Daily Devotions - Living Supernaturally Devotional

Hello and welcome to Living Supernaturally. We are so glad that you could be here for today’s daily devotion, where we take some time to look at the word of God and see how we can apply it in our lives. Today, we are going to look at another verse which focuses on what was spoken by the Lord on the cross. This is from the book of Luke chapter 23 and we are going to look at verses 39 onwards, it says, ‘Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, “If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us.” But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this Man has done nothing wrong.” Then he said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.” And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”’ We see several things here; we see this conversation that is happening between the criminals on the cross. They are also undergoing great pain and they are facing certain death at the end of this ordeal and they have this conversation between themselves. One criminal, he starts to blaspheme God saying, if you are indeed the Christ, the anointed One, the Messiah, save yourself and save us. The other criminal rebukes the man who was on the cross and he says, don’t you even fear God? We are under the same condemnation; we are undergoing this punishment because we deserve it but this man has done nothing wrong. So, probably, he had followed, he had heard about the life of the Lord Jesus and maybe witnessed certain things, we do not know but he came to this conclusion and said He has done nothing wrong. Then he does something else, he turns to the Lord Jesus and he asks the Lord, Lord, remember me when you come into your Kingdom. The Lord’s response to that is this, ‘assuredly I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.’ So, something that we learn here is about repentance and the assurance of repentance. What we learn is that its never too late to repent. Many times, we know that we are doing wrong, we know that we are willfully gone against the Lord and we keep on doing what we are doing, thinking that I’m too far gone but when we read through this, we see that it is never too late. You are never too far gone to change. It is never too late to change, to repent. It is never too wrong to set right. Nothing is too wrong that it cannot be set right because at that instant the Lord Jesus immediately said, today, you will be with me in paradise. Hebrews chapter 7, verse 25 says this, ‘Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.’ Today, be encouraged, He is able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him. So, let’s take this time to look into our own lives, are there things in our lives that need change, that need repentance? We don’t have to stay away from God, we don’t have to think, have I done something which is too bad and too wrong that He cannot set right? Yes, He can and yes, He will. Let’s look to the Lord in prayer, Father, we thank you, even as we’ve read through your word, we see that it is never too late to change, it is never too late to repent. You are able to save to the uttermost those who come to you and today we pray, if there are people who are listening, who feel that they have gone too far and too far away from you, I pray that you will give them the grace and show them mercy even as they turn towards you. We thank you for your grace and mercy and forgiveness, in Jesus’ matchless name we pray, Amen. Thank you for tuning in to living supernaturally, for more resources to strengthen your spiritual strengthen your spiritual walk, please visit apcwo.org. Daily devotions to strengthen your faith each day. Daily Devotional for Spirit filled living. Each daily devotion is about five minutes in duration. These daily devotionals are centered around a weekly theme. So there are seven daily devotions that focus on the theme and bring you insight, understanding and revelation from the Bible. Each week’s theme is listed as a series. 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Hello and welcome to Living Supernaturally. Thank you for joining us today for our daily devotion and in today’s devotion, we are going to take some time to look into the word of God and especially the words spoken by the Lord Jesus on the cross. We see that here are some things we can observe, that we can learn and definitely we can apply in our lives. We are going to look at Luke chapter 23, verses 33 to 37, ‘And when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left. Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” And they divided His garments and cast lots. And the people stood looking on. But even the rulers with them sneered, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ, the chosen of God.” The soldiers also mocked Him, coming and offering Him sour wine, and saying, “If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself.”’ We see here a terrible situation; we see that crucifixion being depicted. Crucifixion is a terrible and painful way of punishment ending in certain death. In fact, the English word, excruciating is derived from this word crucifixion, where a person was nailed on a beam or a cross and they suffered till they died. So, it is a form of slow, painful death and it was reserved for rebels and those who were criminals. Our Lord Jesus, He was crucified and He went through intense pain and suffering and ended in death. The other thing that we see here is that in the midst of all this, He was actually fulfilling certain words that were spoken, certain prophecies that were made by the prophets through the Spirit of God, it was being fulfilled right then and there. We see Psalm chapter 22, verses 17 and 18, where we read, ‘I can count all My bones. They look and stare at Me. They divide My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.’ These very words, in fact recounted by the gospel writer Luke and we see this happening. The other thing that we see that in the midst of all this intense pain and suffering, the Lord Jesus does something amazing, He prays to the Father for the very people, the creation who was actually inflicting pain and causing Him to suffer and He prayed that they would be forgiven. Verse 34, then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.”’ So, we see the heart of the Lord, we see the compassion and the love that the Lord has and continues to have and the Lord had at those moments for those who were inflicting the greatest of pain physically upon Him. The challenge for us today is this, we read in Ephesians chapter 4, verses 30-32, it says, ‘And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.’ That is the challenge that is before us today, even as we look at this picture of great suffering and as we see the Lord Jesus, Him reaching out and forgiving the ones who were inflicting pain. We are challenged in Ephesians chapter 4, verses 32, to be kind to one another, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. So, today right before us, we have empowering of the Holy Spirit and the love of God as resources for us to live it out, to apply this out. Shall we pray? Father, we thank you for the greatest of examples of forgiveness that you set before us on the cross. Lord, even as we see the instruction in your word to forgive as God in Christ forgave us, we pray even by the power of your Holy Spirit and by your love which is shed for us in our hearts, that we would step out to forgive, that we would be willing to make that choice to forgive others the way you forgave us. Enable us to do this today, in Jesus’ name we pray, Amen. Thank you for tuning in to living supernaturally, for more resources to strengthen your spiritual strengthen your spiritual walk, please visit apcwo.org. Daily devotions to strengthen your faith each day. 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Shalom and thank you for joining us for our last episode through this series on work, where we’ve looked at the biblical perspective of work. As we have looked at what work is about, today, we end this by looking at how we need to have a rhythm of rest and work. Genesis chapter 2, verses 2 and 3, ‘By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so, on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.’ In Genesis chapter 2, we see that God both works and rests. God in His omnipotence, clearly doesn’t need to rest, especially for reasons of either tiredness or physical exhaustion. He doesn’t need to rest so that He can become more productive, but He clearly had something to tell us, something to share with us. God created us to work but He also created us to rest because He knows that you and I need to rest after work. Some of the verses that we read in our passage establishes a pattern of work and rest, a rhythm of work and rest and to do one without the other is a deviation from God’s created order. Taking the time to rest is essential to our way of life. Our bodies were made to rest so we do not need to feel guilty when we rest or when we take sometime off to rejuvenate, to recuperate. In fact, that is what rest for, for us to refresh ourselves so we can get back on our feet the next day, so we can be productive the next day. When people lack rest, they suffer physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Physical and mental exhaustion can often lead to emotional volatility, we can feel annoyed, irritable, we can be frustrated. This lack of rets can further escalate even into larger issues. Our relationships can become strained and over time, we see a lack of rest can really bring down our spiritual lives. Our connection/ deep intimacy with God suffers and that often becomes diminished too. Just as work is a gift from God, what we saw earlier on in this series, rets is also a gift. God gave us the sabbath to rest because He knows that you and I need it. Not only is it biblical to rest but it is good for our physical, emotional and mental health. By God’s grace, it is possible to integrate rest and work into the pattern of life that God intends. Let’s pray together, Heavenly Father, thank you for showing us that we need rest. Thank you for demonstrating it for us when you rested. Give us the freedom and the ability to rest after a day’s work and we pray that as we rest, you will refresh and rejuvenate us into being more effective and productive for you and your kingdom, we ask this in your precious name, Amen. Thank you for tuning in to living supernaturally, for more resources to strengthen your spiritual strengthen your spiritual walk, please visit apcwo.org. Daily devotions to strengthen your faith each day. Daily Devotional for Spirit filled living. Each daily devotion is about five minutes in duration. These daily devotionals are centered around a weekly theme. So there are seven daily devotions that focus on the theme and bring you insight, understanding and revelation from the Bible. Each week’s theme is listed as a series. So you can listen to the current week’s devotions or go to any previous theme/series that speaks to your present need (https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotions ). Also available free sermons (https://apcwo.org/sermons), and free Christian books (https://apcwo.org/books) to nourish and strengthen your faith. Watch our online Sunday Church service live stream every Sunday at 10:30am (Indian Time, GMT+5:30). Spirit filled, anointed worship, Word and ministry for healing, miracles and deliverance. YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/allpeopleschurchbangalore WEBSITE: https://apcwo.org/live CHURCH: https://apcwo.org FREE SERMONS: https://apcwo.org/resources/sermons FREE BOOKS: https://apcwo.org/books/english DAILY DEVOTIONALS: https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotional JESUS CHRIST: https://examiningjesus.com BIBLE COLLEGE: https://apcbiblecollege.org E-LEARNING: https://apcbiblecollege.org/elearn COUNSELING: https://chrysalislife.org MUSIC: https://apcmusic.org MINISTERS FELLOWSHIP: https://pamfi.org CHURCH APP: https://apcwo.org/app CHURCHES: https://apcwo.org/ministries/churches

