Blessing Without Measure!

12/31/2009

     As I look at the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010 I open my bible to the daily reading, Revelations 22. I find this:

Revelation 22

¹ And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. ² In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Which got me thinking... that sounds a lot like:

Genesis 1:28-29

²⁸ Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." ²⁹ And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.
  

 Pasted From: Bible Gateway




     As book ends to accentuate the shelf, God places the first and last books of the bible to accentuate the story of man. The LORD God, the Begging-End, Alpha-Omega lays out His PERFECT will for mankind in the beginning of His love letter to us. He ends the love letter by reminding us what His PERFECT will is again. What is God's will? What is His PERFECT will?

     SHALOM! Nothing Missing, Nothing Broken, Everything Whole and Complete! 
     
     God's will is, was, always will be SHALOM, Dominion, Provision, Healing, Prosperity, Victory, Overcoming!

 Matthew 6:10

 ¹⁰ Your kingdom come.
  Your will be done
  On earth as it is in heaven.

    

          God has always intended for man to be fruitful, multiply, replenish the earth, and put down things that get out of order. Which can be summarized as "Have Dominion!" I am a child of God! Jesus paid my debt on the cross and bought my right of way back into the blessing! Just as the Tree of Life I should bear fruit EVERY month of 2010, not just a little either. I should be increasing more and more in the things of God. 2010 will have challenges yes, and I will face them in faith! I will seek the answers to each and every situation, opportunity, and decision fighting FROM victory, not for it!



                       The Blessing without Measure, in 2010!!!

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All things are NEW!

Party Time!

 

12/30/2009

     Today I studied Revelations 21.

     God is making a NEW heaven and a NEW earth and EVERYTHING is new. Even the NEW Jerusalem has no temple, for the Glory of God is it's temple. No Sun, Moon, or Stars... for the GLORY of God lights the city!!!

     There are also AMAZING details, such as a River of Life, Gold Streets, Precious Stone Foundations, Giant pearl Gates (each made from a single pearl).

     In Reviewing 2009 I take a look at the Word of God given by Kenneth Copeland that I kept posted at my desk and read out loud when I got discouraged. I decided to receive it even if I didn't understand how it would happen:
     

Well, what about 2009? Shall it be a time of darkness? Or shall this be a place where the Glory shines? Yes, the Glory is here. The Glory has come and things in 2009 that you thought were absolutely never, ever going to come to pass are going to happen so smoothly and so easily you’re going to say, “My, my, my, I don’t see why I ever was disturbed about that. Why glory to God.” And it’s going to increase, and increase and increase. And before the end of 2009 you won’t be able to recognize yourself or your nation, because the Spirit of the Living God will be moving in ways that you’ve only dreamed about up till now. And you’ll be on your way to more wonderful and greater things. That’s the Word of the Lord that came to me. Praise the Lord!

                                                            —Prophecy delivered by Kenneth Copeland

                                                            Nov. 15, 2008

Washington, D.C. Victory Campaign

      We wanted to move to Eagle Mountain International Church, in Newark Texas since July of 2005, when our oldest boy was just about 6 months old. We were living in Palm Springs, CA and thought there was no way it could happen. After a few wrong moves and years of self caused delays discouragement had set in. I'd applied for several job postings within my company and had been turned down each time. We were living in the hamster wheel. Running and running and no moving forward.

      2009 was a year of transition. We moved from California to Texas with a new job, new church, new challenges. We got a new car, better apartment, better relationship with each other and the kids.
I got promoted to become a coach and trainer. I've become a skilled coach and understand the business of leading much better now. Had I been promoted without learning everything I've learned over the last four years, I would not have made much of a leader. But now I am ready. I DO hardly recognize myself as a husband, father, worker, coach, and leader from Jan to now. I expect greater change and growth in 2010. The GLORY surely has come into our lives just as Brother Kenneth said it would.

