Author: Jim Corbett

Jim is an author, heart revival coach, teacher, and public speaker. His heart and mission is to bring people to an understanding of the times and seasons and lead them to be all they can be in Christ and know the thrill of Jesus as their Lord. Merry is a co-author, editor, pianist, and worship leader. Her heart mission is to encourage believers in discovering the wonder and truth available in the opportunity presented to everyone because of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Together with their daughter Jubilee Faith, they are the founders of The 101 Group. A back to basics spiritual investment company that equips the body of Christ to effectively serve the Lord through written and spoken word, personal publications, music, daily devotionals, concert venues, and MASH icu, a comprehensive program for men.

2/01/20 Redeem the Time

Let's talk reality! Our world is spinning out of control. As a watchman, I see things changing so radically that it's time to reassess our priorities and possibly make some drastic changes before it's too late. I don't necessarily mean becoming a "prepper," although some physical preparation before any crisis situation hits is always a good idea. I am, however, talking about spiritual preparation.

How is your family prepared to face the prospects of terrorism at your door or in your neighborhood? What about a financial meltdown? How will your family handle riots and looting, or the loss of everything you hold dear?

I'm convinced that the only way you can, as a husband and father, properly prepare your family for what is on the near horizon is to become all that you can be in Christ, and call your family to do the same. If they won't come now, pray them in so they're ready when the time comes. As the world reels in darkness, you and I are supposed to be the light. We are to love those who can only hate, just as Jesus did. We are to bring His life to a dead and dying world.

Now is the time to find God's answers for your life and the lives of your family, while things are relatively calm. Now is the time to look at what you have in your hand each day, and see if it has been brought to your attention by the Lord. If it hasn't, you need to find out how to live in the throne room with your Father, and learn to pick up only what He gives you, so that you and your family can prosper when others are reeling in fear. It's time to redeem the time! Agreed?

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Jim Corbett

2/01/20 Remember the Plan

"Some of you have become so focused on your relationship with Me that you have forgotten something. Your search for My heart for your self-interest and well-being has caused you to miss a big portion of My interests. Please don't misunderstand! I am delighted with your renewed vigor and your refreshing desire to seek Me with all of your hearts. I am delighted with your desire to eliminate every hint of the world from your lives. You bless Me as you embrace the character of My Son and become a study of His ways so that you might emulate them. You, My remnant seekers, delight My heart as you draw close and eagerly respond to My will. I am pleased with your progress.

"I, however, have this one area to mention to you. You have set aside your first-love desire to bring souls into My kingdom. In your quest for all of Me, you have not heard the portion of My heart that longs that none should perish. Please understand, I am urging most of My church to stop their flurry of activities and foolish programs so that they might come to a place where most of you dwell daily - with Me. Don't move from that place. In fact, keep pressing in; I have much more for you.

"As you come closer to My heart, however, remember why I have set My plan in motion. It is to bring everyone who will hear to embrace the work of the cross before the window of opportunity closes forever. You are My instruments to tell them about My message of reconciliation. You are the ones who can represent My Son most accurately as you set aside the traditions that bog down most of My people and flow in My love. You are beginning to proclaim My Word to the world by your lives, as well as your words.

"Do not change your focus of the pursuit of holiness. That pleases Me very much. It is My heartbeat for you. However, add a place in your heart for those who have not surrendered to the work of Jesus. They are very much on My heart; I also want them to be on yours. Time is short. Pursue My presence and then take it to others."

2 Corinthians 5:20-6:1 AMP

5:20) So we are Christ's ambassadors, God making His appeal as it were through us. We [as Christ's personal representatives] beg you for His sake to lay hold of the divine favor [now offered you] and be reconciled to God.

21) For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in, and through Him, we might become [endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of] the righteousness of God [what we ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness].

6:1) Laboring together [as God's fellow workers] with Him then, we beg of you not to receive the grace of God in vain [that merciful kindness by which God exerts His holy influence on souls and turns them to Christ, keeping and strengthening them - do not receive it to no purpose].

It is easy to forget one of the reasons why each of us is being formed to display the character of Christ. The only Jesus people may ever see is us.

It's interesting, isn't it, how we change the longer we are saved? When I first came to Christ, I was a "no holds barred" evangelist. I would tell anyone and anything that moved about the wonderful gift I had received. My mom would even hide upstairs in her room when I drove in the driveway, I was that vocal.

