the receiving of the hundredfold….. Wow, what a revelation!

My dear readers, if this hasn’t enlightened your understanding, then I don’t know what will. Just for a moment, consider the promises/blessings God has made to you or what has been prophesied over your life. Chances are, most of those blessings or prophecies have yet to come to pass. Now take another look at your life while you were waiting on the blessings. Can’t you see the favor of God extended throughout all areas of your life?

For the most part, we become so caught up with the blessings set for an appointed time that we take for granted the many favors bestowed upon us, advancing us to those appointed blessings. I clearly understand how one can overlook these favors because these favors come in two categories, and they are: 1) just enough and 2) not enough. As an example, your car gas gauge in on empty, and you’re fully aware that you can not make it to your next destination. Then out of the clear blue, someone gives you five dollars. It’s not much but just enough to get you to your destination; this is favor. Your light bill is due, and it’s $120.00; the Lord laid it on someone’s heart to give you $40.00; it’s not enough, but you owe $40.00 less than you originally owed; this is also favor. We don't see it as favor in both cases because it doesn't cover our bills' entirety. In all honesty, how many of you did not make the following statement, “Why God just don’t send the full amount”?

The truth is favor’s purpose in your life is not so much to provide some resources but to assist you mainly with the trust issues that you have with God. As a reference point, have you ever noticed that just enough and not enough shows up in the nick of time? Secondly, favor’s job is to also eliminate worry; after proving God by his favor in your many circumstances, you should by now have developed trust and reduce anxiety with a certainty that he will provide. 

So, my dear readers, it is these seemingly insignificant acts that all of us take for granted when the favor of God is running its full course. Please let us pause here and begin to ask God to forgive us for our ungratefulness and selfish attitudes towards his divine favor. Now, let’s start to thank him for all his marvelous favors seen and unseen that have brought us thus far despite our murmuring and constant complaining.

As a final point, my beloved readers, all favors from God are the prerequisites to the blessings of God. So, now that you've scrutinized your life based on this teaching and have discovered the numerous favors God has bestowed upon you, then make no mistake, your blessings are guaranteed, signed, sealed, and shall be delivered to you in God's appointed time.

Heavenly Father, I thank you that you are God and God alone. It is because of your sovereignty that no one is qualified to question the favor you've bestowed upon us. I thank you for your favor; that is the evidence of the pending blessings that you've promised us. My prayer Lord is that the spirit of ungratefulness and the lack of unthankfulness be destroyed and instantly be replaced with a spirit of thanksgiving and appreciation towards your many blessings. I ask these things in the matchless and marvelous name of your son and our savior Jesus Christ. Amen!

Written by: Kevin L A Ewing

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Spiritual Captivity

Captivity is the state of being captured, imprisoned, detained, or held against one's will. In all cases, the one held captive is being held or arrested by some physical means such as prison cells, handcuffs, shackles, chains, fetters, or even another person.

I needed to expand on the definition of captivity because of our teaching today on spiritual captivity. I promise you that this teaching would cause you to re-evaluate the cause of your present state and make the necessary adjustments to appreciate where you are and why you are not where you would want to be.

Even though captivity is defined as the state of being captured, there exist two types of captivity: the captivity that we see and the one that we don't see. The unseen captivity can be quite challenging and frustrating due to our inability to see what keeps us from progressing and succeeding. There is nothing visible or presented as evidence of this imprisonment or detention, which we know we're in because of our lack of progress.

I am sure by now you must have figured out that spiritual captivity is the state of being captured without any tangible, physical, or material evidence of that captivity. However, your life displays all and more of the signs and evidence of one that has been detained or imprisoned due to your inability to succeed or make progress.

Firstly, being imprisoned, detained, or captured restricts or limits one of their freedoms. Better yet, they can see success, freedom, joy, peace, and all things good they desire but do not possess the ability to achieve because of the obvious; they are being restrained or held against their will.

In the book of Job 42:10, my attention was without delay arrested when I read the following statement, "And the Lord turned the captivity of Job." This raised eyebrows because nowhere in the book of Job have I read or seen any evidence or anything remotely close to even suggesting that Job was being physically held against his will. After all, in essence, the meaning of captivity is to physically restrain one against their will.

