Healing School Announcement

January 18, 2010 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

<a href=”http://coffeentheword.com/dpm-kingdom-healing-school-message.mp4“>dpm-kingdom-healing-school-messageRevivaLIVE with Alwyn Matt (Downpour Ministries)

This is one of the recent podcasts we have put up on itunes, which I felt should be forwarded to each one of you due to the potential opportunity that lies ahead in it. In this mp3 I take 5 minutes to explain the new addition we have added into Downpour Ministries called The Kingdom School. Of this school, I have the privilege to give you a personal invitation on details concerning a Healing School we will be running later this year at the Sun Shine Coast.

More exciting details is available on this mp3. All you would need to do is download and have a listen.

We are currently in the process of fully launching our podcast media section on iTunes which will be called revivaLIVE.

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Day 3 - The Power of Partnership

September 2, 2009 in Uncategorized | 4 comments

Day 3 so far of soaking70!

How is it going for you? We have been receiving a lot of comments and testimonies, very encouraging to even read the visions of some of the people during this 70 day period. As a team we have had an intersting time, with a car break down to Brissy and other such amazing events. Day 2 was an overall amazing day, at the end of it all, we could easily sense the favour and sovereignity of God.

Meanwhile, this weekend we also have the Encounter09 conference at Crowsnest New Hope Church in Queensland. If you are in the vicinity you need to try and make it. The last event we had in Crowsnest in the month of February has been an impacting event - and we still hear the testimonies of it.

One of the recommended patterns for this soaking season was having an accountability partner. How is that going with you? I have been experiencing and seeing great results of this style of growth on a personal basis. It is amazing to share your struggles with a brother and then pray concerning it and eventually get the victory in that area of struggle leading to celebration.

I was reading Nehemiah 4 today, where it spoke about the reconstruction of the wall of the city of Jerusalem. Many were jealous as the children of God got vision towards a specific calling. You will notice that as your vision concerning specific areas gets sharper, the attacks increase.

We read in Nehemiah 4:10 (NKJV) “The strength of the laborers is failing, and there is so much rubbish that we are not able to build the wall.”  - I love it! There is so much rubbish that people bring into our lives when we are trying to live for a bigger cause, when we have already seen the bigger picture, when we know that we know that we know, that this is just not it!

Now you need to read how the Israelites took care of this issue:

vs 16:  So it was, from that time on, that half of my servants worked at construction, while the other half held the spears, the shields, the bows, and wore armor; and the leaders were behind all the house of Judah.

They realised the significance of partnership towards a vision. One half of the men stood with spears to protect and guard what was done and the others continued to construct the rest. We need to guard jealously what we have cause its only to those who practice to do so that are trusted with more by God.

This is the power of partnership - where your brother, your sister is able to stand strong with spear for you and join you in battle for things you are struggling with.

Oh How I love partnership! - Who is your partner?

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Soaking 70!

August 30, 2009 in Word | 2 comments

As Christians probably the one area that most people compromise, is the area of spending time with God. In busy schedule and increasing work load the one element that suffers in our Christian walk is quality time in the presence of God. I was personally challenged few weeks ago on the time spent in the presence of God.

This is bigger than a morning devotional, bigger than singing a slow song, bigger than reading a article off a Christian website – this is how conscious are we aware of God’s presence in our daily life. Most Christians I meet struggle to even feel God’s presence, leaders included. Some people can tone down their experience with God to 1987, after which there has been no revelation of who God is. We are called to continually grow in Him and to know Him more. Which is what led me to a vision called Soaking 70.

What is Soaking?

Have you ever been in a service where you are worshipping and suddenly after 20 minutes or so you begin to “fee” the presence of God? Soaking is focused on this presence of God. Most times many of us feel the presence of God only by the last song. Most times what I see is, people experience this 4 minute window of God’s presence once every Sunday. Hence, what happens is the culture is to start from the beginning point once again the follow Sunday. But with intense soaking what happens in our spiritual senses begin to get activated and starts recognising different elements of the Holy Spirit. The point? Try to worship in your room for 30 minutes or so – most times if you are able to hit the 30 minute margin – you may begin to feel to the presence of God. If it takes longer, still keep pressing in, even if it is an hour but press in until you feel the presence of God.

