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Joel David BeauchampJoel David Beauchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01163557698007713507noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306271201564910674.post-33944219965833788972016-01-10T01:41:00.000-08:002016-01-10T01:41:18.977-08:00We're Just Walking with the KingALL OUR NEEDS SUPPLIED!<br />
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Philippians 4:19<br />
“And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>All our needs are supplied!<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Everything that we need is found in the riches of His glory!<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Our jobs and the work of our own hands is NOT our source of supply! Do not be misled!! The Lord opens doors and we walk through them. We do everything in our daily lives as an act of worship to Him. We are faithful with all that He has given to us.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>⁃<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Colossians 3:23 “And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men,”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Our SOURCE is IN HIM!<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>All our needs are supplied in the riches of His glory!<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Just as the Lord provided for the children of Israel in the wilderness by His glory, providing for them water from a rock (Exodus 17:1-7), manna from heaven (Exodus 16:1-8), fire to keep them warm at night and a cloud of His glory by day to guide them (Exodus 13:20-22), EVEN SO NOW does the Lord provide all of our needs according to His riches in glory!<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>All our needs are supplied in the riches of His glory BY CHRIST JESUS!<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>We enter into a lifetime of divine supply in the glory of God BY Christ Jesus! He has purchased for us a divine entrance into the very family of God; bone of His bone, flesh of His flesh, born of the very seed of God Himself.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>⁃<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ephesians 5:30 “For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>⁃<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I Peter 1:23 “having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>⁃<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Romans 8:15 “For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Man boasts in his wealth, in his accomplishments, in their stock piles of wealth, but we are direct descendants of the wealthiest family in all the universe!<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Lord provides for the birds of the air and we are of far greater value than they! (Matthew 6:26)<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>We who have been justified BY Christ Jesus shall LIVE, continue on in life, live every day, focusing our hearts on this one thing... to Live by FAITH!<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>⁃<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Romans 1:17 “For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”<br />
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Matthew 6:24-34<br />
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Don't even think about our needs! Leave that to the Gentiles! But rather do this instead: seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness!<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>By doing this all the things we need WILL BE ADDED TO US! (Matthew 6:33)<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What is worry anyways? Fear. And what is fear? It is the enemy of faith. It is a seed planted in our minds by the devil of something that DOESN'T EVEN EXIST! It's not real! Fear is simply False Evidence Appearing Real. Worry doesn't bring anything to us, it only clouds our faith (Matthew 6:27).<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>⁃<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>II Corinthians 10:4-5 “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Lord has not given us a spirit of fear. He's divinely supplied to us power, love and a sound mind!<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>⁃<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2 Timothy 1:7 “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”<br />
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-->This is life in Christ: we are simply walking with the King.<--<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>⁃<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Seeking first His kingdom and His righteousness (Matthew 6:33-34)<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>⁃<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>All of our needs and our families needs divinely supplied by His riches in glory (Phil. 4:19)<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>⁃<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Going into all the world proclaiming liberty to the captives, making disciples in all nations (Mark 16:15-18)<br />
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Joel David Beauchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01163557698007713507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306271201564910674.post-44450845089630535732015-07-31T13:22:00.000-07:002015-07-31T13:22:03.678-07:00Christ In You...Live It!It's interesting to me how a people react to a demonstration of heavenly power or authority in Christ. Some are freaked out and their minds reject it. Some are offended. Some are encouraged. Etc etc.<br />
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Well, I am a regular guy, nothing special about me. I have flaws, I have a relationship with the Lord, we are growing together, the Lord and I. But the fact that I'm a mere man with struggles and challenges like everyone else does not mean that I am to leave the preaching, the bold faith, the loving on humanity, or stepping out in faith to believe God for big things to someone else lol.<br />
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CHRIST IN ME, the hope of Glory! (Colossians 1:27)<br />
