Hebrews 6:12 – “so that you will not be [spiritually] sluggish, but [will instead be] imitators of those who through faith [lean on God with absolute trust and confidence in Him and His power] and by patient endurance [even when suffering] are [now] inheriting the promises.”
So how do we inherit the promises?
Through faith and patience [endurance] we inherit the promises
His mercies ENDURE FOREVER.
Lean on Him.
Tap into the One Who is
Eternally patient and agree with His faith.
Galatians 2:20
Mark 4:4
Plant the Word of God
Tend to those crops. add “miracle grow”
speak the Word, praying over the Word
praising and worshiping
the God Who is the Living Word…
and giving thanks for them,
you will reap a harvest!
YOUR ‘ALTITUDE’ WILL DETERMINE YOUR PERSPECTIVE
2 Corinthians 3:18 “And we all, with unveiled face, [having been unveiled in the face] and having the veil removed, contemplating His glory, can reflect His glory, as we are continually seeing [beholding] as in a mirror His glory, are progressively being transformed [changed] into His image from [one degree of] glory to [even more intensifying] glory, which comes from the Lord, Who is the Spirit.
UNVEILED FAITH.
Corinthians 1:22 -“and who has also put his seal on us [and He has identified us as His own] and given usHis Spirit in our hearts as the first installment that guarantees everything He has promised us.”
2 Cor 1:20 – “For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.”
Are you operating in Fear or faith? Fear paralyzes – faith propels us forward.
There is no failure in faith. If what you are believing for is not fully accomplished yet, WAIT FOR IT. Also realize that as you wait in faith, it opens the way for breakthrough for those walking behind you.
Read Hebrews 11.
How do we increase our faith? “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.” Romans 10:17
Build and increase your faith by reading and studying the Word of God with the Holy Spirit. Meditating on it…Declare and decree what God says.
That faith which works by love will MAINTAIN HOPE in its full and due exercise. Exercise the disciplines of faith.
“The just shall live by his faith” Habakkuk 2:4
Romans 1:17 – Galatians 3:11 – Hebrews 10:
The Proclamations of God’s victory are powerful.
We confront the assault of the enemy with the Shield of faith, our Measure of faith, a heart filled with the Word of faith, and then out of the abundance of our heart our mouth proclaims words of faith. – James Goll
AGREEMENT WITH GOD RELEASES GOD TO ACCOMPLISH HIS PURPOSES IN AND THROUGH US TO THE WORLD AROUND US. BJ
Galatians 5:25
“The walk of faith is to live according to the revelation we have received in the midst of the mysteries we cannot explain.” BJ
Maintain Your Life with God Jude 20-21:20
Romans 15:4
Matthew 4:4
I believe in the power of the prayer of agreement with God and His Word. He is the Great I Am. He is Who He says He is, and He does what He says He will do. How do we increase our faith? We spend time with the AUTHOR and FINISHER of our faith!
Job 22:21-30 “Now acquaint yourself with Him…
God’s will for each of us:
Ephesians 3:8 …to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made KNOWN BY THE CHURCH to the principalities and power in heavenly places, according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in CHRIST JESUS, our Lord, in WHOM WE HAVE BOLDNESS AND ACCESS WITH CONFIDENCE THROUGH FAITH IN HIM.
Romans 5:19 through ONE MAN’S OBEDIENCE MANY WILL BE MADE RIGHTEOUS. Run into the fire of God.
I Corinthians 15:34
I Corinthians 15:58 – be strong, steadfast, and immovable
Romans 5- Grace Reigns …through righteousness
We have access BY FAITH into this GRACE which reigns through His righteousness.
Philippians 3:12
“Night’s darkness is dissolving away as a new day of destiny dawns…” Romans 13:12
It’s a new day
Lamentations 3:22-24 God’s love and mercies are new every morning.
Romans 12: 1-2 Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? To SURRENDER YOURSELVES TO GOD TO BE HIS SACRED, LIVING SACRIFICES. BE INWARDLY TRANSFORMED. THIS… will empower you to discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in his eyes.
Philippians 4:1b
God gives us access into the realm where HE reigns THROUGH JESUS.
Jesus opened the door into God’s realm for us through His blood shed on the Cross, through His obedience.
He invites us to wait on Him, renew our strength, and to walk in the Spirit, not giving place to the flesh or natural life, listening for His Voice, cultivating His Expression in our lives, and BEING that LIVING EXPRESSION every day.
