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“IN ORDER FOR THEM 2 SEE THE SIGN, U MUST BE THE SIGN”

Sep 15, 2011 Category General

“IN ORDER FOR THEM 2 SEE THE SIGN, U MUST BE THE SIGN”
One of the greatest gifts to possess in our MIXED-UP postmodern world of “absolute truth-free thinking”, is an understanding of the essence of the day that God has placed us in. We need to be prophetic thinkers with REVIVALIST’S hearts to see a successful rescue mission of a desperate generation. We need 5th degree holy power demonstrations or we won’t reach this Nation!
This month we are releasing our THIRD BOOK entitled, I AM YOUR SIGN. This is not only a milestone for us personally, but a spiritual weapon forged to capture the hearts of a generation for Christ and unleash Holy takeovers. We’ve secured recommendations from some of the most reputable ministers and ministries across the nations. Yet the most exciting aspect, for me, is the transformational effect it possesses for any open-hearted believer. (YOU ARE TO BE A SIGN for this generation to turn back to God and for nations to fall to TRUTH!) I’ve spent countless hours thinking of ways to concisely articulate the revelation God has given me. I think I’ve found one!
In 1 Kings 18, Elijah moves from isolation to confrontation, from observation to demonstration, and finally to jubilation. His journey begins with God instructing him to go mainstream by distinguishing himself to the wicked King Ahab. Divine moments require that we move from the invisible to the visible. Many people live their lives making sure they’re not seen, they choose to remain anonymous; they treasure their privacy to a fault. God told Elijah that if he presented himself to Ahab that He would “send the rain on the earth.” This rain represents a promise of a monumental outpouring which ripens the harvest.
When you go public with the vision God has given you, good things happen. After his conversation with King Ahab, Elijah made a bee-line for the wayward nation of Israel who as a people had given into a trance-like idolatrous trip of darkness, involving “Baal” worship.
At first Elijah gathered the people together and challenged them to make the right choice and surrender their lives to God. The Bible says in 1 Kings 18:21 that “the people answered him not a word.” The original Hebrew implies that they didn’t even pay attention or respond to his witness. This overwhelming non-response is repeated daily to our witness that we give to lost America. This response represents the fruit of unsuccessful attempts at outreach .
Elijah’s reaction was to believe that he was the only minister left standing against the cultural and false spiritual architects of Baal worship. It’s easy to feel outnumbered and out maneuvered by the silence of results that we’ve hoped for in our witnessing efforts.
Elijah’s final move was unique, historic, and heroic, as he took his witness to the ultimate level—he brought the SUBSTANCE from the eternal and laid it before a generation in FULL VIEW. Elijah did this by demanding that beliefs be put to the test, that the acid test of sovereignty be manifested by a supernatural confirmation of fire. The fire from heaven would be a sure-fire way to convince the hearts of the spectators. This is an illustration of becoming a SIGN and then releasing ONE!
The human spirit hungers for 1.) the transcendent, and 2.) passion. I AM YOUR SIGN REVIVALISTS gives the seeker fire, which combines passion with the transcendent. Once the hesitant-to-believe audience saw Elijah call down fire on an altar, that had been water drenched, they fell on their faces and acknowledged God as Lord. Elijah’s earlier witness hadn’t moved the masses, nor had it amassed a movement, yet his latter witness released a move of God. The results from these two approaches could not have been more contrasting.
This Old Testament scene illustrates a cutting edge catalyst that the Holy Spirit is using and will breathe upon to awaken the conscience of a spiritually comatose generation. Our book is a challenge, similar to Elijah’s life, from his prophetic disclosure to Ahab, to his POWER DEMONSTRATION on Mt. Carmel.
How did Elijah know to press in for a supernatural manifestation to attest to the message he had given? What triggered his boldness to go to Baal’s home court and use his signature move (Baal was believed to be the god of fire) against him? The answer to all of the above is—God. Elijah’s prophetic sensitivity positioned him to see hearts turn to faith in God. What if God wanted to multiply this miraculous phenomenon across the nations of the world, in schools, workplaces, neighborhoods, and the marketplace?
We must decide that we will fight for the right witness that will release souls to acknowledge the Lordship of Christ. The key to this miracle was that Elijah never threw in the towel. Many prophets in Elijah’s day hid in caves, forgoing their responsibilities and witness. King Ahab and Jezebel conspired to get Elijah, yet this prototype for the modern NEW BREED REVIVALISTS didn’t abdicate, terminate, or deactivate. By continuing to contend for souls, he exposed the false prophets, causing Baal’s towel to be thrown on the ground.
Sometimes when you’ve not had success in an area, or you are going through some “drama”, it’s easy to throw in the towel. I’ve recently had conversations with people who feel like they can’t keep up the fight; that they can’t win, or recover. Many feel trapped with the “what’s the use?” mentality, which fuels the “dropout syndrome.” Elijah consistently faced dour circumstances where he could have opted out and no one would have questioned his throwing in the towel.
Proverbs 24:16 says, “For a righteous man may fall seven time and rise again” There are some seasons in life where simply not quitting gets you the ‘A’ grade; where you win if you simply just don’t give up. You may not be taking additional ground, or acquire the prize during this testy process, but not pushing the abort button will pay off. Righteousness is a gift from God that not only affects your standing before Christ, but also helps you stand before crisis. You need to know that the Father calls you righteous, and the righteous never stay down. God is going to get you through—the steps of the righteous are ordained.
I felt overwhelmed at the prospect of completing this book, to the extent, that I wanted to abandon the project several times. Yet, I knew that if I stayed the course God would do something very special.
I want to encourage you to stay in the fight, and know that if you do, the enemy will be forced to throw in the towel. So if the towel is lying around—that’s not my towel on the ground!
Grace and Peace,
Sean Smith

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Darkness CANNOT drive out darkness!

