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" Reaching The Harvest One Person At A Time "
International Ministries of Last Call, Inc
8311 N E Zac Lentz Parkway Unit
Victoria, TX 77904
ph: 601 324 1240
Some time ago when my sweet mom was enduring the battle of Parkinstons disease and dementia which was taking over her mind she wrote me a letter.... she told me that The Lord had given her these words, when she gave me this letter she asked me to share it.
As I begin to read the words of this letter, even though they were very simple and very few, I began to feel tears welling up in my eyes.
It said " tell my children that I love them...Tell them that I desire to be close to them and to bless them " .... Tell them that I have seen every tear and felt every heartache, and I know all of the obstacles they have faced, and tell them I have never forsaken them, and all I desire is for them to reach out to me and love me, for I have loved them with an everlasting love and I desire to lift off of them their burdens and fill them with my everlasting peace and joy...The urgency of the hour has come upon you, tell them to run to me before it is too late.
My Friend, Jesus has come to demonstrate His love for us, in that while we were yet sinners, undeserving of His precious gift, He gave His life to save us, to heal us and to set us free.
5 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
Selah!
Here is what I believe Paul is saying here; there is a huge difference in true rightousness and religion.... True righteousness is understanding a faith that works by love....For God is love, and Jesus came and demonstrated that love in all that He did as the example of the true love of God.
And all He is wanting to teach us now is that true faith is activated by our love for Him...when we truly experience His grace and mercy and love in our lives, it is our gratefullness and love back to Him that causes us to want to be more like Him and to desire to please Him...we no longer become bound by the letter of the law, but our hearts cry out to be Holy for we seek to be like our Father who is Holy.
13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Selah!
When we look around us at our world today we are seeing a generation who has lost our love and devotion to Christ.
How is it that so much evil is running rampant in the world around us? Not because God has left us and turned His back on this world, No!!! it is because the love of many have waxed cold and our hearts have become hearts of stone, that seeks only our own happiness and self gratification.
Now I am not here to point fingers at anyone, No !!! It is the spirit of religion that causes us to ridicule our brother but true righteousness seeks to reach out in love and restore the wondering heart back to God.
6 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
5 For every man shall bear his own burden.
6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Selah!
Paul says in this chapter that if we have the opportunity, let us do good to all men....
My friend " all men " cannot be disected any other way except every single man, woman, and child, regardless of their race, regardless if they are sinner or saint, if we are truly walking in the true love of Christ, we are acting as His hands and feet to others.
Religion is the priest that walked on the other side of the road instead of helping the man who lay beaten and left to die but the bible says the good samaratan took him up and bandaged his wounds and payed for him a place to stay and food for him to eat until he was restored back to health.
That is what Jesus does for us everyday and many times we don't even realize it. Over and Over again He reaches out to us and blesses us even when our hearts are far away from Him.
13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
Selah!
For it is Christ's love for us that took Him to the cross, that He being without sin, took upon Him all of our sin and sickness and bore it in His own body on the cross... That we could experience true mercy and grace and His undying love for us.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Selah!
My dear friends, it is totally impossible for me to put into words of how much Jesus truly loves you and how much He has already done for you, the treasures He has bestowed upon you and paid for by His own blood on the cross and yet we still do not understand nor do we perceive that He is desiring to pour His love upon you!!!
He is desiring to release you from the sin and bondages that are reaping havack in your life.
He is truly sending the message of His love and forgiveness, and it is when we have reliquished all to Him and desire Him and love Him more than anything else in this world, we can truly taste of His glory in us and that glory in us will radiate His love to the world.
Oh how I desire for Christ to live and love through me, oh how I pray that His precious anointing flow from these words on this page and remove our hearts of stone and replace it with a heart of flesh, and a heart that is hungry and thirsty after God.
For it is not enough for Him who forgives us 70 times 7, who is constantly pricking at our heart, literally running after us and pursuing us to turn to Him, and yet we are too busy to regard Him... too self absorbed.... seeking the pleasures of this world more than seeking after Him. This is where we are!!
I believe God is going to raise up a Josiah generation.... a generation of people who will hunger and thirst after Him, and will seek after Him with their whole heart.
They have seen enough religion in dead and dry church's, they have seen enough of people going to church and living behind the mask of religious mediocrity, they are looking for something real and their hunger will move the heart of God one more time.
True revival will break out in our nations and I believe it is going to start with the fresh anointing that will come from our hunger and thirst for Him, and that day is coming soon.
My friend the urgency of the hour is upon us, Jesus said, tell them to Run to me!!! Run to Me!!!
His love is recklessly running after you!!!
International Ministries of Last Call, Inc
8311 N E Zac Lentz Parkway Unit
Victoria, TX 77904
ph: 601 324 1240