You Are The House of Prayer 

I love the song, " Make Me a House of Prayer." But I began thinking about the finished work and I discovered, You are already a House of Prayer!

 Scripture References: Matt. 13, Micah 4 (Isa 56:7) Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people. (Mark 11:17) And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves. Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance; it is laying hold of His highest willingness. Many of our prayers remain ineffective because they became just long shopping lists. We need to be set free from laborious prayers that spring from obligation and duty. Jesus Christ is the Great Intercessor ever praying for us (Romans 8:16, Hebrews 7:25). He prays “FOR US” and that doesn’t just mean “in our behalf” (which is an awesome revelation in itself). Yes, Jesus prays “for us!” And that actually means in our stead! Therefore, our part in His ministry of intercession becomes bold and accurate – never grievous or strained (Mat.11:30). The force and direction of God’s prayer is where we want to connect our focus. We need to stop praying “TO” God and start praying “WITH” Him. We combine forces with God to revolutionize that which He desires. What is Jesus praying about? How does the Spirit pray? What is God’s desire? 

 Here are a few guidelines to help you focus on Him. 

1. Set aside some time 

2. Think about Him. Invite Him to draw near - and focus on your intent of drawing near to Him. 

3. Meditate on a Rhema word from God in scripture. 

4. Play anointed worship music. Sing to Him. Dance. Worship spontaneously. Set aside pretense and be real before Him. Take off the mask. Think about how wonderful He is and tell Him. 

5. Be quiet before Him. Invite Him to come. Press in towards Him - Spirit to Spirit. 

6. Breathe in His Presence. Enter His Rest. Open up to His Love. Cease striving, just rest. 

7. Write down what He tells you. Pray that back to Him. Declare that you are the house of prayer.

Declare that in the days ahead you will understand exactly what to pray and how. Thank the Lord of joy in the House of prayer. Father, I thank You, we live by the Spirit of the Lord in our everyday life. We know Jesus lived a life of prayer, and when He needed dedicated prayer time He would send crowds and, most likely, potential resources away so that He could be with You, Father. As a result He would not move, speak, or do anything that You did not ask Him to do. We endeavor to do that as well. Thank you that Holy Spirit prays through us. And the effective fervent prayer of the righteous avails much. Let it be done on earth as it is in heaven. Let Your Word have free course in our lives. I thank You for healing waters flowing in our city, county, state and nation. Your kingdom come, Your will be done in Jesus name.  Thank you Lord, I AM A HOUSE OF PRAYER.Amen.

Ministers of the New Covenant/Ministers of Reconciliation

Scripture References: 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

Hebrews 8:6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.

Ministry of reconciliation is a more excellent ministry which is:

1. Is a ministry without condemnation (Heb 5:1-2) (1Pe 3:18)

2. Is a ministry without prejudice (Gal 3:28) (Eph 4:4-6)

3. Is a ministry without retaliation (Mat 5:10-12)

4. Is a ministry without walls

5. Is a ministry without profanity(Isa 50:4) 6. Is a ministry without idolatry(2Ch 7:14)

Reconciled,” means “to change, exchange, reestablish, restore relationships, make things right, remove an enmity. Five times the word refers to God’s reconciling us to Himself through the life, death and Resurrection of His Son Jesus (Rom. 5:10; 2 Cor. 5:18). In examining the word reconciled, we gain a rich understanding of what real ministry is all about. In your own words, explain how the following terms relate to the quality of ministry that Jesus Christ wants us to have.

1. Change
2. Reestablish relationships
3. Restore relationships
4. Make things right
5. Remove enmity
6. Keep unity

(Eph 4:3) endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.(Eph 4:13) And this until we all come into the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full-grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

Father I thank You, in Jesus name, that Jesus prayed in John 17, “that we all may be one, as You, Father, and Jesus are one. And the glory which You gave Jesus You have given us, that we may be one just as You are (in complete unity), and that we may know that you have loved us as You have loved Jesus. So we strive (rest in You) as ministers of reconciliation to keep the unity of faith and reconcile the world to You. I thank You that: I operate in integrity and show favor to others. The ministry within me is blessed and favored of God to expand its outreach without hindrances of any kind. Because this ministry intercedes for and offers thanks to God on behalf of all those in authority, this ministry finds favor and spearheads the body of Christ in quietness, peace, godliness and honesty. The ministry within me is graced to speak God's Word in season to those who are weary and in need of a solution; I speak the truth in love. Thank you for giving us a spirit of understanding and wisdom. Amen.