Now, once the presence of God has been felt, don’t just stop, begin to soak. Position yourself either sit down, kneel or any comfortable position, I personally like to lie down. Most times what happens with me is I get knocked down by the power and so I have learned to just lie down so that nothing hinders the presence of God.

The second element of soaking is to be still and know that He is God (Psalm 46:10). Most people spoil, soaking time by trying to entertain God either with tongues or some words, when God truly examines the worship of the heart and the Spirit rather than our words. Learn to just be quiet and begin to receive. Do not be discouraged if nothing happens because your Spirit man is receiving. Most people expect a lot even on their first soaking session. Unfortunately, it is not God who is trying to limit our expectation, it’s our flesh. We have Spiritual eyes, nose, ears, tongue etc but it is only with deeper water experiences in soaking that these senses begin to get activated. The very fact that you are beginning to feel His presence is a good start! Keep waiting on God and let that presence that you feel build. Begin to use your thoughts to try communicating with the Holy Spirit, so rather than using words think what you desire to speak and you will see that the Holy Spirit starts to minister to you. As this happens, the presence increases………………………….

What is Soaking 70?
Soaking 70 is soaking in God’s presence for a period of 70 days. This does not mean people need to stop going to work, universities or leading normal daily lives. It is focused on trying to accommodate the soaking culture into ones daily life. Ideally, I like to play some music in the background () and then tap into the presence.

At Downpour, myself and the team are dedicating 70 solid days on soaking and spending time in the presence of God.

Here are some of my personal goals during this soaking season:

a) Increasing my sensitivity to the Holy Spirit

b) Renewal of the Mind

c) Control of Body

d) Wisdom in areas of breakthroughs

Increasing my sensitivity to the Holy Spirit: How does the Holy Spirit operate? What is He saying, thinking. What is on the heart of Jesus?

Renewal of the Mind: Romans 12, talks about the renewal of the mind. Your mind has been renewed when the impossible looks logical – that’s where I wish to get!

Control of Body: I would love to get in better shape and fitness. For long term endurance in the ministry, I need to be fit. Lots of travelling has reduced my fitness level – I need a higher degree of fitness to keep me focused.

Wisdom in areas of breakthrough: As an individual I need breakthroughs in areas of future plans. Also, as a ministry we are praying for the next level aspects of what is on the Heart of God for us.

———- What are your goals?

THE WORD:

Every few days I will be releasing teachings focused on intimacy primarily and how to increase your sensitivity to the things of God. But I personally advice your own personal bible reading plan. Most people read the word “according to the Spirit”, most times I feel that is nothing but laziness as the “Spirit feeling” may come only once a month. Try to be systematic in your bible reading and with what you read the Spirit will be able to minister to you. The Holy Spirit always works in partnership with the word as He is the author of the word. Take a certain book, Mark for example and read a chapter or two a day, write your thoughts in the journal. One some occasions especially during soaking sessions you may be feel in your Spirit certain scriptures, feel free to study, read that then and meditate, but when you do not feel or sense any of that, get back into the Systematic pattern.

JOURNAL:

I personally recommend a journal (a notebook) where you could write your 70 days journey. Write about your visions, dreams, experiences, revelation from the word, what is God speaking to you etc.

Accountability Partner:

In the Soaking campaign, try to get an accountability partner. You will need to share your goals and visions on where you wish to get at the end of the 70 days. And this partner will need to keep you on check. The partner who keeps you on check should be someone who also is a part of this program as it would help in the journey we are on. The partner who keeps you on check could also you who is accountable to you also, making it a mutual partnership which will be a blessing to both. I personally recommend husbands and wives to be partners in this – we have seen marriages healed of this type of settings. If you are a single man, I would recommend a single man to keep you accountable, the same with woman.

Cost: People have asked “what is the cost of subscribing to all these teachings and materials, the cost is free! We are more focused on getting you intimate with God rather than anything else.

