Do you know what is wrong with us as a Church today? We are taking ourselves for granted. We are assuming that which may not be true at all; that which is founded upon wishful hoping and not upon sound Biblical experience in many cases. We have not been disturbed enough. We have not allowed God to plough furrows on our backs. We have not dared to go before God and have the examination made. We are afraid of what God will find , and we would rather wait. Therefore we have waited and settled down. There has always been a small remnant and they have been in the midst of all the rest. A million might wish with their lips and worship with their lips, but only a small fragment truly worship in their hearts in a way that honors and pleases God. We do not need to imagine it as an indication of vast spiritual or high degree of holiness when we see a church door open and multitudes spew out on the sidewalk. Follow them home. Follow them a half a block and see how they live. That is the way to tell. “Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them'( Matt 7:20)
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The Remnant! Who are they? Are you part of the Remnant?
Posted by appolus on September 22, 2010
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Out with the rabbits and in with the Remnant! Revival in a Barn?
Posted by appolus on September 6, 2010
Last Sunday a journalist from a local paper came along to do a story about these people in the barn. Turns out she was an atheist. She ended up spending several hours. She seemed to enjoy it and told them that those three hours seemed like one. The story that she ended up writing, which was on the front page, ended up being a favorable one. It was entitled ” Humble beginnings.” Read the rest of this entry »
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God, the Gospel, and Glenn Beck
Posted by appolus on August 31, 2010
Too often, and for too long, American “Christianity” has been a political agenda in search of a gospel useful enough to accommodate it. There is a liberation theology of the Left, and there is also a liberation theology of the Right, and both are at heart mammon worship.The liberation theology of the Left often wants a Barabbas, to fight off the oppressors as though our ultimate problem were the reign of Rome and not the reign of death. The liberation theology of the Right wants a golden calf, to represent religion and to remind us of all the economic security we had in Egypt. Both want a Caesar or a Pharaoh, not a Messiah.
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Is there a desperate cry in the land?
Posted by appolus on August 1, 2010
There is coming a time, and we may be there already, when God is calling His people, His remnant people, who have experienced the presence of God, to rise up and testify to it. To testify of what they know of Him. Of how they come into the presence of a Holy and majestic God, of how it ruins them and changes them, of how they tremble before the throne of the almighty God. This is what the people are starved of, this is what they are dying of thirst from. There is a famine of the Word of God in the land, not the Word preached, but the Word preached with the power and the presence of God. The crisis of the age is a lack of God’s empowering presence in our assemblies.
Posted in Charisma Magazine, Christian, church of scotland, end times, new wineskins, revival, the deeper life, the state of the church, theology, worship | 5 Comments »
True Freedom
Posted by appolus on July 2, 2010
You see, true freedom has nothing to do with anything political. Many Christians are confused with the notions of freedom and have their political freedoms all mixed up with the freedom that was gained for them on Calvary. Jesus is our victory, in Jesus our Lord we find true Freedom. The Scriptures say that He who the Son sets free is free indeed. This majestic freedom rises high above all earthly gained freedom. If men could attain freedom by their own efforts then Christ died in vain. Read the rest of this entry »
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An Anthem to Freedom
Posted by appolus on June 24, 2010
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Singing to the storm!
Posted by appolus on June 11, 2010
Praise Him today brothers and sisters, no matter what your circumstance, praise Him today. And the light will break through into the darkness of your situation as you lift Him up above your circumstances. He is high and lifted up and the train of His robe fills the temple. He is glorious in holiness. He inhabits the praises of His people. He prepares a table before us in the presence of our enemies , and His banner over us is love. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Knowledge of the Glory of God
Posted by appolus on May 25, 2010
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A Call to the Remnant!