So if Job was not being held against his will by any physical means, what prevented him from achieving or succeeding like any normal human being? To understand this incredible revelation clearly, let's look at one of the Apostle Paul's statements to the church of Corinth. "While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal" 2 Corinthians 4:18.

The Apostle made it crystal clear that being physically attacked, restrained, or challenged is far better than being spiritually attacked, restrained, or challenged. At least physically, you can see what is attacking you, and now you have an opportunity to set up some sort of defensive mechanism. On the other hand, spiritual attacks and challenges completely blindside you, leaving you confused and frustrated because you are at a loss as to the origin of this attack.

So, let's go back to the beginning of Job's dilemma to ascertain the clarity of his captivity that was by non-physical means. The bible states that one day the sons of God presented themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them. The Lord began to inquire of Satan if he had noticed his servant Job and how perfect he was on the earth? Satan revealed something so interesting in his response to God, which speaks to spiritual things or things that we can't see but very much do exist.

Satan said, "Have not thou not made a hedge about him, and about his house, and all that he has on every side? Job 1:10. Hedge? What hedge is Satan talking about? Now, as a reminder, God and Satan are both spiritual beings able to see in the spiritual and physical world. So Satan revealed what he saw around Job and all that concerned him. He saw in the spirit realm an invisible barrier that served mainly two purposes 1) to prevent all weapons that or will ever be formed against Job from prospering and 2) to protect, sustain and maintain all that is on the inside of the hedge such as Job's blessings, talents, gifts, children, properties, etc. As an insert here, every human has been outfitted with this hedge, and this hedge can only be removed under two conditions. 1) In Job's case, God removed his hedge, and 2) Man's disobedience to God's word breaks the hedge, allowing the enemy to get in Ecclesiastes 10:8.

I hope you are taking note, Christians, because this is where most of us are. Job's life is now about to take a dramatic turn in events when God had decided to remove this invisible hedge and gave Satan power over everything that Job had. Satan being given power over Job suggests he had authority and dominion over him, meaning Job is no longer the head, nor is he no longer above but beneath.

Question! Could it be that where you are in your life right now, no money, bills are overdue, kids are sick, pains and diseases have invaded your body, marriage is a disaster, your job is the pits, being unemployed, and the list goes on. You have prayed consistently, fasted over and over again, sent in monetary seeds to different ministries for that miracle or breakthrough, and ABSOLUTELY nothing has happened. As a matter of fact, things are getting worse, and you feel God is ignoring you. Could it possibly be God has removed your hedge and allowed Satan to have power over all that you have so that you can be introduced to the real you? Or could it be your opposition to God's rules has placed you in your current position?

Whatever the case, maybe you have indeed met the qualifications for these events in your life. The word of God clearly states that God will not put more on you than you can bear. When he removed your hedge and allowed you to be spiritually caged by Satan, he knew you were and can handle what you are experiencing and, in the case of others, about to experience. At this point, there is no prayer or fasting that can help you. No human being can assist you. Just like Job's friends, they could not help him because God has designed it In such a way that no one or nothing can assist you. YOU HAVE TO WALK THIS ONE OUT ALONE! It is a part of your destiny with a tremendous reward for your patience and faithfulness, as you will read later.

Yes! Just like you, I am tired of the God will bless you; God has something better for you; God only chastises those whom he loves, and the all too famous one, your breakthrough is right around the corner. The truth is these folks telling us these things are very much correct! However, we have no choice but to comprehend that this God we said is always good. All the time he is good is the same one who has given permission to our adversary to spiritually cage us, which has resulted in us not being able to increase and succeed physically due to us being imprisoned spiritually.