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Bottom line, if it's in the bible, I believe it. Just because things that we read in the bible are not main stream or "normal" in our society doesn't mean they weren't originally intended to be so (i.e. Speaking in tongues, miracle healings, being able to have joy in any circumstance, biblical prosperity, etc, etc)<br />
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Anyways, if 1 person who reads this is encouraged to take yourself out of the equation and LET GOD BE GOD in your life, then, this was a success.<br />
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Do you have sin in your life? Do you struggle with certain areas of your life? Well, go your way and SIN NO MORE, resolve in your heart to live PERFECT, of course. But don't stop laying hands on the sick! Don't stop pouring your heart out to the Lord! Don't stop loving on people! Don't stop preaching the word of God! The Lord uses people my friends, and guess what, "all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23) :-)<br />
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The Lord died so that we could live SIN FREE by the power of the Holy Spirit, but a life waiting until you feel your perfect and ready to step out will end up being a wasted life... Be Blessed!<br />
<br />Joel David Beauchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01163557698007713507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306271201564910674.post-70625316820059549272015-06-14T11:38:00.001-07:002015-06-14T11:39:31.217-07:00Let's Be Honest...Psalms 51:6,<br />
"Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts..."<br />
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Laymens translation: The Lord desires that we be honest with ourselves and with Him! He desires TRUTH within us!<br />
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***Let us accept this once and for all: The Lord knows the areas in our hearts and lives with which we struggle.***<br />
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He knows what is going on in our hearts before we confess it to Him. Pure relationship with God understands this vital fact and it does not ignore this elephant in the room! It does not seek to hide as Adam & Eve did in the garden. A pure heart before the Lord cries out to the Lord that the areas with which we struggle be confessed to Him and furthermore, that the areas deep down that only the Lord can reveal be made known to us SO THAT we can CHANGE and continue on in this glorious maturation process, which is a walk with the Lord.<br />
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We can see this as we continue reading Psalm 51,<br />
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Verses 7 & 10-13:<br />
"Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow...Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee!"<br />
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Oh what a glorious revelation this is to understand that our God desires that we first be honest with ourself and with God about our own hearts and lives. From this place of understanding we can then begin to mature and transform from glory to glory in this amazing walk with the Lord (Romans 12:2, 2 Corinthians 3:18).<br />
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Pour out your heart before the Lord and watch as His loving embrace carries you to realms of maturity that you never new existed!!<br />
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Psalms 62:8 KJV<br />
"Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us!"<br />
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We love you!<br />
Joel David BeauchampJoel David Beauchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01163557698007713507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306271201564910674.post-85975890761951384502015-05-18T13:10:00.000-07:002016-01-17T12:36:31.761-08:00Spiritual Appetite <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">
Spiritual appetite: if we spend the majority of our week neglecting our daily bread (Word, prayer, fellowship with the Lord, fellowship with a community of believers, etc.) it's inevitable that our hunger for His presence will diminish. We will begin to no longer crave the things of the Spirit but rather crave the things of this world. We will make excuses why we're not running after God. </div>
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Hunger MUST be cultivated! It doesn't grow on trees lol. We must crucify our flesh daily and do those things that are spiritually profitable if we are serious about maturing in Christ and walking in all He has for us!</div>
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Like the great preacher once said, "Worldliness dulls your affections for God." - Smith Wigglesworth</div>
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If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. </div>
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Love you all!</div>
Joel David Beauchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01163557698007713507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306271201564910674.post-47121071011397329172013-09-23T18:53:00.001-07:002013-09-23T18:53:40.059-07:00Faith Goggles<p dir=ltr>To psychoanalyze another human being, to believe that we know what they're thinking and how they're feeling and why they make the decisions that they make based on what we think their experiences have been, is human nature.   </p>
<p dir=ltr>The problem with this is that no human being really knows how to psychoanalyze another. Outside of the word of knowledge we are clueless lol.   </p>
<p dir=ltr>***The challenge, and simultaneously the mandate from the Lord, is to see our fellow believers in the finished work of the Cross. To see them fully matured and walking in the full anointing that God has planned and purposed for their life.   </p>
<p dir=ltr>To see life through this perspective makes everything easier: forgiving is easy when you look through the eyes of love. Mercy to those who seemingly don't deserve mercy becomes easy when you look through the eyes of love.   </p>
