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Fisherman's Corner -Prophet Skip Gray
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK : a Rhema Word from The Fisherman Tues, April 21, 2009
Today we’re going to start a 2 Part series entitled, “Your CROSS of Choice”. My earnest prayer is that All who read it, Will be Motivated to pick up their Cross & carry it like they should; for the duration of their assignment of Obedience! It is Truly a most necessary undertaking to carry ones cross! Jesus said in Mark 8: 33b – 34 in the Amplified version of the Bible: “For you do not have a mind (soul) intent on promoting what God Wills, but what pleases men [you Are NOT on God’s side, but that of men]! And Jesus called [to Him] the throng with His disciples and said to them. IF anyone intends to come after Me, let him DENY himself [Forget, ignore, DISown, and loose sight of himself & his own interests], and Take up his CROSS, and [joining Me as a disciple (a discipled one or a copy cat student) and siding with My party]. Follow with Me [continually, cleaving steadfastly to Me]”.
Now Jesus just said a mouthful!
Three things stand out in this portion of scripture to me, besides the “Take up your (individual) CROSS” (daily). They are: “you don’t have a mind (soul) intent on promoting God’s Will, but that of men. Secondly, “…. siding with My party”, and finally, “let him DENY himself”!
The Cross of Christ symbolizes an instrument of death! It was the means of inflicting both a cruel & a punishing final example, of what would happen to one, who violated Roman Law. It was specifically designed as the Capital Punishment of the day. Jesus Christ used this to teach His disciples or followers, How to keep their flesh or their carnal natures (Thoughts: minds / souls) in check or under control! He simply said, “Take up YOUR Cross” (daily)! Or in other words, He was telling them to die daily and How to do so. But as I was talking to a fellow minister brother of mine, I began to prophesy to him! I told him that what many of us believe our crosses to be, in all actuality, Are NOT; what our crosses Are! Selah. If you have for example, a very unruly, “unsubmissive” and unloving wife, we automatically Assume that she is the cross that we Have to bear! Did you check and see from God, if being married to her, was indeed the cross you must bear? You may have just been DISobedient and married the Wrong woman, and now you have to deal with the consequences of your decision and subsequent DISobedience! But God, has a cross specifically designed to work on you! Or could it have been the Fact that you are Not suppose to be a teacher, which is a safe vocation, or a deacon; but that you are really suppose to be a pastor or an apostle, that has the oversight of 4 churches? Could the shear responsibility and daily care of the churches be your own individual Cross, that you refuse to carry? Could you be using your wife as an excuse for a cross because it’s safe & Familiar to be married to her; so you won’t have to do anything about your wife, and / or her attitude? Selah. Are some of you pastors quietly on the verge of quitting the pastoral ministry, because your burden is too hard? Take up your cross!
Could it be that autistic or mentally - challenged child that you have, that you won’t spend much time with at all? Is this your cross? Or have YOU chosen that it is the weight of the ministry, because if the truth be told, you are simply embarrassed of your child; or are you secretly mad at God, for Him having allowed the enemy to attack him or her in the womb? Selah. Have you chosen your cross to be that homosexual child of yours, or deep in your heart, do you KNOW beyond a shadow of a doubt, that God Has Called you for years to be a missionary in some foreign & obscure land; and that just messes up your plans for notoriety and popularity with a big church in the states? We’re talking about your cross of Choice right Now! Selah. Everyone of us has our Own individual crosses to bear. It’s a good thing to suffer and to be humiliated for The Lord’s Glory!! Your cross is designed to make you humble! It’s designed to make you hurt! And hurt, it does! It’s supposed to!
I would be remised if I didn’t talk a little bit about the other things that stood out in Truth, in the scripture (Mark 8: 33b – 34) that we just read. But I would be hapless not to mention the Fact that IF we don’t pick up the cross that God has for us to pick up; then we don’t get any credit or glory for it! It doesn’t satisfy the requirements of the day! It won’t make us humble, submissive, nonjudgmental, kind, weak or merciful; so that through our weaknesses, His strength could be manifest as being Perfect, mature, Strong & mighty! If we don’t pick up the cross that He has planned for us, all we will do, is simply FRUSTRATE His grace for us! If we don’t pick up His cross for us, we Won’t, and Can’t Die!! And isn’t that the entire purpose of the cross of Christ, to eventually get us to die?
We’ll pick up where we left off next week, and we’ll talk a little more about dying and about those other things I mentioned earlier, that I want to share with you. Until next week, keep the Faith, Love one another for real and please stay established, in the Present Truth!
