Prayer & Revival

Discover How To Prevent Condemnation And Live In Joyful Freedom

July 23, 2017 by Bas Rijksen

Are you ready for a 30.000 feet overview that will help you live in joyful freedom?

First this…

Even though as believers we are not under law but under grace, we still have the effects of our old life under the law imprinted in our minds – that is a law mindset.

A law mindset is an old way of thinking that causes you to rely on your performance to make things happen.

Instead of relying on the indwelling life of Christ:

You strive to become what you already are
You seek to find what you already possess
You try to measure up you when you already do
You try to cross a divide that isn’t there
You ask God to do what He’s already done

In short, you try to re-accomplish what Christ already has accomplished on your behalf.

A law mindset causes you to sin, make you feel condemned and gives you a sense you’re never doing enough.

Talking about frustration!

The moment you choose to believe the Gospel of Grace, however, you’ll experience REST, JOY, and FREEDOM.

To experience joyful freedom we need to be able to discern law from grace.

I’m going to give you a 30.000 feet overview so that you can sharply discern what is Old Covenant thinking and what is New Covenant thinking.

Here are 101 simple comparisons between the Old and New.

Click on the image to watch the Video:

Click HERE to watch on YouTube

This is 1 of 62 videos that are part of an online training course, called:

“Discover Your Radical Freedom In Christ To Live A Grace-Filled Life”

Dozens of people have signed up and are going through the course right now.

The feedback shows that the truth presented has a powerful impact on each person’s life.

If you haven’t check out the course yet, then now is the time!

Click **HERE** to see what’s in it for you.

I wish you nothing less than joy, happiness, and freedom in your Christian walk!

Alongside,

Bas

Discover How To Prevent Condemnation And Live In Joyful Freedom

July 23, 2017 by Bas Rijksen

Are you ready for a 30.000 feet overview that will help you live in joyful freedom?

First this…

Even though as believers we are not under law but under grace, we still have the effects of our old life under the law imprinted in our minds – that is a law mindset.

A law mindset is an old way of thinking that causes you to rely on your performance to make things happen.

Instead of relying on the indwelling life of Christ:

You strive to become what you already are
You seek to find what you already possess
You try to measure up you when you already do
You try to cross a divide that isn’t there
You ask God to do what He’s already done

In short, you try to re-accomplish what Christ already has accomplished on your behalf.

A law mindset causes you to sin, make you feel condemned and gives you a sense you’re never doing enough.

Talking about frustration!

The moment you choose to believe the Gospel of Grace, however, you’ll experience REST, JOY, and FREEDOM.

To experience joyful freedom we need to be able to discern law from grace.

I’m going to give you a 30.000 feet overview so that you can sharply discern what is Old Covenant thinking and what is New Covenant thinking.

Here are 101 simple comparisons between the Old and New.

Click on the image to watch the Video:

Click HERE to watch on YouTube

This is 1 of 62 videos that are part of an online training course, called:

“Discover Your Radical Freedom In Christ To Live A Grace-Filled Life”

Dozens of people have signed up and are going through the course right now.

The feedback shows that the truth presented has a powerful impact on each person’s life.

If you haven’t check out the course yet, then now is the time!

Click **HERE** to see what’s in it for you.

I wish you nothing less than joy, happiness, and freedom in your Christian walk!

Alongside,

Bas

Discover How To Prevent Condemnation And Live In Joyful Freedom

July 23, 2017 by Bas Rijksen

Are you ready for a 30.000 feet overview that will help you live in joyful freedom?

First this…

Even though as believers we are not under law but under grace, we still have the effects of our old life under the law imprinted in our minds – that is a law mindset.

A law mindset is an old way of thinking that causes you to rely on your performance to make things happen.

Instead of relying on the indwelling life of Christ:

You strive to become what you already are
You seek to find what you already possess
You try to measure up you when you already do
You try to cross a divide that isn’t there
You ask God to do what He’s already done

In short, you try to re-accomplish what Christ already has accomplished on your behalf.

A law mindset causes you to sin, make you feel condemned and gives you a sense you’re never doing enough.

Talking about frustration!

The moment you choose to believe the Gospel of Grace, however, you’ll experience REST, JOY, and FREEDOM.

To experience joyful freedom we need to be able to discern law from grace.

I’m going to give you a 30.000 feet overview so that you can sharply discern what is Old Covenant thinking and what is New Covenant thinking.

Here are 101 simple comparisons between the Old and New.

Click on the image to watch the Video:

Click HERE to watch on YouTube

This is 1 of 62 videos that are part of an online training course, called:

“Discover Your Radical Freedom In Christ To Live A Grace-Filled Life”

Dozens of people have signed up and are going through the course right now.

The feedback shows that the truth presented has a powerful impact on each person’s life.

If you haven’t check out the course yet, then now is the time!

Click **HERE** to see what’s in it for you.

