Breakthrough Fasting & Prayer

January 15, 2009 (Day Twelve)

Discovery is the process by which we seek to understand the intricate details of a course of action. What are you discovering about yourself on this Breakthrough Fasting & Prayer journey? What do you see when you look at yourself in the eyes of God? Do you have a right or wrong vision of who you are? Let me introduce you to B. P. Burkland, and discover what happened when he saw himself.

B. P. contracted polio when he was a young boy. His parents placed his crippled and deformed body in a box so they could pull him from room to room. One day they left him in front of a mirror and he saw himself. Not the deformed body, or the box, or the limitations. He saw himself running! What he did next is what you must do to break free of the limitations that are barriers to your God life!

HE BEGAN TO ROCK THE BOX UNTIL HE TURNED IT OVER! HE REFUSED THE BARRIERS!

God has given you the ability to see yourself beyond your barriers. You must refuse the “box” and see His vision of your destiny! Job 26:12 said this about God, “He stirs up the sea with His power, and by His understanding He breaks up the storm.” When you understand what God has already given you nothing can stand in the path of your victory and breakthrough!

Psalm 98:4 commands us to, “Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth; break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises.” It is time for you to break forth! Whatever has boxed you in can’t hold you any longer. John 8:36 is your key, “Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.” Rock the box today and never again allow yourself to be bound by the limitation that others put on you.

B.P. Burkland became a very wealthy business man in Seattle, Washington. The Space Needle that indentifies the Seattle skyline was built on land he owned! See yourself through God’s Word and you will breakthrough every barrier in your life today!

Send me your testimony of deliverance and breakthrough. Email it to me at pastor@clfn.org. I can’t wait to hear what God has done for you. I am standing with you in faith today for every breakthrough you desire in God!

Numbers 6:24-26 “The LORD bless you and keep you; The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.”

Blessings & Peace,

PG

Connect, Commit, and Continue! Connect to the divine flow of impartation found in the storehouse of Community Life Fellowship. Commit to loyalty in Christian service through the ministry of Community Life Fellowship. Continue in the quest for Bible-based foundations of Kingdom Purpose and personal evangelism that are the fundamental works of Community Life Fellowship.

All scriptural references unless noted otherwise are from the New King James version of the Bible.

Breakthrough Fasting & Prayer

January 14, 2009 (Day Eleven)

Today is the day that you have overcome! Overcome is defined as: to get the better of in a struggle or conflict. 1 John 5:5 defines it this way, “Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God…” You are now more than midway through our Breakthrough Fasting & Prayer commitment. You are prevailing in the battle for your mind, body, and spirit! Lift up your head, you are an overcomer!

When Moses sent the twelve spies to see if they could prevail in the promised land, Numbers 13:30 gives this report, “Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.” When everyone else saw themselves as grasshoppers, Joshua and Caleb said, “We are well able to overcome it.” You are well able to overcome the barriers that are present in your life. Breakthrough starts with a decision to focus on God’s promise instead of the seemingly insurmountable odds of logic. Logic will lie to you when confronted with the supernatural.

Everything that Satan throws at you is an accusation of the untrue. What he tells you is always a lie. John 8:44 makes it as plan as possible, “(The Devil) …does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.” Don’t believe Satan’s lies, you are more than a conqueror through Christ!

Revelation 12:11 gives us a three part formula for defeating Satan, “ And they overcame him by (1) the blood of the Lamb and by (2) the word of their testimony, and they (3) did not love their lives to the death. Jesus gave His life’s blood to create an overcoming breakthrough to the barrier of Satan’s deception. God also gave you a voice to raise and declare your breakthrough by faith. And, you just can’t defeat a person who has nothing to lose and everything to gain!

Ephesians 2:4-7 is your testimony today, “But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus…”

Send me your testimony of deliverance and breakthrough. Email it to me at pastor@clfn.org. I can’t wait to hear what God has done for you. I am standing with you in faith today for every breakthrough you desire in God!

Numbers 6:24-26 “The LORD bless you and keep you; The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.”

Blessings & Peace,

PG

Connect, Commit, and Continue! Connect to the divine flow of impartation found in the storehouse of Community Life Fellowship. Commit to loyalty in Christian service through the ministry of Community Life Fellowship. Continue in the quest for Bible-based foundations of Kingdom Purpose and personal evangelism that are the fundamental works of Community Life Fellowship.

All scriptural references unless noted otherwise are from the New King James version of the Bible.

Breakthrough Fasting & Prayer

January 12, 2009 (Day Nine)

In 1971 I was nine years old. Richard Nixon was President of the United States. We heard that a new stock market called the Nasdaq opened up. The Harlem Globetrotter’s winning streak of 2,495 games ended to the New Jersey Reds. The Colts beat the Cowboys in the Superbowl, and The Carpenters released a song titled, “Rainy Days & Mondays.” If you missed those times you missed the world at half-speed.

In the song, “Rainy Days & Mondays,” there is a verse that states, “What I've got they used to call the blues; Nothin' is really wrong; Feelin' like I don't belong. Walkin' around; Some kind of lonely clown; Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.” Today you may be feeling the same sentiments on this second Monday of Breakthrough Fasting & Prayer. I want to encourage you to break the barrier of disconnection by embracing the call of the Spirit in your life.

Your invitation is found in Psalm 42:7, “Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; all Your waves and billows have gone over me.” God is beckoning you today to be drawn into His heart. You have reached a rhythm in your fasting by now that is releasing a supernatural pull on your heart. Answer the call by connecting to the divine flow of God’s wisdom and fellowship offered to you through His Word and prayer.