     Jesus instructed us to pray for God's will to be done on earth as it already is in heaven. I pray, believe, and receive: 2010 a year of NEW and AMAZING, just as it always is in heaven! 2010 will be a year when:

• NEW Blessing
• NEW Favor
• NEW Increase
• NEW Relationship with my Wife and Kids
• NEW  Ministry Opportunities
• NEW Divine Appointments
  
• NEW Promotions on the Job
• NEW Levels of Salary
• NEW Income Streams
  
• NEW Cars
• NEW House
• NEW
• NEW
• NEW
• NEW
• NEW
• NEW
• NEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AND AMAZING!!!!!

BE BLESSED in 2010...

Shana Tova!
Happy New Year!

                                  Darrell G. Wolfe

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Timing

     I thought I was ready for a promotion to a Team Lead years ago. My good friend Sharon pointed out that I was not presenting myself as promotable due to the attitudes I made visible when presented with change.

 Lesson One:

     I took some time to retrain myself to respond accurately. To embrace change as quickly as possible. It wasn't easy to agree with a decision you did not agree with. But I had to find something I could latch on to. Or I had to disconnect myself from it and remind myself that it was NOT my business to run. It is this companies business. Some day I may be asked for my opinion on the changes presented. That day is not today. Someday I'll be running a business and expect my employees to run with it instead of fight it!

     Just like when I remind a customer that I am not the one who overdrew their account nor am I the one who charged them a fee for doing so, I'm merely the interpreter. I must remind myself that I am not the one asked to make decisions at this time. I am the one asked to follow them through, and I am the one being PAID to do so.

     Company A asks me to come work for them. They pay me X amount of dollars. Therefore ANYTHING, legal and ethical, that they ask me to do is what I'm being paid for. THEREFORE, I do NOT have the right to balk at ANY decision they make. Once I separated MY personal feelings, which is the root of all selfishness, and remembered that I was being paid do a job, not being paid to like it or agree with it, then I became much more sane!

     Lesson Two:

     I learned that I am being watched by others... leader by title or not. Therefore EVERYTHING I do will reflect upon my work and my coworkers. Once I decided that I was a leader and started acting like it... I respected myself better.... and so did management!

     I got promoted to become a Coach and train others... I'm looking forward to doing more to sow seed to better my company now... in return I EXPECT to receive the same from my employees when I start my own businesses. It's amazing how a little maturity makes the difference.

     In the end it wasn't my performance that got my moved up... it was my attitude. My performance bought me the right to be heard. Which only helped after I had something worthwhile to say...

     Good night.... parting thoughts.... How are YOU being PERCEIVED by your peers and superiors at your place of employment or in your arena of influence?



                           Darrell G. Wolfe

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LOVE Enough to choose...

Revelations 20...

     God LOVES mankind enough to lock up Satan for a thousand years and raise mankind in a perfect scociety.

     God LOVES mankind enough to let Satan loose and let MAN choose who he will believe.

     God LOVES manking enough to let him choose hell...

     We've been saying for years here in America that it's all Scociety's fault. That had the person been raised differently they would have chosen a different life. God will prove once and for all that even in a perfect scociety, many will still choose the lie.

     God LOVES us enough to let us choose.

     What have you chosen today?


                         Darrell G. Wolfe

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Rabbi

6/15/09

Rabbi

Titles of Servants

Mathew 23:8-11

⁸ But you, do not be called ‘Rabbi’; for One is your Teacher, the Christ,^b]">[b] and you are all brethren. ⁹ Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. ¹⁰ And do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ. ¹¹ But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. ¹² And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

Over the course of time we allowed the natural governments of this worlds system to enter into Christianity. It started with the Roman catholic church, and goes right through today. One of the things we are still growing out of is the need for titles in ministry. Titles are important to a degree. By naming a person, place, or thing you establish certain understandings about it. By giving a man a title you begin to understand his place and role within the organization. For far too long we have disobeyed/ignored the scripture in Ephesians 4

¹¹ And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, ¹² for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, ¹³ till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; ¹⁴ that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, ¹⁵ but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— ¹⁶ from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

He did give titles to ministry offices. The scripture is very clear about submitting to the authority spiritually and naturally placed over us. The word says that these five offices were given to the body of Christ to build us up. After the reformation we abandoned the title of “priest” to return to our roots and call the local man of God placed over us “Pastor”. In Recent years we’ve re discovered and come to value the Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor AND Teacher as the proper Five Ministry offices placed over the body.

