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August 13, 2010
Dear Overcoming Saints:
Self-pity Demands Entitlement! When self is in control, we demand our way and our right to secure something! The opposite of embracing your portion is feeling you are entitled to a portion that you are not to have. Entitle means “to super scribe or prefix as a title. Hence, as titles are evidences of claim or property, entitle is to give a claim to, or to give a right to demand or receive.” So many families and ministries have been split because of this demon that aligns with our carnal nature. Entitlement works with self-pity and demands, "That should be mine." Sometimes, the "that" that you are demanding, should be yours but not at the cost of you falling into fleshly ways of entitlement and like Eve, "eat of the forbidden fruit out of time.
We have a very good friend who lives in Houston. She is one of the most gifted individuals I know. She is one who strives to press through to understand herself. Not only does she wish to know who she is, but she also wants to know why God made her and why she has problems with Him when He is seemingly quiet. Understanding why she reacts the way she does and how God reacts to her are all quests of her life. She wrote me the following when she was seeking to understand why she felt entitled:
Recently I have found myself throwing the phrase “a sense of entitlement” around quite a bit—not about myself, of course, but about others. I have been concerned about those who are dealing with that issue, and so, of course, the Lord showed me how I, too, have that in my life. (Will I never learn?) I have become interested in it, though, as I see it rearing its ugly head in my life. As a friend of mine and I were discussing the ongoing irritation of eating problems and how to handle them, he said, “It has to do with a sense of entitlement.” BINGO! I knew the minute he said it that he was onto something. Yesterday was bill-paying day, and again I wondered why managing money was so difficult for me. BAM! It hit me again: entitlement. I think I am entitled. I think I have known that in the dim recesses of my mind, but I have never looked it straight in the face. What am I entitled to? A payback.
How demonic is that! A payback? I am a child of the living God, the bride of Christ, a child of the covenant, a friend of God. And I’m entitled to a payback? Well, of course I’m not. In fact, I should live such a life of gratitude that I say “thank YOU” at every turn of a corner. And there are so many things that are no longer an option in this life with Christ, things we used to enjoy but no longer feel comfortable doing. Rather than covet those old things and old habits, we turn to an activity that really isn’t “wrong”—like eating. We feel entitled to do that because we can’t do these other things anymore. And so we engage until we reach a point and realize that we have overindulged and crossed a line.
Live by grace and not by law! Love does not demand its own way! Freely He gave so freely give!
Join us Tonight for our Firstfruits Celebration for Elul!
Make plans to join us tonight for our Rosh Chodesh Celebration for
the Hebraic month of Elul. This will be a time when we celebrate
leaving the narrow place to meet the King in the field! We begin
at 7:00 PM, and continue tomorrow from 8:00 AM till around noon.
(Then you are welcome to join us on Saturday afternoon for Peter Wagner’s
Birthday Bash.) This is the month of the tribe of Gad, a month to find your
place in the order of the camps of the Lord. This is also a time when rewards
begin to manifest based on how you have positioned yourself in the past season.
Traditionally, Elul is a month of self-examination and repentance before the
Lord in preparation for the Head of the Year. There is no registration
needed to join us, in person or by webcast. If you are not
able to join us tonight, we will offer a webcast replay through next Saturday
night (August 21). This will be a free replay for everyone who is registered
in Member Services.
So if you have not already registered your contact information in Member Services,
please take a minute to do so.
Also, for those of you joining us this evening, you are welcome to stay after the Firstfruits Celebration and attend a reception for Violet Dickson. She is graduating from the Doctoral Program at the University of North Texas, and her reception will be in the Training Center.
Birthday Bash for Peter Wagner’s 80th birthday. Saturday afternoon at 2pm. With the present heat wave we are experiencing here, we have shifted our program to an indoor facility. Since there is limited parking at our venue, we are asking everyone to still meet on our land along Interstate 35. We will have air conditioned buses to drive you onto the site of the party itself. We will begin with a time of food and fellowship where we can celebrate the gift that Peter is to us personally and to the Body of Christ. We will also have great music (some of Peter and Doris’ all time favorites), pictures from their life together, and even an auction of some of their antique harvest tools that they have collected over the years. You will also be able to purchase Peter’s brand new book, Wrestling with Alligators, Prophets and Theologians!
We will conclude our special weekend on Sunday with Peter ministering at one of our morning services. This will be a special time of honoring the gift that Peter and Doris are to us and the Body of Christ.
Join us for a Week of Evening Prayer on the Land!
Beginning this Sunday (August 15), we will host “Evening Prayer on the
Land” for seven consecutive days. Our focus will be getting the
Ark positioned for the future! So from August 15 – 21,
everyone is welcome to join us at 6:00 PM for a time of prayer.
We will meet on our land near the pond
in the shade of the trees. Begin each new day at sunset!
New opportunities have come into our path! We will spend a week praying for where we go into the future. Pray with us! Please contact Anne Tate at annet[at]gloryofzion.org with any revelation you receive.
Make Plans to Join Us for HEAD OF THE YEAR 5771 on September 9-12!
We are entering a season of Unbridled Power and the Lord is giving
us tremendous insight on what lies ahead for the Hebraic Year 5771. How we
respond to our boundaries and our disciplines is how we will overcome in the
season ahead. Don’t miss joining us on September 9-12
for Head of the Year 5771: A Season of New Authority—Power in Submission
to the King. Joining me will be Dutch Sheets, Paul
Keith Davis, Venner Alston, Pat Francis, Kenny Blacksmith (a key First
Nations prophet and apostle from Canada), Rabbi Ted Simon, Mary Glazier,
Robert Heidler and others.
You can look for more details next week, but I wanted to encourage you to register today by going to www.gloryofzion.org or by calling 1-888-965-1099 or 1-940-382-7231. The cost is $30/person or $50/married couple. Groups of 10 or more (registering at the same time) can register for $20 per person by calling our office. We will begin on Thursday night and end around noon on Sunday. If you cannot be here, join us by webcast for $25 per person. There are special webcast rates for groups watching at the same location.
Blessings,
Chuck D. Pierce
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Redeeming the Time by Chuck D. Pierce
Available in Spanish! ($12)
This book helps you answer the difficult question of how to get back in sync
with God when you realize you missed a window of opportunity. This is an amazing
principle to understand. When one window closes, the Lord has a divine plan
to reposition another time and another place for you to enter His blessings.
How many times do we wish we could go back in time to undo or redo something?
Although the Lord doesn't take us back in time, He has the ability to bring
our past "into" our future so that we have a second opportunity
to choose and get back in His perfect timing. Redeeming the Time will
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