Psalm 46 Where we have now come

Psalm 46:4 ESV
There is a river
whose streams make glad the city of God
5 God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved.

"The streams"of the river is an image
of the strong current of grace, in the river of living water.
The New Covenant gift of the Spirit is what Jesus calls
"Rivers of living water"

John 7:38  ESV
Whoever believes in me, as the scripture has said
"Out of the heart will flow rivers of living water"

Christians from the whole body of Christ form the new holy temple
in which dwells the presence of the living God.

Ephesians 2:19-22 ESV
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens,
but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the 
household of God. 20 built on the foundations of the apostles
and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21
in whom the whole structure , being joined together, grows into
a holy temple of the Lord 22 In him you are also being built 
together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.

Ezekiel 36:27 ESV
I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my 
statutes and be careful to obey my rules.

The History of Israel has been a troubled history; marked by internal
crises and enemy invasions. Yet it is not a chaotic history. This history
is guided by an invisible hand, powerful and tender-- the hand of God.
A river brings joy to the city of God. To the upheavals mentioned in
 the first stanza of Psalm 46, the psalmist contrasts a vision of
tranquility, the Holy City,  Jerusalem,  the church.
The pool of Shiloah, where the water entered through a tunnel in
the interior of the ramparts, assured the life of the city at the time
of siege: symbol of the secret  protection of God.
Ezekiel recalls the source which flows out of the temple,
symbol of life and birth of new life.

Ezekiel 47:1 
Then he brought me back to the door of the temple,
and behold , water was issuing from below the threshhold
of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east)

Zechariah 14:8  ESV
     .....living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem

Joel 3:18  ....and a fountain shall come forth 
                         from the house of the LORD.......

Revelation 22:1-2
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life
bright as crystal , flowing from the throne of God and
of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city,
and on either side of the river, the tree of life with its 
twelve kind of fruit yielding its fruit each month.
The leaves of the trees were for the healing of nations.....

Q Gregory Beeale
                              God's holy presence flowed out of
the holy of holies of Israels temple on the mount
and now spreads throughout the earth . and can now be found
wherever God's presence extends, in the person of
Christian believers.  We are the temple of the Holy Spirit.
The river which makes glad the city of our God   (Ps45:6)
flows out through you and me.

Hebrews 12:22-24  ESV
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the 
Living  God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable
angels in festal gathering 23  and to the assembly of the 
firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the 
judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made 
perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant,
and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word
than the blood of Abel.

Psalm 46 We all go.

Psalm 46:6  KJV
The heathen raged,
        the kingdoms were moved
He uttered His voice
        the earth melted.

Strong empires rise and fall.
Dependable brand names fade into the archives.
Bingo halls were going to replace church buildings
but the heavenly community is a reality which cannot be harmed.

Ezekiel 43:2  And behold , the glory of the God of Israel
came from the way of the east:  and His voice was like a noise 
of many waters; and the earth shined with His glory.
John 10:4....He goeth before them,  and the sheep follow Him;
for they know his voice.
John 18:37.....Everyone that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Revelation 1:15....and His voice as many waters
Revelation 3:20 Behold I stand at the door and knock;
if any man hear my voice and open the door ,
I will come to him and will sup with him, and he with me.

Psalm 46:8  Come behold the works of the Lord.

This invitation--to the reader or listener is to receive this revelation.

Psalm 46:9  He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth
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He breaketh the bow and cutteth the spear in sunder.
He burneth the chariot in the fire.

7463   Put an end to war and contention
to cause to rest.....to bring to rest...to bring to an end.

God loves
I believe
God invites             God says come
I/we come               we all go.

Let's all go in final peace and unity.

Psalm 100   Go within his gates giving thanks
                    Enter his courts with songs of praise.

Psalm 100 ESV  Make a joyful noise to the LORD,
                                                   all the earth.
                           serve the LORD with gladness!
                           come into his presence with singing.
Psalm 122           I rejoiced when I heard them say;
                           "Let us go to the house of the LORD
                            And now our feet are standing
                             Within your gates , O Jerusalem.
Isaiah 2:3            and many people shall come and say
                         "Come let us go to the House of the Lord
                          to the house of the God of Jacob
                          that he may teach us his ways and that
                          we may walk in his paths.
Jeremiah 31:6    Arise and let us go up to Zion to the Lord our God
                          Behold I will bring them from the North country
                          and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth.
Micah 4:2         And many nations shall come and say;
                         "Come let us go up to the mountain of the Lord
                         to the house of the God of Jacob.

