Learning to Abound

I want to personally thank you for your prayers and financial support.

I want you to know I pray for you daily and believe God for you not just for theSupernaturalbut for the Supernatural as a lifestyle.

I really believe that God has called me to those of us who have been on thefringes of organized religion.Maybe you feel burned out by it, or maybe you just feel like you don't fit in,or never really did.

I have been there and in many ways still feel the same but hey look at Jesus'ministry it was exactly the same.

Some of you have asked me about the Tithe and the local church. I thought itbest to address this since we are all probably a little different than the normand searching for many answers that fit our situation.

For years I tithed my 10 % and gave offerings faithfully without seeing anythingmiraculous financially.

I went through a time in my life and ministry about 4 years ago that reallyshook me and tested everything I was taught to believe in.

My ministry was expanding internationally and I had been in a 10 week nightlyrevival where all sorts of healings, miracles, signs and things that make youwonder were taking place. People were instantly losing weight, diamonds wereappearing and being plucked out of the carpet, money was appearing in bankaccounts, pockets, wallets and Bibles, broken bones, blind eyes, deafness andevery type of miracle and creative miracle was taking place. Awesome, Amazingbecause people were being saved as a result. We even took up one offering and itwas enough to build a brand new church. ( all of this was taking place in adouble wide trailer in a cow pasture ).

Well, right in the middle of this, the Lord said for me to lay it all down andcome home. Can you imagine going from pulling people out of wheelchairs, healingcancer, seeing gold crowns appear in peoples mouth, the Glory so heavy peoplecould not stand to nothing, just being home alone with your thoughts for years?

What I learned was there is a hidden-ess in God and there is a manifestation ofwhat you learned while being hidden with God. I was being hidden, hid away. Afirst it was a very hard adjustment to make going from that type of Glory beingmanifested to being still and quiet and alone with God.

Over the years there have been many tests that have come my way. This wouldprove to be the greatest one yet and what I call a Life Test. Every man andwoman of God had to go through theirs to obtain the promises of their destiny inGod and this was mine.

A life test makes you question everything it makes your knees buckle it shakesyou to the core much like Job experienced not at the hand of Satan but at thehand of God. God is in total control, he is either doing it to you or He isallowing it to be done to you.

In some ways I am still in it and in others I am seeing the light at the end ofthe tunnel. Paul said, " I have learned how to be abased ( suffer ) and I havelearned how to abound ( prosper ). We have learned how to be abased but now weare coming into a time whereby we need to embrace and learn how to abound. WhatI mean is just like physical healing; financial healing takes some getting usedto. Have you ever been blessed so much that you almost feel guilty for it or youdon't want people around you to feel bad because of it? This can lead to a falsehumility, which is pride. We are basically disagreeing with God and what He sayswe have and who we are right?

To learn how to abound we must change our thinking. We have to get a visionboard and put the car we want, the house we want, the lifestyle we want, thetype of relationship with the Lord and others we want. We have to begin toabound first in our thoughts, our beliefs, then faith will arise and thosethings will begin to manifest in our life.

If we truly believe in miracles and we are sowing into miracles then let's getreal, let's get radical, let's Go For It!

This is my vision for you, I and God want you to be happy and to have everythingyour heart desires.God is ok with you having nice things as long as they don'ttake the place of Him so get a vision, renew your vision, revive the dreams thatyou had and learn to abound and put yourself in a position to receive thosethings that God put in your heart.

But remember one thing that I had to learn. IT IS THE BLESSING OF THE LORD (THEFATHERS BLESSING) THAT MAKES RICH AND ADDS NO SORROW WITH IT. Did you see it? Itisn't about seeking the blessings it is about seking the BLESSING OF THE LORDTHAT MAKES YOU RICH WITHOUT SORROW.

I believe my partners to be a living testimony and a witness of the Blessing ofthe Lord and the Goodness of God. Now believe in me, believe in the anointing,the mantle, believe in yourself and most importantly Believe in the Lord YourGod.

In closing, I wrote an article about the tithe for those of you that may not bein an organized church right now or in transition or feeling like your churchjust isn't feeding you at the level that you need and posted it on the websiteunder TITHE.

As the Lord begins to manifest miracles, please be sensitive to them anddocument them through the Testimonies link on the site. For we overcome by theblood and the Word of our testimony no matter how small you may think it is.

May you abound in blessings and prosper in every area.

Micheal Pipes2-15-2011