What News Are We Sharing?
Hello and welcome to My Little House of Prayer. I am your host Dayla Smith. I am so very glad that you could join me today. I believe that this is going to be an awesome message. I can’t wait to begin. Let’s open in prayer. A few weeks ago, my friend and I were traveling somewhere. All of the sudden, the Lord caused me to start tapping on the door. As I was tapping I heard, “Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. This tick-tock represents a second in this life and in heaven. Tick. Tock. I am coming soon. Tick. Tock. I am watching for the day and hour I am going to come back for my bride. Tick. Tock. Are you ready? Tick. Tock. Every second a baby is born into this world. Tick. Tock. Every second a soul is passing from this world to the next. Tick. Tock. Few will make heaven their home. Remember, my word says that hell has to open her mouth to receive those who have not followed after My Son. Who rejected Him. Narrow is the way to salvation. Few there be that find it. Tick. Tock. Go ye therefore, sharing the Gospel with anything and anyone that will stand still long enough to hear it. Tick. Tock. Are you hearing me? Are you hearing my Spiritual clock? Tick. Tock.”
This same word has been echoed in the body of Christ all over the world. The Lord says nothing by coincidence. Are we ready for His soon arrival? Are we preparing to meet Him? I am trying and hoping that I am counted worthy to meet Him on that day He comes to rapture us to His home in heaven. I had a vision/word from the Lord concerning this very subject.
This was given to me on Sunday 2-26-23. A Word from the Lord: I had a vision from the Lord. But, He also talked with me about what I was seeing. Because our English is so limited, I often can’t find the words to describe the Glory of Him that He is showing me. So, here goes.
The vision was this. I saw the sky and roll back while His shekina Glory was making the sky roll back. It was brilliant. It was awesomely bright. Yet, I could look at it. As His Shekina glory came down to meet us His children and there were so many, we were drawing near to it. We were walking toward it. The closer we walked toward Him, the closer His glory came down to meet us. All of the sudden, we were translated from earth to His tabernacle (dwelling place) The rapture is simply being translated from earth to His home. It was so incredible. No mere words can do what I saw justice.
The word that I wrote down afterwards was this:
I had a vision concerning the rapture. It was a call to draw near to Christ. “As you draw near to Me, you are removing my concealment between you and I. The Concealment of just who I Am to you. The veil between you and I. Between eternity future and eternity present. Rapture is heaven coming down to earth for a moment in time. My people who are called by my name walking in my Righteousness, will be coming nearer to me and I will coming down nearer them, and you will be translated into my heaven, my dwelling. Keep walking in my statutes and you will be drawing near to me and you will make heaven your home to continually give glory to my name.
He also showed me what happened to Enoch, Elijah, and others. It is simply walking so closely with the Lord that He decides that we are so much closer to His home than ours, so let’s just translate from this world to His. After I heard a brother say this in a different way. I have desired this in my walk with the Lord. I pray that the rest of the body would also desire this.
Now, back to the subject at hand. As Christians we have a responsibility to the cause of Christ. What is the cause of Christ? Luke 14:11-27 11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.12 Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.21 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
How is this scripture helping us to know what kind of news are we sharing? Because, right here Jesus is commanding His children to be His representatives. To go out into the highways and byways declaring the great news that we have found in Him. We are his ambassadors. Ambassadors in Jesus’ day were to deliver a message the same way their king gave it to them to give. If he rent his clothes and cried with a shout as he spoke the message, so was the one He sent to do so. Jesus Christ walked among us as our example. Therefore, as ambassadors in His Name, we are required to share the great news that He has given us the same way he gave it to us.
Matthew 28:19-20 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
You know, lead by example, all the things He has taught us along the way. People don’t want to know what you. They want to know that you care. When you come to Christ. You can say that you are a changed person all you want. But, if there is no fruit of that change, no one will believe it. That is the great call of God in our lives. To live as Christ. You know WWJD. What would Jesus do? We laugh. But, this is true. How are people going to want what we have if we don’t allow the Cross of Christ to change our ways? Our choices?