Shalom and thank you for joining us for our series on work, where we are looking at biblical perspectives of work. We’ve been looking at different lessons we can learn from what the Bible says about how we need to approach work. Every one of us have been blessed with God given talents. The Bible clearly spells it out in Romans chapter 12, verse 6 which read, ‘God has given each of us the ability to do certain things well.’ It is God who gives us everything we need to excel, everything we need to flourish and prosper in all that we do. We do what we can because God is the source of every good gift in our lives. All of our talents that God has given us, whatever you use in your day to day work is given to you by God. It says in scripture, every good and perfect gift comes from the Father of lights. So, your talents that you have that God has given you, can be used at work. You were created with unique gifts and unique skills and the people and the place that you are working in, needs you to use them. You were also created to fulfill a unique role and the world needs you to do that as well. You can do 100% work in a job that lets you use God given talents. You have a responsibility to use what God has entrusted to you and it shouldn’t be locked up inside of you. Before you could put them to use, it is a good idea to be aware and identify what it is. Identifying your God given talents is not an option, in fact it is a responsibility because you have extraordinary things to offer because it has been put in you by God and it means that you have an obligation to figure out what they are. Remember God has made each one of us fearfully and wonderfully and so everyone of us has something to offer. Be it at your home, it may be a skill that you have in decorating your home or making an excellent meal, be it in administration where God has given you thoughts and ideas in organizing; wherever it is, you are called to make use of talents. Remember, nobody has talents better than someone or more important than someone else. All of them are equal and important to God. We need to put the talents God has given us into use. Let’s pray together, Heavenly Father, we are privileged to know that you have bestowed us with talents and giftings that you want us to use in our work. May we be diligent to identify and be aware of it and if need be, hone those talents and skills and use them for your glory. Thank you for entrusting us with such things that help us in our work, we ask this in your name, Amen. Thank you for tuning in to living supernaturally, for more resources to strengthen your spiritual strengthen your spiritual walk, please visit apcwo.org. Daily devotions to strengthen your faith each day. Daily Devotional for Spirit filled living. Each daily devotion is about five minutes in duration. These daily devotionals are centered around a weekly theme. So there are seven daily devotions that focus on the theme and bring you insight, understanding and revelation from the Bible. Each week’s theme is listed as a series. So you can listen to the current week’s devotions or go to any previous theme/series that speaks to your present need (https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotions ). Also available free sermons (https://apcwo.org/sermons), and free Christian books (https://apcwo.org/books) to nourish and strengthen your faith. Watch our online Sunday Church service live stream every Sunday at 10:30am (Indian Time, GMT+5:30). Spirit filled, anointed worship, Word and ministry for healing, miracles and deliverance. YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/allpeopleschurchbangalore WEBSITE: https://apcwo.org/live CHURCH: https://apcwo.org FREE SERMONS: https://apcwo.org/resources/sermons FREE BOOKS: https://apcwo.org/books/english DAILY DEVOTIONALS: https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotional JESUS CHRIST: https://examiningjesus.com BIBLE COLLEGE: https://apcbiblecollege.org E-LEARNING: https://apcbiblecollege.org/elearn COUNSELING: https://chrysalislife.org MUSIC: https://apcmusic.org MINISTERS FELLOWSHIP: https://pamfi.org CHURCH APP: https://apcwo.org/app CHURCHES: https://apcwo.org/ministries/churches

Shalom and thank you for joining us for our series on work, where we are looking at the biblical perspective of work. We’ve been mediating on different aspects of the way that we as believers can do work and can enjoy what God has for us in our workplaces. We’ve looked at earlier that sometimes our attitude towards our work is something we need to really check on. Sometimes our attitude towards work could be that we maybe doing more than what we need to, that we overwork ourselves or at times, not enough, maybe lazy and keeping things aside. However, we do see that these attitudes can lead to potential negative consequences. But scripture teaches us the right attitude, it is to work with all your heart. Colossians chapter 3, verse 24 says, ‘Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.’ In this verse it says, work is to be done with a 100% of effort, not a 50, not a 75, not an 80, but a 100%, with the sincerity of our hearts, with all our hearts. This suggests an intensity and a sense of real investment in what you and I are doing. It is not just putting your time, but it is putting all of your heart in it. What does ‘with all your heart’ mean? ‘With all your heart’ would mean that you do what is given to you willingly, that there is joy and willingness in the work that you do. It would mean to work cheerfully, exhibiting a pleasant and a right and a good attitude towards the work that we have. Working with all your heart would mean to work heartily, with every faculty of our minds and our should, paying attention, ensuring that we critically think about what we are doing, spending our skills and our resources, being creative, using every effort and faculty so that we can do a good job. It could be our attention, it could be our wisdom, our good judgement, our ability to reason and think, these are all faculties that would go into working at it heartily. Working with all your heart or with sincerity of heart will also involve quality, what comes out of our work, it will be the best quality we are to produce. So, we stand and do our best, put in our best and when we work unto Christ, it will mean that we continue at working and making our work better. When we consider our work as a gift from God, we will take care to do it willingly, cheerfully, at our best and to do it heartily. How can you do what is entrusted to you today with all your heart? Let’s pray together, Heavenly Father, give us hearts that work willingly, that work cheerfully, that work heartily and do our very best in anything that you have assigned for us, be it at our workplace, be it at our homes, be it at a learning place; whatever you’ve entrusted us to do, may we do it with all our hearts. Empower us by your Spirit, in Jesus’ name we pray, Amen. Thank you for tuning in to living supernaturally, for more resources to strengthen your spiritual strengthen your spiritual walk, please visit apcwo.org. Daily devotions to strengthen your faith each day. Daily Devotional for Spirit filled living. Each daily devotion is about five minutes in duration. These daily devotionals are centered around a weekly theme. So there are seven daily devotions that focus on the theme and bring you insight, understanding and revelation from the Bible. Each week’s theme is listed as a series. So you can listen to the current week’s devotions or go to any previous theme/series that speaks to your present need (https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotions ). Also available free sermons (https://apcwo.org/sermons), and free Christian books (https://apcwo.org/books) to nourish and strengthen your faith. Watch our online Sunday Church service live stream every Sunday at 10:30am (Indian Time, GMT+5:30). Spirit filled, anointed worship, Word and ministry for healing, miracles and deliverance. YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/allpeopleschurchbangalore WEBSITE: https://apcwo.org/live CHURCH: https://apcwo.org FREE SERMONS: https://apcwo.org/resources/sermons FREE BOOKS: https://apcwo.org/books/english DAILY DEVOTIONALS: https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotional JESUS CHRIST: https://examiningjesus.com BIBLE COLLEGE: https://apcbiblecollege.org E-LEARNING: https://apcbiblecollege.org/elearn COUNSELING: https://chrysalislife.org MUSIC: https://apcmusic.org MINISTERS FELLOWSHIP: https://pamfi.org CHURCH APP: https://apcwo.org/app CHURCHES: https://apcwo.org/ministries/churches