The River of God flows out of us.
His Presence displaces our old nature
His very living Being fortifies us, renews our minds, rejuvenates our bodies, and restores our souls-flooding our new nature with His very Essence,
giving us the mind of Christ.
Then the corporate worship, together, as we stand before Him and exalt Him, and then sit with Him in His throne, is the roaring sound of many waters in harmony with Him. PM
(Matthew 11:12 TPT)
Proverbs 8:6
Isaiah 50:9
The testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of prophecy. Rev 19:10
The spirit of prophecy flows from the inner being from Jesus, through the Holy Spirit.
THE TESTIMONY OF WHAT HIS LIFE HAS ACCOMPLISHED IS POWERFUL.
WE ALIGN OURSELVES WITH HIM AND HIS TRUTH.
RECEIVE IT. BELIEVE IT. SOAK IN THE REALITY OF WHO HE IS.
HIS OBEDIENCE WON
THE OVERCOMING VICTORY
IN EVERY AREA OF OUR LIVES. JESUS.
LET US REJOICE… Romans 5:2
Romans 5:1-5 Enjoy true and lasting peace. Our faith guarantees us permanent access and cascading joy.
Corrie ten boom—” the wonderful thing about praying is that you leave a world of not being able to do something, and enter God’s realm where everything is possible. He specializes in the impossible. Nothing is too great for his almighty power. Nothing is too small for his love…”
2 Corinthians 2:14-17 TPT GOD ALWAYS MAKES HIS GRACE VISIBLE IN CHRIST.
We are in the season of Advent, celebrating the second Sunday, a celebration of Jesus- The Way.
This season is a time when we have an anticipation of His coming.
We have an expectancy of His Presence,
much like when we sit at His feet in worship in our prayer closet,
prepared. When we come together on Sunday, we wait for Him and expect His arrival.
Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
He is the Way to God.
Jesus is the Light of the world. He lights the Way to God.
Some truths from John 14…
Jesus said:
Let not your heart be troubled… [The remedy for a troubled mind is to believe in Jesus as the Way. Christ is the sinner’s Way to the Father and heaven.]
Jesus continues: where I go, you know, and the way you know.
Then Thomas says: Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?
Jesus replies, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6). He is God manifest in the flesh- the very image and likeness of God.
The verse following is interesting:
John 14:7 -If you had known ME, you would have known My Father also, and from now on, you know Him and have seen Him.
In other words – If you had recognized me…my character, my design,
Who I am, the glorified Son of God…saw what I was doing…
Then Philip says, Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.
Jesus replies He who has seen Me has seen the Father. The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority, but the Father who dwells in ME does the works. Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me…
Then He shares His Truth: His Way:
If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. He who does not love Me does not keep My words, and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent me.
JESUS IS THE WAY TO THE FATHER AND THE FATHER’S LOVE. BELIEVE.
Then a few verses down in John 14, Jesus promises to send the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in His name, and He will teach all things. He is the Spirit of wisdom and revelation…Who reveals the Christ to us and causes us to ‘know’ Him, His plans, and to know that we are “accepted in the Beloved.”
He loves us; we can love others with that same love.
John 16:2
The Holy Spirit of the Living God is the Teacher. The Spirit of God’s intention is not to help us in our personal mission but to press us into greater submission to God so that we can bear much fruit in the world and look like Jesus.
John 15: 9-11
Psalm 86:11
“When we read the book of Joshua, we learn the ways of God:
how he moves us forward, how we triumph over our enemies, and how we do the impossible.” TPT
We can read the gospels.
Jesus is the Bread of Life, the Light of the world, the Door, the Good Shepherd, the Resurrection, and the Life, the True Vine,
Mark 1:16-18 Come after Me and be My disciples, and I will make you become fishers of men. 18, And at once they left their nets and FOLLOWED Him joining Him as disciples and siding with His party.
Matt 16:24-25 – “Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my FOLLOWER, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me. 25 If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.
We need to Walk in submissive independence in order to get lifted into the Spirit realm, enabled to walk with Him in the outworking of His purpose and will, maintaining His abiding Presence in our walk. The walk is an ascension.
I John 2:5-6
John 13:35- “for when you demonstrate the same love I have for you by loving one another, everyone will know that you are my true follower.”
Eph 1:17-18-19
One step at a time, we follow His footsteps and walk in His ways.
