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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Character matches Calling

Character matches Calling

Clara Iverson
http://www.elvisiverson.com

Some of us have been going around circles and still have not learnt the very lesson God tried to teach you years ago. Some have been circling around the city of Jericho for more than seven days and still have not gotten any breakthrough. Some are still eating manna in the wilderness when you should be eating the produce from the land of Canaan. The time has come that we must learn quicker. Cry out for the revelation of grace and by this grace, we can mature and grow faster.

There are some types of deception that hinder us to go back to the book of Proverbs. We thought this is an easiest book in the bible and we thought we do not need to read that again. God is so pleased with Solomon because He asked for WISDOM. We all need to cry out for the seven pillars of wisdom. These seven pillars of wisdom lay the foundation of our lives. You can have high calling or great gifts and talents. If you do not have wisdom, sooner or later, you will fall. When the rains descend, the floods come and the wind blows and beats on you, you will fall and great is its fall. (Matthew 7:26) As a matter of fact, you should be able to avoid most troubles if you would have applied wisdom in those areas. Therefore, because of His great love, God cannot release you to your destiny yet, not until you receive and develop wisdom in those areas He has been teaching you.

We all know there were great revivalists God used in history. Later on, because of certain character flaw, they fell severely and caused many to stumble. Then, revival left that city. Those who have ears, let him hear. The revelation of grace is coming to us in which we are able to mature faster than our age. Some should be feeding meat to many and yet they are still surviving on milk. There are young apostles and prophets who are planting churches in their early twenty’s. There are politicians, senators or presidents who step in their office in their thirty’s. Time is running out. There is no more time for God to retrain and re-equip you again. We should have learnt everything God wants us to learn. We should go and change the world, reform society and make history. Harvest time is here. When tones of fish are swimming in, we should be ready to teach them, shepherd them and mentor them. We should set a godly example for them. You cannot wait until that time. That will be too late.

Let us leave our stubbornness. Obey God now. Learn from every lesson. Avoid repeating the same trial. Mature swiftly. When our characters finally match with our callings, God will entrust us with our destiny.

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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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Spiritual Freedom

Spiritual Freedom

Elvis Iverson
http://www.elvisiverson.com

Freedom and liberty is the will of Christ for every believer, we have freedom for the reasons, we are born of the Spirit, we are citizens of the Kingdom of God, for the reason of the blood of Christ, for the reason of the Word of God, and for the reason of the Holy Spirit in our lives. –(Gal. 5:1)

Unfortunately, some Christians are in bondage, and oppressed by debts, iniquity, demons, and religion. Today is the day of your salvation, deliverance, and liberty and freedom has come. –(LK. 4:18)

First and foremost, you must know who you are in Christ, and that you are in Christ, and that God loves you, and you are in the Father’s hand. Believe the work of the Cross and the Resurrection, you are already redeem in Christ, we have redemption through the Blood of Christ. –(Col. 1:12-14)

Secondly you can be free from iniquity, you don’t have to be controlled by a life of sin, and the Holy Spirit can set you free. Iniquity is a sin that you commit and that over time becomes a life style. First of all believe that Christ loves you, and you already are free, believe in the power of His grace, and believe that you are save by faith, not by good deeds, then confess, ask for forgiveness, and repent of such sins, then seek help, from those who can aid you in your freedom and deliverance. –(1 Jn. 1:7,9)

Thirdly you can be free from the control of demons, you can be free from the influence of demons, pray and seek for deliverance and inner healing, Ask the Lord to lead you to whole deliverance and freedom, begin by repenting of sins, identificational repentance, breaking the legal grounds, repent of lies that you might have believed, pray for the Lord to show you each demon, and then bind, cast them out, and then cast them into hell, then close the doors and gates, bind them and cast them into hell, replace then with doors and gates of Heaven and the Kingdom of God, then pray for inner healing, pray for those areas to be filled with the fruits of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit, and grace. –(Matt. 7:3-5)

Fourthly you can be free from financial debts. Pray to the Lord to lead you out of financial debts, repent to the Lord for being in debt, seek help and financial advice, write out a game plan, and then begun with baby steps, and be faithful to those steps. –(Lev. 25:12, 30)

