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Welcome To “The Discovery Process!”

I’m excited for all of you who find this process, because I know that a change will take place in you, if you put “The Discovery Process” in your hearts, in your minds and in your souls! It will draw you closer to the Lord God Almighty and to all you touch with your new found wisdom.

All of this information will be listed in the “Discovery” category in the sidebar menu.  Please feel free to “Contact Me” me with questions!

Matthew 22:36-40 NLT

36 “Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?”
37 Jesus replied, “‘You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’*38 This is the first and greatest commandment.39 A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’*40 The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”

efore our Lord God made the heavens and the earth, He had already determined that He would build the Body of Christ through the human mortals that would inhabit the earth. They would be free to live life with one purpose in mind, God’s Purpose. This is true today, but things have begun to drastically go wrong and those of us who have found God, no matter how, will be welcome in the life to come.

The Body of Christ, corporately includes all the religious denominations that believe in Christ Jesus and the salvation that our belief in God and faithfulness to Him, brings to all of us and the forgiveness of our sins by the Blood of Christ.

The only purpose we have, as believers, is to live life by the Laws of God, simply and humbly and faithfully share the word of God with everyone. Now we all have our own idea of how we do the sharing but what was always missing for me was the understanding of how. What? you say!

What you will Discover, as I did, about the How, is that there are habits that need to be formed and released in order for our purpose to truly be fulfilled. Which in and of itself is not to much to ask from us by our Almighty Father.  But, like most everything in life after we leave the nest, we are left to figure it out on our own… or are we?  Can you make a few simple changes to your life for the good of all mankind?

The Discovery Process is the road map I was searching for to release my purpose on the world. I pray that you will be touched by the Holy Spirit with the courage to fulfill your purpose in the world as well.

Here is a quick list of the habits we need to learn and personalize in order to understand how we can live out our purpose on the earth. The scriptures associated with each habit will be included in each individual Habits post, too come.

1. We need to have An Intensity For God. This includes many things, especially reading the Word of God daily.

2. We need to have A Heart To Win The Lost.

3. We need to be Dedicated to Building Relationships.

4. We need A Disciplines Lifestyle.

5. We need Commitment to Family.

6. We need to understand Sacrificial Giving. The How, What, Where and When.

Coming soon…

Be blessed beloved!
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Building on a Solid Foundation
“So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say? I will show you what it’s like when someone comes to me, listens to my teaching, and then follows it.
Luke 6:46-47  NLT

Hello to all and my apologies for not posting for awhile.

I have been involved in so many things and then my computer crashed and I’ll just say that it’s all good now.

I just completed Discovery Training (8 weeks), Ministry Training (4 weeks) and a 3 day retreat, at my local church here in Texas and I am excited to begin posting what I have learned (discovered) about Scripture and Ministering (praying for people).

Beginning soon I will start to post the Discovery Process in the “Christianity” category.  This awesome process will awaken your mind, your heart and your soul.  Here is a sneak peek at the agenda;

1. An Intensity For God

2. A Heart To Win The Lost

3. Dedication To Building Relationships

4. A Disciplined Lifestyle

5. Commitment To Family

6. Sacrificial Giving

7. Worship and Equipping The Saints (Bonus #1)

8. Finding the Holy Spirit (Bonus #2)

Next, I will begin the process of offering Prayer to anyone who would like my Ministry Team to pray for them. In an effort to keep your requests private and confidential, you will need to Send Me Your Prayer Requests via the “Contact Me” form, listed under “Pages”. I will reply with the Prayers we will pray for you in response to your request if  you include your email address. I respect Privacy and do not keep email addresses.

For the brothers and sisters from countries outside the USA, who are using the translator, you will need to use the “Contact Me” form in English, for now, so you can enter the code necessary for your Prayer Requests to get to me. I will alert you as to when the translator plugin will allow the code to be translated so you folks won’t have to change the language to English.

Looking forward to getting this to you…

Steve

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Jesus replied, Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it, Love your neighbor as yourself.
Matthew 22:37-39 NIV/NLT

Outstanding Vision…  The content of this post comes from an email I got from another faithful Christian friend this past weekend.

