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Volume 33   Number 47 Nov 22, 2009

        This message is Part 2 of the “Word of Faith” message given on October 25, 2009. As I was growing up, I remember a statement made many times in my childhood church:
        “Only one life will soon be passed.
        Only what’s done for Christ will last.”
        That has always gone with me, because there is something about that statement which keeps bringing me back to eternal values. When we think of “only what’s done for Christ will last,” we are thinking of those things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.
        Matthew 6:9-10: (Jesus said) “In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Jesus instructed us to pray: (1) Your kingdom come, (2) Your will be done (His purpose and plan), and (3) as it is being done in heaven.
        Are you speaking the language of the Kingdom? Are you speaking for the Kingdom of God to come forth? Are you speaking for the will of God to be done in your life? Remember what Mary said in Luke 1:38: “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word” (or will or purpose). In Genesis, God said, “Let there be....” and it was.
        KINGDOM BUSINESS: God built Adam a woman, a bride. Noah built an Ark. Moses built a Tabernacle, and King Solomon built a Temple that would be filled with God’s glory.
        Psalm 87:1-3: His foundation is in the holy mountains. The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God!
        LANGUAGE OF ZION: Psalm 102:16: For the Lord shall build up Zion; He shall appear in His glory. Acts 15:15-16: “And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written: ‘After this I will return and will rebuild the tabernacle of David which has fallen down. I will rebuilt its ruins, and I will set it up...’” In Matthew 16:18, Jesus declared: “...I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.”
        Kingdom Language says: I AM NO MORE A STRANGER. We need to take ownership of the scripture. Ephesians 2:19-22: Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
        Kingdom Language says: I AM A LIVING STONE. 1 Peter 2:5: ...you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
        Kingdom Language says: IT IS GOD WHO IS WORKING IN ME. Philippians 2:13: ...for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
        Kingdom Language says: Matthew 6:10: “Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Luke 12:32: (Jesus said) “Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” God has called us to be people of the Kingdom, speaking the language of the Kingdom.
        Revelation 12:10-11: Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. And they overcame him (Satan) by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.”
        It is interesting to note that the voice from the heavenlies was not the voice of God but those who said, “The kingdom of our God.” Who is that? It is our brethren. The declaration is now is come salvation, and now is come strength, and now is come the kingdom of our God and the power of His Christ, His anointed ones—those who have the Anointed One living in them.
        Because of the anointed ones, it said that the accuser of our brethren is cast down. The one who accused them day and night has been cast down. Then it declares that they or we overcame the accuser, Satan himself, by the blood of Jesus and by the word of our testimony. That means testifying of what the Word says the blood has done for us to the point that Satan has no more claim on us, even to try to bring fear and torment about death itself.
        And they did not love their lives to the death. In other words, death had no power over them. They were living in Christ, and their lives were in Christ, and their hope was in Christ. They were already living in resurrection life.
        I am reminded of a song we heard in the past: WE DECLARE THAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS HERE.

        We declare that the Kingdom of God is here.
        We declare that the Kingdom of God is here.
        Among you; among you.
        The blind see, the deaf hear, the lame men are walking.
        Sickness flees as His voice.
        The dead live again and the poor hear the good news.
        Jesus is King, so rejoice.

        I want to encourage you when you get home to stand and make your declaration in this song over your house, over your job, over your family, and all your things. This is Kingdom Language.

THANKFULNESS—THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS
        Thankfulness diligently cultivated is one of the secrets of true happiness. It is not the happy people who are thankful. It is the thankful people who are happy. Happiness does not depend on what we have, otherwise those who have the most would be the happiest. Often we find that those who have the most are not happy and have little joy of living. Happiness does not depend on what we have but rather upon our point of view. It is only through Christ Jesus that we can see His loving hand in everything and truly have a thankful, grateful heart. IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD!