Rick Joyner’s Word For the Week: Life in the New Covenant, Part 15
Nothing we can experience in this realm is more wonderful or compelling than the Lord’s parousia.
Nothing we can experience in this realm is more wonderful or compelling than the Lord’s parousia.
A large portion of the harvest is going to be people who have called themselves Christians.
How would a congregation built to attract the Lord be different from one built to attract people?
Christianity may be the most difficult life one could live, but it is also the best and most fulfilling.
Church government and structure are meant to serve and protect the place of koinonia, not the other way around.
If we follow the Lamb, we will become all we are called to be in an edifying, practical way.
Ask for the Lord’s vision for your congregation, then proclaim it and pray that every member sees it.
Man’s church can usually be identified by having a form of godliness, but not the Lord’s power and presence.
We are here to bring a taste of heaven to a world that is falling into increasing darkness, division, and lawlessness.
We must guard against making sweeping judgments based on partial information.
We must rise to a heavenly perspective to see Him as He is—as both kind and severe.
The ultimate purpose for which we have been created and called is to be conformed to the image of Christ.
True discipleship, as defined by Jesus, is next-level Christianity compared to what most believers see or experience.
Seeking His kingdom first keeps us on the path toward walking in everything He accomplished.
We should acknowledge our unbelief and ask for His help to believe.
We must resolve to better listen to each other, especially with those whom we disagree.
Many lives can be saved if we will just recognize when a situation has crossed a line and act quickly and decisively.
There’s nothing like the peace and joy we can have when we know we’re in the Lord’s will.
God wants us to know Him as Father first before King or any other title for which He is worthy.
Wait on the Lord, inquire of Him for all things, and listen for His instructions and guidance.
If we keep Him first we can be trusted with other great blessings for which He paid a dear price for us to have and enjoy.
Be thankful for all His blessings but also know there is more and keep seeking that.
Nothing in this world should be as exciting and interesting as the gathering of God’s people.
No one person can have the mind of Christ, but each of us has been given a part.
We can be absolutely assured that the Lord will have a bride that is perfect, and “without spot or wrinkle.”
When we are conformed to the image of Christ and abide in Him, our works will be His works.
The Lord will bless many things He will not inhabit.
We cannot rightly be connected to the Head if we are not also connected to His body.
Our main goal in seeking to build His house should be to get our blueprints from Him.
When the teachings of any church are weighted towards principles rather than the Lord Himself, they are trending in a dangerous direction.
Christianity is not about outward observances and rituals; it’s about an inward relationship with Him first and then His people.
As tolerant and patient as the Lord is, spiritual immaturity is one of the greatest challenges of churches in our time.
After our love for God, our love for one another is the second most important thing for which we were created.
Being self-focused is not how we mature in Christ. We seek Him to be changed by His glory.
The Lord said to me in that dream, “You are not to lead people to a place but to a state of mind. The kingdom of God is within you.”
When my worst fear came upon me and I resolved to face it with faith and thanksgiving, fear departed, and the joy of the Lord took its place.
The right choice for a Christian is to follow the Lord—not an opinion or a philosophy but the Person who is the Way.
If most churches today are filled with weak, lukewarm believers, it may be because they are following programs rather than Christ.
We signed up to follow the Lord, and He has a history of showing up in the humblest of places.
Freedom is difficult because of the bondage every human being has toward sin and toward the ultimate slavedriver, Satan.
As the call to follow Jesus is watered down to make it easier, Christians become weaker.
Throughout this age, many have watered down the gospel to make it easier for people to make a choice.
The faith required to follow Christ is spelled c-o-u-r-a-g-e, and the decision to follow Him requires this.
No establishment or institution built by men can measure up to what He will build for Himself.
If we have been conformed to the image of Christ and abide in Him, our works will be His works.
If we do not seize this opportunity for profound change in the right direction, it could turn in a bad direction.
No matter how intense it becomes or looks like our republic has failed, we will never lose hope!
Religious institutions in America have been bleeding members faster than political parties.
America also needs a left and right-wing to be who it was created to be.
A decisive majority of Americans have turned back to traditional, biblical morals and values.
