"Your life is transformed to the degree that your mind is renewed. Cornel's book goes a long way to removing the hindrances to that renewal."
-Curry R. Blake, John G. Lake Ministries
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Without any question, any person would tell you that there won’t be sickness and suffering in heaven, that it will be a utopia of wholeness, peace and joy. And I will agree 100%. But many of these same people who believe that there is no sickness in heaven, actually believe that God desires people to be sick. How absurd can you get?
Does God have 2 wills, one for heaven and one for earth?
Is God double-minded?
Why did Jesus pray ‘Your will be done on earth AS IT IS in heaven?
If God did will it for you to be sick on earth, what would stop Him from willing you to remain sick in heaven for all eternity? He either wants you well or He doesn’t. Simple.
We read in Proverbs 29:18 that without vision people perish. That doesn’t mean you can just have any vision for yourself, your family, your ministry, your church and all is ok. No, you need God’s vision. Some translations use the word revelation instead of vision. Without revelation people perish. We need to adjust our vision to see and reflect the revelation of Jesus in everything we do.
When it comes to healing, I am often confronted with doubts, just like anybody else. I have seen many great healings, but I have equally suffered great losses. I have lost track of how many times I have been asked ‘Why doesn’t everybody get healed?’ If I had the answer to that, I would have told you by now. I am also still learning and growing.
But one thing that I have learned, is to not filter my vision through experience. When somebody I minister to doesn’t get healed, I don’t step back and think, ‘Mmm, interesting. This must mean God doesn’t want them healed.’ The moment you think like that, you have not kept your mind on things that are above. For me, that means keeping my mind on ‘as it is in heaven’.
When I don’t see the healing results I prayed for, I ask myself, ‘Will this person be sick in heaven for all eternity?’ My immediate answer is of course a resounding no. My next question is, ‘If they will be whole in heaven, is it God’s will to heal them?’ My immediate answer is of course a resounding yes. My next question is, ‘What do I tell this person? What do I leave them with?’ There is nothing worse than apologizing for not being able to get heaven out of you and into another person.
Jesus’ disciples failed too. They also asked why it didn’t work. Jesus advised His disciples to fast and pray in order to rid themselves of unbelief, which was the culprit in that case. I wonder sometimes if we have missed something in that, especially in the grace revolution. We immediately disregard anything that sounds like it might be works. Fasting and praying can be done with a works mentality for sure, but I do believe it can be done with a grace mentality too.
Don’t fast and pray in order to get something you think you don’t have. Fast and pray in order to learn how to release something you already have better than how you are currently doing it. However you choose to go about it, get before Jesus and ask Him to teach you, to instruct you and to help you. Also, start to develop a relationship with the Holy Spirit more. He is not just some abstract force to be used by spiritual Jedi’s. He is a living breathing person, equally God and equally Son. He is the personification of the power you and I are sometimes struggling to release effectively. Don’t leave Him out of the equation.
My prayer is that you don’t you get sidetracked by regret or blindsided by unbelief while you learn how to minister more effectively, while you learn how to love on purpose, with a purpose and for a purpose.
In the next post I will write a little about my thoughts on fasting and why I think it could still be a good practice for believers in the New Covenant if approached correctly.
Peace and Grace!
Cornel
It is so easy to get caught up in antisocial websites like Facebook and Twitter that we yearn for a break from it all. We think striving to enter His rest means striving to win comment wars and get the last say. We argue over the smallest little things and yet Paul wrote to avoid empty arguments about the law because is it unprofitable. Please note there is a monumental difference between a discussion and an argument.
A discussion allows for mutual encouragement. An argument needs a winner and a loser. Can you guess which is the unprofitable one?
Below I have written a few points for you to ponder over. Sort of a ‘Do I need to take a break test?’
Score yourself on the points below, and remember, this test is scientifically proven and accurate… 
Initial testing was done at the International Sarcasm Institute. Please contact them if you have any questions.
If 2 or less of the points apply to you, you are still ok.
If any 3 to 5 of the points apply to you, take a chill pill and go away for a long weekend away. Leave all electronic communication devices at home.
If any 6 to 10 of the points apply to you, you have moved from anointing to annoying…
If any 11 to 15 applies to you, please delete your Facebook account with immediate effect, throw your computer out the window and please for the love of all things pure and holy, don’t drink the koolaid at the next meeting…
Ready? Here goes:
1. You comment on status updates by typing in tongues. Shakarakboomba…? Really?
2. You have adopted some kind of spiritual sounding word as a middle name. Cornel superBlessed Marais. Mmm, can’t wait to have kids to do this for realsies!