Shalom and thank you for joining us for our series on Living Supernaturally, where we are having a biblical perspective about work. One of the perspectives we can deduct about the way we work is through our work, how we serve others, how do we bring about service to others. The way we approach our work each day and everyday matters. Think about maybe some interactions that you have with people that you work with or people that you study with, it maybe your colleague, the way that they observe you, the way that you greet or address them is something that you do to serve them or the work that you produce maybe for a project, a client or somebody else, whatever you do impacts others. Galatians chapter 5, verse 13 says, ‘For you have been called to live in freedom- not freedom to satisfy your sinful nature, but freedom to serve one another in love.’ Through our work, let’s consider how are we being of service to others. Let’s take a few examples, sometimes, someone who is working with you has to process the way maybe you say something to them or the way you write an email to them. Maybe someone has to base some kind of decisions on the work that you do, maybe co workers have to decide to what extent they can trust and rely on you, especially when they need support. Or we see that your commitment to getting work done really impacts another’ ability or maybe a deadline or a project that you are completing. The people you work with are watching you on a day-to-day basis and they respond to all of the challenging situations by gauging how you will respond. Whether you are aware or not, the way you approach these challenges at work, influences people around you. Are you serving others at work or are you focused on looking at your own needs? Unless we are intentional about serving others, we maybe too easily influenced by the stress and the negativity that maybe around us. Jesus taught us a different way; He taught us to think of ourselves less and others more. Jesus came to serve us, to pay the price for our sins and to teach us how to live and to work. So, let us be intentional about allowing the love of Christ to shine through us even in our market places and even in the world than how we do now. Let’s encourage and support those around us this week by putting in that extra effort to serve them. It may just make a whole world of difference for them. As we go to work later today, let’s look at it with the aspect of serving others through the way we behave and work. Let’s pray together, Heavenly Father, we pray that you will empower us to be good, right witnesses as we work in our places, that we will be strong examples to those who work with us. May we serve one another, may we be wiling to lay down things for others even as we work alongside with them. May we reflect your love and goodness, in Jesus’ name we pray, Amen. Thank you for tuning in to living supernaturally, for more resources to strengthen your spiritual strengthen your spiritual walk, please visit apcwo.org. Daily devotions to strengthen your faith each day. Daily Devotional for Spirit filled living. Each daily devotion is about five minutes in duration. These daily devotionals are centered around a weekly theme. So there are seven daily devotions that focus on the theme and bring you insight, understanding and revelation from the Bible. Each week’s theme is listed as a series. So you can listen to the current week’s devotions or go to any previous theme/series that speaks to your present need (https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotions ). Also available free sermons (https://apcwo.org/sermons), and free Christian books (https://apcwo.org/books) to nourish and strengthen your faith. Watch our online Sunday Church service live stream every Sunday at 10:30am (Indian Time, GMT+5:30). Spirit filled, anointed worship, Word and ministry for healing, miracles and deliverance. YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/allpeopleschurchbangalore WEBSITE: https://apcwo.org/live CHURCH: https://apcwo.org FREE SERMONS: https://apcwo.org/resources/sermons FREE BOOKS: https://apcwo.org/books/english DAILY DEVOTIONALS: https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotional JESUS CHRIST: https://examiningjesus.com BIBLE COLLEGE: https://apcbiblecollege.org E-LEARNING: https://apcbiblecollege.org/elearn COUNSELING: https://chrysalislife.org MUSIC: https://apcmusic.org MINISTERS FELLOWSHIP: https://pamfi.org CHURCH APP: https://apcwo.org/app CHURCHES: https://apcwo.org/ministries/churches

Shalom and thank you for joining us for another episode on Living Supernaturally. We are looking at the topic of work and we ran the last two days understanding some perspectives from God’s word about work. We saw that work is a gift of God and that when we work, we work as unto the Lord, God is our boss. Today, we look at a very important work ethic and we see that the bible encourages hard work and dedication. It is no coincidence that companies or nations or individuals prosper with an ethic such as hard work and dedication. That is how God created and ordered His creation. There is a reward for every hard work, so we know that hard work pays. Anyone who puts his hand on work and works hard, will definitely receive a tangible reward for it. Reward comes when you carry out your work in diligence and wholeheartedness. Proverbs chapter 14, verse 23 says, ‘In all labor there is profit, but idle chatter leads only to poverty.’ In as much as we know that God provides all our needs, we must understand that God expects us to work hard. He has commanded us to work hard. In fact, as the scripture shows in the Lord’s eyes, all work, it says, in all labor, there is profit. So, all work has dignity, this verse highlights this, all labor. So, whatever you do, you could be a student handing over projects, you could be a business person, you could be a homemaker, an entrepreneur, someone in ministry doing work; God sees our work and He encourages our hard work. Even though we work for men, we understand that we work for God and God is the one who has placed us there and we work hard so that we receive our reward. We know that God has a role in blessing the work of our hands but we need to diligently work with what He has given to us. The bible gives us a parallel in the book of Proverbs and draws lessons form the ants. The ant, as you know is an industrious creature, it is small in size but it is extremely wise and it has the ability to optimize its skill and its resources and works in such a way that it teaches us certain important truths and lessons. The ants teach us the value of hard work. We see that ants are never lazy; they are always doing something. Their efforts and hard work are what sustains them through difficult seasons of life. When we strive to be diligent and work hard, we can be assured that we will be blessed physically, we will be blessed spiritually and financially. We should be wise and learn from the ant. These tiny creatures do not need a supervisor but they work hard and get the job done. Let’s examine our attitude towards hard work. Let’s pray together, Heavenly Father, we thank you for the way that you teach us differently about how we use and optimize the work you have given us. May we stand on this ethic of working hard, dedicating our lives to what you have called us for. Thank you because you are the rewarder of things that we do. Thank you for the blessing that you have promised when we work hard. Thank you for the dignity that you have for any work that we do, you see it and you appreciate it, thank you Lord Jesus, in your name we pray, Amen. Thank you for tuning in to living supernaturally, for more resources to strengthen your spiritual strengthen your spiritual walk, please visit apcwo.org. Daily devotions to strengthen your faith each day. Daily Devotional for Spirit filled living. Each daily devotion is about five minutes in duration. These daily devotionals are centered around a weekly theme. So there are seven daily devotions that focus on the theme and bring you insight, understanding and revelation from the Bible. Each week’s theme is listed as a series. So you can listen to the current week’s devotions or go to any previous theme/series that speaks to your present need (https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotions ). Also available free sermons (https://apcwo.org/sermons), and free Christian books (https://apcwo.org/books) to nourish and strengthen your faith. Watch our online Sunday Church service live stream every Sunday at 10:30am (Indian Time, GMT+5:30). Spirit filled, anointed worship, Word and ministry for healing, miracles and deliverance. YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/allpeopleschurchbangalore WEBSITE: https://apcwo.org/live CHURCH: https://apcwo.org FREE SERMONS: https://apcwo.org/resources/sermons FREE BOOKS: https://apcwo.org/books/english DAILY DEVOTIONALS: https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotional JESUS CHRIST: https://examiningjesus.com BIBLE COLLEGE: https://apcbiblecollege.org E-LEARNING: https://apcbiblecollege.org/elearn COUNSELING: https://chrysalislife.org MUSIC: https://apcmusic.org MINISTERS FELLOWSHIP: https://pamfi.org CHURCH APP: https://apcwo.org/app CHURCHES: https://apcwo.org/ministries/churches

Shalom and thank you for joining us for another episode on Living Supernaturally, where we go through God’s word together, meditate on His word and are encouraged. We started this week with looking on the topic of work. Yesterday, we determined that work is a gift from God. How do you work for your employer? Do you work for him or her as you would work for Jesus? If we are not intentional about the way that we work, it is easy that our eyes of faith could be very slippery and we forget who it is we work for. Our attitude towards who we work for really matters. In all that we do, even in our work, we are called to live radically God centered lives. Paul says that all our work should be done as work for Christ, not for any human supervisors. Colossians chapter 3, verse 24 says, ‘work hard and cheerfully at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.’ To put it in the simplest of terms, God is our boss. We are working for God and working for God is all about honoring God. To work for the Lord is to work according to His values. So, I work in a way that needs to please God. So, think about a situation at work, if you do good work, it makes not just you look good, but it also makes maybe your employer or your supervisor look good, it reflects well on them. But if you are a poor employee, it probably shows and senses that your supervisor didn’t give you the exact directions or didn’t communicate the expectations that were needed of you and so that reflects on your employer as well. When we work, we look at working as unto God. God is the one who is our employer. Things change drastically in our attitude when we shift our focus and when we bring God into the picture of our work. Having the attitude that God sees us and appreciates our work, changes the way we work and ultimately who we work for. So, stewardship of work teaches us that we don’t own our work, it is not our position or our title. We are only stewards of what God has given us, stewards of a position maybe for a period of time. we are responsible to fulfill these duties and even to prepare the person who maybe coming after us. So, when we work, let us look beyond our employer, beyond the person we work for and realize and understand that we have a higher authority to whom we are responsible to. So, God is our boss and may our work glorify God, may it reflect God as good and may it reflect God as powerful. Let’s pray together, Heavenly Father, thank you for teaching us that we work for you, we work unto you. Even as you have entrusted people over us, may we keep our focus on working for you and honoring you and bringing you glory over our work. Thank you that you work and empower us to do so, in Jesus’ name we pray, Amen. Thank you for tuning in to living supernaturally, for more resources to strengthen your spiritual strengthen your spiritual walk, please visit apcwo.org. Daily devotions to strengthen your faith each day. Daily Devotional for Spirit filled living. Each daily devotion is about five minutes in duration. These daily devotionals are centered around a weekly theme. So there are seven daily devotions that focus on the theme and bring you insight, understanding and revelation from the Bible. Each week’s theme is listed as a series. So you can listen to the current week’s devotions or go to any previous theme/series that speaks to your present need (https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotions ). Also available free sermons (https://apcwo.org/sermons), and free Christian books (https://apcwo.org/books) to nourish and strengthen your faith. Watch our online Sunday Church service live stream every Sunday at 10:30am (Indian Time, GMT+5:30). Spirit filled, anointed worship, Word and ministry for healing, miracles and deliverance. YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/allpeopleschurchbangalore WEBSITE: https://apcwo.org/live CHURCH: https://apcwo.org FREE SERMONS: https://apcwo.org/resources/sermons FREE BOOKS: https://apcwo.org/books/english DAILY DEVOTIONALS: https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotional JESUS CHRIST: https://examiningjesus.com BIBLE COLLEGE: https://apcbiblecollege.org E-LEARNING: https://apcbiblecollege.org/elearn COUNSELING: https://chrysalislife.org MUSIC: https://apcmusic.org MINISTERS FELLOWSHIP: https://pamfi.org CHURCH APP: https://apcwo.org/app CHURCHES: https://apcwo.org/ministries/churches

