Reflecting His Presence

                                                           Hosting his Presence

1Jn. 4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

Join me precious saints with this wonderful song by marvin sapp titled Glory to the Lamb

I sing my Song to you, I give you praise 
I lift my hands to You, my voice I raise 
because of who you are 
I am who I am 
We sing glory to the lamb 
You saved My soul from sin, answered my Prayer 
Dressed me in righteousness, none can compare 
Showed me the path to walk, you showed me your plan 
We sing glory to the Lamb 

[Chorus:]
There's one name above, earth and the sky 
Lord Jehovah reigns, rules on high 
We bow down before You, Great I Am 
We Sing Glory to The Lamb 

[Verse 2:]
You are the only one, who gave me hope 
Took all the broken dreams and made them whole 
You found the best in me and showed me who I am 
We sing glory to the lamb 
There is no other name, no, that I can call 
You Showed me that you are my all in all 
Your strength empowers me to be what I can 
We Sing glory to the Lamb 

[Chorus: x2]

[Bridge:]
Lamb of God, holy lamb of God 
You are the great I am 
You're the King of Kings 
You're the Lord of Lords 
and we move at your command 

[Chorus:]

[Vamp:]
Sing halleluyah to risen king 
Sing halleluyah let his praises ring 
Sing halleluyah to the great I am 
We Sing glory to the lamb 
[x3]

We Sing glory to the lamb. [x4]

ALSO GLORY TO THE LAMB BY FREDDY HAYLER

Glory, Glory, Glory to the Lamb Glory, Glory, Glory to the Lamb For You are glorious and worthy to be praised The lamb upon the throne And unto You, We lift our voice in praise The Lamb upon the throne

One of the greatest privileges we now have as a believer is hosting the Presence of the Lord. What does it mean to be a host of His Presence? It means that we are now carriers of His Presence. In the Old Covenant the Ark of the Covenant was symbolic of the manifest presence of God on the earth. The ark was ordained to be carried by the priests. We are now the priests of the Lord who are the carriers of His Presence. This unique high calling is something that we must learn how to effectively steward and guard. God has entrusted unto us this unspeakable gift.
When Jesus was baptized in the river Jordan, the Holy Spirit descended like a dove and "remained "on Him. We must learn to be a person whom the Holy Spirit will rest upon as well as "remain". Because of this new and better covenant which has been established for us, Jesus said that He would never leave us nor forsake us. Even though He said He would never leave us nor forsake us does not necessarily mean that the Spirit rests' upon all of us. You can grieve His presence and His Spirit be in you but not rest on you. Your sins have been dealt with, but are you in communion with the Holy Spirit. It is in the place of communion of the Holy Spirit that the Spirit of God rests upon a person and you now become a Host of His Presence.
          The Spirit of God is in me for my sake, but He is on me for others.

When the Holy Spirit remains upon a person there is an atmospheric change that takes place wherever that person goes. When we begin to grow in our faith in tandem with our measure of realized authority there is a greater weight of presence that we are allowed to carry in an environment. This is why Peter's shadow healed many people.
Hebrews 13:5 (Amplified Bible)
Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [God} Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, {I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!]
The two Hebrew words for "leave" and "forsake" means to "let up" and " leave behind" respectively. He will never let up and He will never leave you behind. His love for you will never let up. This zeal of God's love for us is ceaseless and intense and it is never slacking. It does not let up but rather continues always at the same intense demanding fervor. His love is relentless. God is more passionate for us than we are for Him.
There is a cry that is being released right now from the heart of God's people for more. Not more materialistic things, but rather more of His Presence. This passionate groaning is the response His Spirit brooding over us to envelop us with His glorious presence. We are moving into a place where deep calls to deep. It is the Father's desire to invade earth through the hearts of mankind. Think of this awesome privilege and responsibility. We are now stewards of His Presence in the earth.
1 Corinthians 4:2
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful
It is vital and essential to those entrusted with the Presence that a man be found faithful. To be found faithful literally speaks of people who show themselves faithful in the transaction of business, the execution of commands, or the discharge of official duties. Daily there are opportunities that abound that are presented to you that as a Host of His Presence God expects you to conduct Kingdom transactions, execute commands and fulfill our official duties as Kingdom citizens. You have an official duty to properly discharge this anointing throughout your sphere of influence.

2 Timothy 1:14
Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you-guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us
As a host of the presence of God we are called to guard the good deposit. You cannot afford to live carelessly. God has made an investment in your life. As you live in the continual awareness of His Presence by guarding and stewarding this deposit, you will begin to see it yield higher and higher of return by seeing a greater manifestation in your life.
The Holy Spirit is resting upon God's people in a new and fresh way. You are now a host of the Presence of the Kingdom. You are called to infect your environment with righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Carriers of his Presence

2cor. 2:14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15 For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.

John 14:16-17
[16] And I will pray the Father and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever; [17] Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

After Adam lost the permanent in-dwelling presence of God in the Garden of Eden, His presence became a visitation in the lives of consecrated and separated individuals appointed by God. The presence was also confined to a place called the temple and before people could even approach this presence, even the priests, they would need to consecrate themselves through sacrifice to atone for their sins and the sins of the people. But Jesus came back with the presence. John 3:34 says that God gave Him His Spirit without measure, Colossians 1:19 says in Him all fullness dwells and Act 10:38 says, ‘How God anointed Jesus Christ of Nazareth who went about doing good, healing them that were oppressed by the devil because God was with Him.’
Unlike in the olden days where the presence came as a visitation, in the new dispensation of grace through the atoning sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ, the presence of God in a born again, spirit filled child of God becomes a permanent in-dwelling presence.

Also, His presence is no longer confined to a place according to Acts 7:48 – Howbeit, the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; .. the Almighty now lives in you and I and as many that will accept Jesus into their lives.

We no longer go into His presence as it were but we activate the presence that we carry. We are carry His presence, we are the temple of God and not the Church building. We make the church building the house of God because it is full of people carrying His presence and are conscious of His presence. This explains why miracles, signs, wonders and deliverances will regularly happens in the church and not in your secular office, because, there in the church, there is a heavy concentration of people carrying His presence and we activate this presence in fellowship with one another.

Friends, we have become His presence and if we can recognize and activate this presence everywhere we go, we will become a mobile church: meaning we will create an atmosphere around us where yokes are destroyed, chains are broken, burdens are lifted and people are set free. This is exactly what the Scripture in Act 7:48 describes about the life of Jesus. Everywhere He went became a kind of church or crusade because God was with Him and He manifested His presence.