Pride is the one sin that we should all be terrified of. Pride is the fuel source of all rebellion against God. Satan himself was corrupted by his own beauty and wasn't content to walk humbly in the place where God had placed him and decided to become his own god. We know we are operating under a spirit of pride when we become corrupted by how we see ourselves and begin to form false images. Prideful people are highly offended when God challenges this image. They refuse to die to reputation and are easily offended when confronted by Godly people.

The most tragic of all things is to be unaware that the Glory Of God is passing us by. When the pursuit of the people of God does not differ from the pursuits of a perishing society around us God will withdraw His presence from us. When we are motivated by the desire to be glorified of men, and our focus is on titles, positions and prominence, we will create a man-made glory. Jesus speaks to these ministries and calls them an abomination and says that they will fall under a curse. There is a day coming when the true church of Jesus Christ will stand up against these false prophets. God will rise up and deliver His people. God will reveal Himself to those who are grieved at what is being done to the name of Jesus and grieved at the way society is living without God. These Christians are not spiritual giants; they simply love Jesus and have a passionate desire for Him to be glorified in these last days.

When we cry out to God to rise up and scatter our enemies this can be a dangerous prayer. If we want the presence of God, and ask Him to advance against our enemies, God will begin to reveal the enemies that are still resident in our hearts. We must allow the Holy Spirit to deal with the issues that keep His presence away from us. God is Holy and He can only dwell with clean hands and a pure heart.

God still has His heart set on saving this world. He loves mankind, and He is still moving by His Holy Spirit. God's heart is set on His church, in spite if all the apostasy and false teachers, He will not allow the Cross of Jesus Christ to be in vain. The Lord is calling us to complete confidence in the remission of sins. God's plan for us is not to walk in guilt and condemnation, He is calling us to enjoy Jesus and trust in the Power of the Blood of Jesus. When we embrace this we will come into truly find rest in Jesus.

Every child of God will have to endure trials of suffering and betrayal if they will be mightily used by God. God will allow us to experience these afflictions and use them as a doorway into fellowship with Him so that we are conformable to the death of Jesus Christ. When we are betrayed it is a pain like no other. The devil will do his best to keep us behind the gates of betrayal so that we keep a distance from people and vow never to trust again. We know we are passing through these gates when we choose to forgive and begin to have a strong desire to be reconciled with our betrayer. We will come to a place of understanding that God has been in control all along and the life of Christ that is imparted into us through this experience will become provision for someone else.

Before we surrendered our lives to Christ we were dead in our sin. The only way to be free from this sin is to die to our old way of living. Jesus Christ died for us and when we came to Christ we were baptized in this death. The Bible says, "He that is dead in Christ is free from the dominion of sin." The evidence of this death is that we are not controlled by sin any longer. It doesn't mean we don't have struggles or failures, it means that these things no longer govern our lives. From the time we are born again our whole life is about the funeral of our old nature and the birth of the new man that God is making us to be. The true Christian spends their whole life preaching their own funeral.

The devil will attempt to convince us that we have gone too far and we have sinned our way outside of the love of God. All these temptations are common to man and God will be FAITHFUL to bring us out. There is a sovereign move of God coming to the church of Jesus Christ and He will open up our hearts to the truth of His Word. Our enemies will be put to shame. They will leave suddenly and will not be able to fulfill the assignment they have over your life.

There is a trial that comes to a believer from the hand of God Himself. These are trials appointed by God so he can move us from goodness to greatness. We might be led into a cave because of an unrighteous pursuit. It is in this cave that we learn not to move out in our own defense but we wait on the Lord to act on our behalf. We cannot deliver ourselves from the dealings of God. We must wait for His deliverance and wait for God to remove all our enemies. As we wait, He will sow strength, endurance, and a greatness that will enlarge our heart to be an influence to those around us.

There is a Judas church that has a spirit of murmuring and complaining. This type of sinner has a compromised compassion, allows Jesus to wash their feet and not their heart and has an unworthy worship to God. It’s a heart that becomes penitent and the end result is sin and death. There is a Peter church and these sinners stumble and fall but they get back up in true repentance having a godly sorrow for their sin. These sinners cry out to God in their fear and doubt and get the victory because they walk close to the Cross of Jesus Christ with a broken spirit and a contrite heart.

God is calling us into intimacy with Him. He desires to give us His heart so that we will become one with Him in purpose and prayer. Those who are intimate with Jesus will be strengthened by His peace. There is nothing more potent to destroy pride, murmuring, complaining and deception than the presence of Jesus. God is jealous for His Name and His Glory so He will destroy the works of darkness and there will be Peace in the House of the Lord.