Again, like Job's friends, some are convinced that there is sin in your life, or your wicked ways are catching up with you, or there must be something you have done wrong! I am here to say to you today you have done nothing wrong or at least deserve the pain and suffering that you are going through

Again, Job, just like so many of us, has been placed in spiritual captivity. This captivity is the worst of its kind because our hedges have been removed, allowing those weapons that were and are being formed against us to now prosper. Also, what the hedge once protected, sustained, and maintained, has now become disabled. As a result, you lose the home, car, family, Job, opportunities, basically everything, but hold on, this is not the end. As a matter of fact, this is the beginning of something new. Something if patiently endured will supersede your greatest expectation. Scripture tells us that Eyes have not seen, ears have not heard, neither has it entered into the hearts of men, what God has PREPARE FOR THOSE THAT LOVE HIM. This scripture is speaking to a select group, and that group is those that love God. Question! Do you still love God despite your losses, disappointments, broken marriage, frustration, and the reoccurring bad things that have been happening in your life that seemingly have no end?

Scripture reveals that after Job was informed of his losses, including that of his ten children, he arose, tore his clothes, shaved his head, dropped to the ground, and worshiped. How does one do that in the face of such difficulty? Only those God has chosen to walk a particular road, and simultaneously these same people value and appreciate their God above anything else in this world. As proof of this, Job said, "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and it is he that has taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord" wow!

Every time I read Job's statement after his losses, especially concerning the death of his children, I am almost moved to tears to see this man's commitment and resilience amid so much grief and agony. After discovering this truth of spiritual captivity, I realized that there is absolutely nothing one can do about this state other than praying for patience and endurance. My mind began to gravitate to the scripture that admonishes us to do precisely what Job did, and that is, "In everything give thanks, for this is the WILL of GOD in Christ Jesus concerning us 1Thessalonians 5:18. It is a must that I make unequivocally clear that the word "everything" means the good and evil and not just the good as most Christian has been led to believe.

Finally, as we've read earlier, the same God that caused him to be in spiritual captivity was the God that turned or released Job from his spiritual captivity and gave him double what he originally had. The bottom line is that you do not have the privilege of suggesting what road God should assign you. All lanes have been determined before the foundation of the world. You just have to patiently wait until God decides to turn your captivity. However, he's promised you that if you delight yourself in him, he'll give you the desires of your heart Psalms 37: 4.

Heavenly Father, your works, ways, and thoughts are far beyond our understanding. You've said in your word that as far as the heavens are from the earth, so are your ways and thoughts different from ours. This is the case, Father, because I know there is no compromise regarding your word. I pray that you furnish the readers of this article with a supernatural ability to be patient in enduring the assigned time of their spiritual captivity in the matchless and marvelous name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Written by: Kevin L. A Ewing

kevinewing@coralwave.com

The quintessence of love

I am always in awe as a Christian when I hear preacher, teachers and Ministers of the gospel speak on the topic of love. My amazement is due to our well choreograph and articulate speeches concerning God’s love towards us, how we aught to love our neighbor as we love ourselves, love our wives as Christ love the church and gave his life for it, and to always love our enemies.

As we all know most of these teachings are more easily said than done and of course I am not discounting them in anyway. However my concern is how the church has abandoned the reality and the myriad of issues that face the love between a man and a woman. Loving one’s wives as Christ love the church and a woman being submissive to her husband in reality does not happen without major challenges. This is no new revelation, Even from the beginning after God blessed the union of Adam and Eve the evidence of walking together as a couple but not being on one accord began to emerge in their relationship when Eve decided to submit to the will of Satan rather than the will of God and her husband.

In the quintessence of love teaching today it is imperative that I not only take this love between a man and a woman from a realistic point of view, but make inclusive what our teachers have shun away from, that has left the average believer or person for that matter with no answers to the difficulties and challenges that faces their relationship.

The word quintessence is defined as the pure and concentrated essence of a substance or the most perfect embodiment of something. In simple terms it speaks to the heart and soul of a person, matter or thing.

So my initial approach to this is how a couple transforms from being so much in love, endless hours on the phone, the I love you, can’t wait to see you etc. to can someone please explain to me once again how in the world did I end up with this person?

Now the bible is clear and it says, “How can two walk together except they agree” Amos 3:3. Now most folks are under this grand illusion that because two are walking together (being married or in a relationship) they are in fact in accordance with one another. For those of us that are in a reality based relationships we are fully aware that the agreement that is understood in this passage of scripture speaks not of the walk but the role and support of each other as it relates to goals, vision and ultimately the future direction of the relationship. This agreement would have also deciphered the male as the head and his wife of partner being his support or help mate.

