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3/16/22 Heavy Stuff

As men, most of us get great satisfaction in achievements. If we are successful, we feel that we’ve done something of great worth and enjoy the results. In doing a great job, we have the additional satisfaction of having others note that we can be trusted with a better position, so we get promoted and are given more responsibility. That is all good stuff, and it motivates us to continually do better.

As a husband and father, we’ve been given the highest offices available to any human being. In essence, we have been promoted before we’ve achieved anything worthwhile to earn that high position. Most of us have few skills to succeed at our high office.

With our promotion - whether we like it or not - comes great responsibility. Success or failure in fulfilling our offices properly brings eternal consequences. It includes the possibility that our wives or offspring could be separated from God for eternity, in part, because of how we function in our offices. In addition to that horrible prospect is the reality of standing before the Most High God and being required to give answers for our actions concerning the stewardship of our families.

At a minimum, failure at our position could place our sons in the unenviable position of not having the skills they will need for their own high position of overseeing their families, and possibly standing before God themselves with little success if we couldn’t equip them properly with the tools we passed on to them, and they never found another way to acquire the proper tools. Our daughters could be ill-equipped to face life’s challenges because of our lack of proper investment in them. Our wives may not become all they can be in Christ because we don’t or can’t provide the proper atmosphere for them to prosper spiritually. These are some pretty heavy thoughts to ponder for any thinking human being. What are you going to do about them?

Let’s talk more!

Jim Corbett

3/15/22 Real Power

Given that God has ordained the offices of husband and father as His highest offices, the most powerful position a man can take is on his knees for his family. I believe that no other position is dearer to the heart of God or garners more favor, because the family produces and fosters pastors, prayer warriors, and every conceivable worker for the Lord. God’s heart responds to a man praying for his own. (In case you think I’m overlooking something – yes, He also has a fervent spot in His heart as people pray for souls to come to know Jesus Christ!)

I think of David’s mighty men. His men understood warfare. His men were tried in battle and came out unbeaten, far more proficient than greater numbers of other warriors. They knew how to fight. They knew what it would take to win the battles for their king.

Most men today have no idea how important their position is. Most men give little thought to the probability that they’ve lost the most important battles of their lives as they see their families fall apart or, at the very least, become unproductive in the Lord’s work. Few men even consider that their wives or children are literally supposed to walk as Jesus walked, and that they are supposed to provide the atmosphere for them to do so.

Men, God intended you to be just like David’s mighty men in the war for your families. He is more than willing to respond with power to your requests for their ability to overcome the world. You are a man of power when you call upon His power on behalf of those you steward. Why are you not laboring for them as your priority work in this life? Paul said that he was in birth pangs until Christ - the character of Christ - was formed in others. Is that not supposed to be your heart for those you love?

Let’s talk more!

Jim Corbett

3/15/22 Final Warnings on the Horizon

“I am amazed at how little most of My church is responding to the warnings that I have given them. I have called them to repent of their sins of pride and selfishness. They have responded by consulting Me less and relying more on their own strength. I have urged them to sell what they have and buy gold from Me refined in the fire. They have responded by using My blessings to pad their own comfort areas. I have called them to a crucified life, one that is dead to self and alive only to My Word. They have responded by living a life of hedonism in the midst of need.

"My servants go without necessary tools while the provision for tools is converted into play toys and castles made of sand. My Word is used for excuses to remain justified in sin. My heart for the lost is ignored. Even when I have opened the door to allow judgment to enter the world, you, My church, ignore the warnings and continue on your path of proven destruction. When I am placed in second place of anything, it is not good. I will not remain there for long, no matter how self-reliant and powerful you think you are.

"Be assured that I am producing a series of final warnings to My church. You must repent now. You must surrender fully to Me while there is still time. You have no idea how close you are to the total destruction of your world as you know it. Soon all of your self–serving gold will be worth nothing. Your power will be gone. Your influence will be scorned. Your safety nets will be torn and destroyed. You will be totally bankrupt, because you have lost what you have relied upon and have ignored true wealth. You will become slaves to those who speak languages that you do not understand. They will inherit your vast holdings and dwellings built of greed. Do not ignore My warnings any longer. Sell out fully to Me now. The day will come when you will wish that you had.”

