this is not only for Fathers and Sons, physical and spiritual but in my opinion a call to continue to walk together in all walks of life Christian to Christian and Christian to mankind, stay focused on HIS WORD and on HIS WALK among the gentiles and jew alike, walk with HIm, move with Him. live and breathe as ooooze of HIM and the situations and things and events of the earth WILL change, ... FOR YEAH my CHILDREN I HAVE CALLED YOU TO A BETTER PURPOSE than to mumble and complain about all that you see about you in this generation, My calling is of a higher order TO affect the lower order as I deem fit. yet you call ME a fool and disregard My sayings and MY methods and deride the I HAVE allowed this that and the order when I did no such thing, mankind in his folly and fear brings about his own madness. BUT I HAVE CALLED YOU INTO MY PRESENCE AND MY PASSION AND MY WORSHIP AND MY PRAISE AND I AM CALLING YOU DEEPER AND DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO ME AND I SET BEFORE YOU THE METHODS OF BLESSINGS OR CURSINGS, will you continue to curse the darknesses of your lives OR will you call forth MY LIGHT into the country and into the Nations of all the World and ALLOW ME TO MAKE THE CHANGES, the CHANGES that have been even now on their way from the second you prayed, them as like Daniel in his prayers, THEY WERE HEARD AND ANSWERED THAT VERY DAY, yet the enemy has tried to mock and blind you with happenings NOT of My Hand, NOT NOT NOT of MY DEGREE, but has wrestled to thwart them on every hand and avenue. BUT BUT BUT his day is DONE upon this earth, DECLARES I, YOUR LORD MOST HIGH, I AM COME IN MY MIGHT AND MY MAJESTIC AND AM DISPLAYING MYSELF OPENING UPON THIS EARTH THIS SECOND, THIS MONTH AND THIS YEAR AND THIS NATION SHALL YET BOW IT'S KNEE FULLY TO ME, THE GOD OF ALL AGES, FOR THIS IS MY AGE OF MY PHYSICAL PRESENCE UPON THIS EARTH AGAIN AS THE SEASONS HAVE SWUNG FULL CIRCLE AGAIN AND I MAKE MYSELF KNOWN TO EVEN THE HEATHEN WHO ARE EVEN NOW ACKNOWLEDGING ME AS THEIR TRUE LORD AND MASTER, YET I SHALL NOT TARRY THIS TIME FOR MY HARVEST HAS COME, not man's perception and dreaming and calling forth, but MINE and MINE ALONE IS HAPPENING NOW. for this IS the TIME PROMISED IN JOEL AND HOSEA AND JOSHUA that as MY men and women of FAITH are setting their feet forth in the rivers of My choosing I GIVE THEM, I AM GIVING THEM, YOU YOUR PROMISED LANDS AND PROMISED ANSWERS, YEAH THIS DAY SOME OF YOU HAVE SEVERLY DOUBTED ME YET I STILL POUR FORTH MY HAND IN MY RIGHTEOUSNESS OF FULLEST BLESSINGS UPON YOUR LIVES AND YOUR MATES AND YOUR CHILDREN AND AS YOU EACH AND ALL CALL FORTH A HOLY ASSEMBLY OF BLESSINGS AND WORSHIP AND FAST, MY FAST IS THE FAST OF DELIEVERANCE AND HEALING TO ALL THE NATIONS, CALLING FORTH HEALING AND PRAISE AND WORSHIP AND DELIVERANCE 24/7 UNTO ME, MY WARRIORS GO FORTH, BOTH ANGELIC AND MANKIND AND REDEEM, PAVE THE WAY FOR MY REAL COMING, WHICH IS DISCERNABLE IN ME AND NO OTHER. Look not to the sayings of the past but delve into ME for your answers for the future for I am not static or wishywashy, but what was yesterday is for yesterday and you are to renew yourselves in ME each new day and the NEW DAY IS HERE for those of you who CHOOSE to SEE it with your inner eyes of MINE in your hearts and minds and spirits for I call forth a new day and a new hour and I have cast off the scales that were on your eyes for you see with a new heart and mind the WAY I CHOOSE TO DO THINGS, get your mannan and your marching orders fresh from ME each day and I WILL REVEAL to you what you are to HEAR and OBEY. some teachers and preachers will touch your hearts and you will hear ME through them yet this is the time to SEEK ME FOR YOURSELVES AND ADHERE TO MY PERSONAL COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNION WITH YOU. I WANT YOU TO MYSELF, I WANT YOU TO MYSELF ALONE, YOU AND ME, ME AND YOU AND NO OTHER IN YOUR PERSONAL TIME IN MY HEART AND MY HOLY OF HOLIES WITHIN YOU, NOW AND NOW AND NOW. drop what you are doing and come unto ME all that are burdened and heavy laden and cast OFF the cloak of mankind and put on MY WHITE ROBES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AS I REVEAL MY COMING THAT IS FOR YOU AND YOU ALONEAND THEN COMBINED THAT COMING REACHES OUT AND ENVELOPES THE ENTIRE EARTH. THIS SEASON IS NOT, NOT, NOT ONE OF DESTRUCTION BUT OF BLESSING AND PURPOSE AND ACCOMPLISHMENT, THUS SAITH THE LORD, amen!
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BETWEEN ELIJAH AND ELISHA
DEDICATED TO THE GENERATIONAL BLESSING THROUGHOUT THE EARTH
by Tim Early
Oftentimes when people site the importance of divine or covenant relationships between spiritual - ministry fathers and sons, their focus is chiefly on how gifted one another is between each other, when in truth many lack understanding of the Spiritual Chemistry of the Appointed relationship. When the relationship between father and son {no gender here} is given priority of purpose, the son does not merely minister out of their great gifting or illustrious anointing but now minister out of their SONSHIP. When the Father discovers the son and the son acknowledges the father, there is no place for competition but rather proper recognition of the father and son in the appointed or divine relationship.
All that is given to take place or shape is purposed by God to activate destiny in the son becoming begotten into a more lively hope in fulfillment of divine expectation as appointed of the Lord through this divine relationship. The son remains a son even in the absence of the father, and the father maintains to carry the son further on into the divine progressions of the Lord that will only edify the relationship, bring glory to the name of the Lord, and to help the son to receive inheritance as no one can beget themselves.
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children.Proverbs 13:22
Our destinies and breakthroughs are always tied in or wrapped up into another as appointed of the Lord. Two cannot walk together except they are agreed or appointed - Amos 3:3. If there is going to be Timothies in the Spirit there will always be Paul's to lay such a foundation. Every Joshua has a Moses, and when Christ commissioned the 12 apostles they were first and foremost Disciples of Christ.
True spiritual ministry is rooted in relationship. Commitment cannot be commitment without a relationship. The level of authority in the Spirit an apostolic father or son walks in is tied into mutual submission to the body of Christ; no loners, no superstars, and no one man show. The level of leadership I carry throughout the body of Christ and the nations stems from God's appointed purpose tied into my being rightly related to the spheres of grace and glory which brings me into accountability one to another. The greater the skyscraper, the deeper the depth of the foundation for such a skyscraper to exist! You and I am the product of a COMPOUND ANOINTING, a greater glory then any one single person.
Tears are shed at times when I witness emerging ministries or those who have had great strides over the years to remain aloof from others, a legend in their own minds, without fathering, and without accountability structures to help them to get to where the Lord would have them to go. I step back and assess and bring observation without being overbearing and hyper-critical to witness ministries flip flop on vision and direction, and seems to have a deep need for hundreds more of confirmation over the same thing the Lord has already confirmed again and again in times past.
A wise son makes a glad father. Proverbs 10:1
The sad commentary though, is when you bring to light the importance of right revelation and right relocation as connected to the principle of right relationship, some folks simply choose PREFERENCE over PRINCIPLE when it comes to defined lines of communication. Preference, in that it is easier to see the fathering dimension as a convenient tool when trouble is in the house, church order needs establishing, governmental structures to be revamped, judgment of sin in the church, or the dire need to see the local assembly coming into obedience to a given vision.
But principle here is when the son, or the son that is being processed for sonship goes beyond the call for the father's help into what is in the heart of the father as the father desires to draw out of what is in the heart of the son {Malachi 4:4-6}, desiring a deeper relationship beyond any one event, beyond any one instance, much more then just the father being on call to set things in order occasionally.
The PRINCIPLE effect is to continue in relationship beyond the parameters of requesting assistance from spiritual fathers to fathers becoming active in the life of the sons to establish vision, direction, revelation, training, teaching, foundation, etc., and to acknowledge the generational blessing which is the key to releasing inheritance into the son's sons, the foundation of many generations. Isaiah 58:12
And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4
He who mistreats his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach. Cease listening to instruction my son. And you will stray from the words of knowledge. Proverbs 19:26, 27
Further on in today's sharing you will discover in the principle of Elijah and Elisha is that they walked and talked together. That's simply it!
When we lose the art of communication to simply walk and talk together, how then can father - son relationships in ministry flourish? If either the father or the son have to embrace themselves to perform some feat of strength when it comes to communion together as if they are in a battle of wits, or carry such anxiety and frustration in how to say "Hello how are you doing today?" Then we need our foundations discovered as relationship is more then just an event. God is calling for HABITATION, not just a visitation. We need to build on that which is lasting, not temporal, and not temperamental!!! 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Marked below in part are the following 8 "T's" of development in the progressive revelation of Elijah and Elisha...father to son...love, leadership, and legacy through spiritual lineage...
May you discover who you are to be connected to in the Spirit for such a river to flow through you into the lives of others...Amos 3:3
1 - Trans-Jordan {in Dictionary, earlier name for Jordan}:
The "trans" is a sense of crossing, and in some cases cross-pollination, or as trans-local, going to another place. In God's scheme of things, there is always an appointed crossing over to the other side. The 50 {Pentecost, 2nd day dimension who appears abashed at the glory of the 3rd day {Hosea 6:2-3}, and saw from AFAR this glorious crossover of Elijah and Elisha does not cross over themselves past the Jordan. In another sense the 50 or Pentecostal realm can only take you to the brink of Jordan. We must move from Pentecost to Tabernacles in this kairos crossover, that is the pattern of God's Feasts.
Therefore, the crossing over in part has to do with being appointed of the Lord and in the divine relationships of the Spirit to catch what He has for you, embrace the higher other in the Spirit, keep yourself focused and fixed on what God has for you in the crossing over through such divine appointment...Like in Numbers 11, the Lord took of the Spirit of Moses an gave it to the 70. It was Moses' spirit which become more to them than a mere concept, but revelatory and divine transference...
2 - Transmission of the frequencies of Elijah to Elisha {2 Kings 6}: \
Do you hear the sound of HIS presence? With Elisha, he received the transmissions from Elijah, to the point of double portion, but also in Elisha's servant perceiving upon and round Elisha in Spirit chariots of horses and an open heavens upon Elisha, as Elisha had perceived and bore witness of such in the translation of Elijah...When you are appointed to a divine relationship of the Spirit, the order of God in father son relationship, you not only receive good teaching, or a few keys to the kingdom, but you receive heavenly visions, revelations, and the utterances of God passed down in generational glory. A true son receives the father's vision, revelation, teaching, and training, not just some academic notes to run off to start his own ministry.
3 - Transitioning of Elijah and Elisha after crossing the Jordan -
Both Elijah and Elisha experienced the transitioning into a new order, the passing of one form, place, and stage into another. Elijah would translate, but Elisha would become the embodiment of habitation on earth to continue on the legacy of the Spirit appointed of the Lord between Elijah and Elisha. True appointed divine relationships must take you somewhere, must beget something within you, and there will be discovered the DNA of the appointed relationship. Thus, the transitioning involves migration, and going into another dimensional shift of change, transitioning mentalities from just hanging out 2-gether with a slight reserve of the son being confronted and challenged to change to the Spirit of the Lord producing in the midst HIS said will and purpose...
4 - Transference of Elijah to Elisha:
Transferential dimensions - There was definitely a divine transference from Elijah to Elisha, a pattern and rhythm that would transcend many generations. This is the promise of the kingdom, the foundation of many generations. If you are appointed to a true relationship, bear in mind that the Lord speaks to generations, foundations, destinies, genealogies, not just to one individual person who himself focuses only on his personal needs. Also, each person has something the Lord wants them to leave or pass on unto the next generation. Therefore, when you are appointed to a father son relationship, acknowledge the significant importance of "Transference, impartation, and activation..." Witness what God has for you, and is working in you for the good of the appointed relationship, but also in passing down through transference these core kingdom values unto others...We are gifts given one to another, bread to the nations, broken to be served...
5- Transparency and translucency within the Elijah: '
Elisha relationship: Transparency is a vital key expression of appointed relationship
s. Man wants a hook up, which becomes more like a hiccup. We need transparency, and translucency, not a mere covering to sometimes cover up, but in one sense to be uncovered...I know that does not set too well with religionists, or those who only speak Christianese...With despotism authoritarianism, legalism, hierarchical forms of man-made government, intimidation, manipulation, and domination, transparency of pure motivation, and translucency of character and integrity is metaphorically thrown out of the window. We need real role models of pristine character in relationships, not "Do as I say or do in unquestionable obedience and loyalty unto another. I pray that each of us become as a sea of glass, crystal clear, having nothing to hide...
6 - Transformation of Elijah and Elisha in covenant energy of synergy:'
Both Elijah and Elisha experienced a transformation, to change the form, appearance, condition, or nature thereof. That is what happens to the saints today when we move from mere information to revelation, or when revelation supersedes and transcends information, it produces transformation. Elijah was soon to be promoted into another dimension and Elisha was appointed to keep his eye on the prize if you will, and to watch with focus and expectation unto the transformation. Many today do not walk close enough to their appointed other and are losing focus on what the Lord has appointed the relationship to be. When a son is appointed to a father, the son does not merely minister out of his gifting but within his sonship with his father. The biochemical process of the DNA being formed and fashioned within that divine relationship
If Elijah was appointed to a transformation {ascension, glory, another realm, a higher plain, etc.}, then Elisha was appointed also to a transformation, of a glorious kind, too {remains on earth in Double portion glory, even to the bones or deceased body of Elisha when a soldier's body was placed on his, and immediately the dead soldier's body stood up in the tangibility of the Spirit that remained alive in the body of Elisha. O how glorious and powerful divine appointment is, in God's design, His order, and His way...
Therefore, when the Lord appoints the two together, there will come into substance and shoe leather, a transformation, unto the praises of His glory... Remember, Transformation produces transformers, more that meets the eye.
7- Translation of Elijah double-portioned into Elisha:
Changing into another form, another place, or another time: Akin to transformation - The translation of Elijah was important to Elisha's double portion. When the greater work is perceived complete or comes to fruition, and the father has taken the son to the level or realm of grace and glory for their appointed season to bring forth the double portion of the father into the son, then bear in mind, that the double portioning of the son never appears to leave in the shadows the impartation and direct relationship of the father as if the son is preeminent over the father. The son is always a son in the absence of the father. The son, though moving into greater degrees of grace and glory, always acknowledges his father, even if months passes by...and there is no regular communication between the two. At that point, like a little chick in the nest, it is time to arise and fly...for you have prepared unto this day...Honesty is the ability not to lie to others, but maturity is the ability not to lie to ourselves.
This translation is necessary so, when the work of the Almighty is brought into a greater degree of glory, and completion of purpose, that there would be no competition of one another, but proper recognition. Translation then, is that the Lord takes the father, and in times the son, to another place, leaving no room for ism, schism, etc. The translation should be the result of the massive impartation taken shape in the son, so the father is removed to a degree for the son to come forth into his quickening, and the change of pace is good... Why? For now, the son comes into maturity and full stature and responsibility, and the father in one sense can send the son on to his next dimension, for the son has received all that the father has for him, and it is in the good nature of true fathers to see the sons excel further unto the praises of His glory. I wish we had more time to examine the depth of the word which supports this powerful dimension of discovery...
8 - Transgeneration blessing of Elijah through Elisha:
The generational {genes, genetics, genius, genesis, genealogy, generators} blessing of fathers to sons, the promised order of the kingdom, a good man leaving an inheritance for his children's children, progenitors of a new gene or new generation. Isaiah 58:12-14 says it well, the foundation of many generations. The result; riding upon the high places of the earth and feeding from the heritage {or inheritance} of Jacob {Israel}, the transformed man. Notice too, the transformational process of Jacob in Genesis 28, Genesis 32, and on...from the open heavens of Bethel to the Mahanaim {Genesis 32:1-2 - city of angels,..}, and the wrestling with a man {some say angel} all night, who had touched the thigh of Jacob {maybe a limp of a walk sometimes, but it does not negate your destiny - so walk it out}...this other man whom he had wrestled with is none other than his higher self, Jacob wrestling with himself, his new name, name and nature change, Israel, or, He shall Rule as God!!!
