The Greater Glory "The Power Of Personal Preperation"

In the last blog we began a series entitled "The Greater Glory" This was a statement birthed and breeded in and through Bro Hagin Jr. In it we talked about a number of things. We discussed how the glory is the very manifested presence of the Lord himself and that its going to be upon us in a an unprecendented fashion in these final moments of time. The Lord spoke in and through the mouth of Isiah that the glory would be SEEN on US(Isiah 60:3) We seen also that he said through Paul that we are to be ministers and administers of this GREAT GLORY. In this blog were going to talk about the ways that we can prepare ourselves for this glory within us COMING UPON US. Number one, EXPECTATION. If we expect nothing, we shall recieve nonething. In the book of Acts there was a lame man that was at the gate called beautiful. He had been a crippled from the day he was born. One day Peter and John were in the temple and his EYES were FASTENED UPON THEM, EXPECTING TO RECIEVE SOMETHING(Acts 3:5) I want to pause to pound this point. We cannot just do anything at whim. We must have seen and heard from the Father. Think about it. Peter and John had been there day after day and so had that lame man. However it WASENT UNTIL THIS DAY THAT there was a great occurance in the spirit and THE WORKING OF MIRACLES was manifested and materialized. Remember when the Lord Jesus came to the five porches that was interpreted in the hebrew tounge BETHESDA? There was a dude at one of them for thirty eight years. Now notice there were five porches. Why did Jesus come to this one and not just clean them all out everyone getting healed? We find the answer earlier in the fifth chapter of the book of John. I of my ownself CAN DO NONETHING!!! There is tradition and theres the bible! When Jesus ministered on the earth he did as a man that had stripped himself of his godly from and this is the reason that he could'nt just bust up into a place and bring healing or a miracle. Its the same reason that we cant just go into a hospital and clean it out even through the glory is upon us. We'll talk about this sometime in futhur detail. This man in the temple EXPECTED and we see that he RECIEVED! "Expectation is the breeding ground of miracles" We must expect that glory in us shall come upon us and it shall be seen and with it will come mighty miraculous manifestations done by and for the glory of God! Remember in the book of John, Jesus is with Mary and Martha at the gravesite of Lazarus. Hes like IF YOU BELIEVE YOU SHOULDEST SEE THE GLORY OF GOD(John 11:40) Where theres excitement and enthusiasim! This is a good gage to check. In other words in the event you havent been enthused and excited, maybe a good question to ask is whats happened to my expectency and begin to fill that blue print of hope with faith filled words that come from God pertaining to his word. So expect to be used to lay hands on and to pray the prayer of faith raising individuals up. Expect to be used in the operations and demonstrations of the gifts of the spirit. Expect to recieve the restoration of the sevenfold, Expect to say the right things at the right times that will be like apples of gold in pictures of silver. Expect that your going over and not under being the head and not the tail! Number two, ERATICATION. To premise this point there was a great epidemic of disease that was rampant in a remote area of Africa. For days and months they searched for clues to what was going on. They had an inkling that it had to do with the water supply. However on the surface things were like crystal clear. They finally had divers go down deep into the waters. They found that the water had become contaminated by three pigs that fell into it. As soon as these pigs were eraticated and extracted, the waters became pure once again. We are the temple in which the glory abides and will be poured through. However if there are any areas where there is contamination it will stunt and even possibly stop the glory from manifesting. We got to be quick to eraticate anything that can be in the way. This leads us to number three, EXAMINATION. We cannot eraticate until we examine because we wont know what doesent belong there until its shown to us by him. Its as simple as taking inventory. However pride can and often will hide the true condition of our hearts from us. God said something awesome in and through the mouth of Obediah. The PRIDE of thy heart has DECIEVED THEE(Obediah 3) We will never confess what were unwilling to confront. So be willing because the GLORY DEPENDS UPON IT! The Lord said in and through Isiah IF were WILLING and obedient we'll eat from the good of the land! number four, ENDURANCE. We have to be in this for the long hall. We shall see the manifestation of the glory IF WE BELIEVE! Mary and Martha thought it was TOO LATE. They thought that Jesus had tarried to long and had not arrived on time. Listen HES ALWAYS ON TIME! but it matters what were DOING IN THE MEANTIME! The book of Habbakuk and Hebrews repeat the same thing in a little bit of a different way. THROUGH IT TARRY WAIT FOR IT, IT SHALL SURELY COME TO PASS, WE ARE NOT AS ONE OIF THEM THAT SHRINK BACK! we will not shink back as we continue to endure in expectency! number five, Excellence. The bible says that Danial had an EXCELLANT spirit(Dan 6:3) and Abel offered up a more EXCELLANT sacrifice(Heb 11:4) How we live day to day will be a determining factor in the manifestation of glory in our lives. How do we react and respond? How do we treat others? Are we self conscience or OTHER conscience? IT ALL MATTERS! The final one one, EXCERCISING ESSENTIALS. There things that are essentials in the glory. Be carful and caustious not get into debate. Isiah said Come let us reason together(Isiah 1:18) Im not saying that its bad to talk about things but it can quickly turn into debate. These debates can turn into small fires that while being out out the real focus is lost. Instead of standing against something, lets stand for something! Lets lock onto what is agreed upon thats completely essential and get the word theology up out of our vocab!! The Corinthian church was a people that should have been seeing great great manifestationms of his glory. they of coarse did, but it could've been even greater with everything that had been invested in them. However they got into contention and division through label and titles. The Lord said in and through Paul Now I BESEECH you brethern by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that ye all SPEAK THE SAME THING, and THAT THERE BE NO DIVISIONS AMONG YOU but that ye be PERFECTLY JOINED TOGETHERIN THE SAME MIND AND IN THE SAME JUDGEMENT. For it hath been declared unto me of you my brethernby them which are of the house of Chloe THAT THERE ARE CONTENTIONS among you. NOW this I say that every one of yousaith I am of Paul, and I of Apollos and I of Cephas and I of Christ. IS CHRIST DIVIDED? was Paul crucified for you? or were you baptised in the name of Paul?(1 Cor 1:10-13) God is about us declaring his glory and goodness fitly joined together!!! in the next blog we'll talk about good and bad joinings. Because they are another important and intrical element in the manifestation of GLORY!