Title: VISION - The GREAT SEPARATION
by Dianna de Valle
September 24, 2009

‘”As I was in a quiet prayer time this morning The Lord began to show me a vision of a great pot that was being stirred. This large and very full pot was made of clear glass so that it was quite easy to see the contents inside. As the pot was being stirred the contents were churning and swirling wildly around and there was no definition or distinction whatsoever between any of the ingredients. Then, the stirring began to slow down and continued to slow until finally it stopped. As soon as it stopped, there began to be a faint line appear in the middle of the pot which quickly grew wider and wider and clearer and clearer. After every particle in the pot had ceased to move, there remained three pronounced sections. A top section and a bottom section with a very distinct middle section that was so crystal clear it looked like pure glass. There was absolutely not one single particle to be seen in that middle section. The ingredients of the pot had all very definitely either settled to the bottom or risen to the top.

As I began to ask the Lord about the meaning of this vision He told me the following:

Right now in all of creation, there is a great stirring going on. It is a stirring that will eventually affect every single ingredient in the pot and leave no ingredient untouched or unturned. Every particle WILL be stirred. This includes the government, the media, pop-culture and celebrity, the education system, the financial institutions and economy, the church and religion, and every single person’s individual life. Every single particle must be stirred because once the stirring is over then a great separation will begin to occur. At that moment each and every person will make a decision on where they stand in My Kingdom. That decision will determine whether they rise to the top where I am, or sink down to the depths of eternal pain, loss, and frustration. There has never been a separation this pronounced, and it will be such a defined separation that there will not be ANY question about it. For too long there has been no line and no separation and people have been able to be right in the middle and walk with one foot in both sides without having to really declare and determine where they stand. The stirring has begun so that there will no longer be a middle section. Everything is being forced to churn. Those who were on the bottom, those who were in the middle, and those who were at the top are being forced to churn so that in the end there will be only be two sides and each will choose whom they will serve and where they will stand for eternity.

As I have processed and meditated on this I have the following thoughts to share:

There are both good and bad sides to this of which we always knew were coming, but our complacency in the Body of Christ has kept us from fully grasping the scope of it all. The good news is that some who are steadfastly stuck in the darkness are going to be broken free in the churning and they will have a new opportunity to see the light and the truth and be made free! Those whom we have so earnestly prayed for who seemed hopelessly lost are now being churned!!! The bad news is that those who were in the middle and wanted to walk dangerously close to the line so as not to have to choose, are now being forcibly churned this way and that and will be faced with a decision.

So where does that leave us as the Body of Christ? Well, if we had a foundation built upon rock and not sand, and roots that were deeply and firmly planted, and a mind set upon the Spirit and not the flesh, then we don’t have to worry!!! Yes, we may experience the effects of some churning and shaking, but that is good for us sometimes, lest we get lazy and complacent and forget our Great Commission. But our firm roots and foundation will keep us securely fastened and able to withstand the wind and the waves. Once the hurricane is over, we will go outside and clean up the debris and press on!!!

The crucial thing that we must be aware of and focus on is that this stirring is a HUGE opportunity for us to affect eternity and build The Kingdom of God by saving souls. It is not enough for us to just make it to the top! As the pot is being stirred and we are swirling around we have an opportunity to reach out and grab those that we see flying by. That is the people that God puts in our path every day. Our purpose in being on this Earth can be boiled down to two things: The Great Commission of Mark 16:15 and the Great Commandment of Matthew 22:37-39. We must ask ourselves if the MAJORITY of our time and energy REALLY is (not just in theory - not just intending to be) being devoted to these two things. If not, then we are burying our talents (Luke 19)!!! We have each been given talents by God that SHOULD BE BEING USED for His purposes. Too often, we either bury them, or use them for our own gain. This has to stop. We must be found actively using our talents for building of The Kingdom through fulfilling the Great Commission and The Great Commandment. Otherwise, we will not be found by Him doing that which we are called to and will therefore not hear “Well done, my good and faithful servant”. We all have different gifts, callings and talents and we must prayerfully seek how God has intended those to be used in our individual lives AND THEN ACT UPON IT. We also must spend (waste) less time looking at everyone else’s gifts and talents and wishing we had them AND/OR spend less time thinking we know how everyone else should be using their talents while ours are conveniently buried! Let us be found bringing as many people as we can to the top with us, for that is what LOVE would do! God is Love and if we claim to be in Him with His Spirit then we also will be Love.”‘

