{"id":767,"date":"2009-12-02T00:57:02","date_gmt":"2009-12-02T04:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/endoftheworld.net\/Jesus\/?p=767"},"modified":"2009-12-07T21:49:51","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T01:49:51","slug":"this-is-the-word-for-all-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/endoftheworld.net\/Jesus\/2009\/12\/02\/this-is-the-word-for-all-christians\/","title":{"rendered":"This is The Word For All Christians :)"},"content":{"rendered":"

GOD USES PEOPLE<\/a>
\nFrom Dave Wilkerson<\/span>
\nwww.davidwilkersontoday.blogspot.com<\/a><\/h3>\n

God uses people to refresh other people. He so loves this kind of ministry that he moved the prophet Malachi to speak of it as a most-needed work in the last days. Malachi described how, in his day, God\u2019s people built each other up through one-on-one edification: \u201cThey that feared the Lord spoke often one to another\u201d (Malachi 3:16).<\/p>\n

When did this happen, exactly? Malachi\u2019s words came during a time of rampant ungodliness, when the \u201cdevourer\u201d had destroyed much fruit in the land. God\u2019s people had grown weary and started to doubt that walking with the Lord was worth it. They thought, \u201cWe\u2019re told it pays to serve the Lord, obey his Word and carry his burdens. But as we look around at the proud and the compromisers, they\u2019re the ones who seem happy. They\u2019re pursuing prosperity, living carelessly, enjoying life to the fullest.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Holy Spirit began to move in Israel, and soon the fear of the Lord came upon a God-hungry people. Suddenly everyone in Israel, young and old, became one-on-one missionaries. By the Spirit\u2019s prompting, people opened up to one another, edifying each other and building up and comforting those around them.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m convinced Malachi\u2019s word about this ministry is a mirror image of the present day. He has given us a picture of an outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the last days, as God\u2019s people stop gossiping and complaining and instead minister refreshing. It\u2019s happening by phone, by letter, by e-mail, and face to face. And God is so pleased with this ministry, we\u2019re told he writes everything down. Every kind word spoken, every call made, every letter written, every effort to comfort the downcast is recorded in a \u201cbook of remembrance.\u201d And the Bible says each of us whose deeds are written down will be precious to him: \u201cThey shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels\u201d (Malachi 3:17).<\/p>\n

Be a Titus to someone who\u2019s downcast in spirit. Pray to have the spirit of Onesiphorus, who sought out the hurting to bring them to healing. Think of it: You\u2019ve been given all the power of heaven to refresh a hurting believer, someone who needs the consolation that God has given uniquely to you. Yes, there are people who need you and the Lord intends your past consolations to bring refreshing to them. Call that someone today and say, \u201cBrother, sister, I want to pray for and encourage you. I\u2019ve got a good word for you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GOD USES PEOPLE From Dave Wilkerson www.davidwilkersontoday.blogspot.com God uses people to refresh other people. He so loves this kind of ministry that he moved the prophet Malachi to speak of it as a most-needed work in the last days. Malachi described how, in his day, God\u2019s people built each other up through one-on-one edification: \u201cThey […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,16],"tags":[92,91,94,93,90,89],"class_list":["post-767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jesus-is-lord","category-spiritual-growthmaturity-obedience","tag-agape","tag-christian-friendship","tag-edification","tag-edify","tag-koinonia","tag-koinonia-fellowship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/endoftheworld.net\/Jesus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/endoftheworld.net\/Jesus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/endoftheworld.net\/Jesus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/endoftheworld.net\/Jesus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/endoftheworld.net\/Jesus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/endoftheworld.net\/Jesus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":845,"href":"http:\/\/endoftheworld.net\/Jesus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767\/revisions\/845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/endoftheworld.net\/Jesus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/endoftheworld.net\/Jesus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/endoftheworld.net\/Jesus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}