Fifthly you can be free from the control and influence of religion, and religious spirits. The Church is to be the Priesthood of the Kingdom of God, and our Lord Jesus Christ is our Mediator, not man, not men, not a religion, not a pastor, and not a local church. Your faith and relationship with Christ is between you and Christ; pastors, ministers and other believers are to support and aid but not control that relationship. Pray for freedom, pray for the Lord to lead you to freedom don’t listen or receive ministers that try to control your faith in Christ, instead find churches, and pastors who support and aid your relationship in Christ. –(Gal. 3:1-9)

Furthermore, I believe the Holy Spirit is speaking to many out there around the world; He is speaking freedom and liberty to you. I ask you to begun to call upon the Lord and seek Him to lead you to deliverance, freedom, and liberty. –(Joel 2:32)

Conclusion, The will of Christ is freedom, and liberty, and in this freedom, and liberty we have restoration and progression, and in this freedom, and liberty we are to love one another and walk in this freedom, and liberty in loving one another in Christ. –(Gal. 5:13-14)

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The Simple Gospel

The Simple Gospel

Elvis Iverson
http://www.elvisiverson.com

We must guard the simplicity that is in Christ: from the gospel massage to the rest of the massages in the Holy Scriptures, it is simplicity that is throughout the whole Bible, revelation is in simplicity, Word Revelation is in simplicity, all things in the Holy Scriptures is in simplicity. The application of the Word is in simplicity. There is a river of simplicity coming to the Body of Christ around the world; simplicity is a key. –(2 Cor. 11:1-4)

It is human wisdom and religion that will try to corrupt the simplicity that is in Christ. Let is return to the simplicity that is in Christ, the simplicity of Christ, let us return, and no longer allow others to bewitched the truth that is in our hearts, that is written upon our hearts by the Holy Spirit. –(Gal. 3:1-9)

No longer be heavy laden, burden down by the human wisdom of religion, cast it off, cut it of from you, and come to Christ and His simplicity and He will give you rest, take upon His yoke and learn from Him through the Holy Spirit who dwells in our hearts by faith, the Lord is gentle and lowly in heart, and you will fine rest for your soul, His yoke is easy, and His burden is light, this is the simplicity of Christ. –(Matt. 11:28-30)

Understand the simplicity of Christ: grace and truth, grace first then truth, understand the simplicity of Christ, the words that He said are Spirit and life, understand the simplicity of Christ worship the Father in Spirit and truth, understand the simplicity of Christ obey the truth by faith, and understand the simplicity of Christ speaking the truth in love. –(Jn. 1:14, 6:63, 4:23-24, Gal. 3:1-9, Eph. 4:15)

From milk teaching to meat teaching it is both simplicity in Christ, milk teaching is simplicity and meat teaching is simplicity. You grow in Christ as a babe with simplicity, and you grow as mature with simplicity. –(Heb. 5:12-14, 1 Pet. 2:1-3, 1 Cor. 1 Cor. 3:1-3, 2 Pet. 3:18)

You grow in Christ through grace and knowledge, not just knowledge alone, you need grace and knowledge to grow, and this is simplicity. –(Col. 2:6-8, 2 Pet. 3:18)

The simplicity of the gospel massage is: Believe in Christ, repent, ask for forgiveness, ask Christ into your life, and then obey and follow Him for the rest of your life, and fellowship with other believers in Christ, this is simplicity. –(Rom. 10:9-10)

Works does not save us, the Law does not save us, going to church does not save us, being good or doing good deeds does not save us, we are not saved through baptism, instead we are only saved by grace through faith, and this is simplicity. –(Eph. 2:8-9)

We obey and follow Christ out of love for Him and His Word; we obey Him and follow Him by faith and grace in Christ. We apply the Word, we live the application of the Word by faith through grace, out of love for Him, and this is simplicity. –(Col. 3:17)

We are to fellowship with other believers, yes be faithful in the fellowship of believers, hear and apply the Word that the servants of the Lord teach and preach. We fellowship and hear the Word by the blood of Christ, by truth, by faith, by grace, and by love, and this is simplicity. –(Eph. 1:6-7, Heb. 10:19-25, Rom. 15:7)

We are to enter into rest, we are to live for Christ in rest, we are to obey Christ in rest, we are to apply the Word in rest, and throughout our life we are to live in His rest. Rest through faith and trust this is simplicity. –(Heb. 3:19, 4:10)

Father we pray for a pure river of the simplicity of Christ to flow throughout the Body of Christ around the world, to flow through all the hearts of the believers, bring freedom, bring grace, bring truth, bring faith, bring the Spirit, and bring love to all believers in Christ. We pray in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ amen. –(2 Cor. 11:2-3)

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