As we’ve done this though, we’ve over corrected in some areas. Do not seek for yourself a title. I’m not walking up to people saying: “Yes, Yes, I’m Reverend Wolfe” Or “Pastor Wolfe” or “Doctor Wolfe”. How about Darrell? Brother Darrell? There must come this balance between respecting the office and seeking a title. Always Honor the office in others, and downplay your own title. Remember that the higher the office you are called to, the greater servant you are called to be.

Romans 12:3
[ Serve God with Spiritual Gifts ] For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

Do not think too lowly or highly. To call yourself less than you are is false. To call yourself higher than you are is false. Get in the word and find out who you are and walk in it. It is right to say:

I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus

I am redeemed from the curse.

I am what my bible says I am!

I am an overcomer!

But also remember…

I am a son of the King, who serves.

I am a servant of all as I serve Him.

Remember to keep it real… Knowledge puffs up but love builds up.

In Him, DW

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Path of Life

Thought for the Day:

Have you ever been walking through the old park. It has stairs that lead down into the wash. There are lots of stone along the wash, some big and some little. The path is very rough…

Sometimes when you're walking through life there are rough spots. As you walk into the rough spots in life it gets harder to walk a straight line. You end up meandering around bigger obstacles and walking over smaller ones. In fact your eyes and attention are drawn to the path directly beneath and in front of you. In order to you to get a wider perspective of where you are on the path, where you have been, where you are going… You are required to look up. However if you walk the rough path looking up you are more likely to trip and fall. The path really does need your full attention to navigate. So what are you to do if you want a good view of the wider surroundings but need to watch the path? You have two options.

Take frequent glances up… which does give you a broader perspective and may help with navigation, but still doesn't give you a great overview of the area.
OR… you can just stop. Stand completely still. In standing still you make no progress for good OR BAD. You may take a good look at everything around you. You can turn to see where you came from. You can see what's around you and what you have with you. You can take a good look forward.


Once you take that good look, you can begin walking again… slowly and purposefully. Take those extra glances frequently to make sure you're still on track. Feel free to meander a bit. Life is a journey just as much as it is a destination. Every so often, stop. Take a gooooooood look at your surroundings.

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I AM

I AM that I AM...

God said to Moses when he asked who he should tell the people who sent him: "...tell the people I AM sent you."

As I've been thinking about this statement it occurred to me the other day that HE IS!!!!

• He IS right now with me as I type this message and instructing me to do it. 
• He IS right now in the void with just the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in perfect union.
• He IS right now forming the planet and the universe.
• He IS right now speaking for the "first" time "LIGHT BE!!!"
• He IS right now forming Adam and giving him life
• He IS right now both protecting Moses as a baby AND directing him as the mighty leader.
• He IS right now appearing to Saul of Tarsus and changing his life forever. 
• He IS right now forming ME in my mothers womb.
• He IS right now giving me visions and dreams as a child of what HE has called me to do.
• He IS right now before time began planning my day and future.
• He IS right now standing here directing me with that forsight.
• He IS right now in my future directing me in my Call AND Destiny!
• He IS right now standing in heaven sourrounded by the raptured believers watching events on the planet.
• He IS right now Rapturing the church.
• He IS right now Coming back to set up his 1,000 Reign.
• He IS right now closing the books on it all and creating His new heaven and new earth. 

HE IS

HE IS

HE IS

HE IS...

What are you concerned about today that you wouldn't be if you really grasped that HE IS and you were sitting in HIS seat and had HIS perspective?

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