"Walkin' In 'Wonder' Land"

"And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.  And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.  And the angels said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.  For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.  And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger." 

(Luke 2:8-12)

It was nothing less than a "Wonder!"  The birth of Jesus Christ, God manifested in the flesh, a Virgin birth, the light that filled the earth one dark starry night, the hope for all generations, the Creator became creation for a time foretold, the Word became flesh, the Omnipotent One became mortality one majestic glorious night!  The shepherds didn't know it, but when the Angel appeared unto them and announced the birth, earth would never be the same again, they were entering a new dimension, they were "Walkin' In Wonder' Land."

"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly

host praising God, and saying, glory to God in the highest, and 

on earth peace, good will toward men."

(Luke 2:13-14)

A Wonder is an "awe," a "miracle," or something that causes "great admiration."  The Christmas story is the Wonder of the Ages, the Glory that is celebrated for all eternity, the story from whom all holy stories come, the Holiness of joyous triumph, and the Hallelujah of swaddling power delivered  ... to deliver  ...

Hallowed be thy name, O Lord; thy kingdom come,

thy will be done, "in earth as it is in heaven."

Amen

To be in the center of God's will, His power, and His call is to move and experience His Glory, and walk in His "Wonder."  The awe of holiness abides in the breath of His Spirit and the ecstasy of His love.  For mortals to dwell in the shadow of the Lord God Almighty eliminates the force of darkness and illuminates the Glory of HIS essence.  "Be it unto me according to thy word," was Mary's response to a road never before traveled, and to the womb confiscated by Deity.  She was entering "Wonder" land.  She was leaving the boundaries of mortal understanding and moving into the realms of the Holy Ghost that overshadowed her.  

"Wonder" Land is wherever God IS and purports to be; the great and learned men, and Prophets of the old Testament went there, in part, as they were moved on by the Spirit of God to write the Word of God; the Prophets went there, "in part," as they felt the power of the Word move through their very souls; Mary went there, "in part," when she welcomed "thy word" and carried His will for nine months; but after the resurrection and the beginning of the Church in the 2nd Chapter of the Book of Acts, the obedient Apostles went there, "completely," along with Mary, as they entered the Upper Room.  It was the entrance into the "Spirit and being" of the Great "I Am."


Have you ever been, or entered into that most Holy place of God?  "Where?" you ask.  Behind the Veil.  The place where even the prophets of old couldn't go in total, the place where angels desire to look into, the place that is one of the most profound of Wonders.  It is the place where you feel the brush of angel's wings, the place where your spirit is filled with the eternal, all-consuming God, the place where Joy bursts within you like an explosion of pure beauty buoyed on flames of Holy fire, the place where you speak in a language you never learned as you utter words from the God you've have never felt in a manner you have never imagined.  O, it's the ethereal dimension of sublime power and Wonder!  It is the infilling of the Holy Ghost, the Spirit of Jesus Christ our Lord; it is an ultimate "Wonder!"

O, that the whole world would say it in unison, "Be it unto me according to thy word."  Joel 2:28 would rain on the earth, and the Spirit of that baby, the Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Spirit of the soon coming King, the Spirit of the water walker, the Spirit of the devil disturber, the Spirit of the death conqueror with the keys to death, hell and the grave, THE Spirit, would consume the world.

Miracles, signs and wonders  ... the Christmas present for a hurting, questioning, floundering, leaderless world.  We need a Holy Spirit Awakening and a humbled heart surrendering to move into "Eden country."  O, Lord, we're ready to go with You on the "thy will be done" journey  ... "Walkin' In 'Wonder' Land."

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Pastor Kenneth Phillips

(He walks in "Wonder" Land)

PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas

Services Sundays 10:30 am and Wednesdays 7:15 pm

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Bless you, dear one, and may the Lord grant your requests in this 

season of Miracles!  Please go to promiselandchurch.net and 

let us know where you are, and if you would like to sow seed into

blessed holy ground, you may give online.  The Lord will surely 

bless you, and we thank you for helping us take the gospel 

of Jesus Christ to every corner of the earth!

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PromiseLand Church Presents:

"Christmas 2013"

Please join us; you don't want to miss this!

Come, walk with us in "Wonder" at 

the PromiseLand!

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"Sound Of The Trumpet"

"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven 

with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with 

the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 

Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up 

together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: 

and so shall we ever be with the Lord."

