by Tim Cameron | Aug 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
An open letter to all:
Where Are the Elijah’s of God?
Leonard Ravenhill asked that question in 1959. Keith Green later asked the same question in the early 80’s before his untimely death.
So, where are the Elijah’s of God? Ravenhill said this, “We know Elijah was a man of like passions as we are, but alas! We are not men of like prayer as he was!”
Here’s the deal–one praying person is a complete majority with God. Ravenhill goes on to say, “God is bypassing men—not because they are too ignorant, but because they are too self-sufficient. “
It is prayer God wants, Holy Spirit, on fire prayer! There is no substitute, no alternative, and no other plan. And we need to up the ante on our prayers. Elijah prayed and darkness covered the land.
Last week the heat was at 99 degrees one day and 100 the next. I could only get the temperature down to 85 in our house; our air conditioner is failing and was set to be replaced. Many of you know that my wife has suffered horribly for months with a chronic coughing condition brought on by severe allergies, a condition with her larynx, and esophageal acid reflux. The heat was making it very difficult to stay in our house.
Annamae is a woman of prayer; she gives full definition to the word indefatigable. She will not be dissuaded in her prayers, no matter her physical condition. So, we prayed for God to give us a break in the weather. Just a few days later the weather broke and has stayed “cooler”. We woke up to 69-degree weather today and forecast of highs in the 80’s and lows in the 60’s for the next week. Annamae will return to Tulsa next week to cool weather and new air-conditioning.
We have seen great answers to prayer these last months. So much greater than the weather, but, oh, does the weather count. Monstrous, miraculous answers to prayer prayed for people hundreds of miles away and prayed for the people on our block. Why do answers like this surprise us? They shouldn’t.
Through the Holy Spirit we can be armed with the entire panoply of God to overcome the enemy. As Annamae and I learn to pray about all things, we are seeing these anomalies of answered prayer turn into weekly events. I have a goal to see great answers to prayer daily.
So where are the Elijah’s? They are anywhere a person lays down his partnership with God and allows Him to be Lord with complete ownership.
by Tim Cameron | Aug 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
If we make the purposeful choice to follow the Lord in sanctification, we draw a line in the sand with the enemy and the battle begins. You see, the enemy isn’t disturbed about the nominal Christian who seldom prays and doesn’t mature into a disciple. This person is no threat to the world Satan rules. But the disciple who prays and decides to pursue the fullness of the Lord found in sanctification poses a great threat to all the enemy stands for.
I think we take this whole issue of sanctification way too flippantly. Sanctification can be a violent process. The enemy doesn’t like it, and our flesh rails against it. There is nothing pretty about dying to yourself. Through sanctification the Spirit of God is putting His finger on every aspect of our lives that is not in concert with His purposes. Sanctification is taking everything that captures our attention on this earth and putting it through a filter that only allows those things to pass through that interest God.
by Tim Cameron | Aug 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
August 8, 2017 @ 10:30 a.m. CST
KNEO Radio 91.7 FM
Clark Matthews and the Author’s Corner
Author’s Corner is sponsored by Christian bookstores and can be heard at 1:00 pm Monday through Friday on KNEO, 91.7-FM, and on kneo.org.
The listening audience is in southwest Missouri, but reaches into Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kansas to a population of about 500,000 people.
by Tim Cameron | Aug 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
My first reading plan on YouVersion. Posted January 1, 2016. Over 100,000 people have completed the Seven day plan of Fasting Words.
Take the challenge for seven days and fast complaining, sarcasm, criticism, gossip, and judgments. Your heart will be pierced. Just go to the YouVersion app and type in a key word.
by Tim Cameron | Jul 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
Every Christian is Called to the Battle
Make no mistake—every Christian is called to spiritual warfare. The enemy is seeking to destroy us (1 Peter 5:8). Our spiritual survival depends upon being able to discern the enemy; repel his attacks, temptations, and schemes; and stand against the powers of darkness. God has called every one of us into His spiritual army (2 Tim. 2:3-4).
God has not called us to just stand and defend ourselves in battle. He has called us to use the weapons of our warfare to defeat the enemy and crush him underfoot (Rom. 8:37-39, 16:20; 1 John 2:13-14). Everyday people such as you and me are called to put on the armor of light and cast aside the works of darkness (Rom. 13:12). We are called to bring God’s kingdom of heaven to earth: “Your kingdom come; Your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven” (Matt. 6:10).
by Tim Cameron | Jul 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
Satan dwells in the darkness. This is where he and all his demons (fallen angels) were sent to by God (Luke 10:18; 2 Pet. 2:4; Jude 6; Rev. 12:4). Where is the darkness? We need to understand that any place the knowledge of God is absent is darkness, and darkness is the domain of the enemy. Where Christ is, there is light and the darkness is dispelled (John 8:12). People who do not follow Jesus walk in darkness.
Before you came to know the Lord as your Savior, you were in the kingdom of darkness. You lived in this world physically, but you lived in Satan’s territory spiritually. The moment you accepted Jesus as your Savior, you were transported into God’s kingdom. It makes no difference now where you live physically, whether or not you live under persecution, or if you are affluent or impoverished—if Christ is your Savior, you live in His kingdom (Col. 1:13, NASB).
The battle is furious in the unseen realm. This is why our weapons in spiritual warfare are not carnal or fleshly.
The enemy wars against us as we pursue God to have His kingdom established in our minds, emotions, and wills (our souls). The enemy is actively planning schemes, diversions, rear attacks, and every other evil plan to cast doubt in the minds of men and women concerning God’s Word. The enemy entices our emotions and wills to be captured by the world—“the lust of the lfesh,” “the lust of the eyes,” and “the…pride of life” (1 John 2:16). So many Christians find themselves trapped in sexual addictions, pornography, and other types of perversions and compulsive behaviors, never realizing that they are losing a spiritual battle. They try to fight the battle with worldly weapons that yield little success. They haven’t been taught to wage war in the unseen and heavenly realm.