You will hear a voice behind you saying: This is the way, walk ye in it. Is 30:21
I John: We walk in fellowship with Him and in fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from sin and unrighteousness.
We’re eternally forgiven for our sins. Jesus died on the Cross to forgive us and give us new life. When we give Jesus rule and headship over our lives, it becomes a beautiful, intimate relationship.
Our Confession of sin in our daily lives refreshes our present intimacy with the Holy Spirit as “we walk in the Spirit and do not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.” If we are committing an unknown sin, He will correct us because He loves us.
I shared last summer about walking a labyrinth and the fact that each step causes a different perspective of what we see—our viewpoint.
Consider the labyrinth a bit differently as a picture indicative of each life experience as we walk and live guided by the Spirit. The walk begins on the periphery, the outside perimeter, and in a circular motion, we walk, moving towards the center, which is Christ, within the hope of glory.
Every decision we make to follow Jesus causes us to go higher.
Every decision we make to follow our fleshly nature causes us to go lower. We begin again outside the perimeter in every set of circumstances and choose our course.
As we choose to walk in the Spirit, we cultivate an abiding spiritual quality -and ascend upward, radiating a deep inner peace that can be perceived.
Choosing rightly causes us to overcome at every turn and draws us “upward” toward His kingdom, increasing our sensitivity to spiritual things and causing the favor of God to rest on us.
His righteousness is in His kingdom, His approbation or approval.
Matt 5:3
Phil 3:13-14
Phil 3:13 “press towards the mark, to the prize of the supernatural vocation of God in Christ Jesus.”
“So I run straight toward the goal in order to win the prize, which is God’s call through Christ Jesus to the life above.”
I John 1:8-9 But we’re also commanded to actively walk in the truth and stay in the truth—because as John says, “Anyone who wanders away and does not remain faithful to the teaching of Christ has no relationship with God” (9).
Only when we continue in the truth that we have an intimate connection with both the Father and the Son, walking with them.
Phil 1:9-11
Let’s take a moment and breathe in the Holy Spirit, renewing our relationship with the Living God, choosing to follow Him in every way. RE-VIEWING OUR COMMITMENT.
Pray: WE come to You, Our Father, and willingly submit to your provision and ways.
Jesus said in John 10:9-10, I am the Door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved and will go in and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I HAVE COME THAT THEY [THE SHEEP] MAY HAVE LIFE AND THAT THEY MAY HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY
STAND IN SOZO- to save, deliver, protect, keep safe and sound, heal, preserve, do well, be made whole.
“Whom the Son sets free is free indeed.” John 8:36
When Jesus went into the temples, starting in Galilee, just fresh from the wilderness, empowered by the Holy Spirit, He approached the podium to read the Scriptures. He knew that He had come to bring a new kingdom with new rules: a NEW COVENANT and fulfill the prophetic words about Messiah. He turned the world upside down. Many marveled and believed.
He came to Nazareth, his hometown, to the synagogue and opened to Isaiah 61. It’s recorded in Luke 4:18,21.
Luke 4:18,21 Jesus said:
I came to set the captives free
Preach the gospel to the poor
Heal the brokenhearted
Recover sight to the blind
Set at liberty those who are oppressed
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
Luke 4:21, and he began to say to them, “Today, this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
:28 – so all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath. They thrust him out of the city and tried to toss Him off a cliff. [those from his hometown]
:30 – then passing through the midst of them, He went His way.
He continued to preach in the synagogues and demonstrate the power of God there and in the street.
Not everyone is going to want to hear about Jesus.
God desires for each of us to BE 100% WHOLE. Jesus paid the price.
Let’s do something we can all relate to and apply these truths to our lives now. Let’s use His Word to continue to set our lives on His course, His journey.
Consider that you are a multicolored air balloon created to SOAR…but you are tethered to the ground by four ropes, tied to the ground. The goal is to become untethered, so let’s cut the ties and SOAR IN THE SPIRIT.
In Luke 4, there are four areas of our lives that Jesus paid the ransom for.
CONSIDER THEM TO BE 4 ROPES TETHERING US TO THE GROUND.
Generational sins-released
Ungodly belief-delivered
Woundings -spirit, soul, body- healed
Demonic oppression-freedom
1. Rope – generational curses- sins and family baggage
Ex 34:7 “I lavish unfailing love to a thousand generations. I forgive iniquity, rebellion, and sin. But I do not excuse the guilty….”
