To my Christian US friends:
As I was praying for you and the wellbeing of your country today and yesterday, I have felt the Lord telling me prophectically, that "the answer is not in a man, but in The Man." Start to expect supernatural miracles and wonders in Jesus' Name. Jesus' Spirit is the One Who will make the difference here! The book of Acts does not have the words "The End". The Holy Spirit is still writing that book through you and me. Expect the extraordinary. We have recently been experiencing healings and power from God in our Canadian church in Newmarket, Ontario. To name some examples of the Holy Spirit's presence and interactive healing power in our church:
1) Pulled muscles have been healed,
2) a popped knee has been made whole,
3) a spine has been straightened.
That's just a few real examples from this year. Why? Because the Holy Spirit moves like He promised to in the Book of Acts! Jesus is the same yesterday, today, forever. So is His Spirit.
Jesus commands every believer:
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover." So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs.]]
In The King James, it says the same thing... a believer is to expect power and healings in Jesus' Name:
Mar 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Mar 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Mar 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
Mar 16:18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Mar 16:19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
Mar 16:20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
It's time for us all to stop looking to man for solutions and look to Jesus and ask Him to follow us with signs and wonders as He does for all Spirit-covered believers. The believers in the book of Acts faced harsh governments and thrived. You are not less important to God than those believers, threrefore God does not play favourites. If He baptized them, then He will baptize you if you ask. He is waiting on us to turn to Him! Through the recent events of this American election, I can see that God is wanting our attention... the real answer lies in living out the Word of God by the Spirit of God. Ask for the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and He will give it to you. The Holy Spirit does not distinguish between "evangelical" and "pentecostal" believers. He simply pours out Power on those believers who ask! Baptists, Catholics, Pentecostals, Charismatics, Methodists... it doesn't matter what your denomination is... all you need to do is ASK and the Holy Spirit will baptize you in Himself with power for Preaching, tongues, and miracles!
See, the day for looking to man is over. This past election shows that no man is perfect. There are some serious problems. God wants our attention fixed on Jesus. We can't reach our full Christian destiny in our own strength and with our own forms of government. Yes, we still respect all forms of government, as it is God who sets up and God who takes it down. For example, God has removed leaders in our province of Onatrio here in Canada. God will put a new leader in place when He chooses. And yes, we should still pray for the leaders of our countries. God can and does work through them.
But no longer is it enough to expect the leaders to fix everthing. We must turn repent, and face the Lord and ask Him to change us, baptize us in His Spirit individually. More than just a natural country like Canada or The US, you and I are a spiritual nation, the Israel of God through Jesus Christ. Read Galatians 3:28 and Galatians 6. The Israel of God is the Nation which has no Prime Minister like Canada and natural Israel do. And, it has no President like the US. Instead YOUR spiritual-national leader is Jesus. He is KING of the Israel of God, made up of both natural Jews and Gentiles. His kingdom, Spiritual Israel, expands through every border and every language and every ocean. There is no boundary Jesus' reign cannot penetrate. And you are a citizen of that Country! All by grace through faith in Christ! So let's start to ask our King for the miracles we hear of and read in the Book of Acts, the book of Believers empowered! Be baptized in the Holy Spirit!
Be blessed. ~Pastor Curtis