The quintessence of love, most importantly speaks primarily to the whole idea of being proactive in the relationship as opposed to being reactive. To be proactive is to initiate change in advance of events, rather than reacting to events or things that are impromptu, suggesting that our teachers and counselors became involve after the fact. This is a reactive behavior. The truth is when a man and a woman agree to be exclusive in a relationship there are really four parties involved. The primary party obviously would be the male and female that agreed to have this relationship. The additional parties would be the desires and fantasies of both individuals that have yet to be communicated between each other, however these desires and fantasies somehow becomes imprisoned in their minds with the assumption that telepathically they would be communicated.

This seemingly insignificant scenario if left unchallenged provides the breading ground for confusion that results in frustration and ends in separation. Again this provides a partial answer to the transformation from “I am so in love with you” to “How the hell did I ever become involved with you”. Unfortunately as Christians when these inevitable problems arise our leaders saturate us with a multitude of scriptures coated with a seasoning of prayer and believe the problems are solved, Again which I do not discount, however the origin of the problem has yet to be addressed.

The second scenario speaks to feelings generated by one or both parties, not towards each other but directed to persons outside of the relationship. In simple terms being in love with someone else other than your partner. These are the types of issues that are suppressed in our churches and plastered with “wives be submissive and husbands love your wives”. Yet, never addressing the reasons as to how or why these feelings came about. I want to make clear that I am not placing a stamp of approval on adultery or anything related to it, but to address these very common matters from a realistic point of view.

The conception of these problems began in the minds of these individuals and the birth was the display in their actions. Of course as you would realize this now produces confusion, because it appears as if you’re saying one thing to me (I love you) but your actions (lying , cheating, mood swings etc.) speaks to something entirely contrary to your words………..  How did we get here?

Well, getting there was simple and the simplicity of it was a major lack of understanding between both parties. Jesus made a profound statement to his disciples in Matthew 13: 13-15, he was quoting the prophet Isaiah, “For by hearing you will hear and not understand and by seeing you will see but not perceive”. He now begins to explain by first addressing the heart (mind) because all issues originate from the heart/mind of man. Jesus elaborates that their ears have become dull of hearing and their eyes have bin closed. Now, for clarity he is not just speaking about physical eyes and ears here but the ability to comprehend effectively what is being communicated to you. As proof of this he further elaborates, “Least at anytime they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and should UNDERSTAND with their HEART thus resulting in a conversion or change.

So this basically dispels the old adage that most separations or differences between couples are due to a lack of communication. Communication is the impartation or interchange of thought, opinions or information by speech, writings or signs. It is also the means of exchanging information between two or more parties. So here is where the problem comes in, that is so frequently overlooked by preachers, teachers, advisors etc. Let’s use for an example a wife says to her husband that she doesn’t like the way he speaks to her in public settings, the husband responds by saying he doesn’t see anything wrong with the way that he speaks to her in public setting.

Now, according to the definition of communication, this couple has communicated, however both individuals have an entirely different UNDERSTANDING of what is being communicated. The wife is expressing how she “feels” concerning how her husband speaks to her. On the other hand the husband categorizes her complaint as an issue of what is right or wrong. So, as you can clearly see how understanding becomes the crux cause in the quintessence of love between a man and a woman. It is only when this root cause is addressed that we can then apply the applicable scriptures and prayers.

As a result my dear readers, I strongly suggest to you that you carefully analyze your relationship and review those original desires and fantasies that you once had concerning your partner and begin transferring those thoughts from your head and verbally communicating them to your partner with a concentrated effort of developing an understanding of how you feel, what you desire etc. Our error begins by believing that our partners should figure out what’s going on in our heads and when this doesn’t happen we begin to lose focus and  look else where for these desires and affections and exchanging them with others outside of the relationship.

