Hey Mergers!
Hopefully you've been to the Mount these past few weeks. The teaching had been phenominal! However, if you weren't able to make it out, here are notes from Bishop's last two messages. Enjoy
3,3,2012
Message by Bishop Murphy
We must create a culture of faith.
Many times the enemy gets the victory over us because God has
ordained that we live in the spiritual dimension, yet we deal in the natural
dimension and attempt to receive spiritual things that only faith can lay hold
to.
We're living in a society that doesn't believe in giving to
churches. Even the believers think that if they can just give to a good cause,
they don't have to worry about the preacher taking your money. When the reality is, no matter where you put
your money, you have to worry about someone taking your money
In many cases, your house is a reflection of who you are. When people come to your house they can get an
insight to your standard of living. The
same should be said of the church. When you look at the church, do you see a
picture of who God is or is it a picture of how you value God? David said that
this palace is not for man, but for God.
Because David understood that the house of God was not about man, he
gave his best to make sure that it looked like a place where God could dwell
Have you lived your life in such a way that you can say you have
given God your best in a given situation? In everything we do, God wants your
best. David prepared to give the lord an offering. He didn't wait until he got
to church. He valued God in such a way
that he came to a precise conclusion on how much he needed to give in order for
the house of God to look like the house of god. He set aside the best that he
had and gave it to God.
God knows what your best is. He knows what's in your safe, he
knows what's in your bank account. So
you aren’t fooling him when you anonymous envelope in the offering basket. David gave openly because he knew he had
given his best. Your best may not be someone else's best but if you are giving
the best that you have, give it proudly.
One of the strategies of the enemy is to keep you from talking
about money so he can keep you from getting the best blessings that God has from
you. The greatest blessings God has for you are attached to your money because
your money indicates where your true love is.
When we give seeing men and not God. The focus for not giving is
men: preachers, deacons, people, etc.
When we focus on men we miss it because this is not for men, but all
about God. If we weren't so out of the
word, we wouldn't be tripped up by the things of the world. You're tripping over so many obstacles
because you don't have enough word to walk straight in your situations
Whatever you do, you cannot focus it on Bishop Murphy. Set your focus on God. I do not believe because of a preacher. I believe because of the word. He's blessed because he preaches the word. I'm blessed because I read the word.
Too many have a heart for the preachers. Their faith, obedience and trust are in the
man. But if you have a heart for God,
then He will give you your reward.
If every believe came to church seeking God and not for a man then
what you’d get when you came would be totally different. We're hendered in the
faith because we're too focused on man.
Men are going to focus and concentrate on what the preacher said,
but when your focus is on God, the man will be saying one thing and you'll hear
something totally different because you are in the spirit.
If you look at Bishop or other preachers, you're already limited.
They become the god you can see, touch and talk to which limits your experience
of God.
It’s about you reaching that place of deep riches of your
liberality.
If we're going to be a culture of faith then we must make sure
that where we worship is a place where God can dwell.
Scriptures
1 Chronicles 29:1-3
Colossians 3:15-17
II Corinthians 8:2
Feb 19, 2012
Message by Bishop Murphy
God, through Jesus Christ, has already gotten rid of the enemy,
but most never replace that void with anything. And because of this lack of
replacing, the enemy comes back stronger than before and takes back the authority
that he lost over you.
God saves us from sin and takes us away from the power of the
enemy but since we never replace him with the word with new ways, the enemy
continues to beat down on us. The
enemy's strategy is to keep you from replacing that void with anything else so
he can continue to rule and reign in your life.
Many are operating in old ways simply because you don't know any better.
The earth uniquely belongs to you but the devil would have you
believe that he and God are making all the choices. But NOT SO! It’s all about
what you're gonna do in the earth realm.
The devil is warring against you because he doesn't want you to move
back into your place of authority.
God's expecting you to stand against the enemy, so why are you
waiting for Him to stand for you? He's given you your superman outfit, all you
have to do is put it on and you will be prepared for anything the devil throws
at you. The devil knows that you have
power and he wants to keep you ignorant of it. He doesn't want you walking in this kind of
revelation; he doesn't want you to walk on that level of faith. The enemy wants you to think that you have to
depend on outside sources when in reality, YOU are the source. We've been taught that God is in control of
everything, but if he's in control of everything, how did you make the decision
you just made? The revelation is that God
has placed you in control.
Fear is of the enemy. So
anytime you find yourself in a situation where fear comes upon you, you know it
is of the enemy. When fear comes upon
you, you lose perception of who you are and of your abilities. As long as the devil can keep you in fear he
can keep you from making powerful decisions that will shape your environment
and cause you ultimate victory. God has
not given you fear, but power, love and a sound mind. You must know who you are and in the midst of
whatever you're going through, you can't get weak in it. You've got to have a sound mind in every
situation that confronts you. Make up
your mind that "I am not losing my authority in this situation".
You've gotta quit giving up our authority we get in this waiting period where
we wait on God.
We’re in unique positions. God
made us in his image and put us in a position to run everything on the
earth. We must be proactive in taking
charge of our situations. You have the
responsibility to fight the enemy back. The devil will never stop fighting you. He may retreat for a season, but he's just
regrouping and waiting for better conditions to attack again.
Another strategy is to use your lazyness/idleness. You know what to do, but you're waiting for
someone else to move on your behalf. The
church needs to be broken from slothfulness.
Many people are only where they are because of their indecision and lack
of action. Its the spirit of
slothfulness that causes us not to inherit the promises of the kingdom. The church has become open to the
philosophies of the world and ignorant to the word of God. We aren't arrogant enough. Most people know who the pimps, drug dealers,
etc are but no one knows who the believers are. Why? Because most believers are out of
character. They've become so ingrossed
in the philosophies of the world and don't believe themselves that God can do
it.
If everyone around you understands you, then that says something
about your level of faith. If you can
just blend in with everyone else and not having people saying you're strange,
spooky then maybe there is something wrong with your belief system.
God has given us the keys to the kingdom and because of our level
of authority in the earth, we live beneath our privilege. We should have no lack, but we lack because
we are waiting on God to give us access to something he has already given us
the keys for we never obtain all that we were meant to. There's stuff that you should be binding on
earth so it has no dominion in the heavens.
Whatever you say in the earth, God is going to back it up in the
heavens. What are you saying?!?
You must start saying some stupid things this week. You have to start speaking to things you've
never spoken to before. Grab your bills and start saying "paid,"
"zero balance." The church has
to become more radical. The world has no
problem cursing in front of you, smoking weed in front of you, so why can't you
say praise the lord or thank you Jesus in front of them?
Scriptures
Matthew 12:43
Psalms 118:15
James 4:6-7
Ephesians 6:15
II Tim 1:7
Matthew: 16:17-19
