It is God’s Desire that We Prosper?

It is the desire of our Heavenly Father to bless and prosper his children who seek him, love him and strive to do that which he wants us to do. It says in 3 John 1:2 (NKJV) “2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.” Prosperity starts in our spirit first. I then expands into our soul and then is manifested in our physical body and life circumstances. We live in very difficult times. But that does not matter. It is not our physical circumstance or surrounding that causes us to prosper. It is our faith in the word of God that produces prosperity in our lives. For example, when we release our faith for salvation in Jesus Christ. It is our spirit that leads the way to prosperity in eternal life and salvation in Jesus Christ. When must then renew our minds in the word of God and let that be our focus and guide. If we will constantly renew our minds in the promises of God, it won’t be long before those promises start to manifest themselves physically in our life.
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The Choice Is Ours

ARM Message (Sunday 8/11): "The Choice Is Ours"
Foundation Text:
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 (NKJV)
15 “See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, 16 in that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess. 17 But if your heart turns away so that you do not hear, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them, 18 I announce to you today that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to go in and possess. 19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; 20 that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”
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We can grow closer to the Lord

ARM Message: "We can grow closer to the Lord"
From the Series: "Great Grace" (Series Text: Acts 4:32,33)
Message Text: 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NKJV) "13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love."
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Is the joy of the Lord your strength?

In the course of daily life we all go through trials and difficulties.  Unfortunately we live in a world that flows in a negative stream.  As we get closer to the Lord's return, this negativity will only increase.  What support do we have?  One of the greatest sources of our strength is the joy of the Lord.  It says in Nehemiah 8:10 (NLT) 10 And Nehemiah continued, “Go and celebrate with a feast of rich foods and sweet drinks, and share gifts of food with people who have nothing prepared. This is a sacred day before our Lord. Don’t be dejected and sad, for the joy of the Lord is your strength!”".  So the joy of the Lord is very much a force that we draw strength out of.  It provides us a fortitude to withstand that which goes on around us.  Remember, nothing can steal our joy, we have to give it away.

Do you walk in an Oil of Joy anointing?

ARM Message: "Do you walk in an Oil of Joy anointing?"
Foundation Text:
Psalm 45:7 (NLT) 7 You love justice and hate evil. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you, pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone else.
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We Should Walk In the Blessings of God Daily - Part 2

ARM Message: "We Should Walk In the Blessings of God Daily - Part 2"
Series Text: Psalm 68:19
Message Text:
Job 36:5-11 (AMP) 5 Behold! God is mighty, and yet despises no one nor regards anything as trivial; He is mighty in power of understanding and heart. 6 He does not prolong the life of the wicked, but gives the needy and afflicted their right. 7 He withdraws not His eyes from the righteous (the upright in right standing with God); but He sets them forever with kings upon the throne, and they are exalted. 8 And if they are bound in fetters [of adversity] and held by cords of affliction, 9 Then He shows to them [the true character of] their deeds and their transgressions, that they have acted arrogantly [with presumption and self-sufficiency]. 10 He also opens their ears to instruction and discipline, and commands that they return from iniquity. 11 IF THEY OBEY AND SERVE HIM, THEY SHALL SPEND THEIR DAYS IN PROSPERITY AND THEIR YEARS IN PLEASANTNESS AND JOY.
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We Should Bring Out the Best of The People We are In Relationship With

ARM Message: “We Should Bring Out the Best of The People We are In Relationship With”
Foundation Text:
1 Corinthians 13:4 (PHILLIPS)
4 This love of which I speak is slow to lose patience – it looks for a way of being constructive.  It is not possessive: it is neither anxious to impress nor does it cherish inflated ideas of its own importance.
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It is possible that we can have more Grace

The grace of our Heavenly Father comes in increasing measure.  In other words, it is possible to add more grace on top of the grace we already have.  Then we can add more grace to that.  It is possible to increase in grace until we are walking in the fullness of grace.  We activate the grace of God in our lives by walking in faith.  But we can also diminish God's grace in our lives by walking in pride or by being prideful.  Pride comes in when we are conceited or we become high-minded.  A prideful person is someone who becomes arrogant or haughty.  It's a person who has too high opinion of themselves.  It says in James 4:6 (NKJV)
6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”.  So if we don't want to put up resistance to more of God's grace in our life, we will strive to be more humble and operate out of the spirit of humility.

Serve God With All Your Heart

ARM Message: "Serve God with All Your Heart"
From the Series: "Great Grace" (FT: Acts 4:32,33)
Message Text:
Acts 7:44-46 (AMP) "44 Our forefathers had the tent (tabernacle) of witness in the wilderness, even as He Who directed Moses to make it had ordered, according to the pattern and model he had seen.
45 Our forefathers in turn brought it [this tent of witness] in [with them into the land] with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations which God drove out before the face of our forefathers. [So it remained here] until the time of David, 46 Who found grace (favor and spiritual blessing) in the sight of God..."
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We are joint heirs with Christ

If we have received Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, then we are joint heirs with Christ.  It says in Romans 8:17 "and if children, then heirs - heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ,..."  As a joint heir with Christ we have to ask ourselves, how do we conduct ourselves?  Do we walk after the spirit or do we walk after the flesh?  If we walk after the flesh and only concern ourselves with that which is natural, that will put us on a path to decline in our life and separation from God.  But we as Children of God we walk after the Spirit. This puts us on a different path.  A path that leads to life and life more abundantly.