JESUS’ FORGIVENESS COVERS IT ALL.
Iniquity – a propensity to sin, Family lines propelled in a specific direction. Repentance is required—Recognition and acknowledgment, then repentance.
God wants to cut off these iniquities.
Iniquity pressure is real- there are triggers. Recognize them and deal with them. We need to close doors. Apply His Blood
Sins from ancestors, addictions, heart tendencies.
AGAIN…Close all the doors
GOD WANTS TO BREAK IT OFF
Consider: we’re Boxing – we get knocked down several times – Getting hit over and again. Why? There is something there.
Exodus 20:5-6
: You shall not bow yourself down to them nor serve them. For I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and fourth generation of those that HATE ME, and showing mercy to thousands, to those that love Me and keep My commandments.
God wants to break off all generational sins from our lives.
I call them the ‘twirly whirls.’ lies that we believe. Neural pathways that are unhealthy. They tether us to the earth. Ask God what the issue is. He can release you from the lie and tell you the Truth.
Ephesians 5:26 – washing of the water of the Word- Why?
The death, burial, and resurrection of Christ washed away all our sins. Yet as a believer, we still sin every day. The verse referenced speaks of a necessary CONSTANT RENEWAL, a refreshing of the Word in our hearts that cleanses and keeps us clean. A CONTINUOUS REVIVAL.
Col 3:21 Christ enthroned – fill your mind with heavenly thoughts
Romans 12:2 be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Agree with God for your life.
It’s important that we break any contracts we have made with sin, sickness, or death. [vows]
WE receive His truth in godly living-
1 Peter 1:3 – “His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His glory and excellence.”
3. Rope – Woundings – hurts of the spirit, soul, and body.
The wounds of life happen, but God has a big Eraser and Healing Balm.
Isaiah 53-He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds
Meet Jesus where you are – Receive His healing
-GOD KNOWS HOW TO HEAL YOU-
He knows how to heal- He knows what happened to you- Listen – find Him – Forgive
He has set the table before you- Dine with Him- Receive His love- His healing intimacy.
4. Rope – Demonic Oppression
This can be a result of the other three areas.
If you leave demons alone, they will leave you alone? No
We have to Battle with demons – yes – but a situation may not always be demonic. we Can defeat them – we need Discernment I John 4
Can a Christian be possessed by a demon? No-we are redeemed
We can be oppressed. We have to identify them and deal with them.
NO LANDING STRIPS FOR DEMONIC THOUGHTS.
DO NOT GIVE THE ENEMY A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
Confess sins and actions that do not agree with the Lord
Cast down and remove from your mind any thoughts in disagreement with His Words
Submit to God, Resist the devil
Do not give place to the devil – 11 Tim 2:26
Stand Stand Stand- Apply the blood of Jesus
I John 3:8-9 “… For this purpose, the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His Seed remains in him, and he cannot sin because he has been born of God.”
Rechem- womb- We enter the womb of mercy- being born again… and access His Life for ourselves.
THE CURTAIN, THE VEIL, WAS RENT WHEN JESUS DIED, GIVING US OPEN ACCESS TO THE THRONE ROOM AND THE HOLY OF HOLIES.
“There is a way through the veil…love never fails.” Don Potter
How do we access these truths in God? PRAYER.
Heb 4:16 “Therefore let us [with privilege], [approach boldly, draw near] the throne of grace [that is, the throne of God’s gracious, unmerited favor to us sinners] with confidence and without fear, so that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find [His amazing] grace to help in time of need [an appropriate blessing, coming just at the right moment].”
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STAND IN SOZO– to save, deliver, protect, keep safe and sound, heal, preserve, do well, be made whole.
“Whom the Son sets free is free indeed.” John 8:36
[PM- Bind hopelessness] GOD BRINGS HOPE.
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it’s a TREE OF LIFE.” the minute you pray, God begins to move. He wants you transformed.
Biblical hope is an expectation of something good that is coming from God.
We are GOD’S sons and daughters-
LIVING OUR LIVES WITH DETERMINED PERSEVERANCE.
WE possess unrelenting boldness because of Him.
IT IS FINISHED.
“He Who began a good work in you is able to complete it” Ps138:8
“You keep every promise you’ve ever made to me! Since YOUR LOVE FOR ME IS CONSTANT AND ENDLESS, I ask you, Lord, to finish every good thing that you’ve begun in me!” TPT
We become an untethered balloon FREE FROM ENTANGLEMENTS, soaring on the wind of the Spirit. We need to Surrender to God as each rope is cut and we rise.