Prophet Skip GRAY
Today we’re going to start a 2 Part series entitled, “Your CROSS of Choice”. My earnest prayer is that All who read it, Will be Motivated to pick up their Cross & carry it like they should; for the duration of their assignment of Obedience! It is Truly a most necessary undertaking to carry ones cross! Jesus said in Mark 8: 33b – 34 in the Amplified version of the Bible: “For you do not have a mind (soul) intent on promoting what God Wills, but what pleases men [you Are NOT on God’s side, but that of men]! And Jesus called [to Him] the throng with His disciples and said to them. IF anyone intends to come after Me, let him DENY himself [Forget, ignore, DISown, and loose sight of himself & his own interests], and Take up his CROSS, and [joining Me as a disciple (a discipled one or a copy cat student) and siding with My party]. Follow with Me [continually, cleaving steadfastly to Me]”.
Now Jesus just said a mouthful!
Three things stand out in this portion of scripture to me, besides the “Take up your (individual) CROSS” (daily). They are: “you don’t have a mind (soul) intent on promoting God’s Will, but that of men. Secondly, “…. siding with My party”, and finally, “let him DENY himself”!
The Cross of Christ symbolizes an instrument of death! It was the means of inflicting both a cruel & a punishing final example, of what would happen to one, who violated Roman Law. It was specifically designed as the Capital Punishment of the day. Jesus Christ used this to teach His disciples or followers, How to keep their flesh or their carnal natures (Thoughts: minds / souls) in check or under control! He simply said, “Take up YOUR Cross” (daily)! Or in other words, He was telling them to die daily and How to do so. But as I was talking to a fellow minister brother of mine, I began to prophesy to him! I told him that what many of us believe our crosses to be, in all actuality, Are NOT; what our crosses Are! Selah. If you have for example, a very unruly, “unsubmissive” and unloving wife, we automatically Assume that she is the cross that we Have to bear! Did you check and see from God, if being married to her, was indeed the cross you must bear? You may have just been DISobedient and married the Wrong woman, and now you have to deal with the consequences of your decision and subsequent DISobedience! But God, has a cross specifically designed to work on you! Or could it have been the Fact that you are Not suppose to be a teacher, which is a safe vocation, or a deacon; but that you are really suppose to be a pastor or an apostle, that has the oversight of 4 churches? Could the shear responsibility and daily care of the churches be your own individual Cross, that you refuse to carry? Could you be using your wife as an excuse for a cross because it’s safe & Familiar to be married to her; so you won’t have to do anything about your wife, and / or her attitude? Selah. Are some of you pastors quietly on the verge of quitting the pastoral ministry, because your burden is too hard? Take up your cross!
Could it be that autistic or mentally - challenged child that you have, that you won’t spend much time with at all? Is this your cross? Or have YOU chosen that it is the weight of the ministry, because if the truth be told, you are simply embarrassed of your child; or are you secretly mad at God, for Him having allowed the enemy to attack him or her in the womb? Selah. Have you chosen your cross to be that homosexual child of yours, or deep in your heart, do you KNOW beyond a shadow of a doubt, that God Has Called you for years to be a missionary in some foreign & obscure land; and that just messes up your plans for notoriety and popularity with a big church in the states? We’re talking about your cross of Choice right Now! Selah. Everyone of us has our Own individual crosses to bear. It’s a good thing to suffer and to be humiliated for The Lord’s Glory!! Your cross is designed to make you humble! It’s designed to make you hurt! And hurt, it does! It’s supposed to!
I would be remised if I didn’t talk a little bit about the other things that stood out in Truth, in the scripture (Mark 8: 33b – 34) that we just read. But I would be hapless not to mention the Fact that IF we don’t pick up the cross that God has for us to pick up; then we don’t get any credit or glory for it! It doesn’t satisfy the requirements of the day! It won’t make us humble, submissive, nonjudgmental, kind, weak or merciful; so that through our weaknesses, His strength could be manifest as being Perfect, mature, Strong & mighty! If we don’t pick up the cross that He has planned for us, all we will do, is simply FRUSTRATE His grace for us! If we don’t pick up His cross for us, we Won’t, and Can’t Die!! And isn’t that the entire purpose of the cross of Christ, to eventually get us to die?
We’ll pick up where we left off next week, and we’ll talk a little more about dying and about those other things I mentioned earlier, that I want to share with you. Until next week, keep the Faith, Love one another for real and please stay established, in the Present Truth!
Prophet Skip GRAY
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