The Heart Of The Father

Week 24 June 22, 2009

The Heart Of The Father

On Sunday Jeph taught from John 17 in which Jesus prays for us that we would walk in His True Unity; with His Name, His Word and His Glory. Because of this powerful prayer, it allows us to speak a vision and destiny in our lives, in our community and in the nations.
The Heart of the Father is for us to also have unity within family units. His heart is to restore the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the children to their fathers. (Malachi 4:6)
Take time this week to allow the Holy Spirt to speak to you if there is any unforgiveness towards your earthly father that hinders the relationship with your Heavenly Father.

Hope in You!

June 16, 2009
Jaclyn Chavez sharing with you this week.

Hello Beloved family of Hope Chapel! I pray you are having a wonderful week filled with great joy in Christ.

This past Sunday, Jeph encouraged us to remember that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever as declared in Hebrews 13:8. This leaves us with great Hope and Anticipation to see what the Lord wants to do through our entire lives…past, present, and future. The amazing thing about God is that no matter where we are in our walk with Him, and no matter where we have been, when we surrender it all to Him, He makes all things new and works them together for our good and His glory (Rom 8:28)! The key to this great exchange and transformation is to surrender all things to the Lord, repent of our sin, and choose to allow the character of Christ to be produced in us.

Jeph has been challenging us to allow the Hope of Christ fill us so that WE can bring the Hope of Christ to our communities, and then you guessed it….Hope to the NATIONS!!! That may seem overwhelming, but thank goodness it’s not just Jeph saying we can do this. Jesus Himself anointed us and called us to this great commission and He never asks us to do something He hasn’t already equipped us to do! Just look at Acts 1:8 (amplified Bible), Jesus tells us, “But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth”. Wow! Okay God, I guess we can do this, right!!!

I would just like to leave you with this one thought the Holy Spirit had me ponder this last week. He asked me which of His gifts do I feel most comfortable ministering in. (I knew this was going somewhere like repentance or something). I half smiled and told Him a couple of the gifts, and graciously with a smile He asked, “Why aren’t you eagerly desiring the rest I have for you?” Huh, I love when He does that. He lead me to 1 Corinthians 14:1 where Paul tells us to “eagerly pursue, earnestly desire, and cultivate” the spiritual gifts given to us by the Holy Spirit. These gifts include a message of wisdom, a word of knowledge and understanding, faith, extraordinary powers of healing, working of miracles, prophetic insight, the ability to discern and distinguish between spirits, speaking in various kinds of tongues, and the ability to interpret tongues (1 Corinthians 12:8-11). These are our very tools He has given us to reach our communities and the nations. Let us eagerly pursue the Lord in all He has for us. May we earnestly desire all of the Holy Spirit, not just bits and pieces, and may we allow Him to cultivate and develop these powerful gifts in us so that we can allow the Hope of Christ to be poured out of us into the communities so that our nations receive the Good News of the Gospel of Christ Jesus!

Earnestly desiring more of Him,
Jaclyn Chavez

Growing To Love One Another

Week 22: June 3rd 2009

Growing To Love One Another

In our current series called “Growing to Love One Another” we are dealing with the spirit of Jezebel and its partner Ahab. This pair of demonic spirits have been allowed to settle in our culture, both within the church and within our society. As the Church we must begin to rise up in our passion to no longer tolerate the nature and character of these spirits. As we begin to draw near to the Lord and He draws near to us, we can identify the tactics of the enemy and resist him. This results is an increase in our love for one another and authority over the nations.

Jesus promised us in Rev 2:18-26 that if we would overcome the spirit of Jezebel, He would give us authority over the nations. I’m ready to start seeing some things change in the area of tolerance so that we can exercise some authority and watch the Kingdom of God expand through the ministry of loving one another! Below are some characteristics of these two spirits that we each need to take the time understand and deal with. Remember, we are talking about a ruling principality that has settled as way of thinking. If you identify any of these thoughts and actions in your life that have been tolerated, simply confess the sin, repent and forsake that way of thinking and acting. Choose to walk in the Spirit of God!

The spirit of Jezebel and the enabler Ahab (one who has surrendered their authority) are dividing spirits who move through fear, witchcraft, confusion, careless speech, criticism, manipulation, control and visionary discrepancies. These spirits use obsessive sensuality, witchcraft, rebellion, hatred for authority, man-hating, un-submitted, power-hungry, idolatry, domineering, controlling, murmuring, independence and whispering campaigns as its tactics for control and influence. Take these areas personally before taking them on in any other areas (i.e. neighbors, community, state, nation). Now that you have bound the spirit of Jezebel and its partner Ahab (the enabler) loose the Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit.

Now go and exercise that gift of authority you’ve been given by healing the sick, raising the dead, casting out demons and cleansing the lepers in the love of Jesus Christ!

Love and Blessings, Jeph Chavez