Encouragement

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Matt11:12- And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

Romans 12:2- And be not conformed to this world,but be ye transformed by the renewing of your minds...,

Perhaps you wonder why on certain occasions you are thrown into conflict at work,church,in marriage,the local Wal-Mart. From time to time you may ponder about how you are received or not received! Maybe even wondered about being picked on and picked out! More specifically the challenge in dealing with non believers and the works of darkness.

If you believe the normal Christian life is one of all peace and easy pickings and no conflict you are utterly deceived and deluded! Our every day to day existence should bear witness to the fallacy of that reasoning!
Jesus said "Think not that I come in peace,but with a sword to set at variance a mans house to set at difference father and son,mother and daughter"
Wow, was our Lord and Savior speaking of bringing about bloodshed in a society already beset with mass family dysfunction??
Absolutely not, what he was speaking of was the preparation for worldwide evangelism via conflict,struggle,overcoming and reward!


In the above passage from Matt 11:12--
Christ speaks of an intense ongoing conflict,a war, a very realistic struggle that has been waged between two kingdoms! Two kingdoms who are systematically and diabolically opposed to each other! The Kingdom Of God vs the kingdom of darkness. Even though He is our peace and is the Prince of Peace his ultimate mission was one of seeking,saving and liberation by means of conflict,challenge and confrontation. He overcame the enemy by facing him and making an open spectacle and show of him! Thus,assuring you and a I of peace.

Mind you there has been and never shall be peace without conflict! Anything released from the hands of God for your life will always be contested by the devil and the self life! Dr. Martin Luther King said many yrs ago "Liberty and freedom always come by way of great exspense"
The very fact that you have named Christ as your Lord and Savior drew you into the forefront of battle! Instead of whining about every struggle,each battle and what you're going through take great consolation "In what you're going to!" Just remember God's calling you to the "high places!"

Jesus said it like this "In this world ye shall have tribulation,but be of good cheer for I have overcome the world!" Glory to God!!!! Look,any test,trial,challenge you face want be on Mars or Pluto,but right here on planet earth, this present world! Praise be to God that he has overcome the very thing that is opposed to me,he has overcome whats trying to overcome me! Christ has taken into captivity that which wants so desperatly to enslave me! Greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world!!!

It's because of the call on your life,because of the divine design of God,because of the anointing placed on you that you are a magnet for confrontation! We are created in the expressed image of God and when we are redeemed and filled with the Spirit,purpose and destiny of God we are transformed into lethal weapons able to wreck havoc and loss upon the Kingdom of darkness! Believe me the devil would much rather you sit on your hams or stay in those "4 hallowed walls" than you take the church to the world! This is what your struggle is all about! Radical action vs slothfulness! It's about the spirit of truth confronting the spirit of error. Light vs darkness! Liberty vs bondage! The agenda of God vs the agenda of the devil! In the Bible, everywhere men and women of God trod there was always massive challenge/confrontation! Allow me to illustrate.

Mose's vs Pharaoh. Jehovah God breathed a word, an assignment into Mose's to simply" Tell Pharaoh to let my people go" Pharaoh is indicative of the world and the enemy and he is in stark opposition to this and any request made by God! Bondage and captivity always hate deliverance and a Deliverer! It's the ploy of the devil to rob every generation of it's potential Deliverers! Know this.its not that the devil hates you for your hair color or your dashing good looks he hates you because you are the reflected image of Christ in the earth! LET MY PEOPLE GO! This should and must be the heart cry of every sent man and woman of God! LET MY PEOPLE GO! Understand that Mose's confronted/challenged every thing near and dear to the heart and ego of Pharaoh!
1.)Financial 2.)Military might 3.)Sphere of Influence!

Don't you know that the devil is afraid of you and your assignment,your intimacy with God and the very thought of you being used as Liberator/Deliverer has him shaking in his stinking boots!!
When God raises up a man,woman,boy or girl that has a sure word,an uncompromising word and clean hands the possibilities are unlimited! Millions of free Isrealites was not an appealing sight for Pharaoh!

If 10,000 drug addicts who use to sow $500-$1000 per week into the camp of darkness get delivered and filled with power and purpose and now began to sow into the Kingdom Of God we would experience the actual manifestation of "The wealth of the wicked being laid up for the righteous" That will be a real wealth transfer and not the unbalanced pie in the sky teaching! A 5 to 10 million dollar raise for Gods Kingdom!

As great as your challenge,your adversity and confrontation is: Much greater is the reward!

Mark 5:2- Jesus appeared on the scene after"crossing over" the sea . The Bible declares that immediately a man with an unclean spirit confronted him and began to balk,complain and basically voice his great displeasure. Why?...because when the Anointed one steps on the scene yokes must be broken and burdens have to be removed! There is a power shift! Light shall always be nemesis to darkness! The unclean always despises the clean! Ignorance is intimidated by knowledge! Evil hates goodness!
When you enter a place it should get all shook up by the presence of God on your life! We should occasionally ruffle some feathers! Wickedness cannot stand in the light of God's glory. Are you conforming or transforming?

When you walk through your struggle and allow the spirit of God to transform you here is what's produced!



1.)The light in you dispels darkness!(You're Likened unto a Living Alabaster Box,able to transform atmosphere's!)
2.)Christ in you the hope of Glory is shown to be the true "Strongman!"
3.)The lesser(the devil)must yield to the greater(Christ)
4.)You expose the enemy scheme! (he operates best under the cloak of secrecy and darkness)
5.)In every sense of the word "Captivity is taken captive"!

You are called of God to pull down,uproot,confront,bring great loss to demonic,legalistic and worldly system's. Your struggle is not in vain my friend! God set you free in order that you might pass it on! Really and truly your passing from this life to glory is not a proper passing until you pass it on! Determine in your heart that you will not go to the grave still pregnant with Destiny or with unfufilled greatness! Make it your business to "Come in On Empty"!
You were transformed to be a "Transformer"!
The "Ecclessia" should always set the standard!
"Ye are the salt of the earth......

"Still wondering about your struggle"?

Arise,shine for thy light hath come....

IN HIM!
Elder R.L.Turner

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