After a while, I "matured" to the point that I saw how important it was for me to study the Word and learn more about Jesus. I would go to every church that had a door open long enough for me to squeeze through. My growth became most important to me and, although I didn't see it, my focus on myself dampened my zeal for souls.

We are to love being with our Lord. It should be our priority. We should grow to care little about the world, other than to observe it and understand how soon the coming of the Lord is. The danger, however, lies in the fact that being with the Lord is so fulfilling, we must guard our hearts continually so we don't make everything all about us again and lose sight of the fact that others need that relationship with Him, too. When our focus shifts in the wrong direction, the Lord will be gracious to help us straighten out our priorities to line up with His.

My prayer is to have a continuous first love zeal for souls, something that is paramount in the heart of God. It is selfish when I relish my relationship with the Lord and neglect His desire for me to bring others to Him in the process. I am still not to the point where my time with Him continually propels me to seek the lost or those who know Him who may need what I have to offer; but I've asked Him to take me there. How grateful we can be that He will complete the good work He started in us!

Needing to move from His lap long enough to bring others back with me,

Jim Corbett

1/31/20 The Price of Compromise

Compromise as seen through our eyes is very different than how God sees it. As men, we see working overtime hours to provide a better house or a newer car as being a good steward. The Lord may see it as robbing our children of our presence in their lives. We may think that by going on a two week vacation with the family, we've provided our dutiful input into our children's lives, when the Lord is asking us to invest in them on our knees and in their presence on a continual daily basis.

We may settle for a marriage that seems as good as anyone else's, when God is asking that don't settle for anything less than a marriage that's a mirror of the relationship between Christ and His church. We may think that being a breadwinner is the fulfillment of our obligation, when God asks us to lay our lives down for our wives just as Christ did for us.

Compromise, as God sees it, is acting in any way other than the way Jesus acted. His purpose for your offices is to create an atmosphere in your marriage and your family in the same way that Jesus would. Because you say that you follow Him, you are to act and conduct yourself in the same way that He acted and conducted Himself. We must ask ourselves; in what spirit would Jesus honor the office of husband and father, and then act accordingly. Acting as Jesus would in every situation we face is not legalism; it's Christianity 101.

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Jim Corbett

1/31/20 Heading Toward Holiness

"Few of My children travel the narrow road to holiness. Most choose to remain where they are with some attachments to the world in their hearts. Not only is that foolish, but it grieves My heart. They miss so much. They could feast from full meals of My provision, but they are satisfied with simple nourishment.

As you make your daily choices, begin to choose My ways throughout your days. Make proper use of what I have provided for you. Ingest My Word. Become nourished on the things that I hold dear. Head toward holiness. It is where you have been reborn to live."

Hebrews 10:14b NIV

...because by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

I Peter 1:13-19 NIV

13) Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.

14) As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.

15) But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;

16) for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."

17) Since you call on a Father who judges each man's work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear.

18) For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers,

19) but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

The concept of holiness often eludes us. We generally see it as this unattainable goal, available only for those "other" Christians like Paul, Peter, and Mary - you know, those holy guys and gals.

Father God says, "Be holy, because I am holy." That means that holiness - a state of heart attitude in full accord with the heart of God and complete freedom from any attachments to the world - is available to any of us who have been made new through the blood of Jesus. I wonder why we are foolish enough that we don't pursue it with all of our hearts?

I want to be holy, Lord,

Jim Corbett

1/30/20 Favor from God

Because they have so much impact, the offices of husband and father are very important to Father God. The world sees a strong man as someone who selfishly dominates his realm of influence. Men not worthy of these offices take advantage of those they steward and cause them much harm. Countless children in every strata of society grow up and spend their entire lives looking to be healed because of ignorant or uncaring fathers.

The offices of husband and father are designed by God to be the highest offices He has created. Because every person on this earth is born into a family situation, that institution is very dear to His heart. Any man, who attempts to raise his family to honor God and live a significant life in His eyes, has great favor with Him. He responds to the father on his knees, who prays for the best interests of his wife and family.

Men, as you begin to understand the importance of your office and function in it God's way, expect answers to your needs. Expect supernatural intervention in impossible situations. Be prepared to meet unusual responses from formerly unresponsive children. Prepare to fall in a deeper kind of love with your wife, no matter how impossible that may seem at present. When God favors your actions and directions, He hovers over them like a loving, enthusiastic, doting Father. After all, that's Who He is!

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Jim Corbett

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