Refugee;-  one who, owing to religious persecution
                  or political troubles, seeks refuge in a foreign land.
                  Along with the psalmist and everyone called by God,
                  we seek refuge in God alone..
Psalm  46:7   The LORD of hosts is with us
                       the God of Jacob is our refuge
            46:11  The Lord of hosts is with us
                       The God of Jacob is our fortress.
             46:1   God is our refuge and our strength.

God himself is our refuge
it is to him that we have come..

PSALM 46 We believe

Psalm 46  We believe.

  We believe
        therefore will not we fear
Our faith in God is such
       that, whatever happens,
       God himself will  bring us through.

Psalm 45:2 KJV  
      Therefore will not we fear
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      though the earth be removed,
                         776
      and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.

3372      fear and trembling,
      awe and reverence for God ,  holy respect,
      Fearing God ---motivation for Godly living---
      hence;- a God fearing person ---a devotee and follower of God.

776        the physical planet Earth.
     the Earth as opposed to  Heaven
     all the Earth ---all its inhabitants.
     the ground,  country,  territory--
     people of the land-- land of the living.

Psalm 91:5   Thou shalt not be afraid of the terror by night;
     nor for the arrow that flieth by day

Psalm 46:3 KJV  Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled,
     though the mountains shake    with the swelling thereof            

7439   Quake, shake
           as the action of horses shaking the ground
           amidst the din of battle
           making the earth tremble
           showing the awesome power of God.

Psalm 46:5  KJV   God is in the midst of her;
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                                she shall not be moved !
                                God shall help her and that right early.

7130   in the midst of or among
           at the center or interior 
           near,     close enough to see or to touch
           close enough to speak to.

Previously unimaginable cataclysms, such as global warming 
or nuclear war may be possible or even imminent.
Psalm 46 says that God is  our refuge.
We believe that God is our refuge .
Neither earthquakes, floods,  nor melting ice caps
can take away our inheritance of love and resurrection
or our inheritance of eternal life.

            

PSALM 46 God Loves

Psalm 46   God Loves

God is our refuge because He loves each one of us.
God is our strength because He loves each one of us.
God is a very present help in trouble   because  ;-
       We are standing in the love of God.

1    God is our refuge and our strength,
      430
     a very present help in trouble.

430    Elohim        the most common Hebrew word translated God.
                              ruler,   used of judges and angels.

Psalm 28:7   AV   The LORD is my strength and my shield.....       
               :8            He is the saving strength of His anointed.
Psalm 81:1  AV    Sing aloud unto God our Strength.
Psalm 84:5 AV    Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee...
Psalm 124:8        Our help is in the name of the LORD
                            Who made heaven and earth.

The idea of a "refuge" as from wild animals----wolves or bears---
or from bandits and brigands ,  may seem remote to those living
in "safe"  communities.  But today people seek refuge from rioters
terrorists, gangs, hooligans, and drunken mobs, all of whom
have their temporary sway.

Psalm 91:9-10   Because thou hast made the LORD,
                           which is my refuge,   even the most high,
                           thy habitation.
10                      There shall no evil befall thee.....
11                      For He shall give his angels charge over thee,
                         to keep thee in all thy ways.

Psalm 46:7   KJV   The Lord of hosts is with us
                                                       6635

6635     a mass of persons rendering service.
             assembly or muster of soldiers collected to fight,
             to perform, to go forth to war and wage war,
             to do military service, to do sacred service.
           o LORD  an army, troops,  the host of heaven.
       the host of heaven which surrounds the throne of God.

The Lord (Jehova/Yahweh)  of hosts  is a special name for God
             This expression depicts God as the mighty Warrior,
             or all powerful King of Israel,
            and points directly to the rulership of Yahweh
            over the entire universe.
            He stands ready to intervene for His people
            at any moment.

