"King Size Bed"

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall

be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor,

The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."

(Isaiah 9:6)

It all happened one night; it seemed just like any other, but the 

 heavens declared it wasn't; this night was splendor

The shepherds realized it, with such angelic presence; it was to be 

 the emergence of all lost souls' defender

He was God, come in the flesh, born of a virgin on one starry
 night, and the world would wake to a Savior

Almighty God was determined to save His world, and it took a

 miraculous plan to redeem earth's behavior

The eternal God became a babe in a lowly manger, and He grew to

 a man, whose only thought was to save mankind

He would loose the bound, free the sinful, raise the dead, heal the

 sick, and like a bird in flight, none would be confined

We must never underestimate the depth of a starlit night, for in a

 moment in time, the whole world can change

One God, Jesus Christ, came forth to reign and rule forever;
 it was ordained in heaven, a holy plot arranged

And, it happened in the shepherd's watch, while a host of angels

 descended; it was not just any old night

It was the beginning of hope for a people lost in Sin, and the

 universe responded at such an incredible sight

The Creator became creation to fulfill the prophecies, and turn

 earth back to its Eden, and people back to innocence

By the hand of God, a lone shining night became Holy with One

 Birth, a miracle and a destined ordinance

He was born to die to rise again, and gather His own unto Himself;

 this was the plan to give life to the dead

It was foretold for centuries, prophetic utterances from those who

 saw ahead, and with the Word, it was led

And now, we wait for another One night when the thief will come
 to gather His own in a Rapture in the skies

We, who are alive and remain, will be caught up together with our

 Lord, and on that one night, we'll arise

Don't gaze into the moonlit heaven with no thought of what can

 happen, for in One night your life can unfold

Just as the Holy One of Israel arrived One night, and the Word
 was complete in a babe in a manger, as foretold

When you're staring at that star so bright above the earth, don't

 take it for granted, and just let it be said

Hope reigns eternal for your life to turn around; just ask the

 shepherds about that night, and the "King Size Bed."

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Pastor Kenneth Phillips

(He's given his life for the King of Kings and 

Lord of Lords, JESUS CHRIST!

PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas

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

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Merry Christmas!  Thank you for joining us at PromiseLand to worship 

our King, Jesus Christ!  Please let us know where you are, send along your

prayer needs, and if you would like to sow seed in holy blessed ground, you

 may give online @ promiselandchurch.net.  God bless you,

dear one, and I know that He surely will!

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PromiseLand Church!  

Please join us to worship The King of Kings, 

our Lord and Savior, JESUS CHRIST!

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"Destined Babies"

"And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash
herself at the river; and her maidens walked along
by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among
the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it." 
(Exodus 2:5)

Pharaoh's plan was to destroy Israel, but Pharaoh's own daughter took pity on this lone Hebrew baby, and unknown to her, she preserved Israel's deliverer!  Mama's: Who and what will your babies grow up to become?  We can scan through the pages of history and the light of the page always falls on that mother, that grandmother, or great grandmother  ...  Moses' mother put him in the river to save his life, but she followed close and then made herself available to nurse her own baby, when the daughter of Pharaoh went looking for a nursemaid.  It was a brilliant and prophetic plan for the life of Moses.  He never forgot the Hebrew morals and Hebrew "character," even though he grew up in a palace of plenty.  His roots stayed with him all the days of his life, and groomed him for his eventual destiny.  His Mama, in the short time she had to nurse him before giving him back to Pharaoh's daughter, made sure Moses knew who he was  ...

Moses, The Deliverer

From a baby set afloat alone in a river to a Prophetic Deliverer of the people of Israel, so was Moses.  He was a baby destined for greatness, a child born with purpose in his soul, an infant chosen for one of the greatest of God's plans.  The bulrushes couldn't hold him; the palace couldn't change him; Pharoah couldn't stop him; 40 years in the desert didn't deter him  ...  Mama, you saved one little life, who saved thousands of lives, and an entire Nation  ...  

Hannah bringing Samuel to the Temple

Hannah was barren and her soul ached for a child; one year when she and her husband, Elkanah, went to Shiloh to worship God and offer sacrifices, Hannah prayed the prayer of her life:

  "And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the

Lord and wept in anguish.  Then she made a vow and

said, 'O Lord of Hosts, if You will indeed look on the

affliction of Your maidservant and remember me,

and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your

maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the

Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall come

upon his head."  (I Samuel 1:10-11)

Hannah wanted a baby; God wanted a Prophet!  Eli, the Priest, observed Hannah's distraught behavior, thought she was drunk, and rebuked her.  But, she explained she wasn't drunk but was pouring out her heart to the Lord; so Eli said, "Go in peace and God of Israel grant your petition which you have asked of him."  It's awesome enough to pray in sincerity and unflinching belief, but it's also awesome to have a Prophetic man of God who can speak the Word of God into existence in our lives. 