OUR balloon is blue, red, and purple, and soaring…
The curtain on the temple was blue and red, and purple.
Are you struggling? Are you in need of more of God? Are you hungry and thirsty for more of Him?
It is imperative that we learn to wait on Him.
Psalm 27:14 Psalm 37:7
We often find ourselves in troubling circumstances, and we step into stress instead of stepping into REST. Gratitude is the open door into His Presence. When we encounter His Presence in the midst of our lives, especially in trying times, there is an acceleration of our own development as believers. He reveals to us our true identity and forms His character within us, and HIS OUTCOME is released. This is the will of God. The Prince of Peace must take up permanent residence in the center of our being in the NEW REALM of the Spirit. Then it is the work of the Holy Spirit to take what belongs to Jesus and make it real to us. John 16:15
“The outcome of His intention is the finishing line. He intends that we reach” GC
Ps 119:37- “Help me turn my eye away from illusions so that I may pursue only that which is true; drench my soul with life as I walk in Your paths.”
STRESS is a by-product of a life NOT FOCUSED ON CHRIST WITHIN IN THIS NEW REALM.
THE REAL YOU IS NOT STRESSED. GC
WE MUST STAY FILLED with God.
Overcome as we depend on Him.
Take care of our own vineyard.
Weed the garden. Get enough sunshine and fertilizer so we can grow well.
God alone offers comfort to us who are suffering in the midst of difficulties. In our brokenness, God joins us and cultivates His character within and conforms us into His image. God sees suffering as a means to develop the spiritual fruit of patient endurance in us, which produces our crop of godly righteousness and peace in our lives as we become one who has been trained or exercised by it. We become groomed by our Father and begin to display the love of Jesus Christ.
Eph 4:17- “then, by constantly using your faith, the life of Christ will be released deep inside you, and the RESTING PLACE OF HIS LOVE will become the very source and root of your life.”
Pray together: JESUS, I OPEN MY LIFE TO YOU AND ASK YOU TO BE LORD OF EVERY AREA. CHANGE ME. PURIFY ME. LET ME SEE MYSELF THE WAY YOU DO SO THAT I MAY REALIZE MY TRUE IDENTITY. WHEN I FOCUS ON YOU, I AM CONFIDENT AND COURAGEOUS-TRULY ALIVE. SO, I WILL KEEP MY FOCUS ON YOU, AND TOGETHER, WE WILL VICTORIOUSLY OVERCOME MY SHORTCOMINGS AND WEAKNESSES.
We want to be like Job. Job 42:5–6 – “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but NOW MY SPIRITUAL EYES SEE YOU, AND I PRAISE YOU, REPENTING IN DUST AND ASHES.”
In Revelation, the Word reads: “The Bride has made herself ready…clothed with linen garments.” What does that mean?
The linen garments are the righteous acts of the Saints,.our responses to and the results formed in our lives in the midst of the troubles we face and overcome as we rise up and See God in the midst.
ONLY then we can then go higher and deeper with God, pressing on for the prize of the high calling of God. Phil 3
So, consider how God accomplishes His purposes in our lives: so that we transform into His image. He wants us to SEE HIM AS HE IS SO WE CAN BE LIKE HIM. THROUGH DIFFICULTIES.
Deut 8:3
Some instruction from Isaiah 55 is an invitation to receive the glory of the Lord’s restoration.
Are you hungry and thirsty for more of God?
Come to the waters
Gain entrance with thanksgiving and praise.
Listen carefully to God.
Eat only what is good.
Let your soul delight itself in His abundance.
Enter into a covenant relationship with God.
Seek Him, call on Him when He is near.
Return to Him.
Forsake your way
Walk in His way
Go out with joy.
Be led by the Lord Himself with peace.
Consider the operation of His Word and His faithfulness.
His thoughts are not our thoughts. His ways are higher.
As the rain and snow come down from heaven and do not return there without watering the earth, making it bear and sprout, and providing seed to the sower and bread to the eater. SO WILL MY WORD BE WHICH GOES OUT OF MY MOUTH; IT WILL NOT RETURN TO ME VOID, WITHOUT ACCOMPLISHING WHAT I DESIRE, AND WITHOUT SUCCEEDING IN THE MATTER FOR WHICH I SENT IT.
