Hunters and Fishers
Pastor JoAnn provides insight into the differences between the hunters and fishers described in Jeremiah 16:14–17.
“I believe that we are in a bridge of time; that God is using the fishers to get His people ready for the second big gathering of people in Israel, which is the Millennial Reign. He’s using the fishers. You’ve been hearing, from at least this pulpit, [and] many pulpits around the world, a call to get ready to be prepared; because Jesus is coming. A call—fishers, if you will, telling you the promises of God: it’s time to prepare; it’s time to get ready. There will be a remnant that will come because of the fishers and the messages they preach; but I propose to you that the hunters will come, and if you won’t get your life in a state that God wants it in willingly, you’ll do so under great pressure and with much loss. You see, this is a serious message; the hunters are coming.”
Gifts of the Spirit
Pastor JoAnn discusses the merits of nine of the approximately 25 gifts of the Spirit referenced in 1 Corinthians 12.
Regarding 1 Corinthians 12:7 (NIV): Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. “I’m again pointing out, ‘each one’—‘each one’—that doesn’t leave anybody out. [That] doesn’t leave anybody out at all. So you can’t disqualify yourself.
This discussion continues the study on the gifts of the Spirit, beginning with verse 10.
Yielding Ourselves to God
A continuation of the “Preparation for Harvest” series, resuming the discussion from the previous week’s message, “The Power and Importance of the Holy Spirit.”
The Power and Importance of the Holy Spirit
Pastor JoAnn continues her discussion of the power of the Holy Spirit in this week’s message.
Preparation for Harvest
“The harvest comes in the fall, normally. We’ve had lots and lots of prophecy go out about the big harvest—the big one—coming in. It’s still prophecy, right? And it is coming. But if we’re going to properly manage the harvest, we have to prepared. We have to be prepared. Now for a long, long time, the general attitude has been in the church, “I’ll come and sit on the pew, and I’ll listen, and I’ll do my part—you know, while I’m here on the pew, listening, taking a few notes—but really that harvest thing that belongs to those preachers.” That’s been the general attitude. Well, that’s not exactly what God intended. God intended all of us to be out there.
“Then Jesus, when He was talking, He looked out. and He says, ‘Look,’ He says, ‘the harvest is ripe. Pray the Lord to bring workers.’ Well, that’s you, that’s me, that’s all of us! We're workers in the harvest.”