As you would recall Jesus said, “You have ears but you can not hear, you possess eyes but you can not see, therefore your end result is a tragic lack of  understand. There is a song called “For the first time” by the singer Rod Stewart, In his song he begins to say to his wife that he’s been looking at her forever but has really never seen her, for the first time he’s looking in her eyes. He then ask her is these her hands, is that your smile, suggesting that he never took the time to understand this person that he has been with for so many years…… Could this be a clip from your life?

My words of wisdom for this wonderful Tuesday morning, put aside the past, do away with the assumptions, kick to the curb what should have, could have happened, and make up in your mind to discover what has been hidden in your relationship for so many years that was either overlooked or un-forgiveness has deprived you of it. We only live once my dear readers, and I am told that it is better to have loved and lost, than to never have loved before. Do not allow fear to control you. The bible says that there is no fear in love and perfect or complete love do away with fear. So if your life is saturated with fear then I suggest to you according to biblical principles you have a serious love deficiency.

Heavenly Father, I thank you for this wonderful morning that you have decided to grace us with the impartation of your wisdom. It is my prayer that you open the eyes and ears of every reader of this article, and super naturally empower them with understanding. Your word declares that wisdom is the principle thing therefore get wisdom, and in all thy getting we must get understanding. I now come in agreement with your word and call these things done in Jesus name. Amen!

Written by: Kevin L A Ewing

kevinewing@coralwave.com

Beware Of The Fowler Spirit

A Fowler is a skilled, patient, and experienced hunter who studies his victim intensely and accurately before launching an attack. Nearly one hundred percent of the time, the Fowler is indiscernible or not visible to its victims, and as you read on, the victim has no reason to suspect. The Bible says that God will surely deliver us from the snare or the traps of the Fowler, Psalm 91:3. Only he can because we will only know who the Fowler is once an attack is made. Unfortunately, at this point, their attack is either disabling or fatal. I asked God how to recognize the Fowler and what signs to look for, and he directed me to Psalm 55:12-14. The Fowler is a skilled hunter who plans every move their victim is about to make. They try to convince you that they have your best interests at heart while prying into the intimate details of your life and revealing little about themselves. This allows them to plan against you effectively. Their patient, manipulative, and subtle skill set makes them successful in their harmful plans while you remain unaware of their intentions. So, in Psalm 55:12, we immediately discover that the Fowler is definitely not someone we would classify as our enemy. Neither will they display hate towards us or resist us in any way. In fact, scripture reveals that the Fowler is the one who is equal to us. The one who guides us, the one we are acquainted with, shares all our secrets and personal areas of our lives, Gives details of marital bedroom business, etc. Wow! The ones we call close friends. Always assisting and giving the impression that they are always there for us. The intelligence gathered from their victims makes the perpetrators' plans to destroy them successful. The truth is that the victim unknowingly becomes a co-conspirator in their own demise due to their ignorance of the real purpose of the perpetrators in their lives. Now, it becomes crystal clear that when an attack is launched, the success of that attack is solely based on the quality of information the victim has ignorantly released. Regrettably, these attacks usually result in severe emotional damage to the point the victim finds it almost impossible to trust anyone again. Such an attack is equivalent to what is known as Guerrilla warfare; in Guerrilla warfare, the unsuspecting victim is caught entirely off guard by a surprise attack. Surprisingly, in almost all cases, the perpetrator of this great evil (the Fowler) was always their close friend. Again, the victim had absolutely no reason to suspect otherwise. The research will show that individuals with the Fowler spirit approach all relationships with hidden motives. Sadly, these individuals are highly dissatisfied with themselves and feel the urge to secretly collaborate with others to cause unimaginable suffering to them. The Fowler's concept of happiness involves taking pleasure in the suffering of others while also actively causing that suffering. It's hard to imagine how these people can live with themselves. In reality, they can't live with themselves because they constantly change their personas to manipulate their victims into forming genuine friendships, only to ultimately destroy them. As a reference point, all friends have the potential to be used by this Fowler spirit because the Fowler spirit works with or is initiated by the spirit of Jealousy. So, as Believers of Jesus Christ, we must resort to Biblical laws and rules (the rule book) to address these spiritual forces. The rule book says we are not fighting flesh and blood (Human beings). Instead, our fight is against invisible beings known as spirits, Ephesians 6:12. Secondly, we are admonished by the apostle Paul to focus primarily on the spiritual world instead of our material world, 2 Corinthians 4:18, if it is our desire to be ahead of these invisible entities. Thirdly, we are charged by King Solomon in Proverbs 13:3 to guard what comes out of our mouths because the person who guards their mouth is simultaneously guarding their life.

