How to bring the promised latter days greater glory in the church.

[pastor alex maina]

Where is the promised God’s glory in His church? Dear friend, Hoping you are well kept of the lord and are still trusting in Him for He never fails. Today we are asking a questions to ourselves and to all of us, is our God still with us, if he is still with us for He has promised never to leave us, where is His glory in our personal lives, our homes, churches, businesses or nation. I believe that the glory of God is seen wherever He reveals His presence, where he manifests Himself.  We know He is everywhere, but in many a times He doesn’t reveal Himself in our midst, He is very silent to a point of many doubting His presence or existence. God’s glory was seen in the old testament. It is shocking to note that, to the people of the old testament, a people who we have a better covenant than what they had, a people who were behind a veil, thus they didn’t have the access we have to God we have in Christ, were able to experience mighty moves of God than we do today in 2009. The bible says that the prophets wished they were born in our days. When we read scripture we wish we were in their days, but a people like Elijah, Jeremiah etc. when they got the revelation on how you will be in relation to God wished they were you. We are the latter church, which is supposed to be more glorious, more victorious than the church of old. Why does God not reveal Himself to us? This is a very important question, why is He so limited? We like being spiritual, for so we are, but many a times we say God was really there, God touched me, but after making the statement, the Spirit speaks to us and asks, was He really there? If this is familiar with you as it is with me, then lets continue together. We need Him more and more. Lets take one occasion that God came and learn from it. I believe that there are several things that precede [come before] His glory. In 2 chronicles 4 and 5. God revealed Himself in a mighty way to king Solomon and the people of his times, His glory was so mighty that no one was able to move, God Himself came down to minister to His people. This is what I need? How did it happen. It was possible because of three things, their presence manifest the glory and their absence hidder the glory. 1.   The temple was pure. Solomon took time and build a very expensive temple for God, he used the finest Gold and the best of the materials for this temple.[2chronicles 4] As it started by building a temple, even today it all starts at the TEMPLE. There has to be a temple first. In the absence of a temple there will be no glory. In our new, better covenant we are the temple, you are the temple. 1 Cor 6:19-20 19        What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20        For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. (KJV) -Wherever God reveals Himself, there has to be PURITY in the TEMPLE. HOLINESS is vital for God to manifest Himself; He lives and walks with the holy. Jesus started His ministry by the beatitudes one of them says, blessed are the PURE IN HEART for they SHALL SEE GOD.[Mathew 5:8] For us to see God today and in eternity, our hearts should be pure. He says , BE YOU HOLY FOR YOUR GOD IS HOLY. JESUS CLEANED THE TEMPLE BEFORE MANIFESTING HIS POWER Matt 21:12-14 12        And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 13        And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. 14        And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. (KJV) Jesus on this occasion was unable to heal or do well though He wanted to, what prevented Him was the state of the temple. He was there but His goodness wasn’t seen till after the temple was lid of all uncleanliness. After cleaning the temple, two wonderful things happened. The blind and the lame were healed. Thus before the temple was cleaned there was blindness and lameness. In a dirty temple, unholy, unpure, where sin has not been repented and people turn to God, there is blindness. No vision –thus  people perish [proverbs 29:18] There is lameness. No progress, there is stagnation, people despair. Peter preached and said.   THE TEMPLE IS THE ALTAR OF GOD. For the divine to come to the physical there has to be an altar raised by men. A holy altar allows God in and an evil altar allows the enemy. ELIJAH RAISED AN ALTAR/TEMPLE FOR GOD. 1Ki 18:30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down. 1Ki 18:31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be your name: 1Ki 18:32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench around the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. 1Ki 18:33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. 1Ki 18:34 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time. 1Ki 18:35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water. 