<p dir=ltr>Exercise this, I guarantee it will change your life.   </p>
<p dir=ltr>***Ephesians 1:3, Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath (past tense) blessed us with ALL spiritual blessings in heavenly blessings in spiritual places. </p>
Joel David Beauchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01163557698007713507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306271201564910674.post-76247613749924691312013-09-18T11:01:00.001-07:002013-09-18T11:01:34.130-07:00No One Ever Hears the Back Door<p dir=ltr>I am absolutely convinced that there is a massive group of hungry believers that crave the holiness, live free from sin message. I refuse to believe that people leave churches because the message is too raw.   </p>
<p dir=ltr>***People leave churches because of the disconnect, because of no personal relationships. Because they are neglected and not brought into "the family". PERIOD!   <br>
God designed human beings to be on fire in the fire of his presence. So the notion that people leave churches because they can't handle the message does not work for me. If there were relationships with the members of that church going on then people would remain there and adjust to the message!   </p>
<p dir=ltr>Take a moment and perform this exercise: Think of the members within your church whom you have watched change and grow from glory to glory throughout the years. Think of how they have matured year-over-year. Now with these specific members in your mind think of if they are a part of an actual family of friends within that church or are they pretty much loners? I would be willing to bet anything that the members that stay throughout the years stay because they are a part of that body on a practical level, and thus being in the meetings throughout the years has caused them to grow.   </p>
<p dir=ltr>Saints, it's time for "the family" to start acting like one!   </p>
<p dir=ltr>***The approach of "Everyone else's problems are everyone else's problems" & "Im living in this place of glory. You can come join me here if you want to but I'm not coming to you" is a cancer in the growth of the local church.   </p>
<p dir=ltr>Galatians 6:1-2 KJV Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.  </p>
<p dir=ltr>Love you all, <br>
<u>Joel</u></p>
Joel David Beauchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01163557698007713507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306271201564910674.post-68052769461474659932013-03-21T00:25:00.000-07:002013-03-21T00:25:52.831-07:00Seclusion is Delusion<u>There exists a spectrum of pride.</u> On one end of this spectrum there is the proud, haughty, arrogant and conceaded manifestation of pride. It boasts in how much better it is than everyone else.<em> It's only agenda is to proclaim how it stands alone, so much better than others.</em> <br />
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On the opposite end of this spectrum there is the sorrowful, fearful, pouty, insecure, the "oh poor me" manifestation of pride. It wallows in demonic thoughts that insists that it is so much worse off than everyone else. It craves that everyone feel sorrow for it as it mopes about feeling as if no one else in the world knows how they feel. <em>It's only agenda is to proclaim how it stands alone, so much worse than others.</em> <br />
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No matter what form pride manifests in a person it's common characteristic remains the same: seclusion. This central characteristic to this demonic spirit is completely opposite of heavens counterpart, humility. Humility always seeks to be numbered among the congregation. Humility always seeks to give recognition and praise to the Lord rather than itself; it desires that He alone gets the glory. Humility's only agenda is to proclaim how Jesus Christ stands alone, the only one truly worthy of honor and recognition. <br />
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Remembering this simple truth will revolutionize the way we deal with pride in our own lives when it tries to propogate it's demonic influence on us. Seclusion is demonic, but humility, love and the mind of Christ seek to be continually surrounded by a company of saints who all give the glory and honor to Christ Jesus. <br />
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Be Blessed, <br />
Joel David BeauchampJoel David Beauchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01163557698007713507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306271201564910674.post-24753690522144415912013-03-20T12:27:00.000-07:002013-03-20T12:27:28.009-07:00Christ's Model of Mercy<div style="margin: 0px;">
Isaiah 53:6-7 KJV</div>
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.<br />
In these two verses, and so many others like them, we see the worlds most amazing display of love and mercy. We see a merciful high preist (Heb. 2:14-18) who was not inclined to defend himself or bring up a justifiable aaccusation against his persecutors, but rather he displayed the true model of mercy: laying down ones own life to see a miracle take place for another. <br />
This is what the entire gospel was built on; laying down your life. Brothers laying down our lives for brothers, husbands laying down their lives for their wives, wives laying down their lives for their husbands, parents laying down their lives for their children, ministers laying down their lives for their congregations, Christ Jesus laying down his life for a sinful mankind, and sinners laying down their lives for the life Christ purchase for them. <br />
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We must come to realize that the act of abandoning our own will and our own personal agenda is essential to demonstrating mercy, the mercy that Christ modeled for us. We must realize this simple truth: if we in any way defend ourselves then we have not yet truly laid down our lives.<br />
Oh that our love would be a real thing and not just poetic words! Oh that our lives would be living epistles of true Christ like mercy! What miracles would take place in our relationships and in our families, for this is the will of the Lord!<br />
