What is it about faith that keeps demanding greater testing? Those closest to the heart of Jesus will be tested with a great intensity. Faith must go beyond believing for the provision of God, faith must reach the very heart of God and His purposes. The heart of this message tells us our present battles are not about testing or chastening, it is what God is doing in our hearts to prepare us for service in eternity! We will rule and reign with Christ and in the ages to come we will show forth His glory. God has a larger purpose than just this world.

Faith follows Jesus beyond our own plans and desires to go into the vortex of His sufferings and into the reality of the Cross. If we are to know Jesus it will be through the fellowship of His sufferings and living in the power of His resurrection. Faith gets close enough to Jesus so we can hear Him call us His child. As we draw near to Jesus we will be healed in His presence so that we will bear witness of His Cross.

There is not one situation that is too hard for God. When we recognize the deep pit that sin has caused us to fall into, the hand of Jesus will reach down and lift us out of the devil's grip. There is no pit so deep that Jesus can't reach. All you need to do is to receive Him in your heart and you will be led into the supernatural of Christ.

We must not set our hand to bring about our own justice. God will stop us when we are going down the road of bitterness and unforgiveness. When He leads us in the direction to love our enemies, He will provide what we need to do it. God will simply put His hand of supernatural mercy in our hand and He will give us the power and love to wash the feet of our enemies. The Lord will fight our battles and bring about justice for us, but will He find a willing heart to be merciful to our betrayers?

It is so important to make up your mind to seek God with all of your heart. A half-hearted Christian cannot follow Jesus. Jesus wants to put mountain-moving faith in us. He wants us to pray prayers that are one with His heart and mind. He wants us to forgive everyone that has harmed us. It takes great faith to forgive those who wronged us and Jesus will supernaturally impart this to us when we have a willing heart!

The year of jubilee is dawning! This is going to be a time of unusual spiritual blessing. God's people will experience the Glory of God in our souls and we will be empowered to speak to the lost and they will be saved. This is not something we have to work up. God Himself will command this blessing of freedom and deliverance. Let's believe God together for this unusual act of God.

So many Christians don’t know the mind of Christ because they are not willing to live a selfless life. A person who has the mind of Christ makes himself of no reputation and is a servant. When we delight to do God's will and we are willing to be poured out for the betterment of others God's thoughts will be revealed to us through the Holy Spirit.

Jesus said, "Be ye merciful as I am merciful." This is not an easy thing to do and it will cost us. Jesus Christ paid the highest cost so that mercy could be shed on humankind. The price He paid is beyond calculating. Mercy does not rebuke, examine, or accuse one another. We need a supernatural revelation that the body of Christ and Jesus are one. What we say and what we do to one another is what we are saying and doing to Jesus. The Lord is gracious and merciful and we are to be an extension of this to one another.