The above are significant keys to the kingdom to unlock destiny within HIS appointed peoples...These "T's" are essential in the foundation and formation of His inner workings in the midst between the fathering and sonship dimension, essential keys and developmental understanding of the effectiveness today of Elijah Prophetic Companies...
More to come, stay tuned...
Dr. Tim and Theresa Early
www.apostlesandprophets.net
www.regionaltransformation.ning.com
When you see in the Word that you are in Christ Jesus, that you are in Him, then DELCARE HIS TRUTHS with all your heart. Then you will be strong, - to the pulling DOWN of strongholds - standing in a point of authority and operating in your inheritance in Him. As you do this, the power of God will always be available to work in your behalf. Praise God! - kcm ministries, kcm.org
Thursday, May 28, 2009
STAND IN AWE AS I REVEAL .... I WILL BRING PEACE ....
there are Words and there are Words and there are Words that are all available for you and it's up to each of you to catch hold of them for yourselves, it's up to you to be aware of which ones are actually for you as well even when someone else is called out and a Word is pronounced to them. Because it's the same Spirit of God talking in the room to that person and to you as well, if what is being said clicks in your heart and spirit then it is for YOU ALSO. then there are awesome Words that we hear and grab and fully believe in and then absolutely nothing seems to happen. In fact the opposite appears to happen, all tragedy and devestation seems to take place instead, and we go "but what happened GOD you PROMISED" and we don't believe in His Word anymore, no really we don't, Don't act shocked and claim 'oh surely, not me?" cause you know that deep inside you, that is what has happened, when all it is, is like in Mark chapter 4, as the sower sows the seed, IMMEDIATELY the birds of the air come to devour the seed to try and keep the rich harvest from even growing, but to those birds it becomes a sickness that God then purges out of them and HE replants that seed in our lives and hopes and still GUARANTEES THAT IT WILL BE THE RICH FULL HARVEST PROMISED.
Because we have to remember that man has his own will, and he is blinded by so many things, and not all are the spiritual giants they think they are, this is not a critizism, it is a revelation for us to judge within ourselves as to whom are we REALLY relying on in life. Do the circumstances and events in life move us to and fro? do they warp our perception of life and cause us worry and heartache and all around upset? we SHOULD be running everything we do, see, here and experince through the lenses of GOD'S EYES. and keep all HIS SAYINGS before our eyes and faces at all times!
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Stand in Awe as I Reveal in the Next Few Months How I Will Bring Peace in the Elements
by Kim Clement
Prophesied on April 24, 2009, in Ashtabula, Ohio:
"Cast Your Nets into the Deep For a Great Catch"
The Spirit of the Lord says, "There are people watching from all over this nation. They have mocked and they have ridiculed the Christ that you serve. I'm about to break forth and prove something. Even as I spoke to Simon Peter and told him to launch out into the deep for a great catch, there is a great catch that is about to take place; it is not in the shallow waters and it is not in the nighttime, but it is in the daytime when it is an inappropriate time for catching fish.
"The fishermen fished all night long and caught nothing, but it was the right time to fish; and when Christ came it wasn't the right time to fish, it was the inappropriate time. But at the most inappropriate time He told them to, 'Cast your nets into the deep for a great catch.'
"Now, when it is inappropriate for us to talk about abundance, when it's inappropriate for you to talk about some huge catch and some huge thing you're going to do—at this inappropriate moment"—the Words are coming from the Spirit's mouth— "Launch out into the deep for a great catch which will cause you to be a testimony unto this nation.
"This Nation Shall Come Alive in the Summer of this Year"
"People all over are crying out, 'God, what shall we do?'" The Spirit of the Lord says, "Your economy is a disgrace, but it shall be easily and quickly and swiftly recovered. Hear Me, there is no recession in the Kingdom of Almighty God. That which shall be shaken will be shaken.
"Notice the boats that are sinking, and you will see greedy men—I am capturing them. Hear Me tonight, this nation shall recover speedily, this Nation shall recover swiftly. People will say, 'What do we do to get out of it?'—You're out of it already. The prognosis of the media has strangled your faith, strangled your life, and given you an overdose of exaggeration. The exaggeration shall be exposed by My Spirit, and this nation shall come alive in the summer of this year. The summer of this year it shall come to life," says the Lord.
Prophesied on April 25, 2009, in Ashtabula, Ohio:
"I Will Take You to a Place of Deep and Utter Protection Where Nothing Will be Able to Touch You"
"The Spirit of the Lord speaks to the nations of the earth. There is a line that has been drawn in the sand. There is a mark that has been placed where the powers of darkness have no access beyond that place. There is a line that most people have not seen where the power and the presence of evil, where the power and the presence of darkness cannot stand. For," the Spirit of the Lord says, "there is a line that I have drawn, and angels have drawn this line. Your enemy is waiting for you to get into that place and say, 'You've come this far and no further, you can get no further than this.'"
God says, "Once you get beyond that line, once you get beyond the veil," the Spirit of the Lord says, "I will take you to a place of deep and utter protection where nothing will be able to touch you; nothing can touch you, nor harm," says the Spirit of God. "I've drawn a line."
"Your enemy has operated and stood in the nation's door, in the capitals of this nation. Stop!" For the Spirit of God says, "In the capitals of this nation, the enemies have stood and declared war on the governors and the senators, the leaders, the spiritual leaders, the pastors, and the gatekeepers of this nation. The enemy has endeavored to take My people and bring them to shame. But have you forgotten that you will not suffer shame? Do you not realize that the blessings of Abraham have come upon you? Do you not realize that tonight there is a line that has been drawn and the enemy has no power to cross that line? Come beyond that line, come beyond that line," says the Lord. "Let Me take you into that place."
"Rejoice, Rejoice, Rejoice!"
The Spirit of God says, "Hear Me. Hear Me, hear what your prophet says tonight, for there have been prayers that have gone forth, there have been prayers that have come from the chambers of hell to lucifer their king, endeavoring to try and bring upon this earth the judgments before their time. They have caused the people to go into fear, and to say that, 'The seals have been opened, and judgment has come upon this nation and upon the nations of the earth.'
"But," God said, "this is not the time spoken of in Revelation, Chapter 8. This is not the time spoken of in Revelation 7 and Revelation 6. This is not the time for them to be opened," says the Lord. "This is the time for refreshing, this is the time for restoration, this is the time for revival, this is the time for the earth to rejoice, rejoice, rejoice!"
A Prophetic Word for Pennsylvania and Ohio
"Listen to the word of the Lord, for there is something coming tonight in Ohio, and it is going to Pennsylvania." For the Spirit of God said, "I am taking these two states and I'm causing a union to take place between Pennsylvania and Ohio. For," God says, "where there has been war I will bring peace. Where there has been friction I will bring unity," says the Lord.
Why am I telling you this? "For," God says, "as you gather, it is far greater than you realize. Spirits of darkness have come around and they have stood over these states, as if to say, 'I will bring them to poverty, I will bring to nothing. They will be ashamed and be put to shame.' But even as the prophet stands on your soil, there is an address that is going forth, for the powers of hell have endeavored to cause My people to fear."
But God says, "Tonight I'm getting you to understand that this is what's about to happen, and hear the word of God: The kingdoms of this world are going to become the kingdoms of our God and His Christ, and this shall take place NOW," says the Lord!
The Spirit of the Lord says, "Stand in awe as I reveal in the next few months how I will bring peace in the elements; where there will be a time of a peaceful summer, where the hurricanes will not rage, where the tornadoes will not have control of the atmosphere and of the cities. There will be a wind that shall blow upon the mid-section of America, and," God said, "you in Ohio will feel this wind. It is an unusual wind that I will bring. This shall not be a destructive wind. But they shall say, 'Something came in and it has settled down.' It will settle as a protection over the people of Most High God."
"Yet You Will Recover All!"
God said, "When you look in the Book of Revelation and when you see the revelation of Jesus Christ, many have trembled and many have feared, and they have said, 'Is this the day for the Lion to roar?'" But God says, "Hear what I tell you today, the dragon of old has no power or authority, for I have gathered you to a place of protection where you will not be affected by the presence of your enemy. You will not be affected by the presence of the economy. You will not be affected by the presence of things that have been coming against you," says the Lord.
"But I will cause multitudes, multitudes of birds. I will cause a multitude of birds, for there will be a sign that shall come to you.
"America, you have been waiting for this day. It is not the day of judgment. It is the day of an outpouring of a kind that you have never seen before," says the Spirit of God!
For the Spirit of God says, "Hear tonight, for there are men and women crying out for the manifestation of God's men and God's women, and they are saying, 'Where do we go, where do we run? But don't you understand that there has been too much grief, there has been too much pain.' There will be a swift recovery that will take place in your economy. There will be a swift recovery that will take place in the economies of nations throughout the earth."
For God said, "There has been a raging bull that has come against you." But what is this that is happening? What is this that I'm seeing? The Heavens are opened up wide to bring a brand new light that will shine, arise and shine upon you, for the glory of the Lord shall come upon you and you will be changed.
"This Next Move is a Physical Move"
Listen to this: "What is about to take place," says the Spirit of God, "is literally going to affect your personal lives and your bodies. This next move is a physical move," says the Spirit of God, "where you will literally feels things physically. This will be a physical move where you shall no longer have to take the ephod and put it upon your shoulders to hear the voice of God."
For even as David went and he said to the priest, Our children have been stolen, our wives have been stolen. Our families have been taken by the Amalekites, and God said to them, "Yet you will recover all"—(but before that, David said to the priest, "Give me your ephod that I may hear from the Spirit of God"). The Lord said, "You will no longer be going to need the presence of the ephod that was resting upon the shoulders of the priest; they could not hear correctly, and they were to throw dice to hear the word of the Lord."
God said, "Not so anymore; you shall hear My voice clearly. You shall hear My voice as the prophets of old heard. You will know what to do, and," God said, "you shall no longer walk, but you shall run," says the Lord!
Kim ClementProphetic Image ExpressionsEmail: hope@kimclement.com
When you see in the Word that you are in Christ Jesus, that you are in Him, then DELCARE HIS TRUTHS with all your heart. Then you will be strong, - to the pulling DOWN of strongholds - standing in a point of authority and operating in your inheritance in Him. As you do this, the power of God will always be available to work in your behalf. Praise God! - kcm ministries, kcm.org
Because we have to remember that man has his own will, and he is blinded by so many things, and not all are the spiritual giants they think they are, this is not a critizism, it is a revelation for us to judge within ourselves as to whom are we REALLY relying on in life. Do the circumstances and events in life move us to and fro? do they warp our perception of life and cause us worry and heartache and all around upset? we SHOULD be running everything we do, see, here and experince through the lenses of GOD'S EYES. and keep all HIS SAYINGS before our eyes and faces at all times!
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Stand in Awe as I Reveal in the Next Few Months How I Will Bring Peace in the Elements
by Kim Clement
Prophesied on April 24, 2009, in Ashtabula, Ohio:
"Cast Your Nets into the Deep For a Great Catch"
The Spirit of the Lord says, "There are people watching from all over this nation. They have mocked and they have ridiculed the Christ that you serve. I'm about to break forth and prove something. Even as I spoke to Simon Peter and told him to launch out into the deep for a great catch, there is a great catch that is about to take place; it is not in the shallow waters and it is not in the nighttime, but it is in the daytime when it is an inappropriate time for catching fish.
"The fishermen fished all night long and caught nothing, but it was the right time to fish; and when Christ came it wasn't the right time to fish, it was the inappropriate time. But at the most inappropriate time He told them to, 'Cast your nets into the deep for a great catch.'
"Now, when it is inappropriate for us to talk about abundance, when it's inappropriate for you to talk about some huge catch and some huge thing you're going to do—at this inappropriate moment"—the Words are coming from the Spirit's mouth— "Launch out into the deep for a great catch which will cause you to be a testimony unto this nation.
"This Nation Shall Come Alive in the Summer of this Year"
"People all over are crying out, 'God, what shall we do?'" The Spirit of the Lord says, "Your economy is a disgrace, but it shall be easily and quickly and swiftly recovered. Hear Me, there is no recession in the Kingdom of Almighty God. That which shall be shaken will be shaken.
"Notice the boats that are sinking, and you will see greedy men—I am capturing them. Hear Me tonight, this nation shall recover speedily, this Nation shall recover swiftly. People will say, 'What do we do to get out of it?'—You're out of it already. The prognosis of the media has strangled your faith, strangled your life, and given you an overdose of exaggeration. The exaggeration shall be exposed by My Spirit, and this nation shall come alive in the summer of this year. The summer of this year it shall come to life," says the Lord.
Prophesied on April 25, 2009, in Ashtabula, Ohio:
"I Will Take You to a Place of Deep and Utter Protection Where Nothing Will be Able to Touch You"
"The Spirit of the Lord speaks to the nations of the earth. There is a line that has been drawn in the sand. There is a mark that has been placed where the powers of darkness have no access beyond that place. There is a line that most people have not seen where the power and the presence of evil, where the power and the presence of darkness cannot stand. For," the Spirit of the Lord says, "there is a line that I have drawn, and angels have drawn this line. Your enemy is waiting for you to get into that place and say, 'You've come this far and no further, you can get no further than this.'"
God says, "Once you get beyond that line, once you get beyond the veil," the Spirit of the Lord says, "I will take you to a place of deep and utter protection where nothing will be able to touch you; nothing can touch you, nor harm," says the Spirit of God. "I've drawn a line."
"Your enemy has operated and stood in the nation's door, in the capitals of this nation. Stop!" For the Spirit of God says, "In the capitals of this nation, the enemies have stood and declared war on the governors and the senators, the leaders, the spiritual leaders, the pastors, and the gatekeepers of this nation. The enemy has endeavored to take My people and bring them to shame. But have you forgotten that you will not suffer shame? Do you not realize that the blessings of Abraham have come upon you? Do you not realize that tonight there is a line that has been drawn and the enemy has no power to cross that line? Come beyond that line, come beyond that line," says the Lord. "Let Me take you into that place."
"Rejoice, Rejoice, Rejoice!"
The Spirit of God says, "Hear Me. Hear Me, hear what your prophet says tonight, for there have been prayers that have gone forth, there have been prayers that have come from the chambers of hell to lucifer their king, endeavoring to try and bring upon this earth the judgments before their time. They have caused the people to go into fear, and to say that, 'The seals have been opened, and judgment has come upon this nation and upon the nations of the earth.'
"But," God said, "this is not the time spoken of in Revelation, Chapter 8. This is not the time spoken of in Revelation 7 and Revelation 6. This is not the time for them to be opened," says the Lord. "This is the time for refreshing, this is the time for restoration, this is the time for revival, this is the time for the earth to rejoice, rejoice, rejoice!"
A Prophetic Word for Pennsylvania and Ohio
"Listen to the word of the Lord, for there is something coming tonight in Ohio, and it is going to Pennsylvania." For the Spirit of God said, "I am taking these two states and I'm causing a union to take place between Pennsylvania and Ohio. For," God says, "where there has been war I will bring peace. Where there has been friction I will bring unity," says the Lord.
Why am I telling you this? "For," God says, "as you gather, it is far greater than you realize. Spirits of darkness have come around and they have stood over these states, as if to say, 'I will bring them to poverty, I will bring to nothing. They will be ashamed and be put to shame.' But even as the prophet stands on your soil, there is an address that is going forth, for the powers of hell have endeavored to cause My people to fear."
But God says, "Tonight I'm getting you to understand that this is what's about to happen, and hear the word of God: The kingdoms of this world are going to become the kingdoms of our God and His Christ, and this shall take place NOW," says the Lord!
The Spirit of the Lord says, "Stand in awe as I reveal in the next few months how I will bring peace in the elements; where there will be a time of a peaceful summer, where the hurricanes will not rage, where the tornadoes will not have control of the atmosphere and of the cities. There will be a wind that shall blow upon the mid-section of America, and," God said, "you in Ohio will feel this wind. It is an unusual wind that I will bring. This shall not be a destructive wind. But they shall say, 'Something came in and it has settled down.' It will settle as a protection over the people of Most High God."
"Yet You Will Recover All!"
God said, "When you look in the Book of Revelation and when you see the revelation of Jesus Christ, many have trembled and many have feared, and they have said, 'Is this the day for the Lion to roar?'" But God says, "Hear what I tell you today, the dragon of old has no power or authority, for I have gathered you to a place of protection where you will not be affected by the presence of your enemy. You will not be affected by the presence of the economy. You will not be affected by the presence of things that have been coming against you," says the Lord.
"But I will cause multitudes, multitudes of birds. I will cause a multitude of birds, for there will be a sign that shall come to you.
"America, you have been waiting for this day. It is not the day of judgment. It is the day of an outpouring of a kind that you have never seen before," says the Spirit of God!
