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Update from Wendy Thirteen years ago, I jumped into the depths of God with both feet and no life preserver. It was only after it seemed that I was at the bottom of the deep end that I realized I had never had any swimming lessons. But God was faithful. Prior to that, God met me in the place of humility. I was bowed before Him, vowing with all earnest sincerity that, "From this day forward, all I want to do is obey Your voice." I knew His voice and I knew that I had not always heeded it. But now, I was ready to do whatever God asked of me. I had no idea what I was signing up for. Before I knew it, God moved me to a new city and reminded me of His calling upon my life. He had previously revealed it to me but it hadn't made any sense before. I was supposed to write books and speak all over the world. For the first time, I realized that this was for Him and His Kingdom. But me? How could this be? Ministry? Huh? The next thing I knew, God was telling me to give away everything I owned and live by faith without asking anyone for anything I need but just seeking first God's Kingdom and His rightousness (Matthew 6:33,) meditating on His Word day and night (Joshua 1:8,) and delighting myself in Him (Psalm 37:4.) If you've ever been in a position where you really really need God to come through for you... and then He does (because He's awesome)... then you have a pretty good idea of what the last thirteen years of my life have been like. God is faithful. Jesus is enough. He never fails. But at first, I hated living this way. I found it dreadfully humiliating and shameful. I didn't understand why God was doing this to me. It wasn't like God sent me to the mission field, or to seminary, or into any other type of "box" that people could get their minds wrapped around because they had seen it before and knew what it was. Instead, it seemed I was a freak and a fanatic who had lost my mind and common sense. People were unkind, uncaring, inconsiderate, accusatory, and cruel. So, with self-righteous self-pity, like Job, I cursed the day I was born. I asked God to stop beating me up and just be done with me if it was going to go on like this. You see, living this way is full of joy unspeakable and full of glory (1 Peter 1:8) but it is also full of hardships, failures, misunderstandings, persecutions, and all manner of trials which God uses to transform us, mature us, and make us like Jesus. He is the Potter, we are the clay. In the early days of obedience with much resistance, I asked God many times about why I couldn't go get a job to provide for myself. I tried to compromise by saying I'd only work a part-time job so I could obey God with the rest of my time while maintaining the dignity of self-sufficiency and not suffering the humiliation of being in need all the time. I begged God to let me work at the Walmart McDonald's (which would be a rather strange place for a former New York City investment banker to work.) But God told me, "I am asking you to live this way willingly now because the days are coming when people will have to live this way against their will." What God wanted from me was willing obedience, willing endurance through trials, and willing faithfulness to what He was asking me to do - nothing more, nothing less - no matter what anyone else thought about it and no matter what it cost me. Willingness to wait upon God for His perfect plan and for Him to fulfill His purposes in His way and in His timing. I finally gave up resisting. For years, it seemed outwardly like nothing was happening at all. The worse it got, the more people rejected and distanced themselves from me. But God was working in the waiting, the seeking, the meditating, and the delighting in Him. He was also working in the pain, the rejection, and the crucifying of my flesh. God never left me and never failed me. The Lord is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds. (Psalm 145:17.) In the meantime, God taught me His Word. He began to prophesy through me before I even knew what a prophetic word or a prophet was. He introduced me to His power for deliverance and healing not because I was seeking power or manifestations but because I was seeking Him and that's a part of who He is and what He does. To make a long story short, to this day, I still live by faith in total dependence on God alone. Still seeking His Kingdom, still meditating on His Word, and still delighting in Him. God has been very faithful to me. He has allowed me to co-labor with Him to write books which are all about Him to train His people in His word and ways. He wants His people to know Him. He has sent me (by faith) all over the world to proclaim Jesus, teach His Word, and demonstrate the life of obedience to His voice. He has allowed me to be part of His wonderful healings and miraculous power, from blind eyes being opened, deaf ears being re-created, limbs being grown out, supernatural provision of rain in a time of severe drought when rain season was still months away, accurate prophetic words to people I have never met, and so much more. God is faithful! Jesus is enough! And now, it is a new day. Before, it was as if God asked me to jump into the deep end of the swimming pool. Now, it seems that God is asking me to jump into the deep end of the ocean. The days are upon us which God told me about years ago. Every one of God's children needs to learn to live by faith and obedience to His voice. Every one of God's children needs to know and live His word and His ways. Jesus is the only one worthy of our submission and devotion. He is the only One we will give account to when all is said and done. He is the only One who sets us free from every other captor and invites us to be willingly and completely surrendered to Him. I am still willing because He is still worthy. Here is the conclusion I have come to: It is a privilege to need God. It is a privilege to be mourn over wickedness and the ways of the world. It is a privilege to submit to God and obey Him. It is a privilege to long for justice and the ultimate day of judgment. It is a privilege to show mercy to those who don't deserve it. It is a privilege to be purified in heart by God's process in our lives. It is a privilege to deny ourselves and lay down our lives so that others may come to know Jesus and have peace with God. It is a privilege to be misunderstood, mocked, ridiculed, and rejected for Jesus. For those of us with these privileges, to us belongs the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus is King!