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[Let your] love be sincere (a real thing); hate what is evil [loathe all ungodliness, turn in horror from wickedness], but hold fast to that which is good.<br />
James 2:15-17 NKJV<br />
If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.<br />
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Be blessed, <br />
Joel David BeauchampJoel David Beauchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01163557698007713507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306271201564910674.post-62375712638090263792012-08-05T04:35:00.000-07:002012-08-05T04:35:08.335-07:00Eat Your Wheaties!I have seen it time and time again, over and over in God's people. So many attempt to be spiritual powerlifters but they never actually step foot in the gym. So many try to face the trials of life that the enemy throws our way and they aren't strong in spirit to shrug them off, cast them down, and move on in this blessed relationship with Jesus.<br />
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God's <b>word</b> is to be the spiritual sustenance that our inner man feeds on in order to grow strong, mature, and grow thereby. <b>Prayer</b> is to be the well spring springing up from our inner most being that flows through our passions and emotions and pours out blessings and prophecies by the Spirit and simultaneously refreshes and strengthens our inner man like a tall glass of water after a long run. <b>Worship</b> is to be a daily, lifelong expression of praise and adoration for a heavenly Father whom we love and whom we are cultivating a most holy intimate relationship with. Sadly, just like Jesus said in Mark 4:18-19, far too often the business of life, the cares of this world, choke and suffocate our time and attention from participating in these vital ordinances that are to be the source of peace and life for us.<br />
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I have found that for many the hardest thing for them to grasp is that it's the simplest things in God that cultivate the greatest miracles, the greatest bounds of growth, and become the loudest acts of worship to our God. People subconsciously believe that because the subject is "GOD" that therefore the answers must be complex and difficult to understand. On the contrary. It is the small decisions we make in daily life that dig the deepest wells.<br />
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This life in Christ is a marathon, not a 100m dash. We must give ourselves to daily study of the word and prayer and a lifestyle of worship. Not out of a religious ritual but rather out of a pure relationship and sincere desire to know Him. Then and only then can we stand fast in the faith when the trials come, when the enemy comes in like a flood.<br />
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Be blessed!Joel David Beauchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01163557698007713507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306271201564910674.post-92150118136470842152012-07-23T01:04:00.000-07:002012-07-23T01:04:33.323-07:00Baptism of the Holy Ghost for Christian Believers<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: left;"><b>They that believe shall receive a river.</b></span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: left;"><u>John 7:37-39</u> → In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. </span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: left;">He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. </span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: left;">(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: left;"> yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)<br /><br /><b>He told the disciples to go and wait for the Holy Spirit to be poured out.</b><br /><u>Luke 24:49</u> → And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.<br /><br /><b>This is what the Holy Ghost baptism looks like. Tongues of fire.</b><br /><u>Acts 2:1-4</u> → And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.<br />And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.<br />And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.<br />And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.<br /><br /><b>The baptism in the Holy Ghost is a gift for all who believe.</b><br /><u>Acts 2:38-39</u> → Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.<br />For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.<br /><br /><b>The baptism in the Holy Ghost is the power of God in the life of the believer.</b><br /><u>Acts 1:8</u> → But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.<br /><br /><b>The apostles laid hands on the new believers and they received the Holy Ghost.</b><br /><u>Acts 8:14-17</u> → Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:<br />Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.</span>Joel David Beauchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01163557698007713507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306271201564910674.post-34050368901309464672012-07-17T00:50:00.002-07:002012-07-17T00:50:55.782-07:00The Church That Jesus Has PurchasedActs 20:28, "...feed the church of God, which he purchased with His own blood."<br />
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There is a church that the Lord Jesus Christ has purchased with His own blood. It is a church that was born in the fires of the Holy Ghost (Luke 24:49, Acts 2:1-4). It is the place where all of God's glory dwells (John 17:22). It is a church where of signs, wonders & miracles are an everyday occurrence (Acts 5:12, Mark 16:17-18). It is a church that shines as a divine beacon of light in a dark and corrupt world (John 12:26).<br />
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This is the church that Jesus has purchased. This is the church that He preached, He demonstrated, He suffered for, He bleed for, and He died for. This is the church that He rose again for. This is the church that He has given.<br />
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All are welcome to join this church! Jesus said, "Any that come to me I will in no wise cast out." While we were yet sinners Christ suffered and died for us (Romans 5:8). Paul preached that we were Christ's joy as he hung on the cross, for He knew what he was doing; He was purchasing our place in His church (Hebrews 12:2).<br />