I wish you nothing less than joy, happiness, and freedom in your Christian walk!

Alongside,

Bas

Discover How To Prevent Condemnation And Live In Joyful Freedom

July 23, 2017 by Bas Rijksen

Are you ready for a 30.000 feet overview that will help you live in joyful freedom?

First this…

Even though as believers we are not under law but under grace, we still have the effects of our old life under the law imprinted in our minds – that is a law mindset.

A law mindset is an old way of thinking that causes you to rely on your performance to make things happen.

Instead of relying on the indwelling life of Christ:

You strive to become what you already are
You seek to find what you already possess
You try to measure up you when you already do
You try to cross a divide that isn’t there
You ask God to do what He’s already done

In short, you try to re-accomplish what Christ already has accomplished on your behalf.

A law mindset causes you to sin, make you feel condemned and gives you a sense you’re never doing enough.

Talking about frustration!

The moment you choose to believe the Gospel of Grace, however, you’ll experience REST, JOY, and FREEDOM.

To experience joyful freedom we need to be able to discern law from grace.

I’m going to give you a 30.000 feet overview so that you can sharply discern what is Old Covenant thinking and what is New Covenant thinking.

Here are 101 simple comparisons between the Old and New.

Click on the image to watch the Video:

Click HERE to watch on YouTube

This is 1 of 62 videos that are part of an online training course, called:

“Discover Your Radical Freedom In Christ To Live A Grace-Filled Life”

Dozens of people have signed up and are going through the course right now.

The feedback shows that the truth presented has a powerful impact on each person’s life.

If you haven’t check out the course yet, then now is the time!

Click **HERE** to see what’s in it for you.

I wish you nothing less than joy, happiness, and freedom in your Christian walk!

Alongside,

Bas

What Does The Lord’s Prayer Look Like Under Grace? And Should You Pray It?

December 24, 2015 by Bas Rijksen

Hey there.

Let’s hit another nail in the coffin of tradition…

The Lord’s prayer is not a New Covenant prayer!

Jesus gave a model for prayer, not something to repeat.

Remember that the Lord’s Prayer was before the cross.

The New Covenant only started after the cross so we have to look at the Lord’s Prayer from a New Covenant Grace perspective.

By doing that you’ll realize that the Lord’s prayer is fulfilled by Jesus and cannot be directly applied to your life!

In this video I’ll show you that the Lord’s Prayer is not a New Covenant Prayer because of what Jesus has accomplished on the cross for you.

Plus we’ll break the Lord’s Prayer down phrase by phrase so that you’ll see what Jesus was actually saying was mostly not meant for you in the way we often think so that you won’t be praying in vain pray as the heathen do.

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You might ask yourself, should we still pray the Lord’s prayer? Many people misunderstand the Lord’s Prayer to be a prayer we are supposed to recite word for word.

Some people treat the Lord’s Prayer as a magic formula, as if the words themselves have some specific power or influence with God.

The Bible teaches the opposite.

God is far more interested in our hearts when we pray than He is in the words we use.

Jesus says in Matthew 6:6-7,

But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words

The Lord’s Prayer should be understood as a model, a pattern, of how you could pray. It gives us some “ingredients” that you can use.

But the Lord’s Prayer is not a formula that if you follow that particular pattern or if you strictly follow what it says that that gives your words special power or that you’ll persuade God in doing something for you faster.

So, the Lord’s Prayer is not a prayer we are to memorize and recite back to God.

Jesus gave a model for prayer, not something to repeat!

You’ve gone to far when you think you – and your children – should memorize the Lord’s Prayer.

Remember, it’s not about words you say, God looks at your heart.

He’s is far more interested in us communicating with Him and that we fellowship from heart to heart than He is in the specific words we use.

But we do want the words we use in our communication with God and others to be full of grace.

As Colossians 4:6 says,

Let your conversation be always full of grace…

And, the Lord’s prayer is, by large, NOT full of grace!

Thus, we can’t just take that prayer and recite that at the dinner table.

Just don’t do it.

You’ll be happier off and those around you too

I’d better get off the toilet now,

Bas

Discover How To Prevent Condemnation And Live In Joyful Freedom

October 23, 2015 by Bas Rijksen

Are you ready for a 30.000 feet overview that will help you live in joyful freedom?

First this…

Even though as believers we are not under law but under grace, we still have the effects of our old life under the law imprinted in our minds – that is a law mindset.

A law mindset is an old way of thinking that causes you to rely on your performance to make things happen.

Instead of relying on the indwelling life of Christ:

You strive to become what you already are
You seek to find what you already possess
You try to measure up you when you already do
You try to cross a divide that isn’t there
You ask God to do what He’s already done

In short, you try to re-accomplish what Christ already has accomplished on your behalf.

A law mindset causes you to sin, make you feel condemned and gives you a sense you’re never doing enough.