Posted by appolus on May 14, 2010
Posted in Christian, Chuck Pierce, church of scotland, end times, faith, Jesus, new wineskins, revival, the deeper life, the state of the church, Uncategorized, worship | 10 Comments »
Revival comes in Unity
Posted by appolus on April 29, 2010
Can I suggest brothers and sisters that the Lord is weeping today over His church, His bride? Can it be possible that all day long the Lord cries out to us and we are ignoring Him? Can it be possible that He walks amongst us and we are so dead in our religion that we fail to see Him. Is He not knocking on the doors of our heart? What a tragedy that the Lord Himself is knocking on the doors of His Church and the knocking goes unanswered because we are too busy with the cares of this world to have the time to seek Him and to answer the knocking. We are so pre-occupied with the business of the world, we are so distracted that we cannot see that even now as you read this, the enemies of God’s people are encompassing us, on every side. Shall we too miss “ the time of our visitation?”
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Walking in the Spirit!
Posted by appolus on March 6, 2010
When two paths open up before me, and I choose the narrow one, when I do all these things and men know me because of them, when disaster strikes my life and my response is to praise my Father in Heaven and lift up the name of Jesus, then I am walking in the Spirit.As I do all these things and a peace that is beyond understanding fills me completely, then I know that I am walking in the Spirit of the Living God and my heart literaly burns within my chest. And as it burns, it gives off a light that men can see and they are drawn to Christ in me. When this happens, I know that I am walking in the Spirit! Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Charisma Magazine, Charismatic, Christian, Christianity, church of scotland, inspirational, Jesus, manifest presence, new wineskins, pentecostal, revival, the deeper life, the state of the church, theology, worship | 4 Comments »
Todays Rome?
Posted by appolus on February 18, 2010
Posted in Charisma Magazine, Christianity, church of scotland, IHOP, Mike Bickle, new wineskins, pentecostal, religion, the deeper life, the state of the church, theology, worship | 4 Comments »
Prayer Conference Call
Posted by appolus on January 18, 2010
Hi Guys. I know from experience and from the feedback that I have had from the many posts that there are a lot of lonely Christians out there for various reasons, many of which we have discussed on those posts. I just wanted to let you know that every Tuesday evening we have a prayer conference call. Saints from all over America and Canada come together and pray. The format is pretty simple. Someone leads out in a short little sermonette or teaching, for maybe ten minutes, then we pray. Now, you don’t have to pray, you can just listen, no one will even know that your on. You can press *1 and you are muted. Or you can pray or read out a Scripture. Here are the details of the call……7 PM Pacific Time. (8 PM Mountain, 9 PM Central, or 10 PM
Eastern) you can simply call this number: 1-218-339-2222 . And when
promoted enter this code: Pray or(7729 #) This will get you into the live prayer meeting where you can pray for revival. Call in 5 minutes
before the specified time.For those who would like to, you can call in early and praise God in prayer or in Scripture or both.Maybe you have never called in before, you do not have to pray or speak, you can just listen and be blessed……..Frank
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The Remnants Reformation
Posted by appolus on December 18, 2009
Posted in C. Peter Wagner, Christian, christian living, Christianity, church of england, church of scotland, end times, faith, IHOP, Jesus, Mike Bickle, new wineskins, pentecostal, prophecy, revival, signs and wonders, the deeper life, the state of the church, theology, worship | 10 Comments »
Are You a Lonely Christian?
Posted by appolus on May 7, 2009
The man who has passed on into the divine Presence in actual inner experience will not find many who understand him. A certain amount of social fellowship will of course be his as he mingles with religious persons in regular activities of the church, but true spiritual fellowship will be hard to find. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Cauldron of our Afflictions
Posted by appolus on February 10, 2009
This peace which surpasses all understanding comes within the circumstances themselves, and not when we are alleviated from them. It can only come in the midst of the fire. The question is, do we really want to be more like Christ? Do we really want this peace? Or, do we simply wish an escape from our circumstances, most of which are of our own making. God is a God of perfect justice and the scope of that perfect justice is a frightful thing indeed, but only to those who seek to justify themselves.
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A Call To The Remnant 