3. You have anywhere from 5 to 10 Bible verses ready to copy and paste to prove your point in any argument which makes you sound kinda like an audio bible stuck on repeat. Stuck on repeat. Stuck on repeat…
4. YOU TYPE EVERYTHING IN CAPITALS SO PEOPLE CAN KNOW YOU MEAN BUSINESS!
5. You try to express and convey your recent spiritual experience as a status update. “Whoaa! Surfing on a rainbow of forgiveness sprouting from the little toe of peace while being showered with joy petals! And how’s your afternoon been?”
6. ”Speak the truth in love”, “You are so judgmental/angry/critical” and “Repent!” ranks at the top of your most used thread comments and replies. This is usually followed by a delete comment action or yet another block. You mentally tick your ‘Persecuted For The Gospel’ list.
7. You spell ‘glory’ with extra A’s. ‘GLORAAAAAY!’
8. You like certain pages only to keep tabs on the people you actually don’t like. This is called trolling. Don’t worry, Jesus loves trolls too. I think?
9. You have more than one Facebook profile. No comment. This is just plain weird. Both of you.
10. You comment on articles/notes/blogposts without first reading the article to get context. No, I am not going to explain it all to you in the comments just because you are to lazy to read.
11. You can argue with many people on 5 different threads simultaneously. 8 on weekends? Impressive.
12. You are unable to answer a direct question. You still didn’t answer my question? “In 2 Opinions 5:13 it says…”
13. You struggle to discuss something rationally without taking it personally. Hissy fit, hissy fit, no further communication ever.
14. You constantly post cute / super-spiritual pictures and them proceed to tag people who don’t want to be tagged in it. Yes, you know you who you are. Stop it.
15. You create groups and add people to it without first asking if they want to be part of it. Of course I want to be a part of the 1000 Cheerleaders Like Jesus group! Life mission accomplished!
I sincerely hoped this made you chuckle and not merely offended. Seriously, I was just poking some fun. Be as individual as you like! Say what you like in the way you like. Express Christ in your unique way!
Enjoy His Divine Life!
Cornel
Here are some quotes from Living Grace, a book project I am involved in with 13 other authors. Below is one quote from each author’s chapter in the book. For more info on the book and the project, click here.
“Sin isn’t what causes separation – it is separation that causes sin.”
- Benjamin Dunn, “Union”.
“As a New Covenant, born-again believer, to go and ask God for forgiveness after you have sinned, is in fact, a sin! It is the sin of unbelief.”
- Ryan Rufus, “Totally Forgiven, Totally United, Totally Filled”.
“In reality, whatever you still feel guilty about continues to have power over your life.”
- Arthur Meintjes, “Guilt Free Living”.
“The reason why people say grace is radical is because they’ve never heard the law being taught properly.”
- Rob Rufus, “The Grace-Hating Spirit”.
“If leaders are full of grace, it stands to reason that our grace walk will become the grace walk of those following us.”
- Fini de Gersigny, “Grace and Leadership”.
“Your faith connecting with God’s grace becomes the catalyst for a never-ending river of blessing to flow.”
- Joshua Mills, “Living in the Glory by Grace.”
“If we are to imitate Christ and do the same and greater works that He did, we are going to have to start casting out demons too.”
- Cornel Marais, “Dealing with the Demonic”.
“I don’t give to get, but I give knowing that I’m going to get, so I can be a bigger giver.”
- Andrew Wommack, “Grace and Finances”.
“The Good News of Jesus and of His great salvation, is something that Christians themselves need to constantly hear!”
- Chad M. Mansbridge, “Titus: Stress These Things”.
“Instead of Christ with Paul – it was Christ as Paul.”
- John Crowder, “A Case for Divine Complacency”.
“Whenever we are taking away the Old Covenant and establishing the New Covenant, we are doing the will of God.”
- Paul Hernandez, “The New Covenant in a Nutshell”.
“Purity: Christian behavior that flows from nothing but un-manipulated love.”
- Wayne Duncan, “New Covenant Motivation”.
“I believe that we stand on the brink of the greatest awakening the Church or this world has ever seen.”
- Lucas Miles, “Unstoppable Grace”.
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If you have read it already, I would love for you to write your favourite quotes in the comment section below.
Grace and Peace!
Cornel
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