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ACTS 29 TODAY

coming to the knowledge of the TRUTH

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The Woman Who Inherited Millions But Lost Her Testimony

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As difficult as it may be to persevere in prayer through

the impasse so God can complete the purging process, I

can guarantee you — it is worth it all.

You see, the Holy Spirit is the One whom God sent to

illuminate and strengthen your reborn human spirit to

put to death the deeds of the flesh that hinder your

walk with Him. But even if you don’t allow the Holy

Spirit to expose the things hidden in darkness, sooner

or later they will still be revealed.

For example, someone once told me the story of a

Pentecostal woman who always sat on the front pew of

the church. She praised God and shouted with the best

of them. This woman’s husband was a multi-millionaire

heathen. When she went to church, he would lock her

out;sometimes he even beat her. But no matter what

her husband did, she would come to church every time

the doors were open. She was a faithful woman.

One day her husband died, and she inherited his entire

fortune. However, it wasn’t very long after her

husband’s death that this woman’s cars became longer

and her church attendance became shorter! Pretty soon

she went from sitting at the front of the church, to the

middle, and then to the back. Finally, she only came to

special meetings. By that time, the only power she fell

out under was the weight of the gold strapped to her

wrists!

Someone said, “It would have been better if that woman

had never inherited the money at all.” Wrong. All the

money did was expose to the light something that

already existed in her,hidden in darkness.

You see, it isn’t money that is evil — it’s the love of

money. If this woman hadn’t inherited the money,

something else would have brought out that trait in her

down the line.

This is why Jesus said, “These are they who are sown

among thorns” (Mark 4:18). The thorn seeds existed in

the field before the Word was sown. When the Word

seed landed on the ground, the cares of this life and the

deceitfulness of riches (thorn seeds already resident

with-in the ground) sprang up, wrapped themselves

around God’s prosperity, and proceeded to suck those

seedling plants into a selfish lifestyle and thus to

neutralize the Word (v. 19).

You see, you don’t climb into a grimy cellar, turn the

light on, and say, “My, my, look at all the dirt this light

brought!” No, the dirt was already there. The light just

exposed it.

In the case of that woman, the potential to run after

money was already there. All the money did was expose

the problem.

Exposing the fleshly work for the purpose of purging is

supposed to be the job of the Holy Ghost. Jesus said, “If

you bear fruit, I will purge you. I will trim you back. I

will cut the dead limbs off” (John 15:2). He was telling

us, “I will clear the thorn seeds out of your field. When

the Word seed comes up and you start prospering the

Kingdom, I will keep the thorn seeds far enough away

from your plant that they cannot choke you.”

I would much rather have the Holy Spirit expose my

weakness than to have a million dollars expose it. I

would much rather lend myself to the transforming

power of the Holy Spirit to be purged by the Word.

You ask me, “Would you like to have a million dollars?”

I’m not a liar. Yes, I would. “Do you want the million

dollars to choke the life of God out of you?” Absolutely

not. That’s why I continually yield myself to the purging

process of the Holy Ghost.

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Prosperity in Perspective

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Prosperity is a relevant and important subject to our

lives. God wants to prosper us. When we are little baby

Christians, God slaps us on the bottom, changes our

diaper, and gives us toys. But we need to let the Holy

Spirit grow us up and take us higher in God through the

Word that pulls down soulish strongholds and sets us

free.

As you mature in the Lord, your faith will adjust to the

fact that the more you use every-thing you possess for

the Kingdom, the more God is free to increase you in

material wealth.

Because I live my life laboring for the world to come,

God is able to put money in my hands now. And He

doesn’t mind that I “water my ditch” as it comes

through my hands. I can buy my child a fishing pole. I

can buy my wife a dress. He doesn’t mind, because my

focus is on laying up treasures in Heaven.

God will purge you until you have that same focus

through mortification. And in the end after you have

persevered in prayer and yielded to His purging

process, you will be rich both in souls and in material

goods.

You see, a lot of people want to be rich, but they want

their wealth to grow up among thorn patches. They

don’t understand that real prosperity is based on God’s

purging process.

A person can confess God’s promises regarding

prosperity until he turns blue, but if he is someone who

causes strife and hates people, then God will not speak

to him in the secret place of his heart about good

business deals. Why? Because He knows that person

won’t be able to use the money for His glory.

So does God care if you wear a gold ring? Not as long as

you also use your faith to add souls to His Kingdom.

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LARRY HERE NOW……THE PROSPERITY MESSAGE AS IS TAUGHT BY THE BIG JET SET

MANSION LIVING BENTLEY DRIVING PEOPLE, IS NOT SCRIPTURAL BUT SENSUAL,

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GODS BLESSING AND MANS MANIPULATION TO

GET MATERIAL THINGS. I HAVE SHARED BEFORE WHY IT WORKS FOR THEM BUT NOT

FOR YOU….I WILL SHARE IT AGAIN SOON.

UNTIL NEXT TIME

LARRY