Rick Joyner’s Word For the Week: The Beautiful Walk
To love and to walk in holiness is to walk in the greatest freedom and fullness we can know on this earth.
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.
There is likely more prayer going up to the Father today than any other time in history, yet most of it is about us instead of His purposes.
All fear seeks to control us and replace our faith in God.
Are we pursuing His grace more than any other treasure, relationship, professional success, or even our security?
In our spiritual battle, we must see and understand the darkness we are here to confront.
But let us resolve not to bury any of the talents He gives us but rather to use them all to the max, which requires the boldness of faith.
We do need some self-evaluation, but to mature in Christ is to become less self-centered, less self-focused, and more Christ-centered.
If we remain on the “path of the righteous,” we will have ever-increasing light to see through the darkness and will be even more decisive and bold with our decisions.
While there is such a meltdown of relationships, with God first and then all others, the greatest fellowship, and society there has ever been will emerge and the nations will stream to it.
First, we have Jesus standing at the door of His own church knocking to see if anyone will let Him in!
Where are the watchmen who are awake and sounding the alarm that the enemy is at the gates?
The success of our sojourn will depend on the degree to which we give ourselves to the eternal purposes of God rather than the temporary affairs of this life.
Even within the darkest times of this corruption, the Dark Ages, there were great souls in it who were lights to the world.
No other organization or common entity on earth can compare to what true New Covenant church life is supposed to be and will be before the end of this age.
God’s manifest presence is, in fact, the greatest sign of the end of the age, as we will soon see.
We know from biblical prophecy there will be a church at the end of this age that will be the pure and spotless bride of Christ.
A disciple woke up, went through their day, and went to sleep at night with one thought—how could they learn from their master, become more like him, and do what he did?
We must recognize this control spirit regardless of where it manifests.
The degree of this dependency on government grew with each new crisis because this was the course our nation had chosen.
Learning to trust our own resourcefulness can bring a far greater transformation, stability, and peace than we can ever have by being dependent on others.
We don’t have to be perfect to be in His presence. Instead, we become perfected by being in His presence.
Knowing all the most famous people on earth cannot compare to a single encounter with the Lord.
The Great Commission to go and make disciples of all nations is to make them disciples of Christ, not our disciples.
Since we were created for His pleasure, there is nothing more important we can do than to seek Him and do those things that please Him.
Learning to love our co-laborers in Christ, especially those we may not even like at first, is one way we grow in love.
Thus, those who will not come by the narrow way but only when the way is widened to meet their conditions are “false brethren.”
Above all our main priority must be to grow in our love for God and one another.
Without a question, the Christian life is beyond any human ability to live at least in our own strength.
When we start feeling like the burdens of this world and this life are too great for us, it is because we have somehow departed from the yoke He has called us to.
King Saul suffered his worst defeats because he impetuously charged without first seeking the Lord’s will.
I am appalled to realize how much my impatience has cost me in life, which gives me, even more, resolve to not waste another opportunity.
In the times we are entering, to not patiently abide in Him and in this fruit of the Spirit could mean life or death.
God likes to move when we know it is Him and not anything we could have done ourselves.
We need more of His blessings, but when the blessings begin to eclipse our devotion, even the blessings can become an idol.
We should not recognize someone as a pastor just because they have a degree in pastoral ministry.
The more we come to know Him in the Scriptures, the more we will see Him in others, in creation, and most importantly, as He manifests Himself to us.
Because it takes His whole body to fully manifest Him, no one can fulfill their calling without the rest of His body.
In this way, He is seeking to tear down the walls between His people built by our own spiritual bigotry.
They are not overly consumed with what they are attaining to, and seem to be even unaware of it.
We can thank our ancestors in every generation for not being intimidated to conform to anyone else’s opinions of what we should be.
We can conclude that if we do not keep the openness and humility of a child, we will not be granted the revelation, or be able to enter the kingdom.
Every time America has faced great challenges in the past, she has overcome them.
Would anyone not be considered a fool if they were given an audience before a king and tried to do all of the talking?
After we recognize the enemy, there must be a threat assessment to determine not just who they are, but their capabilities and our own defenses against them.
The quality of every relationship will be determined by the quality of the communication.
We now have no time to waste with those who would consume most of our time and attention but bear little or no fruit.
Americans have been arming like never before in our history. This is not just a coincidence.
The best watchmen are going to be those who love the people they are watching over, which is the basis of a shepherd’s ministry.
The degree to which we still fear death is a barometer that indicates how much we do not believe the gospel or trust God.
It is a basic military principle that you cannot defeat an enemy you do not see, and you cannot protect yourself from a threat you do not understand.
One thing that the body of Christ is called to be is God’s army.
How would our life be different if we went about every day always looking to do good?
The primary goal is to grow in our love for Him, to follow Him, and to see His glory that changes us into His image.
The promises of God are given to us primarily so that we can become partakers of His divine nature.
Darwin and Freud’s theories were embraced by Marx to confirm his premise that the state needed to control humanity.
Many Christians are not in the geographic will of God because they chose where they live without seeking His kingdom first.
A big part of our training comes by resisting the devil, so we should not run from these trials.
One of the fastest ways to get through a trial is to let it work in us the grace and nature of God that it is meant to.
Approach the storms with the right attitude and they will carry us higher.