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WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ENFOLDED INTO CHRIST Journey with me today into two verses of scripture. I will read them from the Passion Bible to see an expanded insight into what God is saying to us today. First, John 2:1-2 1 Christ is our forgiving redeemer and intercessor. 2 Christ is the righteous one who suffered in our place. 3 Christ is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, cleansing, and sheltering us. The purpose of these scriptures is to open up our understanding of what happened to us when we came to Christ as believers. This revelation gives us faith and strength to stand in difficult times, knowing that we are in the beloved Jesus Christ himself. Second Corinthians 5:17 p/b They who are enfolded in Christ have become an entirely new person. We talk a lot about being in Christ as believers, yet this word gives us a picture of how much it means to be in Christ. When you get a chance, take a trip to the corner bakery and watch them prepare the bread dough for the day. This may give you an idea of what it means to be folded in Christ. At least a dozen different ingredients sit on the table. They place each ingredient in the mixture, and it folds together until you cannot tell one ingredient from the other. It becomes a new creation. We are not in Christ, like a lost marble in the bedroom under the dresser drawer. The marble may be in the bedroom, but it's not part of the bedroom. We are so mingled with Christ that you cannot separate us or tell us apart; we have been enfolded into him. Isn't that something? YOU CAN GIVE HERE: http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... WEBSITE= http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... FACEBOOK=https://www.facebook.com/FaithProduce... Faith Producers address: PO Bx 1006 Mt Vernon, WA 98273 FAITH PRODUCES AN INTERNATIONAL PODCAST https://faithproducers.podbean.com/ You can 'WALK' with George Watkins daily @ youtube.com/faithproducers faithproducers.com twitter.com/faithproducers Facebook.com/faithproducerstv faithproducers.com

SEEDS WILL GROW IF YOU PUT THEM IN THE GROUND Have you ever heard the story of the farmer who went to town and bought a bag of seeds? When he returned to his farm, he went to the barn and hung the bag of seeds on the nail just inside the door. After that, he warmed up the old tractor and plowed his backfield until it was perfect. Then he watered it generously and stood back. He said to himself now I'm going to have a great harvest. The old farmer diligently watered his field during the hot summer days while he waited to see how great a harvest he would get by the end of the season. He waited, and he waited, yet he saw no sign of anything growing in his field. He became so frustrated that his frustration turned into anger, and he marched off to town to find the man who had sold him the seed. What kind of see did you sell me? He shouted at the man behind the counter. Why, I sold you the best seed I've ever known. It's guaranteed to give you a great harvest when planted in the ground. By now, I'm sure you're catching the point that hanging your seed on a nail in the barn will never produce a harvest for you. Jesus said, and John 1224, let me make this clear: a single grain of wheat will never be more than a single grain of wheat, and less it drops into the ground and dies. Because then it sprouts and produces a great harvest of wheat, all because one green died. Jesus possessed the seed of heaven in himself, and when he died, it brought forth much fruit. Likewise, since we died with him and have seeds within ourselves, we also produce much fruit because of his life in us. YOU CAN GIVE HERE: http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... WEBSITE= http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... FACEBOOK=https://www.facebook.com/FaithProduce... Faith Producers address: PO Bx 1006 Mt Vernon, WA 98273 FAITH PRODUCES AN INTERNATIONAL PODCAST https://faithproducers.podbean.com/ You can 'WALK' with George Watkins daily @ youtube.com/faithproducers faithproducers.com twitter.com/faithproducers Facebook.com/faithproducerstv faithproducers.com

IF YOU KNOW YOUR PURPOSE FROM THE FATHER, YOU CAN ENDURE THE PAIN OF THE JOURNEY The Navy SEALs and Army Rangers have become well-known and honored in recent decades because of their unbelievable feats and battles. In some cases, documentaries or movies have taken us behind the scenes and given us a glimpse of what they go through to become elite soldiers. In the middle of the camp for Navy Seals, a large bell with a rope is placed. If any candidates cannot stand the suffering of the journey and the accompanying pain that goes with it, they can ring the bell and walk away. Our spiritual journey can, in many ways, be likened to the same training process. As it is in the general assembly of the army and navy, it is in the spiritual Army of the Lord. In some mysterious way, we must choose to enter that Group of God's children that desires to go further than the general congregation of believers desires to go. Tucson, that, except Jesus as their savior, it may be just their ticket to heaven. Their desire to go further is not there because they're satisfied with not going to hell. Everything beyond that on our spiritual journey has a price tag called obedience to his purposes. It is really true that we are not our own. We have been bought at a price. Salvation, as we understand it, is entirely free and given to us by his grace. But the journey we have entered will cost us obedience, which equals pain to the old nature. If you know the purpose the Father has placed within you, you can endure the pain of the journey ahead. YOU CAN GIVE HERE: http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... WEBSITE= http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... FACEBOOK=https://www.facebook.com/FaithProduce... Faith Producers address: PO Bx 1006 Mt Vernon, WA 98273 FAITH PRODUCES AN INTERNATIONAL PODCAST https://faithproducers.podbean.com/ You can 'WALK' with George Watkins daily @ youtube.com/faithproducers faithproducers.com twitter.com/faithproducers Facebook.com/faithproducerstv faithproducers.com