Talking about frustration!

The moment you choose to believe the Gospel of Grace, however, you’ll experience REST, JOY, and FREEDOM.

To experience joyful freedom we need to be able to discern law from grace.

I’m going to give you a 30.000 feet overview so that you can sharply discern what is Old Covenant thinking and what is New Covenant thinking.

Here are 101 simple comparisons between the Old and New.

Click on the image to watch the Video:

Click HERE to watch on YouTube

This is 1 of 62 videos that are part of an online training course, called:

“Discover Your Radical Freedom In Christ To Live A Grace-Filled Life”

Dozens of people have signed up and are going through the course right now.

The feedback shows that the truth presented has a powerful impact on each person’s life.

If you haven’t check out the course yet, then now is the time!

Click **HERE** to see what’s in it for you.

I wish you nothing less than joy, happiness, and freedom in your Christian walk!

Alongside,

Bas

How To Have An Enjoyable Relationship With God

September 10, 2015 by Bas Rijksen

Here’s a story that reveals the core-issue as to why many believers are not experiencing the full manifestation of all that Christ has done and given to them. At the same time it reveals the key how to experience an enjoyable relationship with God.

Anabel Gillham, who past away in 2010, has left quit a legacy including some great stories. Here is one of them.

Amy is seven years old. She has a loving mother and dad who have communicated that love to her through the early years of childhood – from her first breath of earth-air.

Her dad, especially, is her close companion – he holds her, teaches her, expresses his love for her in many and various ways – a thoughtful, protective, loving relationship.

But something strange begins to happen one morning as Amy seeks out her dad and asks, “Daddy, do you love me?”

“Why, of course, I love you, sweetie-dearly. You know that. Come let me give you a big hug to start the day.”

“Well, I just wanted to be sure this morning. And Daddy, will you please take care of me today?”

“Take care of you? What do you mean, Amy? I watch over you like a dog watches over a bone. Is something wrong, Honey? Are you scared? Is something going on at school? Have I disappointed you in some way?”

“Oh, no. I just want to ask you to love me and take care of me today. Will you please do that for me, Daddy? Promise?”

“I don’t understand, Amy. You know how much I love you and how very important it is to me to take good care of you. What’s going on in that mind of yours?”

“I just need you to convince me, Daddy, that you really do love me and that you really will take good care of me today…”

Every morning Amy comes to her dad with those same plaintive questions.

What do you suppose that does to her daddy? How does it make him feel?

Now consider this. Don’t we do the very same thing with our eternal Father?

Eph. 1:4 says that we are His children, living within His constant care.

Before the foundation of the world He chose us to become, in Christ, His holy and blameless children living within His constant care (Eph. 1:4, Phillips)

That means that I am living within His constant care. Doesn’t it?

The big question is: Do I believe this?

Do I accept this as truth or do I evaluate it from experience?

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If this is true for me, is it also true for my circle of loved ones who have through faith become His children?

If God has said He constantly cares and protects – this as being a part of my position…the position of any person in Christ Jesus – why do we go to Him constantly in prayer about it?

Pleading with Him, “Oh Lord, watch over my loved ones today?”

Did He stop caring?

Or we implore Him saying, “God, protect us from danger…Surround us with Your angels…Give us travel mercies, blah, blah.”

Or, “God, I’m broke, I need finances, give me money.”

At the same time reminding Him that I am trusting Him, “God, I trust You” – as though He might have forgotten since last night or yesterday.

Doesn’t that sound like a contradiction to you?

God says one thing, “I constantly care.”

We say the opposite, “God, please take care.”

Indeed. this mindset simply reveals a lack of knowledge of the truth, which results in faithless prayers and if that’s the way you are “praying,” than that’s why your prayers aren’t working.

Asking Him to do what He has promised to do?

Extracting more promises, more words of encouragement, insisting that God would tell me – just one more time – about His faithfulness to me, forgetting the days and months and years that I have experienced His constant care?

Wouldn’t this be an affront to God?

An act of unbelief perhaps?

Wouldn’t this communicate a basic insecurity to Him? That I just can’t quite believe His promises?

To have an enjoyable relationship with God is to chose to believe what He says is true.

And to not base your doctrines on what people have told you (even tough we do learn from others) or what you’ve made up out of your own thought processes, but to study the Word for yourself and trust in the Holy Spirit who will lead you into all truth.

Otherwise you might end up using God as someone to come to for cleansing prayers or ask for things that are already a “yes” and “amen” through Jesus.

Or your relationship with God becomes one where you’re always expecting Him to give, to come through, or to somehow prove Himself in your life instead of just enjoying each others company, doing life together while you’re feasting at the table of the finished-work-goodies.

Friend, let’s continue to choose to believe what God says is true.

Life becomes a lot more fun and less boring when you live and pray in line with the finished work of Christ.

Solid,