Grace Fellowship in Santa Rosa, CA

Above the Clouds: the sun is always shining!

Ken Smith — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:52:13 +0000

I keep seeing a shower of grace falling on you today. There is an increased intensity of “Grace-fall” (a rainfall of Grace). I see sparkling drops of Powerful Grace falling on you today, beloved. Like this Picture:

You are not alone, even if you FEEL that way.

Your Father is lending you HIS Strength. Life is not all up to you. He is WITH you even in the trial. The trial is NOT a a sign that He’s abandoned you. “In the world you will have tribulation. But be of GOOD CHEER. I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33) Your Father draws NEAR to you today. He Upholds you, and sustains you with GRACE! Soon you will be above the clouds, warmed by the sunshine. Until then, Father has you in His Grip of Grace!

2 Cor 9:8 NASU And God is able to make ALL GRACE abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed;

Notice it says, “God is able.” This is something He wants to do in you and through you, not something he wants FROM you! This is HIS ABILITY coming at you like a driving rain; scooping you up into His atmosphere & INFUSING you with HIS POWER!

Yes friend, God draws near to you today, to strengthen you with a flow of power. Did you know His Grace and His Power are the same thing? Look at this verse: “And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.” [2 Cor 12:9 NASU]

As you lift your heart towards Him today, He releases a Shower of Grace that strengthens you. He is pouring a strength into you, that you could never produce for Him. He is not disappointed that you are weak. He says, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” (2Cor12:9 NIV)

Think of it! Your Father never condemns you for not measuring up. He’s never disappointed in your impotence! Instead, He DELIGHTS to pour His strength into you, sustaining you with His power in a way you cannot do for yourself.

YOUR JOB?

Open up your spirit right now; let His grace – His power – pour into your soul.

River of God’s Delight

Lisa Smith — Sun, 13 May 2012 20:16:30 +0000

Message by Lisa Smith – Recorded May 13th, 2012

A Love Note From Jesus

Ken Smith — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:09:23 +0000

This is an invitation… pause whatever you’re doing for a minute and run. Run into His arms…

Ps 19:4-6 NASU
In them [the heavens] He has placed a tent for the sun,
5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber;
It rejoices as a strong man to run his course.
6 Its rising is from one end of the heavens,
And its circuit to the other end of them;
And there is nothing hidden from its heat.

Psalms 19 lifts a veil into the heart of our Great King. It begins by describing the creation as teaching us about the nature, and essence of our Creator. Then, Father highlights a primary theme of the Lesson that Creation depicts: the pursuit of the Groom for His Bride!

The Sun, evidently, depicts the fiery Love that burns in the heart of Jesus! A Love that burns like a Bridegroom for his beloved; an aching affection; a longing!

The Jews of King David’s era (David wrote Psalms 19) knew well the picture he painted. They knew David referenced their wedding tradition of the groom, after a long betrothal, going to take his bride from her family’s home to the home he’d prepared for her.

David described the PASSION Jesus has for us is like a Groom on his Wedding Day! Jesus is HIGHLY invested in his Heart’s Desire for you. He finds it hard to NOT think about you. (Ps.139:17, 18) He cherishes every moment you have together. He loves the sound of your voice; the look in your eyes; the fragrance of love that flows from your heart. If you could see His eyes when He looks at you, you would see such warmth, and tenderness and kindness, and delight, that your heart would burn for HIM! A Holy Fire; a Sacred Romance would ignite your heart, and you’d want to keep yourself for Him, and Him alone!

Can you feel His passion drawing you away in this season of love? Can you feel the holy romance of His heart?
Song 2:10-13 NASU
10 “My beloved responded and said to me,
‘Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
And come along.
11 ‘For behold, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone.
12 ‘The flowers have already appeared in the land;
The time has arrived for pruning the vines,
And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.
13 ‘The fig tree has ripened its figs,
And the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance.
Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
And come along!’”

Why not take some time this week and allow Him to Love you?

A friend of the Bridegroom,

Ken

It was all for LOVE; all for a Bride!

Embracing The Heart of a Saint

Ken Smith — Sun, 06 May 2012 20:05:33 +0000

Message by Ken Smith – Recorded May 6th, 2012

Healing Studio – Healing Team From Bethel Church

Phil Smith — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:23:48 +0000

Message from Josh Stevens – Recorded April 29th, 2012

God Is A Revisionist

Ken Smith — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:20:18 +0000

Message by Ken Smith – Recorded April 22nd, 2012

When God Speaks.

Phil Smith — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:02:02 +0000

Message by Phil Smith – Recorded April 15th, 2012

He Is Risen ….. In You!

Ken Smith — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 20:28:53 +0000

Message by Ken Smith – Recorded April 8th, 2012

Refreshed In Hope

Ken Smith — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 20:26:55 +0000

Message by Ken Smith – Recorded April 1st, 2012

Your Dad Wants To Talk To You!

Ken Smith — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:08:07 +0000

Dear friends,

Your Dad WANTS to talk to you! His tender heart YEARNS FOR you to hear His voice; and dialogue with you. He wants to impart the WHOLENESS that the sound of His voice brings.

Focused on "Father's Voice"

You see, His voice has a “weight” of authority – a substance – that the flimsy web of human thought could never produce.

Matt 7:28-29 NASU When Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were amazed at His teaching; for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

Why did Jesus’ teachings have such weight? Because, his teaching came from the Almighty. His teachings were not Intellectual Constructs. They were Supernatural Impartations from the Father Heart of God.
John 14:24 NASU “He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.

This is why your Dad wants to talk to YOU! His words add “Substance” to your life; your heart! Jesus Himself told us that we are not to live by bread alone, but we LIVE… we truly LIVE… by every word that comes from the mouth of God! (Matt 4:4) Wow! Did you hear what Jesus was saying?

Father’s Words have a Nourishing Substance that we can get nowhere else!

You could say, His words are like bread to us: spirit, soul and body. If we go without food for several days, we get hungry and weak. Similarly, if we go without hearing our Father’s thoughts, we become spiritually weak, sickly and lethargic.

Oh, how desperately we need to hear His Voice – EVERY DAY!

Some believers relegate “hearing God” to a prophetic person, or the clergy. But Father LONGS to dialogue with his people face to face, not just through a human channel!
Listen to the passion in your Father’s voice: Ps 81:11-13 NASU

11 “But My people did not listen to My voice,
And Israel did not obey Me.
12 “So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart,
To walk in their own devices.
13 “Oh that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!

Why not take some time today to look up at your Real Dad, and ask Him, “Father, is there anything you want to tell me today?” And then, pause in silence… and Listen… and Savor His Delicious Words!