1Ki 18:36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word. 1Ki 18:37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that you are the LORD God, and that you have turned their heart back again. 1Ki 18:38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. 1Ki 18:39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.   ELIJAH KNEW THAT GOD WILL NOT MANIFEST HIS GLORY WITHOUT A CLEAN TEMPLE. THE SACRIFICE MUST BE MADE ON A CLEAN ALTAR FOR GOD TO RECEIVE IT.   EXAMPLE. ABEL WAS A CLEAN ALTAR, CAIN WAS A IMPURE ALTAR/TEMPLE. Ge 4:3 ¶ And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. Ge 4:4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: Ge 4:5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.   WE ARE TO PRESENT OURSELVES AS ALIVING SACRIFICE, HOLY AND ACCEPTABLE TO GOD. Romans 12:1  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. This is the first step for us to relate with God. It calls a life of denial to be a sacrifice, a life of binding yourself to God’s altar for you to remain there. Being a living sacrifice means you feel the heat of the fire at the altar and want to run away, so you chose to remain there. You beat your body and subject it to your spirit.           Its wise we learn how man was created for us to understand why we must be a temple.   This is a life led of the spirit. MAN IS A TRIUNE BEING. Has a body , soul and spirit. Man is not the body, that’s why one dies and leaves the body here. The bible says that God is a Spirit. John 4:24  God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. If God is a Spirit, then man is a spirit. For man is in the image of God. MAN IS A SPIRIT WHO HAS A SOUL AND LIVES IN A BODY. SPIRIT-  the only God conscious part of man. By instinct/ naturally it communicates with God. SOUL- has the mind the will and the emotions. This is the part where there is intellect/intelligence consciousness. BODY- this is the world conscious part. Its at home in the world, doesn’t need the spiritual, this is the flesh canal nature that works through the five common senses- smell, touch, hearing,tasting,sight. ADAM WAS ABLE TO MOVE IN GOD’S GLORY FOR HE WAS LED OF THE SPIRIT. WHEN HE SINNED THE BODY TOOK CHARGE AND THE GLORY LEFT, GOD WAS UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH HIM. He was chased away from the presence for his new nature could not relate to God. HE HAD BECOME A NATURAL MAN, HE HAD DEFILED THE TEMPLE OF GOD. WHEN ONE IS LED OF THE BODY, HE CANNOT BE GOD’S TEMPLE.   1 Corinthians 2:14  But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.   When the temple is defiled by sin, God is not able to manifest himself. Habbakuk 1:13 says, that  God is of pure eyes He cannot even look at sin. JESUS ENJOYED THE PRESENCE OF THE FATHER, HE WAS SHOCKED WHEN THE FATHER FORSOOK HIM AT THE CROSS AND HE CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE, MY FATHER , MY FATHER, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME. THIS IS THE TIME THE SIN OF THE WORLD WAS UPON HIM, HE WAS DEFILED NAD THE FATHER LEFT. UNLESS WE BECOME CLEAN TEMPLE. SIN DEFILES THE TEMPLE. Two types of sin. SIN OF COMMISSION: -any evil committed, stealing , lies, murder etc. SIN OF OMMISSION:- When we fail to do the will of God, when we refuse to pray, preach, love, to go where we are sent, to give what we are commanded. Any disobedience to God’s will. 1 Samuel 12:23  Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:   James 4:17 whoever knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin. When we fail to do what we are supposed to do we are sinning against God. When we fail in our gifting, when we sleep our talents we sin. Any sin separates us from God’s presence. Above being born again we need to check whether we are in God’s will. SAUL LOST THE GLORY BY NOT DOING EVIL BUT BY NOT DOING GOD’S WILL. In genesis God made man and breathed himself into man for him to become a living being.   Is your temple pure?   Acts 3:19-20 19        Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; 20        And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: (KJV) Refreshing, revival restoration, starts by repentance, cleaning the temple. 2.    there was only God’s word in the ark. In Solomon’s temple, 2chronicles 5:10 says. They put in the temple the ark of the covenant, there was NOTHING in the ark apart from the two tablets written by Moses in Horeb when God made a covenant with His people. There was only GOD’S WORD in the heart of the TEMPLE. On the throne of your temple, who is seated there, is it business, people, family or is it ministry. On the heart of God, the heavenly temple, HE HAS SEATED HIS WORD. He has exalted His Word above His name [psalms 138:2] This is strange to some of of believes, it means the NAME OF GOD/JESUS IS SUBJECT TO GOD’S WORD. THE NAME WORKS WHERE THE WORD IS EXALTED. The sons of sceva had the name but had no foundation of the word, they were defeated by the devil. Ac 19:13 ¶ Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon themselves to call over them who had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches. Ac 19:14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, who did so. Ac 19:15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you? Ac 19:16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. Ac 19:17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.   