AGAIN, THE INITIAL SIGN OF A FOWLER SPIRIT BEGINS WITH A SPIRIT OF JEALOUSY. Heavenly Father, once again, I adore you for this divine revelation that you graciously gave me for your people. This revelation is another sign of your promise to pour out your Spirit in the last days. Thank you, Father, for choosing me to receive this tremendous spiritual insight. I command every Fowler spirit, along with its accomplice, the spirit of Jealousy, to be discerned by the people of God and completely exposed of their subtle and evil deceptive plans. Father God, bring their plans to a screeching halt and destroy indefinitely their future plans in the matchless name of your son Jesus Christ. Amen! Kevin L A Ewing ewinglakevin@icloud.com

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Putting the pieces back together

As a child I can recall when my brother and I would accidentally break one of my mother’s figurines, it would strike immediate fear in us. The fear was two fold a) what she would do to us if she found out and b) how do we put this figurine back together after being broken in so many pieces?

The above scenario is very similar to life, when things become broken in our lives. We take on an immediate fear, that in some cases paralyzes us physically and also solution wise. Secondly our minds amplify the pieces of our situation in terms of making it seem impossible to put things back together.

In today’s teaching it is my intent to renew our minds in this very common area of negative thinking that relates to things being broken that has disable us in the process of moving forward. Things being broken suggest people or things not operating in harmony with their purpose. Purpose being the original intent of someone or something

In the book of Esther, we are told of Queen Esther a Jew, being informed by her uncle Mordecai of a decree that the king was tricked into signing to have all the Jews destroyed. Mordecai further informed her that she needs to make an appeal to the king on the Jews behalf to resolve this matter. In Esther’s mind she began to see and verbally communicate all the negatives concerning the broken pieces that appeared before her, she said, “It is against the law to approach the king without him first summonsing an individual via the stretching forth of his golden scepter which is punishable by death” She further added that she had not been called by the king within the last thirty days.

Esther’s behavior is so typical of when we face situations that appear so grand or unfixable, that it literally sucks the life out of any possible solutions. Our minds become inflated with so much negativity that we leave little to no room to bring about a solution. It becomes convenient to not proceed forward, but just accept thing as presented to us, as if there is no other way out. Well the devil still is a liar, because there is an abundance of ways out awaiting us to act upon them.  

Mordecai had to quickly remind Esther that if she does nothing concerning this matter, she would not escape this pending massacre and that deliverance will arise from else where for the Jews. He then went on to say, “For who knows if you were not called to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

Mordecai was making it crystal clear to Esther that apart of her purpose in her earthly kingdom was to exercise spiritual authority, which is the only adhesive in putting the pieces of a broken life back together.

I am saying to you my readers, that the broken areas of your life are indicators from God that you lack spiritual glue. That broken relationship, family, job, finances and the likes is in desperate need of spiritual healing before any permanent coming together can take place. To attempt to put it back together out side of God is to basically place a demand on a repeat action that will continually give the same displeasing results. At best it can only equal a temporal fix. Facts will reveal that after so many temporal fixes discouragement is mandatory.

Maybe you’ve messed up in your Christian walk, you’ve fornicated, committed adultery or whatever. You feel so condemn that you’re not worthy to continue. Here me and here me well! This is absolute non-sense GET OUT OF YOUR SELF ASSIGNED STATE OF DESPIRE AND PROCEED FORWARD. Those that have condemn you are more than likely doing the same thing they’re condemning you for, but have not yet been caught, so they feel the need to appoint themselves as judge jury and prosecutor, HYPOCRITES!

