Everyday around the world people work on jobs, some even on several jobs to acquire their desires or just to survive. Unfortunately, most do so to the detriment of their own souls. In this week’s Prayer Force we will look at a subject called, The Price Of A Soul. How much do you think you’re worth? A million, ten or a billion dollars? They say an insurance policy on your life should be at least ten times what you make yearly. Then again, is that your true worth? We hear reports of people whose lives were taken for a bottle of wine, cigarettes, or a few dollars. Imagine that!

     Athletes are compensated millions of dollars for a few years of their lives just to win a championship. Actors receive millions for sharing in one movie and the list goes on. Are they worth all that money? It’s amazing to see what people will do to gain popularity, wealth or power at the expense of risking their lives. Some of you reading this have not placed the true value of your life in your mind to settle the issue. In Matthew 16:26 Jesus asked this question: “For what is a man (person) profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lost his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”

“Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.”
Matthew 16:24

     Now is the time for mankind to hear the call of the Lord and respond before it’s too late. How many times have you shared the salvation message with your family and friends and they have turned a deaf ear. Now consider what I say dear one, Go to others, go to people other than your family and friends, you’ll be surprised to see that they will receive your message. I want to encourage you to become the missionary God has called you to be. Get out into the field of souls and win them into the family of God.

     Explain the Four Steps of Freedom Jesus gave and they are both available and accessible to everyone. Listen to what Jesus said unto his disciples, Step One: “If any man will come after me.” Consider what our Lord is saying here, salvation is available to any man, it is not just for exclusive groups of people, but it is for any or every one who follow after Jesus. However it is emphatically stated “IF”, so it is an option for one to decide upon. Step Two: “Let him deny himself.” We live in a time where society places a heavy emphasis on self. There’s no escaping this my friend, we live in a selfish, humanistic age of self centered, self pleasing ideals, but to follow Jesus, one must deny self!

     There are many questions being asked today in homes, schools, jobs, and also in churches. One that demands an answer is what we want to discuss in our Prayer Force, Why Do We Exist? The vision Abba gave us has a time factor connected to it, so we must complete it before time runs out. It doesn’t matter what might have happened since we began up till now, we must remain steadfast in our venture. So, Why Do We Exist? It’s a legitimate question that we should be able to answer. Hear me when I tell you that we are very unique in what we have been released to do for the Kingdom of God.

     We aren’t like any other church in Hawaii or the world. Because God has not pulled us out of an assembly plant, instead He has written out our mandate, sent the workers to complete it, provided the finances to see it through and anointed us for service. Every church that has come out of ours may have taken some of the members, finances and even a copy of our vision, but they can never be like us! That’s not how God works things out dear ones. We have a church on Maui and Kauai, yet they are not like us here in Kaneohe, why? Because their pastors are given the liberty to flow as God would lead them.

     Why Do We Exist? Well it’s not to be someone’s bank whenever they need financial help, nor are we to watch over everybody who calls on us. We exist to be obedient to Abba’s commands, we cannot afford to take our eyes and ears off of Him, lest we fall. Don’t try to change us into your image or the church you came from, because it won’t work! We are on target with what we have been called to do, so we recommend you get in and work along with us if God actually brought you here. Of course if He hasn’t, you are free to get to where He wants you to be. Why Do We Exist? Because God Has chosen us to do what He has qualified us to do for His Kingdom!

     I have learned in life that whatever you do not value, you will never care for. Such is the lot of our local assembly, do you know there is value in our church? You see The Value Of Our Church is not in what we possess materially, financially or emotionally, our assets are found within each of us. Consider what I am saying today dear ones, do not judge our church by what we don’t have, what we look like, what others say about us, judge us by what Abba has called us to do on a consistent basis. After 15 years of ministry, Abba has released greater revelation through us that is now touching the nations!

    Jesus said that revelation comes from the Father (Matthew 16:17), and you need to understand that not everyone receives revelation from the Father. We all need to take stock or accountability in what God has and is doing with our local assembly. I realize it’s easy to compare us with other churches, but is it right or fair? Can you compare your marriage, family or business with others? Of course not because that would be foolish. Another value that we have are our people. Just look around and take the time to see the gifts God has blessed us with.

    The Value Of Our Church is in the quality of ministry we produce and share on the mission fields. We have been truly blessed to speak into nations and other ministries, life changing messages that are setting people free, and doing this on a consistent basis. We can make a list of things we don’t have and become discouraged but why go there? That’s what caused the children of Israel to miss out on God’s best while they were in the church in the wilderness. Today begin to thank God for The Value Of Our Church!

     We want to cover a subject in this week’s Prayer Force called, It Begins With Faith. We know that according to Hebrews 11:6, Faith Pleases God, so we should all exhibit Faith and be God Pleasers, Amen? We must always remember that Nothing Will Be Impossible With Such Faith as seen in Matthew 21:22 and Mark 9:23. Here we go, God Does Not Change, what He was to Adam, Noah, Abraham and Moses, He will be for you and I! This is very important for us to understand, according to Hebrews 13:8, “Jesus Christ is the Same, Yesterday, Today and Forever.” Do not allow the enemy to have you believe God has either abandoned or forgotten you, He Is There!