QUESTIONS:

Please feel free to ask questions on this blog page comment option as others who read your questions, may have similar ones, which would bless many. If your question is too personal, kindly email us at testimonies@alwynmatt.org.

Let the Soaking CULTURE begin!

Alwyn

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A Dreaming Generation

March 22, 2009 in Uncategorized | 2 comments

Many feel disqualified from creativity because they have narrowly confined it to the world of art and music. They fail to realize that everyone has some measure of creativity, which should be consistently expressed throughout life.

Every 5 year old is an artist. It’s an expression of their bent to create. But something happens when they enter grade school. Many educational system narrow the definition of creativity to include only those who can draw or paint. By the time children are around 10 years of age very few of them are still considered to be artists because of that narrow definition. Today’s kingdom-oriented teachers must embrace the value of true wisdom, and develop children’s creative skills outside the traditional box called “art”. It is divine wisdom displayed in creativity that brings individuals to the forefront in his or her field of influence.

But I want to demand faith off some of you who read this, many of us are  discouraged because our dreams have failed. In your pain and frustration you oppose the message that you have the right to dream. “Hope defered makes the heart sick…” is scripture well quoted from many platforms and even myself but I wish to give justice to this scripture as it does not stope there, it continues to say “…but desire fulfilled is a tree of life” (PROV 13:12 NASB)

Here is a higher reality,when you pursue a dream but failed to see it fulfilled, you actually prepare the way for others who carry the same dream to eventually get the breakthrough that they were seeking. It is hard for many to take comfort in this thought, but that is because we usually think it is all about us. There is NO FAILURE IN FAITH.
    Often a tragic loss here on earth is viewed quite differently in Heaven. What is honored in Heaven is frequently pitied or mocked here on earth. When a person dies while trying to live out an expression of faith, people often criticize the foolishness of their decision. Few realize that their loss became “the soil” in which someone else could eventually realize their dream, because their loss actually paved the way to a breakthrough.

Those with failed dreams can take comfort in the fact that they prepared the way for others. It’s almost a John the Baptist role. He prepared the way for the ONE to come. Countless times throughout history there have been those who never realized a fulfillment of their dreams. Many come to the end of their lives with the overwhelming conclusion that they failed. To our detriment, we have lived without the consciousness that a failed attempt at a dream often becomes the foundation of another person’s success or even ours! Some water, others plant, and still others harvest. We all have an important role to set the stage for the King of Kings to receive more glory. It’s all about Him, not us.

There is a generation out there with still broken dreams, with drawn desires, untold visions and unreached destinations. Oh Dreaming generation - start pursuing that dream, start dreaming with God!

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Dead Churches of a Living God

November 25, 2008 in Word | 3 comments

Owing to my husband’s line of work, we’ve been forced to re-locate on several occasions. One of my prominent worries always is, if I will find a good church and fellowship in our new locale. And on many accounts, although I am able to find a church, I am often disappointed with what I discover. Sometimes I’ve felt myself a tad bit too demanding maybe, however, I feel as a child of God, I am allowed to demand any level of satisfaction upon the parish or denomination I am to join. For in this place of worship, I feel the need to be complete and at home, even more so than my own house perhaps.

My main disconcertion is the lack of anointing, that I have so grown accustomed to in my many years of church going. Can a church, where tens, maybe even hundreds come to worship and praise the Lord be dead? From my very own personal experience, I can most certainly affirm to you that they can. I once attended a service at a renowned church in my city in which I was battling constantly to stay awake. The worship seemed dead, there was no joy in anyone’s voices, faces or eyes! The message to me was equivalent to a nice warm glass of milk that slowly lulled me to sleep. At the end of the service, I was keen to observe the members of this church. I was curious as to their final disposition after so ‘moving’ a service. To my astonishment, they all looked so content and satisfied. However I was able to observe that their satisfaction looked very much like that which we gain from accomplishing our duty, and not the kind we get when we are lost in God’s presence for over two hours.

I was constantly dogged by this incident as I just could not contemplate how anyone could be satisfied with such a mediocre experience of such a magnificent God they were supposedly worshipping!