Psalm 80:19 ESV  Restore us , O LORD God of hosts
           Let your face shine, that we may be saved
Psalm 84:1   How lovely is your dwelling place , 
           O LORD of Hosts !

Amos :13
For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind,
 and declares to man his thought: who makes the morning darkness
and treads on the heights of the earth----
the LORD ,  the God of Hosts,  is His name. 

Psalm 46:11 KJV    The Lord of hosts
                                 is with us
                          the God of Jacob  is our refuge                         selah

Verse 11 fortells the coming of Jesus Christ  Immanuel   God with us.

We are not at a rally for a denomination.
We are standing in the love of God
in the presence of God who loves each of us
IMMANUEL
(  from the Hebrew meaning God with us )

           
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PSALM 46 peace of God

PSALM 46
Stillness
Psalm 46 is about hidden things concerning Jesus Christ;-
                In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (Colossians 2:3)
which are now revealed in His incarnation and made known among the Gentiles.

Colossians 1:26-27  AV
26  Even the mystery which hath been hid from the ages and from
 generations, but now is made manifest to His saints:
27  To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of
 this mystery among the gentiles;
 which is  Christ in you,  the hope of Glory.
Here, before His incarnation, the earth was troubled with fear (Psalm 46 v2 v3
which was the fear of death. But after His incarnation, the Church no longer
fears death  (v3), because of His works,
Verse 8 come and behold the works of the Lord,
That is His death and resurrection  (early in the morning) v5
opened up the streams of the river (verse 6)
the river of God's grace to the church, in which hatred ceased.
Wars (hatred) ceased among believers and the Church (the body of Christ)
was established. For stillness in prayer replaced the tumnult of hostility. v9 v10.
Psalm 46:10 KJV
     Be still, 7503
     and know that I am God :
     I will be exalted among the heathen
     I will be exalted in the earth.

7503   to leave off,  quit,   to relax,  to stop, to desist,  to let alone,
           the relaxing of hands,  to let down the hand.

Motionless     stationary    silent   free from commotion    unruffled   quiet    calm
absence of noise or movement      without agitation
 without murmurs or complaints
lull   sooth
still and quiet     motionless     without interruptions
lulled and soothed
not anxious or fretful or complaining or boasting.

     The rich meaning of the words "be still"  bring to mind the words of Jesus
when He rebuked the wind and said to the sea  "Peace! Be still"
then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm (Mark 4:39)
Here, children are not being asked to sit up and make less noise.
In Psalm 46: 8-10 " Come behold"  speaks to the reader and hearer
to receive a prophetic rebuke  "Be still and know that I am God".
We are to be still , and experience the presence and the power
of the Living God,     We are to displace distress and fear with heavenly peace
and to share the peace which overcomes turmoil.
                               The peace of the LORD be with you.
    

PSALM 46 God says Come

PSALM 46:4
New Jerusalem Prophecy
There is a river
the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God,
the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
      6918                     4908                        5945

6918   considered holy by their relationship to the holy God.
pure, holy, consecrated, holy before God, completely dedicated to God, sacred.
The angels associated with God are called holy ones, intrinsically sacred.
clean, ceremonially and morally hallowed, dedicated and consecrated to God.
4908 Residence;- a shepherd's hut, animals lair, or grave.
The dwelling place or tent, especially the tabernacle in the wilderness,
The temple of Solomon.
The tabernacle was a physical and symbolical representation of God's
 presence among His people.
Jesus Christ himself is the embodiment of God's tabernacle.
Jesus described His own body as the tabernacle of God
John 2:21 But he was speaking about the temple of his body.
1st Corinthians 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God,
and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you ?
5945  Elyon   The Most High
The supreme being   ( the true God )
Elyon reflects omnipotence, universality and constancy.

Psalm 84:18.....   that men may know that thou  whose name alone is
                            JE-HO'VAH,
                            are the Most High over all the earth.

Psalm 46:4-5  NKJV
4     There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God.
       The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.
5     God is in the midst of her, just at the break of dawn.

Psalm 48:1-3 NKJV
1     Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised
       In the city of our God in His holy mountain
2     Beautiful in elevation. The joy of the whole earth,
       Is Mount Zion on the sides of the North
       The city of the  Great King.
3     God is in her palaces, He is known as her refuge.