KINGS AND PRIESTS

You will be for Me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. - EX 19:6

ISA 61:6 And you will be called priests of the Lord; you will be named ministers of our God. You will feed on the wealth of nations, and in their riches you will boast.

1PT 2:5 And you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house, to be a Holy Priesthood.

REV 1:6(KJV) And hath made us kings and priests unto God and His Father. REV 5:10(KJV) And hast made us unto our God kings and priests and we shall
reign on the earth.

Kings and priests unto Him: One of the ministries of priests is that they have a part in administering the Covenant blessings. Just as Jesus entered the Heavenly Holy of Holies, the one the earthly one was patterned after, and offered His blood upon its altar. So too we were blessed at the establishment of the New and Everlasting Covenant, the Word says that we were blessed with EVERY SPIRITUAL blessing in Christ Jesus (EPH 1:3). The power of life and death is in the tongue (PRO 18:21). In Luke 10:5 Jesus instructed His disciples to bless the houses they entered. We should have an image of each other in our hearts that is Word-Inspired and Word-Formed; we should be full of words of grace to pronounce over each other. Under the first Covenant they were blessed by Moses, under this One the Word says God himself blessed us. As priests who are to be pronounced of that blessing we are indeed ones whose tongues have the power of life. This is something we too often overlook, we should be conscious of the call of God upon our lives to speak the blessings of God over His people.

Let the Lord define your priestly service to Him. Ask Him to increase your faith. Let Him define your duty for the days ahead. Determine whether you are plowing, planting, watering or harvesting. However, the greatest duty of a priest is that of ministering to the Lord. He is worthy to be praised indeed. Since the only blood sacrifice of the New Covenant has been offered, the primary ministering to the Lord we will do as priests is to praise and worship Him in one accord.

Thank You, Father, in the name of Jesus, that You have qualified us as kings and priests unto You. You are faithful, and I thank You that You are no respecter of persons. We appropriate Your promises and stand on them. I thank You that You have made us ministers of reconciliation whether we stand behind a pulpit, on a street corner, in a business place or in a school. We have been rescued from the dominion of darkness, and placed into the kingdom of light. We rescue others and bring them into the fold and make disciples of all men. And as messengers/ ministers of reconciliation we do not shy away from the proclamation of the Glory of God’s Word. It is as Romans 1:16 says, the power of God for everyone’s salvation. As priests we are messengers of that salvation. We thank You as we reach the unity of the faith, we will see Your Glory in greater and greater manifestation. Amen.

A GARDEN ENCLOSED

Scripture References: Song of Solomon 2-4

Ask the Lord to reveal the little foxes that are trying to crush the vine that will bring forth the new wine. Ask the Lord to send forth a new wind and blow upon you garden. Look for the gnats that are hindering you and blow them away by the Spirit. Stone walls ad hedges were usually built around a vineyard to protect the grapes from animals and thieves. (Jer. 49:9) Watchtowers were also built to provide further protection. Declare the new wine coming forth.
Get a vision of your true identity. Your true identity is in Christ and lies in your spirit. Know that your spirit man is a garden enclosed with the greatest of treasure. And out of your spirit flows living waters.
(Son 4:12-16) A locked garden is My sister, My spouse; a rock heap locked up, a fountain sealed. Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; with henna and spikenard spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices; a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. Awake, O north wind; and come, south wind; blow on my garden, so that the spices of it may flow out. Let my Beloved come into His garden and eat His pleasant fruits.