WHY IT'S NECESSARY TO KNOW GOD'S VOICE When I talk about knowing the voice of God, I often refer to my natural father and how I understood his voice. In the first part of my life, I spent a lot of time and had a close relationship with my dad. We were a close-knit family that traveled the highways of this nation together into my teenage years. I probably heard him preach 10,000 times before I was off on my own. The last 30 years before he stepped into glory, we were separated by 250 miles. Because of that, we had many phone calls that kept us connected. When he would call, it was not necessary for me to ask for the secret password to make sure it was him. As soon as he said hello, I recognized his voice because of our lifetime of relationship. In the book of John the 10th chapter, Jesus details the shepherd's purpose and the sheep's nature. He tells us that his sheep know his voice and a stranger they will not follow. I talk a lot about the prayer of intimacy, where we have a face-to-face relationship with our shepherd. I believe that finding his face and building that relationship should be everyone's goal. After all, the scriptures tell us that we are to see the face of God. He would give us a command if there was no way to do that. Don't be discouraged if you don't have the amazing spiritual experience that some other people may have. That will come in due time. Meanwhile, you have his voice in several ways. As beginning believers, we have the voice of our spiritual leaders, such as pastors, prayer warriors, and even our mother and father, as instructors in the ways of the Lord. The voice of the Lord is undoubtedly heard through the word of God, which is read and taught to us as we develop our relationship with him. It's critical that we learn to listen to his voice so that we don't miss his instructions in the little steps and major moves of our lives. We will not be deceived by a stranger's voice when we learn his voice. YOU CAN GIVE HERE: http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... WEBSITE= http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... FACEBOOK=https://www.facebook.com/FaithProduce... Faith Producers address: PO Bx 1006 Mt Vernon, WA 98273 FAITH PRODUCES AN INTERNATIONAL PODCAST https://faithproducers.podbean.com/ You can 'WALK' with George Watkins daily @ youtube.com/faithproducers faithproducers.com twitter.com/faithproducers Facebook.com/faithproducerstv faithproducers.com

HOW TO LOVE YOURSELF AND SUCCEED WITH GOD Throughout the history of our Christian heritage, we have suffered with the idea that loving oneself equals pride. Of course, we know the scriptures that tell us pride goes before a fall. And the Old Testament tells us that God hates pride. So what are we to think? Traditionally, the easiest way to combat pride is to form various kinds of defamation of oneself. Which quickly leads to a lifestyle of a lack of self-worth and even hatred of one's humanity. If you take the smell test on these actions, you know that the enemy of our soul is behind this form of abuse of God's creation. Mankind is the highest form of creation that God gave to this earth. And Satan hates that. This is why every form of self-abuse, addiction, and perversion has been brought out of hell and thrown against the human race. Why should I love myself? First of all, I am the temple that God chose to make his new home in. That'll be enough to realize that we are a wonderful creation. David said we were fearfully and wonderfully made. Then listen to what Jesus said in Matthew 22;37= The number one commandment, the greatest of all commandments, is to love the Lord thy God with all your heart, your soul, and your mind. Number two commandment, which is equal to the first commandment in authority and importance. And love your neighbor as yourself. So here's a form of "reverse osmosis." Start with yourself and learn to love what God created. Then you can go to your neighbor and really know how to love them because you have learned to love yourself. Because God created them and loves them equally as he loves you. Because of that, and maybe only because of this, you can genuinely love the Lord your God with all your heart, that will please the Father's heart. YOU CAN GIVE HERE: http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... WEBSITE= http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... FACEBOOK=https://www.facebook.com/FaithProduce... Faith Producers address: PO Bx 1006 Mt Vernon, WA 98273 FAITH PRODUCES AN INTERNATIONAL PODCAST https://faithproducers.podbean.com/ You can 'WALK' with George Watkins daily @ youtube.com/faithproducers faithproducers.com twitter.com/faithproducers Facebook.com/faithproducerstv faithproducers.com

GOD DOES NOT TEMPT ANYONE The original sin of Adam and Eve seems to set a standard for others to follow. Two things stand out that have been identifiable throughout history. Number one, I am a victim. Number two, it wasn't my fault it was yours. Listen to Adam as God is confronting him in the garden. "He said, "This woman you gave me, she caused me to sin." Our society today has certainly taken that to new heights. Everybody is a victim, and it's not their fault—everything from the government, climate change, the Republicans, the Democrats, and the preacher. Of course, we tend to blame God when we mess up. Some say God knew what I was going to do, so why didn't he stop it? It was probably God who tempted me to see if I would fail. Just to set the record straight. The book of James 1:13 tells us, "God does not tempt us with evil. But every man or woman is tempted by their desires." Because that is true, we must focus on the Holy Spirit's work within our soul and thought life. If we don't take control through the Holy Spirit's power within us, our thoughts will dominate and lead us into a trap that will eventually kill us. (James 1:13 paraphrased) Of course, the answer is not mind control or self-discipline. The only thing that works long-term is total submission to Christ. It is because of our submission to Jesus Christ as our Lord that our hearts are filled with the goodness of heaven and the presence of the Lord. This is why the Scriptures tell us, " Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks." The flesh or natural man can never be trusted without the control of the Holy Spirit. It's because of the Holy Spirit that we have those wonderful fruits of love, joy, peace, temperance, goodness, etc. YOU CAN GIVE HERE: http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... WEBSITE= http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... FACEBOOK=https://www.facebook.com/FaithProduce... Faith Producers address: PO Bx 1006 Mt Vernon, WA 98273 FAITH PRODUCES AN INTERNATIONAL PODCAST https://faithproducers.podbean.com/ You can 'WALK' with George Watkins daily @ youtube.com/faithproducers faithproducers.com twitter.com/faithproducers Facebook.com/faithproducerstv

