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MALACHI 4:1-6
1 "For behold, the day is coming,burning like an oven, when all thearrogant and all evildoers will bestubble. The day that is comingshall set them ablaze, says theLORD of hosts,
MALACHI 4:1-6
… so that it will leave them neitherroot nor branch. The coming daywill consume them,” says the Lordof Hosts, “not leaving them root orbranches. ”
MALACHI 4:1-6
2 But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall. 3
And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the LORD of hosts.
MALACHI 4:1-6
4 "Remember the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel. 5 "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.
MALACHI 4:1-6
6 And he will turn the hearts of
fathers to their children and the
hearts of children to their fathers,
lest I come and strike the land with
a decree of utter destruction."
MALACHI 4:1-6
1 “For indeed, the day is coming,
burning like a furnace, when all the
arrogant and everyone who commits
wickedness will become stubble.
MALACHI 4:1-6
2 But for you who fear My name,
the sun of righteousness will rise
with healing in its wings, and you
will go out and playfully jump like
calves from the stall.
MALACHI 4:1-6
3 You will trample the wicked, for
they will be ashes under the soles of
your feet on the day I am
preparing,” says the Lord of Hosts.
MALACHI 4:1-6
4 “Remember the instruction of
Moses My servant, the statutes and
ordinances I commanded him at
Horeb for all Israel.
MALACHI 4:1-6
5 Look, I am going to send you
Elijah the prophet before the great
and awesome Day of the Lord
comes.
MALACHI 4:1-6
6 And he will turn the hearts of
fathers to their children and the
hearts of children to their fathers.
Otherwise, I will come and strike
the land with a curse.”
God will send the Spirit of Elijah –To prepare a people ready for the
coming of the Lord
Every believer is called to received the Spirit of God to prepare people
for the Coming of the Lord.
John the Baptist is not Elijah
reincarnated. John operates in the
spirit and power of Elijah
Elisha had the spirit and
power of Elijah
LUKE 1:17
17 And he will go before Him in the
spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the
hearts of fathers to their children, and
the disobedient to the understanding of
the righteous, to make ready for the
Lord a prepared people. ”
LUKE 9:29-31
29And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became dazzling white. 30 And behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah, 31 who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
Revelation 11:3-14
3 And I will grant authority to my twowitnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260days, clothed in sackcloth." 4 These are thetwo olive trees and the two lampstands thatstand before the Lord of the earth. 5 And ifanyone would harm them, fire pours fromtheir mouth and consumes their foes. Ifanyone would harm them, this is how he isdoomed to be killed.
6 They have the power to shut the sky, thatno rain may fall during the days of theirprophesying, and they have power over thewaters to turn them into blood and to strikethe earth with every kind of plague, as oftenas they desire. 7 And when they havefinished their testimony, the beast that risesfrom the bottomless pit will make war onthem and conquer them and kill them,
Revelation 11:3-14
8 and their dead bodies will lie in the streetof the great city that symbolically is calledSodom and Egypt, where their Lord wascrucified. 9 For three and a half days somefrom the peoples and tribes and languagesand nations will gaze at their dead bodiesand refuse to let them be placed in a tomb,
Revelation 11:3-14
10 and those who dwell on the earth willrejoice over them and make merry andexchange presents, because these twoprophets had been a torment to those whodwell on earth. 11 But after the three and ahalf days a breath of life from God enteredthem, and they stood up on their feet, andgreat fear fell on those who saw them.
Revelation 11:3-14
12 Then they heard a loud voice fromheaven saying to them, "Come up here!"And they went up to heaven in a cloud, andtheir enemies watched them. And at thathour there was a great earthquake, and atenth of the city fell. Seven thousand peoplewere killed in the earthquake, and the restwere terrified and gave glory to the God ofheaven.
Revelation 11:3-14
Elijah and John the Baptist preached
repentance . Christians are
mandated to preach repentance in
these last days.
MALACHI 4:1-6
6 And he will turn the hearts of
fathers to their children and the
hearts of children to their fathers,
lest I come and strike the land with
a decree of utter destruction.”
Natural fathers and spiritual fathers must learn to patiently develop their children to their full potential calling
in the Lord rather than expect immediately a successful output in
life or else be replaced. Natural & Spiritual fathers must
learn art of mentoring and coaching.
FEW POINTERS
The attitude should be understanding the weak points and
not grudgingly mentoringMust learn not to shame them by
exposing to public their weak points as subject matters. Learn to keep it confidential to ensure trust inside
relationship.
You can’t become a father, like the
Father, unless you know the Father.
We must learn to forgive our earthly
father so that we are released from
any bondage of becoming like them
in a negative way and start to become
like our Father in heaven.
What this means as well, I’ll give you
something else very practically, serve
younger people, children.
There are so many people in the
church that need “fathering”
Most of what you learn about
spiritual leadership in the church is
learned through parental leadership
in the home.
If there is an imbalance and we tend
to have no time for our family and
too much time for work, we will
eventually impart it inside the church
and develop leaders who have so
much time in ministry but no time
for the family.
If the devil can not stop you in the
ministry , he will push you in doing
so much ministry until you destroy
your family by having no time at all.
We can win the world but
lose our family.
QUALIFICATIONThe qualifications to be a leader in the church is a healthy family life. The devil knows if he can destroy
our family life even though successful in ministry, we can be
disqualified to lead the church in the eyes of God. Men may choose to
allow us to lead the church in spite of neglecting our family but God knows
.
DO NOT OVERLOAD
To all leaders, be careful NOT TO OVERLOAD your people with so
many ministry to a point they neglect their family time in the name of the ministry. We will be responsible to the effect it will bring to their family.
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DO NOT OVERLOAD
We must in wisdom seek God the amount of weight we put on their shoulder otherwise we end up like
EGYPTIAN HARD TASK MASTERS whipping them to
produce result at the expense of their family .
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Every believer has a specific
MINISTRY to fulfill. We are not
called to DO ALL THE
MINISTRY BY OURSELVES just
because WE HAVE A LACK OF
WORKERS.
To those Christians not involve in
the ministry , God will hold you
responsible if you see your brother
carrying so much ministry load to a
point his family suffers and you do
not help your brother.