"The HONEYMOON IS OVER", a WORD from the LORD:

"The HONEYMOON IS OVER", a WORD from the LORD:

A WORD from the LORD is a seed planted and given LIFE/bearing fruit for change by the SPIRIT!!!

Mortifying the FLESH to a Spiritual increase.

PREPARE YOURSELF FOR AN OUCH MOMENT!!

TODAY is the “DAY OF REPENTANCE” SEPT 11, 2013

2 PETER 1: 3  According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

PROVERBS 8: 17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

PROVERBS 8: 21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and Iwill fill their treasures.

Though I feel more like being still and quiet, I felt pressed in my spirit to share this WORD from the LORD to all that will listen.

I am going to do my best to share it, hoping it will add value and substance to your relationship in JESUS CHRIST.

MAY THIS SEED bring NEW LIFE to your relationship....

During my prayer time yesterday these words came into my heart and mind.

“The HONEYMOON IS OVER”

I knew immediately it was about our SHORT-COMINGS in the LORD:

I thought to myself, “WHAT MEANEST THOU OH LORD?"

Allow me to share from my personal life for just a moment:

I have been spending a great deal of time REDISCOVERING JESUS CHRIST, and reevaluating my walk and life.

1.   My relationship with HIM.

2.   My personal walk

3.   Seeking HIM to reveal HIMSELF more fully to me from GLORY TO GLORY. etc.

I have also wondered why there is such a division in the BODY of CHRIST.

OK with that I would like to offer you a couple of QUESTIONS to ask yourself during this study.…

WHAT IS THE DEPTH of YOUR RELATIONSHIP with CHRIST?

IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP ALIVE and WELL?

ARE you receiving LIFE BEARING SEED, that is growing within you, conforming you to the IMAGE OF JESUS CHRIST?

ARE you an OVERCOMER?

AND last but not least:

IS YOUR LIFE A CONTRADICTION to what the WORD says it should be??

Few desire to learn the TRUTH,   YET, the TRUTH is what sets us FREE

Few desire to REPENT or to conform, YET, in Obedience we are BLESSED

Few desire to be HUMBLED, yet to humble oneself and seek HIS face, is what HEALS and DELIVERS our LAND.

Over my life, when the LORD ‘speaks’ or I hear HIS VOICE, it generally is in either a short WORD or short SENTENCES. 

PERHAPS it is because my memory isn’t so good, or I am just not as SMART as most.

But USUALLY, these WORDS or SENTENCES come with “FIRE” and they touch my very SOUL.  BRINGING about a SUDDEN and MIRACULOUS change in my life. MORTIFYING my flesh to the MIND of JESUS CHRIST.

That is what these WORDS did for me yesterday.

“The HONEYMOON IS OVER”

These words were directly related to our SALVATION and our WALK with HIM.

FIRST I must share a little TESTIMONY:

YOU MAY SKIP this testimony, however for better clarity I felt it needed to be added.

Do you remember the DAY YOU MET the LORD, HIS GLORIOUS APPEARANCE IN YOUR LIFE?? WHEN REVEALED HIMSELF as SAVIOR??

I do, very CLEARLY even 30 some odd years later, I remember that first encounter with JESUS CHRIST.

I saw HIM on the CROSS, HE looked down at me personally with the MOST LOVING eyes I have EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

Perhaps it is what I NEEDED the most, because of so much TORMENT and TORTURE that had gone on in my personal life.

I was a WRETCHED human being. SIN pretty much had consumed me by the time I was 17.  I was angry, bitter, and I used my resource of charm and beauty to manipulate. I was truly searching for LOVE and at that time I didn’t believe it existed on this planet.

I remember GIVING my LIFE to HIM FULLY, when HE OFFERED ME “LOVE” and “FORGIVENESS” I literally “RAN” to the ALTAR.   Believing I had to go to ALTAR of BLOOD to receive my forgiveness.

BUT THAT WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING of my NEW LIFE and JOURNEY with HIM.

Basically after that, I was on a “HONEYMOON” with my SAVIOR, LORD, HEAD, BRIDEGROOM. GETTING to KNOW HIM BETTER was where I planted my feet.

WHAT A GLORIOUS FEELING IT WAS to MEET HIM and to be FORGIVEN BY HIM!!!! The whole world was at my feet now.