I WILL WATCH OVER WHAT I HAVE PLANTED As I was preparing myself for my night, watch and a good nights sleep, I heard the voice of the Lord that said,” I will watch over what I have planted.” Then I realized that the spirit of God was not talking about himself, he was talking about me. An uncomfortable portion of the Christian community depends on God to do everything for them. Most of us in our early days of prayer spent our time directing God to go do this or do that. Somehow our prayers sounded like a traffic cop directing traffic in a busy intersection. However, when we begin to understand what happened at the cross in the resurrection, we know that we are now coal laborers with our heavenly father. When Jesus ascended to the father, he said he would send the Holy Spirit who would be your helper. Many of us may think that the Holy Spirit helps us in our personal life only with problems and pressures. I believe the scriptures clearly tell us that the responsibility for this earth, and the way it functions has been turned over today men and women of faith who represent God, the Holy Spirit, but Jesus on this earth. So in the spirit made this statement; “I will watch over what I have planted.” It was my voice speaking to my self, being reminded of the covenant that I have with the Lord Jesus himself to stand by the stuff that I have planted. Remember your prayers. Remember your prophecies. Remember his promises to you. It is our responsibility to stand by the stuff stay on the wall be the watchmen through intercession prayer declaration, and a strong faith that God will bring to pass what he has promised us, and what we have planted. YOU CAN GIVE HERE: http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... WEBSITE= http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... FACEBOOK=https://www.facebook.com/FaithProduce... Faith Producers address: PO Bx 1006 Mt Vernon, WA 98273 FAITH PRODUCES AN INTERNATIONAL PODCAST https://faithproducers.podbean.com/ You can ‘WALK’ with George Watkins daily @ youtube.com/faithproducers faithproducers.com twitter.com/faithproducers Facebook.com/faithproducerstv faithproducers.com

SPEAKING FAVOR AND GRACE INTO YOUR FUTURE I Love the subject and Revelation that the body of Christ has received over the past few decades on the power and purpose of the confession of the word of God. In my personal life, that Revelation began to come in dribbles through my teenage years. With my Pentecostal background and being raised in a preacher's home, some words were never uttered out of her mouth. Much of the teaching of confession was focused on the negative. No curse or slang words would come out of our Pentecostal lips. Then, along came the writing of EW Kenyon, which laid the foundation for us to understand the power of the word of God. Then, the teaching and Revelation that Kenneth Hagin gave to us fleshed it out for a whole new generation. I grabbed a hold of those teachings like a hungry trout. That was 1968. From that point on, the subject of confession bloomed in the body of Christ that I was involved in and shaped our prayer life and our conversations. As I said, I love the subject and the Revelation of Confession. Ie. What we say with her mouth. In the last few years, one of the strong voices in the body of Christ, Dutch Sheets, has emphasized the power of declaring the word of God and God's purposes. This is confession on steroids. This is not just speaking out about what you have read in the Bible. This is the word of God processed through your spirit, amplified by the Holy Spirit's anointing and faith that you have in the power of your voice. This is the action of the scripture that tells us if we believe it in our hearts and say it with our mouths, it shall take place. ( Mk 11:23) Today is an excellent day to speak favor and Grace into your future.

WE CAME FROM ABOVE, AND CHRIST TOOK US HOME If I wanted to capture the mission of Jesus to earth in simple terms, I would call it. Gods rescue mission. The fathers plan from the beginning was to have created sons and daughters in his image. I like to refer to them as gods imagers. Because Janice is 126 tells us that's what God intended when he created mankind that he would make them in his image. So you and I are imagers. However, you know the story Adam got sidetracked, and he followed his own way, and the whole human race followed behind him. Gods, imagers on earth became captive to another master. Matthew the fourth chapter, says that they were in darkness and bound up all their lives. That's when a great light came, and begin to illuminate the world around them, and leave them out in the freedom. Jesus lead a rescue team into this earth. Ephesians 4 describes it that he descended to the Earth from heavenly places. Then it tells us that he ascended and lead the captives that he had rescued in triumphant procession into the heavily realms. It goes on to tell us, then, in the book of Ephesians, that we are now seated with him in those heavenly realms, because he rescued us and brought us back to the father.

