Habitation Church

Deliverance from Domestication

Domestication can be understood in terms of taking something wild and taming it; being conformed to something familiar and acceptable; the act or process of adapting a plant to cultivation or converting it to household use. 

In our most recent Corporate Gathering for our churches, Michael shared from Numbers 11:1-6. 

Verse by verse, commentary was given to highlight a few points that were emphasized— 

- Immaturity in Adversity
- Adversity Awakened an Appetite for the “things that were…”
- Lack of Discerning led to Compromising 
- The Issue of Unconditional Love 

The Lord desires a people that are free, whole and healthy. A mature people, transformed by the power of His love, that will consistently remain under His leadership. These people are witnesses, evidences of His faithfulness, and testimonies of His power. 

His House, His Way

It was a great joy to once again have our friend David Popovici come and share the word of the Lord with the work. We are grateful for his consistent voice and investment in us as people.

As he ministered, there was a clear reminder that Jesus' desire is to build a house for Himself and a call to partner with Him in His ways to participate in the establishing of this house in our generation. 

Jesus is not looking for people to attempt to build His house according to the wisdom of men or culture. He is searching out the ones who would be willing to give their lives to the redeeming of the those that can add nothing to them.

The Lord choses the canvas of the nobodies, the disenfranchised, and the marginalized to reveal the fulness of the beauty of Jesus.

Though it may cost everything, may the Lamb that was slain receive the reward of His suffering!

The Mind Set on the Spirit

We had the privilege of having Bob Gladstone come and share with the work on the topic of Biblical wisdom and knowledge. 

Having God’s wisdom and intimately knowing Him will help us have minds that are firmly set on Him and His ways. 

This mindset will allow us to endure suffering of all types which do not compare to the glory that will be revealed.

Accusation, Divination & The Grace of God

We had a friend of the house come and share with our church for our most recent Corporate Gathering. The "details" of this individual are being kept anonymous in order to preserve his request. We honor this man of God, and consider it a joy to be knit together.  

The subject matter is accusation. 

 

In this word, accusation is considered in a variety of ways- 

1. Accusation against self

2. Accusation against God

3. Accusation against others

 

The answer to exposing and conquering accusation is the grace of God. The grace of God is dynamic and powerful. We must encounter the affection of God in our direction in order to get free of accusation.

This is a word that should be listened to a few times in order to fully glean all the Lord reveals. 

 

Enjoy!

Spirit Empowered Cultivation of Family & Mission - Leadership

The idea of Biblical leadership is costly. God absolutely believes in human leadership. We can say this because God entered into a human vehicle, the Man Jesus, and He embodies the positional and relational reality of King of Kings and Lord of Lords. He is the Father’s chosen and anointed ruler. 

God takes time to form sons and daughters. Those who have been transformed and formed over time by the power of the Spirits work in them become a precious resource to God’s agenda—His purposes for His House and People. 

In this episode, let’s take time to consider leadership from a Biblical perspective— why it’s so necessary and why the scriptures prescriptions and evaluations for persons who desire such roles should be our constant guide and jealousy. 

Spirit Empowered Cultivation of Family & Mission - Evangelism

Becoming a people who live evangelistically will require us to be a people of His presence. In Mark 3, Jesus calls the disciples up the mountain “so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach.” Presence came before Preaching.

May the way we live our lives together in His presence and according to His way of life be a provoking invitation for others to align their lives to Jesus and His purposes.

Jesus is longing for a people who are a testimony to the nations of the earth!

Spirit Empowered Cultivation of Family & Mission - Discipleship

Discipleship is the way that God grows and matures his family. 

 

If we truly saw the church as family, life-on-life discipleship is the only road to maturity. In the ideal natural family, a father and mother teach, train, and equip their children in every area of life. It is normal and expected that the children will grow and mature into adults whose character resembles their parents (Lk 6:40). 

 

God has designed the church to be his family on the earth. He’s given us spiritual ‘parents’ to teach, train, and equip us. Too often, we see our spiritual parents as peers, making it difficult to submit our lives to them.

God has placed each part of the body where he pleases (1 Cor 12:18).  Submitting to his process of discipleship is how he brings growth and maturity to our lives. (1 Cor 3:6).

The Knowledge of God

Michael shares with Habitation Church about the knowledge of God that is revealed to us in the place of loving obedience. God cannot just be researched, He must be revealed. And, He must decide to reveal Himself. God chooses what of Himself He desires to be known. He is gracious and outrageously kind, and chooses to unveil Himself to those who partner with His grace to love Him and obey Him.   

Special emphasis on Philippians 3:7-10, Paul shares that because of the way God revealed Himself to Him, his whole life was transformed and reconfigured. You would never be able to understand Paul, and his jealousy to love and obey the Lord, unless you understood the way that God revealed Himself to Paul. Here is the connection— revelation should produce subjection. 

Our desire must be the knowledge of God— To know the Lord intimately, relationally, and experientially. Not to know of Him— information about Him, but to be immersed into union that produces a greater yielding and freedom to love Him and obey Him.