On recently reading the word, I came across a few verses that suddenly brought all of it to light! I began to understand why certain churches were dead!

Amos 4: 6 I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places, yet you did not return to me,” declares the LORD.
7And also I withheld the rain from you when there were yet three months to the harvest. I caused it to rain upon another city; one piece of ground was rained upon, and the piece upon which it did not rain withered.

So as an onset to the course of action that God seems to be taking here, in the hopes of having His people return to Him, He brings about a famine, cleanness of teeth and lack of bread refers to a deprivation that the Lord first sends. I am lead to believe that this famine is that which relates to the bread of life, the word of God.

John:6:35: Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.

When a church begins to wander from the Lord, He appears to stop the delivery of the Word.
Romans: 10: 17: So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Without being fed of the Word, the church grows mal-nourished and starts dwindling in faith. The faith of that church eventually dies as well. Without faith, it is not possible to expect great things from God. And a church that no longer expects great things from God, is most certainly dead.

John: 14: 26: But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
We rely on the Father to send us the Holy Ghost to teach us and make the Word alive to us. We must be aware that when God speaks of depriving the church of His word, it does not mean that there will no longer be preachers available. There might still be many who will be more than willing to stand on the pulpits and preach. However, unless the revelation of the Word comes from the Lord, those who hear will remain hungry.
Now moving on to Amos : 4: 7, it is quite a widespread connotation in the Word where the Holy Spirit anointing is depicted as rain. We find this in many illustrations in the Bible, for instance in,
James : 5 : 7: Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
We observe here that the Lord has blocked the anointing from coming forth. And although he says that he withheld the rain from falling on one city, He sent rain to another city. This clearly explains why certain churches appear ‘dead’ while others appear to be ‘on fire’. He also plainly reveals the eventual fate of a church that continues in the absence of the anointing, it withers and dies!
Now I would like to examine the reason that compels the Lord to these drastic measures. The Lord seems to be explaining his punishment, but we haven not yet explored the basis of this reprimand. We have understood that a church appears dead as a result of the anointing and the Word being withheld from it. But why is this done?
Amos : 4: 4: Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years.
In this context, Bethel, also known as the House of God, was at one point used to worship the Golden Calf. We are all aware of the story of the Golden Calf that the Israelites created to worship when Moses went up to the mountain to commune with the Lord. The Golden Calf was chosen as their god of that moment since it was representative of an Egyptian god named Apis. Their worshipping the Golden Calf represents their hesitation to leave their past behind them as they were still clinging on to their former masters’ god.
This is not an alien situation in churches either. Although we have been delivered from the bondage of sin and we are no longer required to serve that master, we are compelled to return to that captivity. And even though we are to now serve the living God who delivered us, we still live captive to the sin that He delivered us from. Sin is often used as a general term that covers a multitude of transgressions, this includes greed, avarice, pride, deceit and the list goes on. Does not the love of money and political power play in many of our churches prove to us that they are still very much worshipping the Golden Calf in Bethel, the House of God, even today?
Gilgal was a place of worship to the god Tammuz. Now Tammuz was supposed to be the god responsible for the abundance and prosperity of the earth, the fruitfulness of the soil even. Today, Gilgal represents the love of the world, the drive for prosperity and carnal success. Truly the Lord has promised prosperity and success to His church.
Jeremiah: 29: 11: For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.

However this prosperity comes from focusing on the Lord.
Matthew: 6: 33: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
And yet, many of us are driven by our need for success and acceptance in the world. Many even seek God just to facilitate their financial breakthroughs. So at the end of the day, the question to ask is, do they worship Jehovah Jireh or Tammuz? Is the focus on Jehovah, who provides for our needs or on the things themselves that we so covet?
We also find in verse 4 that the rightful sacrifices are duly made to the Lord and the tithing also faithfully carried out. This only goes to prove that praise and worship, or tithing does not guarantee the anointing on a church. The Lord truly demands our undivided loyalty and devotion.
I guess the simple answer to why we find dead churches can be found in Exodus: 20: 3-5: Thou shalt have no other gods before me……… Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God……….
A God jealously in love with His church, cannot accept the worship of other gods in His house, but is ever willing to recant his judgment on a repenting church.
2 Chronicles: 7: 14: If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
He will indeed send bread and rain to heal the land once again…..