JESUS IS NOT THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD-YOU ARE As shocking as that may sound to the ear of the religious Christian, in all reality, it's true. When God said to the sons of God around him at the time, let us make man in our image, and let him have dominion multiply and fill the whole earth. It could only mean one thing: we are created with God's DNA in the very core of our spirit. The scriptures tell us that God is light. So buy that deduction you and I have been made in his image. We must be light also. Even our modern scientific technology can detect you and me emanating the light from our bodies. However, let's see that in the spiritual sense. Jesus said in John 8:12 I am the light of the world, and those who embrace me will experience life-giving light, and they will never walk in darkness. Jesus told us in John 9:5 that as long as I am with you, my life is the light that pierces the world's darkness. In Philippians 2:15, the passion Bible tells us, for then you will be seen as innocent faultless and pure children of God, even though you live in the midst of a brutal and perverse culture, for you will appear among them as shining lights in the universe, holding out the words of eternal life. Then, in Matthew 5:14 in the Passion Bible, your lives light up the world, for how can you hide a city that stands on the hilltop, and who would light a lamp and then hide it in an obscure place? Instead, it's placed where everyone in the house can benefit from its light, so don't hide your light. Let it shine brightly before others so that your commendable works will shine as light upon them, and then they will give their praise to your father in heaven. Without question, God is the source of all light because he created us. And Jesus, by his sacrifice, gave us the light that dwells within us. Then, he gave us direct commands to continue to shine that same light into this world because we are the light of the

WHY THE APOSTLE PAUL DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW ANYONE AFTER THE FLESH? Some would consider Paul's statement to be one of a hermit, or at best, a mystic who wanted to live in a cave. However, both of those thoughts are not true because Paul knew what it would take to make the bridge between Jesus, the man, and Jesus, the Christ, the son of God. In the book of Ephesians 3:3, Paul makes the statement. This wonderful mystery, which I briefly described, was given to me by divine revelation so that whenever you read it, you will be able to understand my revelation and insight into the secret mystery of the Messiah. The Holy Spirit knew that if Paul had gone directly to Jerusalem, after his supernatural experience, on the road to Damascus, he would've learned and been trained in the outward expressions of Jesus, the man. If the New Testament church were anything like today's church, they would've taken Paul to all the hotspots and pointed out where Jesus healed the sick. He would've met Jesus, his mother, and his brothers and heard the story of his childhood and how God spoke to him as a young man. This is what Paul meant when he said he knew no one after the flesh. In the same manner that the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness, the Holy Spirit directed Paul to spend 14 years alone, separated from the physical flesh history of Jesus, the man. When Paul came to Jerusalem and introduced himself to the disciples, he had received that revelation of Jesus, the Christ, the son of the living God. It's upon that foundation that the church of Jesus has been built and grows today because we understand who Christ is to us.

THE UNIVERSITY OF ANGELS-AND EVERYONE IS A PROFESSOR I love Angels. As a matter of fact, I love everything that has to do with God's world. I love angels because God loves angels. I love angels because they have been created by the same God who created me. That makes us a unique family because we have the same father. However, I am also aware that even the angels remind us that we don't worship them because they have been given to us as ministering spirits to bring us to our destiny. In reality, we are the professors at the University of Angels. The Scriptures tell us nothing: angels are baffled at the grace of God toward former rebels that he has brought back into the family. How could that be? That those who betrayed him were now back at the top tier of authority in the kingdom of God? First, Peter 1:12 tells us that the angels are curious about this because they look into and study our lives to see what it means to have. This kind of grace is given to us. You and I are living examples of a mystery that has been revealed to the angels and all the heavenly hosts. We are living examples of God's unending ability to give grace, forgiveness, empowerment, and sonship to those who do not deserve it.

IN THE STORM HOLD TIGHT TO THE PROMISES I love the sunshine and hate the rain. Whoa, what am I saying I live in the north west where we have four seasons in the year. We have two days of spring four days of summer and attempt at a decent fall in a long, dark winter. Well, of course I'm exaggerating but not much. We used to tell everyone it rained all the time and Northwest just to keep them away. Put the secret got out that the storm clouds that rolled in brought rain, and the rain brought luscious green hills and rushing rivers. So you see without the storm clouds, we would live in a barren land. Show me years ago our church here was visited by some brothers from Arizona. The thing they complained about was, they couldn't see the hills. Our hills are green, and filled with trees. Their hills are brown, and filled with dead grass and such.. Jesus told us storms would come. He referred to them as trouble.. However, he was clear about the fact that he would never leave us in the trouble, but he would take us through to victory. Those are the promises we hold onto and times win the storm clouds role in on us we know that they also bring to us the ability to grow in patience and trust in the lord. We can quote scriptures in the Sunday morning sanctuary with great boldness, but often lose your confidence when alone in the storm. That's the time that we must stand firm upon the promises of God, because they will never fail us.