     There are three sacraments in the church, Water Baptism, Foot Washing and Communion, and in Communion we are celebrating the remembrance of Christ in two dimensions. First, His shed blood and His broken body. When you are unworthily partaking of what forgiveness by God represents in Communion, but do not repent unto Him, then you are guilty of fraud and you have cursed yourself with a curse. The curse comes when you make what Jesus did at the cross of no effect for you. Sacrament does not save you, your obedience does! It Begins With Faith.

     Faith is there to have us see God’s will for our lives, Faith cannot be limited, Faith needs to be released! See Communion as God’s promise for your welfare and His way of pressing you into trusting His Word. Communion allows each of us to identify our personal sins and weaknesses and once we do, we now take personal responsibility for those specific sins and cease from repenting generic prayers. Generic prayers of repentance actually refuses to acknowledge what Jesus really accomplished as the supreme sacrifice. “Father God, forgive me for all my sins” and He does. But we can’t be forgiven until we know what sin we’ve committed, that needs to be sanctified out of our life. Of course we are telling you that It Begins With Faith.

     Each week when we receive Communion, we do so not of a religious practice but to signify what our Lord achieved over 2000 years ago on Calvary for all of us. Many partake of this sacred ordinance without carefully listening to the scripture verses that are read, as well as failing to live up to the expectations we must adhere to. Listen dear one, Communion is not a seven to ten minute filler time in our service, it is a time of reflecting on our lives, God’s Word and the promise Jesus made with the disciples on that wonderful night in the large upper room (Mark 14:13-15).

     What does Not Discerning the Lord’s Body mean? Every Christian needs to pay attention to this answer and unbelievers must be warned about partaking in what could possibly be their “last meal”. First, the unbeliever, we must teach them that they cannot venture into God’s sacrament without the blood covering upon their lives; it’s not about being invited or welcomed to partake with believers. The Word forbids unbelievers from receiving Communion because they have not committed themselves to Christ. On the other hand believers must also be forewarned that they must believe the entire Word of God, not just special portions of it.

     In this week’s Prayer Force we will discuss a timely subject that requires diligence on our part because it addresses every single one of us. In Revelation 1:6 we are told that Jesus our Messiah has paid the price for each of us to become Kings and Priests, so we want to use as a subject, Calling All Priests. If you are born again, you need to know and understand that God sees you as both a King and a Priest, irregardless to what your gender might be. Please get this in your spirit because if you do not know your position, then you will not know the authority that has been invested in your life.

     Now say it out loud, I am a Priest and a King according to the Word of God because I am born again. And because of who you are, I need to get you to help us for what we have been called of God to do for His Kingdom. As a Priest, you are a minister of the Lord and you must weep between the altar and cry out on behalf of the sins of God’s people. You and I must cry out before the Lord because multitudes do not perceive that they are facing impending calamity; judgment will occur, it’s just a matter of time. We must stand in the gap and pray to the Lord so He can redeem our people and captivity does not have to occur in their lives. Then ultimately, the freedom given by God will win out in their lives.

     In Joel 2:17 we’re told “Let the Priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?” God has placed the call upon each of us who are His children to request a change of plans before lives are lost and people are doomed. Calling All Priests, now is the time for you to rise up to the occasion and use the authority vested in you to turn the hand of judgment and allow grace and mercy to prevail instead!

     The Prophetic Words of Joel ring loud and clear over 3000 years after they were spoken. While Israel as a nation hardened their hearts against God, the Word delivered to them was very simple, Repent! Today we find ourselves living in such perilous (or fierce) times, and the entire World (including the church) is being weighed in the balance. America is tipping the scale and we are being found lacking as we pressure Israel to giving up land to the Palestinian Government; land which has been given to them by God.

     The President, Secretary of State, and leaders of the Armed Forces are wrong. The politicians will soon see that what we are expecting Israel to do will come back to haunt our nation. Every nation who sought to divide the land of Israel, all who called and planned for her demise have been dealt with by God. These once mighty nations are nothing today; mere tourist stops for people to take pictures of a failed civilization. Today, Holy Spirit is speaking and the message is clear! Alert the church, blow the trumpet in and not to Zion. Sanctify a fast, put away self gratifying indulgences and schedule a solemn assembly.

     Do you get the picture? God is giving perhaps the final opportunity for us to stand in the gap as intercessors and repent of all our sins, both personal and national. This is what Daniel did while living in Babylon. It didn’t matter who sinned, but that judgment was enroute and intercession was needed promptly. These Perilous Times we are in will bring judgment like we have not seen before. Remember that God’s Word declares, when judgment does arrive, it must first begin in the house of the Lord. We appeal to everyone who is connected to Grace Redemption and Grace In Action Ministries, Let’s intercede before it’s too late!