Footsteps to Zion

     While praying and meditating about the fellowship that God has planted us in, the Lord has impressed upon me what I call as “Immediates”. These pertain to things that would require immediate obedience, immediate repentance... Things that need to be immediately addressed in our fellowship:   The immediates : 1.Immediate need for purity 2.Immediate need for faith 3.Immediate need to press in  1. NEED FOR PURITY  - not just pertaining to being morally and sexually pure, but also being free from the defilement of he worldliness that surrounds us. - We should have a cautiousness, a sense of carefulness in the things we see and think of - Being married does not protect one from having purity struggles. - We should have excellence in purity. This area should be dealt with and treated with all seriousness. - Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God! Matthew 5:28 - We must be cleansed from all our desires that go against the perfect will of God! 2. NEED FOR FAIT

     In the book of Jeremiah, the people of God committed grave sin against the Lord by turning to idols and performing abominable acts. As a result, the Lord judged them and brought destruction upon the land. In the mercy of God, He provided a way for Israel to return to Him and be restored. He opened the door of captivity. He promised that those who will accept captivity in Babylon shall live and return. I believe that today there are still times when God leads His people to a Babylon experience and just like in Israel it is for the purpose of restoring and perfecting His saints.      Babylon can mean many things to different people. In the time of Daniel, Babylon was all of these things put together. It was a place of captivity which to us can translate to trying situations in our lives that limit our movement and options. It was also a place where the Israelites were under the rule of a fierce king which to us can translate to being under leaders or authorities who are ung

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     The Scripture tells us that we are to live as pilgrims in this world, sojourners who are merely passing through on their way to their heavenly home. Has this reality hit us yet? Are we living it out? Looking at the life of the Patriarch Abraham we see some precious truths about how it is to live as a pilgrim. May we learn from his example and be faithful pilgrims to the end!  Hebrews 11:8-10 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. 1.   Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance.   He obeyed God even when it meant living his comfort zone. He obeyed even when there was no natural guar