MORE INFORMATION REQUIRED Would you be surprised if I told you that we don't get saved by faith? Oh, but you say we can't come to God unless we believe. Yes, that's true, but why do we believe; that's what I'm asking you. Often the general response is that all the preachers I know tell us that we get saved by faith and not by works. Yes, I know we must believe in our heart and confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord, thereby being converted. But where did that belief come from? We know by scripture that we have no faith on our own; it's God's faith that we use when we come to Jesus. So if I have no Faith, how then do I get saved? The scriptures plainly tell us in Ephesians 2:8 that we get saved by grace through faith. So something must happen in our life that introduces us to the grace of God, thereby giving us faith to believe. You will hear some teaching that we must have blind faith with no proof; believe God; that's all you can do. I don't even think God expects that. Why? When Jesus came out of the tomb and spent 40 days among his disciples, the Scriptures tell us in Acts 1:13 that Jesus showed himself to his disciples with many infallible proofs, and somehow he could convince them of who he was by evidence of what he had done. Look at how he presented himself to Thomas by showing the scars on his hands and side. Thomas believed because he had evidence of a face-to-face experience with God himself. Acts 15:11 declares through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ; we shall be saved. It's no wonder many Christians struggle with their faith in God because they have never had a personal experience with him. I guarantee you that when you do, your faith will never waiver. So how do we have that personal experience? Ask, and you shall receive seek, and you shall find knock and that she'll be open for you. YOU CAN GIVE HERE=http://www.georgewatkinsministries.com/help-us.html WEBSITE= http://www.georgewatkinsministries.com/home-page.html FACEBOOK=https://www.facebook.com/FaithProducerstv/ Faith Producers address: PO Bx 1006 Mt Vernon, WA 98273 FAITHPRODUCERS INTERNATIONAL PODCAST https://faithproducers.podbean.com/ INSTAGRAM DRGEORGEWATKINS https://www.instagram.com/drgeorgewatkinsing

THE CHASE-WHAT WILL YOU DO WHEN YOU CATCH HIM? So your hard after God. Prayer and fasting, bible study and a lot of church services. You stay up late crying out to God that you would see His face. Now that you are chaseing Him. Have you thought what your going to when you catch Him?

WHY YOU NEED THE WILDERNESS TO STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH? While teaching on the subject of patience, I have often said that I have ripped James 1:2-3 out of my Bible because I don't like problems and Temptations. However, supernaturally, it seems my Bible grows that page again, and there it is, right in front of me. James declares that I should count it all joy when I enter into various trials. Now, why would that be? Why should I have joy during a wilderness experience? According to scripture, most of the lessons learned and the divine revelation that is received come in those times of challenging trials. Take, for instance, the children of Israel as they left Egypt. They had the promise of a Canaan land waiting for them—a place where they could be the masters of their destiny. A direct march from Egypt to Canaan was 11 to 13 days. But God leads them on a two-year journey. They learned to trust him to supply their every need in those two years. Everything from the water out of the rock to the bird flocks coming by and the manna in the yard out front. At that time, they also learned to be a fighting army so that when the enemy would come, they could win the battle. At that time, they formed their leading elders, and God gave them the Tabernacle pattern, which became where God dwelled on earth. That tabernacle became the place that David worshiped, and his son Solomon built the temple. That became the center of their spiritual life. This all happened in the wilderness. A hard Place where they drew their pleasures from the Lord himself because there were no external pleasures. It's no wonder James 1:2-3 tells us to count it all joy when we are in these situations because we learn our biggest lessons and grow our biggest faith muscles there.

OPEN DOORS, OPEN HEAVENS The 10th chapter of John is an amazing revelation of Jesus as the door to eternity and heaven's glory. The Passion Bible says it this way in the ninth verse. (Jesus said) I am the gateway; to enter through me is to experience life, freedom, and satisfaction. Nicodemus came to Jesus in the dark of night because of his reputation as a spiritual leader. When he asked Jesus how he did the miracles, Jesus told him that to understand, you have to have a new spirit and be born from above. Being a religious man, steeped in the traditions of the elders, Nicodemus could not catch the depth of what Jesus was teaching him that night. Jesus was talking about entering another world, a doorway that you can enter by faith through his name. When that takes place, you are reborn from above. Because of that, you can understand spiritual mysteries and walk in the lord's ways. As believers in Jesus Christ, we face many doors on our journey, all of which will open by the same action of faith that the first one begins with believing in Jesus and the redemptive power he gave us because of the cross of the Resurrection. Matthew 7:7 Jesus said to ask in the gift is yours seek, and you will discover knock, and the door will be open for you. For every persistent, one will get what he asked for. Every persistent seeker will discover what he longs for. And everyone who knocks persistently will one day find an open door. P/B Press into Jesus, my friends, be persistent, and keep knocking; the door will open, and you will experience the kingdom of God beyond your imagination. YOU CAN GIVE HERE: http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... WEBSITE= http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... FACEBOOK=https://www.facebook.com/FaithProduce... Faith Producers address: PO Bx 1006 Mt Vernon, WA 98273 FAITH PRODUCES AN INTERNATIONAL PODCAST https://faithproducers.podbean.com/ You can 'WALK' with George Watkins daily @ youtube.com/faithproducers faithproducers.com twitter.com/faithproducers Facebook.com/faithproducerstv faithproducers.com

