Archive for September, 2011

Now is the Time- Part 2

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

The first function of any Treasury is to acquire, store, and protect assets.  The second function is to distribute assets according to the mandate of the owner of the Treasury.  In our case, the owner is Our Heavenly Father, we are simply stewards.  In the Pentecostal church age, the Treasury was tainted by sin.  The five-fold ministry began to believe that they were no longer stewards but owners and began to exploit the people.  They would build larger buildings, buy extravagant houses, cars, and other trappings.  The began to believe they were entitled to such wealth at the cost of their “flock”.  I am not opposed to nice houses or cars.  However, I am opposed to fleecing the sheep in order to obtain things.  Solomon’s Temple reflected Our Heavenly Father’s character and no expense was spared.  At the same time the children of Israel did not go hungry and the aged were cared for.  There was “balance” in the Kingdom.

We are called to “do business”.  In Luke 19:13, the Lord told His servants, “Occupy, till I come”.  The word occupy means “to do business”.  Business is suppose to create some type of production for mankind to consume and is normally classified as goods or services.  We are to take the productive capacity of the earth and sustain ourselves by properly working the laws to produce food, shelter, clothing, energy, and other needs of mankind.

A Treasury’s assets should be used to develop the productive capacity of the earth for the benefit to all of mankind, not just a few.  In order to do this, “Kingdom” companies must be established.  In the current environment, management of companies are served by the employees and customers tend to be provided with the minimum goods and services to keep them buying.  On the other hand a Kingdom company’s management serves the employees and customers.  Management’s job is to supply the workforce with all the tools needed to provide excellence.  Workers are no longer exploited but are developed according to their gifts and callings.  Customers receive greater value rather than goods and services that barely meet their needs.

An existing business can be purchased and converted to a Kingdom company but it takes money to buy a going concern.  When the children of Israel finally entered into the Promised Land, it was occupied.  Our Heavenly Father will utilize worldly stewards until HE is ready for those that HE has called to possess the land.  As adequate funding is obtained into the Treasury, businesses would be acquired to serve mankind and further the Kingdom.  Men and women who are called to serve mankind and are gifted to manage those businesses would be placed into those entities.

What is the test of success?  Fruitfulness in unity.  We are called to be fruit inspectors and if a business is not productive, we must determine the issue and resolve it.  The Law of the Fruit Trees applies.  We expect Our Heavenly Father to provide knowledge, skill, wisdom, and understanding as we focus on each business and its unique needs.  Our Heavenly Father has been preparing HIS stewards for this time and this focus just as the artisans were already skilled in their  profession when it came time to build the Temple.  We have all been waiting for this time to come.

Wealth is required to build the Kingdom.  Our Heavenly Father has used different means to bring forth HIS Will.  The pattern of financing in Scripture often included tithe and offering.  Tithing began before the Law.  Man’s greed rationalizes why he shouldn’t give into the Kingdom.  My wife and I tithe and give offerings.  It is really pretty simple.  Our Heavenly Father only wants 10% of what HE provided us.  What a deal!  Whatever comes out of the ground should be tithed.  Whatever you create by your own work can be the source of an offering.  We have found over the years that as we cheerfully give, HE is faithful to provide for our needs.  If Jesus walked into your room today and asked for an offering, what would be your response?  If you cannot give cheerfully, don’t give.  We are not interested in receiving funds from people who do not share the vision of the Kingdom.  Only give what you hear Our Heavenly Father directs you to give.

What happens if the recipient does not properly handle the money we sent?  That is not your problem.  When you cheerfully give and are faithful to HIS Word, HE will meet your needs.  Our Heavenly Father has instructed us to give to our adversaries at various times.  We are called to love our enemies and what better way than to plant good seed into their lives.

Kingdom companies should produce a profit.  That profit should be used to further the Kingdom.  A portion should be used to meet the needs of the afflicted.  A portion should be used to fund the Gospel.  A portion should be used to grow the business.  Widows, orphans, the elderly, the sick, and the weak need our help.  There are those who are called to minister life to these people.  In the Scripture, cities of refuge were created for restoration purposes.  Our Heavenly Father is in the restoration business.  The funding of restoration must be integral in any Kingdom infrastructure.