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Though all are welcome to come to Jesus just as we are, a transformation is required in order join the church of the Lord Jesus Christ. In exchange for our failures and faults Jesus offers humanity a new nature, a new heart, and a new life (Ezekiel 36:26, Romans 6:3-4).<br />
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As a light shining on a hill, the church of the Lord Jesus Christ remains available for all who would trade in their life, repent and be converted, and take on the nature of Christ Jesus (Acts 3:19).<br />
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Repent and be converted, for the kingdom of God has come nigh unto you. Amen.Joel David Beauchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01163557698007713507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306271201564910674.post-68999203306168893112012-05-07T14:52:00.000-07:002012-05-07T14:52:40.059-07:00The Great DeceptionI will look to the word of God for the example of a holy Christian lifestyle, not to our society. Therefore, I will not be deceived & lost.<br />
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We are living in a day & age where iniquity & complacency has not only been accepted into the once holy Christian society in this country but it is now even being defended as the standard. Christian churches embrace alcoholic intoxication and the homosexual culture as if they would be accepted into glory by a Holy Father. Brothers are fighting against brothers. Children are rebelling against their parents. We live in utter chaos. Yet there still remains a remedy. HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD!<br />
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We, the blood bought people of God, must humble ourselves and accept the hard truth that by looking to our surroundings for God's standard is a monumental failure from the start. The Word of God (THE BIBLE) must serve as the plumb line in this life as we walk before Him, completely relying on God the Holy Spirit, to lead us among the straight and narrow path that IS the ONLY way to heaven! Does not the word of God state in Matthew 7:13-14 that there are only 2 roads in this life: The broad road where MANY travel by which leads to eternal destruction, and the narrow road which only few find and which is the only road leading to heaven.<br />
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Let us determine to look to God's word for our standard. Let us consecrate afresh to examine our lives in accordance with how the bible tells us to live before the Lord and not by what is the example all around us. This is the only sure way to make heaven and to right now enjoy all of the benefits that Christ Jesus has purchased for us with His own blood.<br />
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JoelJoel David Beauchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01163557698007713507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306271201564910674.post-37190911674075935592012-04-23T13:36:00.000-07:002012-04-23T13:36:36.733-07:00The Overcomers Resolve<br />
There are ALWAYS excuses, small and great, good ones and really good ones, but until you resolve to be an overcomer you will continue to be overcome.<br />
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Circumstance is circumstance no matter how you look at it. There are massive circumstances where seemingly everything and everyone is caving in on you at once, and there are circumstances where you're short a few bucks for lunch, or you lost your keys or something. No matter that the situation or circumstance we must realize that we are:<br />
1) Fully equipped to weather anything with JOY and a glad and faithful countenance (I John 4:4, Gal. 5:22-25, Acts 16:22-26).<br />
2) We are mandated by the Lord Jesus, as a blood bought child of God, to live as such (John 14:21, II Cor. 13:5, I Cor. 6:20).<br />
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As a great man of God once said, "There is only the divine ways of God. The rest is a developing mess!" Let us resolve today to never again be overcome by circumstance and realize that the 'greater is He that is in me' factor has enabled me to have a joyful and faith filled countenance in the worst of situations.<br />
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Father, teach me to look to you for the solution instead of looking to the circumstance for the reason why I can't!<br />
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Philippians 4:13, I CAN DO ALL THINGS through Christ Jesus who is my source of strength!<br />Joel David Beauchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01163557698007713507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306271201564910674.post-79083214548435676312012-04-09T10:00:00.000-07:002012-04-09T10:00:43.889-07:00The "ME" Problems DisappearThere are far too many of God's people stuck living in a realm of self interest. Most don't even realize it. I call it "The Me Realm". <div>
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Too many believe that if they could somehow get rid of their problems, get more money, sort this thing out over there, fix that relationship up over here, etc. etc. that THEN they would be freed up to begin to activate in the house of God and start doing something to serve the body instead of be a dead weight. The combination of years of wrong teachings, wrong models, and immaturity in the Word of God (aka - THE BIBLE) has doctrinized many right into a form of mental & emotional imprisonment. All the while the Lord is waiting for us to simply take the initiative (James 4:8) and step out of "The Me Realm" and into the glory realm that he purchased for us and gave to us when He died and rose again. </div>
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Simply put, when our focus is taken off of ourselves and directed toward the things that the Father is concerned with all of those "Me Problems" fall by the wayside and our lives begin to transform into a flourishing garden of peace and satisfaction in Him alone.</div>