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Manifest Our King Podcast - God's Economics God's Economics Listen on your preferred podcast provider . Follow to receive updates! Free PDF Study Guide Course Description: This course will give you Biblical revelation of God’s sovereign ownership of all world resources. You will learn how to seek, believe, and receive from God everything you need for fulfilling His plan and purpose for your life and how to walk in His abundance. Category: Approach Courses Key Verse: “Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” - Matthew 6:33 Related Products: God's Economics Paperback Study Guide USB Flash Drive of Audio Files & PDF Study Guide Listen Now Free: Click on the links below to listen to each episode. Note: Episodes not yet published on the Podcast will not play until published. God's Ecomomics Course Index Listen to the Course Introduction Unit One: Biblical Pictures of Provision, Part One: Eden to Goshen 1.A - Eden: A Free Gift from God. Everything Multiplying After its Kind 1. B.1 - The Curse: Sweat & Toil, Thorns & Thistles, Part 1 1. B.2 - The Curse: Sweat & Toil, Thorns & Thistles, Part 2 1.C.1 - Pilgrimage: Leaving the Curse for the Promise, Part 1 1.C.2 - Pilgrimage: Leaving the Curse for the Promise, Part 2 1.C.3 - Pilgrimage: Leaving the Curse for the Promise, Part 3 1.C.4 - Pilgrimage: Leaving the Curse for the Promise, Part 4 1.C.5 - Pilgrimage: Leaving the Curse for the Promise, Part 5 Unit Two: Biblical Pictures of Provision, Part Two: Slavery to Kingdom 2.A - Egypt/Slavery: Hard Labor, Building Cities for Another Man 2.B.1 - Wilderness: Gathering, Obedience, & the Fear of the Lord, Part 1 2.B.2 - Wilderness: Gathering, Obedience, & the Fear of the Lord, Part 2 2.B.3 - Wilderness: Gathering, Obedience, & the Fear of the Lord, Part 3 2.B.4 - Wilderness: Gathering, Obedience, & the Fear of the Lord, Part 4 2.C.1 - The Promised Land: Eden Restored, God's Righteousness & Abundance on Display, Part 1 2.C.2 - The Promised Land: Eden Restored, God's Righteousness & Abundance on Display, Part 2 2.C.3 - The Promised Land: Eden Restored, God's Righteousness & Abundance on Display, Part 3 2.D - Exile/Tribute: Tending Someone Else's Land 2.E.1 - Kingdom: Jesus Paid it ALL. Fellowship with God Restored, Part 1 2.E.2 - Kingdom: Jesus Paid it ALL. Fellowship with God Restored, Part 2 Unit Three: God Owns Everything & He is Generous 3.A - God is the Creator & Owner of Everything. He is Sovereign Over All 3.B.1 - God is Sovereign over all Nations and Their Treasures, Part 1 3.B.2 - God is Sovereign over all Nations and Their Treasures, Part 2 3.C - Offerings Acknowledge God's Provision & Our Thankfulness 3.D - God Does Not Need Anything from Anyone. He is Looking at the Heart 3.E - God is Generous 3.F - Godliness with Contentment is Great Gain 3.G - God Gives Labor for Our Enjoyment Unit Four: Babylon's Treasure or Jesus' Reward 4.A.1 - Babylon & the World System: Living by the Sword, Trade, & Survival of the Fittest, Part 1 4.A.2 - Babylon & the World System: Living by the Sword, Trade, & Survival of the Fittest, Part 2 4.A.3 - Babylon & the World System: Living by the Sword, Trade, & Survival of the Fittest, Part 3 4.B - Chasing Wealth is Vanity. Money Has No Power to Save and Will Not Profit in the Day of Calamity. The Love of Money Makes Us God's Enemy 4.C.1 - The Lord is Our Portion & Reward, Part 1 4.C.2 - The Lord is Our Portion & Reward, Part 2 4.D.1 - Commands for Kings vs. Worldly Alliances, Part 1 4.D.2 - Commands for Kings vs. Worldly Alliances, Part 2 4.E - If We Have JESUS, We Have EVERYTHING. Jesus IS the Treasure 4.F - When Babylon (the World and its System) Has Been Humiliated and Destroyed, We Will Stand Before Jesus Unit Five: Seek First the Kingdom of God 5.A.1 - Seek, Part 1 5.A.2 - Seek, Part 2 5.B - First 5.C - God's Kingdom, the Kingdom of Heaven 5.D - His Righteousness 5.E - Do Not Worry About Your Life. Humble Yourself Before the Lord. Cast Your Cares Upon the Lord. Wait for the Lord, and Keep His Way 5.F - Everything of this World is Dung Compared to Knowing Christ 5.G - Blessings of the Righteous and Promises to Zion 5.H - NO DEBT. Pay Taxes. NO Dependence on Government Unit Six: Jesus' Parables About Money 6.A - The Parable of the Soils 6.B - The Parable of the Rich Fool 6.C - The Parable of the Ten Minas/Talents 6.D - The Parable of the Good Samaritan 6.E - The Parable of the Shrewd Manager 6.F - The Law & The Kingdom, Divorce & Remarriage 6.G - The Parable of the Rich Man & Lazarus 6.H - The Rich Young Ruler Unit Seven: God's Way: Total Dependence & Outpoured Generosity 7.A - God's Way = Giving in Faith 7.B.1 - God's Way = Give/Share ALL, Part 1 7.B.2 - God's Way = Give/Share ALL, Part 2 7.C .1- Loose the Bonds for the Least of These, Part 1 7.C.2 - Loose the Bonds for the Least of These, Part 2 7.D.1 - Support the Work of the Lord - Share in the Works of the Lord, Part 1 7.D.2 - Support the Work of the Lord - Share in the Works of the Lord, Part 2 Unit Eight: Ministry & Money 8.A - Reminder: Jesus' Example 8.B - The Twelve's Example 8.C - Example: Paul & Barnabas: Provided for their Own Needs Through Labor and Support from Other Believers 8.D - Example: Peter & the Other Apostles: Provided for Out of Tithes & Offerings 8.E - Show No Favoritism to the Rich or to the Poor 8.F - NOT Turning God's House into a Marketplace. NOT Worldly Methods or Fundraising 8.G.1 - False Teachers Prey Upon the Vulnerable as an Opportunity for Greed, Part 1 8.G.2 - False Teachers Prey Upon the Vulnerable as an Opportunity for Greed, Part 2 8.G.3 - False Teachers Prey Upon the Vulnerable as an Opportunity for Greed, Part 3 Course Outro Questions about this course? Write to us at podcast@manifestinternational.com

Acerca de Basic Training exercises Be doers of the word and not hearers only. - James 1:22 Putting Your Faith into Practice These spiritual exercises were designed by God to help any believer at any stage of their spiritual walk engage with Jesus and advance to the next level in their life of faith. Just like our bodies need exercise to remain fit and healthy, our spirits need to be trained and exercised to remain spiritually alert and ready for service. As we learn and grow, we sometimes need a trainer to help guide our time and attention. These exercises serve that function as you engage with God. As you put these exercises into practice, you will watch and be amazed at how God builds your faith and transforms your life. You will be blessed! Twelve Color-Coded Categories Basics Praise Word of God Listening to God Evangelism Christlike Care Rest Divine Nature Self-Denial Spiritual Gifts Miracles Discernment Some of Our Most Popular Exercises Where Your Treasure Is Basics Category Urim & Thummim Listening to God Category Caring Correctly Christlike Care Category Context Context Word of God Category Enemy Tactics Discernment Category Spiritually Train with Us! Manifest International affiliates focus intentionally on one Basic Training Exercise per month. If you want to join us, subscribe and you will receive a new exercise each month on the first of the month. Subscribe