Get Intoxicated with Christ

Most people believe that they can walk in the presence of God and neglect the things of God. Even if a person believes they are a good person that does not develop a relationship with our Creator.

Some Christians read books about God, but not His version. I am a Christian Author, but I would rather a person read the bible than my own book. While my book is packed with God’s word, an estimated 1000 scriptures, there is nothing like the real thing. Cliff Notes on God will not develop you as His word will.

Another part of the drink is a real prayer life. This does not come easy! However, it is mandatory that we Christians spend time with God and make a large portion of the day for communication with Him. Until I had this time with God, there was no freedom in Christ. However, once you MAKE yourself pray, you will become addicted to the time you spend with Him. It is through prayer that I can leave all my problems and troubles to God and enjoy life.

Another major component to a relationship with Christ is the Holy Spirit. It is the “God in us” that helps us understand His word, and helps us make daily decisions. God cared so much for us that He put a portion of Himself in us. We either choose to yield to the Holy Spirit, or the things of this world. Personally, nothing in my former life brought lasting joy, until I decided to live in Christ.

Praise and worship is mandatory. We must realize that when we praise Him, we are putting God in His proper place, above us. It is a demonstration of complete surrender when we praise Him in “spirit and in truth.” (John 4:24)

I hope that you get intoxicated with God! Let Him dwell in you.

Prayer- Is God Powerless in your Life? (Part 2)

Many people never seem to get prayers answered. Prayer is very simple. It is faith that God is going to perform His word, coupled with lining your will with God's.

I used to ask for things that would make me more powerful; make me more highly esteemed. Jesus asked for those things that would build God's Kingdom, not mans. That is the difference between a righteous man and a carnal man.

You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures. James 4:3 NASB

Let's look at it through a message that Jesus gave.

"I (Jesus) am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 "Every branch (us Christians) in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. 3"You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4"Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. 5 "I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. 6 "If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned. 7 "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8"My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples. John 15:1-8 NASB
Does the branch get to make a choice what fruit it will bear? It is only when the branch lines itself up with the will of the vine that it produces fruit. This is the act of abiding in verse 4-7. When your will becomes God's will, you can ask for “whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.” At that point you are not asking for your own glory, but for His.
Notice that verse 2 tells us that our branches take must be pruned. That means that those things that are not for the production of fruit are removed (your dead wood). What is it that is not producing fruit in your life? It is either His will or your will.
Part three will be about the faith component.