For the Spirit of God says, "Hear tonight, for there are men and women crying out for the manifestation of God's men and God's women, and they are saying, 'Where do we go, where do we run? But don't you understand that there has been too much grief, there has been too much pain.' There will be a swift recovery that will take place in your economy. There will be a swift recovery that will take place in the economies of nations throughout the earth."
For God said, "There has been a raging bull that has come against you." But what is this that is happening? What is this that I'm seeing? The Heavens are opened up wide to bring a brand new light that will shine, arise and shine upon you, for the glory of the Lord shall come upon you and you will be changed.
"This Next Move is a Physical Move"
Listen to this: "What is about to take place," says the Spirit of God, "is literally going to affect your personal lives and your bodies. This next move is a physical move," says the Spirit of God, "where you will literally feels things physically. This will be a physical move where you shall no longer have to take the ephod and put it upon your shoulders to hear the voice of God."
For even as David went and he said to the priest, Our children have been stolen, our wives have been stolen. Our families have been taken by the Amalekites, and God said to them, "Yet you will recover all"—(but before that, David said to the priest, "Give me your ephod that I may hear from the Spirit of God"). The Lord said, "You will no longer be going to need the presence of the ephod that was resting upon the shoulders of the priest; they could not hear correctly, and they were to throw dice to hear the word of the Lord."
God said, "Not so anymore; you shall hear My voice clearly. You shall hear My voice as the prophets of old heard. You will know what to do, and," God said, "you shall no longer walk, but you shall run," says the Lord!
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When you see in the Word that you are in Christ Jesus, that you are in Him, then DELCARE HIS TRUTHS with all your heart. Then you will be strong, - to the pulling DOWN of strongholds - standing in a point of authority and operating in your inheritance in Him. As you do this, the power of God will always be available to work in your behalf. Praise God! - kcm ministries, kcm.org
A Very Sound Basis
A Very Sound Basis
God is a God Who decrees. He keeps His promises. He is a righteous and legal God. And He has established rights for us to build our lives, our hopes and our faith on.
He is the heavenly Judge, Who has granted His children a sound basis for their hope.
We have to start our arguments somewhere, so this is where I will start.
Psalm 2, verse 7: "You are my Son; today I have begotten You - caused You to arise, to be born."
When was this day? I believe it was on the day that God raised His Son from the dead.
There are many Scriptures that conduce to this view and I will try and list them all below. But let me first tell the story.
God was faced with a dilemma. Now do not think that it was very big for Him, He is a big God, so in comparison the dilemma was pretty small. But what was God's dilemma?
Simply stated: He wanted to save the old Adamic race without comprimising His holiness and righteousness. How was He going to do this?
If He had sent His Son Jesus into the world and asked Him to beget a whole new and perfect race, that would have been fine. God would have had a new perfect race in the world with which He could have communicated and fellowshipped. But that would have left the old race that had descended from Adam where it was, lost and on its way to hell. Can we begin to think how the two races would have related to one another? Two races on the earth, one perfect and one sinful? It doesn't take two seconds to think of what might have happened!!
No, He wanted to save the old race.
When Jesus walked on the face of the earth He carried in Himself the seed for a whole new race of people. But I have already argued that Him using that seed to beget a new race would have been fine for God and Jesus Christ, but no good for the old race. But just for the sake of argument, let's suppose He had begotten a new race of people. One day, we cannot think how long it would have taken, but one day someone like you and I would have come along. We might not have been born in the same era, but we would have known each other since we had eternal life, so one day we would have met and fellowshipped and talked about the wonderful God we served Who gave us life in and through Jesus Christ. And somewhere outside paradise, separated from us by the wielding sword of the angel protecting our paradise, there would have been a world where our other you's were living, had lived or were one day going to live. And the world would have been terribly divided. (Sounds like Back to the Future, doesn't it?)
What a preposterous picture, you say. And you are right.
And God was still faced with His dilemma: The old Adamic race, which He loved with a perfect love, was lost and on its way to hell.
What He did, however, was something totally different.
What He did was, He brought His Son into the world with the capacity to beget a new race and allowed Him to take upon Himself the sin of the whole world.
Consider Adam. God created man from the dust of the earth, breathed into him His breath of life and declared him to be son of God. For Eve He did not go back to the soil, He went to Adam. God started from one man, and in that one man He had put everything He was ever going to use. The whole human race was present in the one man Adam.
So also, the whole new human race was present in the one man Jesus Christ. And when you think about it, you, in Christ, suffered with Him when He was on the cross. Human reasoning, you say? Let's see what the apostle Paul says on the subject in Galatians 2:20,
I have been crucified with Christ - [in Him] I have shared His crucifixion; it is no longer I who live, but Christ, the Messiah, lives in me; and the life I now live in the body I live by faith - by adherence to and reliance on and [complete] trust - in the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Fortunately this is not the only place we have where the Bible talks about this. In Ephesians, chapter 2 and verses 5 and 6:
(5) Even when we were dead [slain] by [our own] shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ - He gave us the very life of Christ Himself, the same new life with which He quickened Him. ...
(6) And He raised us up together with Him and made us sit down together - giving us joint seating with Him - in the heavenly sphere [by virtue of our being] in Christ Jesus, the Messiah, the Anointed One.
Note the words Even when .... God provided the new life and it was waiting for us to accept it. Do you know what the term ''born again'' means? The Greek really means: born from above. When you accepted Christ you accepted the life from above that was already lying in wait for you to accept it.
Seeing that you are a new creation in Christ, according to 2 Corinthians 5:17, we may conclude the following:
When Jesus was born of the virgin Mary, you were in Him.
When Jesus as a baby had to flee to Egypt, you were in Him.
When Jesus walked on the face of the earth, you were in Him.
When Jesus was reviled and persecuted, you were in Him.
When Jesus did not answer his persecutors one word, you were in Him.
When Jesus performed miracles, you were in Him.
When Jesus received His stripes, you were in Him.
When Jesus was crowned with the crown of thorns, you were in Him.
When Jesus was nailed to the cross, you were in Him.
When Jesus cried: Father, why hast thou forsaken me, you were in Him.
When Jesus was buried in his tomb, you were in Him.
When Jesus was raised from the dead, you were in Him.
When Jesus was exalted at the right hand of the Father, you were in Him.
Now, with what life was Jesus raised from the dead? He was resurrected with the life of the Father. On that day, called today (see above) above, Jesus received the life of the Father.
Let's back that up with Scripture:
Look at Hebrews 2, verse 11:
For both He Who sanctifies - making men holy - and those who are sanctified all have one [Father]. For this reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren.
How was Jesus God's Son, in every way imaginable? I am sure He already was the Son of God before He was raised from the dead, but then remember He frequently called Himself the Son of man. I am sure He already was God's Son, since he displayed like no other the character of the Father. This is one characteristic of any son: he is like his father and mother. He contains within himself characteristics of both. But there was one characteristic Jesus did not possess: He had been given to have life in Himself (according to the gospel of John chapter 5, verse 26), but He had not actually been begotten of His Father. This is what happened when God raised Him from the dead. Then He truly and in every way conceivable became God's Son, begotten by the Father. And we with Him!! That is the point I want to make.
That is why we have an inheritance.
Look at the following Scripture taken from Romans 8, verses 29 and 30, and figure out for yourself how it fits in with the view expounded above:
(29) For those whom He foreknew - of whom He was aware and loved beforehand - He also destined from the beginning (foreordaining them) to be molded into the image of His Son [and share inwardly His likeness], that He might become the first-born among many brethren.
(30) And those whom He thus foreordained He also called; and those whom He called He also justified - acquitted, made righteous, putting them into right standing with Himself. And those whom He justified He also glorified - raising them to a heavenly dignity and condition [state of being].
You know what? This pretty much sounds like He did all of this in one single go, in one single act. And you know what? The Bible tells us so, and in a few different places too yet!
First of all, look at 1 Peter 1 and verse 3:
Praised (honored, blessed be) the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Messiah! By His boundless mercy we have been born again to an ever living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead;
The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead made us to be born again. That is, God provided the new life (remember that was the Father's own life, since all originate from One, according to Hebrews 2:11) by raising Jesus from the dead.
There is another reference to this fact in Acts 13 and verses 32 and 33:
(32) So now we are bringing you the good news that what God promised to our forefathers,
(33) This He has completey fulfilled to us their children by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second Psalm, You are My Son; today I have begotten You - caused You to arise, to be born, [formally shown You to be the Messiah by the resurrection].
In one act of mercy all was done for us. As it is written: It is finished (John 19:30), or in an amplified rendering: It is perfectly perfect, it is completely complete.
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God is a God Who decrees. He keeps His promises. He is a righteous and legal God. And He has established rights for us to build our lives, our hopes and our faith on.
He is the heavenly Judge, Who has granted His children a sound basis for their hope.
We have to start our arguments somewhere, so this is where I will start.
Psalm 2, verse 7: "You are my Son; today I have begotten You - caused You to arise, to be born."
When was this day? I believe it was on the day that God raised His Son from the dead.
There are many Scriptures that conduce to this view and I will try and list them all below. But let me first tell the story.
God was faced with a dilemma. Now do not think that it was very big for Him, He is a big God, so in comparison the dilemma was pretty small. But what was God's dilemma?
Simply stated: He wanted to save the old Adamic race without comprimising His holiness and righteousness. How was He going to do this?
If He had sent His Son Jesus into the world and asked Him to beget a whole new and perfect race, that would have been fine. God would have had a new perfect race in the world with which He could have communicated and fellowshipped. But that would have left the old race that had descended from Adam where it was, lost and on its way to hell. Can we begin to think how the two races would have related to one another? Two races on the earth, one perfect and one sinful? It doesn't take two seconds to think of what might have happened!!
No, He wanted to save the old race.
When Jesus walked on the face of the earth He carried in Himself the seed for a whole new race of people. But I have already argued that Him using that seed to beget a new race would have been fine for God and Jesus Christ, but no good for the old race. But just for the sake of argument, let's suppose He had begotten a new race of people. One day, we cannot think how long it would have taken, but one day someone like you and I would have come along. We might not have been born in the same era, but we would have known each other since we had eternal life, so one day we would have met and fellowshipped and talked about the wonderful God we served Who gave us life in and through Jesus Christ. And somewhere outside paradise, separated from us by the wielding sword of the angel protecting our paradise, there would have been a world where our other you's were living, had lived or were one day going to live. And the world would have been terribly divided. (Sounds like Back to the Future, doesn't it?)
What a preposterous picture, you say. And you are right.
And God was still faced with His dilemma: The old Adamic race, which He loved with a perfect love, was lost and on its way to hell.
What He did, however, was something totally different.
What He did was, He brought His Son into the world with the capacity to beget a new race and allowed Him to take upon Himself the sin of the whole world.
Consider Adam. God created man from the dust of the earth, breathed into him His breath of life and declared him to be son of God. For Eve He did not go back to the soil, He went to Adam. God started from one man, and in that one man He had put everything He was ever going to use. The whole human race was present in the one man Adam.
So also, the whole new human race was present in the one man Jesus Christ. And when you think about it, you, in Christ, suffered with Him when He was on the cross. Human reasoning, you say? Let's see what the apostle Paul says on the subject in Galatians 2:20,
I have been crucified with Christ - [in Him] I have shared His crucifixion; it is no longer I who live, but Christ, the Messiah, lives in me; and the life I now live in the body I live by faith - by adherence to and reliance on and [complete] trust - in the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Fortunately this is not the only place we have where the Bible talks about this. In Ephesians, chapter 2 and verses 5 and 6:
(5) Even when we were dead [slain] by [our own] shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ - He gave us the very life of Christ Himself, the same new life with which He quickened Him. ...
(6) And He raised us up together with Him and made us sit down together - giving us joint seating with Him - in the heavenly sphere [by virtue of our being] in Christ Jesus, the Messiah, the Anointed One.
Note the words Even when .... God provided the new life and it was waiting for us to accept it. Do you know what the term ''born again'' means? The Greek really means: born from above. When you accepted Christ you accepted the life from above that was already lying in wait for you to accept it.
Seeing that you are a new creation in Christ, according to 2 Corinthians 5:17, we may conclude the following:
When Jesus was born of the virgin Mary, you were in Him.
When Jesus as a baby had to flee to Egypt, you were in Him.
When Jesus walked on the face of the earth, you were in Him.
When Jesus was reviled and persecuted, you were in Him.
When Jesus did not answer his persecutors one word, you were in Him.
When Jesus performed miracles, you were in Him.
When Jesus received His stripes, you were in Him.
When Jesus was crowned with the crown of thorns, you were in Him.
When Jesus was nailed to the cross, you were in Him.
When Jesus cried: Father, why hast thou forsaken me, you were in Him.
When Jesus was buried in his tomb, you were in Him.
When Jesus was raised from the dead, you were in Him.
When Jesus was exalted at the right hand of the Father, you were in Him.
Now, with what life was Jesus raised from the dead? He was resurrected with the life of the Father. On that day, called today (see above) above, Jesus received the life of the Father.
Let's back that up with Scripture:
Look at Hebrews 2, verse 11:
For both He Who sanctifies - making men holy - and those who are sanctified all have one [Father]. For this reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren.
How was Jesus God's Son, in every way imaginable? I am sure He already was the Son of God before He was raised from the dead, but then remember He frequently called Himself the Son of man. I am sure He already was God's Son, since he displayed like no other the character of the Father. This is one characteristic of any son: he is like his father and mother. He contains within himself characteristics of both. But there was one characteristic Jesus did not possess: He had been given to have life in Himself (according to the gospel of John chapter 5, verse 26), but He had not actually been begotten of His Father. This is what happened when God raised Him from the dead. Then He truly and in every way conceivable became God's Son, begotten by the Father. And we with Him!! That is the point I want to make.
That is why we have an inheritance.
Look at the following Scripture taken from Romans 8, verses 29 and 30, and figure out for yourself how it fits in with the view expounded above:
(29) For those whom He foreknew - of whom He was aware and loved beforehand - He also destined from the beginning (foreordaining them) to be molded into the image of His Son [and share inwardly His likeness], that He might become the first-born among many brethren.
(30) And those whom He thus foreordained He also called; and those whom He called He also justified - acquitted, made righteous, putting them into right standing with Himself. And those whom He justified He also glorified - raising them to a heavenly dignity and condition [state of being].
You know what? This pretty much sounds like He did all of this in one single go, in one single act. And you know what? The Bible tells us so, and in a few different places too yet!
First of all, look at 1 Peter 1 and verse 3:
Praised (honored, blessed be) the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Messiah! By His boundless mercy we have been born again to an ever living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead;
The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead made us to be born again. That is, God provided the new life (remember that was the Father's own life, since all originate from One, according to Hebrews 2:11) by raising Jesus from the dead.
There is another reference to this fact in Acts 13 and verses 32 and 33:
(32) So now we are bringing you the good news that what God promised to our forefathers,
(33) This He has completey fulfilled to us their children by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second Psalm, You are My Son; today I have begotten You - caused You to arise, to be born, [formally shown You to be the Messiah by the resurrection].
In one act of mercy all was done for us. As it is written: It is finished (John 19:30), or in an amplified rendering: It is perfectly perfect, it is completely complete.
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TALK THE TALK AND WALK THE WALK
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Kenneth Hagin Jr.
This Bible study has touched my heart very deeply. Read it and apply it.
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, hut shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
- Mark 11:23
Believers must realize how important it is to continually speak the Word of God. People will simply say, "You can have what you say." But, really, there's more to it than that. You can have what you say if it's in line with God's Word. If you say something ridiculous, such as, "I'm believing God for ten million oil wells," you won't get it. First, you don't need that many oil wells. And, second, I'm not sure that believing God for ten million oil wells is in line with His Word. You could believe for prosperity in general, and that would be in line with God's Word. But to try to believe for ten million oil wells is not faith; it's presumption. You must talk and believe in line with the Word of God.
People want to walk with God and yet disagree with His Word. They don't do it willfully, but they'll say, "Well, now, this is what my church believes about this," or, "This is what ƒ believe about that." But what does God's Word say? How can you walk with God if you disagree with what He says? The Word of God is true regard-less of your opinion about it. Therefore, believe and speak in line with the Word of God. Say what it says regarding your situation, and things will begin to happen for you. You'll begin to experience the blessings of God.
It's important to realize that you can never have the blessings and triumphs God intends for you to enjoy as long as you are not speaking in line with His Word. You have to say what God says about your finances, health. strength, and any other blessings.
You also must be willing to keep speaking His blessings, power, and promises. When you keep quiet, you get into trouble. There are times to keep quiet, but when it comes to speaking in line with God's Word, you should never keep quiet.
Remember how the Apostle Paul admonished Philemon regarding his faith as a believer.