The bible is clear, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness 1 John 1:1. In putting the pieces back together there are five points that are a must and they are:

• Confession and repentance of all sins
• A made up and determine mind
• Divorcing yourself from the negative opinions and suggestions of others
• Begin building your confidence by reading your bible
• And finally pray with great expectation, that what you’re praying for will happen

As I mention to you earlier, my brother and I began to brain storm as to how we can put this figurine back together again, remember we also had the option of blaming each other, but what good what that do? Putting the pieces together requires one getting a mental visual of the bigger picture and visualizing everyone in that picture benefiting.

My words of wisdom for you this morning is simply this, rather than saying why is this happening to me? Ask yourself what is my purpose in all of this? Begin to see yourself as a problem solver and you being place in this situation at this particular time to bring about a change that could happen no other way and by no other person. Like Esther shrug off that defeated spirit and walk in confidence with a boldness to subdue rather than being subdued.

Say to yourself and convince yourself I AM A WORLD CHANGER I HAVE BEEN CREATED TO EASE, COMFORT, AND BRING DIVINE ORDER TO THIS SITUATION. For I am not alone in this but God is upholding me by the right hand of his righteousness, this is the day that I have made up my mind to be different, think different, perform different all in an attempt to get a different result!

Heavenly Father I bless you for your word, for your word is the power that holds all things together. Your word declares that you are the true vine your father is the husbandman and we are the branches. It is my prayer that you provoke in us your branches the ability to put the pieces back together in our live and the lives of others, only this time with you being the beginning and the end of the process.  We acknowledge that you were the missing ingredient that was giving us failure as an end result. Please forgive us and demonstrate your glory In and through us in the powerful name of your son Jesus Christ. Amen!

Written by: Kevin L. A Ewing

kevinewing@coralwave.com

The purpose driven relationship

Even though every relationship has its individual purpose for its existence, the success of that relationship is solely based on an ingredient that if not present, paves the way for absolute frustration and ultimate failure. This ingredient is called synergy.

Our teaching today will take us along the part of some biblical principles that if followed precisely, will guarantee us not just success in our relationships with others, but an appreciation and value for that person in spite of their differences. We’ll also discover that it is in the differences of others that if cultivated properly will open to us a deeper admiration as to why we were attracted to that person to begin with and concurrently reveal to us things about ourselves that we were unaware of.

According to our bible, after God was almost completed with his creation, he made mention that it is not good that the man should be alone. Now, prior to this statement God said that everything thus far in his creation was good, meaning it was beneficial or profitable. So when he said that it was not good that the man should be alone it is not to suggest that God had a flaw in his creation. However, the emphasis is that it is not beneficial that the man be alone. This further prompts one’s understanding that nothing in God’s creation was made to operate independent of itself. Nevertheless, all creation including man needs someone or something to join with to produce or increase more than they did individually.

Thus bringing about our first principle in reference to the purpose driven relationship, Synergy is defined as the combined efforts of two or more people or things in an effort to produce or increase more than they would have achieved individually. This being the case, then when applied to a relationship it now places a demand on the relationship through combine efforts to produce or increase more than each party did as individuals.

I think now is a good time to stop right here and begin analyzing mentally your relationships, with a view of identifying if as a couple you’ve increased or decreased. This simple examination can determine whether you’re progressing, which is the original purpose of the relationship or are you digressing, meaning moving about aimlessly with no fixed point or reference accompanied with the warp idea of whatever happens, happens (a retard relationship).

The bible now goes on to say to us that after God had identify that the man can not go beyond a certain level of increase unless he is accompanied by someone, God decided to make a help meet for him, like every other living organism in his creation. A help meet is one that is suitable, proper and fitting whose purpose is to assist in the present and future increase and production of the relationship totally and completely void and depleted of selfishness and self aggrandizement.

This now brings us to our second principle, which really should have been our first. That being divine order ordained by God. What am I saying here? I am saying the head of the relationship must be primarily established. Just in case there is confusion in regard to this statement, the head is the MAN via God’s command. The head is not determined by size, wealth, education or status, but by whom God has determined the head should be from the beginning of creation. As proof of this when Eve ate the forbidden fruit absolutely nothing changed in the Garden of Eden or creation for that matter. It was only when the man (the head of the relationship) ate of the forbidden fruit that everything fell apart. Anything with more than one heads I am told is considered a monster and spells the recipe for disaster. Again I want to make clear these principles are not limited to just romantic relationships but all relationships. Outside of the marital institution and male female relationships, the head is not limited to a male but he or she that is suitable, fitting and has incorporated the mind of a leader. However, if the leader is a female this female ultimate leader should be Jesus Christ.

