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Prayer is vital communication with God, important to human existence and the God-kind of life! In the life of Christ, we see numerous occasions of “all night” prayer and times of refreshing in the presence of the Father. Jesus did nothing apart from the Father’s guidance and governance. (John 5:19)* In the same way that Satan deceived Eve in the garden, he deceives the church through cunning deception and twists God’s word or upsets the creative order of God. “Satan blinds peoples minds to God’s truth.” (2 Cor.4: 4)* Every ‘thing’ has a reason for existence. It will either have: A Purposed Application, or A Perverted Relevance In our mandate to pray, we’ve misunderstood our role of responsibility and rarely receive answers to our prayers. We violate our level of authority and fail, due to lack of understanding. GOD’S DIVINE HEAVENLY ORDER INCLUDES: The Third Heaven or the “heaven of heavens” (Neh.9: 6)* = the dwelling place of God’s throne and all benevolent spiri...

"Spiritual revelation" unpacks the knowledge of God in "grace-portions" that directly contributes to the empowerment of the believer in whatever their current circumstances demand. God is NOT passive about your present challenges, but is constantly working to renew your mind and to eradicate all fear - while educating you about "The Unshakeable Kingdom". If timelines, deadlines and material loss paralyzes and silences your praise, you need some REVELATION to wake you up! Don't you dare let your faith fail you!   What is a "grace-portion"? It's a spiritual shot-in-the-arm that releases enablement and empowerment from the Holy Ghost to you as ingest, digest and "in faith" APPLY what you have received from His Holy Word. Hope this helps. WS-3

As a Church & Ministry Consultant (Sacred Role)/Management Consultant (Secular Role) since September 1996, and I have seen the GLARING IMBALANCE found in both the religious and the political circles and leadership IN SPADES! Ugh!! If I’ve had ONE primary reason for wanting to choose another career path and vocation, is because I absolutely “hate” PRIDE and “despise” with an even greater intensity — BAD LEADERSHIP; and, as an OCCUPATIONAL NORM it seems that in both fields; there overrun with people “full of the selves” to the point PEOPLE, COMMUNITY, and SOCIETY suffers.. The Hubris Syndrome, written by Lord David Owen - the former British Foreign Secretary from the late 70's, has quite an interesting take on the noticeable imbalance and blaring dysfunction that is prevalent amongst many "political leaders". While reading the article, it made me think of the state of affairs amongst many "church leaders" that I've encountered in my 29 years of consulting...

Our challenge in understanding God's Kingdom, including the economy and government which are its foundation, is - though submitted cooperation through our human agency is critical to seeing it manifest; we don't tie His hands or alter His will through pride, spiritual blindness or hardheadedness! We simply limit the kingdom's influence in our own lives by displaying these behaviors! So, "entitled leaders" who think the world revolves around them must be building something else - the "kingdoms of men". God has mercy on our innocent ignorance, but refuses to let the world go to hell while we "have church"! WS-3

Your own "capacity" determines whether "irreconcilable differences" will be a reality in your life or not. Sometimes, the only choice you have is separation or divorce; but quickly claiming that something is irreconcilable, insults the "grace" of God available to the believer - which makes all things possible in the heat of any battle. Don't let your hurt and inability to communicate be the reason changing desires and petty inconveniences steal your affections from your mate. It's a covenant, even if you no longer believe in it! Don't let the culture and all the rampant compromises you've seen poison your soul...WS-3

I've been watching video submissions of members of the LGBT community that are working together to curb the increasing suicide rates amongst gay teens on www.ItGetsBetter.org . As I'm listening, my heart is pierced by the level of compassion that's being shown by people all over the country, who are frustrated and sickened by the inability of the religious community to lay down their "holy books" f or a moment to curb this growing epidemic. Faith, Hope and Love are the only unsinkable principles that will remain, according to 1 Corinthians 13. Perhaps our fear of compromising the gospel is our opportunity to show Christ's compassion without feeling that you've "sided with the sinners". Let's go deeper, saints! WS-3

My Thoughts on Homosexuality Disclaimer : This is not an attempt to be academic or empirical in the way that I approached writing this document, neither is it meant to be a comprehensive strategy to the many "fronts" that exist with this landmark issue.   I'm simply speaking from my heart, and I did NOT consult anyone about this issue as I've been prayerfully constructing this opinion – based upon my current or developing "biblical knowledge". Forgive my “limited knowledge” concerning the scope of the issue, as you read. Where you discover errors or omissions, please feed back to me at ( pureinheart@att.net ), so that I can gain more insight and better understanding as I address this community that I love, despite our obvious differences. I'm not fragile, so don't waste time hurling insults - it really won't be given my precious energy, or affect me! God Bless!   ( Pastor Walter L Smith III; Published on 9/29/2011 )   P.S. - Read to...