Monday, May 27, 2013

SPEAK TO THE STORM

Speak to the Storm


Since we have had massive tornados this spring, earthquakes in different
places and  hurricanes and other potential hurricanes that are coming, it’s
time for the Body of Christ to quit pointing fingers, quit prophesying judgment
and wrath, but rather pray, decree and declare and take our dominion
authority.

My belief is that the Body of Christ is not taking their rightful dominion
mandate.  GEN. 1:28-Could this be whey we are seeing an increase in destructive elements?

How do we pray against a storm?

We must corporately in one voice speak against this storm just as Jesus did
on the Sea of Galilee.

1. Say peace be still!!

Mark 4:35-41 On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, “Let
us cross over to the other side.”36 Now when they had left the multitude, they
took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with
Him.37 And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it
was already filling.38 But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they
awoke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?”39
Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And
the wind ceased and there was a great calm.40 But He said to them, “Why are you
so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?”41 And they feared exceedingly,
and said to one another, “Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey
Him!”

The word of command with which Christ rebuked the storm was, Peace, be
still—Sioµpa, pephimoµso—be silent, be dumb. The actual word was not a
word at all but SHHHHH!

Let not the wind any longer roar, nor the sea rage. Thus he stills the
noise of the sea, the noise of her waves; a particular emphasis is laid upon the
noisiness of them, Ps. 65:7, and 93:3, 4. The noise is threatening and
terrifying; let us hear no more of it. We are tired of hearing about
storms, earthquakes and hurricanes, let us hear no more of them.

2. Declare there will be no loss of life as Paul did in Acts 27.

Acts 27:21-22 But after long abstinence from food, then Paul stood in the
midst of them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me, and not have
sailed from Crete and incurred this disaster and loss.22 “And now I urge you to
take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
Acts 27:34 “Therefore I urge you to take nourishment, for this is for your
survival, since not a hair will fall from the head of any of you
It is often important to exercise a key to the miraculous—the spoken word.
God has given us authority over disease, demons, sickness, storms,
earthquakes, tsunamis, and finances (Matt. 10:1; Luke 10:19). Often, we may keep asking God to act, when, in fact, He calls us to establish His authority by our action with divinely empowered speech. Then we may declare that authority in Jesus’ name: we may command needed funds to come to us, command a storm to be stilled, command a demon to come out, command any affliction to leave, command a sickness to depart.

“Jesus said, ‘Whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into
the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he
says will be done, he will have whatever he says’ (Mark 11:23). Believe in your
heart that it has already happened! With the anointing of faith that God gives
you, speak it forth. But remember, miracles come by faith in God’s present
power, not by a ritual or formula of human works or willpower.”

3. Command a demonic storm to dissipate in the name of Jesus Christ.

Command no flooding or destruction. Command an earthquake fault to be healed and to
die.

That’s exactly what happened when a group on intercessors traveled to the
New Madrid Fault in TN/MO and decreed the Word of the Lord and told it to
die.

“New results about the temperatures of rock deep below the New Madrid
Seismic Zone in the central United States shed light on the puzzling questions
of why large earthquakes happened there in 1811 and 1812 and when they may
happen again. Scientists from Northwestern University, the U.S. Army Engineer
Research and Development Center and the University of Illinois at Chicago have
found that New Madrid appears to be cold and dying. They presented their
findings Dec. 13 at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in San Francisco.”

Let’s look at Psalm 93:3-4
3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD,
The floods have lifted up their voice;
The floods lift up their waves.
4 The LORD on high is mightier
Than the noise of many waters,
Than the mighty waves of the sea.

And Isaiah 27:1
In that day the LORD with His severe sword, great and strong,
1 Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
Leviathan that twisted serpent;
And He will slay the reptile that is in the sea.

The "sword of the Lord" is the Word of God, the living and energetic Word,
the almighty Word by which He slays the dragon in the sea.

Body of Christ let’s pull together in this. The Lord is calling all Christians everywhere to gather together in prayer. Pastors, start prayer chains for 24 hour intercession or set weekly or daily prayer meetings. Beloved, let us
quickly turn to the Lord in prayer. Intercessors come together and start
speaking the same thing.

Use these Scriptures to help you in your prayer, but by all means pray,decree/declare.

Job 26:12 He stirs up the sea with His power, And by His understanding He breaks up the storm.