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Sindu Mary is a strong and commited partner to this ministry right from the beginning stages. She has a deep understanding of the word and has a heart passionate to see the Lord move in local churches. She currently based in Sydney, Australia and has been a huge amount of blessing to me personally - Alwyn MATT

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Why Did Jesus Curse the Fig Tree?

September 11, 2008 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

I have been bearing this teaching in my spirit for a season now but today when the Lord brought it to my attention I was compelled to put it up in the hope that some of you would be blessed and some of your reasonings would be satisfied.

In the last couple of months, I have been emailed this one question : Why did Jesus Curse the fig tree when the tree was not in the season of bearing fruits?

Think about that for a minute, was that not thoughtless of Jesus to do that, the Jesus we know who moves with compassion and who bears everything, could he not have have bore the fact that the tree was not yet ready nor in it’s season of harvest?

Before we make futher intuitions, let us revist that passage of scripture: Mark 11: 12 - 14:
12The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. 13Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. 14Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard him say it.

Jesus was hungry, sees a fig tree in the distance and hopes that it has fruits even though it was not the season for figs, upon arrival, he curses the tree and walks off. Later on in v 20, we see that the tree actually withered! Wow, powerful but mean, don’t you think?

I began asking the Lord about what he was really trying to do but I want to share what it states after this whole event, we read in v 21 to 24:

21Peter remembered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!”

 22“Have[a] faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23“I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. 24Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Jesus states, have faith in God - Jesus seemed to make a direct link between him cursing the fig tree to having faith. Was Jesus making a new point here? The Lord began to  reveal to me  that this is what happened, in the ministry of Jesus, there has been so many absolute highlights and character in his nature but I believe the highest aspect was faith. The level of faith that Jesus walked in was an absolute league above. When Jesus was hungry, it says he hoped or had faith, that there was fruits on the fig true, which means Jesus did not care if it was the season for figs or not, His faith was so radical, so extreme, He knows that He knows that as He walked to the tree, the tree was supposed to BEAR FRUITS!

It did not matter, I can literally picture it, Jesus walking up expecting to see results but to his surprise, when he walked in a level of raising the dead and when this tree REBELLED against the power of God to bear fruits at this time, season and hour - Jesus felt there was no point in understanding but rather to curse this true - because that was the level of faith. Jesus realised that this true just rebelled against the word of the father which was released into the barks and saps to bear instant fruits.

In many ways, if this tree choose to bear fruits, I believe to this day, the tree would be a blessing, known as an every green and ever fruit bearing tree through out the land of israel but due to rebellion, it choose to bring destruction.

Two lessons from this:

1) When the Lord asks us to get out of our comfort zones, we better do it in absolute obedience.
2) When we walk in radical faith - Something must happen in the atmosphere we live in.

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Believing in God’s back up plan is - FULL FAITH!

August 11, 2008 in Word | No comments

In Matthew 14: 22 – 32 We read that, Jesus had just finished feeding an enormous crowd of more than 5000 men, and then he tells his disciples to go to the other side of the sea. The disciples were in the midst of the sea when Jesus came walking on the water. The disciples were terrified and gripped with fear. But they calmed down when they realize its Jesus…… ….Peter then says to Jesus, “If it’s really you, tell me to come out on the water to you”. WOOO…..What puzzles me the most is that out of all the 12 disciples sitting on the boat, only one disciple had a request, more like a foolish request that a 5 year old kid would ask. And guess what Jesus’ answer was?? He said “Come”. If Peter was to think in terms of the world, he would have never dared to ask a thing. What I’m stressing over here is that as long as we think as the world does, we are not going to get any closer in our relationship with Jesus.