You are an invited guest into the deepest part of God according to Hebrews 4:16, “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” Today your need is to break the barrier of a hurried lifestyle and breakthrough into a deeper intimacy with God than you have ever known. Stop right now and breath in the Holy Spirit.

Genesis 2:7 gives us the original formula for your life’s substance, “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.” Everything you are becoming in God in found in His breath through you! Acts 17:28 makes this perfectly clear, “for in Him we live and move and have our being…”

Send me your testimony of deliverance and breakthrough. Email it to me at pastor@clfn.org. I can’t wait to hear what God has done for you. I am standing with you in faith today for every breakthrough you desire in God!

Numbers 6:24-26 “The LORD bless you and keep you; The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.”

Blessings & Peace,

PG

Connect, Commit, and Continue! Connect to the divine flow of impartation found in the storehouse of Community Life Fellowship. Commit to loyalty in Christian service through the ministry of Community Life Fellowship. Continue in the quest for Bible-based foundations of Kingdom Purpose and personal evangelism that are the fundamental works of Community Life Fellowship.

All scriptural references unless noted otherwise are from the New King James version of the Bible.

Breakthrough Fasting & Prayer

January 11, 2009 (Day Eight)

There are some places you just don’t go at night! I grew up in East Texas, not far from where the fabled Saratoga Light can be seen in Hardin County. Everybody wanted to take the trip to see the light which was reportedly the lantern of a headless railroad worker who has lost his head in a railroad accident. The problem with the idea of making the trip was that you had to go at night!

Don’t take me wrong. I am not afraid of the night. I just can’t see what’s in the night because it’s dark. I mean, c’mon, even the Bible says, “men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.” (John 3:19) I worked for a Pastor years ago whose goal in life was to put me out of his truck at night, in the middle of nowhere, and instruct me to, “follow that tree line until you come to a deer stand.” I still have an unsettled feeling as I write about it now! As a hunter, I found the afternoon suited me better because of the excessive sunlight that was available. Oh, did I tell you I am not that fond of the dark?

One place you have no business being at night is the cemetery! But, that is exactly where we find Mary Magdalene in John 20:1, “Now the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.”

THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOUR HEART WILL NOT LET YOU WAIT ON THE DAY!

There are times when you must have an answer! This Breakthrough Fasting & Prayer is positioning you to release your grip on the natural to find a supernatural revelation that breaks the barriers of your fear. Psalm 139:12 promises you this about God, “Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, but the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You.” Light or dark; night or day; shine or shadows; God is the same! Let go of the status quo that has placed the barriers of fear around you. Breakthrough and be free!

Send me your testimony of deliverance and breakthrough. Email it to me at pastor@clfn.org. I can’t wait to hear what God has done for you. I am standing with you in faith today for every breakthrough you desire in God!

Numbers 6:24-26 “The LORD bless you and keep you; The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.”

Blessings & Peace,

PG

Connect, Commit, and Continue! Connect to the divine flow of impartation found in the storehouse of Community Life Fellowship. Commit to loyalty in Christian service through the ministry of Community Life Fellowship. Continue in the quest for Bible-based foundations of Kingdom Purpose and personal evangelism that are the fundamental works of Community Life Fellowship.

All scriptural references unless noted otherwise are from the New King James version of the Bible.

Psalm 5

There are times when loudness will not convey your heart. Shouting is most often associated with aggression. I believe there are times when our worship must be aggressive. Situations of desperation or declaration demand at times the forceful, assertive, even insistent involvement of our physical being to engage worship at a level that is purposed to our moment. But sometimes, to reach the hidden chambers of our guarded issues, we need to speak softly to the place of our greatest confidence.

Psalm 5:1-12, is a worship selection that David wrought exclusively for flutes. The music of flutes is by nature soft and soothing. This Psalm was meant to be sung in the quiet voice of an intimate friend speaking softly to his most trusted source of strength.

Read these words from Psalm 5, with that in mind: “Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my sighing. Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to You I pray. In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before You and wait in expectation. You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil; with You the wicked cannot dwell. The arrogant cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all who do wrong. You destroy those who tell lies; bloodthirsty and deceitful men the LORD abhors. But I, by Your great mercy, will come into Your house; in reverence will I bow down toward Your holy temple. Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies—make straight Your way before me. Not a word from their mouth can be trusted; their heart is filled with destruction. Their throat is an open grave; with their tongue they speak deceit. Declare them guilty, O God! Let their intrigues be their downfall. Banish them for their many sins, for they have rebelled against You. But let all who take refuge in You be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them that those who love Your name may rejoice in You. For surely, O LORD, You bless the righteous; You surround them with Your favor as with a shield.

Now say them softly in the most personal manner by inserting your name: “Give ear to Greg Manuel’s words, O LORD, consider Greg Manuel’s sighing. Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to You Greg Manuel prays. In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; in the morning Greg Manuel lays my requests before You and wait in expectation. You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil; with You the wicked cannot dwell. The arrogant cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all who do wrong. You destroy those who tell lies; bloodthirsty and deceitful men the LORD abhors. But Greg Manuel, by Your great mercy, will come into Your house; in reverence will Greg Manuel bow down toward Your holy temple. Lead Greg Manuel, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies—make straight Your way before Greg Manuel. Not a word from their mouth can be trusted; their heart is filled with destruction. Their throat is an open grave; with their tongue they speak deceit. Declare them guilty, O God! Let their intrigues be their downfall. Banish them for their many sins, for they have rebelled against You. But let Greg Manuel who takes refuge in You be glad; let Greg Manuel ever sing for joy. Spread Your protection over Greg Manuel that those who love Your name may rejoice in You. For surely, O LORD, You bless the righteous; You surround them with Your favor as with a shield.

Blessings & peace be upon you today!