Ps. 107:28-30 Then they cry out to the LORD in their trouble, And He brings them out of their distresses. He calms the storm, So that its waves are still.

Is. 4:5-6 then the LORD will create above every dwelling place of Mount
Zion, and above her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a
flaming fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a covering. 6And
there will be a tabernacle for shade in the daytime from the heat, for a place
of refuge, and for a shelter from storm and rain.

Is. 25:4 For You have been a strength to the poor, A strength to the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, A shade from the
heat;

Is. 59:19 So shall they fear The name of the LORD from
the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in, like a flood The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him.



Wednesday, May 22, 2013

SPIRITUAL SENSES

You have 5 physical sense; you also have 5 spiritual senses.



SPIRITUAL SENSES

1. SEE: 

“But we SEE Jesus” (Heb. 2:9; Proverbs 20:12; Isaiah 6:1; John 20:29). 
“LOOKING unto Jesus” (Heb. 12:1,2,14,15). 

See also: Hebrews 3:9,12,19; 10:25; 11:13; 13:21. 


2. HEAR: 

“we give earnest HEED to the things HEARD” (Heb. 2:1; 4:7). 
HEARING by and with FAITH (Heb. 4:2; Romans 10:17). 
If anyone has an ear, let him hear. ( Rev. 2:7,11,17,28; 3:6,13,22; 9:20;13:9

See also: Hebrews 1:1-13; 2:1-12; 3:1,7,13,15; 4:4,7,12; 5:9-11. 

The man who has ears to hear must use them” (Matthew 11:15, J.B. Phillips). 


3. TASTE: 

Eat and Drink (Heb. 5:13,14; 6:5-7). 
Taste Grace (Heb. 13:9; Psalm 34:8). 


4. SMELL: 

“Bearing His Reproach” (Heb. 11:26; 13:13; 2Corinthians 2:15,16). 
A Sacrifice of Praise or Sweet Smelling Incense (Heb. 13:15-18). 

See also: Exodus 29:18,25,41; 30:7; Revelation 5:8; 8:3,4). 

5. TOUCH: 

“Lay Hold” (Heb. 6:18; 1John 1:1). 
“Embrace” (Heb. 11:13). 

Hebrews 4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. 

Gates: Ear gate, taste/smell gate, eye gate, touch gate

(Psa 24:7-10)  Lift up your heads, O gates; and be lifted up, O everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.Who is this King of glory? Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O gates; even lift up, O everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? Jehovah of Hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah.





Tuesday, May 14, 2013

IT IS FINISHED; IT IS DONE


(John 19:30)  Then when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, It is finished! And He bowed His head and gave up the spirit.

The day that Jesus hung on the cross, we hung there with Him.  The lamb was slain before the foundation of the world and we were there in the heart of God when it happened.  We didn't kill Jesus as we have been taught to believe.  Sin didn't kill Him!  He was the spotless lamb that was offered FOR sin to exact the payment.  In the Old Testament, the father of the house had to take a lamb and offer it for the sins of the family.  He would lay his hands upon the lamb thereby imputing the sins and then slay it. God, Our Father, who gave us the pattern for things, provided HIMSELF a Lamb and offered Him as an offering for us. ONE TIME, FOREVER!  The blood was sufficient enough to touch the halls of eternity.

So Jesus DIED, He was BURIED, He was QUICKENED, He was RAISED, He ASCENDED and He is SEATED in heavenly places on the right hand of Majesty on High!

2 Corinthians  5:17; Col. 2:12-14 ; Romans 6:4 Ephesians 2:5 ;Ephesians 4:8

Paul said it so eloquently: I AM CRUCIFIED with Christ: nevertheless I live; YET NOT I, but CHRIST LIVES IN ME: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and GAVE himself FOR me (Galatians 2:20). 

And then Paul told us to know NO MAN after the flesh but after the Spirit and that includes ourselves. For if we know man after the flesh, we will only see guilt, sin, and condemnation.  But if we know man after the Spirit, we behold the NEW CREATION MAN.  God grant us the eyes to see TRUTH and behold the CHRIST in ourselves and in others. 

Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. We  have overcome the enemy through the blood of Jesus, the supreme sacrifice and our TESTIMONY is IT IS FINISHED and we love not our lives (own wills, mind, emotions) unto death.  Meaning we love HIM more and we let our own self-will, our own self-life die to HIS.