We can enter into rest

It doesn't matter what we are going through in our life.  It could be the transfer of a loved one into eternity.  It would be a situation in marriage.  It could be a job or business matter.  It could be a matter of health.  No matter what the situation is in our life, we know that we can respond to it in faith.  When we release our faith over a matter then we can also enter into rest.  It is through our faith that we can enter into this super-natural rest.  A rest that is provided by the Grace of God.  It says in Mark 4:35-40 (NKJV) “35 On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.” 36 Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him. 37 And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling. 38 But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?” “39 Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. 40 But He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?””  So see it is through faith and the love of God that we drive out rest enemy, fear.

How can you tell what lives in a person's heart?

Our Heavenly Father and the Lord Jesus are very wise.  If you want to know true wisdom, you have to spend time with the Holy Spirit.  He is the truth revealer.  He will give us all of the wisdom that we need.  The Lord Jesus provided an answer to our question of "How can you tell what lives in a person's heart?".  It is recorded in Matthew 12:33-34, which says, "33 “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. 34 Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.”"  So if we are trying to evaluate what's in the heart of a person, we can first evaluate what dominates their conversation with you.  What someone has in abundance in their heart is going to come out.  Secondly, we can observe their behavior.  You see the behavior of a person is the true revealer of that person.

We have to Beware of Idle Words

ARM Message: "We have to Beware of Idle Words"
Foundation Text:
Matthew 12:36 (NKJV) "36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment."
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Faithfulness increased the favor of God in Joseph's life

Faithfulness was the key to Joseph success.  Even though he was sold into slavery by his brothers and then falsely accused by his bosses wife and imprisoned.  Joseph always kept his heart clear of bitterness and kept a good attitude.  He always remained faithful.  After he was sold into slavery, this bible text accounts for what happened to him by the person who bought him.  It says in Genesis 39:2-5 (NKJV) "2 The Lord was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 3 And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all he did to prosper in his hand. 4 So Joseph found favor in his sight, and served him. Then he made him overseer of his house, and all that he had he put under his authority. 5 So it was, from the time that he had made him overseer of his house and all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had in the house and in the field."

We Increase God's Favor in our Life Through Faithfulness

ARM Message:"We Increase God's Favor in our Life Through Faithfulness"
From the Series Great Grace (Acts 4:32,33)
Message Text:
Genesis 39:2-5 (NKJV) "2 The Lord was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 3 And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all he did to prosper in his hand. 4 So Joseph found favor in his sight, and served him. Then he made him overseer of his house, and all that he had he put under his authority. 5 So it was, from the time that he had made him overseer of his house and all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had in the house and in the field."
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The Lord has a desire to increase us more and more

It says in

Psalm 115:12-15

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹² The Lord has been mindful of us;
He will bless us;
He will bless the house of Israel;
He will bless the house of Aaron.
¹³ He will bless those who fear the Lord,
Both small and great.

¹⁴ May the Lord give you increase more and more,
You and your children.
¹⁵ May you be blessed by the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.

We should walk in the blessings of God daily

ARM Message: "We Should Walk In the Blessings of God Daily - Part 1"
Foundation Text:
Psalm 68:19 (NKJV)19 Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loads us with benefits,
The God of our salvation! Selah

We should keep our vision for the future in front of us

When we can see what we are striving to achieve, we are moving toward the accomplishment of our vision.
It's a good idea to keep pictures, scriptures and images in front of you that picture what you are moving toward and striving to accomplish.  In other words, images that depict your vision.  It says in Proverbs 29:18 (AMP) “18 Where there is no vision [no redemptive revelation of God], the people perish; but he who keeps the law [of God, which includes that of man]—blessed (happy, fortunate, and enviable) is he.”  So people need a vision in their life to be working towards. You need to keep a big vision in front of you.  You have to change what you see.  You have to see what you desire to be.  With your vision in front of you, your faith in being released.

The honor principle

Our Heavenly Father places a lot of importance on honor.  He wants us to be people of honor.  It says in
1 Samuel 2:30 (NKJV) "30 Therefore the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever.’ But now the Lord says: ‘Far be it from Me; for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed."  So there is an honor principle shared with us by our Heavenly Father via his prophet.  What does it mean to honor our Heavenly Father?  It means that we value him and what his has to say.  It means that we appreciate him and what he has to say?  It means that we respect him and esteem him in our life.  It means that we reverence him.  In other words, we place what he says in greater importance than what our thoughts are on a matter.

Seeking God’s Will in Faith will Get Us Favor

When we know what God has instructed us to do, all we have to do is to start to act on that.  As we start to act on what God has instructed us to do in faith, the grace of God will show up and give us favor to move forward with the direction God has placed in our heart.  We think of the story of Daniel in the Old Testament.  When he was taken captive in a foreign land, he wanted to stay faithful to the teachings of God as it related to his diet.  In order for Daniel to be faithful to God’s guidance, our Heavenly Father provided favor for Daniel with the Chief of the Eunuchs.  It says in Daniel 1:8-10 (NKJV) “8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. 9 Now God had brought Daniel into the favor and goodwill of the chief of the eunuchs. 10 And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking worse than the young men who are your age? Then you would endanger my head before the king.””  This Chief of the Eunuchs ultimately gave Daniel the right to eat the diet that he wanted.  Daniel received this favor in spite of the person who gave it was putting his very own life in danger.  That is the power of God’s favor.