People must be trained (or retrained).  Training centers must be developed to teach the people the methods of the Kingdom.  All Scripture represents the character of Our Heavenly Father.  Biblical Law is part of HIS Character of Love.  Farmers must be trained to grow food according to Biblical principles.  Toxins should be eliminated from our diets.  As mankind is detoxified, overall health will improve.  As we continue to develop and distribute our EDS detoxification technology, we expect people’s health to see dramatic improvements.  This technology does not cure the body but removes toxic interferences that prevents the body from healing itself.  The Sabbath was instituted for mankind, animals, and land to rest.  This rest gives us an opportunity to show our gratitude to Our Heavenly Father.  The Sabbath revitalizes us and allows Our Heavenly Father to bless us more than if we worked all seven days of the week.

Now is the time:

Mal 3:10  Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that [there shall] not [be room] enough [to receive it].

Mal 3:11  And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

Mal 3:12  And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.

We must be in unity to be fruitful.  The infrastructure of the Treasury has been established for five years.  We have been prepared for this time.  HIS called out ones have been scattered about in training.  They have been outside the camp in direction communication with Our Heavenly Father.  Now is the time to become unified and fill the earth with righteousness.

Send your tithes and offerings to:

Servias Ministries, Inc.

PO Box 1471

Bethany, OK 73008

Now is the Time- Part 1

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

The Global Economy is heading towards a cliff.  The current economic system has exploited the masses and greed has run rampant among those who think they are in control.  Change is upon us and with it will come pain to many.  As a Christian one might ask, “What is our Heavenly Father doing about all this?”  Throughout history HE has called out men and women to deliver the people from certain death and destruction.  Noah, Moses, Joseph, and Esther were all called to rise up and walk in a calling that seemed impossible at the time.  The odds were stacked against them yet Our Heavenly Father performed those miracles required to deliver the people from their then-current failed system.  Sin and corruption had prevailed to the point where the average person was acting in a manner “right in his own sight”.  Society was at the point of calling right wrong and wrong right, a truly perverted society.  We are there once again.

The Word of THE LORD came to me early last month and said “Now is the time!”  Now in this ninth month of the year and it is time to come forth and speak to the “called out ones”.  Most of us have exited the current church system.  Some were hurt, some were financially exploited, and some simply left because Our Heavenly Father moved upon them so that HE could speak to them directly without an intermediary at the pulpit.  Some left years ago and some left recently.  Each and every person has a calling and that calling is important to the Body of Christ.  Each calling was uniquely given and is needful to the Body to do its part.  My calling came in a vision twenty-four years ago, in 1987.  I would lead a group of Christian businessmen to fund the end-time Gospel (Good News).  I was excited about it then and was working on a multi-million dollar deal that I thought would usher in this vision.  The deal had delay after delay until it had been watered down to just a miniscule deal compared to the original opportunity.  That was frustrating!  I was set to do my part for the Kingdom and the money did not come in the amount to make a difference.  Little did I realize that I was now in a training program.  My background in banking, finance, and information technology provided the competency to fulfill my calling but the time was not at hand.

Since 1987 I  have had literally hundreds of prophetic words and visions given to me about my calling from prophets and prophetesses who knew nothing about me at the time of initial contact.  I would get excited but no manifestation yet.  The training continued as well as the prophetic words to keep me encouraged.  In 1998, I was asked to be part of a “Biblical Law” project, to apply those 613 Commandments and Statutes to today’s needs and understanding.  Of the twelve men called, only myself and my assigned partner completed the project.  This is not meant to be critical of the other ten but circumstances did not allow the others to finish the project.  It is clear that Our Heavenly Father wanted me to have full exposure to HIS Law which came out of HIS character and nature.

