Misplaced Lamentation by Jason Staten (General Session: Thursday)
Judges 11:30-40 (30And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
31Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
32So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.
33And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
34And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
35And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
36And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
37And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.
38And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
39And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
40That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.)
Lamentation- expression of sorrow or grief. Lamentaions are biblical- to everything there is a season.
There are some things I will have to hold onto through my lamenting- faith, hope, things God ha ask me to keep. We have to be sure; however, that we are not lamenting the wrong thing.
Jephthah's daughter (that's all she is referred to, she's never given another identity) was lamenting over her virginity and her purity. I believe that should she have went up in the mount and lamented before God for her life, she would have been spared, like Isaac. God thought human sacrifices were an unacceptable.
We do not need to lament our seperation! Holiness is not something we need to lament. So, we don't look like the world, that's fine... WE'RE SUPPOSED TO!! I don't lament that I am different. Holiness is beautiful!!
Jephtha's daughter lamentes her consecrated living, we can't do that! That is our worship!!!! We can't say one thing and feel another way, this world is looking for something that's real! This is the best hour to be Apostolic!!! We must be soul'd out! Now i not the time to try and fit in, but it's time to rise up and be bold!!!!
A GENERATION OF GIANTS by Jimmy Toney (Night Session: Thursday)
Ephesians 4:11-16 (11And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
13Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
14That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
15But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
16From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.)
Numbers 13:33 (33And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.)
Just because there are more out in the world and we see them as bigger than us, that don't make us the grasshoppers! WE ARE GIANTS!!!!!!
1 John 4:1-4 (
1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.)
Verse 4: Greater- bigger/larger, World- cosmos
That means that the God of Heaven and Earth. The God that is so big that the cosmos can not contain Him; Heaven is His throne and Earth is His footstool- He is inside of me!!!
When I got the Holy Ghost, it was the genisis of me becoming a giant!!! No weapon formed against me shall prosper!!
The Japanese commander who ordered the attacks said this of the United States after the attacks ended. " "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." Let is be said of this generation that all satan has done is awaken a sleeping giant and filled us with resolve.
One Holy Ghost filled young person has more power than all of hell put together!!!!
Luke 11:21-22 (21When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
22But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.)
The strong man is satan, the stronger man is the KING of KINGS and the LORD of LORDS, JESUS!!! The strong man has to yield to the stronger man!!
There are 4 things to becoming/being a giant:
- Respect the ministry
- You have to know God
- You can't be tossed with every doctrine- We have to be grounded. (Holiness is a doctrine and a lifestyle, not jus a standard)
- Become the smallest, when you become humble, that is when God will begin to make you the largest.
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