(I Thessalonians 4:16-17)

For the trump will blast, and the Spirit-filled will hear

the sound, the heavenly echo

It may be midnight when it's time to go; the Saints will

rise at the beckoning maestro

Maranatha, Lord Jesus; come and catch away Your bride,

for we've waited so long for You

Trumpets here in earth tune us to that decibel; it's the

Awakening of "dust," to Your coup

You planned it in the portals of eternity, the way of escape

for Your beloved, in the time of war

To rescue the saved and sanctified, from judgment of

the wicked, when time shall be no more

What will the sound be, when it blares through the mighty

corridors of that vast spatial domain

When it wakes the dead in Christ, and it raptures the

redeemed, we who are alive and remain

  Your Glory will streak the silent skies, as spirits are caught

up, and Angels fly in rabid glee

For the joy of the Church has finally come, and we can lay

down the swords of a warring army

Rejoicing will fill the heavens; Holies resounding in the

end of a prophecy, a bride and her groom

As worship is magnified in the portals of worship's abode,

but at last, now, it has mushroomed

The Angels prepared and rehearsed for this day; it was voiced

on golden streets, and longed for with pride

The Bride would come home, the marriage supper was set and

pain would go, with the tears that were cried

The Glory of the Lord and the worship at His throne, have

deleted our assignments, for now we are home

We've completed the holy circle, from God to creation and

back to God, replaced with an eternal Shalom

For it happened!  The day for which we had been yearning,

praying, begging for, and ever anticipating

The Trumpet Sounded, the Bride said, "I do" and the aura of

heaven changed, no more Angels in waiting. 

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Pastor Kenneth Phillips

(He's getting the Nations ready for the Trumpet!"

PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas

Services Sunday 10:30 am and Wednesday 7:15 pm

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Please send us your prayer requests, and if you would like to sow seed 

into holy ground that's being blessed, blessed, blessed, please 

give online @ promiselandchurch.net.  God  bless you, 

dear one, and I know He surely will!  

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PromiseLand Church!

A Church listening for the Sound!

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"Holy Habits"

 "And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord
standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 
And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and
fear fell upon him, but the angel said unto him,
Fear not, Zacharias, for thy prayer is heard, and thy
wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou
shalt call his name John." 

(Luke 1:11-13)

It pays to be in the right place at the right time, doing the right thing, for the right purpose, waiting for the right moment of visitation!  O, Zacharias, you had a habit of being at the altar of God; if someone wanted to find you, they knew right where you would be at the appointed hour of every day.  What got you a visit from an angel?  Why were your prayers answered in such a fashion?  You and your barren wife, Elisabeth were both now "stricken in years," so why would God give you a child now?  It was because of your faith, your time at the altar, your devotion to a Holy God, your prayers, your continual obeisance and humility, your unwavering presence in His presence  ....  your "Holy Habits." 

"... The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous

man availeth much."

(James 5:16)

Habits can very often be highly destructive or very highly beneficial; the Holy habits are observed by THE Holy "One."  What is that presence standing over you as you pray?  Are you just talking in the wind when you present your pleas, or does heaven dispatch orders, answers, and angels when you pray?  It depends.  "Depends on what?" you ask.  Whether or not this Holy thing called prayer is a "habit."  Nobody has time to pray; we make time to pray, and it's a "habit" with perks; the swish of scented fresh air behind you, the sudden meaningful glow in the room, that minute flashing flicker of blinding light in your peripheral vision, that ethereal aura of deafening stillness in the atmosphere  ...  could be an angel, "attracted" by your habit  ...

Mary's visitation

Mary, the mother of Jesus, was visited; mighty Abraham was visited; the prophet Elijah was visited; the shepherds were visited; Zacharias was visited  ...  Have You been visited?  "That doesn't happen anymore," you say.  Who says it doesn't?  I know people who have seen angels; my own daughter saw an angel with a sword drawn standing over a choir member.  Angels are all around us, seen and unseen; what brings them?  Holy Habits.

We must always be very cognizant of the Word of God with any and all kinds of visitation.  We must "try" the spirits.  Not all angels are from God, and we must "know" the Holy Bible in order to verify who it is that may be speaking to us, or showing up in our presence.  An angel of Almighty God, the Lord Jesus Christ, will never tell us anything that is not already spoken in the Word of God.  There are no new revelations, only illuminations of what has already been delivered in His Word. 

As we draw closer to the Rapture of the Church, the Coming of the Lord, and the fulfillment of all things, the realms of the Spirit will become more and more visible and prevalent.  "What makes you think so?" you ask.  The time is short; revival among all Nations is occurring now; the Awakening of the Church is now; God's Spirit is being poured out upon all flesh now; the wars of Ezekiel 38-39 are upon us now; miracles, signs and wonders are being manifested now; the newspaper headlines of end times are now, and will read like the Bible more and more; people will utter more frequently "Where is the sign of His coming?" and as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be  ...  Now ...  We must be alert, saturated and overflowing with prayer, continually looking up, watching for the "thief in the night," the Lord Jesus Christ, working while it is yet day for the night cometh when no man can work, and above all, we must be developing to perfection the Holy Habits.