Father, I thank you that in Christ, I am free from the spirit of slavery and I am adopted as Your son. I agree with You that I am Your child and Your heir according to Your promise. I pray for Your divine intervention in my life. Your will be done on earth (in my life) as it is in Heaven. I ask You to reveal Your glory in me. I receive freedom from Your Holy Spirit and ask You to transform me into Your likeness with ever increasing Glory. Let that Glory come out of my spirit.
I declare I shall:
remember all the blessings and faithfulness of You, God, with a thankful heart
be a good steward of everything You give me as You direct me
keep my eyes on Your face and not on Your hands
guard my heart with all diligence by being careful to protect my eye gate, ear gate, and heart gate
sow righteousness for myself that I may reap the fruit of unfailing love
seek You
extend mercy to myself and others and receive mercy for myself
sow righteousness and reap justice
eat of the fruit of the Tree of Life which is Jesus Christ
trust in Your Word, Your Ways, and Your Strength
be an overcomer through Your grace and take back dominion over the land and over all creation
I declare this is the time to be transformed into Your realms of Glory. I declare this is a new time, a new period, and a new season and new wine is flowing out of me. Amen.

Psalm 19:12, Psalm 90:8 Deuteronomy 8, 28, Isaiah 25:7-8, Isaiah 28, Jeremiah 2:13,19, Ezekiel 34:1-5, Daniel 12:3,4, Hosea 10:12-13, Matthew 13:14-16, Matthew 27:45-52, Luke 6:46, Romans 8, 2 Corinthians 3, Ephesians 5, James 5:16, Jude 24

NEW DAY, NEW SEASON

Scripture References: Hebrews 4, 12; (Php 3:13-14) My brothers, I do not count myself to have taken possession, but one thing I do, forgetting the things behind and reaching forward to the things before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.; 2 Corinthians 5:17, KJV Therefore if any man be IN CHRIST, he is a NEW CREATURE: OLD things are passed away; behold, all things are become NEW (kainos - fresh, unprecedented, unused, brand new; "the old has gone, the new has come!" - NIV).

Don’t live in the past. This leads only to regret, condemnation and bitterness. If you have repented, God’s grace washes away past sins and failings. Even the good things we bring as memorials to what God has done and what He will do in the future, exceedingly beyond what we can ask , think or imagine. Allow your past to be pruned away; instead of a being a bitter drink offering, you will become a sweet drink offering to the Lord.

As we leave the past behind and welcome the Holy Spirit’s ministry to bring a glorious newness to your soul. Open this day and these days with a full-hearted, special welcome to the Holy Spirit to flush, to fill and to flow through your heart with faith, hope and love.

Paul was adamant in Philippians 3 when he said, “This one thing I do (this was his great care and concern), forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth to those things which are before.” There is a sinful forgetting of past sins and past mercies, which ought to be remembered for the exercise of constant repentance and thankfulness to God. But Paul forgot the things which were behind so as not to be content with present measures of grace: he was still for having more and more. So he reaches forth, epekteinomenos—stretched himself forward. We are to do the same.

Father, in the name of Jesus, I enter into Your gates with thanksgiving and into Your courts with praise. I bless Your name. I thank You that I love and move and have my being in You; I command my morning and declare this is a new day. Today is a dawning of a new day in You. My season of frustration and failure is over, and I walk into a season of success and prosperity. Today, I press towards the mark o the high calling in Christ Jesus. I have a fresh excite, a fresh mind and a fresh new zeal. I have a fresh anointing that is uncompressed I possess a kingdom mentality which grant me new ways of thinking, new ways of working and new ways of living. New cycles of victory, success, and prosperity will replace old cycles of failure, poverty, and death in my life. I now have a new, refreshed, cutting- edge kingdom mindedness. The blessings of the Lord are upon me and make me rich and daily load me with benefits. Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, forever. Amen.

THE NEW COVENANT- MORE EXCELLENT WAY

Scripture References: The New Covenant. Jer. 31:31; Luke 22:20; 1 Cor. 11:25; 2 Cor. 3:6; Heb. 8:8,13; 9:15; 12:24

Jer. 31:31“Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah—

Jer. 31:34--1. "I will put My law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts."
"I will give them an heart to know Me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return unto Me with their whole heart" (Jer. xxiv. 7).
2. "And I will be their God, and they shall be My people."
3. "And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord, for they shall all know Me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord."
4. For I will forgive their iniquities, and I will remember their sin no more."

