Anthony Wade Ministries

There are several scriptures which refer to writing. First of all, we look at what is said in Psalms.

Psalms 45:1 (KJV)

{1} My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

In this verse, the tongue is liken to that of a pen. Not just a pen of a writer, but a ready writer. The tongue must be as skillful as a ready writer. The tongue must also be as discriminating as a ready writer.

A ready writer doesn’t just allow anything to come across his or her pen. Neither should we just allow anything to come across our tongue and lips. In the above verse, speaking is put in the same category as writing. Where are we writing? On the table of our heart. A table is a piece of furniture that holds things. I am thinking of a kitchen table that holds food. Most of the things we partake of or eat, would be on a kitchen table.

Proverbs 18:20-21 (NKJV)

{20} A man’s stomach shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth; from the produce of his lips he shall be filled.

{21} Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.

Notice the writer says a man’s belly will be filled. How? By the words of his mouth. The increase of his lips fill him. According to verse twenty one, that increase is either good or evil, death or life. By the words of our mouth, we set the table. By the words of our mouth, we eat the fruit that we have put on that table. The table is the part of our heart that holds our mind, will, and emotions. If we don’t like what we are eating, the best thing to do is to change what we put on the table of our heart— alter what we are saying. How? By having enough discipline to put a watch on our words. Are you speaking life to your life or something that will not satisfy? Are you satisfied by what you have on your table? If not change your words. Is your tongue the pen of a ready writer? -AWM

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I recently read a book about ATTITUDE. The writer of the book, embarks upon what our attitude is when we describe others. Are we positive or negative in our vocal description of people? Do we build others up or are we quick to put them down? If the latter is your answer, you may be a person who has a limited self-image. A limited self-image has nothing to do about others, but everything to do about YOU. Let’s face it, people put others down in an attempt to feel good about who they are. Those who take the opportunity to put others down, are only chipping away at their own foundation. “He That Throws Dirt Loses Ground.” and “You Have To Be Little To Belittle.”

Putting others down is like cutting off your legs. Our legs are the support that give us the ability to stand. Putting others down is also like shooting yourself in the foot. Our feet are crucial to how well we stand. Someone may ask, “What if I am speaking the truth?” My best answer to that question is found in Philippians.

Philippians 4:8 (KJV)

{8} Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

It is a known fact that what we think, we believe. What we believe, we speak. The acid-base indicator of what we say about others is: 1) Is it true? 2) Is it honest? 3) Is it just? 4) Is it pure? 5) Is it lovely? 6) Does it have a good report? You be the judge! If there is any virtue and praise in what you are thinking about saying, then and only then do we have the license to say it. Following this principle will cause us to really consider what we say about the people around us. Besides, it reveals our attitude toward ourselves. Putting this kind of examination on ourselves will give us a chance to grow up spiritually. Spiritual growth in many ways, not all, is detected by what comes out of our mouth.

My questions to you is this: “Is your self–image limited?” Can it be said that your self-image is vibrant, strong, positive, and full of potential? I once heard it said that our words represent our present attitude toward God. That can also trickle down to our attitude towards others.

Man is made after the similitude of God (James 3:1-10). In the words of a fellow minister, “Watch your lips! ” They may reveal your self-image. -AWM

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Recently someone close to me was describing a telephone conversation they had with a potential customer. During this conversation the marriage of my wife and me came up.
The person in passing referred to our marriage as a “mixed couple.” In the eyes of the secular world that would be correct. My wife and I not only come from a different background, we also come from different races.

The reference the secular world and even some God fearing people give us is mixed. However, according to scriptural terms that is not correct. I will go as far and say that that term borders on racism. This is what I mean. Because my wife and I were and are God-fearing persons we are from the same race – a holy nation.

1 Peter 2:9-10 (KJV)

{9} But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvellous light:

{10} Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

We both have embraced Christianity. We are a part of a chosen generation, a holy nation, a peculiar people. Our natural identity has no affect on our marriage. Why? Because it is our spiritual heritage that is predominate. All to often people base the term a “mixed couple” on the color of a persons skin. My questions to you is what constitutes an interracial marriage, a mixed couple — the color of a persons skin or their national heritage?

What about their spiritual heritage? There are people who are the same color physically, yet come from different backgrounds. That constituents what some term as a “mixed couple.” Yet, they for the most part are never looked on as that. That my friend in my view is a form of racism. It is a pre-judgment. In the day we are living in it is time that the people of God get their act together. Let’s quit basing so much on outward appearances. In short, we need to base things on a persons heart. Not the external. -AWM

1 Samuel 16:7 (KJV)

{7}…..for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance,
but the LORD looketh on the heart.

There is a term given to a man and a women that are not married that is called shacking up. This couple although not legal have made the decision to co-habit with on another. Before we gave our lives to our Lord and Savior, The Lord Jesus Christ you could say we were “shacking up.” We at one time were in a relationship with the enemy of or soul — the prince of darkness — satan. There came a time when we saw the error of our ways and we made the decision to give our lives to The Lord Jesus Christ. When that happened our adversary was kicked out. What I mean is this.

The Word of God makes it very clear that God has made His home on the inside of us.

Ezekiel 36:24-28 (NKJV)

{24} For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land.

{25} Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.

{26} I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

{27} I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. See also Ezekiel 10:19 20.

God’s word also declares that you are a New Creation, if you have given your life to our Lord and Saviour, The Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NAS)

{17} Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

When you became a “new creation,” the devil was kicked out. He doesn’t live in your house anymore. In other words he’s not shacking up with you anymore. Your spirit and satan’s spirit
no longer have a relationship. You could say that now you present you body to God, for it is the Temple of The Living God. God’s Spirit lives in you and permeates your spirit and soul. You are now filled with His fullness — think about it.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NKJV)

{19} Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

{20} For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Your body is now His Temple, If your body is now His Temple, then you have entered an intimate relationship with Him. He is in you, and you are in Him. Some time ago I learned it as IN –TO –ME–SEE. God has established an IN-TO-ME-SEE ….INTIMACY… fellowship with us to the point that we are inseparably one (John 17:23).

If I didn’t know that the Word of God supports this, I would say I was trying to live a fairytale. But this ain’t no fairytale! This is the real deal. Again, God is in you by The Power of His Holy Spirit. His Spirit is within, and upon you. If you are living for Him you are no longer shacking up with the devil You are now in an intimate relationship/fellowship with your Heavenly Father. – AWM

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Cory was a member of a very progressive Local Church. However, he was having trouble with a portion of his pastors teaching. It wasn’t something that he could dismiss, because it came up every time his church enjoyed communion. Every communion service Cory would get very uncomfortable because he didn’t understand communion from the angle that his pastor was presenting it.

It became such an issue with Cory that he considered looking for another church. He carefully thought about finding a different place of worship, because he felt put on the spot every time he partook of the communion elements. Before he made his final decision he set an appointment with his pastor to converse about what was troubling him.

Cory had been raised in a segment of the church that didn’t really teach what the Word of God taught concerning communion. For the most part, communion was just another church ordinance — with very little meaning. It was usually pushed off to the end of the service, once a month — with inadequate teaching. It was a dead ritual, that had become just another religious thing to do; but not so where Cory was attending now. His pastor put a very strong emphasis on communion. He expressed the importance of taking part and what they were doing each time they received the bread and the grape juice. Communion was put on the front burner — and was the basis of the whole service. The whole service was centered on the “Breaking of Bread.”

Cory was not used to this. His attitude about the Lord’s Supper was that it was just something between him and God. Cory’s way of thinking about communion was that it was private, and no one else had anything to do with that part of his Christian experience.
Cory was partially wrong.

Communion is a private matter between you and God; but God included others – the whole body of Christ — in the equation of the “Communion Table.” Cory’s attitude was wrong.

When we receive communion, there is an exchange, a union, a fellowship, an agreement; a sharing, an association, a togetherness — a synergy. In communion we bring others close to our lives. During “Holy Communion,” others are invited to have union, fellowship, agreement, togetherness and covenant. The communion table is not just between you and God — we are commanded by God to include others during this time.

The “Communion Table” is the greatest expression of Love the Body of Christ has for one another. The greatest level of intimacy in the “Body of Christ,” is the “Cup of Blessing.”

Communion could also be broken down to mean common-union. The Communion Table is an expression of the common-union we have. It’s a time of intimacy — a time of INTO ME SEE — a place of harmony and reciprocal respect. A place where we remind one another why we worship together.

1 Corinthians 10: 16-17, 21-22 NKJV

{16} The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion (unity, spiritual union, close association) of the Body of Christ?

{17} For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread.

{21} You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord’s Table and of the table of demons.

{22} Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

The Lord’s Table is an identity of Christ Blood and His Body. Just as the loaf is a whole, the entire Body of Christ joins in on the sharing; the association; the agreement; the togetherness; the caring.

Every time his church had communion Cory was being challenged to answer these questions:

Was he receiving the Cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner?
What did it mean to be guilty of The Body and The Blood of the Lord? Was he really drinking damnation or judgment to himself — if he didn’t judge himself properly? What does it mean to discern the Lord’s Body? Did he open the door to become weak and sickly — even untimely death?

* See 1 Corinthians 11:23-33

Cory was having a difficult time with communion because he was harboring unforgiveness against a member of his church. There was a bitter root of judgment against someone that he worshiped with (James 3:11-18; Colossians 3:19).

Each time his pastor spoke on communion, Cory was convicted. Holy Spirit was giving Cory opportunity to examine where he was in his walk with the Lord. He was being affronted to take a good look at how well he was walking in Love. He wasn’t doing as well as he knew he should. This created great difficulty for him. Instead of being honest with himself and making the proper adjustments—he considered running to another church. “What you run from—you will run into.”

Hebrews 12:15 The Worrell New Testament

{15} Looking carefully, lest there be anyone falling short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness, springing up, trouble you, and through it many be defiled.

Discerning the Lords Body; the Communion Table is not just between you and God. When we partake together every one is saying that we are in agreement with one another. We are saying, there is nothing between me and my brothers and sisters in Christ, anywhere — especially those whom I worship with.

Cory did meet with his pastor; he was totally honest. Everything was resolved and he was able to stay with the church. Everything worked out for the good regarding everyone that was involved. -AWM

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