What is a finished work mentality?

Man born of GOD overcomes the world, a finished work mentality, a Done deal, we are changing our world through Dominion...John 5:4, whatsoever is Born of GOD, overcomes the world.

Time between it is finished and it is done.

Rev 16:17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.

It shall be done. The culmination of all things shall be done. Jesus said on the cross "It is finished" and in Revelation He will say, "It is done". On the cross it was done in the spirit. From the Temple in Heaven it is accomplished in His body - His Temple!

On the cross it was done in the Spirit. From the Temple in Heaven it is accomplished in His body - His Temple!

And the parts of the body shall be gathered together into the head; the living stones shall be gathered together into the headstone; the fruit shall be gathered together, the wheat shall be gathered together for the Bride is ready and is joined to her bridegroom forevermore.

FINIS!!

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

FULL SALVATION PART 2


"And the Lord took the man, and put him in the garden of Eden to dress it and keep it." Gen 2:15.

THIS IS SPECULATION, BUT MAY HAVE BEEN THE WAY  IT WENT.

That which the Lord had created was perfect in every way. But Adam was to change or improve what God had created, and during the day, he did this very thing. Then in the evening, in "the cool of the day," God came to see what Adam had accomplished or changed in the garden during the day. He moved, sheared, and gave it shape; he improved what God had created. Then in the evening, the Lord came and said, "Adam, I would like to go for a walk with you, to see what you did in the garden today." And Adam said, "Lord, I trimmed this, and then, I moved it to a different place." And God found pleasure in the fact that He had created a man with a freedom of will and ability. Although the Lord had created innumerable Angels, he never found this level of pleasure and satisfaction in them.

But an enemy came and marred it by destroying the place of dependence and intimate relationship that Adam had with his creator. Now, by sweat among thorns,  (THORNS WERE NEVER THERE BEFORE) he would function, and life has become very difficult for all of us. This is the result of sin. But the Lord's intention is to bring a restoration of the dominion that Adam forfeited. All that was lost is to be restored before there is any return of our Lord.

"Dominion" has to do with authority. In past times, the Lord has given a measure of authority to those He called into places of responsibility. At times this authority was misused in the building of human kingdoms. The government, the place of authority, is to rest on His shoulders.

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6.

We are the body of Christ. The government—that which comes from the Head, is to rest on the shoulders. Therefore, the outworking of this government is dependent on the body functioning under the head in total obedience. This "obedience" must be tested and established. Only then will we become the overcomer that the Lord desires for the outworking of His purposes in the earth.

"To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne." Rev 3:21.

Adam was placed in the garden, in a perfect environment, but there was a point of testing. By the way, God doesn't test, but He allowed it because He knows the end from the beginning. Adam was to remain dependent on the "tree of life." But the tree of (self) knowledge was very attractive, and in time, Adam and Eve partook and failed. The tree of life is the Lord Jesus Christ who is our "Head" and to whom we are to be totally submitted. Our mind and ways must be committed to the cross.

The tree of the knowledge of good and evil "appears" to be very attractive, but it represents our choosing apart from God and becoming independent of His government and provision. Because of this choice, mankind came from under the place of divine provision and protection and became subject to all the forces of nature, apart from God. We are still paying the price for Adam's choosing to go his own way.

There are 2 trees in the garden and we make that choice everyday.

For us to come back into the original intention of the Lord, the first step is for us to give up the right to our self life, and submit the totality of our being to His dominion and authority. We are to become subject to His government and submissive to His will. We do this by establishing the preeminence of the Lord over every aspect of our lives, and walk as the Lord directs.

May each of us come to the place where we are fully submitted to the headship of our Lord Jesus Christ so we can function in the spiritual authority that He gained for us on the cross. This will enable us to greatly affect the environment and circumstances in which we live.

(Rev 12:11)  And they overcame him  (evil) because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony. And they did not love their soul until death. (which means self died)

SELF IS FINISHED!!


The Simplicity of the Bible, Jesus/Christ fixes up what Adam messed up. The mind of Christ replaces the deceptive carnal mind.

Romans 8:6-To be carnally MINDED is death but to be spiritually MINDED is life and peace.

The SIMPLICITY of JESUS has defeated the COMPLEXITY of sin and the enemy!



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