Hannah left the temple no longer in the state in which she came, sad, because the Bible says she didn't doubt, she believed!  If we're gonna' pray, we better best well "believe" what we have prayed, otherwise, why do it?  God granted her request, and she had a son, whom she named Samuel.  Hannah honored her vow to the Lord and when Samuel was weaned, she took him to the temple and entrusted him into the hands of Eli, the priest.  In desperate times, we sometimes makes desperate vows in prayer, God remembers those vows  ...  And, know this  ...  He expects reciprocation  ...

The Prophet Samuel

Samuel, the Prophet, was one of honor and intercessory prayer.  He stood firm for the Word of God, as evidenced of his execution of Agag.  From his lips came the words, oft quoted by the people of God, "Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of lambs."  (I Samuel 15:22)  Oh, Mama Hannah, your Samuel was one of the few almost blameless characters of the Bible. 

During this time, in which Samuel lived, the Bible states, "And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision."  C. Knapp states it like this: "No open vision" means there was no public revelation of God's will concerning His people; no open manifestation of His mind, either by dreams or prophet, or by Urim and Thummim."  A spiritual famine prevailed, not of bread, but of the Word of God.  Matthew Henry states, "Perhaps the impiety and impurity that prevailed in the Tabernacle, and no doubt corrupted the whole nation, so provoked God that as a token of His displeasure, He withdrew the Spirit of prophecy, till the decree had gone forth for the raising up of a more faithful priest; and then, as an earnest of that, this faithful prophet was raised up." 

When God is silent, it's time to fall on the knees.  You say, "But, I pray and I don't hear Him."  I would ask, "Have you received the Holy Ghost, with evidence of speaking in tongues?  It is not an audible voice that we hear, although it can be; it is God's Spirit within us, speaking to our spirits  ...  It's an unction, a divine inclination, a spiritual perception  ...  The Lord said that His sheep hear Him and know His voice.  

The Prophet Samuel heard the Lord calling him, and to him it was an audible voice, because he went three times, at his young age, to Eli the priest, because he thought it was Eli calling for him.  The priest finally discerned that it was God calling the lad, and Eli told Samuel that the next time he heard the voice, he should say, "Speak Lord, for your servant is listening."  A wonderful prayer for us today: "Speak Lord, for your servant is listening." 

Shepherds told of coming Messiah

The Birth of Jesus Christ

Finally, we have a baby born who never calls his mother, "Mommy, Mom, Mama, or Mother."  Scripture states, when Jesus was grown, that he referred to her as "Woman."  You say, "That sounds a little cruel."  No, He was "her" Savior, as well!  She gave birth to God, and His role was always understood in her life; she provided her womb, and He came forth to be who He was, God manifested in the flesh.  Mama, He was your baby to you, but also your Redeemer, your Lord and King, your God!  And, He grew to perform His destiny  ...

Jesus, at 12, preaching in the Temple

Jesus, healing the blind

Jesus, washing the disciples' feet

Jesus, Crucified

The Lord Jesus Christ did what He came to do; He became the blood sacrifice for all the world, the redemption for mankind, the lamb slain from the foundation of the world  ...  our Savior and God, the baby who lit up the sky with His arrival, who sent kings to their knees in worship, who was Word and became flesh, who healed the sick, raised the dead, cleansed the lepers, and spoke not a word in His own trial, because He willingly gave His life  ...  that we might have eternal life  ...  with Him.  

   

Mama, you know now, and you knew then; He was a

"Destined Baby"

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Pastor Kenneth Phillips

(He's telling the Nations that the "Baby"

grew up and He's coming back!)

PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas

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

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God Bless you, dear one, for joining us this Christmas!  Please let 

us know where you are, and send along your prayer needs.  If you would 

like to sow seed in holy blessed ground, you may give online @ 

promiselandchurch.net.  You will be blessed! 

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PromiseLand Church! 

Please join us and help us celebrate the greatest

Baby ever born, Jesus Christ our Lord!

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"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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