IDENTIFY THE THIEF AND GET IT ALL BACK Among the many lessons I've learned while walking with Christ is that this experience is multifaceted. Nothing in the spiritual world is built or works on a set of principles you can carry in your notebook and pull out when needed. The Christian Life and the mysteries of this beautiful, supernatural world are like the computer. It's all there, ready to go, except you need a password to make it happen. The key or password is not simply faith or belief. If that were the case, anyone could manipulate their own Life by training themselves to believe. The key to Christian Life is believing in Christ, his finished work on the cross, and his resurrection. When that happens, you step into his world and become joined with his Life, so when you identify a thief, you have the authority to get it all back. We tend to want a formula of faith that we can use without a relationship with our Father in heaven. Remember, Jesus did nothing but what he saw his Father doing. This Christian experience is a training ground for an eternity of working with our heavenly Father in the cosmos he has created for us to develop and fill with his glory. The things that steal from us in this temporal Life are just practices for our faith and our trust in our heavenly Father to grow and mature. David was destined to be Israel's greatest king because he would establish the kingdom through God's direction. Before that happened, he had to go through his Ziklag experience in First, Samuel 30, where he and his men lost everything they had. So, The next item on the agenda was that they were going to kill him. When David reconnected with the Lord through worship, God told him to pursue his enemy, and he would get it all back. It's time to hear the Holy Spirit's direction on capturing our destiny and getting it all back. YOU CAN GIVE HERE: http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... WEBSITE= http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... FACEBOOK=https://www.facebook.com/FaithProduce... Faith Producers address: PO Bx 1006 Mt Vernon, WA 98273 FAITH PRODUCES AN INTERNATIONAL PODCAST https://faithproducers.podbean.com/ You can 'WALK' with George Watkins daily @ https://www.youtube.com/@georgewatkins4677 faithproducers.com twitter.com/faithproducers Facebook.com/faithproducerstv faithproducers.com

KEEP GOD ON THE THRONE AND JESUS AS THE DOOR How far can we go with the revelation and insight that we get from dreams or prophetic words that we receive from the Lord? What is the rule of thumb, as they say, to judge whether we are hearing from God or having a vain imagination? Most often, someone will answer that question with this statement. If it's not in the Bible, it's not true, so we must throw that revelation away. As we have this thought today, let's keep in mind that most of what we do in life is not in the Bible, at least in the detail that some say we need. For instance, there is no chapter and verse for who you will marry or what job you should take next. When I was pastorimg with my Father in Sacramento as a teenage preacher I was challenged by a Hyper spiritual teenager that I shouldn't drive a car because Jesus didn't drive a car. OK, you've got the point. Some things have the principles in the Bible but not the exact details. Concerning dreams and prophecies, let's also keep in mind that Jesus said there was much more that he wanted to teach us and that the Holy Spirit would bring the things he had taught to our minds and spirits. Without a doubt, the Bible is the blueprint, the pattern, and the roadmap that takes us to our destiny. It's my experience and my opinion that you can only read that roadmap with the Holy Ghost interpreting it. That's where dreams, prophecies, and angel messengers come into play. All of these things that I've just mentioned and found through the Scriptures are various actions of men and women, just like you and me, who seek to please the Father. So, I am trying to figure out what to do. I've prayed all night, and when I go to sleep, I get a dream. In the dream, God tells me what I couldn't hear while awake. It's evident to me that the Bible is an expanding book of revelations, depending on how we hear and see with our spiritual eyes and ears. Some read the Bible and go to sleep, while others read it and see far beyond what the page in front of them says. Here is the key to keeping myself safely anchored in truth, as God speaks to me about things others may not agree with but believe are from the Holy Spirit. I keep God on the throne and Jesus as the door in everything I do, everything I say, and everywhere I go in the spirit. My feet are on solid ground as long as those two unshakable truths are in place. YOU CAN GIVE HERE: http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... WEBSITE= http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... FACEBOOK=https://www.facebook.com/FaithProduce... Faith Producers address: PO Bx 1006 Mt Vernon, WA 98273 FAITH PRODUCES AN INTERNATIONAL PODCAST https://faithproducers.podbean.com/ You can 'WALK' with George Watkins daily @ youtube.com/faithproducers faithproducers.com twitter.com/faithproducers Facebook.com/faithproducerstv faithproducers.com

HAVING A HEAVENLY CONVERSATION WITH JESUS Some years ago, while traveling through the East Coast in ministry, we visited Williamsburg, Virginia. Williamsburg is one of our history's essential places where our forefathers gathered and formed our early America. They have replicated or restored the old town to look like it did in the 1700s. All of the workers in town are dressed appropriately for the age they represent, so it turns out to be a fascinating and fun place to be. At one point, our tour guide pointed to a second story on a building across the street. She said those who gathered would go there after dinner and have a good conversation. I thought to myself, what would it be like to converse with the type of men with the wisdom and intelligence to form the first nation of freedom in history? Then, I added several other people I would like to have a good conversation with. People of renown, inventors, preachers, etc. Then, I was brought to the meeting that Nicodemus and Jesus had in John three. Nicodemus missed a conversation with Jesus about heavenly things. Why did he miss such a life-changing opportunity to speak to the Son of God about spiritual mysteries? According to Jesus's own words, Nicodemus could not understand natural things. Because of that, Jesus would not even take him into the realm of spiritual things because he would also miss the understanding of that. Scriptures tell us that we can see God in all his creation so that no one would be without excuse. The heavens speak of him, indicating that the stars are set in a position and order so that they have a message that speaks of God's creation and his love for mankind. So, where do we start if we desire to have a conversation with Jesus? You begin with "believing faith." Jesus said, if you believe in me, you'll have everlasting life. That's the very reason God sent his only begotten son into a natural world so that we could start believing in what we could see in Jesus. When we do that, the heavenly things open up. YOU CAN GIVE HERE: http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... WEBSITE= http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... FACEBOOK=https://www.facebook.com/FaithProduce... Faith Producers address: PO Bx 1006 Mt Vernon, WA 98273 FAITH PRODUCES AN INTERNATIONAL PODCAST https://faithproducers.podbean.com/ You can 'WALK' with George Watkins daily @ youtube.com/faithproducers faithproducers.com twitter.com/faithproducers Facebook.com/faithproducerstv faithproducers.com

