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Out of Print
Release #: 2008-1218-1R
Originally released on CD: This product contains the following message by Gary Hargrave.
A Force Stronger Than Death
December 13, 2008 Saturday 7:30 PM Mt. Zion, Niteroi, Brazil
Love is as strong as death, but your will is stronger than love. When your will is set to do the will of the Father, you are plugged into the power of Christ’s resurrection life, and that power is stronger than death. We mix our love with our will that is set to do God’s will. (28:44)
Scriptures: | (Heb. 10:10); (Rom. 8:10-11); (Matt. 27:52) |
Topics: | Will, Determination; Will of God; Obedience; Resurrection Life |
Rated: | For Mature Sons; Milestone; Highest Level Prophetic Word |
Out of Print
Release #: 84-03-20-17-R
This cassette tape contained the following message by John Robert Stevens.
June 11, 1981 Thursday P.M. No. H.
You have the right to choose. (8 1/2 min.)
Topics: | Privileges; Will, Determination; Faith |
Series: | JRS Dictates |
Rated: | For Mature Sons, Recommended Listening |
Out of Print
Release #: 81-10-12-01-R
This cassette tape contained the following message by John Robert Stevens.
September 6, 1981 Sunday P.M. Haiku
Everything you’ve wanted to know about the seer ministry is touched upon in this carefully edited tape. Beginners in them can benefit from the principles of perception that are made practical. (88 min.)
Scriptures: | (II Kings 5:26) |
Topics: | Seer; Ministering; Oneness; Awareness; Free Spirits; (Intensity); (Impartation); (Will, Determination) |
Series: | The School of Prophets; The Unfolding; Seers and Priests |
Rated: | For Mature Sons |
Out of Print
Release #: 81-02-21-05-R
This cassette tape contained the following message by John Robert Stevens.
February 7, 1981 Saturday P.M. Campbell
Do you want to be free from past conditioning? Do you want to be healed? The miracle happens when you act in faith on a Word from God. This is the beginning of a church that never existed. (51 1/2 min.)
Scriptures: | Mark 2:1-6,8-12; (Luke 17:12-19); (Rom. 10:9); (John 7:17) |
Topics: | Word, Acting; Faith; Will, Determination; Conditioning |
Series: | Words Over The Bay Area; Heal Us, Lord! |
Out of Print
Release #: 78-07-01-04-R
This cassette tape contained the following 2 messages by John Robert Stevens.
OUR FOCUS: OUR FAILURE, OR HIS FULLNESS
June 5, 1978 Monday P.M. Shiloh
Don’t look at the shadows, look at the sun of righteousness. We change as we focus on His fullness. Less self-condemnation and more concentration on the Lord. (10 1/2 min.)
Scriptures: | Psa. 51:7; Rom. 12:1;(Luke 3:9); (Eph. 5:27); (II Cor. 3:18); |
Topics: | Problems; Focus; Fullness; Growth; Practice, Presence of the Lord; (Will, Determination); (Cleansed) |
Rated: | For Mature Sons |
IN MOTION
June 17, 1978 Saturday A.M. Shiloh
The Spirit of the Lord directs you if you’re in motion. Idleness destroys your morale. The moving, the willing, the working best throw off discouragement. The busy have no time to be discouraged. The waiters are the failures. (41 min.)
Scriptures: | Heb. 13:12-19; 4:11; 5:12-14; Heb. 6:7-12; 10:21-25,32-39; Heb. 13:1-3,15-17,20-21; (John 13:17); (Heb. 5:14); (Heb. 10:24); (Gen. 24:27); (Eph. 2:10); (Matt. 5:16); (Lam. 3:27); (John 13:35); (I Cor. 8:1) |
Topics: | Movement, Motion; Word, Acting on It; Obedience; Growth; Faith, Expressed; (Discouragement); (Understanding) |
Rated: | For Mature Sons, JRS Selected Messages |
Out of Print
Release #: 77-11-11-03-R
This cassette tape contained the following message by John Robert Stevens.
October 27, 1977 Thursday P.M. Shiloh
We choose as our Lord did to be humble. Submission, which is largely a part of repentance, moves us into the position of authority and judgment. (50 1/2 min.)