COVENANT, NEW—the new agreement (or new testament) God has made with mankind, based on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The concept of a new covenant originated with the promise of the prophet Jeremiah that God would accomplish for His people what the old covenant had failed to do (Jer. 31:31). Under this new covenant, God would write His Law on human hearts. This promised action suggested a new potential for obedience, a new dimension of knowing the Lord, and a fully accomplished provision of forgiveness for sin. The redeeming work of Jesus Christ has brought the promised new covenant into being. In Luke 22:20, Jesus presented the cup as “the new covenant in My blood,” which understanding has continued in the church (1 Cor. 11:25). The Epistle to the Hebrews elaborates this. It quotes the entire “new covenant” passage from Jeremiah 31:31-34 (Heb. 8:8-12; also 10:16-17), and declares Jesus as “the Mediator of the new covenant” (Heb. 9:15; 12:24), a “better covenant…established on better promises” (Heb. 8:6).

The New Covenant “glory” exceeds everything of the Old, and we can be certain that God, in Christ, has made a complete provision for the well-being of our total person. The Lord has given us BOLDNESS and confidence founded upon our Covenantal rights as a believer. God does a work IN His people and then does a work THROUGH His people.

Call unto Him and watch Him do things you would not expect. Know that His covenant will stand. Make a demand on the better promises.

Father, I thank You that You have blessed us and given us New Covenant promises. We are complete in Christ and have been overtaken with blessings. You have forgiven all our sins and redeemed us by Your Blood, Jesus, saved us by Your Grace and sealed us with Holy Spirit of promise. We are a new creation in You everyday, the temple of the Holy Spirit, redeemed from the curse of the law. We are more than a conqueror and victorious every time through You. Show me acts of faith you want me to complete today. I am in eternal covenant with you. So, today, I press toward the mark of the high calling in Christ Jesus. Sufficient are Your provisions for today. Thank You, Lord. In Jesus name. Amen.

THE NEW THING

Scripture References: John 2, Matthew 9 & 14

Jeremiah 31:22 How long will you gad about, O you backsliding daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the earth—(Isa 43:19) Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall sprout; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.

Let the Lord change your water into new wine. Ask the Lord to remove the sprit of religion from you and let His Glory shine. Be willingly to let go of any old method that is operating in your life, business, church, etc. that is unproductive.

There are many analogies and parallels to the story of turning the water carrels into wine. Jesus began His public ministry at Cana, where He graced a wedding party with His presence and turned water into wine (John 2:1–11). The first miracle of Christ which was parallel to the first plague upon Egypt which turned all their water into blood. Miracles are manifestations of God’s glory, and are for His glory. When Jesus changes the water into wine at the wedding at Cana, John says, “This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory” (John 2:11).Every miracle is a manifestation of the glory of God.

In Jesus name, Father, I thank You that this is a new season and old seasons end. We declare the old to end and the new to begin. Thank You, it is time for the New Wine, and New Wineskins. All frustration, bitterness and anger must cease. I thank You; You bring the results you want in my life. I receive the new and open doors you have for me.

The Lord says: “I am doing something in you that you know not of, that you cannot
Comprehend. It's the beginning of more working of My mighty power, more
knowledge, and more revelation. The beginning of more good works, you walking in
them. You cannot comprehend the length, the depth, and the height of it.
This passes your mind, your knowledge, going right in your spirit. It's a
seed now sprouting, being rooted and grounded and growing, coming out of you
imparting, taking hold of others in a greater way than ever before. Do not
judge by the sight of your eyes or the hearing of your ears. The Spirit of
the Lord rests upon you. Nothing shall be impossible for you. New mercies,
new grace, new words, new songs are coming to you to flow through you. The
old and the new are coming together; the old and the young are coming
together. I am joining the Joshua generation with the Caleb generation. The youth have
extreme zeal and the older saints have wonderful wisdom. God is joining the generations. The races are coming together. The male and female are coming together.
All types and all characters are coming together. This is true unity with the Body working. You are a joining together, a motivator to push and thrust them out, My little ones, My old ones. Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. All will become one. You are a column holding all together, highly favored of the Lord and of man. You are a part that no one really sees seeking no name for yourself, but promoting others. You are a true mother and father to many. What you will see is a blending together of My Body that you cannot see one part from another. There will be one complete unit. Oh what a sight to see!”