Shalom and thank you for joining us for another week of Living Supernaturally, where we are looking at different topics and our topic for this entire week is on work. Through this series, we are going to look at what the bible says about work. Whether you are a student or an employee or a homemaker, we all do some kind of work and we look at it from a Christian perspective because we spend a lot of time doing work. As Christians, it is important and vital for us to align our work with God’s perspective. Sometimes, we see that people have a very different attitude towards work. So, some have the tendency to overwork themselves, while others avoid it at all costs. However, we know that both these responses and attitudes can lead to negative consequences. The work we do is a gift from God. We see in scripture, Ecclesiastes chapter 5, verse 19, ‘to enjoy your work and accept your lot in life- that is indeed a gift from God.’ We see that work is a gift from God. It is not a punishment, work has dignity, work is something that God does. God created us to work and work is what makes us part of being human as well. We see that the origin of work was depicted in the book of Genesis. Legitimate work reflects the activity of God. We see that in the beginning of the Genesis account, in fact God was the first to do work. We read that God was busy creating the world 6 days and He rested on the 7th day. These passages reveal that God was the first to do work on the earth and therefore we see that legitimate work reflects the activity of God. We see in that account that God takes pleasure in the outcome of His work. We read in Genesis chapter 1, verse 31, it says, He calls the fruit of His labor, good.’ He said what He created was good, He examines and assessed that quality of work and called it good. So, since the beginning of creation, work has been part of God’s plan for humanity. He created, that means you and I, can view the act of working as a gift. By this example, it is apparent that work should be productive, that we need to work in such a way that it produces the best or the highest quality outcome and the reward of our work is the honor and satisfaction that comes from a job that is well done. Let’s take a better look at work and not have a substandard look at it and not see it as a substandard activity but see it as God’s gift for us. Let’s see it as a means of glorifying God and providing for the needs around us. Let’s pray together, Heavenly Father, give us a new, fresh perspective about our work, whether we are studying, whether we are homemakers, whether we are in a job, teach us to view what you have given us as a gift and may we do what you have given unto us faithfully. May we have good approaches to our work and honor you in the process, thank you Lord, in Jesus’ name we pray, Amen. Thank you for tuning in to living supernaturally, for more resources to strengthen your spiritual strengthen your spiritual walk, please visit apcwo.org. Daily devotions to strengthen your faith each day. Daily Devotional for Spirit filled living. Each daily devotion is about five minutes in duration. These daily devotionals are centered around a weekly theme. So there are seven daily devotions that focus on the theme and bring you insight, understanding and revelation from the Bible. Each week’s theme is listed as a series. So you can listen to the current week’s devotions or go to any previous theme/series that speaks to your present need (https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotions ). Also available free sermons (https://apcwo.org/sermons), and free Christian books (https://apcwo.org/books) to nourish and strengthen your faith. Watch our online Sunday Church service live stream every Sunday at 10:30am (Indian Time, GMT+5:30). Spirit filled, anointed worship, Word and ministry for healing, miracles and deliverance. YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/allpeopleschurchbangalore WEBSITE: https://apcwo.org/live CHURCH: https://apcwo.org FREE SERMONS: https://apcwo.org/resources/sermons FREE BOOKS: https://apcwo.org/books/english DAILY DEVOTIONALS: https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotional JESUS CHRIST: https://examiningjesus.com BIBLE COLLEGE: https://apcbiblecollege.org E-LEARNING: https://apcbiblecollege.org/elearn COUNSELING: https://chrysalislife.org MUSIC: https://apcmusic.org MINISTERS FELLOWSHIP: https://pamfi.org CHURCH APP: https://apcwo.org/app CHURCHES: https://apcwo.org/ministries/churches

Greetings and thank you once again for the opportunity to journey with you throughout this week, day after day. Thank you for being with us and spending a few moments in the word of God and prayer and we trust that each episode brings meaning and enrichment to you. This week, we’ve been talking about dreams and what we can do with them and how to interpret them and how we process the dreams that God gives to us. The final instruction I want to leave with us in interpreting and making use of the dreams that God gives to us is we must act on any specific instruction that we see in the dream. There are many examples of this, for instance in the bible, when Pharoah had a dream and Joseph interpreted the dream and he gave him the meaning of that saying, God is telling you Pharoah that there is going to be 7 years of plenty and then 7 years of famine. Joseph didn’t just give the meaning and say do what you want with it and that my job is done. No! The next step was to come up with the strategy, what do I do with the dream? That is where the wisdom of God operating through Joseph really blessed Pharoah and the people in Egypt. Joseph said during the 7 years of plenty, you save up 20%, year on year, you keep saving and in the 7 years of famine, you sell that grain back to the people, that was the plan of action. The dream, the interpretation and then comes following through with some action. What is the instruction God is giving you? Like that, we see many other examples. Take for example when God spoke to Joseph in a dream, this is in Mathew chapter 2, and He said, I want you take Mary and the little child and go to Egypt and be there because the king is going to seek to destroy His line. So, when Joseph had a dream, he didn’t say, well, I’m going to stay here because God will protect me or that was just a dream that God gave, He is just alerting me what the king is going to do, but I declare divine protection. No! He acted on the dream, got up and went to Egypt. Follow the instruction because that is the way God wanted to protect Joseph. Couldn’t God have protected Joseph and Mary and the baby right there in Bethlehem or Nazareth? He could have made them stay right there where Herod was and protected them? Why did He tell them to go to Egypt? Well, that was the way God wanted to protect them at that time. If they didn’t follow through with that instruction, they would have been exposing themselves to the danger that was soon to come. So, we must follow the instruction that God gives to us in the dream. Having worked with the dream that God has given you, you make a note of it, all the facts, the emotions, everything you see, you try to interpret the figurative and the literal, you pray about the meaning and the timing of the dream and then you write down the meaning and the timing of the dream, you pray for it and prepare yourself to act on it. What does God want you to do? Get yourself ready and then if there are specific instructions, you act on it, knowing that God has led you to do that through the dreams/ dreams He has given to you. May the Lord give each of us many dreams so we can hear from Him and we could do mighty things for His kingdom, things we have seen in the bible, may those things happen again in each of our lives. Let’s pray, Father, we thank you, you are the God who speaks. Throughout the bible, the Old and the New Testaments, you have spoken to your people through dreams. Speak to us your people, speak to those around us and may we be able to minister to them through the dreams you give to them. Lead us and guide us we pray, in Jesus’ name, Amen. Thank you for tuning in to living supernaturally, for more resources to strengthen your spiritual strengthen your spiritual walk, please visit apcwo.org. Daily devotions to strengthen your faith each day. Daily Devotional for Spirit filled living. 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Greetings and thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to come to you today, spend these few moments with you. We trust that these short episodes on how to interpret dreams and what to do with them is of help to you, will encourage you to be more alert in the dreams that God might be sending to you and speaking to you and it would awaken us to being more receptive and active participants in the dreams He gives to us. We are living in that time of visions and dreams. The prophet Joel spoke about it, Peter repeated the prophecy in Acts chapter 2, verses 17 and 18, where he said, ‘in the last days, I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, upon you sons and your daughters, your young men will see visons and your old men will dream dreams.’ It doesn’t mean God excludes old men from seeing visions and young men from having dreams. No! Young men and old, people of all ages can experience visions and dreams. Typically, when God speaks at the night, we call that a dream. When God is giving us a visual during the day, when we are alert, we call that a vision. So, God is speaking to us when we are awake and when we are asleep. We will be dealing specifically with dreams and how to process them and what do we do with them. I want to share two more thoughts here as we talk about interpreting dreams. Today, I just want to bring our attention to the importance of praying for the fulfillment of the dream. So, usually when God gives you a dream, you write it down, write down the meaning that you sense and you’ve put down what those figures mean. The best person to interpret the dream is you, yourself because you are the one who received that dream and you are very aware of all the details you saw, the colors you saw and the emotions that you felt, so you are the best person to interpret the dream. Suppose you are unable to, then definitely ask somebody who maybe spiritually mature, you share that dream with them and they maybe able to help interpret that dream. We see that in the bible as well, where God used certain people with the special gift to be able to interpret dreams. So, you could go to someone who has been gifted by God, who understands, who discerns, who is prophetic, who is keen to the things of the Spirit to help you interpret the dream. Don’t just go to anyone, but go to somebody who know how to do it, whom God is using in that manner. So, you write down the dream and very important you write down the meaning of that dream and you begin to pray for the fulfillment of that dream. If God has spoken to you about something in that dream, something He has shown you He wants to fulfill in your life, something He has shown you He wants to carry out though you, something He has shown you to do and act upon, maybe a task to fulfill, a task to carry out, or something He wants you to do for somebody else. Whatever that is, if it involves you or somebody else that God is saying that might happen to that person, God has alerted you to that, begin to pray over it; whether it is for yourself or somebody else. So, praying over the fulfilment of the dream is so important. If it is a dream about a danger that is going to happen, then you pray to avert that danger and say God, this will not happen. If you have seen somebody have an accident, you say, God, I pray that this accident will not happen. If you see some danger happening to somebody, you pray, God, I pray this danger will not happen ad that you protect them. The reason God is giving that to you is to alert you so you can engage in prayer and protect that person. It is not to create alarm and it is not to go and tell that person that is going to happen, no, He has given it to you so that you can prevent it from happening and protect and preserve that person though the dream that God has given you. It is so important to engage prayerfully based on the dream that God has shown to you. Let’s pray together, Father, we thank you that this is a time when you speak to us in visions and dreams. I pray you will help us to act on those dreams, pray over them and to do what you want us to do with those dreams that you give to us, in Jesus’ name, Amen. Thank you for tuning in to living supernaturally, for more resources to strengthen your spiritual strengthen your spiritual walk, please visit apcwo.org. Daily devotions to strengthen your faith each day. Daily Devotional for Spirit filled living. Each daily devotion is about five minutes in duration. 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Greetings and thank you so much for the opportunity to come to you, and spend this time with you in the word and in prayer. This week, we’ve been talking about dreams and how we can go about interpreting dreams and we’ve been adding a piece of instruction in each episode. We’ve talked about recalling, writing the dream down, identifying what is literal and figurative and then praying and asking God for the meaning and the timing of the dream. The next important step is to write down the meaning and the timing that you sense, as you are praying over the dream. So usually in my dream journal which I have been maintaining over several years now, when I have had a dream, I type it in my computer, I type out the literal dream, the facts and whatever I saw and felt and then you pray and ask God, what is the meaning, I want to get an understanding of this, what is the meaning and timing of it? Once that dawns on me, sometimes it can come right away, sometimes it might come after a day or two, maybe you are reading the scriptures and so on and I have had it happen in many different ways. Sometimes, the meaning of the dream comes right away, sometimes it may take even a few days for you to understand it or sometimes it maybe while you are going about your activity and you are having a conversation with somebody and suddenly it just dawns on you that this is what God is speaking. So, whenever you receive the meaning of that dream, you go back to your journal and in that same place below where you have recorded your dream, you also record the meaning of the dream and that gets us back to Daniel chapter 7, verse 1, where we saw that, ‘Daniel had a dream and visions of his head while on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream, telling the main facts.’ So, he recorded the facts and we also understand when we read Daniel chapter 7, 8 and 9 that when God sent an angel, in many cases God sent an angel to Daniel to help him understand the dream, he recorded everything the angel stated. So, he also recorded the meaning of the dream. The angel would come and interpret and say Daniel this figure means this; this represents this and so Daniel recorded the meaning of the dream as well. That is the next thing we must do. As you pray about it and get an understanding of it, you begin to write it down. Sometimes, even the meaning of the dream can come in stages, doesn’t mean you understand everything about it but whatever you begin to understand you write it down, say this is what I feel God is saying, this is what I feel God wants me to do, the action that he wants me to take, this is how I’m going to apply the dream. Sometimes it is a warning dream so you pray and avert the danger that God has warned me about that might happen to me or whoever you see in the dream. Pray about that and begin to intercede for that. So, you write it down whatever action God wants you to take, write that down and make a note of it. If you need to share that dream, if that dream involves somebody else, you also need task God what do you want to do with that dream? Just because you had a dream doesn’t mean you need to go and tell somebody else that you had. Sometimes God may not want you to speak at all, He may want you to pray about it and not reveal it to anybody else. You ask the lord, Lord, am I supposed to go and speak to that person because I saw that person in this dream or do I keep quiet and pray about it and pray for them concerning what I have seen? If God tells you to go and speak, then you do, otherwise, just keep it for yourself and pray over that dream. We will continue this tomorrow. Father, we thank you for the instructions, thank you for the guidance and we pray that you will speak to us more and more through dreams and visions in the night, teach us, in Jesus’ name, Amen. Thank you for tuning in to living supernaturally, for more resources to strengthen your spiritual strengthen your spiritual walk, please visit apcwo.org. Daily devotions to strengthen your faith each day. Daily Devotional for Spirit filled living. Each daily devotion is about five minutes in duration. These daily devotionals are centered around a weekly theme. So there are seven daily devotions that focus on the theme and bring you insight, understanding and revelation from the Bible. Each week’s theme is listed as a series. So you can listen to the current week’s devotions or go to any previous theme/series that speaks to your present need (https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotions ). 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Hello and thank you for giving us this opportunity to come to you today, and spend a few moments with you from God’s word and in prayer. This week, we’ve been talking about dreams and interpreting dreams and we trust that each episode is enlightening you or adding to your understanding and also creating a sense of excitement for you and me saying, God please speak to us through dreams, that we are opening ourselves up to this avenue by which God can communicate to us. As we continue learning how to interpret dreams, we talked about yesterday in identifying what parts in the dream are figurative and what things are literal. Things that you recognize as people, places, and things, these could be usually literal, things that are part of your world, things that are outside of that, you would usually attribute as figurative, that they represent something, you don’t take them literally but you try to interpret what those figures or symbols, or gestures or actions, things that you saw in the dream actually represent and mean. So, the next step for us is to pray and ask God for the interpretation, you recognize what is literal and figurative, now you pray and ask God about the dream and you are specifically asking God to give you an understanding of the meaning and also the timing of the dream. Two important parts that we need to understand, what is the meaning of this? And what is the timing of this? Is this something that is going to happen in the next day, or the next few days or is it something in months to come, years to come or way out in the future. So, what is the meaning and what is the timing? Daniel writes in Daniel chapter 8, verse 15, he says, ‘Then it happened, when I, Daniel, had seen the vision and was seeking the meaning, that suddenly there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.’ I have just picked up one verse and there is a lot that we can learn form Daniel’ experience as you read the book of Daniel, especially the second half from chapter 7 to 12. In this particular verse, Daniel says after he had seen a vision, he was seeking the meaning. So, you see Daniel was a prophet of God and just because he had a vision or dream, doesn’t mean he automatically understood it. On the contrary, many times he didn’t understand the dreams and vision he had right away because God was using figurative language and he couldn’t necessarily recognize what those figures meant. So, he had to seek for the meaning and this is one of the scriptures where it tells us Daniel was seeking the meaning of the dream. So, you and I, should pray over that dream and say, God, I believe and think that this dream is from you and if this is from you, what are you saying, what is the meaning of this? What is the meaning of the figures that I have seen in my dream? What does it mean, what is the timing of this? When is it all going to come to pass? Usually, if you have a dream repeat two or more times, it means that God is saying this is certain, this is a dream that is established and also you pay very close attention to it, it is very possible the dream is going to start right away. A great example is that of Potiphar, he had the dream, it repeated two times in different ways and when he spoke that dream to Joseph and Joseph said God has spoken to you twice, it is about to happen. So, you need to seek God for the meaning and ask Him what is the meaning and timing. God will begin to give you an understanding. As you pray, that understanding will come to you. We will build on this further tomorrow. Let’s pray together, Father, we thank you for the instructions you have given to us in your word, teaching us how to process what you communicate to us in dreams in the night. I pray that each one of us will learn how to do it and will have a great journey learning from you, in Jesus’ name, Amen. Thank you for tuning in to living supernaturally, for more resources to strengthen your spiritual strengthen your spiritual walk, please visit apcwo.org. Daily devotions to strengthen your faith each day. Daily Devotional for Spirit filled living. Each daily devotion is about five minutes in duration. These daily devotionals are centered around a weekly theme. So there are seven daily devotions that focus on the theme and bring you insight, understanding and revelation from the Bible. Each week’s theme is listed as a series. So you can listen to the current week’s devotions or go to any previous theme/series that speaks to your present need (https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotions ). 