PHILEMON 1:6
6 That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the ACKNOWLEDGING of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
When you acknowledge something, you usually say something. Suppose you were in a theater and someone announced, "We have a check for a thousand dollars for the person sitting in section one, row five, and seat six." If you were sitting in that seat, I don't think you'd have any trouble acknowledging that you were who they were looking for. You'd probably jump up and shout, "Hey, it's me! It's me! It's me!"
Well, if you're going to make God's Word work for you, you need to jump up, so to speak, and acknowledge what God says about you. The world will try and tell you that you are nothing - that you're not loved, you don't have a chance in life, and you're never going to make it. But you shouldn't acknowledge what the world says about you. Rather, acknowledge what the Word of God says about you.
Romans 10:8 says, ". . . The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach." How does the word of faith work? By speaking what's in your heart. The word "heart" in this verse does not refer to the physical heart that pumps blood throughout the body. It refers to the innermost part of man, the spirit of man.
... talk in line with the Word of God and say what it says regarding your situation and things will begin to happen for you.
When the heart and mouth agree together, faith is operative and victory is present (Rom. 10:9,10). But that can't happen if you're believing one thing and saying something else. You have to keep on speaking the Word of God.
A lot of people don't know if they really believe something or not. Some will say the right words just to get other people off their backs, so to speak. But that won't do them any good. They can listen to other people and "parrot" the right words, and yet what they say is not coming out of their heart. Their words may just be coming out of their intellect - out of their mind. And since they're not saying what they believe in their heart, _faith is not operative.
When faith is operative, you will confidently say, for example, "There is therefore now no condemnation to me for I am in Christ" (Rom. 8:1). If the enemy - the devil - can't get you any other way, he will try to put you under condemnation regarding something that's already been covered by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. When the enemy comes to you with condemnation, begin to quote the Word of God to him. Keep on saying what the Bible says! The power that's in God's Word will work in every area of your life.
Did you know that it's difficult to listen to someone else's words while you're talking? If the devil is talking in your ear, condemning and accusing you, start speaking God's Word with your own voice. When you do that, you won't allow the enemy to put negative thoughts into your mind. You can also sing praises and hymns about Jesus, the Word, and the things of God. As you continue speaking this way, you will get in agreement with God.
You can quote Second Corinthians 3:17: ". . . where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." What do you get when you continue to speak and believe that verse? You get liberty! Liberty means to be free from cares or any form of bondage. For example, according to Second Corinthians 4:4, we were once enslaved to the god of this world. But we have been released from that bondage and set free because of the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ that was shed on Calvary. Therefore, we can speak our liberty in Christ and thank God for it.
Along these same lines, you can also say, "I've cast all of my care upon Him, for He cares for me" (l Peter 5:7). When you believe and continue to speak that, you can enjoy a carefree life. I didn't say you'll never have any problems, but you can live above those things as you trust God to take care of them. Most people pray and ask the Lord to take their burdens and cares away. But when they're through praying, they reach down and pick up their pack of burdens and cares, put it back on, and walk away with a long face.
When you cast all your cares on the Lord, you won't walk away with a long face. You won't walk away saying, "I don't know what's going to happen. I don't know how things are going to turn out. We're in such a mess." My friend, if you're talking like that, you are burdened. You're still in bondage and you're not carefree.
Some take being carefree to extremes and get into error. For example, they take being carefree as a license not to work or provide for their family. Some people say, "I'm just going to live by faith," and they quit their jobs, sit down, and do nothing. But the Bible says, "If a man will not
If you're going to make God's Word work, you need to jump up, so to speak, and acknowledge what God says about you.
work, he shall not eat" (2 Thess. 3:10). What we need to do is take the truth of God's Word, stay in the middle of the road with it, and let it bless us as we speak it.
The Word will bless you as you speak it and let your heart agree with it. You will have what you say!
The same applies to your healing. First Peter 2:24 says, "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: BY WHOSE STRIPES YE WERE HEALED." When you talk about healing in line with God's Word, you don't get sickness and disease as a result. No, when you believe and speak God's Word about healing, you get healing!
When you believe and speak God's Word about wisdom, what do you get? You get the wisdom to cope with life. Have you ever needed wisdom to cope with life? According to the Word of God, wisdom has been made available to us (l Cor. 1:30).
Keep speaking God's Word about all that He has done for you. Second Corinthians 2:14 says, "Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ . . . ." When you believe and speak that, what do you get? Triumph! Triumph means victory in all things. God always causes you to triumph. Paul didn't say, "God causes us to triumph sometimes." The Bible doesn't say, "If God doesn't answer, you've got to figure it out for yourself and just go through life the best way you can." No, the Word says, "God always causes us to triumph."
Let's examine another verse that deals with God's ability in us to over-come.
l JOHN 4:4
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
When you believe this verse and say, "God in me is greater than he that is in the world," what do you get? You get the power to make your authority and dominion over the works of the devil a reality in your life. You have God the Father on the inside of you. You also have Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit in you. And God is greater than the god of this world.
What else can you speak from God's Word? Psalm 27:1 says, "The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" When you believe that and speak it, you get strength for your everyday tasks. Did you ever notice that when you wake up and start talking about how bad and weak you feel, it's harder to get out of bed? But when you get out of bed saying, "This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it" (Ps. 118:24), you get stronger and stronger with each step!
A lot of people say, "I can't do this," or, "I can't do that." But if you're in Christ Jesus and know who you are in Him, you can quote the Word of God that says, "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me" (Phil. 4:13). That's you! You can do all things through Him!
During my school years, a teacher and a coach taught me this saying: "If you say, 'I can't,' you can't. If you say, 'I can,' you can." People have thought this was just an educational principle someone came up with. But do you know where it came from? It came from the Word of God.
Many of the laws and principles people teach are based on the Bible. Some of the basis for successful salesmanship is from the Word of God. Sales schools teach you to believe in your product before you sell it. If you believe in it, you'll be able to talk effectively about it.
That sounds like a principle from the Word of God - the principle of believing and saying. The only difference is, the natural world will base everything on you as an individual. There is a problem with that, because you as an individual have limitations. You as a person can only go so far. But when you base your faith on God's Word, there's a spiritual foundation that goes beyond human ingenuity - beyond the natural.
Let's talk about something else God has given you. Romans 12:3 says, ". . . God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith." You have all the faith you'll ever need to live an over-coming, successful life.
Some people say, "If l just had more faith - if I could just study a little more and get more faith - then I'd be successful." The problem with that is you can't get any more faith than you already have. The Bible says that you have been given the measure of faith (Rom. 12:3)! You strengthen your measure of faith by studying the Word of God and praying. But something else is involved. You have to work your faith. How do you do that? By speaking the Word of God!
For example, you can read all about health foods and how to eat properly for good health and nutrition. Then you can even act on that information and eat a balanced diet, and your body will respond to that. However, if you're going to build your muscles, you have to work out. You can't rely on nutrition alone. You have to work those muscles. You have to lift weights and do some exercises.
The same is true with exercising your faith. You give your faith a work-out by speaking the Word of God. You say, "God has given me the measure of faith." You don't go around saying, "I need more faith." Once you recognize you've been given the measure of faith, then you can do something about building up your own measure of faith by reading, believing, and speaking God's Word.
You have faith. Now learn to speak in such a way that your faith will
grow. There's not a person I know who looks in the mirror and says, "Man, I don't have any muscles!" No, you might look in the mirror and say, "I've got muscles, but they need some work!" Likewise, you need to develop the faith you have by speaking the Word of God.
You can speak God's Word when dealing with fear. According to Second Timothy 1:7, you can say, "God has not given me the spirit of fear, but He's given me a spirit of power, love, and a sound mind." When you believe and speak that, what do you get? You get freedom from fear. Just say, "I don't have to be fearful about what is going to happen to the economy." Or, "I don't have to be fearful about what's going to take place in government."
Some people are afraid to do any-thing because they don't know what's going to happen to them. Christian friend, I'll tell you what's going to happen to you. What will happen is exactly what you say will happen according to God's Word. You can boldly say, "I'm secure in Christ Jesus. Therefore, I have no fear, but I have power, love, and a sound mind."
Always speak God's Word in every situation. The Word of God says, "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus" (Phil. 4:19). Speak the fact that God has a supply for your every need. Someone might ask, "What are you going to do if the food supply gets cut off?" Or, "What are you going to do if there's no fuel?"
When you talk about strength according to God's Word, you get strength for your everyday use.
I don't know, but I do know one thing. I'm not going to be fearful about it because I know that my God can take care of the situation and meet all of my needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Let the Word of God flow from your lips continually. The Bible says, ". . . let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name" (Heb. 13:15). As you keep speaking God's Word, you'll build yourself up. In the face of impending adverse circumstances, say what God says about your situation. When things are not going the way you think they should, never stop speaking God's Word. Simply keep speaking the promises of God, and your situation will eventually change. As you continue to speak the Word of God, you'll release the power of God to work for you
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When you see in the Word that you are in Christ Jesus, that you are in Him, then DELCARE HIS TRUTHS with all your heart. Then you will be strong, - to the pulling DOWN of strongholds - standing in a point of authority and operating in your inheritance in Him. As you do this, the power of God will always be available to work in your behalf. Praise God! - kcm ministries, kcm.org
Kenneth Hagin Jr.
This Bible study has touched my heart very deeply. Read it and apply it.
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, hut shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
- Mark 11:23
Believers must realize how important it is to continually speak the Word of God. People will simply say, "You can have what you say." But, really, there's more to it than that. You can have what you say if it's in line with God's Word. If you say something ridiculous, such as, "I'm believing God for ten million oil wells," you won't get it. First, you don't need that many oil wells. And, second, I'm not sure that believing God for ten million oil wells is in line with His Word. You could believe for prosperity in general, and that would be in line with God's Word. But to try to believe for ten million oil wells is not faith; it's presumption. You must talk and believe in line with the Word of God.
People want to walk with God and yet disagree with His Word. They don't do it willfully, but they'll say, "Well, now, this is what my church believes about this," or, "This is what ƒ believe about that." But what does God's Word say? How can you walk with God if you disagree with what He says? The Word of God is true regard-less of your opinion about it. Therefore, believe and speak in line with the Word of God. Say what it says regarding your situation, and things will begin to happen for you. You'll begin to experience the blessings of God.
It's important to realize that you can never have the blessings and triumphs God intends for you to enjoy as long as you are not speaking in line with His Word. You have to say what God says about your finances, health. strength, and any other blessings.
You also must be willing to keep speaking His blessings, power, and promises. When you keep quiet, you get into trouble. There are times to keep quiet, but when it comes to speaking in line with God's Word, you should never keep quiet.
Remember how the Apostle Paul admonished Philemon regarding his faith as a believer.
PHILEMON 1:6
6 That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the ACKNOWLEDGING of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
When you acknowledge something, you usually say something. Suppose you were in a theater and someone announced, "We have a check for a thousand dollars for the person sitting in section one, row five, and seat six." If you were sitting in that seat, I don't think you'd have any trouble acknowledging that you were who they were looking for. You'd probably jump up and shout, "Hey, it's me! It's me! It's me!"
Well, if you're going to make God's Word work for you, you need to jump up, so to speak, and acknowledge what God says about you. The world will try and tell you that you are nothing - that you're not loved, you don't have a chance in life, and you're never going to make it. But you shouldn't acknowledge what the world says about you. Rather, acknowledge what the Word of God says about you.
Romans 10:8 says, ". . . The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach." How does the word of faith work? By speaking what's in your heart. The word "heart" in this verse does not refer to the physical heart that pumps blood throughout the body. It refers to the innermost part of man, the spirit of man.
... talk in line with the Word of God and say what it says regarding your situation and things will begin to happen for you.
When the heart and mouth agree together, faith is operative and victory is present (Rom. 10:9,10). But that can't happen if you're believing one thing and saying something else. You have to keep on speaking the Word of God.
A lot of people don't know if they really believe something or not. Some will say the right words just to get other people off their backs, so to speak. But that won't do them any good. They can listen to other people and "parrot" the right words, and yet what they say is not coming out of their heart. Their words may just be coming out of their intellect - out of their mind. And since they're not saying what they believe in their heart, _faith is not operative.
When faith is operative, you will confidently say, for example, "There is therefore now no condemnation to me for I am in Christ" (Rom. 8:1). If the enemy - the devil - can't get you any other way, he will try to put you under condemnation regarding something that's already been covered by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. When the enemy comes to you with condemnation, begin to quote the Word of God to him. Keep on saying what the Bible says! The power that's in God's Word will work in every area of your life.
Did you know that it's difficult to listen to someone else's words while you're talking? If the devil is talking in your ear, condemning and accusing you, start speaking God's Word with your own voice. When you do that, you won't allow the enemy to put negative thoughts into your mind. You can also sing praises and hymns about Jesus, the Word, and the things of God. As you continue speaking this way, you will get in agreement with God.
You can quote Second Corinthians 3:17: ". . . where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." What do you get when you continue to speak and believe that verse? You get liberty! Liberty means to be free from cares or any form of bondage. For example, according to Second Corinthians 4:4, we were once enslaved to the god of this world. But we have been released from that bondage and set free because of the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ that was shed on Calvary. Therefore, we can speak our liberty in Christ and thank God for it.
Along these same lines, you can also say, "I've cast all of my care upon Him, for He cares for me" (l Peter 5:7). When you believe and continue to speak that, you can enjoy a carefree life. I didn't say you'll never have any problems, but you can live above those things as you trust God to take care of them. Most people pray and ask the Lord to take their burdens and cares away. But when they're through praying, they reach down and pick up their pack of burdens and cares, put it back on, and walk away with a long face.
When you cast all your cares on the Lord, you won't walk away with a long face. You won't walk away saying, "I don't know what's going to happen. I don't know how things are going to turn out. We're in such a mess." My friend, if you're talking like that, you are burdened. You're still in bondage and you're not carefree.
Some take being carefree to extremes and get into error. For example, they take being carefree as a license not to work or provide for their family. Some people say, "I'm just going to live by faith," and they quit their jobs, sit down, and do nothing. But the Bible says, "If a man will not
If you're going to make God's Word work, you need to jump up, so to speak, and acknowledge what God says about you.
work, he shall not eat" (2 Thess. 3:10). What we need to do is take the truth of God's Word, stay in the middle of the road with it, and let it bless us as we speak it.
The Word will bless you as you speak it and let your heart agree with it. You will have what you say!
The same applies to your healing. First Peter 2:24 says, "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: BY WHOSE STRIPES YE WERE HEALED." When you talk about healing in line with God's Word, you don't get sickness and disease as a result. No, when you believe and speak God's Word about healing, you get healing!
When you believe and speak God's Word about wisdom, what do you get? You get the wisdom to cope with life. Have you ever needed wisdom to cope with life? According to the Word of God, wisdom has been made available to us (l Cor. 1:30).
Keep speaking God's Word about all that He has done for you. Second Corinthians 2:14 says, "Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ . . . ." When you believe and speak that, what do you get? Triumph! Triumph means victory in all things. God always causes you to triumph. Paul didn't say, "God causes us to triumph sometimes." The Bible doesn't say, "If God doesn't answer, you've got to figure it out for yourself and just go through life the best way you can." No, the Word says, "God always causes us to triumph."
Let's examine another verse that deals with God's ability in us to over-come.
l JOHN 4:4
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
When you believe this verse and say, "God in me is greater than he that is in the world," what do you get? You get the power to make your authority and dominion over the works of the devil a reality in your life. You have God the Father on the inside of you. You also have Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit in you. And God is greater than the god of this world.
What else can you speak from God's Word? Psalm 27:1 says, "The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" When you believe that and speak it, you get strength for your everyday tasks. Did you ever notice that when you wake up and start talking about how bad and weak you feel, it's harder to get out of bed? But when you get out of bed saying, "This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it" (Ps. 118:24), you get stronger and stronger with each step!
A lot of people say, "I can't do this," or, "I can't do that." But if you're in Christ Jesus and know who you are in Him, you can quote the Word of God that says, "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me" (Phil. 4:13). That's you! You can do all things through Him!
During my school years, a teacher and a coach taught me this saying: "If you say, 'I can't,' you can't. If you say, 'I can,' you can." People have thought this was just an educational principle someone came up with. But do you know where it came from? It came from the Word of God.
Many of the laws and principles people teach are based on the Bible. Some of the basis for successful salesmanship is from the Word of God. Sales schools teach you to believe in your product before you sell it. If you believe in it, you'll be able to talk effectively about it.
That sounds like a principle from the Word of God - the principle of believing and saying. The only difference is, the natural world will base everything on you as an individual. There is a problem with that, because you as an individual have limitations. You as a person can only go so far. But when you base your faith on God's Word, there's a spiritual foundation that goes beyond human ingenuity - beyond the natural.
Let's talk about something else God has given you. Romans 12:3 says, ". . . God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith." You have all the faith you'll ever need to live an over-coming, successful life.