Scriptures: | James 4:7-11; Heb. 11:37-40; Phil. 2:3-11; Zeph. 3:12-13; (Prov. 16:7); (Acts 17:6); (John 19:39); (Eph. 6:16); (Matt. 6:25) |
Topics: | Humility; Repentance; Submission; Bond Servant, Bondslave; Visitation; Will, Determination; Glorification; Judgment |
Rated: | Foundational Teaching, For Mature Sons, JRS Selected Messages |
Out of Print
Release #: 75-03-07-07-R
This cassette tape contained the following 2 messages by John Robert Stevens.
HALLELUJAH FOR PURPLE SHEETS
March 2, 1975 Sunday A.M. Val.
An exposition of James chapter 1. The underlying theme of the chapter emphasizes the imperativeness of acting upon every word we receive. A fresh and new understanding of the law of the Lord is expounded with both its negative and positive aspects. A very important exposition and explanation of the principles of the Kingdom.
Scriptures: | James 1:2-15,21-27; 4:17; 3:1 |
Topics: | Word, Becoming, Acting On; Law; Conformity; Will, Determination; Ignorance; Tongue |
Series: | Expository |
Rated: | Foundational Teaching, JRS Selected Messages |
THE “OUCH ROAD” TO PERFECTION
March 2, 1975 Sunday A.M. Ana.
This message is similar to “Hallelujah for Purple Sheets,” but it emphasizes the drastic means that God uses to accomplish His glorious objectives in us. It is easy to want His will wrought perfectly in us. It is difficult to completely submit to the means He uses to accomplish it.
Scriptures: | James 1:1-12; Matt. 1:23-25; Matt. 12:47 |
Topics: | Testing; Endurance; Perfection; Conditioning; Geneology; Murmuring |
Series: | Expository |
Rated: | Foundational Teaching |
Out of Print
Release #: 75-03-05-01-R
This cassette tape contained the following 2 messages by John Robert Stevens.
ALL OR NOTHING
February 27, 1975 Thursday A.M. Val.
Moses refused the second best; he wanted a perfect fulfillment of what God had promised or nothing at all. He refused a compromise from God or man. He said, “It will be what God has spoken. We reject all else.”
Scriptures: | Heb. 11:23-29,15; Exo. 32:31-32 |
Topics: | Compromise; Discipleship; Promises, Possessing Them; Will, Determination |
Rated: | For Mature Sons, JRS Selected Messages |
ARE WE EVER ON A TRIP!!?*!
February 27, 1975 Thursday P.M. SoG.
Be true to the vision! Don’t settle down permanently someplace along the path. Keep moving, Pilgrim. You’ve come a long way, baby, but you’ve got a long way to go.
Scriptures: | Heb. 11:8-16,32-40 |
Topics: | Compromise; Vision; Promises, Possessing Them; Doctrine |
Rated: | Foundational Teaching, JRS Selected Messages |
Out of Print
Release #: 75-02-04-03-R
This cassette tape contained the following 2 messages by John Robert Stevens.
I WON’T BE A SAD-SACK
January 30, 1975 Thursday A.M. Val.
Many people have a deep unconscious determination to be unhappy. Will Rogers said, “People are about as happy as they decide to be.” Be determined to be joyful. You need to believe and receive His joy. This is an absolute essential and basic truth for these times of stress. (59 min.)
Scriptures: | Phil. 3:1; 4:4; I Thess. 5:16; Joel 1:12 |
Topics: | Joy; Will, Determination; Sonship; Cross Experience; Faith, Aggressive; Circumstances |
Series: | Joyful and Joy-Full |
Rated: | Foundational Teaching, For Mature Sons, JRS Selected Messages |
MOURNFUL OR JOYFUL
January 30, 1975 Thursday P.M. SoG.
The heart must be set upon the joy of the Lord. Sadness is natural to the human nature. We are perversely determined to be unhappy, but those who return to Zion will come with everlasting joy upon their heads. In the time of sorrows the joy of the Lord is our strength. (59 min.)
Scriptures: | Neh. 8:8-10; Psa. 16:11; John 15:11; 17:13; Isa. 35:10; Isa. 61:7,10; I Pet. 1:8; Psa. 5:11; 32:11; Joel 1:12; Deut. 16:13; Gal. 5:22 |
Topics: | Joy; Will; Determination; Movement, Motion–Expression of; Faith, Aggressive; Remnant; Fullness |
Series: | Joyful and Joy-Full |
Rated: | Foundational Teaching, For Mature Sons, JRS Selected Messages |
Out of Print
Release #: 75-01-29-03-R
This cassette tape contained the following message by John Robert Stevens.
January 24, 1975 Friday Aft. Bay Area
How shall the next great step forward in the Body of Christ be made? It shall be precipitated by the dedication to unity of spirit. The instances of the fullness of the Spirit occur in the book of Acts where you also read of the unity of the Spirit. (49 min.)
Scriptures: | Psa. 133:1-3; Acts 1:14; 2:1,14; Matt. 5:11-12; Job. 2:8; John 9:1-3; 21:3; Psa. 130:3-4 |
Topics: | unity; Acceptance, of Others; Will, Determination; Fullness; Love, in Body; Body of Christ, Body Ministry; Walls; Faith, Vicarious |
Series: | Apostolic Seminar at the Bay Area; Then What? |
Rated: | Foundational Teaching, For Mature Sons, JRS Selected Messages |
Out of Print
Release #: 74-02-24-01-R
This cassette tape contained the following message by John Robert Stevens.
February 22, 1974 Friday P.M. Val.
This is an exposition of Colossians on the recurring theme of love and revelation knowledge as a part of the new nature of the believer. We put off the old nature, and put on the new nature with God’s attributes. We put on love. We will to love and to know the will of God. (54 min.)
Scriptures: | Col. 1:1-4, 8-11, 25-29; Col. 2:2; Col. 3:12-14 |
Topics: | Will, Determination; Love; Knowledge; Wisdom, God’s Change; Involvement |
Series: | Expository |
Rated: | JRS Selected Messages |
Out of Print
Release #: 73-10-23-05-R
This cassette tape contained the following message by John Robert Stevens.
October 18, 1973 Thursday P.M. Ana.
God has revealed this walk to us. Our will is fixed on Him, not because this is reasonable but because this is confirmed revelation to us. (45 Min.)
Scriptures: | Neh. 6:3; Col. 3:1; Phil. 2:13, 3:14 |
Topics: | Will-Determination; Will Of God; Love; Faith-Creative; Personal Ministry; Change-Spirit |
Series: | Feast of Tabernacles |
Rated: | JRS Selected Messages |
Out of Print
Release #: 73-09-01-01-R
This cassette tape contained the following message by John Robert Stevens.
September 1, 1973 Saturday A.M. Ana.
We have the right to become God’s Sons as well as the responsibility to be Sons–participators in His deity. We predetermine that we will think and react as Sons of God, and not on the human level. (60 min.)
Scriptures: | John 1:10-14; Heb. 2:5-11, 14-18; Rom. 8:15-23, 28-39; I Cor. 3:1-3 |
Topics: | Manifestation of Sons of God; Predestination; Divine Attributes; Will-Determination; Plan of God; Provisions |
Series: | Kingdom Sabbath; The Right to Become |
Rated: | JRS Selected Messages |
Out of Print
Release #: 73-07-27-01-R
This cassette tape contained the following message by John Robert Stevens.
SOME THINGS ABOUT LOVE
July 22, 1973 Sunday A.M. Val.
Faithful, enduring love is not a natural human attribute. Saying “I love you” calls for a response. (44 min.)
Scriptures: | I John 4:16-5:2; I John 3:17; Rev. 2:5 |
Topics: | Love; Love, His For Us; Divine Enablement; Human Relations; Will, Determination; Jealousy |
Series: | Some things About Love |
Out of Print
Release #: 73-07-24-05-R
This cassette tape contained the following message by John Robert Stevens.
June 24, 1973 Sunday P.M. Hono.