Who will you serve for eternity?
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Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
James 1:22 NIV/NLT

“And since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let each exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith; if service, in his serving; or he who teaches in his teaching; or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy with cheerfulness.”
Romans 12:6-8 NAS

The content of this post comes from a report I received this week from a special group at my church who were researching “A Christian’s Call To A Lifestyle Of Worship.”

I thought it would answer some of the questions I have received from our readership and I am glad to be able to share this with everyone!

The chapter I am quoting is titled: “The Redemptive Gift”

“‘The list of 7 gifts found in Romans 12, are distinct from the lists of gifts found elsewhere in the New Testament. Each person appears to have one of these seven gifts and they form the foundation for the DNA of their soul and spirit. It is these gifts we refer to as the “Redemptive Gifts”

What follows after initial salvation is the process by which our purpose on the earth is worked out for God’s purpose. The Roman’s 12 primary “gift” which God has sculpted uniquely into an individual is the very avenue through which God wishes to “redeem” (use for His purpose)  that life while on earth. The seven primary gifts flowing together in the lives of men causes His government/way of ruling/kingdom to operate.

Analogy: the human body is one body, however it is made up of several basic core systems, which in turn can be broken down into numerous unique parts. The core systems (i.e. nervous, respiratory, digestive, etc.) have totally different functions, which must work together to produce life. Basic differences in cells of each system are preprogrammed before conception with the end result in mind. In the same pattern we believe God also incorporates a core gift into each individual life, which we call “redemptive gift.” It explains the underlying motivational purpose that life performs for the whole body of humanity, again, because God has an end purpose in mind. He has created us to need each other.

The Bible says that without a vision, people perish. If a person does not know their purpose how can they fulfill it? The success or failure of a person’s whole life can hinge upon their ability to discover and to master the principles associated with the core gift God has purposed for their life. Oftentimes, these core gifts have been corrupted by the enemy in individuals and groups of individuals (family, church, city,state, nation, world) in an effort to prevent the government of God on earth from being realized.

Rediscovering our purpose and moving in it with the Lord’s power is the beginning of the enemy’s defeat.

Identifying the gift of an individual or a group of individuals brings a revelation of purpose and destiny and direction for life. This understanding is not meant to replace anyone’s prior understanding of Romans 12:6-8, but rather it may be a new way of looking at it with an application to “groups of individuals” (Cities) - the corporate body.

Beginning in Genesis 1, with the 7 days of creation, and continuing all the way to the Revelation message to the 7 churches, God has revealed characteristics of the 7 gifts found in Romans 12 NAS/NIV/NLT. There are more than 100 lists of 7’s found thus far, which parallel and clarify the list of 7 redemptive gifts in Romans 12.

It has come to be understood that cities also have God-given gifts, as do people. When a city perceives its destiny and begins to walk in it, God’s purpose is brought forth. Deter mining the city’s redemptive gift is even more important than discerning the nature of evil principalities. principalities rule through perverting the gift of the city in the same way an individual’s gift is turned to the enemy’s use through sin.’”

What is your redemptive gift?
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May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
2 Corinthians 13:14 NIV/NLT/NAS

If you live in the USA you know where I’m going with this post… Seriously, has everyone become so lazy that simple courtesy is out of fashion.

Frankly, fashion doesn’t matter.  What DOES Matter is that the current generation of young adults, teenagers and the likes have absolutely No Moral Values or Ethics.