Some people say, "If l just had more faith - if I could just study a little more and get more faith - then I'd be successful." The problem with that is you can't get any more faith than you already have. The Bible says that you have been given the measure of faith (Rom. 12:3)! You strengthen your measure of faith by studying the Word of God and praying. But something else is involved. You have to work your faith. How do you do that? By speaking the Word of God!
For example, you can read all about health foods and how to eat properly for good health and nutrition. Then you can even act on that information and eat a balanced diet, and your body will respond to that. However, if you're going to build your muscles, you have to work out. You can't rely on nutrition alone. You have to work those muscles. You have to lift weights and do some exercises.
The same is true with exercising your faith. You give your faith a work-out by speaking the Word of God. You say, "God has given me the measure of faith." You don't go around saying, "I need more faith." Once you recognize you've been given the measure of faith, then you can do something about building up your own measure of faith by reading, believing, and speaking God's Word.
You have faith. Now learn to speak in such a way that your faith will
grow. There's not a person I know who looks in the mirror and says, "Man, I don't have any muscles!" No, you might look in the mirror and say, "I've got muscles, but they need some work!" Likewise, you need to develop the faith you have by speaking the Word of God.
You can speak God's Word when dealing with fear. According to Second Timothy 1:7, you can say, "God has not given me the spirit of fear, but He's given me a spirit of power, love, and a sound mind." When you believe and speak that, what do you get? You get freedom from fear. Just say, "I don't have to be fearful about what is going to happen to the economy." Or, "I don't have to be fearful about what's going to take place in government."
Some people are afraid to do any-thing because they don't know what's going to happen to them. Christian friend, I'll tell you what's going to happen to you. What will happen is exactly what you say will happen according to God's Word. You can boldly say, "I'm secure in Christ Jesus. Therefore, I have no fear, but I have power, love, and a sound mind."
Always speak God's Word in every situation. The Word of God says, "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus" (Phil. 4:19). Speak the fact that God has a supply for your every need. Someone might ask, "What are you going to do if the food supply gets cut off?" Or, "What are you going to do if there's no fuel?"
When you talk about strength according to God's Word, you get strength for your everyday use.
I don't know, but I do know one thing. I'm not going to be fearful about it because I know that my God can take care of the situation and meet all of my needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Let the Word of God flow from your lips continually. The Bible says, ". . . let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name" (Heb. 13:15). As you keep speaking God's Word, you'll build yourself up. In the face of impending adverse circumstances, say what God says about your situation. When things are not going the way you think they should, never stop speaking God's Word. Simply keep speaking the promises of God, and your situation will eventually change. As you continue to speak the Word of God, you'll release the power of God to work for you
.................
When you see in the Word that you are in Christ Jesus, that you are in Him, then DELCARE HIS TRUTHS with all your heart. Then you will be strong, - to the pulling DOWN of strongholds - standing in a point of authority and operating in your inheritance in Him. As you do this, the power of God will always be available to work in your behalf. Praise God! - kcm ministries, kcm.org
The Armor of GOD
we are clothed with the POWER and the ANOINTING of GOD, we should never go out that door much less get out of bed in the mornings without being FULLY CLOTHED in it to GUARANTEE a fully and completely VICTORIOUS PRAYERS ANSWERED every single day of your life. TODAY IS TOO THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE! GO FOR IT! AMEN!
The Armor of God
Let me try and describe the situation many Christians, including myself until recently, are in.
Many Christians are either trying their very best to live a godly life, or they are on the point of giving up hope of ever achieving this, or they have already given up, thinking that it will probably not happen until they arrive in heaven (all the while hoping that they will, and that God will be so gracious as to allow them in anyway, although they may not have been very successful as Christians down here).
This may be a harsh way of putting it, but if it is the truth, acknowledge it. Changing your way of life starts by acknowledging the truth about your present condition as a Christian.
The question is: what to do?
The answer is: put on the whole or full armor of God, and become fully satisfied with what God has for you!!!!!!!
Get a good taste of what He has for you, and you'll never want to change back to your old defeated lifestyle of sinning, and sinning again and sinning again and again.
How do you put on the full armor of God?
Read that portion of Scripture in Ephesians chapter 6, verses 10-18. Taken from the New International Version, it reads as follows:
"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with whicht you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints."
As you carefully study this portion of Scripture, you will find that, in verse 10, Paul starts out by describing the necessity of the full armor, but he starts his detailed description of it in verse 14.
And very interestingly, the first detail of the armor is tied up with the last: the sword of the Spirit (verse 17b).
Before you continue you should notice something else. In verses 13 and 14 we find the word 'stand' three times. Nowhere does this portion of Scripture talk about attacking. You can bet your last dime that you will be approached and attacked once you take your stand in Christ.
But why is that you do not have to go out there and conquer? Simply because it has all been won for you already! All you need to do is plant your feet firmly on your inheritance in Christ and claim and possess it.
Now why is the girdle or belt of truth so important?
Simply because it keeps the breastplate in place!
The belt of truth
Picture a Roman soldier in the midst of battle, not wearing his belt (because in the hurry before battle he forgot to put it on), jumping to and fro to avoid being pierced by the enemy, holding up his shield with one arm and his sword with the other, all the while trying to hit his opponent.
What do you think the breastplate, protecting his heart and other vital organs, will do? Most probably it will swing from left to right, away from his body and back, but seldom in place to do what it was for: to shield.
At times he will be inclined to press his breastplate against his body, but if he does so with only one arm he will either be unable to lift his shield or use his sword. And if he tries to keep it in place with both arms, he will be giving up both the extra protection of the shield and his sword to ward off enemies!
So it is clear how very important it is that he wear his belt. The belt seems to us like a very passive instrument, his sword or his shield appearing much more active, and therefore much more important in battle. But without his belt he is practically debilitated, without it he is a danger to himself and his fellow soldiers, and certainly no danger to his adversaries.
He is useless without his belt.
Paul says to put on the belt of truth. Peter says (1 Peter 1:13) that God's elect should "brace up their minds" (the Amplified Bible). The Dutch Bible says it even more clearly: "... gird about the loins of your mind ...".
So what it is the truth, or the belt of truth?
It is all the things that the Word of God says that have been done for you in Christ.
And all you need to do is meditate in them daily, speak them out loud and think on them as you speak.
You will find that the belt of truth is automatically girded about the loins of your mind, the breastplate is in place and you are free to use your shield and sword.
And no sooner!!
Your feet fitted
Shoes are a protection against immediate contact with the outside world.
The shield of faith
A Roman shield was covered in leather which was immersed in water before battle, so the soldier could put out firy arrows with it.
Water is a type of the Holy Spirit here.
[*ever see a Roman Sheild? it ain't no puny wittle ole round thingy, no things are BIG guys built to handle ALL attacks of their enemies, A sinlge Roman soldier could crouch down behind it and be totally protected from all comers, When a full cohort crouched down behind a whole line of these sheilds, they had the abilitity to lock togehter where no weapon of the enemy could penetrate. they were unbeatable! when troubles and attacks of the devil come along, you just pull in behind your shield of FAITH and crouch down in GOD and put that "hand" out in front of travesties faces. I AM STRONG IN THE LORD AND IN THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT, I HAVE FAVOR WITH GOD AND MAN, NO WEAPON IS EVEN FORMED AGAINST ME. I EXERCISE MY GOD GIVEN AUTHORITY AND CALL FORTH THE ANSWERS FROM THE WORD OF THE LIVING GOD IN ME TO MEET MY EVERY NEED. I DO NOT TOLERATE PROBLEMS OVERWHELMING ME ANY MORE, I ATTACK THEM AND PUT THEM TO FLIGHT. I HAVE THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND REVELATION IN THE KNOWING OF HIM AND HAVE THE ANSWERS TO EVERY SITUATION OF MY LIFE IN THE POWER OF MY TONGUE IN HIM! ]
The helmet of salvation
Have you ever had this experience that you could not see the wood for the trees?
You can look for something, even while it stares you in the face, and not see it.
You remember, if you have read the other pages on this site on the Armor of God, that it took me a long time to discover the truth about the Shield of faith. It was the same way with the helmer of salvation.
The helmet protects my mind, my thoughts, the main battle field where we meet our adversary.
God has created us in such a way that we can only think of one thing at a time, consciously anyway. And this fact comes to help us here. If we can fill our minds with the thoughts from Scripture, no other thoughts can enter our minds.
If we regularly fill our minds with the Word, we can even push wrong thoughts out of our minds by grabbing hold of God's Word.
Every time we read the Word, think the things in it, meditate in it, we put on the helmet of salvation and block out other thoughts from our minds.
Our brains, where, I still believe, most of our thoughts originate, are part of our flesh. It is the supreme way the enemy can control our flesh, if he can control our thinking.
If we can kick him out of there, we deprive him of his chief influence in and hold over our lives.
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[That helmet is the action of our faith in our own minds, keeping the WORD first and foremost in our brains. Ancient Jews and many today, some still actually wear a little box on their foreheads filled with sayings from the Torah that are important to them. For us it means KEEP THAT WORD BEFORE YOU 24/7 Joshua 1:8, this book of the law, God's living Word and PROMISES and answers from HIM will NOT depart out of my mouth but I DO MEDIATE swallow pursue, study, listen to, speak out loud, devour and assilmilate, in it day and night and night and day and study to show myself approved and workman who need not be ashamed ... and I observe to do all that is written therein therefore I WILL make my way prosperous, full up, overflowing and filled to completion, lacking nothing in any area of my life and full of HIM and therefore I HAVE success in life!]
The Sword of the Spirit
The Sword of the Spirit works exactly the same way it does with God Himself! He created by speaking. His Word is a word of authority. It does not matter whose mouth that word emits from. If it is His Word it will carry His authority. If you speak it, God's authority will work through it.
You were created in His image. You are supposed to be like Him, creating your own victory with your tongue. There are many verses in the Bible that state this. Remember that there was a sharp two-edged sword coming from Jesus' mouth according to Revelation 1:16? That is a picture of you, His follower.
James states that our tongues are to be a blessing!
The Proverbs say that life and death are in the power of the tongue!
It is a two-edged sword because it will cut in your own life as well as in the world surrounding you, both spiritual and natural!
[the full potential of GOD is released into your life as you declare and shout the WORD of GOD in the face of all opposition, speak to your self in the mirror daily, pronounce to the world and to your own mind WHO YOU ARE IN HIM, and all that He has promised is yours, announce, declare, claim, point out to all comers that God your God is alive and well and living in YOU and YOU are His Child and CHOSEN VESSEL for this generation, Oh YES indeed each and every one of us are called into HIS Ministry in us to the world, we each have His fullest capablities and potential inside of us through Him living and dwelling in our hearts, we are His CHILDREN and MIGHTY SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD. It doesn't matter what YOU don't think you have, know better in GOD because in Him We LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING. We are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus our Lord and Master, our bread, our provider, our Saviour not just the salvation of our hearts but the Greek word Sojos means fullness and completion and salvation and healing and prosperity, YES prosperity the come satisfaction from His Heart to yours in EVERY area of our lives, not just our souls, God's Best is for YOU to be Blessed AND a Blessing to others. what you do or do not have at this moment, what you think you are or aren't doesn't matter, the FACT is HE SAYS you CAN do ALL things throught CHRIST who strengthens and empowers and uses you as His Authorative vessel fully invested with ALL ALL HIS power and authority and ABILITY TO call forth His ways into this mortal realm in all that WE need for each day and our futures which are bright and lovely and fullfilled in Him. and that's another posting to come!]
[*my own notes to these teachings]
When you see in the Word that you are in Christ Jesus, that you are in Him, then DELCARE HIS TRUTHS with all your heart. Then you will be strong, - to the pulling DOWN of strongholds - standing in a point of authority and operating in your inheritance in Him. As you do this, the power of God will always be available to work in your behalf. Praise God! - kcm ministries, kcm.org
The Armor of God
Let me try and describe the situation many Christians, including myself until recently, are in.
Many Christians are either trying their very best to live a godly life, or they are on the point of giving up hope of ever achieving this, or they have already given up, thinking that it will probably not happen until they arrive in heaven (all the while hoping that they will, and that God will be so gracious as to allow them in anyway, although they may not have been very successful as Christians down here).
This may be a harsh way of putting it, but if it is the truth, acknowledge it. Changing your way of life starts by acknowledging the truth about your present condition as a Christian.
The question is: what to do?
The answer is: put on the whole or full armor of God, and become fully satisfied with what God has for you!!!!!!!
Get a good taste of what He has for you, and you'll never want to change back to your old defeated lifestyle of sinning, and sinning again and sinning again and again.
How do you put on the full armor of God?
Read that portion of Scripture in Ephesians chapter 6, verses 10-18. Taken from the New International Version, it reads as follows:
"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with whicht you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints."
As you carefully study this portion of Scripture, you will find that, in verse 10, Paul starts out by describing the necessity of the full armor, but he starts his detailed description of it in verse 14.
And very interestingly, the first detail of the armor is tied up with the last: the sword of the Spirit (verse 17b).
Before you continue you should notice something else. In verses 13 and 14 we find the word 'stand' three times. Nowhere does this portion of Scripture talk about attacking. You can bet your last dime that you will be approached and attacked once you take your stand in Christ.
But why is that you do not have to go out there and conquer? Simply because it has all been won for you already! All you need to do is plant your feet firmly on your inheritance in Christ and claim and possess it.
Now why is the girdle or belt of truth so important?
Simply because it keeps the breastplate in place!
The belt of truth
Picture a Roman soldier in the midst of battle, not wearing his belt (because in the hurry before battle he forgot to put it on), jumping to and fro to avoid being pierced by the enemy, holding up his shield with one arm and his sword with the other, all the while trying to hit his opponent.
What do you think the breastplate, protecting his heart and other vital organs, will do? Most probably it will swing from left to right, away from his body and back, but seldom in place to do what it was for: to shield.
At times he will be inclined to press his breastplate against his body, but if he does so with only one arm he will either be unable to lift his shield or use his sword. And if he tries to keep it in place with both arms, he will be giving up both the extra protection of the shield and his sword to ward off enemies!
So it is clear how very important it is that he wear his belt. The belt seems to us like a very passive instrument, his sword or his shield appearing much more active, and therefore much more important in battle. But without his belt he is practically debilitated, without it he is a danger to himself and his fellow soldiers, and certainly no danger to his adversaries.
He is useless without his belt.
Paul says to put on the belt of truth. Peter says (1 Peter 1:13) that God's elect should "brace up their minds" (the Amplified Bible). The Dutch Bible says it even more clearly: "... gird about the loins of your mind ...".
So what it is the truth, or the belt of truth?
It is all the things that the Word of God says that have been done for you in Christ.
And all you need to do is meditate in them daily, speak them out loud and think on them as you speak.
You will find that the belt of truth is automatically girded about the loins of your mind, the breastplate is in place and you are free to use your shield and sword.
And no sooner!!
Your feet fitted
Shoes are a protection against immediate contact with the outside world.
The shield of faith
A Roman shield was covered in leather which was immersed in water before battle, so the soldier could put out firy arrows with it.
Water is a type of the Holy Spirit here.
[*ever see a Roman Sheild? it ain't no puny wittle ole round thingy, no things are BIG guys built to handle ALL attacks of their enemies, A sinlge Roman soldier could crouch down behind it and be totally protected from all comers, When a full cohort crouched down behind a whole line of these sheilds, they had the abilitity to lock togehter where no weapon of the enemy could penetrate. they were unbeatable! when troubles and attacks of the devil come along, you just pull in behind your shield of FAITH and crouch down in GOD and put that "hand" out in front of travesties faces. I AM STRONG IN THE LORD AND IN THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT, I HAVE FAVOR WITH GOD AND MAN, NO WEAPON IS EVEN FORMED AGAINST ME. I EXERCISE MY GOD GIVEN AUTHORITY AND CALL FORTH THE ANSWERS FROM THE WORD OF THE LIVING GOD IN ME TO MEET MY EVERY NEED. I DO NOT TOLERATE PROBLEMS OVERWHELMING ME ANY MORE, I ATTACK THEM AND PUT THEM TO FLIGHT. I HAVE THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND REVELATION IN THE KNOWING OF HIM AND HAVE THE ANSWERS TO EVERY SITUATION OF MY LIFE IN THE POWER OF MY TONGUE IN HIM! ]
The helmet of salvation
Have you ever had this experience that you could not see the wood for the trees?
You can look for something, even while it stares you in the face, and not see it.
You remember, if you have read the other pages on this site on the Armor of God, that it took me a long time to discover the truth about the Shield of faith. It was the same way with the helmer of salvation.
The helmet protects my mind, my thoughts, the main battle field where we meet our adversary.
God has created us in such a way that we can only think of one thing at a time, consciously anyway. And this fact comes to help us here. If we can fill our minds with the thoughts from Scripture, no other thoughts can enter our minds.