UNITED BUT DIVIDED-DIFFERENT BUT THE SAME An old song of the church goes something like this; "To be like Jesus, to be like Jesus, all I want is to be like him, All through life's journey from earth to glory, all I want is to be like him." So far, so good with the song. I do desire to be like Jesus. However, the problem started when I started to believe that my vision and understanding of Jesus were complete. When I do that, I begin to judge others according to my lifestyle and who Jesus is. Then, the trouble begins. I suddenly become the elder brother laboring in the field, believing that I have a total understanding of what is in the heart of the father. I look across the field of my labors and see my deadbeat brother coming home. He looks like a mess. I'm sure he broke every rule Dad gave him, and I know he spent all his money. So he gets no sympathy out of me. Well, there you go. Same family, same background, but two different opinions of who the father is. We talk about unity in the body of Christ, yet without realizing it, we have a preconceived idea of what that unity looks like. Most of the time, it would look like the statement of faith we have in our church bulletin. And certainly look alot like what our denomination believes doctrinally. So how can we fulfill the Scriptures and actually be one body united around Christ? Paul makes it clear in First Corinthians that we are all many members of the same body. Yet with a different function or purpose. The key to unity is not the doctrine or the revelation you have. It's the Christ in you that makes us one. As long as we keep our eyes on Jesus, we will never sink into the disagreements and strife that come when we try to unite around the latest revelations and doctrines. We are, indeed, united but divided-different but the same. YOU CAN GIVE HERE: http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... WEBSITE= http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... FACEBOOK=https://www.facebook.com/FaithProduce... Faith Producers address: PO Bx 1006 Mt Vernon, WA 98273 FAITH PRODUCES AN INTERNATIONAL PODCAST https://faithproducers.podbean.com/ You can 'WALK' with George Watkins daily @ youtube.com/faithproducers faithproducers.com twitter.com/faithproducers Facebook.com/faithproducerstv faithproducers.com

DO YOU TRUST HOLY SPIRIT AS MUCH AS GPS? Guidance is the main issue of life. From our earliest memories, someone is trying to tell us where to go and what to do. Obviously, in a well-structured home that God placed you in, your mother and father are the first instructors. They tell me that young children learn what they will do 95% of the time in the first five years as they grow older. They also say that training happens at their mother's knee. In the early Jewish tradition, the young sons were trained by their mother until they were seven, and then their father took over to teach them a trade they would do for life. So guidance is a big deal in the life of the believer, you, and those who have given themselves to Jesus Christ. Yet, in all of the years I have pastored, the most repetitive question I got is," What do you think God has in store for me." Or a variation of the same question concerning life's journey. Learning to hear the voice of Holy Spirit, and trusting to be obedient to what you hear is a muscle you exercise until it strengthens. It's similar to the young child who is learning to walk. Getting up and running would be very unusual for that young child. So it is in learning to listen to Holy Spirit's direction with the same confidence you have in your GPS on your precious iPhone. To be clear, I have been led astray several times by GPS but never by the Holy Spirit. There have been times when my hearing could have been better when he spoke, but he never led me down a dead-end pathway. Sometime today, take time to meditate upon Psalms, the 23rd chapter, and let God reassure you that he will lead you beside still Waters and pathways that are good for you. YOU CAN GIVE HERE: http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... WEBSITE= http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... FACEBOOK=https://www.facebook.com/FaithProduce... Faith Producers address: PO Bx 1006 Mt Vernon, WA 98273 FAITH PRODUCES AN INTERNATIONAL PODCAST https://faithproducers.podbean.com/ You can 'WALK' with George Watkins daily @ youtube.com/faithproducers faithproducers.com twitter.com/faithproducers Facebook.com/faithproducerstv faithproducers.com

AND IT CAME TO PASS-THE SEASONS IN OUR LIVES Happy New Year, everyone. Here we are in 2024, and we have no idea how we got here. It seems just like yesterday when much of the church was all concerned about Y2K and the end of things. The hotels were all sold out in and around Jerusalem, expecting Jesus to break through the Eastern gate. The secular world was concerned about the computer crash because of the change in the century date. Satellites were going to fall out of the sky. Elevators wouldn't work in the giant towers, and the stock market would crash because of the Computer failures. And yet here we are 24 years later, listening to the same rhetoric of doom and gloom and damnation, destruction, death, failure, and hopelessness. Brother, that sounds like good news. Not! The good news is that all of these have been seasons in your life to prepare you for the days ahead that God has promised and will fulfill. If you think the Holy Spirit will fail in doing what he has been commissioned from the Father, then you have some lessons to learn. The Lessons are simple. God never fails and never gives up until the plan is fulfilled and complete. This new year that he has given us to shape and conquer with our prayers and faith is a precious gift that he has entrusted to those who are faithful to stand in faith and prayer for his kingdom to be established on this earth. I am not ignorant of what's happening in the natural world around me. However, I am more sensitive to the spiritual world that controls the natural world, and that's where you and I come in. We are members of the body of Christ, and we sit in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. And from that position of authority, we have the ability and command to subdue, dominate, and rule this world. This is a new season for us. It's the season of victory. Call it what you will: revival, renewal, or a divine reset. 2024 WILL BE AN AMAZING YEAR FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS. YOU CAN GIVE HERE: http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... WEBSITE= http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... FACEBOOK=https://www.facebook.com/FaithProduce... Faith Producers address: PO Bx 1006 Mt Vernon, WA 98273 FAITH PRODUCES AN INTERNATIONAL PODCAST https://faithproducers.podbean.com/ You can 'WALK' with George Watkins daily @ youtube.com/faithproducers faithproducers.com twitter.com/faithproducers Facebook.com/faithproducerstv faithproducers.com

