Imperial Valley Christian Center

I like these two quotes about laying on of hands, kind of give a better picture of how it should work.

This is Part 1 of a longer series, 
 1, Doing The Works of Jesus,
2, Jesus Wants To Reign Right Now,
3.Whatever We Decree In Jesus Name He Will Do It. 
4. The Forgotten Triumph of Jesus

We have a tendency to read the Bible as though it’s always addressing us and our needs, but it’s often addressing us as the disciples of Jesus, explaining how we are to meet the needs of others, how we are to collaborate with God in causing the Kingdom of God to show up on the earth, how we are to do the works of Jesus, the works of the body of Christ. That’s the case with this passage:

John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. 13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

This is not a prayer scripture. It’s not about asking for yourself, it’s not about petitioning God for something you need or want. It’s about ministry. It’s about doing the works of Jesus. It’s about our role in causing the Kingdom of God to show up on the earth. You can tell that just from the context:

John 14:12 …He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; …

He’s not talking about asking God for things, he’s talking about his disciples doing the same works he had been doing and even greater works. 

This is Part 4 of a longer series, 
 1, Doing The Works of Jesus,
2, Jesus Wants To Reign Right Now,
3.Whatever We Decree In Jesus Name He Will Do It. 
4. The Forgotten Triumph of Jesus

One thing that hinders us from doing the works of Jesus, the works which liberate and help people, the works he expects us to do…

I tell you the solemn truth, the person who believes in me will perform the miraculous deeds that I am doing, and will perform greater deeds than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it. (John 14:12-14 NET, New English Translation) 

…one of the things that keeps us from walking in the authority of Jesus name, that frustrates our attempts to decree things in Jesus name and have them come to pass, is ignorance of his triumph.

 This is part 1 of a longer series of posts about prosperity.
Part 1, Why God Wants Us Rich
Part 2, God Gives Power To Get Wealth 
Part 3, The Blessing of The LORD Maketh Rich.  
Part 4, The Covenant of Prosperity

You can’t serve God and mammon.

Here's a scripture which, when I first read it, seemed to say that God was against us having money:

“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.” Matthew 6:24, KJV. (The modern translations translate mammon, apparently an Aramaic word, as, money, wealth, riches.)

Most people take this verse to mean that you have to choose between God and money, you can have God or you can have money, but you can’t have both. They think it means that God and money are opposed to each other. But that interpretation has more to do with Christian traditions about money than anything Jesus is saying. If you study it out you’ll see that what he's saying lies in the opposite direction.

One of the primary jobs of a pastor is to fill people with courage and confidence. To drive out fear and doubt.