James 3:11-18 11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
A friend and I did not get alone with our Heavenly Father this morning. We ran straight into our day. I am helping her move. But, we still could have taken a few minutes to invite Him into our day. To be Lord over lives. We did not. She started responding to fear and anxiety. They used her to try to get me out of Christ-like behavior. Well, after a while, it worked. I allowed myself to be un christ-like. This was not right of me. I had just been telling her about how to recognize the enemy trying to use people and situations to change us from who we are in Christ. Then, I go and let the enemy change who I was. A blood bought child of God. Well, she and I both repented and asked the Lord for forgiveness and thanked Him for it. Then we asked each other for forgiveness. We no longer want to allow ourselves to act like that.
You know, since the Lord has a friend staying with me, this person has been a mirror for me to see myself in. Boy, have I had a lot to repent of. I have learned a lot from her presence here. Stuff that I was taught at the beginning of my walk with the Lord, That I did not understand then I understand now. You could say that this is truly an example of iron sharpening iron. Proverbs 27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. I believe that what this is saying is, look for a friend who tells you the truth no matter how bad it will hurt. Know that only a true friend only wants the best for you. So, like my daughter says, if we have spinach in our teeth, a true friend will tell us. We can have spinach in our teeth in a spiritual sense. That is what my friends do for me. They always let me know when I have spinach in my teeth.
Ephesians 4:29-32 29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
We ought to consider the words of our lips. We don’t have to say everything we think, especially towards one another. We all need to think about what we are fishing to let loose out of our mouths. You know, I reached a point where I did not like the loose tongue that I had. So, I went to the Lord and asked Him what I could do about it. Something had to give! He told me to go on a fast of no talking. How long. And, how to act as normal as I could so that I did not draw attention to what or why I was on a fast. I needed help. And, not even my flesh could get in the way. When I got off of the fast, my speech had changed. I was able to take time and think about what I was going to say.
Today was a bad day for me. But, with the Lord’s help and my obedience to His word tomorrow will be better. You know, in today's day and time, the world is so negative. With all kinds of negative words and actions. Why can’t we be the positive light the Lord wants to use in this world? Why can’t we be a living example of positivity that can only be found in Christ Jesus of Nazareth. No form of meditation can change the negativity around us. Only the love of the Lord can dispel all negativity around us. We can allow Him to use us to be this kind of light. The kind of light that will shine through the negative darkness. Just a side note. In a piece of art, the white is called positive light. The black is called negative light. A piece of film is called a negative. Why? Because from one person’s point of view, the negative light is what creates the picture. But, in Christ’s point of view a piece of film is called a positive. Because, it is the positive light that makes the picture.
Jesus said in Matthew 5:14-16 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
The gospel of Christ is good news. The gossip of the world is bad news. We have been left with the great news of the gospel of Christ. The positive news. The Positive light. Are we going to be bitter water and negative light? Which side of us are we willing to allow the world to see? Are we willing to walk around with spiritual spinach in our teeth? Or, are we willing to let the Holy Spirit make us perfect ambassadors for Christ Jesus?
If you do not know the Lord Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior. Let me introduce you to Him. It is really simple. First you must acknowledge that you are a sinner in need of a savior according to the mirror of the law of the Lord. Ask Him for His forgiveness for all of your sins and call them out to Him. Thank Him for His forgiveness. Then, forgive those who have sinned or transgressed against you. Then, repent. Repent means to change your mind concerning sinful habits. Change your choice making decisions. Let Him influence your choice making decisions as you get in His Holy Word. Ask Him to be Lord over your life. I want to pray this prayer with you. But, this is just an outline. The real work begins after I pray with you because it is a very personal walk with the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
Lord Jesus, I confess my sins and ask for your forgiveness. Please come into my heart as my Lord and Savior. Take complete control of my life and help me to walk in Your footsteps daily by the power of the Holy Spirit. Thank you Lord for saving me and for answering my prayer. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
If you have made the decision to give your life to Jesus, let me be one of the first to welcome you to the body of Christ. All of heaven is greatly rejoicing over your decision today. Please let me know of your decision today. I want to pray for you. If this message has brought up any questions or spoke to you in some way, or if you have any prayer requests; please let me know by commenting below, private messaging me, or you can email me at my1littleafmp@aol.com. I would greatly love to hear from you. Remember I love you with the Love of the Lord but Jesus will always love you more.
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