Respect and Lying… None
Adultery and Stealing… None
Love one another… Nope
and On and On and On

Why is this? I believe it is because of the deterioration of old fashion/traditional ways of rearing our children, like discipline, teaching and instruction, guidance, protection and the necessary preparation of our youth to carry on good Christian values. The Ten Commandments make it very clear. I wish more people new about the importance of keeping the Ten Commandments in Fashion.

In fact the US Supreme Court ruled (June 28, 2005) on public displays of the Ten Commandments across America that may be the summation of what we are currently dealing with.

The Ten Commandments are the most important and maybe misunderstood Laws of God, but they are the road map to living life in a moral, ethical and scrupulous way. They are in the open for all to see and obey. Your choice!

Here are three versions of Gods Ten Laws from three different bibles, side-by-side.

Bottom line, if the younger generations payed more attention to life’s moral structure we would be able to have the Body of Christ in whole now, and happiness would abound worldwide. What a shame that all the morals have gone!

Unfortunately, it is these very same youths parents that are to blame. They have become lax, lazy and simply engrossed in the pursuit of what the world is offering them from the dark side like greed, materialism, pride and living life without knowing what their purpose is here on Earth.

I am (and we should be) appalled at their conduct and that they are becoming a society of misguided heathens. I try (we need) to take every opportunity that presents itself and correct the situation on the spot… (at least point it out to these folks)!

Where have all the morals gone?

Are you living by the Laws of God?
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I have chosen the way of truth; I have set my heart on your laws.
Psalm 119:30 NIV

Originally I set out for this post to be about the Ten Commandments.

During my research on that topic I discovered something that connects more with another post here at Bible-Religion.com.

In my post titled “Are You Growing in Favor with God and Humanity” I quoted a passage from the book “The Keys To Heavens Economy” and included some additional verses that I discovered in my research of the passage.

The additional verses from Isaiah 58:13-14 have spurred a more intement search in me to dig deeper into their meaning.  Yes, I’m talking about the Sabbath, the seventh day of the week to observe the Sovereignty of the Lord.

“Observing a Sabbath—a period of rest—has gone out of fashion.”  Which is part of the reason why the basic fundamentalism of Christianity is rebuked by non-believers and the weak who fight for their own delights in this world.

Through my curiosity and necessity for a full understanding of this topic…. I discovered the following article from the New Living Translation website search archive.  In this article you will find some of the fundamental life attitudes that the Bible says flow with the Sabbath.

This practice is really very easy to follow as long as you’re not influenced by the strategies of the fundamentalist governments and their supporting talking heads.

Do You Know Why the Sabbath Really Matters?

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Be stewards of the earth. “The land itself must observe a Sabbath rest”
Leviticus 25:2 NLT

According to Scripture, this is what is written in the book of Luke 18:18-30 NLT

18 Once a religious leader asked Jesus this question: “Good Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?”
19 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “Only God is truly good.
20 But to answer your question, you know the commandments: ‘You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. Honor your father and mother.’*”
21 The man replied, “I’ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.”
22 When Jesus heard his answer, he said, “There is still one thing you haven’t done. Sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
23 But when the man heard this he became very sad, for he was very rich.
24 When Jesus saw this,* he said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God!
25 In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”
26 Those who heard this said, “Then who in the world can be saved?”
27 He replied, “What is impossible for people is possible with God.”
28 Peter said, “We’ve left our homes to follow you.”
29 “Yes,” Jesus replied, “and I assure you that everyone who has given up house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the Kingdom of God,
30 will be repaid many times over in this life, and will have eternal life in the world to come.”

How will you gain eternal life?

What is a Cafeteria Christian you ask?…

I don’t know about you but I used to be one of these so called “Cafeteria Christians” and didn’t even realize it until I decided to get back to the laws of our Lord God.

I can tell you from my past that it is very exhausting to always be on the search for happiness with out knowing God.  Once I figured out that God really wants us to live unpretentiously, in a simple way and focus on Him, my life has never been easier.

Are U a Cafeteria Christian?
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The Bible says, “…those who become Christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life is begun!”
2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT