A Generous Father

A Generous Father

Clara Iverson
http://www.elvisiverson.com

Some of us were raised up by stingy parents. You had developed the habit of “worrying” because when you were in need, your parents would not give you enough. You tried to help yourself but you knew you were just a mere human being, confined by limitations and boundaries. After you became a Christian, you have a hard time to believe your Heavenly Father wants to give you good things. You shy away when you come to the time of asking for the gifts of the Holy Spirit. You even feel guilty when you think of the word “blessings.”

As compared to our earthy parents, our perfect Father is a generous giver. Let us imagine this scenario. One day, Abba Father knocks at the door and comes in. He said, “I am taking you to Walmart (or a huge department store), you can grab anything you want.” Instantly, you are standing in front of all these merchandise. Father encourages you once again,“You can freely take anything from the beauty/cosmetic/shampoo section. You can get anything from the clothes section, kitchen section, bedding section and you can have any food you want. Just put them in this cart. They are all yours. I will pay for everything.”

If our minds renew and our hearts would be persuaded that we have a generous Father, it would be much easier for us to receive gifts or blessings from God. Some take a long time before they speak in tongues because they struggle if God wants to give them free gifts. Others find it hard to understand grace because they used to rely on their own strengths when they had no one to help them in times of need. When Holy Spirit introduces the concept of grace to them, they do not know how to RECEIVE. They do not know how to “come” and “drink” from the river of life even though it is all “free”. Friends, do you know Father God wants to give you good gifts MORE THAN you do? You said, “how come He still did not answer my prayers?” Actually, God is not the one in fault. Rather, we are the one who HINDERS the answered prayers. Our perception of “FATHER” hinders us to “receive”.

Jesus said, “Until now you have asked nothing in my name.” Either we do not feel worthy to ask. Or we do not ask in faith. Or we doubt if He will answer our prayers. Any of these mindsets are roadblocks to our answered prayers. Jesus said, “if you abide in Him, do what is pleasing to Him, ask ANYTHING in my name, I will do it.” Friends, He wants to give you good gifts and perfect gifts. He wants to satisfy the desires of your heart so that your JOY can be full. Most of us, I believe, will give bread, egg and fish to our children. Then, how much more will our Father who is in heaven gives us even a whole banquet! At His disposal, He is able to release any resources to us. Jesus said, “In my Father’s house, there are many mansions.” Ababa Father owns the whole universe and He is able to give you any provisions, any healing, any deliverance, and any miracles you desire and need.

As we have received Jesus Christ, God has given us the right to be children of God and can enjoy all His blessings. Our Father is perfect. He loves you with the SAME love He loves Jesus, His only begotten Son. He rejoices over you, just like the bridegroom rejoices over the bride. He has inscribed you on the palms of His hand. He has created you, formed you, redeemed you, called you by name and He said, “You are mine.” He has counted the numbers of your hair and He said, “even to your old age, I am He; and even to gray hairs, I will carry you.” As far as the heavens are high above the earth, so GREAT is His mercy and love towards those who fear Him.

Let us change the way we relate to our Heavenly Father. If you know He is perfect and He loves you deeper than you can imagine, how would you act? As a matter of fact, He wants to grant your requests MORE THAN you do. He needs you to remove the roadblock of unbelief. He needs you to perceive Him properly. When you finally touch Father’s heart, His showers of blessings will pour continuously to you. The renewal of your mind will even open the window of heaven and hasten those promises. You will finally understand the privilege of being the child of God and the joy of having a generous Father.

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The Mystery of Love

The Mystery of Love

Clara Iverson
http://www.elvisiverson.com

Father God, removes this deception off our minds and hearts, so we will finally understand love. Pours the spirit of wisdom and revelation to us, enlightens our inner eyes, so we will finally grasp the meaning of Christ’ love. Breaks the stronghold of fear off us now. Let deliverance comes now, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Fear is the strongest blockage to love. Fear separates God and men. Fear never existed until the fall of men. Our understanding of love was decreasing as fear started to take root since Genesis one. We no longer think that love will work. Everyone puts on fear guard to protect ourselves from more hurts. We cannot trust anyone because we are afraid that will get hurt again. Instead of putting on the armor of God, we put on fear guard. No one can never see the real us because we are hiding behind this fear shield. Some were not raised in families of love. For generations, no one taught them how to love. So when they became parents, all they knew were sowing fear to their children, teaching them to be afraid of germs, sickness, accidents or bad things. Some parents created an atmosphere of superstitions to the young hearts. Since the time when they were babies, they were formatted to expect bad things to come to their days.

Therefore, love never operates in our lives. We do not believe in love. Instead, we believe in fear. Now, Holy Spirit comes to reprogram us. He is changing the object of our faith. Instead of putting faith in fear, we will put faith in LOVE now. We must believe in love and believe that love will actually work. Who am I to doubt love? Who am I to say love may not work? Even when I was a sinner, Christ died for me. Even before I existed on this planet earth, Christ demonstrated His love for me. Who dare to die? We dare to lend something to others. We dare to help people. But who dare to go that far, even to the point of death? Holy Spirit, removes this deception of fear off us, so we will finally see this bold love, this fearless love, this love which dares to die---something no one will do except Christ.

This love is our greatest protection and shield. Let us put off fear guard and put on the SHIELD OF LOVE. We will not be afraid of hurts because Christ’ love is the thickest armor protecting us. We do not need to defend ourselves when someone challenges us because Christ is our advocate. He is our judge and He will judge all men. We do not need to get angry to act tough because love is not easily angered. A heart of love can turn anger away and that anger is melted away by the POWER OF LOVE. Satan can throw fiery darts at us all he wants. But surely, nothing can separate us from the LOVE OF CHRIST---absolutely nothing. This love protects us from all dangers or hardships. Because of this love, our garments will not be burnt even when we are thrown to the lion’s den. Because of this love, Steven can say Father, forgive them, for what they do, they do not understand.

We do not really understand the meaning of sacrifice. Let me give you a scenario. For example, we ordered a nice meal at the restaurant. The meal comes and we are about to enjoy. Suddenly, someone comes in and tells you he is very hungry. Unwillingly, you sacrifice your nice meal and offer it to him. This is just an example of minor sacrifice. What did Christ actually do for us? He has loved us so much to give Himself up for us all as an offering and a sacrifice to God, for a sweet smelling aroma.(Eph 5:2) Until we understand Christ’ sacrifice for us, we still do not know love. Satan has no love. Satan is extremely upset that Christ will love us to the utmost. Satan is selfish while Christ is selfless. Sacrifice is not only a cost, but also a PAIN. We feel painful inside when we have to sacrifice our valuables. Christ endured this pain of sacrifice because of His unspeakable love for us.

Some act angry or tough all the time and thinking that anger is a power. Others perceive hatred as power. Some act angry or upset in unfair situations to show people they are not weak. However, anger, hatred, offence or raising our voices are neither the demonstrations of power, nor the exercising of authority. All these are destructive emotions. Fear, anger, hatred, easily offended attitudes are WEAKNESSES. We are getting weaker and weaker as we dwell and meditate on fear, anger, and unforgivness. On the contrary, only one element is power. That is LOVE. Among the three things Paul talked about, the greatest of these is LOVE. More love, more power. Love is the strongest force to uphold you. Love never fails. Love can face an angry person and not feeling afraid. Love can talk to a proud person and not being intimidated. REAL COURAGE comes from a heart of love, which is rooted and grounded in Christ’ love. And this love surpasses all knowledge. When our hearts are established in this love which knows no width, no depth, no height, how can we be afraid any more? Our hearts become as bold as a lion. Springing from this heart of endless love, we are able to speak the truth in love, to those who are rebellious and stubborn. The spirit of love is equal to the spirit of power and the spirit of sound mind. The more love you have, the more POWER and THE PRESENCE OF GOD will back you up.

On the other hand, we do not have the spirit of sound mind if we do not have the spirit of love. Do not speak when you are anger or upset. Those are not heavenly wisdom but are earthy, sensual and demonic. When our hearts are full of bitter envy and self-seeking, we better keep quiet. Otherwise, we will bring more confusion to the situations. Only when we are filled with the spirit of love, we will have the spirit of sound mind to speak wisdom that comes from above. This wisdom is pure, peaceful, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. A person who is filled with the spirit of love is a peacemaker who bears the fruits of righteousness.

To conclude, as we meditate on Father’s perfect love everyday, we are eating, swallowing and digesting this love. We live in the blessings of love and we will start to renew our mind and expect good things to come to us. We will no longer fear because God loves us, His nature is love and a loving Father will ONLY give His children good gifts. Fear is exiting the program of our thought patterns and we will soon know nothing except LOVE.

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The Revelation of Perfect Faith

The Revelation of Perfect Faith

Clara Iverson
http://www.elvisiverson.com

Not many have the revelation of perfect faith. Perfect faith is God kind of faith. It is mountain-moving faith. If you have perfect faith, your prayer will be answered instantly. Not many can move mountains. Only those who grasp the revelation of perfect faith.

All these time, God is doing a WORK in you. He is removing all the doubt and unbelief and He is filling those areas with perfect faith. You thought you have faith and you thought you are praying with faith. Actually, you are praying with little faith or imperfect faith. You can scream or yell and act like you are full of faith. But, God is omniscient and He can tell whether you received the revelation of perfect faith yet or not.

The symptoms of imperfect faith are as follows. Sometimes you feel sad or self-pity or think that God does not love you. Or you think you are not worthy for a miracle. Or you do not think good things can come to you. Or one moment you are standing on the promise, another moment you are double-minded and start to doubt God and second-guess yourself. Or you are inconsistent---One moment you decide to trust God wholeheartedly and another second you give up and never accomplish your goal.

The signs of perfect faith are as follows. Your mind is full of hope and your heart swells with joy, REGARDLESS OF THE MANIFECTATION OF THE PROMISE. Even if you pray today and nothing happens, you will not doubt the very promise God has given you. You will act like God love you and He is for you. You will act like you are precious and worthy of good things coming to you. You will not get jealous when someone have something you do not have yet. Because you trust in your God with all your heart. This kind of faith is well pleasing unto God. If you walk in this kind of perfect faith, any minute your promise will come to pass. In any second, that mountain will explode out of your way.

The Bible said we walk by faith, NOT BY SIGNT. Holy Spirit is doing this work in us in which we will no longer be bothered by what you see, hear or feel temporarily. Someone can say something negative to you and you will remain solid, stable, and unshakable. You stand on the promise and know deeply in your spirit, in any second the promise will manifest. When you walk in this realm which transcends physical limitation, ALL THINGS BECOME POSSIBLE. That is why Sarah could conceive at the age of 90. When the natural cannot do it, God can do the supernatural.

The Bible said very clearly without faith, we cannot please God. I do not deny the cases in which miracles happen out of God’s sovereign will, regardless of the level of faith you have. But we must admit the fact that God DOES respond to perfect faith. Jesus could not do many miracles because of their unbelief. Jesus one time shut the door from people of unbelief and only allowed his beloved disciples to stay in the room, so the room was filled with faith only, before he performed any miracles. The lady’s touch was a touch of perfect faith and instantly power came from Jesus body and healed her bleeding condition.

Every one of us received certain promises of God. Some people received their promises earlier. Why? They had the revelation of perfect faith and they MIXED THEIR PROMISES WITH FAITH. Of course, God may allow a waiting process. Despite the waiting process, some still receive the promises faster than others do, because they mix their promises with faith. Their hearts and minds are perfectly stable and their eyes fix on the promises with undivided attention. God is well pleased and the promises must come to pass. That is the principle throughout the whole bible—of how faith unlocks the promises of God. Enoch could walk in such perfect faith and pleased God to such an extent that God had to take him away without tasting death. We all have the same nature like Elijah. If the patriarchs could please God like that, we can also be one of those faith giants in the hall of faith.

Let us pray for the Spirit of revelation to open our hearts and understand the revelation of PERFECT FAITH.

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Sound Emotion

Sound Emotion

Clara Iverson
http://www.elvisiverson.com

Women, God loves you. You are very unique and special. You are fearfully wonderfully made, marvelous is God’s work. Women are tender in nature. You are sensitive to people and are understanding. On the contrary, men are more logical and analytic. Most importantly, men and women complement each other. Men need women’s tender side while women need to be balanced with men’s rational side.

According to I Tim2:13 Adam was formed first, then Eve. Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression.
Emotion is the good side of women. This emotion is created by God and it is supposed to be very constructive. When women are filled with godly emotion, see how the body of Christ will be touched. Sometimes when the presence of God is strong, Holy Spirit will touch us with holy weeping. Or when a woman sees a person in need, she may release tears of compassion. That is holy and godly. Because of that holy weeping, people will sense healing touch. This is very constructive and meaningful.

But there is another kind of crying. That is negative and destructive. This kind of sorrow will produce death. That is self-pity crying. Because of this emotional side of women, the serpent tends to attack them with lies of self-pity or unworthiness. This emotional side of women is very vulnerable area. It may not be weakness. But the devil takes advantage and attacks this area all the time. Once you give in to the first temptation of poor me mindset, other self-destructive emotions will all creep in. Feelings of self-hatred, depression, hopeless etc…..The list will go on and on….until you are saturated with unbelief. Once the stronghold of unbelief is built in you, you will wonder why your prayers are not answered!!