Pray together: “Our Father, may the Glory of Your Name be the center on which our life turns. May Your Holy Spirit come upon us and cleanse us. Manifest Your kingdom on earth “Luke 11:2
”The spiritual life is to be pursued as though NO spiritual life exists because it is not really a separate life — Only ONE Life exists, and that is from God which is given to us moment to moment.”
Christianity — Deconstruction and Reconstruction surrounding CHAOS
Chaos — a cause of instability and PAIN: Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual
General Pain — 3 Types :
Burns, cuts, lacerations — damage to organs, muscles, bones, etc.
Inflammation — swelling, throbbing, etc.
Neuropathy — excessive and abnormal sensitivity: magnifies ordinary sensory outputs and converts them into pain
External Energy used for relief; Massage therapy, Sonic Heat, Hydro-thermal
Emotional and Spiritual Neuropathy – constant emotional pain, lacking peace in their minds and hearts
John 14: 27 Jesus’ peace
Restores to ONENES
Single-minded focus
Clears confusion
Stability
“World’s” peace — lack of conflict
James 1:8 — “A double-minded man is UNSTABLE in all of his ways.”
We need to be filled with His goodness consistently. When we rest, He removes anything that is detrimental to HIS character. HIS Rest causes is to feel satisfied, nourished, and restored from the inside out. REFRESHED, REFILLED, REVIVED, RENEWED, REJUVENATED, REPLENISHED IN HIS PRESENCE: RESTING. Resting in His Grace changes our viewing platform and our perspective. REST IS A GIFT FROM GOD that we need to take care of our spirits, souls and bodies. -Saundra Deltona Smith MD. SACRED REST
Some ways to come into rest:
BODY – MIND – EMOTIONS – WILL – SPIRIT Rest in Your Identity as ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED.
“A wounded spirit who can bear?” PROVERBS 18:14b(KJV)
GOD CAN HEAL THIS. GOD CAN HEAL ANYTHING.
“SPIRIT-MAN, ALIGNED WITH GOD, WALKING IN RHYTHM WITH HIM IN AUTHENTIC TRUTH, WILL RESULT IN HEALING AND ACCEPTANCE IN EVERY PART OF OUR BEING.” -Pastor Marie
Social – Sensory – Creative
COME TO GOD. GET RESTED IN HIS PRESENCE.
Matthew 11:28-30 “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS, for My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.”
Mark 6:31 Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “COME WITH ME BY YOURSELVES TO A QUIET PLACE AND GET SOME REST.”
When we rest, we synchronize with God. Our natural circadian rhythm will reset in harmony with Him.
Exodus 33:14- My Presence shall go with you, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.
Nu’ach: to rest, settle down, be soothed or quieted; to be secure; to be still; to dwell peacefully.
Ephesians 3:14-17(TPT) “So I kneel humbly in awe before the Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, the perfect Father of every father and child in heaven and on the earth. And I pray that he will unveil within you the unlimited riches of his glory and favor until supernatural strength floods your innermost being with his divine might and explosive power. Then, by constantly using your faith, the life of Christ will be released deep inside you, and THE RESTING PLACE OF HIS LOVE will become the very source and root of your life.”
Our heavenly Father, MAY THE GLORY OF YOUR NAME BE THE CENTER ON WHICH OUR LIFE TURNS. May your Holy Spirit come upon us and cleanse us. Manifest your kingdom on earth. Luke 11:2
John 17:26
Jesus’s LIFE PURPOSE WAS TO MAKE KNOWN THE NAME, THE CHARACTER AND THE WILL OF GOD TO HIS DISCIPLES.
Luke 11:1-4
OUR FATHER -Family -intimate relationship – acknowledging God’s authority – His protection, His care, His love is ours. All that He is- is ours – all His expressions are functions – every aspect of what is His is ours.
WHO ART IN HEAVEN-Where is heaven? In the heavens and here and in our hearts.
HALLOWED BE THY NAME- Worshiping and bowing in reverence before the Holy Father. Surrender. All of his Names indicate His character. First and foremost, He is Holy. – His empowering grace for us.
THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE, ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN- We are in agreement with your desire for Your Kingdom to rule and reign. Your will is best.
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD… We ask for provision for the day, physical and spiritual. We ask specifically for again indicative of the intimate family relationship.