God is looking for “foolish” people who are ready to step out into the road where not many are willing to walk. I Corinthians 1:27 declare “God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise…”

After Peter steps out of the boat and walks on the water to Jesus, he sees the wind and he becomes afraid. When Peter starts to sink, he cried out to Jesus, who then reached out to him and asked him a question which really touched me, ”ye of little faith, why did you doubt?” This is the problem with most of us, “little faith’. It’s either “mustard seed faith” or no faith at all. We got to understand that “little faith” doesn’t work and it is only good as having no faith. Why aren’t we willing to trust on God’s power completely? Let me bring one aspect into light, what is little faith? Little faith is having some assurance on God and the rest on us, that is,
we keeping a bit of back up space for our plans incase God’s plan does not take the full shape. Let us put complete faith in Jesus, a faith that does not have a back up plan of ours but on His. Even though God has never shown unfaithfulness for generations and generations, we doubt God’s power. But we are ready to trust on the “most unreliable” human wisdom.

I Corinthians 2:5 states that our faith does not depend on human wisdom but on God’s power. Not depending on human wisdom, according to the world certainly means “foolishness”. Peter began to sink only when he looked at the strong wind and started to think in terms of the world, I could imagine Peter’s mind thinking, Oh today’s forecast was quite bad…I should I remembered that there was a high tide.

I wish to encourage each of you precious readers to hang on God’s back up plan rather than our daily forecasts, predictions, analysis and economic diagrams!

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Arun John is 17 years of age and is an intern at Alwyn Matt Ministries (Downpour Ministries). He is trained under the Trinity Youth Program and is currently being trained as a worship leader, which is where his heart and gifting lies. He has led worship at platforms like The Lighthouse Church, Kuwait and also at conferences conducted by Alwyn.

At a recent event, during ministry time, Alwyn gave a word of knowledge, that he saw also a huge teaching gift upon the life of Arun. We are focused on building the teaching ministry of this child, your comments would be much appreciated.

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Mr T. on the run!

April 1, 2008 in Word | No comments

By WENN world entertainment news - Saturday, March 29 01:55 pm

Former The A-Team star Mr. T once stunned a sick child’s family by bringing him out of a coma - after doctors begged the actor for help.

The poorly kid fell unconscious in Detroit, Michigan in the mid-1980s - and the only physical movement he made was in response to hearing Mr. T’s name.

And when the mohawked star was in town, he stopped by the hospital to visit the ill boy - with miraculous results.

He tells Empire magazine, “His family put toys around him and one of them was a Mr. T doll. And whenever my name came up, the boy moved his arm.

“Somebody told the doctors I was in town, so they called me down there. I closed the curtains and prayed. Then, as I was walking down the hall, the kid suddenly came out of the coma and hollered out.

“That was my supernatural moment.”

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As a kid I used to be a huge fan of Mr. T. I wonder why now..was it cos of the anointed he was to carry one day? A real humble man of God as you can see.

 

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Fearless Lifestyle!

January 8, 2008 in Word | 3 comments

FearThe past few days I have been meditating on the topic of fear. Regardless of who we are, be it king or pawn, boss or employee, saint or sinner, preacher or teacher, fear is something we all go through.
Fear according to us has a lot of origins but in the word we see that the root cause of all fear is the devil. The devil put fear in our lives so that we don’t achieve the best of what we are called to do.

Every human being is called, everyone of you has a God designed purpose but sometimes we are not able to plunge into that river of achievement due to FEAR! There are many types of fear I wish to mention a few today.

1) Fear of Failure: One of the main causes why we do not achieve our best is due to a fear that we would/could fail. But did you know that in the kingdom of God there is no true failure? The bible says in proverbs, the righteous may fall seven times but will arise. Thomas Alva Edison one of the worlds greatest minds in the area of invention. He had more than 100 inventions to his name, including day today stuff like the electric bulb. He was once working on an invention and he “failed” 101 times.
Finally his team was getting frustrated, He turned to his team and said, “Hey, guess what? we just learned 101 steps we must NOT take for this specific invention”. Needless to say he continued in his pursuit of inventing what he was dreaming for.

