Today's Claimed "Vision from God"

The problem with today's claimed "Vision from God" is when you need to ask others for fundraising to fulfill your vision from God.

1) Is it really God's vision or your OWN vision?

- If it is from God, there will be a number of people receiving it outside of your inner circle as confirmation from His people, especially when it concerns a community.

- If it is from God, God will provide for you.

- If it is from you, you will keep stirring up the hearts of people to give to your vision by repeating the vision over and over again from the pulpit and social media

- If it is from you, you will keep finding ways to preach the vision and get people to give financially

When Paul had a vision from God, he just went ahead. When Peter had a vision from God, he didn't understand at first. But when he understood, he just went ahead.

Today, if you receive a vision from God and you need to first communicate to everybody to raise funds for you, it's your own vision. Stop manipulating people for your vision.

We have enough of this abuse going on in the spiritual institutions.

God can reach a community without any physical building. He is The Building made without human hands. Stop going back to the old building your own kingdom made with human hands.

If we are serious about fulfilling His vision, then Matt 28:18-20 and Mark 16:15-18 don't need a building.

Discovering Your God-Given Assignment

Discovering Your God-Given Assignment

What you have gone through usually becomes what you will break through for God's assignment.

It is uniquely your personal experiences that make God's assignment for your life distinctive.

With this in mind, we should celebrate everyone's assignment instead of feeling threatened, jealous or feeling a need to compete.

You will never be able to compete and catch up with someone's God-given assignment. Because you are doing it by your own strength while he is doing it by God's grace. 

Anyone who feels this way reveals that he does not really know his assignment.

Instead of using your energy and time to compete, re-direct them on discovering God's assignment for your life. Look back at your past experiences, trauma, pain, victories, etc. Discover the passion and value in you that you can bring to the world.

God's assignment, more often than not, is connected to these dots in your life.

Don't Speak In Tongues In The Church

Don't Speak In Tongues In The Church

He who speaks in a tongue 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐬 himself... - 1 Cor 14:4

The word 'edifies' in Greek is 'oikodomeó', which means 'to build, to construct, to edify.' It refers to 'building a house' or 'building someone up'.

The ESV translation is better.

The one who speaks in a tongue 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐩 himself... - 1 Cor 14:4 ESV

The Scriptures do not restrict 'building up himself' to purely the spiritual realm (aka the soul). We are a three-part being; spirit, soul and body.

'You who would destroy the temple and 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 it in three days...' - Mathew 27:40

The word 'rebuild' is the same Greek word used (oikodomeó) in 1 Cor 14:4 for 'edify', which refers to 'building a house' or 'building someone up'.

When Jesus said that He would destroy this temple and 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 it in three days (Jn 2:19), He was referring to His body. He would '𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝, 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐲' His physical body in three days.

In other words, releasing the Resurrection LIFE (Rom 8:11) to the physical body is the same as 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 or 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 yourself.

Your spirit is perfect (1 Cor 6:17) when you are born again. What is left to be built up or edify is your soul and body.

Speaking in tongues does not just build up your soul. It also builds up your physical body. It 'oikodomeó' the body.

Carl Peterson, a brain specialist, conducted a study on speaking in tongues. He discovered that when we speak in tongues, the brain releases 2 chemical secretions that are directed into our immune system, giving a 35-40% boost to the immune system.

Another research was done at the University of Pennsylvania. They found out those who speak in tongues have a decrease of activity in the frontal lobes of the brain and an increased activity in the thalamus.

The frontal lobe of the brain is critical for reading and conversation, particularly in initiating speech, producing language, and planning responses.

The thalamus plays a critical role in regulating consciousness, sleep, alertness, and emotional responses. It also receives sensory data (vision, hearing, taste, touch) and sends it to the relevant cortical processing areas.

Note: This is how you differentiate between blabbing and speaking in tongues. When you speak in tongues, you should be able to continue using your frontal lobe for reading and planning.

Therefore, when we speak in tongues, we activate our consciousness towards God and hear His voice better (vision, hearing, taste & touch). We also grow in emotional health because it gives us rest and refreshing (Isa 28:11-12).

Immunotherapy is a new medical treatment for cancer by boosting the body's immune system to fight it. Scientists are discovering new age of immunotherapy beyond the traditional immune checkpoint inhibitors.

This is because chemotherapy does not treat cancer. Most of the time, it kills the person and it de-constructs the immune system. IMHO, it is a tool of the devil, because it goes against the original creation by God, which is man's immune system.

Speaking in tongues, on the other hand, builds up and constructs the body's immune system. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧!

Therefore, do not just go to church service or meetings and speak in tongues.

Speak in tongues wherever you are, and whenever you can.

How We View The World

How We View The World

Matthew 16:19 - I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

The Greek meaning for bind is "declare as illicit". The Greek meaning for loose is "declare as lawful."

What we declare as illicit on earth will be in heaven ------ what we forbid

What we declare as lawful on earth will be in heaven ------ what we allow

Things happening on earth in the past and present are not due to God forbidding or allowing, but due to men forbidding or allowing them on earth, for we have been entrusted with the earth through His dominion authority.

This is the most important understanding on the Kingdom of God. Missing this will totally change the way you view the world through the biblical lens, and the way you live.

"Let us pray and let God work" is NOT the message of the Kingdom of God.

"Let us pray and be empowered to do God's work" is the Gospel of the Kingdom of God.

We are not waiting for God to move. God is waiting for us to move. We are not waiting for a move of God again and again. We are THE move of God because God has already moved heaven down for us 2000 years ago through His Son.