In 1996, Our Heavenly Father told me that I would have a significant event occur in 2005.  That seemed like forever back then.  The revelation of the Baptism of Love was that event.  I was to study about HIS Love and that all other things would pass away but Love would abide forever.  I began to immerse myself in this study as it became self-evident that this was the key to ushering in the Tabernacles age.  It became clear to me that David understood this when he became known as a man after GOD’S own heart.  During the 1996-2005 timeframe I made several trips overseas to pursue international financing deals.  I was thrust into this arena and fully expected the funding of the vision to occur.  I preferred this method at the time because it did not require anyone else to be involved in raising the funds.  After having been “fleeced” by the church, I was adverse to being classified in the same manner by seeking funds for the vision.  Each international deal failed to materialize due to one common issue- greed.  At least one player in the deal would try to renegotiate once they saw the size of the deal and without fail, the deal would collapse.  I saw firsthand what Timothy meant when he shared that greed is the root of all evil.  Once again the vision of funding seemed to be delayed.

Something else happened in 1996.  It was Spring and I received a phone call from Carl Petty in Minneapolis.  He wanted me to meet a man from Arkansas who was there with a group of men for a prayer meeting.  When Carl handed the phone to him, I said “Hello”.  The man could not speak for the anointing of the Holy Spirit prevented it.  After the third attempt, he finally regained his ability to speak and asked me what my calling was.  He and his wife had been praying for the last eighteen months for the LORD to show them the “treasurer of the Kingdom”.  He was now satisfied that I was the one and his prayer had been answered.  Once again I was excited but only to find that the time had not yet come to serve The Body of Christ in this office.  The training continued.

In 2006, Our Heavenly Father told me to establish Servias Ministries to serve mankind.  I was called to finance the cost and had no problem with that since HE knew of my adversity to asking others for money.  Even though I had plenty to do without managing an additional entity, I cheerfully set up the charitable organization.  Just as Daniel was called to live peaceably in Babylon, I am called to do the same.  My goal is conform to the system knowing that Our Heavenly Father will provide any necessary funds to accomplish that which HE has called me to do.  After all, we should render unto to Caesar that which is Caesar’s.

Finally, let us get to the Summer of 2011.  Since mid-June, I have been in an unprecedented “repairs and maintenance” cycle.  If it could break, it did.  The record heat in Oklahoma has had some impact but this cycle was of a spiritual nature.  My wife and I inquired, “Are we under judgment?”  The answer was “No”.  That was good news.  It turns out that this cycle was all about a test on whether my focus could be diverted from my calling.  In late June, a brother in Christ from Canada called me and requested that I travel to British Columbia to meet another man called to the financing of the Kingdom.  His wife had received a Word the THE LORD to call me.  Over the years I had made several trips of similar nature without seeing any manifested results.  I indicated that other commitments would prevent a trip for a few weeks.  I love this couple but I wasn’t thrilled about making yet another trip for I had plenty to do at my house.  I received another email.  This time Our Heavenly Father had made it clear that I should inquire about the trip.  HE told me that if I didn’t go, a counterfeit treasurer would be raised up and deceive the people and HE did not want this to happen.  I went.

I arrived in the valley of fruitfulness and unity.  I was to make the connection in Canada as the first step to expand Servias Ministries into the international arena.  This was the activation of the office of Treasurer of the Kingdom, a statement I do not make lightly.  I have been reluctant in the past to state this as my calling because of all of the claims by men who have attempted to exploit the brethren.  “Now is the time” to come forth and express it publicly.  It is also the time for the Body of Christ to begin functioning in unity and bring forth good fruit.  We have all been acting as individuals protecting ourselves from those who would exploit us for their personal gain.  To a degree, many of us have become cynical of those who have called us to give.

I’m not asking you to give to me but to join me in giving into the Treasury of THE LORD.  My wife and I have faithfully given under the direction of Our Heavenly Father.  Our recent IRS audit of our charitable contributions support that reality.

In the Book of Nehemiah, the Temple was in disrepair.  Nehemiah was called to rebuild the Temple and gained favor.  He set up a treasury to receive funds so that they could be distributed for the needs of the Kingdom.  Servias Ministries was established for that very function.  The one hard-fast requirement of a treasurer for the Kingdom is that he or she must have a revelation of Love.  For without that revelation, greed will enter in and divert the funds away from the perfect plan, will, and purpose of Our Heavenly Father.  Other qualifications are good but Love is required.

Over the next several days, I will share additional understanding.  A Kingdom requires a currency, a medium of exchange.  A currency requires a treasury.  A treasury requires a treasurer.  It’s that simple.