We are now entering the ultimate clash between the wheat and the tares sown in mankind—the ultimate battle between liberty and slavery.
This Kingdom highway requires both building and fighting skills since we are building in what is now enemy territory.
Even the seemingly most stable governments of the world are being shaken to their foundations in this time.
The unity of His people is dearest to God’s heart, but not a unity that compromises with darkness.
One thing I seek above all else is to grow in love for Him each day.
Everyone must be moored to the practical details, including the highest leaders responsible for the most expansive visions.
If we will stay in a place of continual prayer and fellowship with the Lord, He can speak to us throughout the day.
If we become what we are called to be, we will do what we are called to do.
To love and to walk in holiness is to walk in the greatest freedom and fullness we can know on this earth.
God is love, and I have learned that it is not possible to learn anything about Him without loving Him more.
We need a fresh encounter with Jesus each day and a fresh revelation of His glory to change us into His image, so we can be like Him and do His works.
To pursue peace with others does not mean to pursue agreement.
When the Christian Pharisees of our time grant us their approval, we should be more concerned than glad.
One of the greatest deceptions is to think our lives are pleasing to God when we are, in fact, spiritually lukewarm.
At the end of this age, we have been called to fight the biggest battle between light and darkness the world has ever known.
We should be far more concerned about making God’s history books than about making man’s history books.
We can rest assured what is crumbling is not the Lord’s church but the world’s church.
Since becoming a Christian in 1971, I have heard that America had a covenant with God and a special destiny to fulfill God’s purposes.
The kingdom of God is already growing in our midst, which is crucial for us to see.
Just as our body is a unity of diversity and not conformity, so is His body.
God is manifested through His people by the fruit and gifts of the Spirit, so we should be growing in them.
The best we can do is find a body of believers who have this vision and grow with them.
The messengers of His kingdom will agree with and demonstrate both His kindness and severity.
To rightly fit on any team, we must know which positions we all play.
Sometimes saving a few minutes can cost us everything.
I was shown the miracles I missed, the divine connections I missed, and how much more fruitful I could have been had I not been impatient.
Perhaps the greatest characteristic of a true follower of Jesus is their resolve to obey Him and their ability to wait on Him.
Common grace has merit and comes from God even when the recipient does not acknowledge Him.
In Christ, doing is the natural outcome of becoming.
For the body of Christ to become what it is called to be, we must be as devoted to training as we are to teaching.
For the body of Christ to prepare for the harvest that Jesus said would come at the end of this age, we must become the functioning body we are called to be.
The times we are now entering will force some interchange and unity, but most important will be the restoration of true apostolic ministry.
The church is superficial in every way because so few church members become real disciples.
For God to use us is one of the most fulfilling and exciting things we can experience.
Self-evaluation is a discipline that virtually all high-impact people practice, and Christians are commanded to do this.
A disciple must also be ready to leave anything behind when called upon, including their physical life.
Can we really believe someone “gave their life to Jesus” when there is no change in their life or lifestyle thereafter?
In Scripture, there is a great difference between a believer or follower and a disciple.
To be healed by Him is one of the greatest experiences, not only to be relieved of the affliction but also to know God cares enough to touch us.
Jesus came to earth to redeem us and also to teach us about His coming kingdom and authority over the earth, which His bride will share with Him.
Those who are walking with God can have the greatest peace and safety even amid the greatest tribulations.
For now, the Lord obviously wants some things to remain a mystery, and this requires faith in Him.
Our foundation for good stewardship should be our devotion to the King.
Losing our joy is a sure sign we have drifted from Him since in His presence is fullness of joy.
God will intervene in the chaos and conflict and return to set up His kingdom on earth and reverse all the consequences of man’s fall.
The unity of the body of Christ will be one of the greatest signs and miracles at the end of this age.
Some of the most esteemed things men have built for Him are the most void of His Spirit because they honor man’s works and services above God’s.
Love will boldly confront sin with a redemptive heart and not a condemning one.
We must be in a church that is devoted to preaching sound doctrine and addressing the crucial issues of our times with insight and wisdom so we can respond to them.
Just as Israel had to gather this bread the first of every day and eat it for sustenance, we must seek Jesus first every day.