We need to get that mentality of “I may FAIL” out of our system. When we do things in a Kingdom mentality, there is truely NO FAILURE involved!

2) Fear of Man: Sometimes I ask people, why do you feel or think you are a failure? What is your standard that determines you are a failure? Most of the time, the answer is, My Dad calls me a Loser, My Boss thinks I am worthless, My family considers me a burden.

Guess what? Do you know that the reason why you are struggling where you are at is because your standard of measurement is wrong?! Your standard of measurement is supposed to be God! You are supposed to determine where you are at, your level of success, your status all based on How much of God’s will has been achieved in your life - how much of His calling have you accomplised today?

Remember, the day we truely fear God, we will loose our fear of man!

3) Fear of Lonliness: This is a big one - yet my favourite! I was listening to a Pastor state this statement yesterday. Lonliness is THE PRIMARY KEY TO Kingship! Isn’t that true revelation? In my personal life I have experienced tremondous growth the moment I am lonely.

Unfortunately, we live in a world of Msn, cell phone, chat and cafes, hence lonliness is not fully experienced. Yet the truth is lonliness is an internal experience which has got pretty much nothing to do with the outside. We could be in the midst of 100 people yet BE LONELY! There used to be a time when I experienced lonliness and I used to feel so broken, does anyone care? does anyone love me? does my life really matter. I used to have all these thoughts running through my head until I approached it with a Kingdom
mindset.

Remember, Loneliness is Devil’s pathway to stronghold and destruction in our lives also. Hence, it is a road with 2 destinations of our choice. In most causes, due to lack of discernment, knowledge and revelation we are programmed to believed that we are not needed and hence have thoughts that break our lives and spirit.

But, as my fellowship with God began to increase when I began to get lonely I changed my approach to the whole situation. I began to instead state, “Oh Father, there is a new work you wish to do in my life, I am up for it, you have allowed me to be in a spot of loneliness so I can clearly hear your voice, bring it on Jesus!” The moment I began to apply this, I noticed a tremondous change in my life and perspective.

Want me to prove this point? Let us look into the lives of few people like, Joseph, He was blessed with an excellent dream and vision which no one else could digest. It led him to lonliness but Joseph took it as an oppurtunity to further grow and reach finally to a state of being the Prime Minister of Egypt!

What about Moses? God TOOK him to the wilderness just so that he could experience lonliness, moulding and brokenness to a level where he was able to Pastor a church of 3 million!

How about Jesus? Our Saviour? We read in the word, that Jesus constantly went to lone and private places where he could be lonely and confide and receive a “new” power for ministry. Which is why I stated initially Lonliness is the way to KINGSHIP!

Gentle reader (blogger) let me remind you, take this time, this month to fight off fear in your life to step into the amazing will and plan the Lord has for you this year.

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The Other Side

January 2, 2008 in Word | 4 comments

I have heard many preachers preach, if you were the only person on planet earth and nobody else, Jesus still would have to come all the way and die in your place for your redemption. I somehow aways found that too hard to digest and I needed to ask God to really make that word digestable. It is not I don’t believe it, I just felt it would be way too much for Jesus to leave all that and come down for, ONE SOUL?

Being a business student I always thought even in ministry we need to make decisions that cause results, but sometimes there is something more important than just PURE RESULTS, it is SACRIFICE.

In my pursuit of assurance of this word, God asked me to turn to LUKE 8:22 on. If we observe Jesus had just finished doing a lot of work for the kingdom (Luke 8:1-18) and I could imagine how tired Jesus would have been. But in v22 we see Jesus move in another realm.

v22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples; and he said unto them “Let us go over unto the OTHER SIDE of the lake. And they launched forth.

But as they sailed he (Jesus) fell asleep (can’t blame him..he would have been SO TIRED!), and there came down a storm of wind on the lake, and they were filled with water and were in jeopardy.

v24 And they came to him and awoke him..saying..Master..Master..we perish. Then he arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water and they ceased and there was calm.

v25 And Jesus said unto them, where is your faith?

