A Royal Flush

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Hey everyone, I'm back blogging again after sometime of being away. Been really exciting and adventurous times in full time ministry, and I'm glad to be back here, writing.

I'd like to start this post by thanking some people that have made things not only interesting but revolutionary in my life. Special thanks to Ps. Bill Johnson, Dan MacCollam, Kris Vallotton, Joseph Prince and David Wong for making clear the things and Person I believe in. Your influence and teachings have really been crucial in my ministry.

A couple of weeks ago I was on a journey of searching the true identity of who am I and who do I preach about. With seemingly endless searching, my seeking came to an end as God revealed Himself in teachings and preachings of the people I've just mentioned above. It's true that when we seek we shall find.

Before the Acts of the Apostles, The Great Commission given by Jesus, told us to preach the gospel and that signs and wonders will accompany the preaching of its gospel.

The gospel is the grace of God and often than not, we Christians have preached a gospel mixed with some of our own definition and perception of who God is and not being plain Bible believing Christians. Another problem we face is that our mentality is not at par level with our identity. This also brings a confusion and have subconsciously made us not confident in our gospel when we witness to friends and people around. We can see this exact thing in the book of Exodus that God told Moses to tell the people that they were His special treasure, but when Moses told the Israelites, they answered with what a slave would answer, "All that the Lord has spoken we will do". God has called us a chosen generation a royal priesthood, but sometimes because of what we used to be in, living in Egypt (which speaks of the world), our ways of survival (which speaks of our way of life), our mentality is not leveled with our identity and therefore we do not succeed and no signs and wonders follow what we preach.

There are some guys I've been discipling for this past year, teaching them about the grace of God and our rightful identity of who we are in Christ. This harvest season they have brought so many people to cell groups and Praise Celebration and I believe this signs and wonders followed them as their mentality have come to the same place as their identity. By the grace of God, we are what we are and that not of works but by the grace of God we're saved.

We are saved by grace through faith and yet sometimes we mix them around and thought that we're saved by faith through grace. These two statements both seem right but if you would look at the sentences carefully you'll understand that these two statements are totally different.

In 1 Peter, our identity of who we are is mentioned yet again, this time describing us as a chosen generation, a royal priesthood. Revival and the supernatural will come when we have grace, Jesus, as our foundation before all the other things that we preach and teach. We are more than a conqueror and truly we are a royal flush!

'WORDS OF FAITH'

The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirits that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs-heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. (Romans 8:16-17 NKJV)

'WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT'

Less hype, more heart

Jason Wong, Ministry Assistant of WHC