If we regularly fill our minds with the Word, we can even push wrong thoughts out of our minds by grabbing hold of God's Word.
Every time we read the Word, think the things in it, meditate in it, we put on the helmet of salvation and block out other thoughts from our minds.
Our brains, where, I still believe, most of our thoughts originate, are part of our flesh. It is the supreme way the enemy can control our flesh, if he can control our thinking.
If we can kick him out of there, we deprive him of his chief influence in and hold over our lives.
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[That helmet is the action of our faith in our own minds, keeping the WORD first and foremost in our brains. Ancient Jews and many today, some still actually wear a little box on their foreheads filled with sayings from the Torah that are important to them. For us it means KEEP THAT WORD BEFORE YOU 24/7 Joshua 1:8, this book of the law, God's living Word and PROMISES and answers from HIM will NOT depart out of my mouth but I DO MEDIATE swallow pursue, study, listen to, speak out loud, devour and assilmilate, in it day and night and night and day and study to show myself approved and workman who need not be ashamed ... and I observe to do all that is written therein therefore I WILL make my way prosperous, full up, overflowing and filled to completion, lacking nothing in any area of my life and full of HIM and therefore I HAVE success in life!]
The Sword of the Spirit
The Sword of the Spirit works exactly the same way it does with God Himself! He created by speaking. His Word is a word of authority. It does not matter whose mouth that word emits from. If it is His Word it will carry His authority. If you speak it, God's authority will work through it.
You were created in His image. You are supposed to be like Him, creating your own victory with your tongue. There are many verses in the Bible that state this. Remember that there was a sharp two-edged sword coming from Jesus' mouth according to Revelation 1:16? That is a picture of you, His follower.
James states that our tongues are to be a blessing!
The Proverbs say that life and death are in the power of the tongue!
It is a two-edged sword because it will cut in your own life as well as in the world surrounding you, both spiritual and natural!
[the full potential of GOD is released into your life as you declare and shout the WORD of GOD in the face of all opposition, speak to your self in the mirror daily, pronounce to the world and to your own mind WHO YOU ARE IN HIM, and all that He has promised is yours, announce, declare, claim, point out to all comers that God your God is alive and well and living in YOU and YOU are His Child and CHOSEN VESSEL for this generation, Oh YES indeed each and every one of us are called into HIS Ministry in us to the world, we each have His fullest capablities and potential inside of us through Him living and dwelling in our hearts, we are His CHILDREN and MIGHTY SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD. It doesn't matter what YOU don't think you have, know better in GOD because in Him We LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING. We are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus our Lord and Master, our bread, our provider, our Saviour not just the salvation of our hearts but the Greek word Sojos means fullness and completion and salvation and healing and prosperity, YES prosperity the come satisfaction from His Heart to yours in EVERY area of our lives, not just our souls, God's Best is for YOU to be Blessed AND a Blessing to others. what you do or do not have at this moment, what you think you are or aren't doesn't matter, the FACT is HE SAYS you CAN do ALL things throught CHRIST who strengthens and empowers and uses you as His Authorative vessel fully invested with ALL ALL HIS power and authority and ABILITY TO call forth His ways into this mortal realm in all that WE need for each day and our futures which are bright and lovely and fullfilled in Him. and that's another posting to come!]
[*my own notes to these teachings]
When you see in the Word that you are in Christ Jesus, that you are in Him, then DELCARE HIS TRUTHS with all your heart. Then you will be strong, - to the pulling DOWN of strongholds - standing in a point of authority and operating in your inheritance in Him. As you do this, the power of God will always be available to work in your behalf. Praise God! - kcm ministries, kcm.org
Daily Capp-sules
Our Divine Right as servants and vessels of Almighty God as His Ambassadors on this earth, His hands and MOUTH extended, His living Words made flesh again in our bodies and hearts and minds in HIM
Charles Capps, or: The Creative power of the tongue
These are our confessions:
Gos-Pill Capps-sules
TO DEFEAT WORRY AND FEAR CONFESS THESE GOS-PILLS THREE TIMES A DAY
"I am the body of Christ and satan hath no power over me. For I overcome evil with good" ( I Corinthians 12:27; Romans 12:21).
* * *
"I am of God and have overcome him (satan). For greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world" (I John 4:4).
* * *
"I will fear no evil for thou art with me Lord, your Word and your Spirit they comfort me" (Psalms 23:4).
* * *
"I am far from oppression, and fear does not come nigh me" (Isaiah 54:14).
* * *
"No weapon formed against me shall prosper, for my righteousness is of the Lord. But whatever I do will prosper for I'm like a tree that's planted by the rivers of water" (Isaiah 54:17; Psalms 1:3).
* * *
"I am delivered from the evils of this present world for it is the will of God . . ." (Galatians 1:4).
* * *
"No evil will befall me neither shall any plague come nigh my dwelling. For you have given your angels charge over me and they keep me in all my ways, and in my pathway is life and there is no death" (Psalms 91:10-11; Proverbs 12:28).
* * *
"I am a doer of the Word of God and am blessed in my deeds. I am happy in those things which I do because I am a doer of the Word of God" (James 1:22).
* * *
"I take the shield of faith and I quench every fiery dart that the wicked one brings against me" ( Ephesians 6:16).
* * *
"Christ has redeemed me from the curse of the law. Therefore, I forbid any sickness or disease to come upon this body. Every disease germ and every virus that touches this body dies instantly in the name of Jesus. Every organ and every tissue of this body functions in the perfection to which God created it to function, and I forbid any malfunction in this body, in the name of Jesus" (Galatians 3:13, Romans 8:11; Genesis l:30; Matthew l6:19).
* * *
"I am an overcomer and I overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of my testimony" (Revelation 12:11).
* * *
"The devil flees from me because I resist him in the name of Jesus" (James 4:7).
* * *
"The Word of God is forever settled in heaven. Therefore, I establish His Word upon this earth" (Psalms 119:89).
* * *
"Great is the peace of my children for they are taught of the Lord" (Isaiah 54:13).
FOR MATERIAL NEEDS CONFESS THESE THREE TIMES A DAY
"Christ has redeemed me from the curse of the law. Christ has redeemed me from poverty, Christ has redeemed me from sickness, Christ has redeemed me from spiritual death" (Galatians 3:13; Deuteronomy 28).
* * *
"For poverty He has given me wealth, for sickness He has given me health, for death He has given me eternal life" (II. Corinthians 8:9; John 10:10; John 5:24).
* * *
"It is true unto me according to the Word of God" (Psalms 119:25).
* * *
"I delight myself in the Lord and He gives me the desires of my heart" (Psalms 37:4).
* * *
"I have given and it is given unto me good measure, pressed-down, shaken together, running over, men given unto my bosom" (Luke 6:38)."
* * *
"With what measure I mete, it is measured unto me. I sow bountifully, therefore I reap bountifully. I give cheerfully, and my God has made all grace abound toward me and I having all sufficiency of all things do abound to all good works". (II Corinthians 9:6-8).
* * *
"There is no lack for my God supplieth all of my need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:19).
* * *
"The Lord is my shepherd and I DO NOT WANT because Jesus was made poor that I through His poverty might have abundance. For He came that I might have life and have it more abundantly" (Psalms 23:1; II Corinthians 8:9; John 10:10).
* * *
"And I, having received the gift of righteousness do reign as a king in life by Jesus Christ" (Romans 5:17).
* * *
"The Lord has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant, and Abraham's blessings are mine" (Psalms 35:27; Galatians 3:14).
FOR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE CONFESS THESE THREE TIMES A DAY
"The Spirit of truth abideth in me and teaches me all things and He guides me into all truths. Therefore I confess I have perfect knowledge of every situation and every circumstance that I come up against. For I have the wisdom of God" (John 16:13; James 1:5).
* * *
"I trust in the Lord with all of my heart, and I lean not unto my own understanding" (Proverbs3:5).
* * *
"In all my ways I acknowledge Him and He directs my paths" (Proverbs 3:6).
* * *
"The Word of God is a lamp unto my feet, it is a light unto my path" (Psalms 119:105).
* * *
"The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me" (Psalms 138:8).
* * *
"I let the Word of Christ dwell in me richly in all wisdom" (Colossians 3:16).
* * *
"I do follow the good shepherd and I know His voice and the voice of a stranger I will not follow" (John 10:4,5).
* * *
"Jesus is made unto me wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. Therefore I confess I have the wisdom of God, and I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus" (I Corinthians 1:30; II Corinthians 5:21).
* * *
"I am filled with the knowledge of the Lord's will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding" (Colossians 1:9).
* * *
"I am a new creation in Christ, I am His workmanship created in Christ Jesus. Therefore I have the mind of Christ and the wisdom of God is formed within me" (II Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:10; I Corinthians 2:16).
* * *
"I have put off the old man and have put on the new man, which is renewed in the knowledge after the image of Him that created me" ( Colossians 3:10).
* * *
"I receive the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of my understanding being enlightened. And I am not conformed to this world but I am transformed by the renewing of my mind. My mind is renewed by the Word of God" (Ephesians 1:17-18; Romans 12:2).
FOR COMFORT AND STRENGTH CONFESS THESE AS OFTEN AS NECESSARY
"I am increasing, in the knowledge of God, I am strengthened with all might according to His glorious power" (Colossians 1:10-11)
* * *
"I am delivered from the power of darkness I am translated into the kingdom of His dear Son" (Colossians 1:13).
* * *
"I am born of God and I have world overcoming faith residing on the inside of me. For greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world" (I John .5:4-5; I John 4:4).
* * *
''I will do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me" (Philippians 4:13).
* * *
"The joy of the Lord is my strength. The Lord is the strength of my life" (Nehemiah 8:10; Psalms 27:1).
* * *
"The peace of God which passeth all understanding keeps my heart and my mind through Christ Jesus. And all things which, are good, and pure, and perfect, and lovely, and of good report, I think on these things" (Philippians 4:7-8).
* * *
"I speak the truth of the Word of God in love and I grow up into the Lord Jesus Christ in all things" (Ephesians 4:15).
* * *
"I let no corrupt communication proceed out of my mouth, but that which is good to edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearer. I grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby I'm sealed unto the day of redemption" (Ephesians 4:29, 30).
* * *
"No man shall take me out of his hand for I have eternal life" (John 10:29).
* * *
"I let the peace of God rule in my heart and I refuse to worry about anything" (Colossians 3:15).
* * *
"I will not let the Word of God depart from before my eyes for it is life to me for I have found it and it is health and healing to all my flesh" ( Proverbs 4:21-22).
* * *
"God is on my side. God is in me now, who can be against me? He has given unto me all things that pertain unto life and godliness. Therefore I am a partaker of His divine nature" (II Corinthians 6:16; John 10:10; II Peter 1:3-4; Romans 8:31).
* * *
"I am a believer and these signs do follow me. In the name of Jesus I cast out demons, I speak with new tongues, I lay hands on the sick and they do recover" (Mark 16:17-18).
* * *
"Jesus gave me the authority to use His name. And that which I bind on earth is bound in heaven. And that which I loose on earth is loosed in heaven. Therefore in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ I bind the principalities, the powers, the rulers of the darkness of this world. I bind and cast down spiritual wickedness in high places and render them harmless and ineffective against me in the name of Jesus" (Matthew 16:19; Matthew 18:18; Ephesians 6:12).
* * *
"I am complete in Him who is the head of all principality and power. For I am His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works which God has before ordained that I should walk therein" (Colossians 2:10; Ephesians 2:10
Charles Capps, or: The Creative power of the tongue
These are our confessions:
Gos-Pill Capps-sules
TO DEFEAT WORRY AND FEAR CONFESS THESE GOS-PILLS THREE TIMES A DAY
"I am the body of Christ and satan hath no power over me. For I overcome evil with good" ( I Corinthians 12:27; Romans 12:21).
* * *
"I am of God and have overcome him (satan). For greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world" (I John 4:4).
* * *
"I will fear no evil for thou art with me Lord, your Word and your Spirit they comfort me" (Psalms 23:4).
* * *
"I am far from oppression, and fear does not come nigh me" (Isaiah 54:14).
* * *
"No weapon formed against me shall prosper, for my righteousness is of the Lord. But whatever I do will prosper for I'm like a tree that's planted by the rivers of water" (Isaiah 54:17; Psalms 1:3).
* * *
"I am delivered from the evils of this present world for it is the will of God . . ." (Galatians 1:4).
* * *
"No evil will befall me neither shall any plague come nigh my dwelling. For you have given your angels charge over me and they keep me in all my ways, and in my pathway is life and there is no death" (Psalms 91:10-11; Proverbs 12:28).
* * *
"I am a doer of the Word of God and am blessed in my deeds. I am happy in those things which I do because I am a doer of the Word of God" (James 1:22).
* * *
"I take the shield of faith and I quench every fiery dart that the wicked one brings against me" ( Ephesians 6:16).
* * *
"Christ has redeemed me from the curse of the law. Therefore, I forbid any sickness or disease to come upon this body. Every disease germ and every virus that touches this body dies instantly in the name of Jesus. Every organ and every tissue of this body functions in the perfection to which God created it to function, and I forbid any malfunction in this body, in the name of Jesus" (Galatians 3:13, Romans 8:11; Genesis l:30; Matthew l6:19).
* * *
"I am an overcomer and I overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of my testimony" (Revelation 12:11).
* * *
"The devil flees from me because I resist him in the name of Jesus" (James 4:7).
* * *
"The Word of God is forever settled in heaven. Therefore, I establish His Word upon this earth" (Psalms 119:89).
* * *
"Great is the peace of my children for they are taught of the Lord" (Isaiah 54:13).
FOR MATERIAL NEEDS CONFESS THESE THREE TIMES A DAY
"Christ has redeemed me from the curse of the law. Christ has redeemed me from poverty, Christ has redeemed me from sickness, Christ has redeemed me from spiritual death" (Galatians 3:13; Deuteronomy 28).
* * *
"For poverty He has given me wealth, for sickness He has given me health, for death He has given me eternal life" (II. Corinthians 8:9; John 10:10; John 5:24).
* * *
"It is true unto me according to the Word of God" (Psalms 119:25).
* * *
"I delight myself in the Lord and He gives me the desires of my heart" (Psalms 37:4).
* * *
"I have given and it is given unto me good measure, pressed-down, shaken together, running over, men given unto my bosom" (Luke 6:38)."
* * *
"With what measure I mete, it is measured unto me. I sow bountifully, therefore I reap bountifully. I give cheerfully, and my God has made all grace abound toward me and I having all sufficiency of all things do abound to all good works". (II Corinthians 9:6-8).
* * *
"There is no lack for my God supplieth all of my need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:19).
* * *
"The Lord is my shepherd and I DO NOT WANT because Jesus was made poor that I through His poverty might have abundance. For He came that I might have life and have it more abundantly" (Psalms 23:1; II Corinthians 8:9; John 10:10).
* * *
"And I, having received the gift of righteousness do reign as a king in life by Jesus Christ" (Romans 5:17).
* * *
"The Lord has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant, and Abraham's blessings are mine" (Psalms 35:27; Galatians 3:14).
FOR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE CONFESS THESE THREE TIMES A DAY
"The Spirit of truth abideth in me and teaches me all things and He guides me into all truths. Therefore I confess I have perfect knowledge of every situation and every circumstance that I come up against. For I have the wisdom of God" (John 16:13; James 1:5).
* * *
"I trust in the Lord with all of my heart, and I lean not unto my own understanding" (Proverbs3:5).
* * *
"In all my ways I acknowledge Him and He directs my paths" (Proverbs 3:6).
* * *
"The Word of God is a lamp unto my feet, it is a light unto my path" (Psalms 119:105).
* * *
"The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me" (Psalms 138:8).
* * *
"I let the Word of Christ dwell in me richly in all wisdom" (Colossians 3:16).
* * *
"I do follow the good shepherd and I know His voice and the voice of a stranger I will not follow" (John 10:4,5).
* * *
"Jesus is made unto me wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. Therefore I confess I have the wisdom of God, and I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus" (I Corinthians 1:30; II Corinthians 5:21).
* * *
"I am filled with the knowledge of the Lord's will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding" (Colossians 1:9).
* * *
"I am a new creation in Christ, I am His workmanship created in Christ Jesus. Therefore I have the mind of Christ and the wisdom of God is formed within me" (II Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:10; I Corinthians 2:16).
* * *
"I have put off the old man and have put on the new man, which is renewed in the knowledge after the image of Him that created me" ( Colossians 3:10).
* * *
"I receive the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of my understanding being enlightened. And I am not conformed to this world but I am transformed by the renewing of my mind. My mind is renewed by the Word of God" (Ephesians 1:17-18; Romans 12:2).