JESUS TAUGHT US TO PRAY THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS DONE IN HEAVEN. IN HEAVEN THE BIBLE RECORDS. Psalms 119:89  Forever, O LORD, your word is settled in heaven. THE WORD IS EXALTED BY ALL IN HEAVEN, THAT’S WHY THEY ARE IN HIS PRESENCE. Psalms 103:20  Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. JESUS OVERCAME THE DEVIL BY ENTHRONING GOD’S WORD. HE REPEATED AGAIN AND AGAIN ‘IT IS WRITTEN! Mt 4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward hungry. Mt 4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If you are the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. Mt 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. Mt 4:5 Then the devil took him up into the holy city, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, Mt 4:6 And said unto him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning you: and in their hands they shall bear you up, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone. Mt 4:7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, You shall not test the Lord your God. Mt 4:8 Again, the devil took him up into an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; Mt 4:9 And said unto him, All these things will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me. Mt 4:10 Then said Jesus unto him, Begone, Satan: for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve. THE DEVIL EVEN AFTER FASTING CAME TO TEST IF JESUS HAS THE WORD. WHERE WAS IT WRITTEN? IN HIS HEART, IT FILLED HIS TEMPLE. WHAT IS WRITTEN IN YOUR HEART. YOUR HEART IS THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR LIFE. Proverbs 4:23  Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. IF THE WORD IS NOT YOUR FOUNDATION, YOU CANNOT STAND. ONLY ONE FOUDATION THE DEVIL CANNOT DESTROY – THE WORD. JESUS GAVE THE EXAMPLE OF THE TWO BUILDER. Lu 6:47 Whosoever comes to me, and hears my sayings, and does them, I will show you to whom he is like: Lu 6:48 He is like a man who built a house, and dug deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. Lu 6:49 But he that hears, and does not, is like a man that without a foundation built a house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great. WHEN YOU HEAR AND DO THE WORD, YOU CAN STAND DURING STORMS. Joshua after the death of Moses, was given the word to help him cross the Jordan, defeat Jericho and all other cities and divide the land to the children of Israel and by God’s obeying word he did.You are the temple, is there only God’s word in your heart. Joshua 1:8  This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; but you shall meditate therein day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success. IN OUR WARFARE WE ARE POWERLESS WITHOUT GOD’S WORD IN OUR TEMPLE. WE ARE AN ARMY OF ONE OFFENSIVE WEAPON- GOD’S WORD. Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in heavenly places. Eph 6:13 Therefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Eph 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girded about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; Eph 6:15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Eph 6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, with which you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. Eph 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Eph 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thus with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; VS 17. WE ONLY HAVE THE WORD AS THE SWORD. THE SPIRIT WILL TAKE THE WORD AND HELP US HIT THE ENEMY. Ps 149:6 ¶ Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; Ps 149:7 To execute vengeance upon the nations, and punishments upon the people; Ps 149:8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; Ps 149:9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honor have all his saints. Praise you the LORD. WHERE THERE IS NO FAITH, THERE IS NO GOD, HEBREWS 11:6 SAYS WITHOUT FAITH WE CANNOT PLEASE GOD. GOD’S LANGUAGE IS FAITH, WITHOUT IT NO MAN CAN COMMUNICATE WITH GOD. HEBREWS 11 IS A RECORD OF PEOPLE WHO WALKED IN GOD’S GLORY, IT WAS ALL BY FAITH. WHAT IS FAITH? Romans 10:17  So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. IF THE DEVILS STEALS THE WORD, WE HAVE NO GOD. JOHN 1:1 IN THE BEGIINING WAS THE WORD AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD. NO WORD NO GOD. JESUS HAS A NAME ON HIM IN REVELATION 19:13  And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. Do we believe His word, do we do it. ONLY THE WORD CAN CREATE. GOD SAID, HE SPOKE HIS WORD AND IT WAS DONE AS HE SAID. Ge 1:1 ¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Ge 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Ge 1:3 ¶ And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.   . GOD IS WATCHING OVER HIS WORD TO PERFORM IT. Jeremiah 1:12  And Jehovah said unto me, Thou hast well seen; for I am watchful over my word to perform it. THE CENTURION HONORED THE WORD AND THE SERVANT WAS HEALED. Luke 7:7  Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed. PETER SAW THE FISH MIRACLE BY BELIVING THE WORD. Lu 5:4 But when he ceased speaking, he said to Simon, Draw out into the deep [water] and let down your nets for a haul. Lu 5:5 And Simon answering said to him, Master, having laboured through the whole night we have taken nothing, but at thy word I will let down the net. Lu 5:6 And having done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes. And their net broke.   THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES THAT GOD’S WORD IS WHAT WILL HELP US, THE WOMAN WITH AN ISSUE  OF BLOOD TOUCHED THE HEM, THE HEM REPRESENTED ALL THE WORD OF GOD. SHE HAD A REVELATION THAT JESUS WAS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE WORD. Mt 9:20 And behold, a woman, who had had a bloody flux [for] twelve years, came behind and touched the hem of his garment; Mt 9:21 for she said within herself, If I should only touch his garment I shall be healed. Mt 9:22 But Jesus turning and seeing her, said, Be of good courage, daughter; thy faith has healed thee. And the woman was healed from that hour.   HEM WAS A SYMBOL OF ALL GOD HAD SAID. Nu 15:37 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Nu 15:38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: Nu 15:39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring: IS GOD’S WORD WRITTEN IN YOU?             3.    there was true unity in the temple.   Just before the cloud of God’s glory fell in the temple of Solomon, the bible says that all people sounded as ONE VOICE.   2 Chronicles 5:13  it happened, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Yahweh; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Yahweh, saying, For he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Yahweh,   As much as we would want to go around this particular issue of unity, God will not manifest Himself tpo us unless we are united. Jesus prayed His priestly prayer and made this issue of highly importance John 17:21 21        That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. (KJV) If there is no oneness, the world will not believe in Him for He will not manifest Himself through us. Our unity is not like any other but like the unity of the Father, Son and Spirit. They are not joined by the mission but by love, unfailing love. God is love, we are to love one another and stand for each other in word and in deed. This is not uniformity, but accepting one another in our differences, as long us we agree in the true doctrine, then we should be one. GLORY WILL COME AFTER UNITY. God has spoken many promises of His glory to us, it will never happen till we are one. Lets read the following example. Eze 37:1 ¶ The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, Eze 37:2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. Eze 37:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. Eze 37:4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. Eze 37:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: Eze 37:6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. Eze 37:7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. Eze 37:8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. This is a picture of a dry church, a dry fellowship, dry lives. Dry because the live of God has been sucked away. DISUNITY TAKES AWAY THE LIFE IN A BODY. God speaks of a great revival that He has planned to bring to the bones. The bones are scattered. Everyone is by himself, doesn’t care where the other part of the body is. After hearing God’s message, the bones knew it will not just happen just because God has spoken. There are many things God has said and they have not happened yet, and they may not happen, not because God is not true to His waord, but because men are not positioned to receive. EVERY GRACE OF  GOD IS FREE BUT THERE IS WHAT TO DO TO RECEIVE IT. THE BONES KNEW THE SECRET IN VS 7. THEY CAME TOGETHER BONE TO BONE. This is very deep unity. The bones realized that God will use us only if we are a BODY. THE BONES ENTERED ONE ANOTHER. THEY DID NOT STAY NEAR ONE ANOTHER, GO TO THE SAME CHURCH, HUG ONE ANOTHER, THEY WENT DEEPER THAN THAT, THEY ENTERED ONE ANOTHER. THEY BECAME ONE, UNSEPARABLE UNITY. IF YOU CUT ONE YOU CAN THE OTHER. WE ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST. JUST LIKE A NATURAL BODY, THERE IS NO SUCCESS IF SOME MEMBERS ARE NOT WILLING TO JOIN TOGETHER. UNITY ATRACTS GOD HIMSELF.   