A victorious church

Hello everyone!

Today at church Pastor Joe passed a powerful message. 

Today he talked about the victorious church. As reference he used the scripture at Exodus chapter 35. I have included the chapter at the end of this post. Please read it!

The purpose of the message today was to motivate people to action for the Lord as God needs people, men and women, to carry out His word to the world!

When we talk about priorities of the church, the first one is worship. It opens up our minds and hearts to receive the word and understanding of the Lord. It inspires us to receive the message. By praising we begin to sense the moving of the Holy Spirit in our midst.

When people are moving their mouths and worshiping they are allowing themselves to receive the teachings and blessings of God through the Holy Spirit.

The second priority of the church is to minister the word to the world.

So, the character of a victorious church is when Christ has set up leadership. Men, women, rulers, teachers.

In a victorious church people are hearing not from the pastor or the minister but from God. Just like that moment in chapter 35 of Exodus through Moses.

In a victorious church we, the people, are labors together with Christ. The people built the tabernacle in Moses time, not just Moses or his helpers but the whole congregation.

In a victorious church people have the willing spirit. In other words, they ACT. ACTION is key to make things work everywhere.

Therefore it is vitally important that you are with the Holy Spirit.

Remember that in that time described in chapter 35 of the book of Exodus the people had an attitude of servitude, which is exactly what the people from a victorious church must have.

By doing so you allow yourself to fall in love with the Lord and then get in love to doing the work of the Lord.

At that time people brought offerings, every morning to the tabernacle. People would give more than what was necessary. That's because God's people are givers as God is a giver.

You just can't beat God giving no matter how hard you try.

What do you understand by giving? What are you giving your family, your community, lately? Are you giving love? Kindness? Peace? Are you giving money? Remember to do your part in making this world a better place. Jesus has taught us and teaches us everyday. Just listen to Him. What is Jesus telling you right now?

In a victorious church you find wise hearted men and women. By wise hearted we can understand skills, abilities, gifts, talents. Each one has something that he or she is good at. What are you good at? What are your talents? How are you applying them to spread God's word of love, kindness, the kingdom of Heaven?

The people as described in Exodus put their skills into building the tabernacle, through hard work and teaching as well. Again the word ACTION appears. God is ACTION. Remember that.

Did you know that the Holy Spirit can increase our wisdom and also our natural talents? That's what happens in a victorious church.

In a victorious church people are interested in ALL that God wants, ALL His word, ALL His work.

The church is victorious because of rulers and leadership provided by God; because the people see only one tabernacle, they are consistent. The only tabernacle they see is one that is Holy, Sanctified, Godly, Unreprovable because God wants to present us to the world as Holy as an example to be followed, as a walk not just the talk.

To do so one must get fully committed and fully constructed. Decide that in your heart today.

Below I leave you with the passage of today from www.biblegateway.com:

Exodus 35 New International Version (NIV)

Sabbath Regulations

35 Moses assembled the whole Israelite community and said to them, “These are the things the Lord has commanded you to do: 2 For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a day of sabbath rest to theLord. Whoever does any work on it is to be put to death. 3 Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

Materials for the Tabernacle

4 Moses said to the whole Israelite community, “This is what the Lord has commanded: 5 From what you have, take an offering for the Lord. Everyone who is willing is to bring to the Lord an offering of gold, silver and bronze;6 blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair; 7 ram skins dyed red and another type of durable leather[a]; acacia wood; 8 olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense; 9 and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

10 “All who are skilled among you are to come and make everything the Lordhas commanded: 11 the tabernacle with its tent and its covering, clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases; 12 the ark with its poles and the atonement cover and the curtain that shields it; 13 the table with its poles and all its articles and the bread of the Presence; 14 the lampstand that is for light with its accessories, lamps and oil for the light; 15 the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense; the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle; 16 the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils; the bronze basin with its stand; 17 the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard; 18 the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, and their ropes; 19 the woven garments worn for ministering in the sanctuary—both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when they serve as priests.”

20 Then the whole Israelite community withdrew from Moses’ presence, 21 and everyone who was willing and whose heart moved them came and brought an offering to the Lord for the work on the tent of meeting, for all its service, and for the sacred garments. 22 All who were willing, men and women alike, came and brought gold jewelry of all kinds: brooches, earrings, rings and ornaments. They all presented their gold as a wave offering to the Lord. 23 Everyone who had blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen, or goat hair, ram skins dyed red or the other durable leather brought them. 24 Those presenting an offering of silver or bronze brought it as an offering to the Lord, and everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the work brought it. 25 Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun—blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen. 26 And all the women who were willing and had the skill spun the goat hair. 27 The leaders brought onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece. 28 They also brought spices and olive oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense. 29 All the Israelite men and women who were willing brought to the Lord freewill offerings for all the work the Lord through Moses had commanded them to do.

Bezalel and Oholiab

30 Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the Lord has chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 31 and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills— 32 to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, 33 to cut and set stones, to work in wood and to engage in all kinds of artistic crafts.34 And he has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others. 35 He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of workas engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and weavers—all of them skilled workers and designers.