FOR COMFORT AND STRENGTH CONFESS THESE AS OFTEN AS NECESSARY
"I am increasing, in the knowledge of God, I am strengthened with all might according to His glorious power" (Colossians 1:10-11)
* * *
"I am delivered from the power of darkness I am translated into the kingdom of His dear Son" (Colossians 1:13).
* * *
"I am born of God and I have world overcoming faith residing on the inside of me. For greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world" (I John .5:4-5; I John 4:4).
* * *
''I will do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me" (Philippians 4:13).
* * *
"The joy of the Lord is my strength. The Lord is the strength of my life" (Nehemiah 8:10; Psalms 27:1).
* * *
"The peace of God which passeth all understanding keeps my heart and my mind through Christ Jesus. And all things which, are good, and pure, and perfect, and lovely, and of good report, I think on these things" (Philippians 4:7-8).
* * *
"I speak the truth of the Word of God in love and I grow up into the Lord Jesus Christ in all things" (Ephesians 4:15).
* * *
"I let no corrupt communication proceed out of my mouth, but that which is good to edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearer. I grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby I'm sealed unto the day of redemption" (Ephesians 4:29, 30).
* * *
"No man shall take me out of his hand for I have eternal life" (John 10:29).
* * *
"I let the peace of God rule in my heart and I refuse to worry about anything" (Colossians 3:15).
* * *
"I will not let the Word of God depart from before my eyes for it is life to me for I have found it and it is health and healing to all my flesh" ( Proverbs 4:21-22).
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"God is on my side. God is in me now, who can be against me? He has given unto me all things that pertain unto life and godliness. Therefore I am a partaker of His divine nature" (II Corinthians 6:16; John 10:10; II Peter 1:3-4; Romans 8:31).
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"I am a believer and these signs do follow me. In the name of Jesus I cast out demons, I speak with new tongues, I lay hands on the sick and they do recover" (Mark 16:17-18).
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"Jesus gave me the authority to use His name. And that which I bind on earth is bound in heaven. And that which I loose on earth is loosed in heaven. Therefore in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ I bind the principalities, the powers, the rulers of the darkness of this world. I bind and cast down spiritual wickedness in high places and render them harmless and ineffective against me in the name of Jesus" (Matthew 16:19; Matthew 18:18; Ephesians 6:12).
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"I am complete in Him who is the head of all principality and power. For I am His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works which God has before ordained that I should walk therein" (Colossians 2:10; Ephesians 2:10
Friday, May 22, 2009
I AM Preparing a Bride!
At The Father's Feet
I AM Preparing a Bride!
Yolanda Ballard
Sep 15 2008 04:53PM
Word submitted for your discernment By Yolanda Ballard
(roarnworship@cfl.rr.com)
I AM PREPARING A BRIDE
(A Word of Admonition) This is the day when many have lost their way. They had been tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine that now they don't know the difference between My truth and what is error, but I had warned them not to take as truth everything that they hear across the pulpit, but first check it out with Me and with My word. If you feel that something doesn't set right with your spirit man, you must check to see if it is true.
Just because a man who is well known in what some call My kingdom said it doesn't mean it is true for My kingdom is made up of peace, love, joy, and also righteousness, and one who teaches error is outside of the camp, outside of My jurisdiction which is My kingdom. For I am cleaning My people up of all false doctrine. I want My people speaking forth a pure word, not one that is tainted with a popular heresy!
Are you willing and able to walk in a pure word given through a pure vessel, or do you still want to walk in one that tickles your ears and one that makes the flesh feel at home with? This is an important question to ask and a motivation to search your heart over. Are you willing to give up something you had with you for a long time because you felt it was truth? Will you feel like you will be humbled and even humiliated if you admit that you were wrong in what you had taught and even spread as truth? But it shouldn't matter what you have to go through to become a clean vessel once again.
It is more important to be clean before Me and to please Me than to try to save your reputation or to try to please man. This is the day of the great falling away. The great apostasy is at hand, and all the enemy needs is a small foothold into your life, and he will step in and sweep you away into major deception. If you abide in Me, then My truth will remain in you, and you will produce much fruit for My kingdom. Be a vessel of truth and love and watch what I will do through you, My people. For My river has been dammed up. My power has not been free to flow through you, because of all that has been in its way.
Cry out to be set free from any form of error you may have picked up in the past and took it to be truth. Cry out to be set free from any form of deception, any form of pride, and even manipulation. These are serious times, and you need to be completely free of any device of the enemy to bind up My people. Make sure the enemy isn't using you in any way to bind up My people. Be free and stay free for the best is yet to come, and you must be ready. Be on the winning side when I blow My trumpet to come up higher, to be bolder, to let out a victory cry, for we are taking the land!!!!
I AM Preparing a Bride!
Yolanda Ballard
Sep 15 2008 04:53PM
Word submitted for your discernment By Yolanda Ballard
(roarnworship@cfl.rr.com)
I AM PREPARING A BRIDE
(A Word of Admonition) This is the day when many have lost their way. They had been tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine that now they don't know the difference between My truth and what is error, but I had warned them not to take as truth everything that they hear across the pulpit, but first check it out with Me and with My word. If you feel that something doesn't set right with your spirit man, you must check to see if it is true.
Just because a man who is well known in what some call My kingdom said it doesn't mean it is true for My kingdom is made up of peace, love, joy, and also righteousness, and one who teaches error is outside of the camp, outside of My jurisdiction which is My kingdom. For I am cleaning My people up of all false doctrine. I want My people speaking forth a pure word, not one that is tainted with a popular heresy!
Are you willing and able to walk in a pure word given through a pure vessel, or do you still want to walk in one that tickles your ears and one that makes the flesh feel at home with? This is an important question to ask and a motivation to search your heart over. Are you willing to give up something you had with you for a long time because you felt it was truth? Will you feel like you will be humbled and even humiliated if you admit that you were wrong in what you had taught and even spread as truth? But it shouldn't matter what you have to go through to become a clean vessel once again.
It is more important to be clean before Me and to please Me than to try to save your reputation or to try to please man. This is the day of the great falling away. The great apostasy is at hand, and all the enemy needs is a small foothold into your life, and he will step in and sweep you away into major deception. If you abide in Me, then My truth will remain in you, and you will produce much fruit for My kingdom. Be a vessel of truth and love and watch what I will do through you, My people. For My river has been dammed up. My power has not been free to flow through you, because of all that has been in its way.
Cry out to be set free from any form of error you may have picked up in the past and took it to be truth. Cry out to be set free from any form of deception, any form of pride, and even manipulation. These are serious times, and you need to be completely free of any device of the enemy to bind up My people. Make sure the enemy isn't using you in any way to bind up My people. Be free and stay free for the best is yet to come, and you must be ready. Be on the winning side when I blow My trumpet to come up higher, to be bolder, to let out a victory cry, for we are taking the land!!!!
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Word for 2009
http://glorywatch.net/2009_Word.php
Word for 2009
First, it was Adam…then Eve.
In this hour the men of God [all men] must go first. First in their families. First in their praise. Then the way will be made for the rest of the family.
The Church – the Body of Christ is experiencing detox.
The feelings of “what’s going on?” The anxiety…the uncertainty…it all relates back to the fact that we are walking in new places, with new ideas and new mindsets. We are learning to live in a state of dying daily in order that we can resurrect to new life in Christ Jesus alone. All the deceiving things one has come to believe in and falsely trust are proving to be insufficient and it is causing us to thirst and long for the True Water.
Seek Me. I long to be gracious to you, only seek My face and wisdom. You will find Me after you have sought for Me with your whole heart.
Cry out to me in prayers and supplication. Many things will come to rock your world, your homes, your land. Cry out to Me and I will spare you. Cry out to Me and I will save you. Cry out to Me and I will show mercy to many. My mercy endures to a thousand generations.
“Come up here!” To get God’s perspective.
I want you to see what I see. Don’t settle for what your natural eyes see. Don’t be deceived by your limited sight. This is a Royal Call. A Royal Command. There is so much I want to show you. I have already made the way for you to see it with Me.
You will be intentional in your prayers and not reactive. Once you have My perspective.
Come away with Me. Come up here so I can show you great and mighty things that you know not.
Faith is living. Faith works wherever you point it. There’s no such thing as faith that doesn’t work. All faith works. Your result depends on where you put it to work. If you put it to work in belief – it will work. If you put it to work in fear and doubt – it will work.
Look for something in nature to be uncovered. Men will say, “This is impossible.” But I say, “There is nothing too hard for Me. I created the heavens and the earth by the word of My mouth and by the word of My mouth it is sustained. There is nothing too hard for Me. There is no thing too hard for Me.
The prophetic voice will become more clear with persecution. Do not cower from the word I command you to prophesy. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it. There is much I’d like to reveal only come to Me by faith and I will tell you My secret things.
Yahweh says that He is giving His people another year to get properly aligned and to turn back to Him and away from our own ways. You were created for His pleasure. It’s not your way – it’s Yah’s way.
Without holiness, no man shall see Me. Be holy, as I am holy. I will instruct you in this. Only forsake your own way and return to Me and I will teach you from My own mouth!
Listen to the 2009 word all year long...order the cd audio versionHidden within your pain is a great treasure.
From Glory-to-Glory you’re becoming like Me. As you look on Me you will be restored to look like Me; you will be changed to be like Me.
Who can I trust to stand amid evil and maintain My standard?
It’s not about the government of men. The answer you are looking for will not be found in the governments of men.
My people are advancing. Those who are called by My name that understand whose they are. Those who will rightly represent Me; those who will be happy for the Bridegroom – it is these who I can trust with My presence. Many have called out. Many have cried out. But it is to these who I have purposed to advance. It is those who will infiltrate the kingdoms of men with My kingdom.
You must understand that the leaders that the Father allows to be raised up…will facilitate His end-time plan. They are not raised up to make life “good” or comfortable through their legislation, their decisions etc. They will be those that will facilitate what needs to happen to get the end-time momentum going. This will not guarantee a “cozy, peaceful” time for Christians.
There is a great sound traveling through dimensions and portals to arrive on the earth. The closer it gets the more radical your sound gets – the more edgy. But don’t be mistaken, it is a certain sound. It may sound like chaos, it may sound like noise, but it is a joyful noise. And as My sound collides and intertwines with your sound it will create music never heard before. And only those that have an ear to hear---will recognize this sound. Only those who are looking for My appearing will hear this sound. You’ve asked how to be relevant to a generation that is indifferent---you do it through the sound. You do it through the music.
In many of the wars that Israel won, God instructed them to send the Praisers ahead of the army. Their obedience in praise was the prerequisite of the victory. No praise---no victory. For citizens of the Kingdom…the answer to the Global Economic Crisis – is Praise. Praise leaves the earth – then heaven sends the blessing.
My desire is to make My habitation in the midst of your praise. Praise Me and watch what I will do. Honor Me with your praise and I will come to you. Love Me with your whole heart. †
Word for 2009
First, it was Adam…then Eve.
In this hour the men of God [all men] must go first. First in their families. First in their praise. Then the way will be made for the rest of the family.
The Church – the Body of Christ is experiencing detox.
The feelings of “what’s going on?” The anxiety…the uncertainty…it all relates back to the fact that we are walking in new places, with new ideas and new mindsets. We are learning to live in a state of dying daily in order that we can resurrect to new life in Christ Jesus alone. All the deceiving things one has come to believe in and falsely trust are proving to be insufficient and it is causing us to thirst and long for the True Water.
Seek Me. I long to be gracious to you, only seek My face and wisdom. You will find Me after you have sought for Me with your whole heart.
Cry out to me in prayers and supplication. Many things will come to rock your world, your homes, your land. Cry out to Me and I will spare you. Cry out to Me and I will save you. Cry out to Me and I will show mercy to many. My mercy endures to a thousand generations.
“Come up here!” To get God’s perspective.
I want you to see what I see. Don’t settle for what your natural eyes see. Don’t be deceived by your limited sight. This is a Royal Call. A Royal Command. There is so much I want to show you. I have already made the way for you to see it with Me.
You will be intentional in your prayers and not reactive. Once you have My perspective.
Come away with Me. Come up here so I can show you great and mighty things that you know not.
Faith is living. Faith works wherever you point it. There’s no such thing as faith that doesn’t work. All faith works. Your result depends on where you put it to work. If you put it to work in belief – it will work. If you put it to work in fear and doubt – it will work.
Look for something in nature to be uncovered. Men will say, “This is impossible.” But I say, “There is nothing too hard for Me. I created the heavens and the earth by the word of My mouth and by the word of My mouth it is sustained. There is nothing too hard for Me. There is no thing too hard for Me.
The prophetic voice will become more clear with persecution. Do not cower from the word I command you to prophesy. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it. There is much I’d like to reveal only come to Me by faith and I will tell you My secret things.
Yahweh says that He is giving His people another year to get properly aligned and to turn back to Him and away from our own ways. You were created for His pleasure. It’s not your way – it’s Yah’s way.
Without holiness, no man shall see Me. Be holy, as I am holy. I will instruct you in this. Only forsake your own way and return to Me and I will teach you from My own mouth!
Listen to the 2009 word all year long...order the cd audio versionHidden within your pain is a great treasure.
From Glory-to-Glory you’re becoming like Me. As you look on Me you will be restored to look like Me; you will be changed to be like Me.
Who can I trust to stand amid evil and maintain My standard?
It’s not about the government of men. The answer you are looking for will not be found in the governments of men.
My people are advancing. Those who are called by My name that understand whose they are. Those who will rightly represent Me; those who will be happy for the Bridegroom – it is these who I can trust with My presence. Many have called out. Many have cried out. But it is to these who I have purposed to advance. It is those who will infiltrate the kingdoms of men with My kingdom.
You must understand that the leaders that the Father allows to be raised up…will facilitate His end-time plan. They are not raised up to make life “good” or comfortable through their legislation, their decisions etc. They will be those that will facilitate what needs to happen to get the end-time momentum going. This will not guarantee a “cozy, peaceful” time for Christians.
There is a great sound traveling through dimensions and portals to arrive on the earth. The closer it gets the more radical your sound gets – the more edgy. But don’t be mistaken, it is a certain sound. It may sound like chaos, it may sound like noise, but it is a joyful noise. And as My sound collides and intertwines with your sound it will create music never heard before. And only those that have an ear to hear---will recognize this sound. Only those who are looking for My appearing will hear this sound. You’ve asked how to be relevant to a generation that is indifferent---you do it through the sound. You do it through the music.
In many of the wars that Israel won, God instructed them to send the Praisers ahead of the army. Their obedience in praise was the prerequisite of the victory. No praise---no victory. For citizens of the Kingdom…the answer to the Global Economic Crisis – is Praise. Praise leaves the earth – then heaven sends the blessing.
My desire is to make My habitation in the midst of your praise. Praise Me and watch what I will do. Honor Me with your praise and I will come to you. Love Me with your whole heart. †
Co-Laboring Withe the Lord in Faith
http://www.chicagopropheticvoice.net/Page_107611.html
Taffie Furr
revjcministries@yahoo.com
www.revelationofjesuschristministries.com
Co-Laboring With the Lord in Faith
Just recently the Lord spoke to me saying it is time for His people to stop following behind Him, and begin to follow alongside of Him. The Lord is calling forth His people to be as mature sons & daughters that will co-labor with Him. As it says in 2 Cor. 5:20, we are called to be ambassadors for Christ. The word ambassador comes from the root word "presbeuo" (pres-byoo-oh) meaning 'to be the elder' - a representative of one who is a ruling authority. A look at a little history of ambassadors would tell us that Ambassadors would be chosen from the ranks of mature, experienced men. To be an ambassador for Christ requires one to walk in spiritual maturity. Spiritually speaking, one who is mature is one who is solid in believing, speaking and being led by the word/spirit of God. (James 3:2 & Eph. 4:14)
As the Lord spoke to me about walking alongside of Him, He also said, "My Spirit is sweet and fragrant and is ready to be poured out upon the earth as that of a fine, rare, highly valued and sought after fragrant oil. (as He spoke this to me, the room filled with His fragrance - as that of a sweet smelling perfume.) Come up here, says the Lord, co-labor beside of Me, not behind Me. It is time for your every step to be in step with My every step." (The word can be read in it's entirety on the ministry website.)
Matthew 10:1 And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.
Jesus gave power to His disciples.
The word edisciplef comes from the Greek word emathetesf (math-ay-tace) - which in turn comes from the verb manthano. Manthano's root word is emathf - and it is a word referring to; ethought with effort put forth.f That means you put some action to your thoughts. To have a thought without an action coming as a direct result from it can be likened to James 2:17 wherein it says,"faith without works is dead." Just as faith merits action, there must also be an action stemming from a thought in order for it to become alive and productive. A disciple is someone who learns from and follows both the teaching and the teacher, but not in thought only. A disciple follows with effort put forth, thus resulting in a disciple being one who is an active participant.