Isaiah 48:3 NIV

“I foretold the former things long ago, my mouth announced them and I made them known; then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.”

Jeremiah 5:15-19 AMP

15) Behold, I am bringing a nation upon you from afar, O house of Israel, says the Lord. It is a mighty and enduring nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, nor can you understand what they say.

16) Their quiver is [filled with deadly missiles] like an open sepulcher [filled with dead bodies; the foes] are all mighty men (heroes).

17) They shall consume your harvest and your food; they shall consume your sons and your daughters; they shall consume your flocks and your herds; they shall consume your vines and your fig trees. They shall break down and impoverish your fortified cities in which you trust, with the sword [they shall destroy them].

18) But even in those days, says the Lord, I will not make a full and complete end of you.

19) And when your people say, Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us? then you shall answer them, As you have forsaken Me, says the Lord, and have served strange gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers (gods) in a land that is not yours.

I believe that you should bookmark this message. When I first received it, I felt in my heart that it was a timely message; but it was a message that should be shared by those of you who will be able to minister to others when times become more intense.

I am aware that these “Father’s Heart” messages are e-mailed to probably some of the most “sold out” members of the church – you who have already heard the wooing of the Lord and are drawing close with all of your heart. Your sincerity is more than likely already bringing life to many in your daily walk with the Lord and your personal outreaches are preparing countless numbers for bridehood. Heed this message, of course; but also place it in your portfolio.

In keeping with our directive of equipping you in your personal outreaches, I believe that this message has been given at this time for now and for future use. Prepare to use it over and over to stimulate conversation, impart conviction, and explain the times and seasons that will soon be upon us. May you use it wisely and may the power of the Holy Spirit powerfully anoint all that you do. You are valuable and an honor to love.

In Your mercy, prepare us, Lord,

Jim Corbett

3/14/22 Walking with God

“Come to Me! It doesn’t matter how small your concern is or how large the challenge before you presents. Come to Me! I have decided to always be there for you. Jesus made the way. When your life becomes a heavy weight, I am there. When you rejoice, I am there. I can’t see the size of your mountain. I only see the joy of being on the other side of it, whether you must go over it or I move it aside. Come to Me! I have chosen to walk with you through your life. I am now the center of your life. I love you!”

Hebrews 13:5b AMP

…for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!]

Hebrews 13:6 AMP

So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently and boldly say, The Lord is my Helper; I will not be seized with alarm [I will not fear or dread or be terrified]. What can man do to me?

Since the cross, when the veil before the Holy of Holies was ripped in two, puny mankind - who previous to this time was truly on the outside looking in - has the kind of access to God that the angelic creation will never have. We can now come directly into the presence of God anytime we desire to go there and are accepted as if Jesus Himself entered.

Stop and ponder that, and then ask yourself why in the world we don’t spend the majority of our time in His presence. That is how limited and puny our thinking is! Of course, the Lord did say that His thoughts and ours are two different things, and this example certainly proves it. We settle for so little, and it must grieve the heart of God how often we miss what He’s made available.

“Thank You” and “forgive me” don’t even begin to cover it, Lord!

Jim Corbett

3/14/22 Your Children Are Your Ambassadors

When Jubilee was born, the Lord spoke to my heart about the legacy and ambassador she was meant to be for our family. Because we were to “train up a child in the way he should go,” we became a study of her. Who was she naturally formed by God to be?

After months of watching her innate tendencies, we developed a system to enhance the life skills that were natural to her. This system allowed her to function in freedom while she was being taught the things she would need to follow the Lord.

Within the system, there were two criteria she had to meet. The first was, how well is she representing the Lord? This was to be the top priority. The second was, how well is she representing our family, so that others can see who Jesus is through our family relationships? Those two criteria encompassed all she needed to grow straight and strong in the Lord, and it set the stage for those two priorities in life to become part of her everyday make-up.

Men, your offspring are your legacy. Who they are and how they function is a direct reflection on how much you have sought the Lord on their behalf. It doesn’t mean that everything will be perfect all the time and that they’ll function in Christ-like character every moment of their lives; but it does mean they have a chance to overcome the world because of your intercession with the Lord on their behalf. Your job is to teach them what you have learned in the throne room with God. His job is to do everything else in them so that Jesus shines through them. Thank You, Father!

Let’s talk more!

Jim Corbett

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