The opposite of these principles creates the term antagonism. Antagonism is this case would be defined as two or more people or thing in their combined efforts are now producing less than they were doing as individuals….. Wow! This reminds me of the saying, “I can do bad all by myself” The dictionary reveals to us that opposition, resistance, rebellion, aggression, hostility, animosity and enmity give us the sum total of antagonism. Any relationship operating under this order, unfortunately its tenants are delusional as to how a real relationship must function.

However the purpose driven relationship possesses something that no other relationship has outside of it, firstly, respect is a must meaning you do not have the right to change anyone but appreciate their uniqueness and use the synergy of the relationship to compromise with each others differences. Again, it is these differences that if cultivated properly it gives a greater appreciation for the person, and reveals another side of you that show the importance of that person being in your life. This is what synergy does; it manufactures the best in both parties, and does not attempt to create what you want the other party to be according to you. Synergy requires complete and absolute UNITY and had initially established order from the beginning of the relationship. So, as fruits of this relationship, respect literally sets up invisible borders that both parties knows how far to proceed with each other, and if violated apologizes are not only mandatory but immediate.

Scripture now reveals the power of synergy when it said, after the man and the woman became one (Unity) God blessed them. Now, before we proceed lets make clear here what exactly God blessed. He did not bless mess, meaning he blessed a union or institution that had a head, accompanied with a help meet operating on one accord. In fact any relationship where the boss, husband, chief etc becomes subject to the subordinate or made to be inferior, this my friends is a cursed relationship that must produce disaster, pain, grief and perpetual agony and hardship.

After God blessed his understanding of a relationship, five things came about as a result of the blessing. That relationship must now:

• Be fruitful
• Multiply
• Replenish
• Subdue
• And finally dominate whatever comes up against it

All of these things as you would have noticed speak to increase, and accomplishing more than they were doing as individuals. This is the power of synergy according to Genesis 1:28.

So my dear readers, I’ve asked you earlier to review your present or past relationship, now, what have you discovered? Did it produce more or less? Did it take away or add to your life? Now before you begin to point fingers as to whom the problem was, just remember a failed relation requires the participation of both parties, in this sense one party wants to assume the head when they’re not or one party is promoting synergy and the other is campaigning for antagonism. In both scenarios failure is the inevitable.

Just before I conclude, I would like for you to indulge me for just a few second more, to show you further the supernatural power of synergy in a purpose driven relationship honored by God. In the building of the tower of Babel according to genesis 11: 1-9 two principles are demonstrated here which will sum up what we’ve discussed so far. A) God said that the rule of synergy dictates that "when folks become one (unity) absolutely nothing will be restrained from them, which they imagine to do" Genesis 11:6. Mighty God! Are you getting this folks? As far as God is concern the mere fact that this couple, group, organization etc. are operating in the law of synergy, if they just imagine whatever it is they decide to do it is a done deal in the sight of God, with no force spiritual or physical being able to restrain them.

The second principle is the principle of division, which dictates that when one or more of the parties involved resist, rebel, oppose etc. the general understanding of the order of the relationship or a misplacing of leadership this conceives confusion and ultimately produces division Genesis 11: 7-8. Thus, giving us the word Babel, which in the Hebrew language means confusion!

Heavenly father, I thank you because you are not the author of confusion. On the contrary you are a God of order. It is my prayer today that you empower my readers and myself to follow your blue print that only produces order. I take authority of any and all bewitching powers that will attempt to bring confusion to us, your people. I also command a spiritual flood similar to the days of Noah that will annihilate any and all spirits that is anti your will for our lives in the matchless and glorious name of your son Jesus Christ. Amen!

Written by: Kevin L.A Ewing

kevinewing@coralwave.com