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It's like the old revival hymn says, "Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in His wonderful face. And the things of earth will grow strangely dim, in the light of His glory and grace."</div>
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Love you all,</div>
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Joel DB</div>Joel David Beauchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01163557698007713507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306271201564910674.post-35248503738387610172012-03-30T01:46:00.002-07:002012-03-30T01:46:49.514-07:00Show Me JESUS!<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">A word for mature believers:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">To many Christians, even some close to me, constantly mix Gods word with their own personality, their own views on life, and therein justify a state of arrogance & fault and call it a righteous characteristic. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">I say show me Jesus. Show me how Jesus lived, how he acted, how he treated people, how he made decisions, how he spoke to people, his conduct... And then I wi</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">ll live it.<br /><br />The Christian that twists Gods word to justify their own way of life and thinks it to be righteous is no different than than any other religious nut job. It's just plain arrogance, deception, and a refusal to be molded to Gods manner of conduct.<br /><br />Let us seek to find Jesus in the scriptures and live our lives accordingly, showing an ever increasing manner of love in our lifestyle and speech. I, Joel David Beauchamp, truly view myself as the least worthy to have a divine anointing given to me. But thank God for his unspeakable free gift! For this anointing & gifting he has given! What an honor! What a love! I henceforth live to serve you all<br /><br />I love you all. Be blessed in Jesus mighty name!</span>Joel David Beauchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01163557698007713507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306271201564910674.post-76632732633110091182012-03-30T01:45:00.000-07:002012-03-30T02:16:24.725-07:00Love Metamorphasis<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">I am absolutely overwhelmed by a love that cannot be explained, it can only be felt. For those that can relate to what I'm saying, I'm glad we're of the same family. For those who scoff at my countless internet posted expressions of Joy & love for God, I invite you to try Jesus in a REAL way, not a religious manner, not in a church as usual fashion, but in a cry of your heart type of an attitude. You do that, and watch the savior of the universe show up like a whirlwind.... and then we'll all watch your online identity go through a divine metamorphosis as well ;-)</span>Joel David Beauchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01163557698007713507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306271201564910674.post-28583511215012322782012-03-30T01:42:00.001-07:002012-03-30T01:42:47.028-07:00Jesus Erased My Heathen Identical Twin!<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">This is in the bible. This is NOT my opinion:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">1) Paul (Saul) formerly murdered Christians (Acts 7:56-8:3). </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">2) Paul received complete transformation of his heart and nature from God (Acts 9:1-20, II Corinthians 5:17).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">3) Paul lived in his new transformed life with boldness & love because he KNEW he was completely changed from the inside out (Philippians 3:4-15).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">There will be those who don't unde</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">rstand these concepts of salvation, a changed nature, etc. and will always view you as the former man. They will allow the powers of darkness to rise up within them and try to propagate their unrenewed concepts onto you. But we, God's people, must "come out from among them" [II Cor. 6:17-18] (sometimes literally & geographically) and fully embrace the REALITY of what Christ Jesus accomplished on the cross. We must not allow our holy emotions to be tampered with and respond to such persecution with anything but the divine love of God.<br /><br />You have a new heart. You have the laws and ways of God branded into your very nature (Ezekiel 36:26-27). Let us stay committed and consecrated to living this way forever regardless of the attacks of the enemy.<br /><br />Love you ALL with a divine love!!!</span>Joel David Beauchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01163557698007713507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306271201564910674.post-86323058837645142592012-03-30T01:40:00.000-07:002012-03-30T01:40:07.972-07:00Naked Babies...<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Love LOVE this passage of scripture: </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">1 Timothy 6:6-8, (AMP)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">6 [And it is, indeed, a source of immense profit, for] godliness accompanied with contentment (that contentment which is a sense of an inward sufficiency) is great and an abundant gain.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">7 For we brought nothing into the world, and obviously we cannot take anything out of the world;</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">8 But if we have food and clothing, with these we sh</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">all be content (satisfied).<br /><br />Yes, get educated, have a career, family, hobbies, friends, ambitions, dreams, businesses, property, investments, ENJOY LIFE! All the while, keeping the main thing the main thing<br />--> We will remain 100% content, as long as we have a real relationship with Jesus Christ through the person of God the Holy Ghost.<br /><br />*deep sigh* ;-)<br /><br />...You know what I'm talking about!</span>Joel David Beauchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01163557698007713507noreply@blogger.com0