8     As we have seen
       so we have seen
       In the city of the Lord of hosts
       In the city of our God
       God will establish it for ever.

Revelation 21:1-3   NKJV
1     Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth
       for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away
       Also there was no more sea.
2     Then I John saw the holy city,  New Jerusalem,
       coming down out of heaven from God,
       prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3    And I heard aloud voice from heaven saying,
      "Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and 
      He shall dwell with them and they shall be his people.
     God himself will be with them and be their God.

Hebrews 12:22-24 NKJV
22     But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city
         of the living God, The heavenly Jerusalem,
         to an innumerable company of angels
23     to the general assembly and church of the firstborn
         who are registered in heaven,   to God the judge of all,
         to the spirits of just men made perfect.
24     to JESUS  the Mediator of the new covenant.
         and to the blood of sprinkling  that speaks 
         better things than the blood of Abel.

We have an everlasting inheritance in God's eternal city,
         The New Jerusalem.

Psalm 46:5 KJV
5     God is in the midst of her;
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             she shall not be moved:
       God shall help her, 
             and that right early.

7130  in the midst of or among, at the center or interior
         near, close enough to see or to touch,
                  close enough to speak to.

Previously unimaginable cataclysms, such as global warming,
or nuclear war , may now be possible or even imminent.
Psalm 46 does nor say that God will help us if we find a refuge.
Psalm 46 says that God is our refuge, our stronghold, our city,
which cannot be bombed or destroyed. God with us is also 
within us and is God for us, before during and beyond death .
   Neither earthquakes, floods, nor melting mountains can 
take away our inheritance of love, resurrection,  new heavens
and the New Jerusalem.

Revelation 22:17
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come.
And let him that heareth say , Come.
And let him that is athirst come.. 
And whosoever will , let him take the water of life freely.

Isaiah 55 1&3  AV
1     Ho, everyone that thirsteth come ye to the waters.....
3     Incline your ear, and come unto me : 
       hear and your soul shall live.

PSALM 42 Having Walked with God

Psalm 42:1-5 Tanakh Translation
Like a hind crying for water, my soul cries for You, O God;
my soul thirsts for God, the living God;
O when will I come to appear before God!
My tears have been my food, day and night;
I am ever taunted with,  "Where is your God?"
When I think of this , I pour out my soul;
how I walked with the crowd, moved with them,
the festive throng, to the house of God with joyous shouts of praise.
Why so downcast, my soul, why disquieted within me ?
Have hope in God; I will yet praise Him for His saving presence. 

The psalmist sings of his need for God. He sings of his own strong
desire to know God's presence.  David has experienced God's presence.
He is a man who has walked with God, That memory is within him
because he has experienced the presence of God. That memory sustains
him and motivates him, to get on with it, to keep going and to continue
to put his shoulder to the plough
The memory of Chris's presence enables and sustains us. When together
we invoke the memory of Christ,  His presence in our memory is a
unifying shared experience.       At that moment we are greatly unified .

The people of the bombed church in Sudan are members of my church.
The young woman jailed and under sentence of death in Pakistan is
a member of my church..

We stand in the prayers of many who pray 

"First for all men"

The waiting body of Christ revealed in the Psalms

As members of the body of Christ,  our eyes wait upon the Lord our God.
Individually we can say "Unto thee lift I up mine eyes" Psalm 123:1
"Thee is the familiar term",
just as we each might say "Glory be to the Father, and to thee Lord Jesus,
                                            and to the Holy Spirit.
We each walk with Jesus who is with us  ( God - With - Us ),
When we open our mouths in prayer and the Holy Spirit gives us utterance
                                            we pray in the Spirit.

Psalm 123:1-2  KJV
1     Unto thee lift I up mine eyes.
       O thou that dwellest in the heavens,
2     Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto
            the hand of their masters,
       And as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress;
       So our eyes wait upon the LORD our God. 

Psalm 25:5 NASB
1     To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul,

4     Make me know Your ways, O LORD;
             teach me Your paths.
5     Lead me in Your truth and teach me
             for you are the God of my salvation;
             for you I wait all day.

As individual believers we address our LORD
asking Him to teach and lead us.
"Make me know your ways"    is a one to one request
for  one to one revelation.