FORGIVE US AS WE FORGIVE OTHERS-Be specific – Confess, repent, and move back into grace. Help us with this and that. Help me with this and that.
LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION – Keep us making good decisions and remain on the narrow path in this and that.
DELIVER US FROM EVIL – deliver us from the snare of the fowler. Ps 91:3 says Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler. Father, help us to uncover the subtle plans of the enemy.
MODEL – OUTLINE FOR EXPANSION. JH
God’s power alone can change things and bring heaven’s rule (HIS kingdom) INSTEAD, and the honor and the glory for PRAYER’S ANSWERS ARE HIS.
THE PRAYING IS OURS TO DO.
ALL KINGDOM MINISTRY BEGINS WITH, IS SUSTAINED BY, AND WILL TRIUMPH THROUGH PRAYER. JH
Without the intervention of God’s kingdom rule through prayer, Earth’s circumstances will succumb to inevitable consequences. Earthly scenes of need MUST be penetrated by God’s “will here, as in heaven.”
INTERCESSION. WE REPLACE AND DISPLACE powers, principalities, rulers of darkness and their evil intentions, and man’s base, evil fleshly inclinations. WE MUST PRAY-
HERE IT IS IN THE PASSION VERSION-Luke 11:1-4 “Would you teach us a model prayer that we can pray, just like John did for his disciples?” 2 So Jesus taught them this prayer: “OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, MAY THE GLORY OF YOUR NAME BE THE CENTER ON WHICH OUR LIFE TURNS. May your Holy Spirit come upon us and cleanse us. Manifest your kingdom on earth. 3 And give us our needed bread for the coming day. 4 Forgive our sins as we ourselves release forgiveness to those who have wronged us. And rescue us every time we face tribulations.”
PERSISTENCE BROUGHT THE DESIRED OUTCOME.
He instructs us to ask and keep on asking persistently; Seek and keep on seeking persistently; Knock and keep on knocking persistently and the door will OPEN.
The quiet, descending, ascending, all-enveloping, all-encompassing peace that covers my soul in the time when His holy Presence fills the room, blanketing me with a holy hush.
When The Holy Spirit enters my dwelling, and my eternal, internal dwelling as well as the room I am in, with His calming Presence, GRACE UPON GRACE. He touches my soul, heals my body, fills my spirit, and continues filling me with the all-encompassing love that is His very nature. There is nothing quite like it.
I found unspeakable joy
My heart slows, and my breath stills, as His very sacred breath falls in rhythm with mine, calming my heart, assuring me that keeping me safe is His priority, with reassuring murmurs of His cascading waves of glory- He stills my soul.
I recall four specific times recently when I experienced His Holy Hush entering my circumstances.
When I was in the operating room having my eye fixed, He met me right there and enveloped me in His grace to remain still.
My husband opened the door to our room with a beautifully displayed, absolutely delicious lunch he had prepared for me. It was such a gift of love. I thanked God;
after lying in bed for two days and nights on my back with my chin elevated. I was able to lay on my side: finished. God came into my room and enfolded me into His arms, and I was totally immersed in His ever-present loving embrace. Cocooned in Him.
I looked out the front door and saw all the buds on the trees and the shoots from the bulbs I had planted springing up with the promise of beautiful flowers.
He met me in all those moments right where I was. I worshiped, so grateful. They were life-changing moments.
TO YOU belongs silence (the submissive wonder of reverence which bursts forth into praise), and praise is due and fitting to You, O God, in Zion; and to You shall the vow be performed. Psalm 65:1 In the kingdom of grace (v. 1), hearing prayer (v. 2) pardoning sin (v. 3) satisfying our souls as a people (v. 4), protecting and supporting us (v. 5) In the kingdom of the earth fixing the mountains (v. 6) calming the sea (v. 7) preserving the regular succession of day and night (v. 8) making the earth fruitful (v. 9-13).
Sing His Praises and Stand in Silence: bowing in humble gratitude and awe: we bow down low hearing the holy HUSH. Listening to the eternal involves a silence within us. Communion and contentment.
There’s a Place – Leonard Jones There’s a Place, In my heart, Where I worship, where I praise Lord, it’s only for You There’s a Room, pure and white and you know it’s holy, holy, Lord, it’s only for You. There’s a Hope, in my heart, no one else gives, no one has, it comes only from You There’s a song that I sing, No one else knows, no one hears, Lord, it’s only for You.