I WAS SET FREE, FORGIVEN, and CLEANSED:

IT was a WONDERFUL POSITION to be in. AND those of you that HAVE had the REBORN experience know exactly what I am talking about…. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE being SET FREE, and FORGIVEN for your SINS of the PAST.

MY WHOLE LIFE changed from that point on.

I DESIRED to walk in COVENANT with my LORD.   HE had “ALL” the “RIGHT” answers to all my problems. And HIS PRESENCES was SWEETER than HONEYCOMB. LIKE Hot chocolate on a cold winter day!!!

There is NO DOUBT that I wanted to REMAIN in that LOVING PRESENCES forever and forever!!!!  

The HONEYMOON STAGE IS TRULY AWESOME!!! 

That first experience with HIM,  is what MAKES HIM SO INTIMATE to HIS BODY, HE is HOLY, yet HE understands our weakness’ etc…

I would have DONE most anything to MAINTAIN that SWEET PRESENCES and FELLOWSHIP.

HIS presence was SWEET, CARING, TENDER, LONGSUFFERING, and very patient.

THAT IS THE HONEYMOON STAGE in our RELATIONSHIP.

Things didn't always stay that way. I sometimes felt HIS PRESENCE leave me, and I would become somewhat frantic.

Obviously, I didn’t like that very much. So I often searched for SIN in my life that may have caused this BREAK in our relationship. 

The TRUTH is THE HONEYMOON PERIOD IS SO SWEET, no one ever wants to leave it:

HOWEVER, we must remember for what PURPOSE HE CAME,  

The INTENTION and overall PURPOSE of the FATHER'S WILL and the LORD JESUS’S, IS FOR US TO GROW and CONFORM to HIS IMAGE that we can PARTICIPATE in a KINGDOM and IN THE KINGDOM PROMISES.

TESTED AND TRIED:

As we GROW in the LORD, we find that occasionally we are TESTED and TRIED for the things we have LEARNED, and for the CONFORMITY to HIS IMAGE.

THUS we begin to live and work in HARMONY with the FATHER, SPIRIT and the WORD..

At those moments, we often FEEL as though we are LEFT ALONE, but WE KNOW and can have confidence,  according to HIS WORD, That "HE WILL NEVER LEAVE US". 

Examples of testing and trying:

Will you be FAITHFUL to what HE has shared, the KNOWLEDGE, the CALLINGS HE has given?

Will you LOVE HIM, more than LOVE the WORLD?

Etc etc:

FINALLY to the POINT: 

“The HONEYMOON IS OVER”,

Many do not want to leave the HONEYMOON stage of their RELATIONSHIP with JESUS CHRIST.

YET, if they were willing to admit it, they have had very little FELLOWSHIP or INTIMACY with HIM since that first experience.

They often talk about their “FIRST EXPERIENCE or ENCOUNTER with the LORD” but then that have nothing else to share.

THERE has been NO REAL CHANGE or TRANSFORMATION in their LIVES since they first met HIM AT THE CROSS. THEY have not experienced the RESURRECTED LIFE, only the cross ..which by the way comes only through the HOLY SPIRIT.

I can TOTALLY understand wanting to remain in the STAGE,. AGAIN it is SWEETER than HONEYCOMB.

IT is "satisfying" to our FLESH, 

GLORY to the LORD, repentance and forgiveness relieve the burdens the heart and world. A truly experience of GRACE and MERCY...

WHO doesn't want to be FORGIVEN and have their LIFE start over again.

Remember the 10 lepers???

HOWEVER, unless you are fortunate enough to DIE AT THE DAY Of SALVATION,

You are going to find that the LORD is going to SEEKING to have us GROW in the KNOWLEDGE OF HIM, and to CONFORM to the PRECEPTS and PRINCIPLES of the FATHER.

And YOU will be TESTED and TRIED, for what you have LEARNED and EXPERIENCED for your CONFORMITY, TRANSFORMATION, SANCTIFICATION etc.

ROMANS 12: 1  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,which is your reasonable service.

IT is our REASONABLE SERVICE,  BECAUSE  we OWN HIM EVERYTHING, HE BOUGHT and PAID for OUR SOUL!!

HEALING and DELIVERANCE:

MANY wonder why they are SICK, why they are in AFFLICTION.

