Grace Fellowship in Santa Rosa, CA

Just a quick reminder about the Refreshing Rain of Heaven: It is always falling and it’s always FREE! Paid for by Jesus, for YOU!

Jesus is sending the Holy Spirit to refresh you today. Jesus’ sacrifice removed ALL blockage to the Holy Spirit’s flow. No shame; no guilt; no anger; or self-loathing can block the Flow of the Holy Spirit into our hearts!
John 7:37-39 NASU “Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. 38 “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’” 39 But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to RECEIVE;”
Did you notice the word “RECEIVE?” Perhaps even now you could get into a “receiving mode.” Just open your spirit to the Holy Spirit and RECEIVE!

He knew you’d need this Refreshing, so He purchased it in advance at a terrible price to Him, but it’s free to YOU! So why not pause, turn your face to heaven, open your mouth and collect some Grace-Rain?
Isa 55:1 NASU
Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters;
And you who have no money come, buy and eat.
Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.

Your Daddy Desires a Supernatural Partnership!

I am so impressed this morning with our Father’s Passion for Partnership. He so values HONOR, that He wants to pour it on YOU. And one of the ways He does that is to raise your status to Full Partner, not bondslave!
You see, BEFORE you deserved a promotion, He promoted you to the STATUS He’s given His Son, Jesus:
Col 2:9-10 NIV “For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.”
Literally, the Fullness that Jesus modeled to this planet, NOW resides in YOU! Can you receive that? In that scripture, the Greek word for fullness in the two passages are the same. Paul tells us the same Fullness that Jesus lived in, is available for US to live in. All the resources of Heaven that Jesus enjoyed are available to YOU!

God wants to Partner with YOU,
like He partnered with His Son, Jesus!

Look at this scripture: John 1:16-17 NASU For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.
I’m not making this up! You are not the victim of circumstance! Your Circumstances are the “victim” of YOU, because you are Partners with the Godhead!
This is your Father’s Ancient Plan!
Eph 1:22-23 NASU And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
You are His Church…His Body…His Fullness is just waiting to be accessed like a Balloon FULL of Water; under pressure.

When you access the water inside the balloon with a pin, the water explodes! We access Heaven’s resources BY FAITH, and when we do, HIS Grace gushes down on us… emotional strength, healing, freedom! Everything and Anything we need, supplied from Heaven’s resources.

I don’t know about you, but Father has me on a quest to live from HIS Supernatural Supply of FULLNESS, not my meager resources. This applies not just to the natural realm, like money or belongings, but from emotional resources as well. In fact, a good metric is “where do I turn in times of emotional distress?” Do I medicate the pain to go away, or do I turn to Heaven’s resources. Like you, I’m learning I can prick the “Membrane of Heaven” with my faith and stand under the deluge of Heavenly Resources I could never muster on my own!

Woo-hoo! Let it rain!

Colossians 2:10 “Christ is our fullness of which we all partake” [from Robertson's Word Pictures]

Friends,

This morning I am so aware of the Father’s Favor towards you. When He looks at you, He is not disappointed or disapproving. He feels such joy and delight as He fondly lingers over you. If you pause, you can feel His love, too. It is so warm and sweet!

Rom 8:38-39 NASU For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

He sent a Valentine to SHOW you how much He DELIGHTS in you: Eph 1:4 NLT 4 Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.

The same delight He has for Jesus, He now has for you, because He placed you IN CHRIST, long before He even made you!

Jesus is the Father’s Valentine to you. He is the Measure of the Father’s love for you. Your Father had YOU in mind when He gave Jesus for you. Jesus didn’t die for a faceless blob of humanity. He had YOU in mind.

And He looks at you today, romancing you ever deeper into His adoring Heart. That’s how big He is. He is so big, he can have His focus exclusively on billions of individuals, all at once! And He’s focused on you, today, gazing intently at YOU, today, with eyes of adoring delight.

And He’s dancing over you for JOY! WHOOO-HOO! Twirling and delighting in you.
Zeph 3:17 (God’s Word Transl.) The Lord your God is with you. He is a hero who saves you. He happily rejoices over you, renews you with his love, and celebrates over you with shouts of joy.

Friends,

This morning, I saw that on Sunday, Nick Klaus was a parable. I missed it until this beautiful Tuesday morning…
Last Sunday, Nick felt led to dance in worship, even though he was scheduled to paint during the Service. He danced and worshipped releasing lots of FREEDOM into the atmosphere. It was awesome!

Meanwhile, his canvas remained WHITE…yeah, bright white.

That is what the Lord reminded me of this morning. As we surrender in worship to His light and glory, WE become like Nick’s Canvas! WE shine bright and white with His Glory.

Many times people in the new age movement comment to our outreach teams, “You guys have so much light.” Sometimes we acclimate to the Glory that we are transmitting. The point being, that you glow with His Light, whether you realize it or not. And the power source for “The Glow” is Gazing on His Glory in worship and praise, like Nick was on Sunday. You see, every moment spent gazing on His Splendor RECHARGES your “Glory Batteries!” And you get Brighter and Brighter!

Prov 4:18 NASU But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, That shines brighter and brighter until the full day.

I just want to encourage you! You carry more light than you realize! “You are the light of the World!” – Jesus (Matt5:14)

Beholding "The Glory!"

And – the more you surrender to worship, beholding His Glory, the brighter you shine!

Have a GLORY filled week,

Ken