i The Secret to Seeing God in Action How would you like to never fear again and always be at peace? 'Never' and 'always' are such extreme words, but really... it is possible. How is it possible? With God all things are possible (Matthew 19:26) and this reality is established in your life through faith. This faith is founded and maintained in you through an in-depth understanding of God's Word, the Bible. This understanding is received through revelation, which you can receive from the Lord personally through prayerful Bible reading, or from reading or hearing revelation that others recorded, such as How to Activate Abundant Life. Revelation therefore brings faith. A sign of a true Christian is a deep seated desire to know the Lord intimately. How to Activate Abundant Life reveals an intimate understanding of the Lord and His desires. How would you enjoy walking with spiritual giants, learning from men who walked closely with the Lord? Moses comes to mind. Do you want the secret behind his authority and favor with the Lord? How did he manage to yield like he did? The Biblical heroes were just ordinary people like you, with weaknesses like all of us. Yet they experienced tremendous power from an almighty God! In this book you can learn what is required to live by the same favor and power they had. How to Activate Abundant Life challenges you to seek encouragement from the Lord personally through obedience and faith. In the process you will start experiencing this affectionate presence of Christ in you. ii The short two page chapters can be read as daily devotions or be used in a Bible Study. ‘How to Activate Abundant Life – The Secret of Seeing God in Action’ is a revelation explaining Biblical mysteries clearly. It reveals in a practical sense what Jesus meant, gives practical examples, testimonies and advice that are crystal clear, easy to understand and easy for a willing heart to apply. You should, after studying it, experience a new enthusiasm to apply to your life what Jesus wanted you to. The entire book represents the liveliness of God’s Word (Hebrews 4:12). It shows that the Lord has much more that He wants us to discover from the Bible, than is visible at face value. The fun in your relationship with the Lord is in discovering Him as a person and finding out what He had in mind when He gave His Word to the church. During His time on earth Jesus taught with one purpose, which was to equip His servants for their task of caring for His household while He is away. Do you realize He had you and those you influence in mind while he was teaching? ‘How to Activate Abundant Life’ will give you: • Comfortable reading and easy application of these truths in your life, since it is written in a conversational writing style. • Confidence that statements are supported by reference to various passages from Scripture. • Illustrative true stories and testimonies that personalize the work and help you to identify with the teaching. • Radical revelation on some of the images Jesus used, which gives you deeper and clearer insight into why Jesus used the image. It will enhance your understanding of what Jesus expected His body to do iii as a result. • Confidence that what is taught, works, owing to the examples of personal experience in the application of the revealed truths. It will teach you: • Practical Christianity. • Much about the character of the Lord. • How to obtain and exercise faith. • Principles on receiving revelation. • The purpose of Christian living. • The mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16). • To perceive life by the Spirit. • The reality of the spiritual realm in relation to your behavior. • To discover your God given gift and make it work. • What Jesus expected from human relationships. So, what stops you from adding this jewel to your library? It's bound to make an eternal impression on your destiny as well as on those you will influence. You'll experience a new dimension in your walk with the Lord. iv How to Activate Abundant Life The Secret to Seeing God in Action by Henry Luyt v Copyright © Henry Luyt All rights reserved. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of the copyright owner at email [email protected] . Editor: Antice (Tizzy) Potts Scripture References are from Various Translations. Comments can be sent to [email protected] Read About the Author at the end of the Book vi DEDICATION I dedicate this book to the Bride of Christ whom He loves so much. My desire is that every single Christian would walk in a love relationship with their Maker, rather than following religious activities. vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I thank the Holy Spirit for the guidance and revelation that I received in writing this book. I am also very grateful to the Lord for putting me through the “School of Christian Life”, where I have learnt most of the practical applications of Biblical truths. I’m grateful towards my wife Julia and my children for their patience during the hours that I needed to write this book - thank you Julia for your constant motivation and encouragement. I also thank Antice (Tizzy) Potts for the care with which she edited this book. viii HOW TO USE THIS BOOK How to Activate Abundant Life consists of Ninety Five short chapters. It is a compilation of individual messages. Therefore some chapters have single topics, and with others a short series is spread over a number of chapters. It can therefore be used for bedtime reading, as a daily devotion, or as a Bible study. It will also work well as a reference for preparing messages or articles. It is my wish that you be enriched in understanding and loving the Lord as you read on. How to Activate Abundant Life One (Introduction) Shout From the Rooftops “What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs,” (Mat. 10:27). Jesus spoke to His disciples and since we are also His disciples, the message is meant for us too. The key phrase in this passage is “what I tell you”. The Lord wants to tell us what to do. He has a plan which He wants us to fulfill under the Holy Spirit’s direction. How many of us are merely religious, doing our Christian duty day after day whilst we actually only do what we like? This book came into being because the Lord started to drop tit-bits of information, that He wanted me to share with His people, into my heart and is therefore a compilation of daily articles that I have written based on that information. During my work day these truths would suddenly appear in my mind, for which purpose I keep a book next to me to make notes. Many of the teachings that follow are also lessons I have learned in handling difficult everyday situations by faith, based on God’s Word. I have often learned the hard way, but there is no need for you to take that path if I share with you what I have discovered. For seven years I have been doing something similar. I wrote monthly teachings and sent them by e-mail to hundreds of people and this book is a continuation of that. 10
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