THE ALTERNATE WORLD WHERE YOUR SPIRIT DWELLS? Forty-five years ago, I brought my young family to a small farming community 60 miles north of Seattle to pastor a fledgling church. Our town is in a valley nourished for centuries by river water overflowing and depositing an excellent rich soil. 95% of our industry is farming. We grow a wide variety of vegetables, including fruit trees and various grains. However, we are known Worldwide for our tulips. For centuries, the nation of the Netherlands dominated and controlled the tulip industry. At one point in their history, at the height of a "tulip bubble," one bulb sold for the price of a house. With worldwide migration, some tulip growers found their way to our small valley. For the last three decades, we have been competitors to the Netherlands, sometimes passing their output of tulips. Every year in the month of Easter, 250,000 people drive our little country roads, taking pictures of tulips and buying sacks of bulbs to take home. The point of this trip down memory lane is to bring your attention to what makes all of this possible. I drove out across the valley a few weeks ago, and I'm always amazed at how they can take a piece of ground that is so ugly and make it flat and smooth before they plant it with a new crop. They go through the ground with several different types of plows. Once a year or so, they will take a deep plow that will go down several feet, bring up the soil, and turn it over so the hidden nutrients will be on top again. Then, they take one special plow after another, breaking it down until it is ready to plant. I have brought your attention to all of this for one purpose so that you would take your deep plow through Ephesians in the first, second, and third chapters. If you do that, I'm convinced you will see something you've never seen before, even though you have read it many times. The message the Holy Spirit wants to say today is how real your life in the heavenly realm is. According to Ephesians, your spirit dwells in another realm—some call this "bilocation" where we live in two places at once. These are the mysteries that God wants us to search out and understand. Let's plow through Ephesians in these next few days to see what God will reveal to us. Today is a good time to start. YOU CAN GIVE HERE: http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... WEBSITE= http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... FACEBOOK=https://www.facebook.com/FaithProduce... Faith Producers address: PO Bx 1006 Mt Vernon, WA 98273 FAITH PRODUCES AN INTERNATIONAL PODCAST https://faithproducers.podbean.com/ You can 'WALK' with George Watkins daily @ youtube.com/faithproducers faithproducers.com twitter.com/faithproducers Facebook.com/faithproducerstv faithproducers.com

YOU DON'T DRINK POND WATER Jesus said, If you drink from Jacobs well, you'll be thirsty again, but if anyone drinks the living water I give them, they will never be thirsty again. For when you drink the water I give you, it becomes a gushing fountain of the Holy Spirit, flooding you with endless life! ( John 4:14) p/b This may shock you when I say that reading the Bible without the Spirit of God, anointing the words you read, is like drinking stale pond water. This is the reason they can use the Bible as a textbook in the universities without the results you would expect. In other words, scripture reading only can become vain repetition. Believing faith is what turns that stale pond water into a living river that will give you endless life. You cannot act on the scriptures to obey them without the Holy Spirit, inspiration, and drawing you to the Father. This is the mystery of salvation and the grace of righteousness given to us freely. Unless the Holy Spirit speaks to you through those scriptures, you will never see past the ink upon the page. John 6:63 Jesus said the words that I speak into you they are spirit and they are life. Many of you reading this have had this experience often as you meditated upon the scripture that you have read hundreds of times. Suddenly, it's as if the paper changed, and you read something different because your spiritual eyes opened up, and you look past the page into the revelation Christ was bringing for that moment. That's the difference between pond water, water, and river water. You don't drink pond water because it's dead. There's no life in it. River water cleanses itself as it flows along, producing something good for you. So it is with the words printed in the Bible in front of you. It takes the Holy Spirit to turn that into living water for you as you take it into your spirit. Trust him to do the work in you. YOU CAN GIVE HERE: http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... WEBSITE= http://www.georgewatkinsministries.co... FACEBOOK=https://www.facebook.com/FaithProduce... Faith Producers address: PO Bx 1006 Mt Vernon, WA 98273 FAITH PRODUCES AN INTERNATIONAL PODCAST https://faithproducers.podbean.com/ You can 'WALK' with George Watkins daily @ youtube.com/faithproducers faithproducers.com twitter.com/faithproducers Facebook.com/faithproducerstv faithproducers.com