Psalms 133:1-3 .>> Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!  It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. UNITY IS NOT DWELLING TOGETHER BUT DWELLING TOGETHER IN A HEART TO HEART ONENESS. THIS IS WHERE THERE IS A BODY UNITY. THE LOWER PARTS ARE JOINED WITH THE HEAD, THERE IS A FLOW OF BLESSINGS. THE CHURCH SHOULD BE UNITED WITH THE HEAD CHRIST AND THEN WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITY. -unite with your spiritual authority.   The blessings flow from the head of the priest to the other parts of the body. If a part disunites itself from the head, then the flow to that part is cut and the whole body suffers. If in a local church, the members are not into the head, the body has no flow of blessing. One character in a body is that every member defends one another. The body agrees to be directed by the head. WHERE FATHERS ARE DISRESPECTED THERE IS DANGER TO THE SONS. THE GREEATEST WORK GOD IS DOING IN THESE LAST DAYS IS RESTORING HEART UNITY. Mal 4:4 ¶ Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. Mal 4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: Mal 4:6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. GOD SAYS THAT WHERE THERE IN NO UNITY THER WILL BE A CURSE. CHILDREN IN THE BODY ARE TO BE UNITED WITH THE SPIRITUAL/NATURAL PARENTS. THIS WILL COME BEFORE CHRIST IS REVEALED/ BEFORE THE GREAT REVIVAL.   The enemy is breaking God’s institutions, ther divorce rates are so high, separations in family and in church etc. He knows the will of God is to bring His people together for only then the blessing will flow. MANY ARE VICTIMS AND HENCE VERY LITTLE OR NO PROGRESS. SONS ARE EXPOSING THEIR FATHER’S NAKEDNESS AND SUFFERING A RESULT. The enemy never wanted HAM to be blessed, he made him expose the father’s weakness, he and all his generation were cursed. Genesis 9:22-25  And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. WHEN DID MIRIAMS MINISTRY STOP. WHEN SHE SPOKE AGAINST MOSES, SHE SUFFERED LEPROSY, AARON LATER DIED. Nu 12:1 ¶ And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. Nu 12:2 And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it. Nu 12:3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.) Nu 12:4 ¶ And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out. Nu 12:5 And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth. Nu 12:6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. Nu 12:7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. Nu 12:8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? Nu 12:9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed. Nu 12:10 ¶ And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous. Nu 12:11 And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. .BE WATCHFUL OF WHAT YOU SAY AND DO WHILE IN THE BODY. WHEN YOU GET CLOSE TO THE BODY AND BE ONE YOU WILL SEE WEAKNESSES IN OTHER MEMBERS, HELP THEM DON’T FIGHT THEM. When the maid came to Naaman’s house, she say what others never saw. Others say the victory, she say the leprosy behind the victory, she never broke the unity, she helped bring a solution and she was blessed. 2Ki 5:1 ¶ Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper. 2Ki 5:2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife. 2Ki 5:3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy   WHEN IN UNITY WITH THE FATHER ONE RECEIVES. LUKE 15. A ROBE- spiritual covering. A RING- identity and authority. SHOES- mobility to succeed and move on. The prodigal son was scattered from the family and had lost the above. In unity there is a lot we gain. A SCATTERED FAMILY HAS NO POWER. POWER IS IN UNITY. THIS IS WHAT GOD CONFESSES ABOUT A UNITED PEOPLE. Ge 11:6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Ge 11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. Ge 11:8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. WHATEVER THEY DECIDE WILL COME TO PASS. JESUS SAID A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF WILL NEVER STAND. Matthew 12:25  And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: -KINGDOM - church -CITY- community -HOUSE –family That is fighting one another within cannot stand. THE DEVIL WANTS YOU TO FIGHT FROM WITHIN. FIGHTS WITHOUT CANNOT BRING YOU DOWN LIKE FIGHTS WITHIN.   WHEN GOD WANTS TO FIGHT ENEMIES, HE DOESN’T KILL THEM, HE JUST SCATTERS THEM. A SCATTERD ENEMY IS AS GOOD AS DEAD. A SCATTERED PEOPLE ARE POWERLESS.   LETS UNITE.                               FOR THE GLORY TO BE MANIFESTED.   THERE HAS TO BE. -PURITY IN THE TEMPLE/HEART. -WORD OF GOD ENTHRONE BY HEARING AND DOING IT. -UNITY AND LOVE FROM THE HEARTS.   GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU PRACTICE AND PREACH THIS MESSAGE.     Pray for us. Contact us for more material on other topics or to receive devotions via your email.   Alex and patricia maina. www.walklikejesuswalked.org [phone] [e-mail]