Mark 16: 17 & 18 says; And these signs WILL follow those who believe, in My name they WILL cast out demons; they WILL speak with new tongues, they WILL take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they WILL lay hands on the sick, and they WILL recover." (emphasis mine) The word eBelievef, comes from the Greek word episteusf (pist-yoo-oh) which means - to trust in, have faith in, be fully convinced of, acknowledge, rely on.
In other words, itfs what we know to be so true that we act upon it without the presence of doubt. Actions prove belief ! You have heard the saying, 'Actions speak louder than words', - it can be very true. Our words are powerful and have the authority to change the course of situations, but if we do not have the faith to put action along with our words, then our words are in vain. Take for example; If we say we love someone, but all the while behave in a manner to them that is cruel and wicked, our words of love are empty, because we have not brought them into agreement with an action that affirms the words we speak. Likewise, faith will produce the behavior reflecting - faith.
If we truly believe what we say we do, then we also have the faith to act upon it regardless of what the circumstances around us appear to be. Having faith means that we do not require proof prior to our actions. And as we stand in faith on the word of God, declaring it without doubt, we can expect evidence to be produced because of our faith. (Heb. 11:3) It is pleasing to God that we go to Him believing that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him out, (as the word states in Heb. 11:6) because His desire is to reward us. Plain and simple - He is good and is faithful to His word.
Faith in the word of God is the staple ingredient for us to live a victorious life as an overcomer. The Lord already cleared the way before us, now the only thing we need to do is simply & unwaveringly believe Him at His word ! How do we do that? Rom. 10:17 tells us that faith comes by hearing the word of God.
Luke 10:19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
I want to place a special emphasis on a portion of that verse....Over ALL the power of the enemy ! We have been given authority over who? the enemy ! Does the enemy have power? sure, but it doesnft stand up to the power that the Lord holds ! Jesus has authority over ALL the power of the enemy and He has imparted it to us !! A few years ago, while I was praying for a friend to be healed the Lord said to me, "It's hammer time!" For me, the words 'hammer time' was associated with a rap song and because I know that the Lord will speak to us using terms that we are familiar with, I was inspired to look up the definition of the word "rap". rap - 1) To strike with a quick, smart blow or series of blows. 2) To utter suddenly and forcibly; to deliver with a bang.
God is saying that it is time to rap the heads of our enemies into fine powder with the hammer of His word and the power of His Holy Spirit that lives within us. (When we speak of the enemy's head, we are referring to his authority.) God said, "When the enemy tries to take a stand against you, do not hesitate, strike him quickly with the hammer of My word, take back all that was stolen and move on without breaking your stride."
Jeremiah 23:29 says; Is not My word like a fire? says the Lord. And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
Through Jesus Christ, we have been given authority over the enemy and all that he would try to come against us with. The word authority means, legal or rightful power, a right to command or to act. The Lord has already provided us with everything we will ever need; deliverance, healing, provision, protection, wisdom - we need only to believe Him for it. (Matthew chp. 6) The Lord told me once that one thing the enemy fears more than anything else is that we will come to realize that he fears us - and the authority that we have been given. If we don't recognize that we have it, we don't walk in it and the enemy has nothing to fear. But if we know we have it and walk in it, that's what makes him tremble in fear because he knows his deceptions have no power over us.
When we truly grasp with understanding unto believing that the demonic is actually fearful of us because of WHO is within us - thatfs when we will walk in the authority and power that we have been given. This is the indisputable truth; when we speak the word of God - believing Him at His word - the demons and anything that does not line up with the will of God, must submit ! If you don't see the submission the first time you take authority and speak to the mountain, then do it again.., and do it again & again if necessary, until your breakthrough comes. His power is alive and flowing through us, and once you receive the breakthrough in one area, your faith will become stronger and you will find that you have faith to move mountains that are a little larger than what the last ones were, because you are attaining the understanding unto believing & that simply means that the word no longer remains as only head knowledge, but also becomes written on the tablets of your heart.
The enemy's goal is to make sure that we come into agreement with every bit of doubt, fear and intimidation he possibly can in effort to result in us being overcome, instead of being the Overcomer. The enemy can only be successful if we allow him to be, and when we place our focus on ourselves & our circumstances instead of looking to the Lord & His report, that's when we become intimidated & discouraged by the enemy's lies and the battle begins to take on the appearance of being hopeless. The Lord once told me that my greatest enemy was discouragement. When we make a place of agreement with discouragement we tend to shortly, there-after, give up. As believers, we must see the enemy as he really is...underneath our feet !!
Eph. 1:16-23;"....making mention of you in my prayers: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. And He put all things under His feet and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Through Jesus Christ we have been endued with power from on high & the Spirit of God living within us is mightier and more powerful than any enemy of oursf - which is first an enemy of God's. Since we know that He is seated above all principality and power, and we are seated in the same heavenly places with Him (eph.2:6).....,"What then shall we say to these things; If God is for us, who can be against us?" Romans 8:31 Jesus has not given us His authority that we might walk in it 'just in case' we really get desperate. He's given us His authority to walk in as a way of our daily life. Walking in His authority is actually more than just a right that has been given to us, it's our responsibility. As joint heirs with Christ, we have a responsibility to walk in His authority taking dominion. He has called us to be good stewards of His kingdom while we are here on earth, and walking in His authority goes hand in hand with being a good steward of the kingdom.
It is like a man going to a far country, who left his house and gave authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch. "Mark 13: 34
For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. Matthew 25: 14
Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes, will find so doing. Matt. 24: 45-46
He has given us the power of His Spirit; that we may speak His word with authority; to reveal His truth and good news of salvation; to break off the stronghold of bondages; to heal sickness and disease; to overcome poverty; and to set free those who are tormented by demons. Jesus said in Matthew 16:19 And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. How amazing is that?! We have been given the keys to bind up that which opposes the will of God and to loose His promises...not only in our own lives, but also in the lives of others!
Recently, a friend shared with me a story she had read about a man of God who while on a walk, stopped to ask another man, who was not a believer in Christ, if he had anything that he might need prayer about. The unbelieving man replied that he had a blind eye. After several prayers and words of commanding healing into the eye, his eyesight was restored. To the glory of God, because of the incredible healing power of Jesus Christ displayed through the man of God, not only was the other man's natural vision restored, but the eyes of his heart was also opened & he willingly received Jesus Christ as Lord & Savoir that day. We can only imagine the many other people whose lives are being touched by this man's testimony of the healing and salvation he found in Jesus Christ....all because one man dared to believe God at His word !! Praise God !
We may be in a time of warfare, but the warfare is to be shifted from travail and feeling the pressures of grueling war, to a warfare that is fought in the celebration of praising Jesus Christ and in the authority of speaking His word in the faith that moves mountains. We find our rest in having faith in His word. The report in the world may be sounding bleak and hopeless, but the report of the Lord has not changed. "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it." John 14:12-14
And although we have authority over the demons and all that opposes the will of God, that isn't even the best news yet nor is it the place of our refreshing and joy. We have been equipped with power and authority so the enemy can no longer rob us of our inheritance, but our true rejoicing comes from our names being written in the Lamb's Book of Life !!! What an awesome Lord we have...He has given us victory in life and in death !
And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Mark 16:20
Saints, let your faith arise.... (Numbers 23:19) God is not a man that He should lie....,if He has said it, then it is the absolute truth & we are nothing less than victorious by receiving it as such. Jesus said, If you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there', and it WILL move; and nothing will be impossible for you. Matt.17:20
AMEN !
Taffie Furr
Revelation of Jesus Christ Ministries
Taffie Furr
revjcministries@yahoo.com
www.revelationofjesuschristministries.com
Co-Laboring With the Lord in Faith
Just recently the Lord spoke to me saying it is time for His people to stop following behind Him, and begin to follow alongside of Him. The Lord is calling forth His people to be as mature sons & daughters that will co-labor with Him. As it says in 2 Cor. 5:20, we are called to be ambassadors for Christ. The word ambassador comes from the root word "presbeuo" (pres-byoo-oh) meaning 'to be the elder' - a representative of one who is a ruling authority. A look at a little history of ambassadors would tell us that Ambassadors would be chosen from the ranks of mature, experienced men. To be an ambassador for Christ requires one to walk in spiritual maturity. Spiritually speaking, one who is mature is one who is solid in believing, speaking and being led by the word/spirit of God. (James 3:2 & Eph. 4:14)
As the Lord spoke to me about walking alongside of Him, He also said, "My Spirit is sweet and fragrant and is ready to be poured out upon the earth as that of a fine, rare, highly valued and sought after fragrant oil. (as He spoke this to me, the room filled with His fragrance - as that of a sweet smelling perfume.) Come up here, says the Lord, co-labor beside of Me, not behind Me. It is time for your every step to be in step with My every step." (The word can be read in it's entirety on the ministry website.)
Matthew 10:1 And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.
Jesus gave power to His disciples.
The word edisciplef comes from the Greek word emathetesf (math-ay-tace) - which in turn comes from the verb manthano. Manthano's root word is emathf - and it is a word referring to; ethought with effort put forth.f That means you put some action to your thoughts. To have a thought without an action coming as a direct result from it can be likened to James 2:17 wherein it says,"faith without works is dead." Just as faith merits action, there must also be an action stemming from a thought in order for it to become alive and productive. A disciple is someone who learns from and follows both the teaching and the teacher, but not in thought only. A disciple follows with effort put forth, thus resulting in a disciple being one who is an active participant.
Mark 16: 17 & 18 says; And these signs WILL follow those who believe, in My name they WILL cast out demons; they WILL speak with new tongues, they WILL take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they WILL lay hands on the sick, and they WILL recover." (emphasis mine) The word eBelievef, comes from the Greek word episteusf (pist-yoo-oh) which means - to trust in, have faith in, be fully convinced of, acknowledge, rely on.
In other words, itfs what we know to be so true that we act upon it without the presence of doubt. Actions prove belief ! You have heard the saying, 'Actions speak louder than words', - it can be very true. Our words are powerful and have the authority to change the course of situations, but if we do not have the faith to put action along with our words, then our words are in vain. Take for example; If we say we love someone, but all the while behave in a manner to them that is cruel and wicked, our words of love are empty, because we have not brought them into agreement with an action that affirms the words we speak. Likewise, faith will produce the behavior reflecting - faith.
If we truly believe what we say we do, then we also have the faith to act upon it regardless of what the circumstances around us appear to be. Having faith means that we do not require proof prior to our actions. And as we stand in faith on the word of God, declaring it without doubt, we can expect evidence to be produced because of our faith. (Heb. 11:3) It is pleasing to God that we go to Him believing that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him out, (as the word states in Heb. 11:6) because His desire is to reward us. Plain and simple - He is good and is faithful to His word.
Faith in the word of God is the staple ingredient for us to live a victorious life as an overcomer. The Lord already cleared the way before us, now the only thing we need to do is simply & unwaveringly believe Him at His word ! How do we do that? Rom. 10:17 tells us that faith comes by hearing the word of God.
Luke 10:19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
I want to place a special emphasis on a portion of that verse....Over ALL the power of the enemy ! We have been given authority over who? the enemy ! Does the enemy have power? sure, but it doesnft stand up to the power that the Lord holds ! Jesus has authority over ALL the power of the enemy and He has imparted it to us !! A few years ago, while I was praying for a friend to be healed the Lord said to me, "It's hammer time!" For me, the words 'hammer time' was associated with a rap song and because I know that the Lord will speak to us using terms that we are familiar with, I was inspired to look up the definition of the word "rap". rap - 1) To strike with a quick, smart blow or series of blows. 2) To utter suddenly and forcibly; to deliver with a bang.
God is saying that it is time to rap the heads of our enemies into fine powder with the hammer of His word and the power of His Holy Spirit that lives within us. (When we speak of the enemy's head, we are referring to his authority.) God said, "When the enemy tries to take a stand against you, do not hesitate, strike him quickly with the hammer of My word, take back all that was stolen and move on without breaking your stride."
Jeremiah 23:29 says; Is not My word like a fire? says the Lord. And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
Through Jesus Christ, we have been given authority over the enemy and all that he would try to come against us with. The word authority means, legal or rightful power, a right to command or to act. The Lord has already provided us with everything we will ever need; deliverance, healing, provision, protection, wisdom - we need only to believe Him for it. (Matthew chp. 6) The Lord told me once that one thing the enemy fears more than anything else is that we will come to realize that he fears us - and the authority that we have been given. If we don't recognize that we have it, we don't walk in it and the enemy has nothing to fear. But if we know we have it and walk in it, that's what makes him tremble in fear because he knows his deceptions have no power over us.
When we truly grasp with understanding unto believing that the demonic is actually fearful of us because of WHO is within us - thatfs when we will walk in the authority and power that we have been given. This is the indisputable truth; when we speak the word of God - believing Him at His word - the demons and anything that does not line up with the will of God, must submit ! If you don't see the submission the first time you take authority and speak to the mountain, then do it again.., and do it again & again if necessary, until your breakthrough comes. His power is alive and flowing through us, and once you receive the breakthrough in one area, your faith will become stronger and you will find that you have faith to move mountains that are a little larger than what the last ones were, because you are attaining the understanding unto believing & that simply means that the word no longer remains as only head knowledge, but also becomes written on the tablets of your heart.
The enemy's goal is to make sure that we come into agreement with every bit of doubt, fear and intimidation he possibly can in effort to result in us being overcome, instead of being the Overcomer. The enemy can only be successful if we allow him to be, and when we place our focus on ourselves & our circumstances instead of looking to the Lord & His report, that's when we become intimidated & discouraged by the enemy's lies and the battle begins to take on the appearance of being hopeless. The Lord once told me that my greatest enemy was discouragement. When we make a place of agreement with discouragement we tend to shortly, there-after, give up. As believers, we must see the enemy as he really is...underneath our feet !!
Eph. 1:16-23;"....making mention of you in my prayers: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. And He put all things under His feet and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Through Jesus Christ we have been endued with power from on high & the Spirit of God living within us is mightier and more powerful than any enemy of oursf - which is first an enemy of God's. Since we know that He is seated above all principality and power, and we are seated in the same heavenly places with Him (eph.2:6).....,"What then shall we say to these things; If God is for us, who can be against us?" Romans 8:31 Jesus has not given us His authority that we might walk in it 'just in case' we really get desperate. He's given us His authority to walk in as a way of our daily life. Walking in His authority is actually more than just a right that has been given to us, it's our responsibility. As joint heirs with Christ, we have a responsibility to walk in His authority taking dominion. He has called us to be good stewards of His kingdom while we are here on earth, and walking in His authority goes hand in hand with being a good steward of the kingdom.
It is like a man going to a far country, who left his house and gave authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch. "Mark 13: 34
For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. Matthew 25: 14
Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes, will find so doing. Matt. 24: 45-46
He has given us the power of His Spirit; that we may speak His word with authority; to reveal His truth and good news of salvation; to break off the stronghold of bondages; to heal sickness and disease; to overcome poverty; and to set free those who are tormented by demons. Jesus said in Matthew 16:19 And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. How amazing is that?! We have been given the keys to bind up that which opposes the will of God and to loose His promises...not only in our own lives, but also in the lives of others!
Recently, a friend shared with me a story she had read about a man of God who while on a walk, stopped to ask another man, who was not a believer in Christ, if he had anything that he might need prayer about. The unbelieving man replied that he had a blind eye. After several prayers and words of commanding healing into the eye, his eyesight was restored. To the glory of God, because of the incredible healing power of Jesus Christ displayed through the man of God, not only was the other man's natural vision restored, but the eyes of his heart was also opened & he willingly received Jesus Christ as Lord & Savoir that day. We can only imagine the many other people whose lives are being touched by this man's testimony of the healing and salvation he found in Jesus Christ....all because one man dared to believe God at His word !! Praise God !
We may be in a time of warfare, but the warfare is to be shifted from travail and feeling the pressures of grueling war, to a warfare that is fought in the celebration of praising Jesus Christ and in the authority of speaking His word in the faith that moves mountains. We find our rest in having faith in His word. The report in the world may be sounding bleak and hopeless, but the report of the Lord has not changed. "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it." John 14:12-14
And although we have authority over the demons and all that opposes the will of God, that isn't even the best news yet nor is it the place of our refreshing and joy. We have been equipped with power and authority so the enemy can no longer rob us of our inheritance, but our true rejoicing comes from our names being written in the Lamb's Book of Life !!! What an awesome Lord we have...He has given us victory in life and in death !
And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Mark 16:20
Saints, let your faith arise.... (Numbers 23:19) God is not a man that He should lie....,if He has said it, then it is the absolute truth & we are nothing less than victorious by receiving it as such. Jesus said, If you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there', and it WILL move; and nothing will be impossible for you. Matt.17:20
AMEN !
Taffie Furr
Revelation of Jesus Christ Ministries
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