Family of God: Re: [FamilyofGod] The Spirit of Praise

Amen

On Wed Feb 16th, 2011 9:02 AM EST George wrote:

>Amen! "Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven."
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> In Christ, George...
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>From: Michael J. Knight <michaelnight82@yahoo.in>
>To: FamilyofGod@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 5:18:35 AM
>Subject: [FamilyofGod] The Spirit of Praise
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>The Spirit of Praise
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>In each of the 7 glimpses of heaven given in the book of Revelation, we see the
>inhabitants of heaven continuously praising God with a loud voice - sometimes as
>loud as thunders and as the noise of roaring rivers. This is the atmosphere of
>heaven - one of continual praise, without any complaints or demands. And this is
>the atmosphere that the Holy Spirit desires to bring into our hearts, our homes
>and our churches as well. It is thus that Satan will be driven away from all
>these places.
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>I read of a fiery brother (who lived in the last century) who used to frequently
>praise God with loud `Hallelujahs'. One day, one of the said, dead Christians
>around him, who was irritated by his spirit of praise, asked him what he would
>do if God finally sent him to hell. To this the brother replied, "If I go to
>hell, I will keep on shouting `Hallelujah' and the praises of God there, until
>the Devil tells me to get out of Hell, lest I infect others in hell with the
>spirit of praise!!"
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>No, there is no place in Hell for those who have a spirit of praise! The ones
>who go to Hell are those who are full of complaints and demands against others.
>They were like that when they were on the earth and they carry that evil nature
>with them when they leave the earth too.
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>Satan has paralyzed the vast majority of Christians, and made them ineffective
>in spiritual warfare against him, because he has got them infected with the
>spirit of murmuring and complaining against their brothers and sisters, against
>their relatives and neighbors, against their circumstances, and even against God
>Himself.
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>We overcome Satan, when we obey the following exhortations:
>"Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts to which indeed you were called in
>ONE BODY; and be thankful...I urge that thanksgivings be made FOR ALL MEN....
>Always give thanks FOR ALL THINGS in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God,
>even the Father" (Col.3:15; 1 Tim.2:1; Eph.5:20).
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>We see here that we are exhorted first of all to be thankful for all whom God
>has called into Christ's Body. If the choice had been left to us, we might not
>have called many of those whom God has called - especially those who belong to
>some other group than ours!!! But God's wisdom being higher than ours, even as
>the heavens are higher than the earth, He obviously had a different opinion
>about them than we have. And if we are wise, we will re-align our thinking in
>line with God's.
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>Once we have learnt to be thankful for our brothers and sisters in Christ's
>Body, we can then learn to give thanks for all men and then for all our
>circumstances. We know that our Heavenly Father sovereignly controls all men and
>all circumstances. If we really believe this, we will certainly praise God at
>all times, and thus prove that our kingdom is of heaven and not of this world.
>Then Satan will lose his power over us. Only then will we be able to wage an
>effective warfare against him.
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>There is a wonderful word written in Revelation 12:8that "no place was found in
>heaven for Satan and his demons".This is how it must be in our lives too - in
>our hearts, in our homes, and in our churches: SATAN AND HIS HOSTS MUST FIND NO
>PLACE IN ANY OF THESE PLACES.
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>Remember
>Only one life, will soon be past,
>Only what is done, for Christ will last.
>The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of
>the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. (2 Corinthians 13:14)
>Love & Prayers,
>Michael J. Knight.
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-C-T-S/
>What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.
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