Prayer changes things; prayer moves Nations, calls preachers to preach, heals, fills and delivers, sends, assigns and dispatches, lifts up and pulls down, casts out and fills up, humbles and exalts, wins battles and destroys enemies, covers with the blood and washes white as snow, builds up and tears down, accomplishes and denies, manifests and eliminates  ...  it's the habit that beckons God, looses angels and rebukes devils; it is Holy, powerful, and exclusive.  "What?"  The power of PRAYER!  It is the exclusive and effectual habit of those who are the called, the chosen, assigned, saved, redeemed, expectant, faithful, and persistent  ...  We can go around the world on our knees, conquer evil kingdoms, bring relief to a far off missionary, loose and bind, bless and curse.  You say, "When would you ever want to curse something in prayer?"  We "curse" cancers and all manner of diseases to the root; we curse the kingdoms of darkness and forces of evil; we curse the powers of wickedness of spiritual oppression and possession  ...  Prayer is War!

You say, "I pray, but I've never seen an angel, heard a voice, or gotten anything special."  You, and thousands of others say the same thing, but who says that can't change?  Why can't we move into the Awakened realm of God in Spirit, Power, Glory, Miracles, Signs, and Wonders?  We must be in tune with the Holy Ghost, filled with the Holy Ghost, and moving in the Holy Ghost  ... then, expect it; "Nothing is impossible with God."  

"Holy Habits" move a Holy God and we must approach

Him with faith as a little child! 

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Pastor Kenneth Phillips

(He's teaching the Nations to Pray)

PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas

Services Sundays 10:30 am and Wednesdays 7:15 pm

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Dear one, won't you join us in partaking of Miracles?  The blessings are 

flowing; please send us your prayer needs and if you would like to 

sow seed into holy fertile ground, please give your love offering @ 

promiselandchurch.net.  God bless you, and I know that He surely will!

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Your home away from home!

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"Grafted In"

          

"And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, 

being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, 

and with them partake of the root and 

fatness of the olive tree."

(Romans 11:17)

Barnes' Notes says it beautifully like this, "The meaning here is, that the Gentiles had been like the wild olive, unfruitful in holiness; that they had been uncultivated by the institutions of the true religion, and consequently had grown up in the wildness and sin of nature.  The Jews had been like a cultivated olive, long under the training and blessing of God  ....  The ancient root or stock, that of Abraham, etc. was good.  The branches - the Jews in the time of the apostle - had become decayed and unfruitful, and broken off.  The Gentiles had been grafted in to this stock, and had restored the decayed vigor of the ancient people of God; and a fruitless church had become vigorous and flourishing  ....  The ingrafted limb would derive nourishment from the root as much as though it were a natural branch of the tree.  The Gentiles derived now the benefit of Abraham's faith and holy labors, and of the promises made to him and to his seed."

The Church and bride of the Lord Jesus Christ are heirs of all the mighty promises of Abraham.  We need only "read the will," the Holy Bible to claim our inheritance.  Hallelujah!  Every single Book of the Holy Bible renders promises made to the Jews, which are now ours, as joint heirs in Jesus Christ our Lord.

"The Lord bless and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace." (Numbers 6:24-26)  "Do not let this Book of the law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it.  Then you will be prosperous and successful." (Joshua 1:8)  "May the Lord repay you for what you have done.  May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge." (Ruth 2:12)  Promises, Promises, Promises  ...  all for the "grafted in" ones, and there are 66 books of them, waiting to be claimed. 

O, Lord, that we would believe we have only 

to "claim" your blessings  ...  May we pray the Jabez prayer:

We seek Your face, O Lord, and we come boldly before Your throne, asking that You would bless us, indeed.  Help us to win souls and spread the gospel from North to South, East to West, and every Nation, kindred and tongue for Your name's sake.  We will use Your blessings to further Your kingdom and bless the world as Your hand is upon us.  Keep us from evil; grant us Your peace; empower us to accomplish Your will in the earth today; and we bless Your Holy name, as we go forth by the Name of Jesus, the Word of Jesus and the blood of Jesus.  Amen.

"That the blessing of Abraham might come 

on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; 

that we might receive the promise of the 

Spirit through faith."

(Galatians 3:14)

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Pastor Kenneth Phillips

(He's telling the world about Jesus Christ and the 

Promises of Abraham)

PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas

Services Sundays @ 10:30 am and Wednesdays @ 7:15 pm

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Church online, worship online, power online, Glory online, giving online, 

prayer online!  Go to promiselandchurch.net, dear one and send us your

prayer requests, and if you want to sow seed in holy blessed ground, give 

your love offering!  God Bless you, dear one, and I know He will!

Pastor Andrew Willis, Today, 10:30 am!

You don't even want to miss this!

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