JAMES 5: 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much 

IT is because you REFUSE to move FOREWORD in your RELATIONSHIP with HIM towards CONFORMITY…

 LET’S USE  MARRIAGE as an EXAMPLE:

When you marry, you don’t get to LIVE out your life in anyway you please, if you do you want be married very long.

We are conformed and transformed even in marriage!!!

YOU desire to grow in ONENESS:

You become a COMPLIMENT to the RELATIONSHIP, in sharing responsibilities, you GROWN in BONDING, in pleasing one another. Learning one another's likes and dislikes.

As a WIFE, and that is what the CHURCH is, you become a HELP MATE, HONORING your spouse, giving them due RESPECT of their POSITION. 

AS a WIFE, you know the HONEYMOON is over, and the TASK of GROWING in this RELATIONSHIP is going to be a LONG JOURNEY of ups and downs/ repentance/conformity etc.

You GROW from your EXPERIENCES in marriage,  just like our RELATIONSHIP with JESUS CHRIST grows. CONFORMING your ways to HIS WAYS.

CONCLUSION:

IT IS TIME TO GET BACK to YOUR FIRST LOVE:

HE has given us ALL things needed that pertain to LIFE and a GODLY LIFE:

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WE need to PUT away CHILDISH things, childish behavior, and childish thoughts.

AND STOP taking HIM FOR GRANTED, seeking to FORCE the RELATIONSHIP back into the HONEYMOON STAGE is not LIFE BEARING, it is making HIM INTO OUR IMAGE rather than SEEKING to conform to HIS IMAGE.

STOP using the HONEYMOON experience as an EXCUSE to REMAIN SIMPLE MINDED, and to continue in sin.

WE have become a COMPLACENT  and a stiff necked People,  because we DESIRE to  remain in the HONEYMOON PERIOD, (a place "WE" cherish) and we  seek to try to SETTLE in and plant our feet in that position as though it  PLEASES HIM.  IE Taking HIS GOOD GRACE and MERCY FOR GRANTED.

THERE ARE MANY BLESSINGS and PROMISES AWAITING THOSE THAT WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES and be OBEDIENT SERVANTS to the LORD.

PROVERBS 2: 21  For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

AGAIN you wonder why we are sick or afflicted?

Because we quench the SPIRIT, REFUSE to GROW, REPENT, and CONFORM…

Our SICKNESS and AFFLICTIONS are often caused by SIN, character, lifestyles that has not been PURGED with FIRE from our LIFE.

INSTEAD of GROWING in our RELATIONSHIP, we fight  “AGAINST the PRICKS” HIS redeeming WORK, and against HIS SPIRIT, towards our GROWTH and CONFORMITY. And we often use the SIMPLICITY of our HONEYMOON experience to give us the excuse..

TRUTHFULLY, to continue to SEEK to walk in the HONEYMOON period of our relationship with JESUS CHRIST:

1.    IS NO RELATIONSHIP at ALL, at best it is a LUKE WARM relationship.

2.    IT adds  no real VALUE or depth to your SPIRITUALLY or PHYSICALLY life

CONFORMING and CHANGE is where the BLESSINGS of the PHYSICAL LIFE, and SPIRITUALLY life true is.

TODAY IS THE DAY OF REPENTANCE:

"CHANGE. RISE UP CHURCH and REPENT and LIVE."

SEEK HIS FACE, REPENT and BE HEALED!!!!

HE LOVES THOSE THAT LOVE HIM!!!!! And HE BLESS” those that are OBEDIENT to the CHANGE and CONFORMITY!!!

IT IS PAST TIME TO MOVE FORWARD in our RELATIONSHIP with HIM, on a JOURNEY with HIM of CONFORMITY and TRANSFORMITY into HIS IMAGE.

AND as LONG as that SUN is shining it is NEVER TO LATE to begin your WALK with HIM.

HE IS OUR BREAD in which we feed our hunger and thirst!!!

THE BREAD/CHRIST, HEALING and DELIVERANCE BELONGS TO THE CHILDREN..

The TEMPORARY bread of everyday vanities and substance will not SUSTAIN us, nor will it give us TRUE ABUNDANT LIFE..


MAN SHALL NOT live by bread alone/ substances and vanities of the earthly life,, 

but by EVERY WORD that proceedeth out of the MOUTH OF GOD