Please let us just look at these precious scripture for a bit. Here was Jesus who just finished a league of powerful services, crusades and events turning to his disciples stating that they were going to go to the OTHER SIDE. Stating that we are moving into another dimension. I could imagine the disciples so excited about the new level of ministry they were going to see…the new level of victory they were going to experience. The disciples like us believers, love to be in the reception zone, love to be on the winning to team…love to see the miracles happen and the healings take place and the demons rub off…as long as it is Jesus doing the warfare!

The disciples having the next level of victory in mind get blown the moment they see the waves rise and the winds flash. The fisher men are getting bad memories of their previous lives, the others are thinking..is this the new revelation of Jesus? This is the dynamics of working with a team in ministry. Being a person who has a team I also encounter situations were my team thinks contrary to what the Lord places on my heart. Somehow by His mercy…God turns around the situation for my GOOD! (Thank you for that!!). And that is what happens here as we read..Jesus rebukes the moment and immediately all is calm. But Jesus throws off his frustration at the disciples stating… Where is your faith???

I believe Jesus going to the other side was for two reasons:
1) To extend the faith level of the disciples
2) To prove the extension of God’s grace

We have not still looked on the latter so kindly bear with me gentle blogger (reader!).

We now see in v26, the moment their boat arrives, there is someone who comes to greet them (seriously not my choice for a host!). A totally demon possessed man who literally wore no cloths and had no home but stayed in the tombs was there. There are many level to demon possessions, some possessions are initial, partial and total. This was an extreme case. I mean this man was treated like an animal, he was chained! For a second could we picture the fate of the disciples…OK, Kutta…is this the OTHER SIDE ..YOU HAVE been taking about? Come on..get a life Jesus..we Do not want to die! This person is going to kill us all, get us out of here!

Keeping that revelation going, let us shift the scene to Jesus and the demon possessed being. We see immediately Jesus cast out the demon and the man is restored to peace.

Great story but what happens after this is what touches me the most:
v 38 Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him.

Powerful, immediate transformation of the heart and a passion to serve in the ministry. Here was Jesus preaching in the temples and the synagogue but not one of the priests even considered Salvation. This man indeed had a heart of gratitude. There is a scripture that states, too whom much is given, much is required. Sometimes I wonder, are we christians lukewarm? Ever noticed when a person so deep in sin or so lost from the kingdom is touched, the power and conviction with which they move.

These days people are looking for gossips from the lives of T.V. celebrities like Britney Spears, Paris Hilton etc, it amazes me that we being a community that constantly state that “we do not need a “higher” force like God to lead us or to look unto” yet we have the tendency to look unto others. Sometimes I wonder, what would be the transformation if Britney Spears accepted Jesus? Imagine the change in lifestyle, the attitude, the meekness, the love, the joy…and the passion for the kingdom she would bear? Amazing! From Marketing Coca Cola, it would shift to being an ambassador for Jesus!

Which is what happened in the life of this individual who was demon possessed. Sometimes I ask God, Oh Lord, imagine how effective this man would have been if he joined your disciples? He would really take your word and power to the nations right? He take advantage of the council you pour on to him…he would have a KINGDOM MENTALITY…right?

But Jesus operates in another realm, he gives this man the authority to go speak into the lives of his city and loved ones. I cannot imagine the possible harvest this man would operate in.

This experience also taught me another facet of God’s nature, If you were the only soul on earth, Jesus would STILL come for you. For this demon possessed man, Jesus in his extreme tired stage went threw the storms, received the disbelieving mindsets of his disciples (who already saw SO MUCH of God move through the year!) and faced the demons, fought on the behalf of that soul and won…just for that ONE SOUL!

We see in v40, Jesus after that leaves the place and heads back to the previous place where he was ministering.

This scripture taught me a lot on the nature of God and confirmed what His love is truly for us. Folks, remember, EVEN ONE SOUL IS TOO PRECIOUS TO LOSE!

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Alwyn Matt

That is me speaking at the Joyce Meyers Ministries Headquarters. Amazing time of Harvest for the kingdom there. The ministry in turn blessed me and the team with loads of books, cds and resources!

           www.alwynmatt.com

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