“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father.” Jn. 14:12 

For much of Bridal history, the Church has neglected the treasure of the Holy Spirit. We have been more like yawning, waxing and waning crescent moons instead of full moons!  Churches have been trapped in people-based orbits, instead of Presence-based orbits.   We’ve been posturing to gain converts with our moon surface only dimly lit by razzle-dazzle glitz, religious regiments, worldly trappings, captivating performances, fancy buildings and programs, etc.  But we must resist the vain tradition that suggests that the plan of God was for the Church to begin with flaming fire and end up in a fizzle of faithlessness. (J. Taylor 1972)  

Many Christians are beginning to embrace the call to be full moons and are reaping unbelievable harvests in fulfillment of Christ’s promise of John 14:12. This promise was linked to the fact He was sending the Holy Spirit.  Those who are embracing the extraordinary power of the Holy Spirit without fear of man have seen documented cases of the dead being raised, cancers cured, the blind and deaf being healed, the demonically oppressed set free, and paralysis lifted.  The results of people seeing that Jesus really is alive and the same as yesterday have been staggering.  For example, Reinhard Bonnke at last writing saw 34,000,000 Africans come to Christ in just 3 ½ years!  Todd Bentley saw over 300,000 people come to Christ in just one crusade alone.  The house churches in China have exploded from zero Christians in 1970 to tens of millions believers in just 40 years. 

The promise of power/light outside of our own selves is available for those who seek to be full moons.  The world, which is growing into thick darkness, will then be drawn to His glory, just as a full moon is most distinct at night, resulting in an end of age harvest.  See here:

“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the LORD rises upon you and his glory appears over you.  Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.” Isa. 60:1-3

Adapted from the Coram Deo Secret
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“The Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you.” Ro. 8:11

We Christians are born again moons.  We are born again to reflect the Son’s light.  As such, our heart’s continual cry should be, “Lord, I want to be a full moon.”  We are to live with our eyes riveted to His face: “Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light.” (Lk. 11:34)  We are clay moons and have nothing in us to make us shine except the treasure of the Spirit of Christ in us.  “For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.  But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” (2 Co. 4:6-7)  

We are the temple of the Holy Spirit, which literally means we are the “holy of holies,” the place where God’s visible glory comes to rest. (Zodhiates 1990)   We are living, breathing, walking, talking arks carrying His Presence.   To the extent that God is in heaven on a throne is the extent that He is in our inner being on a throne!  Even His very Kingdom is within us. (Lk. 17:20) Jesus promised believers that from our “inner most being [womb] shall flow rivers of living water [the Spirit].” (Jn. 7:38 [Greek])  We are the womb of God upon the Earth releasing actual power from the Holy Spirit as seen in Ephesians 3:20, “according to the power that works within us.” (Sheets Intercessory Prayer 1996)  

From the time Christ ascended and the Holy Spirit descended, God ordained that His power, which brings life, healing, and wholeness to the earth, would forevermore only flow out from us, Christ’s Church-Bride.

Jesus is the same today!  And 1 John 4:17 says “as He is, so are we in this world.”  We really are the body of Christ.  If individually and corporately we would resolve to be full moons by orbiting His Presence without eclipses (hindrances!) the body of Christ would look more and more like the Jesus of the Bible.  Jesus would be more famous in our time than He was in 33 AD! (Cain & Kendall 1998)  

Adapted from the Coram Deo Secret
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