Covenant Keepers
Title: Restored To Your Purpose! Part 4
by Michael Isaacks
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• Name:
Michael Isaacks
• State: Texas
• Favorite Verse:
Psalms 103:12
• Favorite Quote:
We walk by faith,
not by sight.
• Hobbies:
Christian music,
reading, computers
• Date of Salvation:
unknown, saved
as a young child
• Latest News:
Happy New Year 2001!
Prayer for 2001
" Our Father who art in Heaven,
Hallowed be Thy name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy will be done,
On earth as in Heaven.
Give us today our daily Bread.
And forgive our sins,
As we forgive each one of those
Who sins against us.
And lead us not to the time of trial,
But deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the Kingdom,
The power and the glory.
Let all the people say Amen,
In every tribe and tongue.
Let every heart's desire be joined,
To see the Kingdom come.
Let every hope and every dream,
Be born in love again.
Let all the world sing with one voice,
Let the people say Amen. "
" After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed
be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive
our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen."
( Matthew 6:9 - 13 )
This song; " The Millenium Prayer " was recorded by Sir Cliff Richard in
1999. I still believe it is a message for the body of Christ in 2001.
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Does The Holy Ghost Stay Around?
Before we begin today, let me clear up an abbreviation I used
in the last
text: ERKJV stands for " Easy Reading King James
Version ". The original
King James Version made it unclear
by using the phrase " And he would fain
have filled his belly with the husks
that the swine did eat: "
Jesus is just like the father in that parable. When one of His children
go their own way, He stands waiting and watching until they " come to
themselves " or wake up and realize what they're doing and return to
Him with a repentant
heart. He loves us so much that He will seek us out.
My Pastor, who regular readers know recently went home to be with the Lord,
testified that Holy Ghost would show up in the bar with him and ask; " What
are you doing in here? " This may ruffle a few feathers because the Word
does say
that God cannot mix with darkness. While that is truth from God's
Word,
we must remember that we are the temple of the Holy Ghost [ 1 Corinthians
3:16 ,
1 Corinthians 6:19 ] and everywhere you go, He goes with you.
To further clarify this, allow me to ask a question: When you go to the
theatre
to see a rated R movie that you know will have profanity and most likely
God's
Holy Name will be taken in vain, does the Holy Ghost leave your body?
No!
You might say; " I don't go to rated R movies.
" What do you watch on
television?
What kind of music do you listen to? Does the Holy Ghost
leave you as you do that? Of course not! He's inside you! Now this is
not
to say that you can go out and live the way the world lives because
continuous disobedience eventually leads to the person turning their back
on God. The longer they continue in that condition, the more likely they will never return to God and end up spending eternity in hell.
But if one day the Holy Ghost gets through and they listen to His voice
and as a result, come to God with a repentant heart and ask forgiveness
for their failing God, He restores them to their rightful place in Him.
So, it's never too late to be restored. In fact, there is only one " unforgivable
sin " according to God's Word and that is blaspheming the Holy Ghost.
( Matthew 12:31 - 32 ) My definition of blaspheming the Holy Ghost is that
after having once expierienced the Holy Ghost and His power,
that someone denies
that they ever had it and claims the Holy Ghost and
His power are not real
but is fake. If you've never done that, ( and few people
have ) then there
is nothing you have done that you cannot be forgiven for.
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I am 35 years old, married with 1 daughter named Faith Harmony which in
the Greek means " believing in one accord ". I have a daily devotional entitled
" Covenant Talk " which goes out to 13 people via email.
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