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Greetings and thank you for the opportunity to come to you today, spend these few moments in God’s word and in prayer. This week, we’ve been talking about this subject of dreams and specifically trying to learn how to interpret the dreams that we know God has given to us. We are outlining step by step how we can process the dreams that we’ve received from God. Yesterday, we talked about a very important step, the first step which is to recall and to write it down, write down all the details, all the facts that you can recall from the dream. Our next step in interpreting and understanding the meaning of the dream is to recognize that dreams have figurative parts as well as literal parts. Portions of the dream maybe figurative and there may be portions of the dream which are literal. In Hosea chapter 12, verse 10, the prophet Hosea says about God, he says, ‘I have also spoken by the prophets, and have multiplied visions; I have given symbols through the witness of the prophets.’ One of the ways we see and this we see in scripture and several other places as well is that when God speaks, there are times it will be literal and direct, then there will be times when He uses figures, He uses what we call as prophetic imagery, that means these are symbols, these are riddles or these are figures that represent something. So, when we recognize that in the dream, we are seeing things that are figurative, then we need to interpret what those mean. Now, literal would be if you see yourself, you see some known people or you see known places, you recognize that these are actual people and places and things that you have and belong to you or that are part of your space, those things are literal, you recognize them. Now, if there are things that don’t necessarily fit in that category then you would think about them as figurative. Typically, when you want to interpret what you see as figures, then you always use biblical imagery. So, in interpreting what we see in a dream, things which are figurative, we must always use biblical imagery to interpret what these means. For instance, in the bible throughout scriptures, there are symbols, materials, gestures, actions and even numbers, there are names and characters and events and colors and so on. Throughout the bible you find that they have special meaning. For example, white would represent righteousness, blue divinity and purple royalty and red could represent blood, gold represent something that is divine and so on. As you look at the figures, things in your dream, you use biblical imagery to interpret what they mean. Somethings that we will all recognize very easily, you see snakes or wild animals or wild birds, then typically in the bible these are used to represent demonic powers. On the other hand, if you see dove or lamb, you know that these figures are used in scripture to talk about the Lord and the Holy Spirit. In interpreting, we need to recognize what is figurative and what is literal, then always use biblical imagery to interpret the meaning of what is figurative in the dream. We will continue more on this tomorrow. Let’s pray, Father, we thank you for giving us wisdom and understanding, in recognizing when you speak and also in understanding what you are saying to us through the dreams you give us. I pray this wisdom and understanding be imparted to all those listening, thank you, in Jesus’ name, Amen. Thank you for tuning in to living supernaturally, for more resources to strengthen your spiritual strengthen your spiritual walk, please visit apcwo.org. 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Hello and thank you once again for giving us the opportunity to come to you today, as we spend a few moments in the word of God and prayer. This week, we are talking about how to interpret dreams and just learning a little bit on this so that when we do receive dreams and we recognize that this is God speaking to us, we will know what to do with that and how we can make sense of it and act upon it. Once you and I recognize that God has given you a dream, that the dream that you’ve had has originated from God, one of the most important things that you and I can do is to recall and write down that dream or those dreams that we have been receiving from God. Daniel chapter 7, verse 1, Daniel says, ‘In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head while on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream, telling the main facts.’ Daniel was a prophet of God and God speak to him through dreams and visions and supernatural encounters. But Daniel you can see from this verse, that he took the effort to write down the dream and make a note of the key facts that he observed in that dream. This is an important lesson that we can take, that when we have a dream which we know is from God, then you make an effort to write it down, the details whatever you saw in the dream and write down that dream, it is so important. Even if you don’t immediately understand what the meaning of it is, that is ok, just write down what you saw in the dream, the way you saw it, in the sequence in which the events took place and the details you saw in the dream and also record the emotions you felt in that as you received that dream. These maybe emotions that you felt personally, or emotions that you saw yourself experiencing in the dream. So, it may not be something that you physically experience while having the dream, sometimes that does happen, but sometimes you have emotions in the dream and make a note of those emotions as well. So, recall and write down your dreams from God. Now, of course if it is another kind of dream, if it is just a dream of your own mind at work or even if it’s a demonic intrusion into that thought process when you wake up, you reject those dreams, you don’t pay attention to it, especially if it’s a dream that is causing fear and a nightmare, you say in the name of Jesus, I reject it and cancel any of its effect on my life and I cleanse my mind off of those dreams. So, you reject and don’t accept those dreams but the ones that are form God, you mull and think over it, you recall and most importantly, make a note of it, that is an important step towards understanding the, meaning and then being able to do something useful with the dream that God has given you. We will continue talking more about this tomorrow. Let’s take a few moments to pray, Father, we thank you so much that you are the God who speaks to us and you’ve given us instructions in your word on how to process the messages you give to us in dreams and we pray that you will help each of us learn and receive from you, in Jesus’ name, Amen. Thank you for tuning in to living supernaturally, for more resources to strengthen your spiritual strengthen your spiritual walk, please visit apcwo.org. Daily devotions to strengthen your faith each day. Daily Devotional for Spirit filled living. Each daily devotion is about five minutes in duration. These daily devotionals are centered around a weekly theme. So there are seven daily devotions that focus on the theme and bring you insight, understanding and revelation from the Bible. Each week’s theme is listed as a series. So you can listen to the current week’s devotions or go to any previous theme/series that speaks to your present need (https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotions ). Also available free sermons (https://apcwo.org/sermons), and free Christian books (https://apcwo.org/books) to nourish and strengthen your faith. Watch our online Sunday Church service live stream every Sunday at 10:30am (Indian Time, GMT+5:30). Spirit filled, anointed worship, Word and ministry for healing, miracles and deliverance. YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/allpeopleschurchbangalore WEBSITE: https://apcwo.org/live CHURCH: https://apcwo.org FREE SERMONS: https://apcwo.org/resources/sermons FREE BOOKS: https://apcwo.org/books/english DAILY DEVOTIONALS: https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotional JESUS CHRIST: https://examiningjesus.com BIBLE COLLEGE: https://apcbiblecollege.org E-LEARNING: https://apcbiblecollege.org/elearn COUNSELING: https://chrysalislife.org MUSIC: https://apcmusic.org MINISTERS FELLOWSHIP: https://pamfi.org CHURCH APP: https://apcwo.org/app CHURCHES: https://apcwo.org/ministries/churches