May 31, 2011 Category General

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

-Martin Luther King Jr.

So about this quote, I was really thinking about it! For some reason I was thinking really really hard about how true this statement is. My brother and dad have both spoken some stuff about worldliness.I think about how so many Christians are deceived and don't comprehend that when you're acting just like everyone else, you can't change anything.

So to me this quotes sums it all up quite nicely, darkness cannot drive out darkness, so when you are just like the world, you can't make a difference, you can't change what you are yourself. Hopefully that makes sense...lol

"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is-his good, pleasing and perfect will."
-Romans 12:2

To me it's crazy that us as Christians seem to act just like everyone else in the world, ones that don't even follow God. We listen to the same stuff as them, we watch the same movies as them, we act the same way as them, we date the same people they do, we say the same things they say, we lower our standards, we desensitize ourselves. People, we CANNOT let this happen to us! People want someone who's different then them, because why in the world would they follow someone who is just like them in every aspect, answer is they won't! We are called to be different, and if you want to make a difference to those you hang out with, you can't be just like them. Because you lose your credibility when you party with them, cuss like them, and hook up with people like them! Don't trash your testimony guys, God has called you to be greater, we are supposed to be different and make a difference!! Darkness can't drive out darkness..

So let's be set apart, let's stop conforming to this world in every aspect! We are called to make a difference and in order to do that we need to be different, we need to be light that drives our darkness, because being like everyone else does nothing.
As my dad would say..."We need some REFORMERS not REFUGEES!"

&& remember ALWAYS BELIEVE

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Sowing Generously

Mar 23, 2011 Category General

"Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver" -2 Corinthians 9:6-7

So I remember sometime towards the end of 2010, I was at the Campus Awakening Conference and Jake Hamilton spoke a quick 5 minute thought on giving. As I listened in, I immediately felt convicted, not because I wasn't giving at all...but because I could give so much more. He then went on to say that he was doing this thing where he gave something away everyday, this struck me. How easy is that? Yet, we don't do it! Whether it's buying a homeless person lunch, treating your friend to coffee, or smiling at a random stranger and telling them that Jesus Loves them. We are capable of giving so much, but the culture around us has created this stingy (scarcity) mentality where we think we have to hold on tight to everything that we own. We need to break this mold of being so selfish and self-centered and start giving back!

Coming into this new year I had a goal in mind, that I wanted to sponsor a child from Africa :) I was very hesitant at first, because 1 I'm a college student, 2 because I don't have a job..meaning that I don't have any income coming in. But I felt the Lord breathe on this thought and I knew inside of me that it was something I should/could do! Just think, with a mere $35 a month I can help to provide a child with safe drinking water, food, health-care, and an education! I guess I said all this to say, GIVE!! What we sow out into the world, we will reap. Just like the verse ^^ up there talks about...Let's sow generously...bless somebody with your words and actions!!

&& Remember ALWAYS BELIEVE!!!

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If we knew then what we know now

Mar 23, 2011 Category General

I’m assuming most of you have Facebook… if your reading this blog, chances are; you do! A good friend of mine posted an ‘old school’ picture of us on his page the other day and it reminded me that I had been meaning to do the same. So tonight, I went onto my old photobucket account and started downloading. It’s kind of fun to see how much things have changed since 6 years ago or so..

One of my comments was in response to a friend who said “how i miss those days” and I replied, “i know! how bad we wanted to be grown and now that we’re grown, how much we would have wanted to do things a little differently. If i only knew back then what i know now.

Maybe we wouldn’t have dated that stupid boy (or girl), would have concentrated more in class, wouldn’t have worried so much about the petty things. Even more recent things like car choices, student loans,or making selfish relationship decisions….the list goes on.

It’s funny how you want to be GROWN when your young and when your grown you want to be YOUNGER!

Jump to a conversation I had with my mom about 6 months ago when I was living in Kansas City. I was listening to a preacher on the radio one day and he was saying something about your spiritual relationship with Father God and our natural mindsets. How it’s amazing that the more mature you become spiritually you become more dependent on God. Exactly opposite of how we think in the natural. You’de think the older you get, the more independent you become? Spiritually, it’s just not so.

I personally find GREAT COMFORT in the thought that the older I become, the more I can rely/depend/trust/lean on God. It’s so freeing!

In light of the blog title, ‘IF WE KNEW THEN WHAT WE KNOW NOW’ i can’t help but wonder what I (the 30 year old me) would tell myself (the 23 year old me) right now…

I guess when your living your life in light of eternity, the monetary, selfish, foolish, wordly pleasures seem to fade away in light of what life is really about.

I’m reminded of a song that says: turn your eyes upon Jesus/ look full in His wonderful face/ and the things of the world will grow strangely dim/ in the light of His glory and grace.

I don’t think that song could be truer. And that’s the best part about it….

So here’s to growing up and becoming dependent on the ONE thing that really lasts!

xoxo
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