We all need the same saviour
and to be in harmony with the rest of the body of Christ,
We need to be filled with the same Spirit.

Psalm 130 :  5-6  NKJV
5     I wait for the LORD, my soul waits
       And in His word I do hope.
6     My soul waits for the Lord
       More than those who watch for the morning ---
       Yes, more than those who watch for the morning.

Our lives are focused on our Lord,
on His purposes and the inclinations of His heart.
We put our trust in Him and His word.
Our hopes arise from and are founded in the word of God.

For different people a new dawn can signal;-
the first day of a new job,
the end of a prison sentence,
the day of your driving test
your birthday
your operation
the day you fly off on holiday,
election day,
the day of your exam results,
the day you move into your new home,
the day you are called to active service,
the day you inherit a fortune,
or your first day at school.

But for members of the body of Christ,
more than all those waiting for the morning,
our soul waits for the Lord
"From the morning watch even till night"  Douay - Rheims  Bible.

Psalm 110:3  
Your people will be volunteers in the day of your power;
In the beauty of holiness
from the womb of the morning
You have the dew of your youth.

The nature of the members of the body of Christ is shown here ;-
they are volunteers.
In the beauty of holiness, and right from the start,
the blessing of heaven rests on them !
These messengers of God are a cohort of courage and love,
riding out in the love of Jesus,
in the power of the holy spirit,
and in heavenly blessing.

Psalm 25:21 KJV
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me
for I wait in Thee.

Psalm 27:14 KJV
Wait on the LORD
Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart.
Wait I say on the LORD.

Those who wait on the Lord  have integrity, and uprightness,
are of good courage and are strengthened in heart
by the Lord on whom they wait.

Psalm 38:20 NASB
Our soul waits for the LORD;
He is our help and our shield.

Psalm 37:7-9 + 34
7    Rest in the LORD and wait patiently for Him
      Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way
      because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.
8    Cease from anger and forsake wrath
      Do not fret, it leads only to evildoing.
9    For evildoers will be cut off
      But those who wait on the Lord will inherit the land
34  Wait for the LORD and keep His way
      And he will exalt you to inherit the land
      When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

We have to keep our focus on the LORD
We need to continue in His love and remember that His purpose
for us , is the most wholesome  and the most awesome .
Putting our trust in our Lord, to enable and protect us,
We are not to be distracted by the wicked who prosper.
We are not to fret at those who take legal shortcuts
at the expense of the upright.
In the body of Christ we do not fret.
We are at one, in harmony with the Lord's loving purposes.
Everyone in the body of Christ  is looking at the hand of our master,
eagerly, with loving intent to do our Lord's bidding.
The loving harmony in the body of Christ
is uplifting and beautiful.......as the hymn of the angels.

Psalm 39:7  NASB
And now, LORD for what do I wait ?
      my hope is in you.

Psalm 40:1 NASB
I waited patiently for the LORD
      and He inclined to me and heard my cry.

Ephesians 4:11-12 NASB
11     And He gave some as apostles and some as prophets,
         and some as evangelists; and some as pastors and teachers.
12     for the equiping of the saints for the work of service,
         to the building up of the body of CHRIST.

We believers, the 21st Century members of the body of Christ;
are waiting and focusing on the LORD, in whom our hope rests.

"We believe  in the power of partnership.
When people with the same heart are willing to serve one another
with different giftings, we can see extraordinary things happen."
                                                             LONDON CITY MISSION
1 Peter 4:10 ESV
As each person has received a gift, use it to serve one another
as good stewards of God's varied grace.

This is a call to love filled unity

Psalm 52: 8-9 NASB
8     I am like a green olive tree in the house of God.
       I trust in the loving kindness of God for ever and ever
9     I will give You thanks forever, because You have done it,
       and I will wait on your name, for it is good,
       in the presence of Your godly ones.

In the body of CHRIST , we are each like flourishing olive trees.
We completely trust in the goodness of God.
We are full of gratitude and give thanks for all that the Lord has done
and continues to do.
We wait on His Name : We focus on His authority.
As part of the body of Christ we wait in His righteousness.
We wait in the righteous fellowship of the body of Christ.