According to 2 Cor 7:10, godly sorrow leads to repentance while sorrow of the world produces death. Holy Spirit lives inside of us. If we will humble ourselves and allow the blood of Jesus to cleanse us from the filthiness of the flesh and spirit, we will perfect our emotion in holiness and the fear of God. (2 Cor 7:1) If we will focus our mind on the simplicity of Christ, our emotion will be chaste like virgin to Christ. (2 Cor 11:1-3) All our pessimism had been crucified with Christ, it’s no longer I who live, but Christ’ emotion dwells in me. (Gal 2:20) We are able to bear the fruit of the Holy Spirit---self-control. We don’t need to be the victim of self-pity crying. God has given you a way of escape. He is faithful and you are able to walk in redeemed emotion, which is the godly emotion of faith, hope, love, peace and joy. (1 Cor 10:13)

Women, God is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. (2 Cor 4:17) God is turning our corrupt emotion into holy emotion of Himself. God wants our emotion to speak for Him. Christ wants our emotion to shine for the lost. If we are crying bitterly like everyone else in the world, who will have HOPE? He wants us to be lighthouse in the midst of storm and darkness. He wants us to move in holy laughter when everyone is sad and sorrowful. He wants us to flow in compassion and mercy when people in the world are mean and selfish. Women, by the blood of Jesus, we become redeemed Eve---a vessel of compassion and mercy. Even our countenance speaks for God. When they look at our face, they start to understand the feminine side of God, which is full of love, compassion and mercy. After all, women, you are made in the image and likeness of El Shaddai---the affectionate One who nourish us. Our mind, our face, our emotion, even our body gestures are reflecting the likeness of God. As we continue in faith, love, holiness with self-control, we will enjoy the holy emotions God deposited in us. We will enjoy the transformation of the Holy Spirit and all the fruits of the Holy Spirit!

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Come to the Father

Come to the Father

Clara Iverson
http://www.elvisiverson.com

Some of us are regretting of bad choices we made in the past. You wish you never made those mistakes. Now, you have to bear the consequence of those mistakes. Yes, according to Deut 28, there is a consequence of disobedience. Everyone is responsible of his or her own actions. We now learn the holy fear of God. He allowed this great army of swarming locust, crawling locust, consuming locust and chewing locust. He allowed so we will learn and gain wisdom from our mistakes.

Behold, I have good news for you. RESTORATION is coming to you. As you respond to the call of repentance (Joel 2:12), turning to Him with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning. Remember, He is always gracious, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness. He promises to relent from doing harm to you.

Year 2008 is a year of new beginning. Instead of shame, you shall receive double portion of blessings and double portion of honor. God is speaking loud to our ears: MY PEOPLE SHALL NEVER BE PUT TO SHAME. God is coming to remove reproach and shame from you. Don’t be like the prodigal son in Luke 15. He thinks he is not worthy to receive blessings. Yes, he made mistakes and suffered from his disobedience. But look at his father. He is waiting on his son everyday. Father knew us more than we know ourselves. He already knew we would fall. He knew all the wrong choices and past mistakes. But He is not condemning you. He wants to put a new garment on you; put a ring on your finger and cook a big meal for you. Touch on Father’s compassion, my beloved. Know His heart. He has forgiven you. So, leave your shameful feeling and live like a child of God. The spirit of adoption in us cry out: Abba Father. Father has adopted you and He has forgotten your past. So, come in and enjoy the new wine and oil. (Joel 2:19)

Hosea 6:1-3 He is coming to us like the latter and former rain. These are times of refreshing that comes from the presence of the Lord. He had received your repentance. He had accepted your contrite heart. Now, He heals. Now, He binds us up. Now, He revives up. Now, He raises us up.(Hosea 6:2) This is the third day. This is the resurrection day----to be resurrected from your troubles.

Rom 8:28 Everything indeed happened for a reason—even our bad choices. God is able to turn our mistakes into refined gold. God is transforming you, so you can become a better person---a vessel of great honor. All things worked together for those who loved Him, for those who are called according to His purpose.

So, beloved of God, open wide your heart. Open wide your hands. Receive Father’s love, blessings, prosperity and RESTORATION.

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