Live (eBook)

Reawakening Identity and Functioning As God Intended

Isi Igenegba (Autor)

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2018 | 1. Auflage
180 Seiten
Publiseer Publishing (Verlag)
9780000113122 (ISBN)

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Constant discussions and an increasing awareness of the importance of finding your place and discovering your purpose have been ongoing since time immemorial. Many are plagued by the fear of the unknown and awake daily to unresolved questions about life and its mysteries. 

In this book, Isi Igenegba, using practical examples and painfully honest stories, details the personal struggles and lessons learned as a growing child, Christian and minister of the Gospel. While dealing with living purposefully, acknowledging and effectively utilizing seasons, and recognizing and harnessing resources provided to aid you on your journey, LIVE also seeks to overhaul religious 'Christian' truths and helps to reset the foundation on which the faith of many has been constructed. 

Covering 12 important facets, each unfolding and delving into something deeper, it offers a rich diet which is sure to rouse you fully and strip away carefully designed masks with which you are burdened; while reminding you over and over again that only one opinion counts: that of the Master.

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Every time I met with Jesus, all other opinions of who I thought I was ceased to matter. It was and is almost as though in His eyes I could see the TRUTH regarding who I truly am, and in an instant could begin to understand all I am capable of.

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.  John 8:32

Until recently, I had never been able to articulate clearly or explain confidently how differing spiritual occurrences have changed me completely... How do I tell people I go to bed one woman and wake up another? How do I explain the wealth of transformation that occurs in what looks like a split second of an encounter? How do I explain my out-of-body experience while reading the Hebrew and Greek renderings of words in the Bible, after which I returned changed, confident and on fire for the next phase of ministry?

These spiritual encounters have been a mystery, though sometimes overwhelming; and I have resolved to leave the doors of my heart open to much more.

There have been times in my life, when I have felt it was impossible to move on or go forward. At these times I have met with God. When I say impossible to move on, I don’t mean the regular discouragement we all go through now and again. I mean complete dismay, depression, hopelessness and utter emptiness. I have reached this point twice.

But each time I reached rock bottom, I have found the Lord. I would have visions and dreams of Jesus at these points where He would sometimes speak to me, or at other times say nothing while giving me a hug or a smile, a pat on the back or a kiss. His mere presence would melt every worry, doubt or question in my heart.

Here’s what I discovered. Every time I met with Jesus, all other opinions of who I thought I was ceased to matter. It was and is almost as though in His eyes I could see the TRUTH regarding who I truly am, and in an instant could begin to understand all I am capable of. Just that inexplicable knowledge received empowers me beyond ten conferences put together.

Because of this I can confidently say that truth is not a law, neither is it something that keeps one in bondage. Truth is Jesus Himself - the complete embodiment of the desires of God for all creation, past, present and in eternity.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10:10

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me. John 14:6

Truth is a revelation of God’s love for me, liberating me and freeing me of any and every fear. It is the light that enables me to live an abundant life and is all that Jesus represents in words, thoughts or deeds. And even when He’s not speaking, His divine presence takes away the restlessness of the world’s stormy controversies.

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Exploring Our Truth

I looked up the meaning of Truth. It is said to be the actual state of a matter. A verified or indisputable fact, proposition or principle. An accuracy of position or judgment.

If these accurately define and reveal the power of truth, then the question is: what is truth to you? What do you consider as true? Do you truly turn to Christ and His standard for every area of your life, or do you go with the culture and norms of earth’s seasons?

Do you truly believe there is an accurate position on every matter, or do you sometimes settle for half-baked realities-a little here, a little there, never white or black, just in the safe zone of grey?

If we cannot accurately judge what truth is, how then are we able to clearly define ourselves? How then can we clearly state our identity and let the world know who we truly are without conforming to its patterns? How can we clearly know or explain what our purpose is?

Having the right understanding of truth is the only way to be guided and empowered by the reality of who God says you are and by the truth of His word.

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The Truth Flow Chart

There is what I call the Truth Flow Chart. This is basically different levels of truth, or how truth flows from the heart of God down to us. It is how we each implement truth in our daily lives. Many times we get stuck on one level or the other, wondering why we have no breakthrough or feel no grace from God regarding a matter. We forget there’s a required revelation of truth needed for each level.

Let me give an example. In the past I used to be known for making a run when I felt I had heard the voice of God, without stopping to process or think it through. As soon as I believed the Lord had spoken and given me a word, I would just go boom!

In the initial stages of my new birth experience that was kind of cute, until the Lord began to teach me there was a need for patience and the application of every fruit of the Spirit in receiving His word.

But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. James 1:4 NKJV

When I started learning to patiently process and understand the words, signs and visions God gave me concerning a matter, a person, or a thing, I started to align with His heart concerning the things and situations revealed to me. And every time I took my time to understand what He truly meant with regards to anything, He told me I was honouring Him. Knowing who He is and learning to wait on Him is what enables me to discern and understand clearly everything He says to me. My actions as I yielded to Him were signs of spiritual maturity.

Now, when I receive a word from God, irrespective of how exciting it is, I pray about it, waiting to grasp how He would have me go about the matter. I am also not afraid to shut anything down once I sense I have strayed from the path the Lord would have me take with regards to its execution; be it relationships or projects.

Sometimes, right now, I can be very slow when it comes to making a decision and my wait may actually get out of hand. I’m always trying to understand why, how, where, who. However, in learning to find a balance when it comes to discerning and patiently waiting, I have finally settled, within me, that at the end of-the day, the Holy Spirit is where I find my balance.

There’s no method, application or style to knowing when to move forward. I am simply learning to consistently ask, and honouring Him in every decision. Just like it says in. Proverbs 3:6, “In all your ways acknowledge Him and He’ll direct your path.”

In understanding truth though, I have come to realize that when God reveals a truth to us it is like a white light. How we perceive it is similar to how that light is reflected though a prism: multiple colours. While each revelation inherently carries the same nature or DNA of God’s truth as it were, it is expressed in differing and multiple ways to multiple people in multiple places and at multiple times.

After you believe you have received a word from God, the question you should ask yourself is:

-  What does this truth mean?

-  How do I interpret it?

-  What is it saying to me?

It is important to get a clear picture of what the Lord is saying.

Recently, I heard Kris Vallotton talk on the word of God being true. He said if an object was red, the moment God calls it blue it becomes blue because the word of God creates. In other words, God’s word has the creative ability to makes things as He intended, irrespective of the state and shape it probably seems to be in.

The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” 

And his disciples heard him say it. In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. Peter remembered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!” Mark 11:12-14, 20-21 NIV

From the story above we see the fig tree, though healthy, drying up at the word of Jesus! Amazingly that’s the same level of authority we have been given as children of God. Like our Father in whose image we are made, we speak things into existence and see them happen.

I can guarantee this truth: Whatever you imprison, God will imprison. And whatever you set free, God will set free. 

Matthew 18:18 GWT

When God reveals a truth to you, it is then expedient for you to not just speak the word, but agree and partner with it.

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The Heart Of God

In 1 Corinthians 2:9-10, Paul speaks about how God has so many wonderful intentions in His heart for man not yet revealed to anyone:

But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man the things. which God has prepared for those who love Him. But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all. things, yes, the deep things of God. 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 NKJV

God’s desire is to be consistently revealed to His children, and eventually loved and understood by His sons and daughters. Yet sometimes we imagine Him as a slave driver intent on His desires alone, and as a result we walk around sadly having a mindset of failure. As long as you live this way, seeing the end result of...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.10.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
• ISBN-13: 9780000113122 / 9780000113122