Psalm 62 : 1-2 NASB
1     My soul waits in silence for God only;
       From Him is my salvation.
2     He is my rock and my salvation,
       My stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.
Psalm 62 : 5-6-7  NLT
5     I wait quietly before God,
           for my hope is in Him.
6     He alone is my rock and my salvation,
       my fortress where I shall not be shaken,
7     my salvation and my honour come from God alone.
       He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me.

Waiting on His Name does indicate our giving the Lord
our loving attention ;-
attention to His will ,  His word,  His love ,  His purpose,  and His authority.
His word illuminates what we are currently called to do in the body of Christ.
In the body of Christ we wait only upon God, because our expectations is from Him.
He is our refuge; where no enemy can reach us !  This too adds something
for those currently in the fellowship of those who are waiting on the LORD.

Psalm 145:15  KJV,  The eyes of all wait upon thee:
Psalm 145:15  NASB   The eyes of all look to you

Psalm 147:11   NLT
the Lord's delight is in those who honor Him,
those who put their hope in His unfailing love.
NASB
Those who wait for His loving kindness.

PSALM 41 TRANSFORMATION

In Psalm 41 verse 1-3 David reveals the heart of God towards the poor.
and the heart of God towards those who share the same passion for the poor.

Spirit filled believers stand in the grace of the LORD.
This grace transforms our hearts to be good natured,
sympathetic and to have  compassion for the poor, and
a strong desire to understand their concerns and to meet
their needs.

We barely understand all that the LORD JESUS  has done for us
on Calvary. But we know that whatever we do for the poor and afflicted,
we  "do unto Him".
So when you comb the old man's hair and make him comfortable,
the eyes that look back to you are the eyes of Christ.
It is in us to bless and deliver the person who is having a bad day,
or a difficult moment. Blessing and delivering become our
worthwhile ministry.
Salvation and healing is the most pressing need.

Neither love nor the action of the holy spirit
are restricted to a building
or a denomination,
but the joy  of love and the action of the HOLY SPIRIT
within each of us, can transform our own community. 

PSALM 41 REVIVAL

Blessed is he that considereth  the poor.                           Psalm 41:1 KJV
Blessed is he who has regard for the weak.                      Psalm41:1  NIV
How blessed is he who considers the helpless.                  Psalm41:1  NASB

1   BLESSED.....HAPPY..... FORTUNATE....                   The Message
          TO BE ENVIED
     is he who considers the weak and the poor,
     the LORD will deliver him in time of evil and trouble
2   The LORD will protect him and keep him alive:
     he shall be called blessed in the land;
     and you will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

The grace and peace that we have in Christ is magnified
when the believer comes to have the heart of Christ toward the afflicted,
and the love of Christ for the poor, the weak, the helpless
and especially the unsaved.

Romans 5:5   NIV
God has poured out his love into our hearts
by the Holy Spirit whom he has given  us. 

There is nobody poorer, weaker or more helpless than the lost.

By grace may we have the heart of Christ for the unsaved.
Even now, may God pour out his love into our hearts
by the Holy Spirit whom He has given us,
as we seek salvation for those most in need.......
the lost in the streets of our home town today.

In the joint ministry of the Holy Spirit and the Spirit filled Christian,
truth is essential.
Truth without power,  truth without fire, is without power to accomplish
the will and the work of God..
Paul required and desired the power of Christ to rest upon him. (2 Cor 12:9)
People cannot be trained to be anointed and empowered.

"clothed with power from on high "  Luke 24:49
is what the healer and the evangelist needs.

May we hunger and thirst as deeply for the Spirit's presence and power,
as God hungers to grant this to us.
The disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit, many times.
And we can be filled and refilled with the Holy Spirit, again and again.

A passion for souls grows out of a passion for Jesus Christ.
    A passion for mission builds upon the Love of Christ.
A passion for healing grows in the love of Christ.

Do you love me--- Yes Lord You know I love You--
tend my sheep                                                             John 21:16 ESV

A passion to lead others to Christ puts a different emphasis on terms
like "church growth" and "Youth ministries"
"Winning souls for Christ"is an expression used by people who have
  experienced the transforming power of the blood of Jesus.
The blood of the Lamb  and the fire of the Spirit transform the destiny
of ordinary people, both in this world and the next.