Hello and thank you for this opportunity to come to you and spend this week with you, spending time in God’s word and also praying with each other. Thank you for giving us this opportunity. This week, I thought we will spend some time talking about a subject that perhaps many of us would be interested in and its about dreams and more specifically on how to interpret dreams. We will cover these things, a little each day but if you are interested in learning more, I will encourage you to visit our church website and look at our publications, we have a book called ‘Understanding the prophetic’ where we deal with some of these things in greater depth. As we get started this week, the first thing that we need to establish is that God speaks to us through dreams. In Job chapter 33, verses 14 to 18, the bible says, ‘For God may speak in one way, or in another, yet man does not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while slumbering on their beds, Then He opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction. In order to turn man from his deed, and conceal pride from man, He keeps back his soul from the Pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.’ The bible is telling us here that God speaks to man and one of the ways in which He speaks is through dreams or through visions in the night as it is mentioned here. It also tells us that there is a reason why God would do this. We understand that dreams can come for several different reasons, sometimes it could come just because of what our mind has been engaged in throughout the day. Ecclesiastes chapter 3, verse 5 says “For a dream comes through much activity.” If we are really engaged in something mentally, some of those ideas may continue to work in our minds through the night and we have dreams in relation to those things. Sometimes, it could be just even demonic powers that intrude into our dreams at night and you wake up with some nightmares and disturbing dreams. But, in like manner, even God can intercept and speak to us at night in dreams and when you wake up, you realize that this dream that you just had is something very different. It is not one of those things your mind is acting on and working on, neither is it one of those nightmare disturbing dreams but it is a dream that carries a message that is alerting you or speaking to you, maybe It is bringing comfort, strength, so on and so forth. The passage in Job that we read, says that God speaks in order to instruct us and in order to guide us and He speaks to us toward that end. There is a purpose in God giving us dreams, He can instruct us, He can guide us, He can warn us, He can alert us, He can strengthen and encourage us in what He wants us to do, so there are many different purposes. Job says here that God speaks in order to keep us from getting into something that is wrong. When we look into the scriptures, you will find many examples where God has spoken both in the Old and New Testament to people in various dreams. God also speaks not only to the believers but even for those who don’t know God, those who may not even believe in God, God speaks to them as well as a way of awakening them, drawing them to Himself, guiding and directing them, we see examples of such dreams even in scripture. Of course, one of the big questions that people have is how can I differentiate between a dream that is my own mind at work, or perhaps a demonic intrusion in my sleep versus a dream that actually has originated from God where God is speaking. I think couple of things that stand out, one is usually when God speaks, when you wake up, you are going to remember that dream. Next, there is also a sense of God’s presence, that there is an awareness that God has spoken, that this dream is different and usually when God speaks there is always a sense of peace, comfort and strength, even if it is a dream that is alerting or warning you, there is this sense of peace, comfort and strength. So, by becoming aware of what you feel right after you wake up, knowing that you can remember the dream, there is sense that God has spoken and there is a sense that this dream is bringing peace and strength, you will know that God has given you that dream. So, we will continue this tomorrow. Let’s take a moment to pray together, Father, we thank you that you are God who speaks. We pray that you will awaken each of us to this wonderful way in which you communicate to us, that you will give us dreams in the night and there will be night vision, that we can hear from you and receive instruction from you, in Jesus’ name, Amen. Thank you for tuning in to living supernaturally, for more resources to strengthen your spiritual strengthen your spiritual walk, please visit apcwo.org. Daily devotions to strengthen your faith each day. Daily Devotional for Spirit filled living. Each daily devotion is about five minutes in duration. These daily devotionals are centered around a weekly theme. So there are seven daily devotions that focus on the theme and bring you insight, understanding and revelation from the Bible. Each week’s theme is listed as a series. So you can listen to the current week’s devotions or go to any previous theme/series that speaks to your present need (https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotions ). Also available free sermons (https://apcwo.org/sermons), and free Christian books (https://apcwo.org/books) to nourish and strengthen your faith. Watch our online Sunday Church service live stream every Sunday at 10:30am (Indian Time, GMT+5:30). 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Welcome! We are talking about intimacy with God and we’ve been looking at this reality that God has created us for intimacy, He is inviting us to intimacy and this is a journey that we have to make by choice. We need to prioritize God in our lives and let Him be everything for us. Today, I want to talk about developing into this intimacy. There is a passage in Jeremiah chapter 29, verses 12 and 13, the Amplified version, it says, ‘Then you will call on Me and you will come and pray to Me, and I will hear [your voice] and I will listen to you. Then [with a deep longing] you will seek Me and require Me [as a vital necessity] and [you will] find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.’ Just reading this passage, it reminds us of Jesus, the way Jesus walked so closely with the Father, where God the Father was a vital necessity for Jesus and so He lived in that intimate relationship with God. It also reminds us of people like Moses and David who talked about walking closely with God, seeing Him face to face, wanting God as that one thing in their lives, their soul thirsting for God, their flesh longing for God. So, how is it that we can get to that place? There is a journey that we have to make and the key word that we see in these passages- seek, seek. It says, you will seek me and then it goes on to say, you search for me. God is reminding us that the initiative is with us. It is only when we seek and search which have to do with the hunger and thirst that we carry towards God, it has to do with how much of God’s presence we want, it has to do with how much we want to learn about God through the word or through the work of the Spirit. The seeking and the searching, is something that God is inviting us to. It is when we seek and search that the scriptures tell us, we will find Him when we seek Him out and we search for Him. There is a beautiful picture of journeying through the tabernacle, from the outer court all the way to the very presence of God in the holy of holies. In a sense, our journey into the presence of God is like that, we keep moving forward, we keep moving ahead, seeking Him, searching for Him and we move from a place of just knowing Him at a surface level to a place where we know Him in a stronger and a deeper way. There is another scripture from James chapter 4, verse 8, it says, ‘Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.’ For intimacy, the initiative lies with us and so we have to take that up, draw near to Him, seek Him, search for Him and gain more of Him. Let’s pray together, Heavenly Father, we thank you that though you are this great God, you love to reveal yourself to us, you have revealed yourself through Jesus. Help us make this journey of discovering more and more of you. Help us to draw near to you, in Jesus’ name we ask this, Amen. Thank you for tuning in to living supernaturally, for more resources to strengthen your spiritual strengthen your spiritual walk, please visit apcwo.org. Daily devotions to strengthen your faith each day. Daily Devotional for Spirit filled living. Each daily devotion is about five minutes in duration. These daily devotionals are centered around a weekly theme. So there are seven daily devotions that focus on the theme and bring you insight, understanding and revelation from the Bible. Each week’s theme is listed as a series. So you can listen to the current week’s devotions or go to any previous theme/series that speaks to your present need (https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotions ). Also available free sermons (https://apcwo.org/sermons), and free Christian books (https://apcwo.org/books) to nourish and strengthen your faith. Watch our online Sunday Church service live stream every Sunday at 10:30am (Indian Time, GMT+5:30). Spirit filled, anointed worship, Word and ministry for healing, miracles and deliverance. YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/allpeopleschurchbangalore WEBSITE: https://apcwo.org/live CHURCH: https://apcwo.org FREE SERMONS: https://apcwo.org/resources/sermons FREE BOOKS: https://apcwo.org/books/english DAILY DEVOTIONALS: https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotional JESUS CHRIST: https://examiningjesus.com BIBLE COLLEGE: https://apcbiblecollege.org E-LEARNING: https://apcbiblecollege.org/elearn COUNSELING: https://chrysalislife.org MUSIC: https://apcmusic.org MINISTERS FELLOWSHIP: https://pamfi.org CHURCH APP: https://apcwo.org/app CHURCHES: https://apcwo.org/ministries/churches

Hello everyone, thank you that you are on this journey with me, talking about intimacy, understanding intimacy with God. We’ve seen how because of Jesus, we can go deeper in our relationship with God, we can go deeper in the presence of God. Today, I want to talk about the invitation that God has given us to fellowship with the Godhead. We know that the Godhead is three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, but they are one and this is an amazing mystery. The word of God teaches us that God wants us to fellowship with the Godhead- the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit and our fellowship is not just with human beings here on earth but God invites us to enjoy our relationship and our fellowship. Relationship, fellowship as we look at the biblical meaning is partnership with God and it is also sharing our hearts, our thoughts, walking together and God is inviting to be a part of all this. 1 John chapter 1, verse 3, it says, ‘that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.’ God enjoys fellowshipping with us. Here the believers, as apostle John writes, they had fellowship not just with one another but he says, truly our fellowship is with the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. So, there is a horizontal relating with human beings but there is also this vertical connect that every believer has directly with God and what a privilege! We don’t have to worry about anything intercepting that and anyone interfering, we can directly connect with the Father and the Son, Jesus Christ. How do we fellowship? We can fellowship with God through prayer, through reading of His word, by understanding what God is speaking to us, by responding to God with our lives, not just through our words, but even our actions. So, the way we live is also communion and fellowship with God. Let’s continue on here, we will look at this passage form 2 Corinthians chapter 13, verse 14, it says, ‘The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.’ So, we can also fellowship with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit lives on the inside of every believer. We can continue to speak with Him. We can also partner with the Holy Spirit; we know that He empowers us to live the supernatural lives that God wants us to live. We can do this, we are empowered to do this and God has called us for intimate fellowship with the Father, the Son and His Holy Spirit. What a great thought! Let’s pray together, Heavenly Father, we are grateful that you’ve invited us to fellowship with you. We thank you that above all, our fellowship is with you and even the Godhead. We pray that you will continue to equip us in strengthening this relationship and fellowship with you, we honor you for this, in Jesus’ name we pray, Amen. Thank you for tuning in to living supernaturally, for more resources to strengthen your spiritual strengthen your spiritual walk, please visit apcwo.org. Daily devotions to strengthen your faith each day. Daily Devotional for Spirit filled living. Each daily devotion is about five minutes in duration. These daily devotionals are centered around a weekly theme. So there are seven daily devotions that focus on the theme and bring you insight, understanding and revelation from the Bible. Each week’s theme is listed as a series. So you can listen to the current week’s devotions or go to any previous theme/series that speaks to your present need (https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotions ). Also available free sermons (https://apcwo.org/sermons), and free Christian books (https://apcwo.org/books) to nourish and strengthen your faith. Watch our online Sunday Church service live stream every Sunday at 10:30am (Indian Time, GMT+5:30). Spirit filled, anointed worship, Word and ministry for healing, miracles and deliverance. YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/allpeopleschurchbangalore WEBSITE: https://apcwo.org/live CHURCH: https://apcwo.org FREE SERMONS: https://apcwo.org/resources/sermons FREE BOOKS: https://apcwo.org/books/english DAILY DEVOTIONALS: https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotional JESUS CHRIST: https://examiningjesus.com BIBLE COLLEGE: https://apcbiblecollege.org E-LEARNING: https://apcbiblecollege.org/elearn COUNSELING: https://chrysalislife.org MUSIC: https://apcmusic.org MINISTERS FELLOWSHIP: https://pamfi.org CHURCH APP: https://apcwo.org/app CHURCHES: https://apcwo.org/ministries/churches

Welcome everyone, we are talking about intimacy and I am really delighted to touch upon another theme here. We know that God wants us to draw near to Him and He has given us the revelation of who He is through His Son, Jesus. We also have the word of God; we have the work of the Holy Spirit continually helping us know our God better. Today, I want us to recognize that this is possible because of what the Lord Jesus has done for us. We know when we talk about the Old Covenant that it was only the high priest and the priests who were able to fulfill the duties in the tabernacle, the temple and so common man was only able to go up to a certain distance within the tabernacle. However, thank God that when the Lord Jesus died on the Cross for us, what God was really saying is that the limitation which was there in approaching God’s presence, that was removed and no wonder God gave us this symbol of the veil being torn that one could enter the most precious place in the tabernacle which is the holy of holies where the very presence of God rested. Let’s look at this scripture passage from Hebrews chapter 4, verses 14 through 16, it says, ‘Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.’ We are being told that the Lord Jesus has done something for us to have an audience in the very presence of God. Here, that place is being referred to as throne of grace. How do we come to that place of intimacy and the holy of holies? With boldness, we can come with boldness because the Lord Jesus has made a way. We also saw in this passage that He now is our great high priest, He became that sacrifice once which satisfied God’s wrath and He is also our great high priest and He has made a way for us to enter into the presence of God. This is a truth that we must never take lightly. Today, we can pray from wherever we are, we can pray anytime of the day, but by faith we know that we can enter the very presence of God which was not possible for people who are not part of the New Covenant. We have this privilege, we have an audience with God 24/7 and we can enter because of the Lord Jesus, we can come boldly into His presence and I pray that we will take that opportunity and encounter God again and again. Let’s pray together, Heavenly Father, we thank you for this truth that Jesus has made a way for us to enter your very presence. Enable us to continually reach your presence and experience all that you have for us in your presence, we thank you, in Jesus’ name we pray, Amen. Thank you for tuning in to living supernaturally, for more resources to strengthen your spiritual strengthen your spiritual walk, please visit apcwo.org. Daily devotions to strengthen your faith each day. Daily Devotional for Spirit filled living. Each daily devotion is about five minutes in duration. These daily devotionals are centered around a weekly theme. So there are seven daily devotions that focus on the theme and bring you insight, understanding and revelation from the Bible. Each week’s theme is listed as a series. So you can listen to the current week’s devotions or go to any previous theme/series that speaks to your present need (https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotions ). Also available free sermons (https://apcwo.org/sermons), and free Christian books (https://apcwo.org/books) to nourish and strengthen your faith. Watch our online Sunday Church service live stream every Sunday at 10:30am (Indian Time, GMT+5:30). Spirit filled, anointed worship, Word and ministry for healing, miracles and deliverance. YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/allpeopleschurchbangalore WEBSITE: https://apcwo.org/live CHURCH: https://apcwo.org FREE SERMONS: https://apcwo.org/resources/sermons FREE BOOKS: https://apcwo.org/books/english DAILY DEVOTIONALS: https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotional JESUS CHRIST: https://examiningjesus.com BIBLE COLLEGE: https://apcbiblecollege.org E-LEARNING: https://apcbiblecollege.org/elearn COUNSELING: https://chrysalislife.org MUSIC: https://apcmusic.org MINISTERS FELLOWSHIP: https://pamfi.org CHURCH APP: https://apcwo.org/app CHURCHES: https://apcwo.org/ministries/churches

Welcome everyone, thank you for joining in again. We are talking about knowing God in a deep way. We’ve been designed to be intimate with the Lord and we are seeing examples of people like Moses and David who desired more of God, they experienced more of God and as part of their life experience, it is also evident that the closer they went to God, the more they wanted Him. Today, I just want to continue along these lines. We see that God wants us to come close to Him and He wants to reveal Himself to us and the more we get to know Him, the greater our desire will be to know Him even more. In John chapter 17 and verse 3, the Amplified version reads, ‘Now, this is eternal life that they may know you, the only true (supreme and sovereign) God, and (in the same manner know) Jesus (as the) Christ whom you have sent.’ God wants us to know Him. He is not a God who created us and hid Himself away. God has revealed Himself in creation. We read about that in the book of Romans and God always wanted to walk with man and show His purposes, His heart to man. Here in this passage, we notice that there is an invitation where God is telling us very plainly that this is eternal life that we may know Him and also His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, God wants us to know Him. God in fact revealed Himself in the best way through the life of the Lord Jesus Christ. We see in John chapter 1 and verse 14, ‘And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.’ Jesus came in flesh and blood to reveal the Father to us, to show us what the Father is like, what the Father thinks and how He works in various situations, circumstances, God’s heart of love and compassion, His justice, His righteousness and all of these things. As we look at the life of Jesus, we can understand who God is. Here is the thing, God didn’t want to hide this from us, He wanted to reveal it and that is why Jesus came, Jesus came to reveal God to us. We can see here that God wants us to know Him. This is the eternal life that we may know Him and that we may know His Son. How do we go about knowing this God? Through the Lord Jesus. When we see the life of Jesus, and we accept the salvation that Jesus has to offer, we come to this place, where we are able to understand God better and in a deeper way. The word of God has been given for us to continually know the nature of God, the character of God. When we read the Bible, it is not an exercise which is ritualistic, it is not something that needs to be done every day because it is supposed to be done but the means that God has given us is to know Him and Scriptures reveal God to us, His Holy Spirit reveals God to us. Let us be on this journey to know God better and know Him in a deeper way because He has invited us. Let’s pray together, Heavenly Father, we thank you for all that we know about you. We know that you want us to discover deeper and greater truths. Lord, help us to make this journey, let your word come alive, let the work of the Holy Spirit be very real, in Jesus’ name we pray, Amen. Thank you for tuning in to living supernaturally, for more resources to strengthen your spiritual strengthen your spiritual walk, please visit apcwo.org. Daily devotions to strengthen your faith each day. Daily Devotional for Spirit filled living. Each daily devotion is about five minutes in duration. These daily devotionals are centered around a weekly theme. So there are seven daily devotions that focus on the theme and bring you insight, understanding and revelation from the Bible. Each week’s theme is listed as a series. So you can listen to the current week’s devotions or go to any previous theme/series that speaks to your present need (https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotions ). Also available free sermons (https://apcwo.org/sermons), and free Christian books (https://apcwo.org/books) to nourish and strengthen your faith. Watch our online Sunday Church service live stream every Sunday at 10:30am (Indian Time, GMT+5:30). Spirit filled, anointed worship, Word and ministry for healing, miracles and deliverance. YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/allpeopleschurchbangalore WEBSITE: https://apcwo.org/live CHURCH: https://apcwo.org FREE SERMONS: https://apcwo.org/resources/sermons FREE BOOKS: https://apcwo.org/books/english DAILY DEVOTIONALS: https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotional JESUS CHRIST: https://examiningjesus.com BIBLE COLLEGE: https://apcbiblecollege.org E-LEARNING: https://apcbiblecollege.org/elearn COUNSELING: https://chrysalislife.org MUSIC: https://apcmusic.org MINISTERS FELLOWSHIP: https://pamfi.org CHURCH APP: https://apcwo.org/app CHURCHES: https://apcwo.org/ministries/churches