Expose everything of the flesh that could plague you, and come into the fullness of God. Those who do not allow the cross to work choose destruction. (39 min.)
Scriptures: | Phil. 3:13; I Cor. 3:1; Gal. 6:7; Psa. 119:11; Eph. 2:6; Psa. 121:1 |
Topics: | Cross-Experience; Flesh; Nature; Focus; Will, Determination; Drugs |
Series: | Hawaii Camp; The Walk |
Out of Print
Release #: RN-18-A0-15-R
This cassette tape contained the following 3 messages by John Robert Stevens.
CHANNELED RESPONSES
This message is the first of a series of three, dealing with basic principles by which one may move more effectively as a member of the Body of Christ. In this study we learn the value of disciplined, channeled responses to spiritual stimulus. (30 min.)
Scriptures: | I Cor. 12:12-28; Matt. 16:13-23; 5:11-12,39-48; Acts 4:32-37; 5:1-11; (Titus 2:11-12) |
Topics: | Responses; Will, Determination; Cross Experience; Wipeouts; Nature, Adamic and Christ |
Series: | Principles for Effective Body Ministry |
Rated: | Foundational Teaching, JRS Selected Messages |
SIMPLIFIED GOALS
This message deals with the principle of “simplifying by subordinating.” If we are to see our young people rise ‘in God above the forces of this age, we must be dedicated to constantly set before them something bigger than themselves to live for. (37 min.)
Scriptures: | Deut. 4:1-5,8-10; Phil. 2:19-21; II Tim. 2:4; (Hosea 10:2,4); (Deut. 6:4-5); (Psa. 103:1) |
Topics: | Self-Discipline; Simplify; Subordination; Discipline, Time; Children; Family Devotion; Education; Blessing, Children |
Series: | Principles for Effective Body Ministry |
Rated: | Foundational Teaching, For Mature Sons |
VERSATILE POSITIONING
Here is a third principle of effective Body ministry. Learn to position yourself with versatility in the Body, e.g., in front of the weak, as a shield; beside the courageous, to assist in the battle; behind the leaders, to back them up. (18 min.)
Scriptures: | I Thess. 5:8-28; I Cor. 9:19-22; 14:12,26; I Cor. 12:25 |
Topics: | Position; Body of Christ, Body Ministry; Relationships, Spiritual; Love, in the Body; Edification |
Series: | Principles for Effective Body Ministry |
Rated: | Foundational Teaching |
Out of Print
Release #: RN-09-E0-21-R
This cassette tape contained the following 3 messages by John Robert Stevens.
EXHORTATION: THE RESPONSE OF WORSHIP
Worship must be the response of our will to any and all circumstances which God allows to come to pass in our lives. (7 1/2 min.)
Scriptures: | (Matt. 6:33); (Job 13:15); (Eph. 1:11); (Mark 5:7) |
Topics: | Worship; Will, Determination; Lordship; Circumstances; (Biblical Character, Job); (Focus) |
Series: | “For Such Doth the Father Seek…” John 4:23 |
THE GREAT PRIESTHOOD
The Scriptures establish that there is a universal priesthood of the believers who are in Christ. We are the Lord’s possession. The sacrifice He is seeking from us is a broken spirit and a contrite heart. (49 min.)
Scriptures: | I Pet. 2:1-12; Psa. 119:8; Psa. 107:22; 51:14-17; Matt. 11:25-30; (Exo. 19:6); (Rev. 1:6); (Rev. 20:6); (Isa. 61:6); (Heb. 13:15-16) |
Topics: | Priest, Priesthood; Worship; Biblical Character, Melchizedek; Sacrifice; History, Ancient; Levites; (Humility) |
Series: | “For Such Doth the Father Seek…” John 4:23 |
Rated: | Foundational Teaching |
WORSHIPERS DON’T DROWN
No obstacle can stand in the way of the worshiper! (15 1/2 min.)
Scriptures: | Josh. 3:14-17; (James 5:7) |
Topics: | Worship; Parousia, Presence of the Lord; Possessing; (Deliverance); Circumstances); (Waiting on the Lord) |
Series: | “For Such Doth the Father Seek…” John 4:23 |
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